Mary Salisbury
Mary Salisbury’s poetry has been published in Michigan Quarterly Review, North Dakota Quarterly , and other journals. She recently received Honorable Mention in the 2025 Grayson Books Poetry Contest. Mary is the author of the chapbooks Come What May and Scarlet Rain Boots, both published by Finishing Line Press.
Salisbury’s fiction has been published in Whitefish Review and Cutthroat, a Journal of the Arts. Her story collection, Side Effects of Wanting, was published by Main Street Rag. An Oregon Literary Arts Fellowship recipient, Mary earned her MFA in writing from Pacific University. She lives in Beaverton, Oregon
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Poem from Call the Stars by Name
Beholden
I wish we could eat together, passing the mashed potatoes, cutting each other off mid-sentence. I would like to thank you for being in my body and of my body. Remember us, how we spun, Dylan scratchy on the old turntable, forewarning. I wish I had more of you. Today I saw a purple flower, blue sky, and a pink camellia. I pretended you saw them too. What I really want to say is, forgive me.
