Poem 1

The reflection

Sighs!

Who are you?

Eyes see out
the same
and I still know
your name

but
who are you?

Really

Seems we've
passed this way before
some fifty years or more
on some convoluted shore
of life?

Yet

I still fail
to know
YOU

Poem 2

Before you judge me
do you know where I have been?

Payment has been duly paid
in a lifetime
loss
soaked pillows
emotions
have been through
the wringer
on long nights
nights which have prepared me for this time
… this outpouring

why
the Atlantic
knows well the content of her waters
as Titanic knows its self in crested shoals
all picked pristine by time

before you judge me
do you know why I act so
why I keep my heart
at beats outside
as mother guards
her ship of many
on solitary, trodden paths
before…just before

Oh
self pity left these doors
many a moon ago

I reside on life
nature
rivers
mountains
oceans
bears
deer
dogs
cats
trees
the birds
yes…and the bees
simplicity at its best

before you judge me
gaze into the wells of these, my eyes
I am an ocean of emotion
a bomb

needing only one micro-drop of nitro
… to ignite
BOOM!

^

Biography

On the 14th day of February, 1949, Charlotte was born into the Coughlan family. William Hilliard Coughlan, her father and a wonderful artist~muscian in his own right, would unknowingly provide a motivational force, that would in later years aid in Charlotte pursuing and achieving a career in the music industry, as a vocalist~musician. At the tender age of 15, came the birth of her first child. Deemed as unacceptable in the early 60’s, it left her no alternative but to drop her classes at school. In her twenties, Charlotte would resume studying and take correspondence courses, achieving a grade 12 level of education. Then came her studies for an Certificate in Mechanical Drafting from the British Columbia Institute of Technology, followed by three years of Accounting and computer courses. Always a fighter and very passionate by nature, she has never allowed her life’s circumstances to pull her down. It is in fact life’s journeys and episodes that have inspired this writer not to give up and to make known her love of life through her poetic endeavors. Charlotte has written over 200 poems, 7 children's strories, currently working on her autobiography and has had many of her poem published in hard copy as well as on the internet. Slante'