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    Paul Kelly
    is an Australian songwriter with more than 30 albums to his name. He has published a “mongrel memoir”, How to Make Gravy, and an anthology of his favourite poems, Love Is Strong as Death.

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    Poetry April 11, 2020

    Riddle Poem Three from the Kelly-Hoard

    Hello again. The answer to last month’s riddle poem – I’ve been shut up a long time in a dark place/ Flung from my fellow… – was “An odd sock”. I haven’t heard of any alternative answers yet. My sister-in-law was onto it straight …

    Poetry February 15, 2020

    Riddle Poem One from the Kelly-Hoard

    Riddles and riddle poems have been around a long, long time in human history. One of the most famous riddles, referred to in Oedipus Rex, written by Sophocles in the 5th century BCE, is posed by the Sphinx to Oedipus as he’s on his way to Thebes: “What …

    Poetry March 14, 2020

    Riddle Poem Two from the Kelly-Hoard

    Hello again – the answer I had for last month’s riddle poem was “A tree (deciduous)”. Fixed in one place I’m always on the move./ Sometimes I blush but not when I’m naked./ No mouth have I but many songs/ And often moan at midnight./ Without …



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