Following on from his latest music themed post, we reshare Kevin Densley’s look back on the “golden age” of cigarettes. A one-two punch of pungency if you will.
Almanac Poetry: Cracker Night
Kevin Densley remembers that one night of the year – November 5th – when many parents allowed their kids the recreational use of small, dangerous explosives …
Grand Final Weddings
Damian Balassone is at his cheeky best with this insight into what really matters at the end of September.
Almanac Poetry: Footfall
The changing face of footy is the focal point of Tony’s take on the game over the decades. There seem to be more questions than answers these days.
The Last Thylacine
Damian Balassone’s latest poem thoughtfully ponders the fate of the thylacine
Almanac Poetry: A Notable Colonial Fistfight
This is a reprise of one of Kevin Densley’s poetry ‘Greatest Hits’, a rollicking take on Ned Kelly’s famous boxing match with ‘Wild’ Wright in 1874 – if you missed it a few years ago, now’s the chance to get in touch with one of Australia’s most impactful folk figures in a different light.
The rhyme of the modern Mariner
Last Saturday’s A League Grand Final, won spectacularly by the Central Coast Mariners, 6-1, reminded Alex Darling of this poem first published in 2018.
Alex Darling with a rousing sea shanty of the Gosford waterfront. (“It is a modern Mariner; And he stoppeth regu’ly…”)
Almanac Debut: Stefan Rogers – To Our Summer Nights
Steven Christou makes his Almanac debut with a conundrum that features a boy and a cicada. Steven is a poet who supports Collingwood. (Welcome to the Almanac, Steven. May this be the first of many.)
Blind Boy Dreaming
With the release of his new book, Chime, Damian Balassone gives us an insight to his work by introducing us to Blind Boy Dreaming, which originally appeared in Arena!
Almanac Poetry: Sitting on my Back Verandah on a Late September Evening
Kevin Densley’s poem indicates that each season of the year announces itself ahead of time – we get a feeling of what is to come beforehand.
Almanac Poetry: ‘No Wind’ – Tommy Mallet
Tommy Mallet’s latest: ‘No Wind’.
Almanac Poetry: A Boy and His Football
Michael Pardy makes his Almanac debut with a poem about kids who have a footy in their hands all the time and how it becomes their friend. (Welcome aboard, Michael – Ed.)
Hollywood Hair Cycle
This poem from Damian Balassone reflects on hair loss and the cycle of life.
Round 11 – Collingwood v Geelong: Dear old Melbourne
In a timely poem, Dips sums up the current atmosphere in Melbourne as they bunker into a fourth lockdown. Saturday’s clash, according to Dips, epitomised the current mood in the town as Collingwood and Geelong spluttered along.
Almanac Poetry: In the Good Old Days
This Tuesday’s poem from Kevin Densley concerns the typical profile of a serial killer back in ‘the good old days’.
Epitaph for a Triathlete
Sometimes you can’t have it all, as this Damian Balassone poem reflects.
Almanac Poetry: Annabelle – Tommy Mallet
Tommy Mallet, with a poem about Annabelle. And Tibbie. (Contains adult content – Ed)
Round 4 – Haiku Bob: The slide
Haiku Bob paints a vivid picture of his Pies, in the midst of fighting a slow start to the season.
Almanac Poetry: Platinum Blonde
This week’s intriguing poem from Kevin Densley is about 1930s Hollywood glamour icon, Jean Harlow, who died tragically young.
Almanac Poetry: Kate Kelly (1863-1898)
Kate Kelly, Ned’s sister, is the subject of this week’s poem by Kevin Densley.
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