KD describes this week’s offering – fresh off the presses – as a ‘humorous parody of Sylvia Plath’s strange and disturbing poem ‘Death and Co.’
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Almanac Poetry: Encounter with a Fox
January 22, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This Monday’s poem from KD, previously unpublished, concerns a fox that was too friendly for its own good. [Contains mild coarse language – Ed]
Almanac Poetry: Wednesday Evening, St Matthew’s Anglican Church, East Geelong
January 8, 2024 by 6 Comments
KD is back after his annual break with a poem about Evensong.
Almanac Poetry: Paris, 1877
July 17, 2023 by Leave a Comment
Continuing the French flavour of his most recent Almanac music post, KD’s poem this week depicts the Paris of Julius LeBlanc Stewart’s wonderfully decadent, colourful nineteenth century painting, Twilight on the Terrace, Paris.
Almanac Poetry: Rat Sonnet
June 5, 2023 by 2 Comments
In writing this poem, KD declares the common rat ‘sonnet-worthy’, even if the kind of sonnet he has employed is of a decidedly modern kind.
Almanac Music: Numerical Songs from 1 – 10
March 31, 2023 by 31 Comments
Col Ritchie has come up with a list of songs incorporating numbers in their titles in numerical order from 1 to 10.
Almanac Life: First Car
February 10, 2023 by 26 Comments
A person’s first car is a milestone event. In this Friday’s piece, KD talks about his, a 1962 Ford Anglia, and invites Almanackers to share their own ‘first car’ stories.
Almanac Music: Dream Golden Dreams (Song Lyric)
October 28, 2022 by 3 Comments
This Friday, KD shares the lyrics of a ballad (a kind of lullaby) he wrote in his early twenties, a time when he wrote many songs.
Almanac Poetry: Revelations
October 3, 2022 by 3 Comments
Today’s poem from KD is: ‘a mash up of T S Eliot, Franz Kafka, Cole Porter and Billy Bunter, combined with a general, unfocused (probably Catholic in origin) desire for forgiveness.’ Kevin adds, ‘Other than that, it’s also a bit of fun; a literary bonbon.’ [Contains minor strong language – Ed.]
Almanac Poetry: When Colonel Sanders Met Colonel Tom Parker
August 8, 2022 by 1 Comment
In this poem, KD imagines a meeting between two of the most famous ‘Colonels’ ever: Harland Sanders of Kentucky Fried Chicken fame, and Tom Parker (born Andreas Cornelis van Kuijk), Elvis Presley’s manager.
Almanac Poetry: said hamlet
August 1, 2022 by 6 Comments
Early in Shakespeare’s play Hamlet, Hamlet says: “I am but mad north-north-west: when the wind is southerly I know a hawk from a handsaw.” … Huh?
Almanac Music (and Poetry): ‘Lacrimosa’ from Mozart’s Requiem
May 20, 2022 by Leave a Comment
Prose and poetry combine in this piece by KD about working as a cinema usher in Melbourne in the mid-1980s – the focus is upon one of his all-time favourite films and pieces of music.
Almanac Comedy: ‘Yes, What?’ – Radio Serial
February 15, 2022 by 3 Comments
Col Ritchie remembers a classic radio serial, ‘Yes, What?’ he listened to while stuck in peak hour traffic driving home from work in the 70s.
Almanac Poetry: Great Literary Fistfights of the Twentieth Century
May 4, 2021 by 3 Comments
When two giants of twentieth century American literature faced off (poet Wallace Stevens and ‘he-man’ Ernest Hemingway), it was no question who was really the winner.
Almanac Memoir (and Music): ‘Maybe’ by Split Enz
April 2, 2021 by 2 Comments
This Friday’s piece from KD, although quite brief, covers a great deal of territory, including mid-1970s Sydney, the Opera House, King’s Cross, a family holiday, and an encounter with early Split Enz.
Almanac Life: The Art of Indian Head Massage
March 12, 2021 by 1 Comment
In this Friday’s column, KD writes about his most unusual qualification, and invites Almanackers to comment and/or share theirs.
Almanac Music: Australia’s Best Song Revisited
March 5, 2021 by 1 Comment
When it comes to listening to music, many people are “mood listeners”. In this vein, KD revisits his “Best Australian Song” Footy Almanac piece, to ask Almanackers what songs may have slipped through the cracks in the extensive discussion that followed it. He also provides a new song nomination of his own.
Almanac (World) Cinema: Icelandic Feature Films Involving Sport
February 5, 2021 by 3 Comments
In 2020, KD’s Footy Almanac article about Icelandic cinema attracted considerable interest. Now, his focus is upon feature films from Iceland associated with sport.
Almanac Memoir (and Music): Fool For You Anyway
January 29, 2021 by 1 Comment
Patrick White Award-winning novelist, short story writer and essayist, Carmel Bird described this autobiographical KD piece about youthful love as ‘a beautiful story. So simple, so sad, so true’.
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