The chilly month of June lends itself to observing the poetry of the Southern Ocean, though in this reprised effort from Kevin Densley, sometimes the realm of dancing whitecaps and whipping wind leaves you wanting more…
Almanac Lunches: The Footy Almanac Poets’ Lunch
June 7, 2025 by 2 Comments
Join the Footy Almanac for lunch and a wonderful afternoon featuring poets who publish on our website, as we hear them read some of their poems, and discuss and dissect the role and importance of poetry in the world today. Friday, 13 June at The All Nations Hotel, Richmond.
Round 12 – Haiku Bob: raking leaves
June 5, 2025 by 3 Comments
Collingwood’s emphatic win against Hawthorn is celebrated by Haiku Bob in his inimitable manner.
Almanac Poetry: The premiership coach crosses the road
June 3, 2025 by 4 Comments
Vin Maskell spots a premiership coach while on school crossing duty and places the experience into verse.
Almanac Poetry: Morning Sun, Fitzroy
June 2, 2025 by 2 Comments
In this rerun of a previously posted poem, according to KD it is clear that beauty can be found in the most unlikely places; this time the very streetsides of inner-Melbourne. [Prompted by the sunrise and today’s VAFA write up – Ed.]
Friday night footy poem: Found
May 28, 2025 by Leave a Comment
Bill Wootton had a moment of inspiration while watching Friday night footy. [The start of a series Bill? – Ed]
Almanac Poetry: A Notable Colonial Fistfight
May 26, 2025 by 31 Comments
This is a reprise of one of Kevin Densley’s poetry ‘Greatest Hits’, a rollicking take on Ned Kelly’s famous boxing match with ‘Wild’ Wright in 1874 – if you missed it a few years ago, now’s the chance to get in touch with one of Australia’s most impactful folk figures in a different light.
Almanac Poetry: No one is Safe – Michael Pardy
May 20, 2025 by 2 Comments
Following the Welsh poetic form called Englyn, Pards produces his poem, ‘No one is Safe’.
Round 10 – Collingwood v Adelaide: Haiku Bob – silent rain
May 19, 2025 by 2 Comments
Haiku Bob has gone all autumn on us, as he creates the atmosphere of the Pies-Crows game.
Almanac Poetry: Chad Morgan, the Sheik of Scrubby Creek, Rueful and Reflective after Getting Clobbered from Behind by a Piece of Two-Be-Four while Having a Piss in the Back Paddock of an Outback Pub During an Interval in his Country-and-Western Show
May 19, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This week’s poem from Kevin Densley is a previously unpublished, jokey one centred upon the late Australian country music legend, Chad Morgan. [Contains mild coarse language]
Almanac Music: ‘Kiss Me’ – Songs Involving Kissing
May 15, 2025 by 177 Comments
The latest instalment in KD’s epic series on popular song themes concerns songs involving kissing. As is always the case, readers’ contributions are warmly welcomed.
Almanac Poetry: mors, mortis
May 12, 2025 by Leave a Comment
Kevin Densley marshals a veritable cavalcade of famous dead writers and pictures them in typical, bordering mundane, behaviour from life.
Almanac Poetry: ‘Summer’s Tadpoles’ – Tommy Mallet
May 9, 2025 by 1 Comment
The call of the frog is a blissful sound on a rainy night suggests Tommy Mallet in his poem ‘Summer’s Tadpoles’.
Big Head Retires
May 6, 2025 by 4 Comments
A footy poem by Damian Balassone about a footy retirement.
Almanac Poetry: Birds
May 5, 2025 by Leave a Comment
In this week’s poem, KD presents a specific and highly individual take on the avian class.
Almanac Music: ‘You can’t hide your lyin’ eyes’ – Songs Involving Lying
April 25, 2025 by 138 Comments
In this week’s instalment of KD’s epic series on popular song, the theme is songs involving lying. As is always the case, readers’ song choices and comments are warmly welcomed.
Almanac Poetry: Empty Football Oval on a Saturday Afternoon
April 22, 2025 by Leave a Comment
What’s in an empty oval? John Gordon offers two thoughts, both full of insight and meaning.
Almanac Poetry: The Ballad of Alexander Pearce
April 19, 2025 by 7 Comments
Kevin Densley suggests you read his poem this week with “fava beans and a nice bottle of Chianti” for reasons which will become obvious. [We are giving KD’s poem prominence again because of the reference to Alexander Pearce in a recent Ian Wilson piece.]
Almanac Life and Sport: Tight Finishes
April 16, 2025 by 3 Comments
The tight finish to the US Masters this week forms a perfect background for Michael Pardy’s latest poetry offering on close finishes in big sporting events.
Almanac Poetry: Three Photographs from the Early Life of Frances Scott Fitzgerald Lanahan Smith (1922-1986)
April 14, 2025 by 2 Comments
‘A prime candidate for ‘The Great American Novel’, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, turned 100 this week. This centenary has been observed in numerous ways around the world. To mark the occasion, KD reprises his poem about Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald’s only child, daughter Scottie (Frances Scott Fitzgerald).’
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