The Wednesday Poem: ‘The further you look’ by Sam Hunt

All week this week we present new verse, to celebrate Phantom Billstickers National Poetry Day on Friday. Today’s poet: Sam Hunt of Kaipara.   The further you look   ‘The further you look the less you see’ she said as she smiled & went down on me.   She talked of her marriage a contract … Read more

The Friday Poem: ‘Mum and Mary’ by Sam Hunt

New verse by Kaipara poet Sam Hunt.   Mum and Mary   In the dream my mother is chatting with her friend, Mary,   mother of Jesus – Mum and Mary sharing a joint.   Mary tends to rabbit on about the cost of living,   of everything ‘going up’; husband, Joseph,   coming in lately … Read more

The Friday poem: “My Father’s Waistcoats”, by Sam Hunt

New verse by  Kaipara poet Sam Hunt.   My father’s waistcoats   My father’s waistcoats never had pockets.   It was years later someone explained   a good lawyer in court didn’t need notes…   I never went with the law like my father would have liked.   But I got to swing juries – … Read more

The Friday poem – Voznesensky, by Sam Hunt

Voznesensky   Voznesensky       meeting his girlfriend in the rain   is taking place tonight.       There’s the same   telephone box, late fifties,      Voznesensky & girlfriend   rooting like rattlesnakes.      The whole world is shaking.   Voznesensky himself is      shaking.   It must be love, he thought.      Or a bad night.   Or good … Read more