The power of the wind in the bush can be awesome as Tommy Mallet’s poem ‘Peanuts and Bread’ shows.
Almanac Poetry: Kitchen
November 8, 2021 by Leave a Comment
The kitchen is far from a bastion of domestic bliss, moreso a den of violence in this week’s poem from Kevin Densley.
Almanac Teams: A Real Bushrangers’ Australian Test Cricket Eleven
November 5, 2021 by 9 Comments
As cricket season is now here, KD puts forward an Australian Test cricket team of historical bushrangers, as a companion piece to his Almanac post where he selected a real bushrangers’ football team.
Almanac Poetry: ‘Finding Me’ – Robyn Black
November 2, 2021 by Leave a Comment
‘Seeing Me’ is a poem of finding self by Robyn Black from her most recent release ‘No Straight Lines’.
Almanac Poetry: ‘Jono’ – Tommy Mallet
November 2, 2021 by Leave a Comment
Mateship in the bush is the theme of Tommy Mallet’s poem, ‘Jono’.
Almanac Poetry: Jack-o’-lantern
October 31, 2021 by 2 Comments
This week’s poem from Kevin Densley is a new piece about that classic symbol of Halloween, the Jack-o’-lantern.
Almanac Poetry: ‘Changeling’ – Robyn Black
October 29, 2021 by 1 Comment
‘Changeling’ is a moving poem from Robyn Black’s collection ‘No Straight Lines’ of a daughter given up at birth by her mother and the anguish felt.
Almanac Poetry: ‘Friday Bourbon’ – Tommy Mallet
October 26, 2021 by Leave a Comment
A bourbon or two, and a favour from the boss are all part of Friday knock off, as Tommy Mallet’s poem, ‘Friday Bourbon’, tells.
Almanac Poetry: Death of Presley
October 25, 2021 by 9 Comments
Is Kevin Densley’s poem more than simply toilet humour? Could it be a royal flush?
Almanac Poetry: ‘Moths Replace Butterflies’ – Tommy Mallet
October 19, 2021 by Leave a Comment
There is a lot going on in the evening air as the wood is chopped suggests Tommy Mallet’s poem ‘Moths Replace Butterflies’.
Almanac Poetry: The Burial of the Sardine
October 18, 2021 by Leave a Comment
In today’s poem, Kevin Densley winds back the clock to a poem he wrote in his twenties, based upon a stunning painting by Goya.
Almanac Photo Essay: The Course of a Day, Gherang, Victoria
October 15, 2021 by Leave a Comment
In this Friday’s post, KD presents a photo essay, consisting of a series of skyscapes taken by him from his Gherang verandah.
Almanac Poetry: ‘Wiregrass Cuts’ – Tommy Mallet
October 12, 2021 by 1 Comment
A wiregrass cut is one of the hazards working in the bush Tommy Mallet’s poem suggests.
Almanac Poetry: Vienna Dream
October 11, 2021 by Leave a Comment
Although they lived in the same city – Vienna – in the same era, there is a school of thought that Schubert and Beethoven never actually met. Along these lines, this week’s poem from Kevin Densley speculates upon what a near-miss would have looked like.
Almanac Poetry: No Straight Lines – Robyn Black
October 10, 2021 by 2 Comments
Robyn Black is a well known Goulburn Valley poet and her latest release is ‘No Straight Lines’ published by Ginninderra Press.
Almanac Poetry: ‘Bunyip’ – Robyn Black.
October 9, 2021 by Leave a Comment
‘Bunyip’ by Robyn Black is from her latest book of poetry, ‘No Straight Lines’.
Almanac Life (and Music): Sheepish Confessions
October 8, 2021 by 6 Comments
Sheepish confessions … we all have things we like that make us feel a little embarrassed, whether it be a band or film, or something similar. In this Friday’s column, KD makes a sheepish confession, and invites Almanackers to share one of their own.
Almanac Poetry: 2021 AFL Grand Final Haiku Kukai – Leaning towards the Landlords
October 5, 2021 by 3 Comments
Haiku Bob presents some of the many amazing haikus received during the 2021 AFL Grand Final Haiku Kukai.
Montsalvat Wedding
October 5, 2021 by 4 Comments
Damian Balassone takes us to a very interesting wedding event through the suburbs of Melbourne to the idyll of Montsalvat.
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