This week’s poem by KD is a previously unpublished one responding to a painting by Russian artist Wassily Kandinsky. [A lovely simple yet arresting probe – Ed.]
Almanac Music: ‘Everybody’s building ships and boats’ – Songs Involving Watercraft
July 26, 2024 by 217 Comments
In this week’s installment of his long-running series on popular song, KD looks at songs involving watercraft – ships, boats, yachts and the like. As usual, readers’ song choices and comments are warmly welcomed.
Almanac Poetry: To Leanne, My Long-Lost Friend, Nude in Last Night’s Dream
July 22, 2024 by 4 Comments
This week’s poem by Kevin Densley deals with dreams, utopia, transience and loss.
Almanac Poetry: ’21 Poems in C Major’
July 16, 2024 by Leave a Comment
Patrick O’Brien’s collection ’21 Poems in C Major’ read by some of his nearest and dearest, with some original music in there as well.
Almanac Poetry: ‘From The Village to Victoria Park’
July 16, 2024 by 1 Comment
We reprise from 2009 a wonderful poem by Phil Dimitriadis, an ode to his father.
Almanac Music: ‘Once I had a love…’ – Songs Referencing Glass
July 12, 2024 by 108 Comments
In the latest installment of his long-running series on popular song themes, KD looks at songs referencing glass; as usual, readers’ song choices and comments are warmly welcomed.
Almanac Poetry: Boot Hill
July 8, 2024 by 2 Comments
In this previously unpublished poem, KD looks with affection at the reading habits of his Densley grandfather. [Nicely putting the meta into metaphor – Ed.]
Round 16 – Gold Coast v Collingwood: Haiku Bob – Shades of Sunlight
July 3, 2024 by Leave a Comment
Haiku Bob is back from Japan only to confront a Collingwood loss that he reflects upon in his haiku about the game.
Almanac Poetry: Oedipus and the Theban Sphinx
July 1, 2024 by 2 Comments
This week’s poem by Kevin Densley offers his perspective on the ancient Greek story of Oedipus’s encounter with the Sphinx who blocked the entrance to the city of Thebes.
Almanac Music: ‘My Baby’s Got Me Locked Up in Chains’ – Songs Containing Prison References
June 28, 2024 by 152 Comments
In this week’s installment of his long-running series concerning popular song themes, KD looks at songs that contain prison references.
Almanac Poetry: Chaconne in F for Recorders, Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord
June 24, 2024 by Leave a Comment
Kevin Densley describes this week’s poem as ‘a souffle-light piece about the writing of poetry and English baroque composer Henry Purcell, with a touch of humour’. [Succintly conveyed – Ed.]
Dunstall and Lockett 1989
June 18, 2024 by 12 Comments
Jason Dunstall and Tony Lockett feature in a poem from Damian Balassone
Round 13 – Haiku Bob: No Demons
June 12, 2024 by 2 Comments
Haiku Bob is off to Japan for a haiku conference this week but leaves readers with a haiku from Saturday’s Collingwood v Melbourne clash.
Almanac Poetry: To Dionysus
June 10, 2024 by Leave a Comment
According to Wikipedia, in ancient Greek myth and religion, Dionysus is ‘God of wine, vegetation, fertility, festivity, ritual madness, religious ecstasy, and theatre’. Quite a collection of responsibilities! KD’s poem deals humorously with this well-known god of excess.
Grand Final Weddings
June 5, 2024 by 15 Comments
Damian Balassone is at his cheeky best with this insight into what really matters at the end of September.
Almanac Music: ‘Let There Be Rock’ – Songs That Reference Rock and Roll
May 31, 2024 by 158 Comments
In this installment of KD’s long-running series about popular song, the theme is songs that reference rock and roll. As usual, readers’ responses are warmly welcomed.
Almanac Poetry: Shapeshifter
May 27, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This week’s poem by Kevin Densley concerns shapeshifting – an ability, often represented in the arts, to transform oneself into something else.
Almanac Poetry: Freud’s Famous Case Histories
May 20, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This week, it’s an unpublished poem from KD’s archives, written long ago, based upon his university study of Sigmund (not James!) Freud.
Almanac Music: ‘Here Comes the…’ – Songs Involving the Sun
May 17, 2024 by 145 Comments
In this instalment of his long-running series about popular music themes, KD deals with songs involving the sun. As usual, readers’ responses are warmly welcomed.
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