Sam Hunt
Sam Hunt was born in Castor Bay, Auckland, in 1946. He lived for a long time on and about the Cook Strait. He has published roughly fifteen books, most recently, Doubtless: New and Selected Poems (Craig Potton Publishing, 2008). Upcoming volumes include Backroads Off Backroads and The First Fifty-Two Chords (Craig Potton), James K. Baxter: Poems (Auckland University Press, May 2009), selected and introduced by Hunt, and an album with David Kilgour, Falling Debris (2009). He now lives with his 11 year old son on the Arapaoa River of the Kaipara.
Poem: Lines for a New Year
