BERNADETTE GEYER is a poet and copy editor in the Washington, DC, area.

Geyer's first full-length manuscript, The Scabbard of Her Throat, was selected by Cornelius Eady for publication in the Hilary Tham Capital Collection series of The Word Works.  Geyer is the author of a poetry chapbook, What Remains, and recipient of a 2010 Strauss Fellowship from the Arts Council of Fairfax County. Her poetry has appeared in Oxford American, North American Review, The Midwest Quarterly, Verse Daily, and elsewhere.

Geyer's non-fiction has appeared in WRITERS' Journal, The Montserrat Review, Freelance Writer's Report, World Energy Review, and Marco Polo Magazine.
LATEST NEWS:


The new Spring/Summer 2013 issue of Poet Lore includes my poem "For Years," along with work by Patricia Fargnoli, Richard Peabody, D. Nurkse, Barbara Crooker, and Ronald Wallace.

My essay, "Being a Poet Makes Me a Better Copy Editor," is featured on The Last Word page of the Summer 2013 issue of The Writer's Center Workshop & Event Guide.

My poems "Corpse Pose" and "My Life's Purpose" are online in the February 2013 issue of Connotation Press.

Poems forthcoming in Clackamas Literary Reivew and Crab Creek Review.

Check out my blog.
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The Scabbard of Her Throat, poems by Bernadette Geyer
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