Feeling Lucky?

An opportunity for poets to win money simply by creating poesy. Four Feathers Press announces another call for poems for a new anthology: THE POETRY LOTTERY 7. Submit a poem of 300 lines or less (including stanza breaks) to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59pm PST, October 21st. The cost of entering is $10, which will entitle you to one PDF and one physical copy of the chapbook. 100% of the money collected will go to one lucky poet, in a drawing to be held at the publication reading on Saturday, October 22nd, 3 to 5 pm in the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting. You do not have to be present to win.. Get six months membership in the Four Feathers Press Book Club just for entering! (A $10 value.) Use Meta Pay (to Don Kingfisher Campbell), Venmo (@Don-Campbell-82), or Zelle (my email address) to enter...or, if you prefer, snail mail a check to: Don Campbell, 1313 Edgewood Dr, Alhambra, CA 91803-1909.

BTW: The winner of The Poetry Lottery #6 was now two-time winner Dan Garcia-Black! Here is his poem...

Future of Foodies

Almost everyone is edible.

You won't starve 

If you remember this 

In Dystopian America. 

People taste like pork. 

Forget bread and 

Learn to make tortillas. 

And salsa 

You'll thank me later.

Published!

These poets are being published in Memories of Southern California:

01) Robert Fleming

02) Lawrence Berger

03) Mary Mayer Shapiro

04) Jackie Chou

05) Maureen Hurley

06) Petrouchka Alexieva

07) Luis Cuauhtemoc Berrioazabal

08) Ann Privateer

09) Jim Babwe

10) Dig Wayne

11) Bill Cushing

12) Tim Tipton

13) Shih-Fang Wang

14) Patty Scott

15) Kathee Hennigan Bautista

16) Lori Wall-Holloway

17) Mark A Fisher

18) Jeffry Michael Jensen

19) Gia Civerolo

20) Joseph Nicks

21) Patrick Walters

22) Marvinlouis Dorsey

23) Don Kingfisher Campbell

Order your PDF copy of Memories of Southern California: Poetic Recollections for just $5 in time for today's publication reading at 3pm on Saturday Afternoon Poetry's Zoom channel. Here is the invite link:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/75993673202?pwd=ZlBHVFE5WW56WXduM2Q2dG1Ha3M3dz09

You can also, if you wish, order perfect bound printed copies of this Memories of Southern California: Poetic Recollections book for $15 (includes shipping). Payment methods are listed below at the end of the next paragraph.

Next: SPORTS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: POETRY OF DIVERSION

Submit up to three poems of no more than 150 lines each (including stanza breaks) on the subject of sports or hobbies in Southern California to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59pm PDT, October 21st, 2022. 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 22nd, 3 to 5 pm in the patio behind Rosebud Coffee on 2302 E. Colorado Blvd. in Pasadena. Perfect bound printed copies of the book will also be available for $15 a copy (includes shipping) until November 14th, 2022. Please use Meta Pay (Don Kingfisher Campbell), Venmo (@don-campbell-82), or Zelle (my email address) to pay. Or snail mail a check to Don Campbell, 1313 Edgewood Dr, Alhambra, CA 91803-1909 to pay.

Enjoy!

Don the Editor

Now Available!

BOOK ONE features a chapbook from each of these four poets contained in one PDF/perfect bound book:

Don Kingfisher Campbell "Electrified Man"

Linda Crate "when nature holds my hand"

Bruce McRae "Red Veil"

Alicia Viguer-Espert "The Soul's Many Paths"

BOOK TWO

Petrouchka Alexieva "A Little Magic Town"

Jeffry Michael Jensen "Before Trembling Takes Over the Night"

Marvinlouis "Atonement Hurts"

Lori Wall-Holloway "Earth's Poetry"

BOOK ONE and BOOK TWO are now published in PDF form for poets to distribute as they please. BOOK ONE will also be published in perfect bound printed form in November, BOOK TWO in December. Each book has $5 PDF / $10 Print cover prices. You can buy a PDF or printed perfect bound copy directly from any of the published poets. Each poet will have at least six physical copies to sell.

