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Saturday, February 25, 2023

30 poets published in Bards of Southern California!

Poets chosen are now anthologized in PDF form distributed for free to the authors in time to prepare for the publication reading on Saturday, February 25th, 3 to 5 pm PST in Thelma's House on 1438 Atchison St, Pasadena and on Saturday Afternoon Poetry's Zoom channel. Perfect bound printed copies of the book may be ordered for $15 a copy (includes shipping) until March 14th, 2023. 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. 

The bards are (in alphabetical order):

1 > Petrouchka Alexieva 

2 > Vib Aparicio 

3 > Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal 

4 > Jack G. Bowman 

5 > Don Kingfisher Campbell 

6 > Fernando D. Castro 

7 > Jackie Chou 

8 > Gia Civerolo

9 > Lynda V. E. Crawford 

10 > William P. Cushing 

11 > Denise Dumars 

12 > Joseph Grieco 

13 > Briony James 

14 > Jeffry Michael Jensen 

15 > Lalo Kikiriki 

16 > Suzanne Lummis 

17 > Ellyn Maybe 

18 > Thelma T. Reyna 

19 > Carla Sameth 

20 > Cls Sandoval 

21 > Carl Stilwell AKA CaLokie

22 > Mani Suri 

23 > Thomas R. Thomas 

24 < Rolland Vasin 

25 > Alicia Viguer-Espert 

26 > Lori Holloway 

27 > Shih-Fang Wang

28 > Pam Ward 

29 > Charles Harper Webb 

30 > Diosa Xochiquetzalcóatl

Saturday, February 18, 2023

Chapbook publication!



ANNOUNCING the poets who will join me in Four Feathers Press' 4 in 1: Books Three and Four!


4 in 1: Book Three

Jim Babwe 

Anissa Sboui

Shih-Fang Wang


4 in 1: Book Four

Yuan Changming

Robert Fleming

R A Ruadh (Rosie Hamilton)


Book Three will be published in mid-March 2023, and Book Four will come out in mid-July 2023

Book Three poets will be featured at Saturday Afternoon Poetry on March 25th

Book Four poets will be featured at Saturday Afternoon Poetry on July 22nd

All the poets in Books One, Two, Three, and Four are invited to feature at the Neenach Poetry Festival on April 22nd


Congratulations poets!

Don the Editor

Monday, February 13, 2023

Calls for Poems and Art


BARDS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: TOP 30 SO CAL POETS

Submit up to three poems of no more than 150 lines each (including stanza breaks) on the subject(s) of your choice in Southern California to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59pm PST, February 24th, 2023. JPG photos may also be sent, but are not required. Poems chosen will be anthologized in PDF form and distributed for free to the authors by the publication reading on Saturday, February 25th, 3 to 5 pm PST in Thelma's House on 1438 Atchison St, Pasadena and 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 March 14th, 2023. 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. 

TRAVELING SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: TRAVEL POETRY

Submit up to three poems of no more than 150 lines each (including stanza breaks) on the subject of travels in Southern California to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59pm PST, March 24th, 2023. JPG photos may also be sent, but are not required. Poems chosen will be anthologized in PDF form and distributed for free to the authors by the publication reading on Saturday, March 25th, 3 to 5 pm PST in Thelma's Backyard on 1438 Atchison St, Pasadena and 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 April 14th, 2023. 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. 

IT RAINS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA:  POETRY OF WEATHER

Submit up to three poems of no more than 150 lines each (including stanza breaks) on the subject of the weather in Southern California to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59pm PST, April 14th, 2023. 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, April 15th, 3 to 5 pm PST 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 May 14th, 2023. 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. 

RHYTHMS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA:  RHYMING POETRY

Submit up to three poems of no more than 150 lines each (including stanza breaks) that rhyme to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59pm PST, May 26th, 2023. 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, May 27th, 3 to 5 pm PST 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 June 14th, 2023. 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. 

HEAT OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA:  SUMMER POETRY

Submit up to three poems of no more than 150 lines each (including stanza breaks) on the subject of summer in Southern California to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59pm PST, June 23rd, 2023. 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, June 24th, 3 to 5 pm PST 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 July 14th, 2023. 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. 

Friday, February 3, 2023

Chapbook Compilation!


NOW AVAILABLE: 27 poems from the years 1999 to 2022 put together for the Saturday Afternoon Poetry writing workshop led by moi this February 4th between 3 and 4:30pm PST on Zoom (Go to http://zoom.us, enter meeting ID 75993673202, and passcode: poetry). $4 for a PDF or printed copies can be purchased for $6 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: Spring Solution by emailing donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59pm, February 11th.)

Now Available!

A collection of 125 poems from 1981-2004, many used in my California Poets In The Schools workshops in classrooms. Yours in PDF form for a s...