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.
Visit my Shop to see the upcoming workshops.
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
Organic Chemistry
The Friday before the July 4th weekend, I bought some Tokay at the State Store. The wine is named for the region of Hungary where the grapes are grown.
Persephone
This poem first appeared in the anthology Still You: Poems of Illness and Healing, edited by Joan Baranow, published by Wolf Ridge Press, 2020. Persephone Before I could push a button, the doors closed. I went into free fall, but the cables...
Concrete Square
Hello again! Two and a half years into the pandemic, starting up again feels like a resurrection of sorts. But I have good news to share. Next year, in the Spring, is the launch date for my first published collection of poems, a chapbook titled Rope Made of...