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January 2025 - Southern California Shadows

SANDY FRYE "Those Unseen"

LUIS CUAUHTEMOC BERRIOZABAL "Raise the Dead"

R A RUADH "A dying of shadows"

PJ SWIFT "Tiny Finger"

SHERRY MEEHAN "A Shadow in Time"

February 2025 - Southern California Embrace

CARL STILWELL AKA CALOKIE "Black Friday"

CONNIE JOHNSON "I Wore You Like a Fro..."

R A RUADH "Wrapping"

SHIH-FANG WANG "Defying Time"

CLS SANDOVAL "Send the Note"

March 2025 - Southern California Steps

ALICIA VIGUER-ESPERT "Olives"

LUIS CUAUHTEMOC BERRIOZABAL "First Steps"

JOSEPH MILOSCH "Moon Dancing"

DAVID FEWSTER "My Hollywood Summer"

GIA CIVEROLO "swirling tastes"

April 2025 - Southern California Windows

JACKIE CHOU "I Break My Nose..."

TIM TIPTON "Creatures of Rooms"

S A GERBER "High Vision"

JOE GRIECO "Chinese Elm"

R A RUADH "Three grandmothers"

May 2025 - Southern California Selfies

LORELEI KAY "Murmuring Louvre"

MARIE C LECRIVAIN "Shadow Self(ies)"

CLS SANDOVAL "My Husband's Eyes..."

GIA CIVEROLO "What really matters"

CARL STILWELL AKA CALOKIE "Like Jesus"

June 2025 - Southern California Water

LUIS CUAUHTEMOC BERRIOZABAL "I Found Your Bones"

COCO "The Power of Water"

JACKIE CHOU "Basho's Lost Moment"

R A RUADH "Enough?"

CLS SANDOVAL "The Monster"

July 2025 - Southern California Pixels

CLS SANDOVAL "I Didn't Mean to Be So Obvious"

LUIS CUAUHTEMOC BERRIOZABAL "My Television is Watching Me"

RADOMIR VOJTECH LUZA "Tremble"

WYATT UNDERWOOD "a pixel"

JEFFRY JENSEN "Pixels Playing Loud and Proud"

August 2025 - Southern California Pathways

HEATHER ROMERO-KORNBLUM "Back to the Funhouse Again"

JACKIE CHOU "I Walk a Road Less Traveled"

RADOMIR VOJTECH LUZA "White Tulip Gray"

JOSEPH MILOSCH "The Dusty Leaves of Clover"

MARTHA ELLEN "My Sister Has Cancer"

September 2025 - Southern California Alienation

MARIA A ARANA "Alienation"

HEATHER ROMERO-KORNBLUM "Alienation"

SHIH-FANG WANG "Fractured Love"

GIA CIVEROLO "Her grandmother wore the same..."

PJ SWIFT "Dead Insect Songs"

October 2025 - Southern California Clouds

JACKIE CHOU "Clouds in My Coffee, Foam on My Chai"

JOAN McNERNEY "Blown Away"

JOSEPH MILOSCH "Arrows of Sorrow"

TIM TIPTON "Fly boy"

SHIH-FANG WANG "Sunset"

November 2025 - Southern California Fruit

JEFFRY JENSEN "Orange Grove Stomp"

LORELEI KAY "Those Tantalizing Reds"

MARIE C LECRIVAIN "Persephone"

TRISH SAUNDERS "Big Orange Sun"

CARL STILWELL AKA CALOKIE "Good Friday Sonnet"

December 2025 - Southern California Branches

SUSAN ISLA TEPPER "Seeded"

JACKIE CHOU "The Thanksgiving Tree"

HEDY HABRA "After the Storm"

HEATHER ROMERO-KORNBLUM "Ship"

CARL STILWELL AKA CALOKIE "Me & Adam"

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Calls for Poems and Art

TURTLE ISLAND POETRY: FEBRUARY 2026

Submit up to three poems of no more than 50 lines each (including stanza breaks) to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59pm PST, February 7th, 2026. 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, February 28th, 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 February 14th, 2026. 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: LOVE

Send up to three poems on the subject of or at least mentioning the word love, 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 February 20th. 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: Love will be published online and invited to read at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, February 21st between 3 and 4:30 pm PST. 

TURTLE ISLAND POETRY: MARCH 2026

Submit up to three poems of no more than 50 lines each (including stanza breaks) to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59pm PST, March 7th, 2026. 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, March 28th, 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 March 14th, 2026. 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: WEATHER

Send up to three poems on the subject of or at least mentioning the word weather, 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 March 20th. 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: Weather will be published online and invited to read at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, March 21st between 3 and 4:30 pm PST. 

TURTLE ISLAND POETRY: APRIL 2026

Submit up to three poems of no more than 50 lines each (including stanza breaks) to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59pm PST, April 4th, 2026. 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 25th, 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 April 11th, 2026. 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: FISH

Send up to three poems on the subject of or at least mentioning the word fish, 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 April 17th. 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: Love will be published online and invited to read at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, April 18th between 3 and 4:30 pm PST. 

