Damian Balassone has come up with a collection of ‘naughty poems’ to titillate readers.
Almanac Book Reviews: ‘Sacredly Profane’ – Kevin Densley’s poetry collection
May 25, 2021 by 2 Comments
Col Ritchie reviews Kevin Densley’s recent poetry collection ‘Sacredly Profane’.
Almanac Poetry: ‘Women Screaming Like Crows’ – Tommy Mallet
May 25, 2021 by Leave a Comment
Sweat, blood and alcohol interact amongst the players of the night as Tommy Mallet’s latest poem tells.
Round 9 – Haiku Bob: like my life
May 21, 2021 by 3 Comments
Season 2021 is not a happy time for Collingwood supporters, especially with ‘the coach on everyone’s lips’, as the latest from Haiku Bob suggests.
Almanac Poetry: ‘Upward Unwind’ – Tommy Mallet
May 18, 2021 by 1 Comment
The silence of the mountains as they rise to meet the moon is a blissful moment for a man and his dog.
Almanac Poetry: Albert Jacka Earns Australia’s First VC of The Great War
May 18, 2021 by 2 Comments
One hundred and six years ago, almost to the day, legendary Australian soldier, Albert Jacka, performed the remarkable feat which earned him Australia’s first Victoria Cross of The Great War. Kevin Densley’s new poem paints the picture.
Almanac (Football) Humour: The Artist from Port Adelaide
May 13, 2021 by 4 Comments
Footballers’ nicknames aren’t as interesting and colourful as they used to be, KD laments. In a creative mood, he invents a new one for a Port Adelaide player, as an example of the way ahead.
Almanac Poetry: ‘Eddie Betts’s Shorts’ – Steve Rogers
May 11, 2021 by Leave a Comment
Steve Rogers expresses his love of footy with memories of icons of the game, especially Eddie Betts’s shorts.
Almanac Poetry: ‘Fake Bacon’ – Tommy Mallet
May 11, 2021 by 1 Comment
The bush workers are famished, the cupboard is bare, the drink is talking as frustrations take over, and a dusty moth is oblivious to it all. Check out Tommy Mallet’s poem, ‘Fake Bacon’. [Warning: adult themes – Ed.]
Almanac Poetry: In the Good Old Days
May 11, 2021 by Leave a Comment
This Tuesday’s poem from Kevin Densley concerns the typical profile of a serial killer back in ‘the good old days’.
Epitaph for a Triathlete
May 7, 2021 by 3 Comments
Sometimes you can’t have it all, as this Damian Balassone poem reflects.
Round 7 – Haiku Bob – blank spaces
May 7, 2021 by 2 Comments
The sun was shining, but Magpie hearts were darkening. Haiku Bob reflects on the Round 7 loss to Gold Coast.
Almanac Poetry: ‘The German’ – Tommy Mallet
May 4, 2021 by 1 Comment
The bush is home for many people, a place to get away from it all, while for some, it’s a place to hide away from society like ‘The German’ in Tommy Mallet’s poem.
Almanac Poetry: Great Literary Fistfights of the Twentieth Century
May 4, 2021 by 3 Comments
When two giants of twentieth century American literature faced off (poet Wallace Stevens and ‘he-man’ Ernest Hemingway), it was no question who was really the winner.
Almanac (Footy) Poetry: When Tom Papley Beat The Whole World
May 4, 2021 by 7 Comments
John Harms observed a rare moment of (footy) purity from Sydney’s Tom Papley.
Almanac Humour: Words That Make You Squirm
April 30, 2021 by 14 Comments
Do you have words that make you squirm? KD certainly does, and writes about one of them.
Round 6 – Haiku Bob: The first wreath
April 29, 2021 by 3 Comments
Haiku Bob observed similarities between the observance of Anzac Day and the decline of his Magpies when he took in their recent clash with the Bombers.
Almanac Poetry: ‘Wine Belly’ – Tommy Mallet
April 27, 2021 by 1 Comment
‘Wine Belly’ is Tommy Mallet’s poem telling of the drunken peril staggering home late on a cold, still night, a time when the mind comes out to play.
Almanac Poetry: Brother and Sister
April 27, 2021 by 4 Comments
This Tuesday’s poem from Kevin Densley, ‘Brother and Sister’, can be seen as a postscript to his Anzac Day piece about eight Australian soldiers, ‘The Great War – AIF suite’– this time the poem involves a Victorian country town, a great-grandmother he can’t remember meeting, and her brother who died as a German POW in France in 1916.
Almanac Poetry: Annabelle – Tommy Mallet
April 22, 2021 by 7 Comments
Tommy Mallet, with a poem about Annabelle. And Tibbie. (Contains adult content – Ed)
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