Kerrin Sharpe – a retired pilot flies asleep

a retired pilot flies asleep his pockets fill with mountains                                                   and bad weather everything’s falling                                                   sons                                                   daughters                                                   landing gear home he shouts to remember the word his house is off site                                                   off where? he’ll never fit back on earth                                                   St Kilda pray for him                                                   St Clair pray for him he ditches the plane he blinks […]

Kerrin Sharpe – after my father

after my father after my father the Kommandant read Hansel & Gretel he never left me in the forest or anywhere near his busy factory chimneys he was a true father who obeyed his boss a loving father who kept German Shepherd dogs behind high wire fences some nights he counted stars once when there […]