• The First Fifty Years


• Written by : Charlotte Mair
• Illustrations : Charlotte Mair
• Cover Art : James Sherman
• Published at : Hidden Brook Press 1999
• 52 pp
• ISBN 0-9699598-7-7

Charlotte Mair’s warm and friendly poetry is both poignant and uplifting, blending her past and present along with her life’s losses. Eloquent, sensitive and disarming best describe her poems.

"Deep caverns of loss
tempt my
dreams come undone
to survive…
remain one…
to retreat in disguise
from love’s empty eyes
reflecting
the lies
I perceive only shades
of grey.." (Grey page 3)

Her book is divided into four sections.

• 1. Poems of Love
• 2. Poems of Passing
• 3. Poems of Occasion
• 4. Poems of Thought

The reader is able to perceive each poem on its own terms and enjoy their construction.
Her poetry which offers excitement and fun is both captivating and articulate:

"Carousels, colourfully circling
Barker’s voices…pronounced to loudly sing…" (At the Fair Page 23)

This is a marvelous book to give for any occasion.

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