Bøger af Emmett Wheatfall

First Among Beautiful Stars, by Emmett Wheatfall, is a book of poetry. These lyrical meditations invite the reader to experience awe, wonderment, and a sense of oneness by proposing that what comes in darkness becomes light. Wheatfall finds sanctuary in his stargazing. "And the moon, shining high among the stars, went / from being half-moon to a full one." In the title poem for First Among Beautiful Stars, Wheatfall looks both within and to the cosmos for sanctuary, considers stars everywhere, even floating in his breakfast cereal. Contemplative, concise, and rhythmic, Wheatfall's poetry pays homage to tiny creatures and galaxies, and the divine of just sitting in his "living room / front door open / ...my world quiet within /".

Oregon blues poet Emmett Wheatfall takes a poetic examination of American "Exceptionalism" in light of today's political, social, and economic constructs."

A resident of Portland, Oregon, Emmett Wheatfall is back with a new and creative concept for his 5th book of poetry titled Fragments. In Fragments, Wheatfall has staged as standalone poems taken from existing works he's written-hence, Fragments. In Fragments his work explores topics such as Antiquity, Enlightenment, Mindfulness, Inequity, and Inspiration to name a few. Noted for his simplistic yet masterful approach to imagery, exploration of metaphor, and his insatiable pursuit of anything poetically imaginable; old and new lovers of Wheatfall's work will thoroughly enjoy the brevity and beauty of Fragments.

African American Poetry about relationships with family, friends, and life experiences

Emmett Wheatfall's collection bears witness to the COVID-19 pandemic. In poem after poem, he explores both the ongoing fear of a disease that has taken at least a million lives as well as the hope for a brighter future.