Marilyn McVicker
Marilyn McVicker's poetry chapbook, Some Shimmer of You, was published by Finishing Line Press in June 2014. Marilyn published her first poem in 1980, while raising her three daughters and working as a solo flutist and music educator. Since then, her essays, articles, and poetry have been published in a wide variety of periodicals and newspapers. McFarland & Company published her book, Sauna Detoxification Therapy, in 1997. Marilyn's fascination with words and self-expression stems from her musicianship and from her family's association with sign language. She is currently working on a memoir.
Works
Some Shimmer of You
Some Shimmer of You, by Marilyn McVicker, tells the story in lush poetry of a mother who has lost custody of her daughters because she is a lesbian. In vivid, detailed images, she answers the question she asks in her poem, "Avalanche." "Where are you my darlings?" Her poems evoke the joys of motherhood, the anguish she feels at the loss of her daughters, and the rupture of her role. Her musical language makes the sorrow and love palpable to any reader who has loved and lost. In "Walls of Concrete," she tells her daughters, "I sit here, empty arms,/ putting pen to paper,/hoping you know/your mother/still sings/ your lullabies."
McVicker sings to us all. --- Kathy Weisfeld
Location
NC
Category
Poetry, General Non-Fiction, Essays