Contains 23 new poems composed in the middle of 2025 illustrated in full color for only $10 postpaid! Catch me at a reading to buy copies or use Venmo (@don-campbell-82) or Zelle (donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com) to order. You can even snail mail a check to Don Campbell, 1313 Edgewood Dr, Alhambra, CA 91803-1909, if you really want to be old school. Also available in a PDF version for $5.
Saturday, September 13, 2025
Sunday, September 7, 2025
47 poets and artists being published in So Cal Alienation
1 > CONNIE JOHNSON
2 > INALEGWU ALIFA
3 > DIG WAYNE
4 > JACKIE CHOU
5 > MARIA A ARANA
6 > ANDY PALASCIANO
7 > DESIREE CHARLES-HOLT
8 > DAN FLORE III
9 > S A GERBER
10 > ANNA BROOME
11 > LUIS CUAUHTEMOC BERRIOZABAL
12 > LAWRENCE R BERGER
13 > SUSAN ISLA TEPPER
14 > JACK G BOWMAN
15 > CHARLES A PERRONE
16 > CARL STILWELL AKA CALOKIE
17 > S D MEEHAN
18 > CHARLES HARMON
19 > PATRICIA MURPHY
20 > RADOMIR VOJTECH LUZA
21 > BARRY VITCOV
22 > EDWARD S GAULT
23 > ROBERT FLEMING
24 > HEATHER ROMERO-KORNBLUM
25 > MARIE C LECRICAIN
26 > SHIH-FANG WANG
27 > JOE GRIECO
28 > JOAN McNERNEY
29 > CLS SANDOVAL
30 > DEAN OKAMURA
31 > JOSEPH MILOSCH
32 > FRED WHITLOCK
33 > ELLYN MAYBE
34 > jf giraffe
35 > JEFFRY JENSEN
36 > MARY MAYER SHAPIRO
37 > GIA CIVEROLO
38 > MARK A FISHER
39 > MELISSA ADYLIA CALASANZ
40 > PJ SWIFT
41 > WHEELER
42 > R A RUADH
43 > TIM G YOUNG
44 > LORI WALL-HOLLOWAY
45 > MICHELLE SMITH
46 > TRISH SAUNDERS
47 > DON KINGFISHER CAMPBELL
Wednesday, September 3, 2025
Nominations for Best of the Net
Four Feathers Press has nominated these six poems for 2026 Best of the Net consideration (in alphabetical order):
The Crude and the Sweet by Lynne Bronstein
https://4fpbittersweet.blogspot.com/search?q=lynne
stones in her pockets by gia civerolo
https://4fpstoneworlds.blogspot.com/search?q=gia
Reading by Candlelight by Hedy Habra
https://4fpstillnight.blogspot.com/search?q=hedy
And We’ll Drink from a Glass of Stars by Trish Saunders
https://4fpshootingstars.blogspot.com/search?q=trish
terminal punctuation by wyatt underwood
https://4fpheartflames.blogspot.com/search?q=wyatt
Cosmic Distances by Alicia Viguer-Espert
https://4fpzodiacenergy.blogspot.com/search?q=alicia
Monday, September 1, 2025
Calls for Poems and Art
Submit up to three poems of no more than 150 lines each (including stanza breaks) on the subject of alienation to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59pm PST, September 6th, 2025. JPG photos may also be sent but are not required. Poems chosen will be anthologized in PDF form and distributed for free to those poets by the publication reading on Saturday, September 20th, 3 to 4:30 pm in the meeting room of the Lamanda Park Branch Library on 140 S. Altadena Dr. in Pasadena. Perfect bound printed copies of the book may be ordered for $15 a copy (pick it up at the reading or include $5 if you wish it to be shipped) until September 13th, 2025. Please use Venmo (@don-campbell-82), or Zelle (donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com) to pay, or snail mail a check to Don Campbell, 1313 Edgewood Dr, Alhambra, CA 91803-1909.
Send up to three poems on the subject of or at least mentioning the words drink and/or down, totaling up to 150 lines in length, in the body of an email message or attached in a Word file to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59 PM PST on September 26th. No PDF's please. Color artwork is also desired. Please send in JPG form. No late submissions accepted. Poets and artists published in Four Feathers Press Online Edition: Drink Down will be published online and invited to read at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, September 27th between 3 and 4:30 pm PST.
