I saw Sam Hunt getting on a bus in Nelson once and I was star struck. He had long hair and one of those 1980s thread earrings- completely utterly uncool cool. I brought a book of his recently in paper plus for $2 - and it made me realize how much we absolutely undervalue our kiwi poets.
You saw him in the wild?? How cool. He always seems to love not just poetry but *playing the poet,* with a sincerity I totally agree is so cool it's not cool, or so not cool it's cool? Just Sam, bless him. I had fun reading this one again more closely. NZ's got a lot of poetry action happening, but yes, they're undervalued as everywhere!
I saw Sam Hunt getting on a bus in Nelson once and I was star struck. He had long hair and one of those 1980s thread earrings- completely utterly uncool cool. I brought a book of his recently in paper plus for $2 - and it made me realize how much we absolutely undervalue our kiwi poets.
You saw him in the wild?? How cool. He always seems to love not just poetry but *playing the poet,* with a sincerity I totally agree is so cool it's not cool, or so not cool it's cool? Just Sam, bless him. I had fun reading this one again more closely. NZ's got a lot of poetry action happening, but yes, they're undervalued as everywhere!
I do hope the Gods of Metlink and Kiwi Rail are in your favour. They've been having a terrible sulk lately, resulting in a godawful bus trip instead 😞
Thanks! I hope dearly so. It is harder, though not impossible, to squeeze a poem out of a 'bus replacement.' Fingers crossed!
I'll get my arse there one way or another, Metlink be damned.