Poem: I Took A Photo of Sam Hunt in Upper Hutt 20 Years Ago

I have a photograph of Sam Hunt. I took it looking up at him from the floor.

My jaw down by my camera, and me in awe of it all

It was about 20 years ago and I had been reading his words for at least 10 years then – I had met him briefly outside the pub in Hastings where he was looking to cadge a fag after reciting Baxter and quoting lines from Dylan, Lou …