Submit up to three poems of no more than 150 lines each (including stanza breaks) on the subject of clouds to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59pm PST, October 4th, 2025. JPG photos may also be sent but are not required. Poems chosen will be anthologized in PDF form and distributed for free to those poets by the publication reading on Saturday, October 18th, 12:30 to 2 pm in the meeting room of the Lamanda Park Branch Library on 140 S. Altadena Dr. in Pasadena. Perfect bound printed copies of the book may be ordered for $15 a copy (pick it up at the reading or include $5 if you wish it to be shipped) until October 11th, 2025. Please use Venmo (@don-campbell-82), or Zelle (donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com) to pay, or snail mail a check to Don Campbell, 1313 Edgewood Dr, Alhambra, CA 91803-1909.
Send up to three poems on the subject of or at least mentioning the words too and/or hot, totaling up to 150 lines in length, in the body of an email message or attached in a Word file to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59 PM PST on October 24th. No PDF's please. Color artwork is also desired. Please send in JPG form. No late submissions accepted. Poets and artists published in Four Feathers Press Online Edition: Too Hot will be published online and invited to read at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, October 25th between 3 and 4:30 pm PST.
Submit up to three poems of no more than 150 lines each (including stanza breaks) on the subject of fruit to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59pm PST, November 1st, 2025. JPG photos may also be sent but are not required. Poems chosen will be anthologized in PDF form and distributed for free to those poets by the publication reading on Saturday, November 15th, 3 to 4:30 pm in the meeting room of the Lamanda Park Branch Library on 140 S. Altadena Dr. in Pasadena. Perfect bound printed copies of the book may be ordered for $15 a copy (pick it up at the reading or include $5 if you wish it to be shipped) until November 8th, 2025. Please use Venmo (@don-campbell-82), or Zelle (donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com) to pay, or snail mail a check to Don Campbell, 1313 Edgewood Dr, Alhambra, CA 91803-1909.
Send up to three poems on the subject of or at least mentioning the words face and/or feature, totaling up to 150 lines in length, in the body of an email message or attached in a Word file to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59 PM PST on November 21st. No PDF's please. Color artwork is also desired. Please send in JPG form. No late submissions accepted. Poets and artists published in Four Feathers Press Online Edition: Face Features will be published online and invited to read at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, November 22nd between 3 and 4:30 pm PST.
Sunday, August 31, 2025
Tuesday, August 26, 2025
Finalists for 2024-2025 Four Feathers Press Online Edition Poetry Awards
JULY 2024 - Zodiac Energy (http://4fpzodiacenergy.blogspot.com)
Hedy Habra "Riding the Winged Tricycle"
Jeffry Jensen "Coloring the Day"
Alicia Viguer-Espert "Cosmic Distances"
AUGUST 2024 - School Shoes (http://4fpschoolshoes.blogspot.com)
Jeffry Jensen "Laces Tangled in Dylan Blue"
Alex S Johnson "Fits of a Fortunate Son"
Robert Fleming "Phillip Brainard invents Flubber"
SEPTEMBER 2024 - Bitter Sweet (http://4fpbittersweet.blogspot.com)
Ambika Talwar "Way of the Lost Muse"
Dean Okamura "A Few Sweet Morning Poems"
Lynne Bronstein "The Crude and The Sweet"
OCTOBER 2024 - Still Night (http://4fpstillnight.blogspot.com)
Alicia Viguer-Espert "Earthquakes"
Hedy Habra "Reading by Candlelight"
Michael McLaughlin "Stretching South"
NOVEMBER 2024 - Dead Days (http://4fpdeaddays.blogspot.com)
Carl Stilwell AKA CaLokie "I am the greatest"
Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal "I Return Another Day"
Jackie Chou "Dead Days"
DECEMBER 2024 - Shooting Stars (http://4fpshootingstars.blogspot.com)
Trish Saunders "And We'll Drink from a Glass of Stars"
Karen Pierce Gonzalez "Cosmic Coffee and Dessert"
Marie C Lecrivain "Why None of Us Will Ever Die"
JANUARY 2025 - Grass Leaves (http://4fpgrassleaves.blogspot.com)
Jeanne Marie Spicuzza "Both"
Sandra Frye "Fifteen"
Joseph Milosch "Under the October Night"
FEBRUARY 2025 - Heart Flames (http://4fpheartflames.blogspot.com)
R A Ruadh "Fire and Ice"
Marieta Maglas "Memories"
Wyatt Underwood "terminal punctuation"
MARCH 2025 - Sky Key (http://4fpskykey.blogspot.com)
Dean Okamura "The wreck of the USS MAGA"
Trish Saunders "Please, Night Sky"
Antoinette Vella Payne "Stardust"
Carl Stilwell AKA CaLokie "Old McDonald Had a Corp Farm"
(there was a tie between two of the poems in this issue)
APRIL 2025 - Point Up (http://4fppointup.blogspot.com)
Scott Ferry "16."
