Monday, July 29, 2024
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Subscribe to the Four Feathers Press monthly Southern California poetry anthology series for just $50 for six issues or $90 a year. That's a savings of up to 50% off the cover price! Please use Meta Pay (Don Kingfisher Campbell), 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.
Saturday, July 20, 2024
25 poets being published on http://4fpzodiacenergy.blogspot.com
Gia Civerolo
Hedy Habra
R A Ruadh
Jeffry Jensen
PJ Swift
Robert Fleming
Joe Grieco
Mark A Fisher
Alicia Viguer-Espert
Shih-Fang Wang
CLS Sandoval
Dean Okamura
Juan Felipe Herrera
Ellyn Maybe
jf giraffe
Petrouchka Alexieva
Jackie Chou
Charles A Perrone
Carl Stilwell AKA CaLoki
Marie C Lecrivain
Lynn White
Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal
Mary Mayer Shapiro
Linda M Crate
Don Kingfisher Campbell
Poets published in Four Feathers Press Online Edition: Zodiac Energy are now published online and have been invited to read at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, July 20th between 3 and 5 pm PST.
Thursday, July 18, 2024
My book The Planet of the Oreos now online...
72 of my pre-pandemic 21st century published poems, FREE online for your reading pleasure! Just click the link below...
Thursday, July 11, 2024
Four Feathers Press announces Bobby John Press...
Four Feathers Press has been producing videos of Marvinlouis Dorsey's Bobby John Press poetic librettos. Here are the first five for your edutainment. Click and enjoy!
MARVINLOUIS This Is How It Feels (A Bobby John Press Poetic Libretto) (youtube.com)
MARVINLOUIS a Divine Madness (A Bobby John Press Poetic Libretto) (youtube.com)
MARVINLOUIS 4th of a July (A Bobby John Press Poetic Libretto) (youtube.com)
MARVINLOUIS Flowers from Dead Garden (A Bobby John Press Poetic Libretto) (youtube.com)
MARVINLOUIS Zombie Town (A Bobby John Press Poetic Libretto) (youtube.com)
Wednesday, July 10, 2024
43 poets and artists published in Artistry of Southern California: Art Poetry
Mary Mayer Shapiro
Joan McNerney
Alex S Johnson
S.A. Gerber
Marvinlouis Dorsey
Luis Cuahtemoc Berriozabal
Michael Hanson
Alicia Mathias
Petrouchka Alexieva
David Fewster
Lorelei Kay
Joe Grieco
Ellyn Maybe
jf giraffe
Carl Stilwell AKA CaLoki
Patti Sullivan
Steve McCarthy
Fred Whitlock
Dean Okamura
Robert Fleming
Beverly M Collins
PJ Swift
Jeffry Jensen
CLS Sandoval
Dayna Leslie Hodges
Karen Pierce Gonzalez
Alicia Viguer-Espert
R A Ruadh
Jeanne Marie Spicuzza
Mani Suri
Lori Wall-Holloway
Patricia Murphy
Hope Cerna
Gia Civerolo
Douglas Richardson
Shih-Fang Wang
Michelle Smith
Radomir Vojtech Luza
Jack G Bowman
Chuka Susan Chesney
Don Kingfisher Campbell
Poems chosen will be anthologized in PDF form distributed for free to those poets by the publication reading on Saturday, July 27th, 12:30 to 2:30 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 $10 a copy (pick it up at the reading or include $5 if you wish it to be shipped) until July 13th, 2024. Please use Meta Pay (Don Kingfisher Campbell), 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.
Sunday, July 7, 2024
Calls for Poems and Art
FOUR FEATHERS PRESS ONLINE EDITION: ZODIAC ENERGY
Send up to three poems on the subject of or at least mentioning the words zodiac and/or energy, 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 19th. 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: Zodiac Energy will be published online and invited to read at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, July 20th between 3 and 5 pm PST.
