Publications and Projects

Mary’s work has appeared in Room, Prosetrics, Ink in Thirds, and elsewhere.

Below are additional publications and details:

  • “To escape the undertow, swim parallel to shore” in Room’s Rest/Unrest Issue 48.3

  • “How to Wash Dishes, or: Hold Me” in Ink in Thirds Fall Equinox Vol 6, i.2 Issue

  • “Body as a river channel” in Yellow Arrow Journal’s UNFURL volume

  • “There are white buds on the willow tree” in Netherlands-based Prosetrics' Mirage Issue

  • 3 poems in ionosphere (a journal dedicated to science, technology, and the human experience) Vol II Issue 2

  • 5 poems in The Nature of Our Times: Poems on America’s Lands, Waters, Wildlife, and Other Natural Wonders.

  • “Just because you can” in Duck Duck Mongoose’s 8th Issue of Spare Change.

  • “How to Forget About Water” in Creekside Magazine’s 2nd Issue of home and belonging.

  • “<Work><Passion>” forthcoming in Radical Catalyst

Readings

On the second Wednesday of every month, you can most often find Mary at C&P Coffee in West Seattle, participating in Poetry Bridge’s Open Mic!

Start at 48:37 for a reading of an early version of “Just because you can”

Poetry Bridge at C&P Coffee Jan 8, 2025

Start at 1:14:46 for readings of “A Call to dish washers,” “Curing Cancer,” and “Gaze”

Poetry Bridge at C&P Coffee May 14, 2025

Upcoming

Mary has two works-in-progress:

No More Excuses: Drawing on her 15 years of experience working in construction and tech companies, Mary shines a light on the truths of capitalism and her own self-confidence journey, and presents the natural world and community as a healing force and alternative.

If Hands Were Dis\Tributaries: Part memoir, part auto-fiction, this chapbook weaves water in poetic form, metaphors, and visual elements to explore how family and childhood influence us.

Local Installation

As part of Seattle-based Push/Pull’s Annual Poetry and Art Show, Mary had two erasures (“Principles”) displayed on the wall, included in the risograph poetry anthology, and gave a reading at opening night

Reading of “Principles,” two erasures of the Amazon Leadership Principles