Mary McGinnis
Mary McGinnis, blind since birth, has been writing and living in New Mexico since 1972 where she has connected with emptiness, desert, and mountains. Published in over 80 magazines and anthologies, she has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize, and has three full length collections: Listening for Cactus (1996), October Again (2008), See with Your Whole Body (2016), and a chapbook, Breath of Willow, published by Lummox for winning the poetry contest in 2017. Mary frequently offers poetry readings and writing workshops in Santa Fe and Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Two Poems | Breathwork and Circle Music
Journal Article
Mary McGinnis’s poems explore the visceral and the quiet: breath as fire, a force of release, and stillness as a threshold where hidden music begins. They invite us to inhabit our bodies, surrender to mystery, and listen for life’s faint, guiding song.