We welcome occasional rhymester and writer, the elusive Troy Brunel-O’Peerents who has chosen the poetic form of his homeland, Ireland, to report on Round 1 of the AFL season. We were not expecting match reports in haiku and we’ve been enjoying them for a decade. Now we’re rapt to be getting match reports as limericks.
Round 1 – St Kilda v Collingwood: Haiku Bob – autumn clarity
March 22, 2022 by 3 Comments
Haiku Bob is back with a footy haiku about the Collingwood win over St Kilda.
1986
March 22, 2022 by 6 Comments
Two stars crossed paths and missed the real show in the sky in Damian Balassone’s tongue in cheek look back at 1986.
Almanac Poetry: ‘Without Measure’ – Tommy Mallet
March 22, 2022 by Leave a Comment
‘Without Measure’ by Tommy Mallet reflects upon the future and worries about the legacy we leave our children.
Almanac Poetry: To Clarissa
March 21, 2022 by Leave a Comment
In Kevin Densley’s poem today, it’s as clear as the crystal waters of a low tide rock pool: ‘Nudity is a wonderful, natural thing – especially if that nudity belongs to someone else!’
Almanac Music: Extraordinary Musical Moments – Patti Smith Sings ‘A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall’ at Bob Dylan’s Official Nobel Prize Ceremony, 2016
March 18, 2022 by 2 Comments
In this instalment of his ‘Extraordinary Musical Moments’ series, Kevin Densley discusses Patti Smith singing ‘A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall’ at Bob Dylan’s official Nobel Prize ceremony in 2016. KD describes the occasion as both ‘wonderful’ and ‘notably imperfect’.
Almanac Poetry: ‘Warnie’ – Bill Wootton
March 15, 2022 by 2 Comments
Bill Wootton pays tribute to the great Shane Warne in verse.
Almanac Poetry: ‘how to make a basket’ – Jazz Money
March 15, 2022 by Leave a Comment
Exciting young poet, Jazz Money impressed Col with her poetry at the Adelaide Writers’ Week 2022.
Almanac Poetry: ‘Cliffy’ – Tommy Mallet
March 15, 2022 by 1 Comment
Cliffy Young, a legend of the Otways and ultra-running, features in this week’s poem by Tommy Mallet, ‘Cliffy’.
Almanac Poetry: For Shantelle
March 14, 2022 by Leave a Comment
All Kevin Densley has to say about this week’s poem is that “any resemblance to any persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental…” (Contains mild strong language)
Almanac Music: My Favourite Drummers – Arise, Sir Ringo!
March 11, 2022 by 4 Comments
In this week’s instalment of his ‘My Favourite Drummers’ series, KD writes about his favourite drummer of all, the inimitable Ringo Starr.
Almanac Poetry: uncle pat has got the covid
March 9, 2022 by 5 Comments
Michael ‘Pards’ Pardy contributes this witty poem.
Almanac Poetry: ‘No Wind’ – Tommy Mallet
March 8, 2022 by 1 Comment
Tommy Mallet’s latest: ‘No Wind’.
Almanac Poetry: The Valley of the Shadow of
March 7, 2022 by 5 Comments
Kevin Densley takes a walk through the valley in this vivid poetic portrait of Racecourse Road in Flemington.
Almanac Music: Let There Be Light: Ten Songs of ‘Light’ from Favourite Mainstream Australasian Artists
March 4, 2022 by 1 Comment
This week’s post from KD is a companion piece to his ‘Songs of Darkness’ article of last Friday – the topic is now ‘Songs of Light’ from mainstream Australasian artists. Again, he invites Almanackers to respond, to add to the picture.
Almanac Poetry: ‘Trigger Warning’ – Maria Takolander
March 1, 2022 by 1 Comment
Maria Takolander won the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award 2022 for Poetry with her collection ‘Trigger Happy’. ‘Cigarette’ is a poem from the collection.
Almanac Poetry: Bread and Circuses
February 28, 2022 by Leave a Comment
Almost 2,000 years ago, the Roman poet Juvenal came up with the maxim about the general populace being only interested in ‘bread and circuses’. His famous words were the inspiration for this week’s poem by Kevin Densley.
Almanac Music: Darkness from the Mainstream: Ten Dark Songs from Favourite Australasian Artists
February 25, 2022 by 24 Comments
In this encyclopedic piece, KD analyses ten favourite mainstream Australasian songs from the ‘dark’ side, and encourages Almanackers to add some of their own.
Almanac Poetry: ‘Small, Soft Foot’ – Tommy Mallet
February 22, 2022 by 2 Comments
Tommy Mallet’s poem ‘Small, Soft Foot’ expresses the love of a young daughter and the ocean, both heavenly for a weary dad.
Almanac Poetry: Lunch with Terrie and Bernadette
February 21, 2022 by Leave a Comment
This poem from Kevin Densley speaks of his time as a young playwright and performing arts student, and the ‘end’ of raffish, arty-farty Carlton in the early 1980s.
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