FIRES OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: FLAMING POETRY
Submit up to three poems of no more than 150 lines each (including stanza breaks) on the subject of fire or flaming in Southern California to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59pm PST, August 3rd, 2024. 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 24th, 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 10th, 2024. Please use Meta Pay (Don Kingfisher Campbell), 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: SCHOOL SHOES
Send up to three poems on the subject of or at least mentioning the words school and/or shoe, 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 16th. 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: School Shoes will be published online and invited to read at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, August 17th between 3 and 5 pm PST.
DOORS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: PORTAL POETRY
Submit up to three poems of no more than 150 lines each (including stanza breaks) on the subject of door or portal in Southern California to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59pm PST, September 7th, 2024. 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 28th, 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 14th, 2024. Please use Meta Pay (Don Kingfisher Campbell), 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: BITTER SWEET
Send up to three poems on the subject of or at least mentioning the words bitter and/or sweet, 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 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: Bitter Sweet will be published online and invited to read at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, September 21st between 3 and 5 pm PST.
MYSTERIES OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: POETIC QUESTIONS
Submit up to three poems of no more than 150 lines each (including stanza breaks) on the subject of mysteries or questions in Southern California to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59pm PST, October 5th, 2024. 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 19th, 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 12th, 2024. Please use Meta Pay (Don Kingfisher Campbell), 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: STILL NIGHT
Send up to three poems on the subject of or at least mentioning the words still and/or night, 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 18th. 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: Still Night will be published online and invited to read at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, October 26th between 3 and 5 pm PST.
Monday, July 1, 2024
New Chapbook!
Saturday, June 29, 2024
Monday, June 24, 2024
Archived!
Got some of my early poems up on a website now. Enjoy!
DKC From One Century to the Next (dkc1century2thenext.blogspot.com)
Saturday, June 15, 2024
32 poets and artists are now published on http://4fpmoonstones.blogspot.com
Michelle Smith
Dayna Leslie Hodges
Caleb Delos-Santos
PJ Swift
Karen Pierce Gonzalez
Jeanne Marie Spicuzza
Maria A Arana
Shih-Fang Wang
Patrick Draven
Mark A Fisher
Joe Grieco
Marianne Szlyk
Ellyn Maybe
Inalegwa Alifa
Tim Tipton
Carl Stilwell AKA CaLoki
Jackie Chou
jf giraffe
Petrouchka Alexieva
Dean Okamura
Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal
Robert Fleming
Jack G Bowman
Lynn White
CLS Sandoval
Alex S Johnson
Lorelei Kay
Mary Mayer Shapiro
linda m crate
Liesel Gaesser
Don Kingfisher Campbell
Poets and artists published in Four Feathers Press Online Edition: Moon Stones are now published online and invited to read at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, June 15th between 3 and 5 pm PST.
Sunday, June 2, 2024
30 poets being published in Parents of Southern California: Parenting Poetry
1 > Mary Mayer Shapiro
2 > Lawrence R Berger
3 > Luis Cuauhtémoc Berriozábal
4 > Petrouchka Alexieva
5 > Lorelei Kay
6 > Matt McGee
7 > Robert Fleming
8 > Karen Pierce Gonzalez
9 > Carl Stilwell AKA CaLoki
10 > Shih-Fang Wang
11 > Bill Cushing
12 > jf giraffe
13 > Luis J. Rodriguez
14 > Jeffry Jensen
15 > Dean Okamura
16 > Patricia Murphy
17 > Radomir Vojtech Luza
18 > Gwendolyn Fleischer
19 > gia civerolo
20 > R A Ruadh
21 > Joe Grieco
22 > CLS Sandoval
23 > Jackie Chou
24 > Mira N Mataric
25 > Lori Wall-Holloway
26 > PJ Swift
27 > Ellyn Maybe
28 > Michelle Smith
29 > Marvinlouis Dorsey
30 > Don Kingfisher Campbell
Thursday, May 30, 2024
Calls for Poems and Art
PARENTS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: PARENTING POETRY
Submit up to three poems of no more than 150 lines each (including stanza breaks) on the subject of parent or parenting in Southern California to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59pm PST, June 1st, 2024. 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 22nd, 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 June 8th, 2024. Please use Meta Pay (Don Kingfisher Campbell), 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: MOON STONES
Send up to three poems on the subject of or at least mentioning the words moon and/or stone, 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 June14th. 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: Moon Stones will be published online and invited to read at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, June 15th between 3 and 5 pm PST.
