Salem Poetry Project Featuring Emmett Wheatfall

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.

The Salem Poetry Project continues at the Bush Barn Annex, 600 Mission St SE, Salem. Parking for the Bush Barn and Bush House is located off of High Street and the Annex entrance is just to the left of the main entrance. Each week will present a featured reader followed by the Infamous Open Mic: 3 poems or five minutes whichever is first. Featured reader begins at 7:00 and the open mic will directly follow. For more information contact Marc Janssen at [email protected].