Sculpture Jam Sebastopol, Sonoma County Calif. Poems by Halleberg

Jackie Hallerberg

Watching the Sebastopol sculptors work encouraged me to imitate their process in my writing. I interviewed each sculptor, learned about his or her particular tools and media, viewed scale models, and discussed concepts. Over the course of three days, I was able to sculpt words onto paper using my pen as a tool to produce a body of poems honoring each of the collaborative artists' projects. Jackie Hallerberg
Redwood Sculpture Only someone big of heart can carve the redwood, one who dances with chainsaws, unafraid to make the first cut, to draw He fashions the superlative joint, mortise to tenon the way life cuts us open then fills us with something strong. Bruce Johnson work in progress (photo) Spirit Sculptures A forest of soaring spirits planted here, new growth reaching out beyond our town and upward begging us- look to higher ground. Spirit Ascending, Flame, No Rain, No Rainbows, The Lighthouse, see how they grow. With water and feed, we take their lead, reaching, reaching, higher. Spirit Poles (photos) Hanky-Panky To hang chimes from limestones, add whimsy, hanky-panky, snakes and fish heads, eyes and spheres. Through these windows come bird song, wild seeds, a word or two passing like days, the winds of now, solidly held in the ancient shapes. Hanky-Panky by M.C. Carolyn (photo)
Jackie Hallerberg is a poet, mother, and business partner living in Sebastopol, California. For the past few years, she has facilitated writing of poetry in elementary school classrooms. In the fall of 2001, she will receive her credential as a California Poet in the Schools. Some of her local Sonaoma County performances, featuring her own work as well as others, include "The Subject Tonight Is Love," :Death makes Angels of Us All,: and Serpenstance. She is in the process of completing a chapbook of poems written from 1990 on.

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