• Artist at work (2004 version). 2004.
  • I see the party lights. 2004.
  • Lotus. 2004.
  • Cartwheel. 2003.
  • Konark. 2003.
  • The fire that stirs about her when she stirs. 1999.
  • Artist at work. 1998.
  • All I didn't say to Charlie Sexton, last I saw him. 1997.
  • Evolution. 1997.
  • History never lets go. 1997.
  • Make a list. 1997.
  • Portrait. 1997.
  • A poem is a machine made with words. 1996.
  • Jack. 1996.
  • The erratic mechanism of human desire. 1995.
  • Artist at work. 1994.
  • Midway this way of life we're bound upon. 1993.
  • To all artists, known and unknown. 1992.
  • The bright dawn of memory. 1991.
  • Carnie cosmology. 1990.
  • A grand scheme. 1989.
  • A grand scheme. 1988.
  • Brians Island. 1987.
  • Illumination. 1987.
  • Mister Do. 1985.
  • Yab-Yum wisdom. 1985.
  • A chair in a chair. 1984.
  • Jamaican love seat. 1984.
  • Constellation. 1983.
  • Assorted lamps. 1982.
  • Lamp. 1982.
  • Metaphorical couch. 1981.
  • Exhibit Reed College. 1980.
  • Still life. 1978.
  • Tent. 1977.
  • My couch. 1976.
  • Big zeal. 1974.
  • My ten-speed bicycle. 1974.
  • Exhibit, Diego Rivera Gallery. 1973.
  • Ocean piece #2. 1973.
  • Ocean piece #1. 1971.
  • Pigs ate my roses. 1969.
  • Life is like a beanstalk. 1968.

    • A poem is a machine made with words A poem is a machine made with words
    1996
    84 x 48 x 36 inches
    Plywood, steel, Plexiglas, motors

    The text:
    mother of speculation and her enchanting gaze,

    formality and meandering in her paged memory,

    and a troubled pace as these pages await paper,

    relaying tribute on a web of fine words

    stolid sequences, sparse monologue

    soliloquized imprints speaking into absence

    with spareness and caring on the dance floor of events

    an unfolding labored answer

    © 2005 Richard Berger
    rbarts@earthlink.net     		Last updated: 18 Mar 2008