This week’s poem from Kevin Densley follows from one he wrote about George Best that appeared on The Footy Almanac in 2021. In the words of KD: ‘This sequel is about the difficulty of dealing with personal demons when one is in the public spotlight.’
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Almanac Poetry: Elvis Presley’s Late Cheeseburger Period
January 12, 2026 by 30 Comments
In recognition of the *other* King’s Birthday (January 8th), Kevin Densley reprises his poem about the demise of the artist who embodied so much of the American Dream.
Almanac Poetry: Dionysia
January 5, 2026 by Leave a Comment
This week’s poem, according to Kevin Densley, ‘concerns a long-ago summer involving a catch-up with a friend, watching cricket on the TV, a session on the turps and a big night out – not forgetting a range of Greco-Roman mythological references.’
Almanac Poetry: Had a Better Offer
December 22, 2025 by Leave a Comment
Domestic cats have particular requirements when it comes to where they choose to live, according to this week’s previously unpublished poem from Kevin Densley.
red wheelbarrow in the manner of Paul Gauguin’s Vision after the Sermon
December 15, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This Monday’s poem, according to Kevin Densley is “what I see happening when William Carlos Williams often parodied modernist poem, ‘The Red Wheelbarrow’, meets a well-known painting by Gauguin.”
Almanac Memoir: Queer, Sultry Summer
December 8, 2025 by 32 Comments
John Lennon was shot dead forty-five years ago today, December 8. In this previously unpublished short memoir by Kevin Densley (possibly the first chapter of a book-length work, he says), he paints a vivid picture of the impact upon him of Lennon’s murder on the day – combined with a portrayal of central Melbourne in 1980, and other issues in his own life around that time. [A few names of actual people involved have been changed – Ed.]
Almanac Poetry: A Disguised Version of a Repressed Wish
December 1, 2025 by 2 Comments
Sigmund Freud famously described dreams as a disguised version of a repressed wish. Today’s poem by Kevin Densley is a jokey take on this idea.
Almanac Poetry: Ann Arbor, Michigan
November 10, 2025 by 4 Comments
What’s in a name? Sometimes everything. Some place names are beautiful in themselves, this week’s poem by Kevin Densley concerns one of them.
Almanac Poetry: Cracker Night
November 4, 2025 by 24 Comments
Kevin Densley remembers that one night of the year – November 5th – when many parents allowed their kids the recreational use of small, dangerous explosives … (worthy of reprising – ed)
Almanac Poetry: The Story of Fisher’s Ghost Creek
November 3, 2025 by 5 Comments
‘Tis the season (of sorts); Kevin Densley follows on from his spooky Halloween poem with a reprise of an older work on Fisher’s Ghost Creek.
Almanac Poetry: All Hallows’ Eve
October 31, 2025 by 5 Comments
On October 31, for a number of years now, Kevin Densley has posted a Halloween poem on the Almanac website – here’s his latest one, written very recently. The poem offers a take on the spiritual, as opposed to gimmicky, side of All Hallows’ Eve.
Almanac Poetry: The Horror, The Horror, And A Great Ugliness Is Born
October 27, 2025 by Leave a Comment
Kevin Densley describes this Monday’s poem, previously unpublished, as ‘toilet humour’.
Almanac Poetry: That Thunderclap Blow
October 20, 2025 by 1 Comment
Kevin Densley describes this week’s poem as ‘very much in the “carpe diem” category, in a roundabout way’.
Almanac Poetry: Big Bopper Junior Meets His Late Father
October 13, 2025 by 4 Comments
This week’s poem from Kevin Densley, previously unpublished, deals with the unusual way The Big Bopper’s son ‘met’ his father – even though born months after the famous man’s death on ‘the day the music died’ in 1959.
Almanac Poetry: Thailand Silk
October 6, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This poem from Kevin Densley is about his mother’s friend who served in the Vietnam War.
Almanac Music: ‘Doctor, My Eyes’ – Songs Involving Medicine
October 3, 2025 by 106 Comments
In this installment of his long-running series on popular song themes, Kevin Densley focuses upon songs involving medicine. The theme is seen in a broad way and could include songs mentioning doctors, nurses, names of particular medicines and the like. As usual, readers’ song choices and comments are warmly welcomed.
Almanac Poetry: Observing the Artist Observing
September 29, 2025 by 2 Comments
‘There is such a thing as too much,’ Kevin Densley says, in relation to this week’s poem. [Contains mild coarse language – Ed.]
Almanac Poetry: The School of Brendan Behan
September 22, 2025 by 2 Comments
This week’s poem from Kevin Densley connects with hard-drinking Irish writer, Brendan Behan (1923-1964).
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