First Among Beautiful Stars

Wheatfall, Emmett

ISBN 13: 9798892175647

Published by Just a Lark Books, 2023

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: First Among Beautiful Stars
• Publisher: Just a Lark Books
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798892175647
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: As New

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Synopsis

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 /".

About the Author

Emmett Wheatfall lives in Portland, Oregon. He writes, records, publishes, features, and performs poetry to music. Fernwood Press, an imprint of Barclay Press has published three 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 was published in November 2019. Our Scarlet Blue Wounds examines poetically American "Exceptionalism" in light of political, social, and economic constructs. With Extreme Prejudice, Lest We Forget addresses poetically on the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic. It was published in May 2022.