Poems
Marilyn had her first poem published in 1980. Most recently she has been published in Kakalak, Kaleidoscope, The Healing Muse, Earth’s Daughters, Speckled Trout Review, Wordgathering, as well as several anthologies and other publications. She has read her poetry at Western Carolina University’s Literary Festival, the Carolina Mountains Literary Festival, Malaprop’s Bookstore, local community colleges, libraries, and other venues. You are invited to read or listen to some of Marilyn’s work.
Published in
I Still Sing Your Lullabies:
A mother’s love & loss
Consider the Little Girls
What I Missed
I Have Lost My Three Daughters
Published in
Long Field Hollow
Finer Things
Praise Song
October Full Moon
As For Life:
A memoir in poetry exploring the isolation & loss of chronic illness
It Hurts
The Bucket List
No Technological Devices Will Assist
As For Life
Published in
Some Shimmer of You
Stolen Children
The Garden
Some Shimmer of You
Books
Marilyn’s other published works approach changes in life, health and family, with the need to keep moving forward. Discover for yourself, the vivid accounts and informative perspectives portrayed in her books.
About
Get to know more about Marilyn. Learn more about her background, aspirations, accomplishments and quest to live a life full of meaning.
“Beneath the powerful narrative, her poems simmer with longing and the universal experience of loss and trying to make sense of loss. These poems will call you back to them again and again with flashes of recognition of our shared struggles with love, loss, and longing.”
– Malaika King Albrecht, founding editor of Redheaded Stepchild Magazine, author