ARTISTRY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: ART POETRY
Submit up to three poems of no more than 150 lines each (including stanza breaks) on the subject of art or artistry in Southern California to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59pm PST, July 6th, 2024. 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, July 27th, 12:30 to 2:30 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 $10 a copy (pick it up at the reading or include $5 if you wish it to be shipped) until July 13th, 2024. Please use Meta Pay (Don Kingfisher Campbell), 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: ZODIAC ENERGY
Send up to three poems on the subject of or at least mentioning the words zodiac and/or energy, 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 19th. 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: Zodiac Energy will be published online and invited to read at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, July 20th between 3 and 5 pm PST.
FIRES OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: FLAMING POETRY
Submit up to three poems of no more than 150 lines each (including stanza breaks) on the subject of fire or flaming in Southern California to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59pm PST, August 3rd, 2024. 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 24th, 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 10th, 2024. Please use Meta Pay (Don Kingfisher Campbell), 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: SCHOOL SHOES
Send up to three poems on the subject of or at least mentioning the words school and/or shoe, 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 16th. 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: School Shoes will be published online and invited to read at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, August 17th between 3 and 5 pm PST.
DOORS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: PORTAL POETRY
Submit up to three poems of no more than 150 lines each (including stanza breaks) on the subject of door or portal in Southern California to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59pm PST, September 7th, 2024. 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 28th, 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 14th, 2024. Please use Meta Pay (Don Kingfisher Campbell), 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: BITTER SWEET
Send up to three poems on the subject of or at least mentioning the words bitter and/or sweet, 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 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: Bitter Sweet will be published online and invited to read at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, September 21st between 3 and 5 pm PST.
Wednesday, May 29, 2024
Finalists for 2023-2024 Four Feathers Press Online Edition Awards
Here are the finalists (chosen from the previously published lists of nominees) for the 2023-2024 Four Feathers Press Online Edition Awards. Please vote for your choices (which I will deeply consider) by commenting in the comment section below before the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on June 29th...
Ghazal Train (http://ghazaltrain.blogspot.com)
Mary Langer Thompson "Stoneheart"
Mark A Fisher "petition"
Gia Civerolo "ghazal: is there a vacancy or not?"
Marianne Szlyk "Ghazal for Maryvale Park in July"
4fp: Hell or Heaven (4fphellorheaven.blogspot.com)
Lorelei Kay "Banning the Bean"
Gia Civerolo "howling for angels"
Rick Leddy "Daylight Moon"
Alicia Viguer-Espert "Leaving Paradise"
Spirits and Specters (http://spiritsandspecters.blogspot.com)
Carl Stilwell "Thanking the Birds"
Marianne Szlyk "Girl in a Subway Station, 1992"
Ellyn Maybe "I HAVE FALLEN 3 TIMES"
Joe Grieco "EULOGY INSTRUCTIONS"
Points and Lines (4fppointsandlines.blogspot.com)
