In this instalment of his long-running series on popular song themes, KD looks at songs that reference the words ‘girl’ and/or ‘girls’. As is always the case, readers’ contributions are warmly welcomed.
Almanac Music: ‘My Girl’ – Songs Referencing the Words ‘Girl’ and/or ‘Girls’
July 10, 2026 by 58 Comments
Almanac Poetry: An Unseen Guiding Hand?
July 6, 2026 by Leave a Comment
This week’s poem by Kevin Densley is previously unpublished one about the feeling he gets when writing well.
Almanac Poetry: The Story of Fisher’s Ghost Creek
June 29, 2026 by 2 Comments
We reprise a Kevin Densley poem telling of events at perhaps the sole creek in the world to bear the name of a ghost.
Almanac Poetry: Land’s End
June 22, 2026 by Leave a Comment
This previously unpublished poem from Kevin Densley takes its title from the most westerly point of mainland England.
Almanac Music: ‘Oh Boy’ – Songs Referencing the Words ‘Boy’ and/or ‘Boys’
June 19, 2026 by 139 Comments
In this instalment of his long-running series on popular song themes, KD deals with songs referencing the words ‘boy’ and/or ‘boys’. As is always the case, readers’ contributions are warmly welcomed.
Almanac Poetry: “I want to be a Greek god”
June 8, 2026 by 2 Comments
Kevin Densley describes this week’s poem as an early unpublished work about romantic youthful ambitions.
Almanac Song Lyrics: My Beautiful German Ex-Girlfriend
May 25, 2026 by Leave a Comment
Instead of a poem, this Monday it’s a song lyric from Kevin Densley. He says the song is about ‘youthful love’. [Shades of Dolly Parton too, perhaps. Ed.]
Almanac Music: ‘You’ve got a friend’ – Songs Referencing Friendship
May 22, 2026 by 207 Comments
In this week’s installment of his long-running series on popular song themes, KD deals with songs referencing friendship. As is always the case, readers’ song choices and comments are warmly welcomed.
Almanac Poetry: White Cockatoo
May 18, 2026 by Leave a Comment
This week’s poem from Kevin Densley, previously unpublished, is about our showoff friend, the cockatoo.
Almanac Poetry: A Certain Kind of Envy
May 11, 2026 by Leave a Comment
KD encapsulates this week’s previously unpublished poem, one he wrote decades ago, as involving ‘young love, romance, despair’. ‘All much of a muchness’, he adds, in relation to this description.
Almanac Poetry: ‘Isle Full of Noises’ – a review
May 5, 2026 by 7 Comments
Kevin Densley recently released his sixth collection of poetry, ‘Isle Full of Noises’. Col Ritchie provides a review of this excellent collection of poetry.
Almanac Music: ‘It’s Heartbreak Warfare’ – Songs Referencing War
May 1, 2026 by 127 Comments
This instalment of KD’s long-running series on popular song themes concerns songs referencing war. As is always the case, readers’ song choices and comments are warmly welcomed.
Almanac Poetry: Granny’s Lost It
April 27, 2026 by Leave a Comment
Kevin Densley describes this week’s previously unpublished poem as ‘reflecting upon old age and the inevitability of death’.
Almanac Poetry: ‘The Great War – AIF Suite’
April 25, 2026 by 27 Comments
Kevin Densley’s ‘The Great War – AIF Suite’ poetry collection is as timely as ever on Anzac Day. Read on for some poignant and arresting reflections on Australian soldiers who fought in World War I. [For ANZAC Day 2026 we reprise Kevin’s set of reflective World War I poems- Ed]
Almanac Poetry: My Portrait by an Artist Friend
April 13, 2026 by 4 Comments
This week’s poem from Kevin Densley is basically KD’s commentary on a recent portrait of him by his artist-friend, Terry Matassoni.
Almanac Music: ‘Caught in a trap’ – Songs Referencing Catching.
April 10, 2026 by 69 Comments
In this instalment of KD’s long-running series on popular song themes, the subject is songs referencing catching. As is always the case, readers’ song choices and comments are warmly welcomed.
Almanac Poetry: The New Testament
April 6, 2026 by 8 Comments
‘The New Testament’ is Kevin Densley’s poetic take on the second major division of the Christian Bible – in just thirty-seven lines! This week it gets a second coming in honour of Easter Monday.
Almanac Poetry: Stone and Darkness
March 30, 2026 by 2 Comments
We reprise Kevin Densley’s seasonal poem in the lead up to Easter, set at dawn in the precinct of St Paul’s Cathedral, Melbourne.
Almanac Song Lyrics: I Can’t Get Started
March 23, 2026 by 6 Comments
This week, in place of his usual Monday poem, Kevin Densley provides an original song lyric.
Almanac Music: ‘Hip To Be Square’ – Songs Referencing Shapes
March 20, 2026 by 89 Comments
In this week’s instalment of KD’s long-running series on popular song themes, the focus is upon shapes – squares, triangles, circles, diamonds and the like. As is always the case, readers’ song choices and comments are warmly welcomed.
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