Sara deBeer Poetry
Sara deBeer As Poet
Sara is a published poet who loves sharing poetry with others. For more than 10 years, Sara has taught poetry-writing classes for Beat of The Street, a program for people who have experienced homelessness. Sara’s two collections of poetry are available through https://www.lulu.com/
Sara deBeer has a BA in English from Yale, where she studied with poets Alastair Cook and Jonathan Aaron. She is a CWP Fellow, having attended the Connecticut Writing Project (CWP), University of Connecticut at Storrs. Her work has been published in a variety of journals; in addition, five collections of her poetry have been published by Reading2Connect, books specifically designed for memory-challenged adults to read independently and in facilitated book discussion groups.
Sara deBeer is also a storyteller whose specialty is telling traditional folktales from world cultures.
Traveling Backward Through Time
"Traveling Backward Through Time" is a collection of poems drawn from Sara's childhood memories of family and friends.
A Patchwork of Poetry
In the 72 poems contained in this collection, Sara deBeer explores a wide variety of topics, from her visit with her husband to an exhibit of Matisse's paintings to the existential meaning of a hammer; from the music of footsteps on different floor surfaces to the voices of various characters in different folk and fairy tales. Sara employs a variety of poetic forms: most are written in free verse but the collection also contains sonnets, pantoums, and villanelles. Of Sara's previous collection, "Traveling Backward Through Time" (also published through lulu.com), one reader wrote, "I devoured poem after poem because I was drawn in your world in such an intense way." Another wrote, "Sara's exquisite poems speak to my heart and never fail to render me speechless . . . Sara's poems evoke vivid images in my mind's eye that stay with me long after I've read them."
Poem Compliments
Sara’s poems bring her lived experiences to us courageously, as a gift.
Rich Gruber
Sara DeBeer’s exquisite poems speak to my heart and never fail to render me speechless.
Barbara Aliprantis, Storyteller
Sara deBeer is a poet who well understands the ability of words to transform a simple moment, memory , or object into an experience for a reader. She shapes poems that caress the mind and heart.
Joan Leotta
I will be going back to it again because i was drawn to your world in such an intense way that I devoured poem after poem. I want to go back and sip it carefully to make sure I properly appreciate the light passing through each crystal gem before going on to appreciate the next one.
Marieta NG
Sara DeBeer is a Master Wordsmith...her poems evoke vivid images in my mind’s eye that stay with me long after I’ve read them...