Geoff Cochrane lives in Wellington and sleeps poorly. His most recent book of verse is Hypnic Jerks (Victoria University Press, 2005).

Cochrane comments: ‘My younger brother Stephen has for me much of the glamour of an older one. He remains lean and brown and good-looking, and still has a tendency to blush – when asking questions of bus-drivers or waitresses, for instance. Yes: Stephen remains lean and brown and good-looking, while I…’

 

 

Poem: Seven Unposted Postcards to My Brother