Jeffry Jensen "Pointing Across the Imaginary Lines of Extinction"
R A Ruadh "Shaping Life"
Matt McGee "Nag"
CLS Sandoval "The Metaphor that Wished He Was a Simile"
Pantoum Festival (http://pantoumfestival.blogspot.com)
R A Ruadh "The unofficial uncounted"
Mark A Fisher "exoneration"
CLS Sandoval "Tree's Canopy"
Jackie Chou "Wide-brimmed Hats"
Four Feathers Press Body Parts (http://fourfeatherspressbodyparts.blogspot.com)
Gia Civerolo "her memory never smiles anymore"
Alicia Viguer-Espert "My Neck"
Ellyn Maybe "People"
Lorelei Kay "Growing Old is Hell"
Four Feathers Press: City Living (4fpcityliving.blogspot.com)
Alicia Mathias "CAN YOU HEAR THE CRIES"
Alexis Rhone Fancher "Crocodile Love"
Ellyn Maybe "WHAT COLOR IS YOUR PARACHUTE"
Alicia Viguer-Espert "The Phone Call"
Pie Sighs (http://piesighs.blogspot.com)
Gia Civerolo "i hate milk"
Ellyn Maybe "IN THE HOUSE OF GRAPEFRUIT AND CITRUS"
Dayna Leslie Hodges "Sigh"
Lorelei Kay "CRACKED"
Remember When (4fprememberwhen.blogspot.com)
R A Ruadh "Unremembered"
Leah Mueller "Runaway"
Shih-Fang Wang "Long Ago"
Hedy Habra "Hokusai’s The Great Wave"
Historic Landmarks (4fphistoriclandmarks.blogspot.com)
Hedy Habra "Gezi Park, 2013"
Karen Pierce Gonzalez "P’qalten:at"
David Fewster "ON DISCOVERING BUKOWSKI’S EAST HOLLYWOOD BUNGALOW WAS NOW A REGISTERED LOS ANGELES LANDMARK, POSTING A PICTURE OF IT ON FACEBOOK, AND BEING TOLD BY LARRY CRIST IT LOOKED ‘BOURGEOIS’"
Marianne Szlyk "At Rock Creek Quarry"
Moon Stones (4fpmoonstones.blogspot.com)
Dayna Lesie Hodges "If Only"
Caleb Delos-Santos "What Of"
PJ Swift "Skipping Stone Symphony"
R A Ruadh "Luna sees"
POEM OF THE YEAR
Chosen from the issue winners by the editor
Sunday, May 26, 2024
Memorial Day Weekend Six-Pack Special!
Get the last six issues of Four Feathers Press Southern California anthologies for just $36 postage paid. That's 60% off the cover price. Must use either Venmo (@don-campbell-82) or Zelle (donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com) to get this deal. Offer ends Monday night at 11:59 pm PST.
Saturday, May 18, 2024
30 poets published on http://4fphistoriclandmarks.blogspot.com
Poets and artists published in Four Feathers Press Online Edition: Historic Landmarks have been published online and are invited to read at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, May 18th between 3 and 5 pm PST:
Marvinlouis Dorsey
Michelle Smith
PJ Swift
Denise Dumars
Jeffry Jensen
Virginia Mariposa Dale
Patrick Walters
Hedy Habra
Karen Pierce Gonzalez
Dean Okamura
Jack G Bowman
Scott C Kaestner
Petrouchka Alexieva
jf giraffe
Ellyn Maybe
Larry Crist
Jackie Chou
Michael Lee Johnson
R A Ruadh
Mary Mayer Shapiro
Lorelei Kay
Carl Stilwell AKA CaLoki
David Fewster
Wyatt Underwood
Robert Fleming
Marianne Szlyk
Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal
Lynn White
CLS Sandoval
Don Kingfisher Campbell
Tuesday, May 14, 2024
Nominees for 2023-2024 Four Feathers Press Online Edition Awards
Here are the nominees for the 2023-2024 Four Feathers Press Online Edition Awards. Please vote for your choices (which I will deeply consider) by commenting in the comment section below before the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on June 29th...
R A Ruadh "Parting is..."
Mary Langer Thompson "Stoneheart"
Jeffry Michael Jensen "PRONOUNCEMENT: GUZZLE GHAZAL GRUNGE"
Mark A Fisher "petition"
Gia Civerolo "ghazal: is there a vacancy or not?"
Dean Okamura "Passage"
Carl Stilwell "GHAZAL GOSPEL GOTCHAS"
Patrick Thomas Jeffries "Dancing Line"
Jackie Chou "Grieving the Loss of My Former Self"
Marianne Szlyk "Ghazal for Maryvale Park in July
4fp: Hell or Heaven (4fphellorheaven.blogspot.com)
Lorelei Kay "Banning the Bean"
Gia Civerolo "howling for angels"
Rick Leddy "Daylight Moon"
Bill Cushing "SOME NOTES OF A RELIGIOUS NATURE"
Caleb Delos-Santos "Another Demon Dream"
Maria A Arana "Who wants to grapple with death?"