TURTLE ISLAND POETRY: MAY 2026

Submit up to three poems of no more than 50 lines each (including stanza breaks) to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59pm PST, May 2nd, 2026. 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 23rd, 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 May 9th, 2026. 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: FLOWER

Send up to three poems on the subject of or at least mentioning the word flower, 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 May 15th. 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: Weather will be published online and invited to read at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, May 16th between 3 and 4:30 pm PST. 

47 poets and artists are now published on http://4fpwhirl.blogspot.com

 

MICHELLE SMITH

SHIH-FANG WANG

HEATHER ROMERO-KORNBLUM

DARRELL PETSKA

PJ SWIFT

MARY MAYER SHAPIRO

ANTOINETTE VELLA PAYNE

R A RUADH

gia civerolo

EDWARD S GAULT

TRISH SAUNDERS

TIM TIPTON

jf giraffe

ELLYN MAYBE'

JACK G BOWMAN

PATRICIA MURPHY

VERONICA HOSKING

JEFFRY JENSEN

MIKE TURNER

HEDY HABRA

MARIA TOSTI

MARIA A ARANA

ALAN COHEN

PAULA PARENTE

KAREN PIERCE GONZALEZ

BARRY J VITCOV

DEAN OKAMURA

MALIHA MARRI

RADOMIR VOJTECH LUZA

JOAN McNERNEY

LYNN WHITE

CARL STILWELL AKA CALOKIE

JACKIE CHOU

MARIETA MAGLAS

JOE GRIECO

MILES TEPPER

SUSAN ISLA TEPPER

CHAD PARENTEAU

ANDY PALASCIANO

LUIS CUAUHTEMOC BERRIOZABAL

CLS SANDOVAL

MERRITT WALDON

S.A. GERBER

ROBERT FLEMING

CONNIE JOHNSON

CHARLES A PERRONE

DON KINGFISHER CAMPBELL

Poets and artists published in Four Feathers Press Online Edition: Whirl will be published online and invited to read at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, January 17th between 3 and 4:30 pm PST.

71 poets and artists being published in the January 2026 issue of Turtle Island Poetry!

 

1 > WAYNE F BURKE

2 > INALEGWU ALIFA

3 > DEBBY HACKBARTH

4 > CHARLES A PERRONE

5 > CONNIE JOHNSON

6 > LYNNE BRONSTEIN

7 > ROBERT FLEMING

8 > LASZLO ARANYI

9 > BUSHRA AKBAR

10 > EVIE GROCH

11 > MARIE C LECRIVAIN

12 > S,A, GERBER

13 > PATRICK CONNORS

14 > BRIAN DURAN-FUENTES

15 > LUIS CUAUHTEMOC BERRIOZABAL

16 > BUFF WHITMAN-BRADLEY

17 > MATT McGEE

18 > ERIN JAMIESON

19 > DAVID HOLPER

20 > HEDY HABRA

21 > LAWRENCE R BERGER

22 > JACK G BOWMAN

23 > BARBARA ANNA GAIARDONI

24 > RANDY BROOKS

25 > MARTIN WILLITTS JR.

26 > DEAN OKAMURA

27 > GREG LEHMAN

28 > MERRITT WALDON

29 > ANDY PALASCIANO

30 > WAYNE BEBLER

31 > JACK LOVE

32 > MARIA TOSTI

33 > AMY HOSKINS

34 > SUSAN ISLA TEPPER

35 > ALLAN LAKE

36 > Muhammad al-Qaddafi Masoud

37 > ALISHA BATOOL

38 > IRAM IJAZ

39 > SITTARA MUNEER

40 > JOE GRIECO

41 > MICHAEL BROCKLEY

42 > CARSTEN CZARNECKI

43 > JOAN McNERNEY

44 > SARAH ROBINSON

45 > MIKE TURNER

46 > XANADU

47 > PJ SWIFT

48 > MARNE CARMEAN

49 > SHERRY MEEHAN

50 > REBECA THOMAS

51 > ELLYN MAYBE

52 > jf giraffe

53 > LYNN WHITE

54 > IRENA JOVANOVIC

55 > EDWARD S GAULT

56 > MALIHA MARRI

57 > SHIH-FANG WANG

58 > BERNARD PEARSON

59 > WAYNE DAVID HUBBARD

60 > CARL STILWELL AKA CALOKIE

61 > MARIETA MAGLAS

62 > JOHN ROWE

63 > CLS SANDOVAL

64 > GIA CIVEROLO

65 > TIM TIPTON

66 > HEATHER ROMERO-KORNBLUM

67 > R A RUADH

68 > TRISH SAUNDERS

69 > CHARLES BECKER

70 > MICHELLE SMITH

71 > DON KINGFISHER CAMPBELL

Poems chosen will be anthologized in PDF form and distributed for free to those poets by the publication reading on Saturday, January 24th, 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 this 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 copies run out. Subscriptions are available as well for this monthly anthology for $50/half yr or $90/yr (save up to 50% off the cover price). 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.