KD describes this week’s poem as ‘the imagined final thoughts of an infamous Nazi who died in Brazil, unrepentant, decades after World War Two ended.’
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Dying Thoughts of Dr Josef Mengele, while Having a Stroke and Drowning off the Coast of Bertioga, São Paulo, Brazil, 7 February, 1979
February 24, 2025 by 4 Comments
Almanac Music: ‘I was alright, for a while’ – Songs Involving Crying
February 7, 2025 by 255 Comments
In this week’s instalment of KD’s epic series on popular song, the theme is songs involving crying. As usual, readers’ responses are warmly welcomed.
Almanac Music: ‘If the chemistry is right’ – Songs Involving Science
January 24, 2025 by 65 Comments
In this week’s instalment of KD’s epic series on popular song, the theme is science. As usual, readers’ song choices and comments are warmly welcomed.
Almanac Music: ‘January’ – Songs Mentioning Months of the Year
January 3, 2025 by 106 Comments
In keeping with the beginning of a new year, this week’s instalment of KD’s epic series on popular song themes concerns songs mentioning names of the months.
Almanac (Last-minute) Gifts: So what would I like for Christmas?
December 24, 2024 by Leave a Comment
John Harms has his own wish-list for Christmas. The thing he most wants is to go secondhand T-shirt shopping with son Theo, but he’s also on a few other possibilities. [Hint kids – Dad]
Almanac Pubs: Grace Mackenzie’s third pub, the All Nations in Richmond
December 20, 2024 by 8 Comments
Grace Mackenzie completes her three-part series on ‘my favourite pubs’ with her take on the All Nations Hotel in Richmond. This is a delightful amalgam of personal experience and the history and life of a great pub. [Love it Grace – JTH]
Almanac Music: ‘I Can See You, Your Brown Skin Shining in the Sun’: Songs Connected to the Beach
December 20, 2024 by 69 Comments
This week’s theme in KD’s epic series about popular song is songs connected to the beach – and they don’t have to be specifically ‘summer songs’, either. As usual, readers’ input is most welcome.
Almanac Music: ‘If I Was A Sculptor’ – Songs Connected to Painting and/or Sculpture
December 6, 2024 by 79 Comments
This instalment of KD’s epic series on popular song concerns songs connected to painting and/or sculpture. As usual, readers’ song choices and comments are warmly welcomed.
Almanac Music: ‘Have a Cigar’ – Songs Involving Smoking
November 22, 2024 by 88 Comments
In the latest instalment of his epic series on popular song themes, KD deals with songs involving smoking – cigarettes, cigars, pipes, whatever…
Almanac Poetry: Dat Ole Debble Called Redrafting
November 18, 2024 by 2 Comments
Every writer does it; some should do it more; others should do it less – in this Monday’s poem, KD deals with the subject of redrafting.
Almanac Music: ‘I ain’t ‘fraid of no ghost’ – Songs with a Halloween Vibe
October 31, 2024 by 53 Comments
The latest instalment of KD’s epic series on popular song is ‘Songs with a Halloween Vibe’. As usual, readers’ song choices and comments are warmly welcomed.
Almanac Poetry: A Neurotic Worry
October 21, 2024 by 2 Comments
KD describes this week’s previously unpublished poem as follows: ‘It’s encapsulated in the title.’
Almanac Poetry: Concerning the ‘Talking Boony’
October 14, 2024 by 2 Comments
Cricket season is now here, so KD has delved into his archives and come up with a previously unpublished poem about the talking David Boon doll that was a big promotional success for VB about two decades ago.
Almanac Music: Two Potent Elements – Songs Involving Blood and/or Fire
September 27, 2024 by 150 Comments
This week’s installment of KD’s epic series on popular song themes concerns songs that involve blood and/or fire. As usual, readers’ song choices and comments are warmly welcomed.
Almanac Poetry: The Last Time I Saw My Great-Grandmother
August 26, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This previously unpublished poem, according to KD, is one written long ago about his last meeting with his great-grandmother, Lucy. The encounter didn’t go quite as expected.
Almanac Music: ‘Oh Vesuvius’ – Songs Involving Hills, Mountains and Volcanoes
August 16, 2024 by 216 Comments
In the latest installment of KD’s epic series about popular song themes, the focus is upon hills, mountains and volcanoes. As usual, readers’ contributions are warmly welcomed.
Almanac Poetry: I warn you
August 12, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This week’s poem from KD is a warning to all of its readers. [And editors – Ed.]
Almanac Poetry: Teddy Bear
August 5, 2024 by Leave a Comment
KD describes this poem as ‘an unpublished one from my archives, about a childhood buddy’.
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