Almanac Poetry: The Car Chase in Films from Six Different Countries

October 27, 2020 by 1 Comment

A poem about cars speeding around six countries and all that entails is the subject of Kevin Densley’s poetry this week.

Almanac Poetry: In a Kelly town museum

October 20, 2020 by 6 Comments

In today’s poem, Kevin Densley goes ‘a bit abstract’, to use his own words, with a Ned Kelly theme about going to a museum in Kelly Country as a kid and seeing two particularly interesting artefacts side by side.

Almanac Short Fiction: Floundering

October 19, 2020 by 2 Comments

A passage from Kevin Densley on a boy, a fish and the ripples of their brief and frenzied interaction.

Almanac Poetry: Propinquity

October 13, 2020 by 6 Comments

One thousand, nine hundred and forty one years ago – almost to the day, according to some recent research – Mt Vesuvius’s most devastating eruption occurred. This week’s poem from Kevin Densley, ‘Propinquity’ deals with that catastrophe.

Almanac Poetry: Thumbnail Sketch of the Great Roy Orbison

October 6, 2020 by 10 Comments

This week’s poem from Kevin Densley is about the Big O, Roy Orbison – the Caruso of Rock.

Almanac Poetry Reflection: A Poem with Personal Significance (Discuss)

October 2, 2020 by 5 Comments

Kevin Densley invites Almanackers to share poems which have had an abiding presence in their lives, just as one by Gerard Manley Hopkins has stayed with him over the decades.

Almanac Poetry: The Wilful Murder of Constable Samuel Nelson

September 15, 2020 by 6 Comments

Kevin Densley shares his poetry for the week – this time it’s a dive back to a 19th century Australian gang scenario, as well as a link to a review of his own poetry collection.

Almanac Poetry: Young Björn Encounters Sigrid

September 8, 2020 by 4 Comments

Kevin Densley shares his poetry via mixed-media this week; he also concedes that he did watch a lot of “late night World Movies” in the early days of SBS!

Almanac History: Captain Bert James, R.A.F. (1895-1918)

September 4, 2020 by 6 Comments

Kevin Densley remembers his relative, Captain Bert James RAF whose life was tragically cut short in a flying accident during WW1.

Almanac Poetry: Self-Portrait with Death Playing the Fiddle

September 1, 2020 by 1 Comment

An Arnold Bocklin painting – and the progression of the clock – moved Kevin Densley to pen this succinct poem.

Almanac Music: A Band, Beer, and Pig on a Spit

August 28, 2020 by 4 Comments

Kevin Densley remembers back to the late 70s when his band ‘South Side’ played their one and only gig at a local footy club. ‘Honky Tonk Women’ was a highlight.

Almanac Poetry: Bushranger Harry Power

August 25, 2020 by 4 Comments

Kevin Densley shares the story of Harry Power in his poem this week, the ‘tutor’ of Ned Kelly.