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 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.

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 

Poems and artwork chosen will be anthologized in PDF form and distributed for free to those poets and artists 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. 

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

Calls for Poems and Art

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ALIENATION

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. 

FOUR FEATHERS PRESS ONLINE EDITION: DRINK DOWN

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. 

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CLOUDS

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. 

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 4:30 pm PST. 

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FRUIT

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. 

FOUR FEATHERS PRESS ONLINE EDITION: FACE FEATURES

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.