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

Sam Duckor-Jones

21 Sep 2018

Culture

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New verse by Featherston writer Sam Duckor-Jones.

People from the Pit Stand Up by Sam Duckor-Jones (Victoria University Press, $30) is available at Unity Books.

Sam Duckor-Jones

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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