To order a perfect bound copy, please send payment of $15 (includes shipping) before September 15th either by Meta Pay (to Don Kingfisher Campbell), Venmo (to Don-Campbell-82), or Zelle (to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com). You can also snail mail a check to Don Campbell, 1313 Edgewood Dr, Alhambra, CA 9183-1909, if you prefer.

Calls for Poems

MEMORIES OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: POETIC RECOLLECTIONS

Submit up to three poems of no more than 150 lines each (including stanza breaks) on the subject of memories in Southern California to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59pm PDT, September 23rd, 2022. 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 24th, 3 to 5 pm in the patio behind Rosebud Coffee on 2302 E. Colorado Blvd. in Pasadena. Perfect bound printed copies of the book will also be available for $15 a copy (includes shipping) until October 14th, 2022. Please use Meta Pay (Don Kingfisher Campbell), Venmo (@don-campbell-82), or Zelle (my email address) to pay. Or snail mail a check to Don Campbell, 1313 Edgewood Dr, Alhambra, CA 91803-1909. 

SPORTS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: POETRY OF DIVERSION

Submit up to three poems of no more than 150 lines each (including stanza breaks) on the subject of sports or hobbies in Southern California to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59pm PDT, October 21st, 2022. 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 22nd, 3 to 5 pm PDT on Saturday Afternoon Poetry's Zoom channel. Perfect bound printed copies of the book will also be available for $15 a copy (includes shipping) until November 14th, 2022. Please use Meta Pay (Don Kingfisher Campbell), Venmo (@don-campbell-82), or Zelle (my email address) to pay. Or snail mail a check to Don Campbell, 1313 Edgewood Dr, Alhambra, CA 91803-1909. 

CHILDREN OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: POETRY OF CHILDHOOD

Submit up to three poems of no more than 150 lines each (including stanza breaks) on the subject of childhood in Southern California to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59pm PDT, November 25th, 2022. 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 26th, 3 to 5 pm PDT on Saturday Afternoon Poetry's Zoom channel. Perfect bound printed copies of the book will also be available for $15 a copy (includes shipping) until December 14th, 2022. Please use Meta Pay (Don Kingfisher Campbell), Venmo (@don-campbell-82), or Zelle (my email address) to pay. Or snail mail a check to Don Campbell, 1313 Edgewood Dr, Alhambra, CA 91803-1909. 

Last Call for Print Orders

Last call to see if there are any more orders for a print copy of Tastes of Southern California: Poetry of Music. Going to the printer next week. There are 20 poets with a total of 41 poems in this 50 page anthology. Get your copy either in PDF for $5 or in perfect bound printed form for $15 (includes shipping). Please send payment either by Meta Pay (to Don Kingfisher Campbell), Venmo (to Don-Campbell-82), or Zelle (to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com). You can also snail mail a check to Don Campbell, 1313 Edgewood Dr, Alhambra, CA 9183-1909, if you prefer.

Chapbook Compilation and Workshop!

NOW AVAILABLE: 38 poems from the years 1997 to 2022 put together for the Saturday Afternoon Poetry writing workshop led by moi this September 3rd between 3 and 4:30pm PDT on Zoom (Go to http://zoom.us, enter meeting ID 75993673202, and passcode: poetry). Printed copies can be purchased for $10 a copy (includes shipping). Please use Meta Pay (Don Kingfisher Campbell), Venmo (@don-campbell-82), or Zelle (use my email address listed below) to pay...or snail mail a check to Don Campbell, 1313 Edgewood Dr, Alhambra, CA 91803-1909. (Submit up to 3 poems totaling no more than 450 lines for Spectrum online edition: September Song by emailing donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59pm, September 10th.)