with the footy season now underway
and with poetry in the air today
we revisit Bruce Dawe’s meditation on the speccie.
Almanac Poetry: The High Mark
February 7, 2019 by 3 Comments
Almanac Poetry: Animal Enclosure
February 5, 2019 by 6 Comments
Another footy poem from Damian Balassone, this time about a stoush between The Kid and Spud.
Henry Lawson Poetry: ‘The Song of the Darling River’
January 31, 2019 by 6 Comments
I found this Henry Lawson poem about the Darling River. Australia has always suffered droughts, and periods of poor rainfall. Much of the 1890s was dry, and the worst of it became known as the Federation Drought.
Old Golfers
November 30, 2018 by Leave a Comment
A windy in the shrubbery may not always be detected, a score is only deemed to count if the stroke connected.
The Rhymer extols the virtues of the ageing golfer, something many will identify with! Fore!
Oh, Darrell Hair
November 27, 2018 by 22 Comments
Darrell has a bad Hair day, as Damian Balassone conveys.
Almanac (Racing) Poetry: Melbourne Cup Blues
November 13, 2018 by 4 Comments
The Melbourne Cup can bring on the Blues.
TAB Epigram
November 2, 2018 by 4 Comments
Wilde about the flutter! The latest from wordsmith Damian Balassone.
The Gambler at the Guillotine
October 23, 2018 by 4 Comments
Damian Balassone’s latest offering provides a cutting edge view of the perils of the punt.
The 2018 AFL Grand Final Haiku Kukai: The Far End of the Stadium
October 8, 2018 by 1 Comment
Haiku Bob convened the seventh annual Grand Final Kukai – this time from the MCG! With the Pies in it! He was one of numerous contributors.
The True Believers True Believer
September 27, 2018 by 1 Comment
“…Black and White, in my veins, and I desperate now for another Premiership, Desire is the Holy Grail, The Silver Cup from which to drink victory…” Channelling Shakespeare, Jo Hogan expresses the thoughts of all true believers.
Haiku Bob – Preliminary Final: cupped in prayer
September 27, 2018 by 2 Comments
Haiku Bob, hands unwittingly in prayer, savours the joy.
Strange Game in a Strange Land
September 25, 2018 by 6 Comments
Poet Damian Balassone delivers us another beautiful footy poem.
The Brownlow?
September 16, 2018 by 1 Comment
Who’ll win the Brownlow? I don’t know, but The Rhymer emphatically, gives it a go!
Almanac (Footy) Poetry – The Rhymer: Woolly Footy Jumpers
August 31, 2018 by 1 Comment
The Rhymer is back with a popular Almanac topic
Almanac Poetry: Footy Whiskers
August 28, 2018 by 2 Comments
The Rhymer ponders: Who started the trend of growing whiskers amongst the current footy hipsters?
Haiku Bob – Round 21: first buds
August 17, 2018 by Leave a Comment
Blooming good time for Haiku Bob this week!
Haiku Bob- Round 20: breaking up
August 10, 2018 by 5 Comments
Haiku Bob on losing a close one, and breaking up.
Almanac (Footy) Poetry – The Rhymer: August Reality
July 31, 2018 by 1 Comment
As August dawns on us tomorrow and hopeful footy fans count down until September – is your team in the ‘August Reality’ camp that The Rhymer so eloquently describes?
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