Welcome! I’m Deborah Bayer, writer and workshop facilitator.
I am (mostly) retired from the practice of Infectious Disease and Palliative Care. I write poems and personal essays, and I’m working on a memoir about the need for emotional support in the workplace.
I facilitate writing groups via Zoom. These groups blend the Amherst Writers & Artists (AWA) methodology with the Narrative Medicine workshop format.
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A Rope Made of Bandages
Poems by Deborah Bayer
AWA Workshops
The supportive approach of the AWA method lends itself to healing from all kinds of trauma, including the trauma of medical training.
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Blog Archive
Temporary Frog
(click here to order a copy) Temporary Frog I barely remember what I did to be transported to this princess’ backyard doomed to matrimony. The youngest spoiled daughter said she would, now she refuses to share her gold cup. Father insists, fair father-in-law. I...
The Seagull & Irreversible
The Seagull Gray was a gift (and the gulls’ laughter). A world of water was the westward road. Wind and waves wandered ashore to make a murderous mess of the day. Rain and runoff ruined my sight. The windshield wipers whined in vain. A sea-bird showed sudden, silent...
Red Gown with Lace
Red Gown with Lace As always, I’m drawn to this room, the one with the Chagalls, but today, I’m not here for them. I came for this hard bench under these dim lights to write about my mother. When I last saw her, she listed hard to her left side, toward the port-wine...