Today, KD offers a piece that he describes as ‘a brief meditation on a well-known English painting of the Victorian era, one that I find particularly fascinating’.
Almanac Poetry: From Sheffield, England
May 9, 2022 by 4 Comments
Cutlery drawers can be interesting places – some contain family history going back generations, as this week’s poem from Kevin Densley demonstrates.
Almanac Music: Flaming June (Song Lyric)
May 5, 2022 by 2 Comments
Once in a blue moon, Kevin Densley offers one of his song lyrics for Footy Almanac readers to ponder. This one, ‘Flaming June’, was written in about 1990, and strongly influenced by one of his favourite paintings of the time.
Almanac Poetry: The Bluestone Step of the Sherritt Hut
May 2, 2022 by 4 Comments
Kevin Densley considers this ‘perhaps the most chilling episode in Australian bushranging history’ – step into his reflective poetry on the execution-style killing of Aaron Sherritt by the Kelly Gang’s Joe Byrne.
Almanac Poetry: 2022 Stella Prize winner – Evelyn Araluen
April 29, 2022 by Leave a Comment
Evelyn Araluen was yesterday (28 April) announced the 2022 Stella Prize winner for her poetry collection ‘Dropbear’.
Almanac (Footy) Poetry: Umpire Dissent
April 26, 2022 by Leave a Comment
There has been a lot of comment about umpire dissent of late, here’s one from Rhys Howells in verse.
Round 5 – Haiku Bob: the little good
April 19, 2022 by 2 Comments
Haiku Bob reflects on Collingwood’s loss while cooking, and with a good whisky.
Round 5 – There was a young team from SEQ
April 19, 2022 by Leave a Comment
Troy BOP is back with his view of the Round 5 matches in limerick.
Almanac Poetry: Joseph of Arimathea
April 18, 2022 by Leave a Comment
In keeping with Easter, this week’s poem from Kevin Densley is his take on Joseph of Arimathea, who, according to all four canonical gospels, was the man who took responsibility for Christ’s burial after his crucifixion.
Almanac Music: Deconstructing The Beatles’ Song ‘Rain’
April 15, 2022 by 2 Comments
In this Friday’s column, KD puts The Beatles song ‘Rain’ under the microscope, and concludes that it is ‘certainly one of the most influential songs of the 1960s, or maybe, the entire rock/pop era’, even if it was originally the B-side of the ‘Paperback Writer’ single.
Almanac Haiku: ‘The Ump’ – Bill Wootton
April 13, 2022 by Leave a Comment
We need them. Bill Wootton’s haiku offers insight into umpiring.
Almanac Poetry: ‘Tim’s Pain’ – Bill Wootton
April 12, 2022 by 1 Comment
Bill Wootton presents his thoughts of the Tim Paine controversy in verse.
Almanac Poetry: Bruce Dawe’s ‘Figgy: A portrait’ (For Kaye Liset)
April 11, 2022 by 7 Comments
John Harms’s old school mate Kaye Liset became good friends with Bruce and Liz Dawe in a somewhat novel way. Bruce wrote a poem about her dog.
Almanac Poetry: Chad Morgan, the Sheik of Scrubby Creek
April 11, 2022 by Leave a Comment
In this week’s poem, Kevin Densley deals with Australian country music legend Chad Morgan (Kevin stresses that the particular incidents mentioned in connection with the great man are ‘fictional’)
Almanac Music: Australian Country Music
April 8, 2022 by 10 Comments
In this Friday’s post, KD looks at Australian country music, especially the kind of songs his father listened to when he was a kid.
Round 3 – There once was a kick after the siren
April 5, 2022 by 4 Comments
Troy Brunel-O’Peerents reviews the Round 3 matches in verse.
Almanac Poetry: ‘Gerona Street Blues’ – Bill Wootton
April 5, 2022 by Leave a Comment
Bill Wootton’s poem ‘Gerona Street Blues’ reflects upon life in Keilor during an earlier time.
Round 2 – Haiku Bob: armchair ride
April 1, 2022 by 1 Comment
Haiku Bob reflects on some special moments from Round 2.
Almanac Poetry: ‘the live sherrin’ – Bill Wootton
March 29, 2022 by 1 Comment
Bill Wootton on that most animated of inanimate objects, the footy.
Almanac Music: Absolute Game Changers – A Song That Shook Your World
March 25, 2022 by 13 Comments
According to Kevin Densley, we all have a song that is an ‘absolute game changer’ for us, a particular one that shakes up our world and changes it in some fundamental way. He puts forward his own choice, and asks Almanackers to do the same.
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