Sam Duckor-Jones

Guest writer

Sam Duckor-Jones was born & grown in Wellington & today is at home on the West Coast. He has published two collections of poetry: People From The Pit Stand Up (2018, VUP) & Party Legend (2021, THWUP). Sam has exhibited widely & is represented by Bowen Galleries. His current project is the queer transformation of an old church into a camp public sculpture.

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The Friday Poem: ‘No Internet’ by Sam Duckor-Jones

By Sam Duckor-Jones | 1st September, 2023

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The Friday Poem: ‘Coping Poem’ by Sam Duckor-Jones

Let’s go ahead & lean in

By Sam Duckor-Jones | 17th June, 2022

How Gloria of Greymouth rose again

How Gloria of Greymouth rose again

Earlier this month the West Coast's much-loved pink church was attacked by vandals while its owner slept inside. Here's what happened next.

By Sam Duckor-Jones | 12th June, 2022

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The Friday Poem: Party Legend by Sam Duckor-Jones

A new poem by Wellington poet Sam Duckor-Jones.

By Sam Duckor-Jones | 6th March, 2020

Golden Bay at low tide on May 12, 2016 (Photo by USGS/NASA Landsat data/Orbital Horizon/Gallo Images/Getty Images)

The Friday Poem: ‘On Intimacy’ by Sam Duckor-Jones

New verse by Featherston writer Sam Duckor-Jones.

By Sam Duckor-Jones | 21st September, 2018