Gia Civerolo "universe playing tarot cards"
Joan McNerney "while we waited"
MAY 2025 - Rock 'n' Roll (http://4fprocknroll.blogspot.com)
Alex S Johnson "Rock and Roll"
R Bremner "Jimi"
Carl Stilwell AKA CaLokie "All Hail Rock and Roll!"
JUNE 2025 - Stone Worlds (http://4fpstoneworlds.blogspot.com)
Gia Civerolo "stones in her pockets"
Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal "The Stones Whisper"
Sandy Frye "Road of Sand on Likoma Island"
POEM OF THE YEAR - TBA
Saturday, August 23, 2025
46 poets and artists published on http://4fpstreetcracks.blogspot.com
MICHELLE SMITH
PJ SWIFT
MARY LANGER THOMPSON
R A RUADH
DAN FLORE III
MARIE C LECRIVAIN
GIA CIVEROLO
MARK A FISHER
TRISH SAUNDERS
LIDA PARENT HARRIS
CLS SANDOVAL
JEFFRY JENSEN
TAMMY SMITH
TIM TIPTON
JF GIRAFFE
ELLYN MAYBE
TIM G YOUNG
EDWARD S GAULT
MIKE TURNER
REBECA THOMAS
MARY MAYER SHAPIRO
DAVID FEWSTER
JOE GRIECO
HEATHER ROMERO-KORNBLUM
CARLOS ORNELAS
SHIH-FANG WANG'
WAYNE F BURKE
LUIS CUAUHTEMOC BERRIOZABAL
DEAN OKAMURA
MARIANNE SZLYK
JOAN McNERNEY
RADOMIR VOJTECH LIZA
LYNN WHITE
SUSAN ISLA TEPPER
ROBERT FLEMING
VERONICA HOSKING
MIKE MAGGIO
ANDY PALASCIANO
CARL STILWELL AKA CALOKIE
BARRY VITCOV
CHAD PARENTEAU
JACKIE CHOU
LAWRENCE R BERGER
MARIA A ARANA
CONNIE JOHNSON
DON KINGFISHER CAMPBELL
Poets and artists published in Four Feathers Press Online Edition: Street Cracks are now published online and invited to read at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, August 23rd between 3 and 5 pm PST.
Monday, August 18, 2025
New publications!
Sunday, August 10, 2025
More New Chapbooks from Four Feathers Press!
Please contact the authors to secure your copies. (Please contact Don Kingfisher Campbell if you want a free PDF copy of Wyatt Underwood's chapbook.)
Monday, August 4, 2025
40 Poets and Artists being published in Southern California Pathways
1 > INALEGWU ALIFA
2 > LAWRENCE R BERGER
3 > LUIS CUAUHTEMOC BERRIOZABAL
4 > CONNIE JOHNSON
5 > ROBERT FLEMING
6 > SHERRY MEEHAN
7 > VERONICA JAUREGUI
8 > HEATHER ROMERO-KORNBLUM
9 > JACKIE CHOU
10 > JOE GRIECO
11 > JOAN McNERNEY
12 > CHARLES A PERRONE
13 > ANDY PALASCIANO
14 > RICH FERGUSON
15 > RADOMIR VOJTECH LUZA
16 > REBECA THOMAS
17 > JOSEPH MILOSCH
18 > LORELEI KAY
19 > S.A. GERBER
20 > DEAN OKAMURA
21 > MARTHA ELLEN
22 > ELLYN MAYBE
23 > jf giraffe
24 > PJ SWIFT
25 > MARY MAYER SHAPIRO
26 > JEFFRY JENSEN
27 > MARK A FISHER
28 > gia civerolo
29 > EVELYN LANE SANDOVAL
30 > CLS SANDOVAL
31 > CARL STILWELLL AKA CALOKIE
32 > SHIH-FANG WANG
33 > LORI WALL-HOLLOWAY
34 > R A RUADH
35 > MICHELLE SMITH
36 > MARVINLOUIS DORSEY
37 > GWENDOLYN FLEISCHER
38 > PATRICK THOMAS JEFFRIES
39 > DON KINGFISHER CAMPBELL
Wednesday, July 30, 2025
Saturday, July 26, 2025
39 poets and artists are now published on http://4fpwatermelonhues.blogspot.com
MICHELLE SMITH
ALICIA VIGUER-ESPERT
GIA CIVEROLO
PAULI DUTTON
DEAN OKAMURA
PJ SWIFT
JEFFRY JENSEN
RICHARD DUTTON
HEATHER ROMERO-KORNBLUM
REBECA THOMAS
LIDA PARENT HARRIS
JACK G BOWMAN
ROBERT FLEMING
RADOMIR VOJTECH LUZA
DAVID FEWSTER
R A RUADH
TAMMY SMITH
VERONICA HOSKING
LYNN WHITE
JF GIRAFFE
ELLYN MAYBE
LUIS CUAUHTEMOC BERRIOZABAL
TRISH SAUNDERS
MARK A FISHER
JOE GRIECO
SUSAN TEPPER
CHAD PARENTEAU
ANDY PALASCIANO
MARIETA MAGLAS
