Bio

Hi, I'm Emily Vierthaler

Poet from Anchorage, Alaska, based in the Netherlands. My work explores how poetry can come alive for modern audiences and stimulate quiet shifts.

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My practice includes both stage-first and page-first poetry, from festivals and creative projects to literary publications and commissions. This is informed by an academic background in neuroscience and cognition, which grants a deeper sensitivity to language, perception, and emotional resonance. The aim is always a heartfelt and nuanced voice for your moment.

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Collaborations are the heart of my work. Together with artists across disciplines, we’ve created choir compositions, poetry films, street calligraphy, birth cards, and live performances.​​

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Written work has appeared in publications like Sunday Mornings at the River, Mnemotope Magazine, and Twenty-two Twenty-eight. I have performed at festivals and venues such as Festival Hongerige Wolf and Concordia Theater on Tour, and served on the jury for the Netherlands Poetry Film Festival.​

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If you’re imagining a collaboration, commission, or poetic experience that meets people where they are and brings them somewhere new, I'd love to hear from you.​​​

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Selected past performances:

Festival Hongerige Wolf

Great Granate Gala

Concordia Theater on Tour

Landjuweel Festival

Pllek 10th Anniversary

Amsterdam Vrijheidsbal

Notes of a Dirty Old Man

G&G (show with Wordbites & Diederik van der Laag)

Living Village Festival

Vuurwerk Filosofisch Avond

De Lievelinge

Subculture Cabaret

Word Up Amsterdam

Zutphen Literair

Midnight Masquerade

Poëzie op de Stoep

Huis der Letteren

Labyrinth Poetry Night

Rough Night Press

Plotscast

Woordnest

DWAAL//GRUIS (album release Wordbites & Charlotte Beerda)

Ils Dorment (album release Diederik van der Laag)