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Author: Bernadette Geyer

With more than 20 years of public relations/marketing/editorial experience, Bernadette Geyer is a communications and content expert. Geyer’s marketing and editorial skills are rounded out with experience providing editorial feedback for mobile apps, and services to translate business texts from German to English.

stadtsprachen magazine publishes four poems from my “I waited” series

July 18, 2026 by Bernadette Geyer, posted in Poems

Berlin-based stadtsprachen magazin published four of my poems – I waited for at the beer garden, I waited for my heart to stop, I waited for the beat to kick in, and I waited in the travelers’ help center – in issue #34, which was released in April 2026. Read them here.

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Quibble Lit publishes three poems from my “I waited” series

June 13, 2026 by Bernadette Geyer, posted in Poems

Quibble Lit published three of my poems – I waited for him to make sense, I waited for you at the inn, and I waited to see what you would bring me – in its “people”-themed issue in March 2026. Read them here.

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Alyson Shelton interviews me for Where I’m From #233

May 9, 2026 by Bernadette Geyer, posted in Interviews

Alyson Shelton interviewed me on February 24th, 2026, for her Where I’m From podcast series. Below is the embedded video of episode #233 with me!


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Oh Reader publishes an essay of mine in issue #23

April 10, 2026 by Bernadette Geyer, posted in Essays

My essay – “In Praise of Reading in Hotel Bars” – is published in issue #23 issue of Oh Reader, which hit the newsstands in March 2026.

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Pine Hills Review interviews me about What Haunts Me

March 20, 2026 by Bernadette Geyer, posted in Interviews

Pine Hills Review published an interview with me about my new poetry collection, What Haunts Me. You can read the interview here!

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Gargoyle publishes three of my poems in issue #12 online

February 22, 2026 by Bernadette Geyer, posted in Poems

Three of my poems – “Parable of Sleep,” “Parable of the Lie,” and “I waited in the gallery” – are included in Gargoyle Online #12, which was published in December 2025.

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The Dressing reviews What Haunts Me

February 8, 2026 by Bernadette Geyer, posted in Book Review

Karren Alenier, author and editor, published a review of my poetry collection, What Haunts Me, over at The Dressing. Read the review here!

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Common Ground Review interviews me about What Haunts Me

January 8, 2026 by Bernadette Geyer, posted in Interviews

Common Ground Review published an interview with me about my new poetry collection, What Haunts Me. The review featured my poem “The Long Man,” which is included in my new book. You can read the interview here!

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Washington Unbound reviews What Haunts Me

December 30, 2025 by Bernadette Geyer, posted in Book Review

The first review of my new poetry collection, What Haunts Me, is up at Washington Unbound. The publication also included my book in its 2025 Winter Booklist! Read the review by Serena Agusto-Cox here!

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“Work-in-Progress: TBR” publishes interview with me about What Haunts Me

December 21, 2025December 21, 2025 by Bernadette Geyer, posted in Interviews

Award-winning author Leslie Pietrzyk has published an interview with me about my new poetry collection, What Haunts Me, over at her Work-in-Progress blog, where she features a regular “TBR” feature. I’m excited to share it here!

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