About
Caroline R Poole is a British poet and writer living in the South of Manchester, United Kingdom. Following the stillbirth of her daughter, Olivia in 2010, Caroline led her own fundraising campaign alongside volunteering at a local hospital. Caroline has been involved in several projects for charity and published her book “From Heartbeat to Heartbreak” about her experience. Caroline is also a mother to Oliver.
From Heartbeat to Heartbreak: Stillbirth Exposed
According to the Office for National Statistics, there were over 3000 stillbirths in England and Wales in 2016. Despite this, a silence often surrounds the subject. Now Caroline R Poole writes an emotive memoir recounting her own stillbirth experience, setting out to offer readers a unique insight into the emotional impact of this tragedy.
When Caroline found out she was pregnant in 2009, she was overjoyed to learn that she was due to have a baby girl. But at the age of twenty, Caroline experienced complications which threatened not only her life, but that of her unborn daughter. Caroline had developed severe pre-eclampsia and HELLP syndrome, which resulted in the stillbirth of her daughter, Olivia.
Each leaf is unique.
- Caroline
Poetry
Poetry
“Poetry has always been a subject that is close to my heart. Throughout my early years,
and for as long as I can remember, I have always turned to poetry as an outlet. A way to
not only reflect or express the trials and tribulations that come with life, but a means to
create and explore the realities of human experience, resilience, and endurance. Poetry
has always given me a way to creatively look at those times that we are pushed to the
limit through real and raw emotion, in the different ways that we all come across at
points in our lives.”
Poems
