Ebony and Ivory, Poetry At Elmer’s Restaurant Featuring Emmett Wheatfall and Marc Janssen
It is Pancakes and Poetry at Elmer’s on Saturday, May 13, at 6:00 pm. Come for an evening of poetry featuring readers Emmett Wheatfall and Marc Janssen, followed by an open mic. Join us at the Elmers location at 1933 NE 181st Ave, Portland, OR 97230.
Emmett Wheatfall lives in Portland, Oregon. He reads, writes, records, publishes, and performs lyrical poetry to music. Fernwood Press, an imprint of Barclay Press has published 3 books of Emmett’s poetry. His collection titled As Clean as a Bone was published in May 2018. As Clean as a Bone was a 2019 Eric Hoffer Award Finalist as well as a da Vinci Eye award finalist. Our Scarlet Blue Wounds followed As Clean as a Bone and was published in November 2019. His new poetry book With Extreme Prejudice, Lest We Forget is now available. For more biographical information visit http://emmettwheatfall.com.
Marc Janssen has been writing poems since around 1980. Some people would say that was a long time but not a dinosaur. Early decrepitude has not slowed him down much; his verse can be found scattered around the world in places like Pinyon, Slant, Cirque Journal, Off the Coast and Poetry Salzburg also in his book November Reconsidered. Janssen coordinates the Salem Poetry Project- a weekly reading, the occasionally occurring Salem Poetry Festival, and was a nominee for Oregon Poet Laureate. For more information visit, marcjanssenpoet.com.