Writer's Statment

Writing a poem is like trying to tell a story in as short a space as possible using as many dimensions as possible. It has the essence of a moment without any unnecessary words. It is told with sound, texture, images, metaphor, structure, and rhythm. I memorize my poems so that I hear every nuance of each dimension. Someone said I take a huge subject and bring it down to one word. I love watching the audience's eyes as they connect with my stories and I make them laugh and cry in the same breath. --Thea Iberall

Thea

 

Thea Iberall

Click here for some of Thea's performances

Abracadabra

Aleinu

Another Day

Bicameral Mind

Little Things

The People of Caphtor

Testimonials:

"Thank you, Thea, for a great experience! Your knowledge, an endless source of information is a gift to me" - Catie Trafford, poet

"I am so grateful you are helping me with this." - Dana Bless, novelist

"You don't teach from knowing it all, but from wanting to know more, and you share that excitement with your students." - Shirley Riga, student

"Thea Iberall provides an extremely timely presentation on the very important environmental issues facing the entire world today. She encourages participants to explore the changes necessary to provide a safer, healthier environment for ourselves, our children and grandchildren." Barbara Landsman – AAUW Laguna Hills branch

“As soon as I finished reading your book, I started it again. It is that good.” - Adele

“You are a scientist and your intelligence shows in your poetry, but you also create this artistic humor that is just amazing.” - Susan

“I started reading The Sanctuary of Artemis before I went to bed and got into the contexts and almost couldn’t go to sleep. It is fabulous.” – Lillian Michelson

“Thea has an amazing mind. I do not know of another person who can write such powerful poetry – contextual poetry – that teaches us the mechanics of history and science and it all comes out in this incredible poetry. She is a joy to read and a joy to listen to.” – Sue Snyder

“Thea has a way of bringing her deepest emotions to the surface and transcending them to her audience.” Harriet Bennish

“I love the mixture of history, poetry, and feminism. Wonderful, dramatic presentation.” – Michelle Thomas

“Let me tell you how brilliant your were at Writers Club...you were! Thanks for such an inspiring and learning experience.” Nancy Johnson

“You go into a creative space, your performance was perfect. I’m overwhelmed. It was brilliant. I was taken aback. That magic, you turn it on all the time.” Pat Livingston

“A new work by Thea Iberall, The Sanctuary of Artemis deserves serious study. History lessons of the ancients are combined with verifiable science and told with the heart of a poet. This is an important work.” -- Charles Redner, publisher, Hummingbird Review

“Primed for Love is a gem of a one-acter—utterly entertaining and emotionally satisfying. This romantic comedy about two unsuccessful writers who meet at a writer’s conference—she’s looking for romance while he is, well, demonstrating his love of numbers—never misses a beat. The play is utterly whimsical, erudite, and humane. It is a delight to enjoy time and time again." Elisabeth Sandberg, Ph.D., Woodbury University

"The Swallow and the Nightingale is cooking on all cylinders. It takes you on a wild ride through history, across the world, and into the future with a poignancy that grips our present day hearts and guts. There's so much to think about and so much to learn as you barrel through this gripping novel. I enjoyed every moment of it." Joan Kroll

"A great read, and it is thought-provoking as well. I can even see it becoming a gripping movie. She writes with a deep understanding of our present plight and an imaginative way of putting things. Quite poetic at times. Overall one of the better pieces of fiction I've read in the past few years!" - John Goodman

"The Swallow and the Nightingale is a fascinating book. It is a warning of where our earth is headed if we don't wake up as well as a call for tolerance. I highly recommend it." - Sandy Blair

"I felt the message of the connection between the environment, love, and religion to be so powerful that it stayed with me for days and days. What an amazing writer! What an amazing story!" - Eleanora Robbins

Thea's new novel

The Swallow and the Nightingale

This modern fable is about a 4,000 year old secret brought through time by the birds. While trying to save her scientific reputation, Dr. Deborah Wright discovers that the swallows at San Juan Capistrano are singing a human song. And her daughter makes an impossible request. Against today's backdrop of environmental decay, Deborah is on a whirlwind journey to find answers and heal her family and the world. Unaware, she follows an ancient Sufi's seven valleys towards enlightenment and learns that the moral issue isn't who you love but how we treat each other and what we are doing to the planet.

To order: Available on Amazon in paperback and ebook

The Sanctuary of Artemis
a collection of contexual poems

Contextual poetry is a way to integrate the knowledge of science and history with the language of poetry. While Thea began developing this style of writing poetry, she discovered a long historic tradition for it.

Publisher: Tebot Bach

To order: www.TebotBach.org