Today’s poem from Kevin Densley concerns Gioachino Rossini, the Italian composer. Rossini certainly wouldn’t cry over spilt milk (he only wept on three occasions) but a spilt truffled turkey? That’s an entirely different matter.
Almanac Music: Songs and Days of the Week – ‘Friday I’m in Love’ by The Cure
September 9, 2022 by 30 Comments
So many songs have a day of the week in their title. KD looks into this phenomenon, provides an example, and asks Almanackers to put forward choices of their own.
Almanac Poetry: Concerning the Great Man’s Member
September 5, 2022 by Leave a Comment
Today’s poem from Kevin Densley is about Napoleon Bonaparte and his, er, ‘Little Napoleon”! [There’s a dictator joke in there somewhere – Ed. Contains mature themes]
Clarko
August 30, 2022 by 7 Comments
Using rhyme as an alternative Damian Balassone puts Clarko into perspective.
Almanac Poetry: Holiday
August 29, 2022 by Leave a Comment
Today’s poem from Kevin Densley is about the gossamer delights of a romantic gourmet getaway…
Almanac Poetry: After Reading Kenneth Tynan’s Review of John Osborne’s Play Luther
August 22, 2022 by 2 Comments
Kevin Densley describes his poem as ‘very difficult to encapsulate. The poem is many things: about Martin Luther in a biographical sense; the Reformation; fundamentally a review of a review; connected to psychoanalytic interpretation, and, at times, darkly comic.’ [Fascinating/beguiling…but perhaps save this one for after brekkie – Ed]
Round 22 – Sydney v Collingwood: Haiku Bob – left behind
August 19, 2022 by 1 Comment
This may have been a tough one to write about, but Haiku Bob finds a way.
Almanac Poetry: The Girl in the Giant Wombat Tourist Shop
August 15, 2022 by 2 Comments
Iconic Australiana: the BIG things. This week’s poem from Kevin Densley was inspired by one such ‘big animal’ tourism beacon he encountered as a kid on a family holiday. (The actual animal has been changed to protect identity of the person and place involved.)
Round 21 – Haiku Bob: winter comforts
August 10, 2022 by 1 Comment
Haiku Bob’s down to his last blood pressure bill as he reflects Collingwood’s latest win on a wet and rainy night.
Almanac Poetry: When Colonel Sanders Met Colonel Tom Parker
August 8, 2022 by 1 Comment
In this poem, KD imagines a meeting between two of the most famous ‘Colonels’ ever: Harland Sanders of Kentucky Fried Chicken fame, and Tom Parker (born Andreas Cornelis van Kuijk), Elvis Presley’s manager.
Almanac Poetry: said hamlet
August 1, 2022 by 6 Comments
Early in Shakespeare’s play Hamlet, Hamlet says: “I am but mad north-north-west: when the wind is southerly I know a hawk from a handsaw.” … Huh?
Round 19 – Haiku Bob: through the ages
July 29, 2022 by 2 Comments
Haiku Bob relives Collingwood’s last kick win with his inimitable verse.
Almanac Music: ‘Long, Long, Long’ – George Harrison’s Best Beatles Song
July 29, 2022 by 9 Comments
What was the best song George Harrison wrote that was recorded under The Beatles banner? KD puts forward ‘Long, Long, Long’ from the double White Album as his nomination.
Bathsheba
July 26, 2022 by 2 Comments
With a minimum of words so much can be said as Damian Balassone’s poem ‘Bathsheba’ highlights.
Almanac Poetry: Every Odyssey
July 25, 2022 by 2 Comments
Every odyssey has a beginning and an end…but like the filling of a sandwich, arguably most important is what lies between. Kevin Densley taps into Homeric tales for today’s poem, but of course the experiences of major journeys and the doubts involved do not start and end with Homer; they are universal and timeless.
Beauty and the Billionaire
July 19, 2022 by 9 Comments
A poem from Damian Balassone about a billionaire, beauty, and marriage, with all their ups and downs.
Almanac Poetry: ‘Changing Gears’ – Geoff Goodfellow
July 19, 2022 by 1 Comment
Geoff Goodfellow is popularly known as the people’s poet who writes from personal experiences often reflecting his humble upbringing. ‘Changing Gears’ is one of his much loved poems.
Almanac Poetry: After Baudelaire
July 18, 2022 by 2 Comments
A substantial pour of Baudelaire, accompanied by a dash of Poe, stirred thoroughly…scan the mixture through a glass darkly, then savour the result – a heady, hallucinatory poetic cocktail by Kevin Densley.
The New Sportswriter
July 12, 2022 by 2 Comments
A poem from Damian Balassone about sporting words called ‘The New Sportswriter’.
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