My Favourite Helen

Only one Helen can top the list in poet Damian Balassone’s opinion…

Almanac (Footy) Poetry – The Rhymer: Screamers

The Rhymer weaves a lyrical tribute to footy’s high fliers.

Almanac (Footy) Poetry – The Rhymer: In The Back!

In The Back! Bring in some zones, and other unknowns, draw different lines on the ground let’s make the game more attractive, they claim by tearing the old structure down Rubbish I say, the game is ok, the rules are already in place since Tom Wills came to fame by inventing the game we’ve tried [Read more]

Almanac (Footy) Poetry – The Rhymer: An Object Of Desire

The Rhymer: An Object Of Desire

Johnny Warren’s Wig

The latest whimsy from Damian Balassone on Johnny Warren’s Wig.

Almanac (Footy) Poetry – The Rhymer: Recos

The Rhymer putting the pain of going through a knee reconstruction into poetry.

Haiku Bob – Round 16 – dusk fills the air

It appears to be poetry in motion for Collingwood at the moment. Here’s Haiku Bob’s Round 16 poem.

Almanac (Footy) Poetry – The Rhymer: What Ground Is That?

The Rhymer relates the modern-day ground naming confusion felt by many of us.

Almanac (Footy) Poetry – The Rhymer: The Rules (With deference to Pink Floyd)

Latest from The Rhymer – far from comfortably numb, here’s his impassioned plea to the top brass.

Almanac (Footy) Poetry – The Rhymer: Ode To Cyril

The Rhymer pays tribute to the sheer brilliance of Cyril Rioli. Perhaps, given his family heritage, Cyril was always going to be a champion.

Almanac (Footy) Poetry – The Rhymer: Grass roots footy

The Rhymer with his thoughts on where the focus for the footy bosses should be.

Haiku Bob – Round 15 – towers ablaze

A different style poem from Haiku Bob this week but one that encapsulates the mood of happy Pies fans at the moment.

Almanac (Footy) Poetry – The Rhymer: The Dropkick

Another ripper from The Rhymer, a tribute to WA exponents of the droppy.

When Alex Rance….

Lance, Rance, and Ray are set to verse.

Haiku Bob – Round 14 – out of the blue

Haiku Bob’s in again to condense Round 14 into that most efficient of the poetry styles that he does so well

Almanac (Footy) Poetry – The Rhymer: My Favourite things

Inspired by the Sound of Music, The Rhymer is moved to write about the rough and tumble of footy.

Almanac Poetry – The Rhymer: What the coaches say

Introducing our new recruit, The Rhymer, with his first Almanac offering.

Haiku Bob – Round 12: breaking lines

A great day for haiku: a birthday, a stiff breeze, a tall Yank, a Pie win. See what Haiku Bob spotted.

Adam Goodes vs. Daniel Wells

Well, if you like to play with words, you’d have to say that this is good! Damian Balassone gets cute.

Haiku Bob – Round 11 – all those things

Round 11 gets the haiku bob treatment