JACKIE CHOU
SHIH-FANG WANG
CHARLIE BRICE
LORELEI KAY
LINDA M CRATE
MIKE TURNER
CARL STILWELL AKA CALOKIE
MARY MAYER SHAPIRO
CONNIE JOHNSON
DON KINGFISHER CAMPBELL
Poets and artists published in Four Feathers Press Online Edition: Watermelon Hues are now published online and invited to read at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, July 26th between 3 and 5 pm PST.
Saturday, July 19, 2025
Short List of Finalists for 2025 Four Feathers Press Chapbook Prize
WAYNE F BURKE
RADOMIR VOJTECH LUZA
JENNIFER ZIMMERMAN
CLS SANDOVAL
JACKIE CHOU
LUIS CUAUHTEMOC BERRIOZABAL
TIM TIPTON
R A RUADH
VIBIANA APARICIO CHAMBERLIN
HEATHER ROMERO-KORNBLUM
The winner will be announced at today's Saturday Afternoon Poetry reading inside the backroom of the Lamanda Park Branch Library on 140 S Altadena Dr in Pasadena sometime between 3 and 5pm.
Each of the shortlisted finalists is eligible to have their chapbook produced and printed by Four Feathers Press for half price.
If you were not shortlisted you can still get your chapbook produced and printed at a 25% discount.
Thursday, July 17, 2025
Winner to be announced on Saturday!
The 20 entrants in the 2025 Four Feathers Press Chapbook Contest are (date entered):
1. JIM LEWIS (5/6)
2. CHARLES A PERRONE (5/6)
3. WAYNE F BURKE (5/17)
4. CARL STILWELL (6/4)
5. DOUGLAS RICHARDSON (6/7)
6. RADOMIR VOJTECH LUZA (6/9)
7. JENNIFER ZIMMERMAN (6/21)
8. CLS SANDOVAL (6/23)
9. JEFFRY JENSEN (6/24)
10. JACKIE CHOU (6/24)
11. LAURA DANIELS (6/25)
12. ANDY PALASCIANO (6/26)
13. LUIS CUAUHTEMOC BERRIOZABAL (6/27)
14. TIM TIPTON (6/28)
15. GIA CIVEROLO (6/28)
16. MARY LANGER THOMPSON (6/28)
17. R A RUADH (6/28)
18. MICHELLE SMITH (6/28)
19. VIBIANA CHAMBERLIN (6/29)
20. HEATHER ROMERO-KORNBLUM (6/29)
Sunday, July 13, 2025
Calls for Poems and Art
Send up to three poems on the subject of or at least mentioning the words watermelon and/or hue, totaling up to 150 lines in length, in the body of an email message or attached in a Word file to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59 PM PST on July 25th. No PDF's please. Color artwork is also desired. Please send in JPG form. No late submissions accepted. Poets and artists published in Four Feathers Press Online Edition: Watermelon Hues will be published online and invited to read at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, July 26th between 3 and 5 pm PST.
Submit up to three poems of no more than 150 lines each (including stanza breaks) on the subject of pathway to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59pm PST, August 2nd, 2025. JPG photos may also be sent but are not required. Poems chosen will be anthologized in PDF form and distributed for free to those poets by the publication reading on Saturday, August 16th, 3 to 5 pm in the meeting room of the Lamanda Park Branch Library on 140 S. Altadena Dr. in Pasadena. Perfect bound printed copies of the book may be ordered for $10 a copy (pick it up at the reading or include $5 if you wish it to be shipped) until August 9th, 2025. Please use Venmo (@don-campbell-82), or Zelle (donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com) to pay, or snail mail a check to Don Campbell, 1313 Edgewood Dr, Alhambra, CA 91803-1909.
