ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Kerrin P. Sharpe is a teacher of creative writing. She has recently published in Best NZ Poems 08, Turbine 07, Snorkel, Bravado, Takahe, NZ Listener, Poetry NZ, Junctures, Sport and The Press. ‘A Possible Journey‘: one morning I was startled to find a deer’s head impaled on an iron fence. I tried to write a poem that would put the deer back where he belonged. ‘The Train Wakes Horses‘ was written on the train between Pictonand Christchurch in response to fields of horses fleeing the train.