Send up to three poems on the subject of or at least mentioning the words street and/or cracks, totaling up to 150 lines in length, in the body of an email message or attached in a Word file to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59 PM PST on August 22nd. No PDF's please. Color artwork is also desired. Please send in JPG form. No late submissions accepted. Poets and artists published in Four Feathers Press Online Edition: Street Cracks will be published online and invited to read at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, August 23rd between 3 and 5 pm PST.
Submit up to three poems of no more than 150 lines each (including stanza breaks) on the subject of alienation to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59pm PST, September 6th, 2025. JPG photos may also be sent but are not required. Poems chosen will be anthologized in PDF form and distributed for free to those poets by the publication reading on Saturday, September 20th, 3 to 5 pm in the meeting room of the Lamanda Park Branch Library on 140 S. Altadena Dr. in Pasadena. Perfect bound printed copies of the book may be ordered for $10 a copy (pick it up at the reading or include $5 if you wish it to be shipped) until September 13th, 2025. Please use Venmo (@don-campbell-82), or Zelle (donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com) to pay, or snail mail a check to Don Campbell, 1313 Edgewood Dr, Alhambra, CA 91803-1909.
Send up to three poems on the subject of or at least mentioning the words drink and/or down, totaling up to 150 lines in length, in the body of an email message or attached in a Word file to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59 PM PST on September 26th. No PDF's please. Color artwork is also desired. Please send in JPG form. No late submissions accepted. Poets and artists published in Four Feathers Press Online Edition: Drink Down will be published online and invited to read at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, September 27th between 3 and 5 pm PST.
Submit up to three poems of no more than 150 lines each (including stanza breaks) on the subject of clouds to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59pm PST, October 4th, 2025. JPG photos may also be sent but are not required. Poems chosen will be anthologized in PDF form and distributed for free to those poets by the publication reading on Saturday, October 18th, 3 to 5 pm in the meeting room of the Lamanda Park Branch Library on 140 S. Altadena Dr. in Pasadena. Perfect bound printed copies of the book may be ordered for $10 a copy (pick it up at the reading or include $5 if you wish it to be shipped) until October 11th, 2025. Please use Venmo (@don-campbell-82), or Zelle (donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com) to pay, or snail mail a check to Don Campbell, 1313 Edgewood Dr, Alhambra, CA 91803-1909.
FOUR FEATHERS PRESS ONLINE EDITION: TOO HOT
Send up to three poems on the subject of or at least mentioning the words too and/or hot, totaling up to 150 lines in length, in the body of an email message or attached in a Word file to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59 PM PST on October 24th. No PDF's please. Color artwork is also desired. Please send in JPG form. No late submissions accepted. Poets and artists published in Four Feathers Press Online Edition: Too Hot will be published online and invited to read at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, October 25th between 3 and 5 pm PST.
Tuesday, July 8, 2025
33 poets and artists being published in Southern California Pixels
1 > JOAN McNERNEY
2 > LIESL GAESSER
3 > LAWRENCE R BERGER
4 > INALEGWU ALIFA
5 > CLS SANDOVAL
6 > MARY MAYER SHAPIRO
7 > ROBERT FLEMING
8 > LUIS CUAUHTEMOC BERRIOZABAL
9 > ANDY PALASCIANO
10 > BILL RATNER
11 > MELISSA ADYLIA CALASANZ
12 > SHIH-FANG WANG
13 > RADOMIR VOJTECH LUZA
14 > DEAN OKAMURA
15 > WYATT UNDERWOOD
16 > JACK G BOWMAN
17 > jf giraffe
18 > ELLYN MAYBE
19 > JEFFRY JENSEN
20 > J MARTIN STRANGEWEATHER
21 > PJ SWIFT
22 > DIG WAYNE
23 > MARVINLOUIS DORSEY
24 > CARL STILWELL AKA CALOKIE
25 > RICHARD SPISAK
26 > LORI WALL-HOLLOWAY
27 > MARK A FISHER
28 > R A RUADH
29 > BILL CUSHING
30 > HEATHER ROMERO-KORNBLUM
31 > MICHELLE SMITH
32 > PATRICIA MURPHY
33 > DON KINGFISHER CAMPBELL
Monday, June 23, 2025
New Chapbook!
Contains 23 new poems composed in the middle of 2025 illustrated in full color for only $10 postpaid! Catch me at a reading to buy copies ...

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