Alicia Viguer-Espert "Leaving Paradise"
Radomir Vojtech Luza "Lord Lavender"
Marianne Szlyk "Before My Mother Lands in Heaven,"
Matt McGee "No Offense, Abe"
Dean Okamura "I struggle with simple things"
Joan McNerney "Rendezvous"
Caled Delos-Santos "What is a Specter?"
Lori Wall-Holloway "Library Mystery"
Jeffry Jensen "THE GALLOPING WESTERN DELUSION"
Carl Stilwell "Thanking the Birds"
Jackie Chou "Specters at the Rosemead Community Center"
Marianne Szlyk "Girl in a Subway Station, 1992"
R A Ruadh "Power lines"
Ellyn Maybe "I HAVE FALLEN 3 TIMES"
Joe Grieco "EULOGY INSTRUCTIONS"
Alicia Mathias "Eleven Geese"
Lynn White "On The Day Of The Dead"
Shih-Fang Wang "Haunted"
Pamela Shea "Spectral So Cal Poem"
Points and Lines (4fppointsandlines.blogspot.com)
Dan Garcia-Black "Watts Da?"
Alicia Viguer-Espert "Power"
Gia Civerolo "ants crawled across empty paper lines"
Mark A Fisher "humanity"
Jeffry Jensen "Pointing Across the Imaginary Lines of Extinction"
Gary Justice "A loss for words"
Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal "My Mind is on Fire"
R A Ruadh "Shaping Life"
Sunday, May 5, 2024
30 poets being published in Speeches of Southern California: Motivational Poetry
1 > Robert Fleming
2 > Lawrence R Berger
3 > Dean Okamura
4 > Luis Cuauhtémoc Berriozábal
5 > Sharmagne Leland-St. John
6 > C.C. Arshagra
7 > Mary Mayer Shapiro
8 > Jeffry Jensen
9 > Donny Jackson
10 > CLS Sandoval
11 > Susanne West
12 > Petrouchka Alexieva
13 > Ellyn Maybe
14 > jf giraffe
15 > Jim Babwe
16 > Joe Grieco
17 > Fee Thomas
18 > Carl Stilwell AKA CaLoki
19 > gia civerolo
20 > Joan McNerney
21 > R A Ruadh
22 > Shih-Fang Wang
23 > PJ Swift
24 > Lori Wall-Holloway
25 > Patricia Murphy
26 > Radomir Vojtech Luza
27 > Michelle Smith
28 > Sherry Meehan
29 > Marvinlouis Dorsey
30 > Don Kingfisher Campbell
Poems chosen will be anthologized in PDF form and distributed for free to those poets by the publication reading on Saturday, May 25th, 3 to 5 pm PST in Recreation Room 119 at 65 N. Allen Ave. 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 May 11th, 2024. Please use Meta Pay (Don Kingfisher Campbell), 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.
Saturday, April 27, 2024
Calls for Poems and Art
SPEECHES OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: MOTIVATIONAL POETRY
Submit up to three poems of no more than 150 lines each (including stanza breaks) on the subject of speech or motivation in Southern California to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59pm PST, May 4th, 2024. 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 25th, 3 to 5 pm PST in Recreation Room 119 at 65 N. Allen Ave. 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 May 11th, 2024. Please use Meta Pay (Don Kingfisher Campbell), 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: HISTORIC LANDMARKS
Send up to three poems on the subject of or at least mentioning the words historic and/or landmark, 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 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: Historic Landmarks will be published online and invited to read at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, May 18th between 3 and 5 pm PST.
PARENTS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: PARENTING POETRY
Submit up to three poems of no more than 150 lines each (including stanza breaks) on the subject of parent or parenting in Southern California to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59pm PST, June 1st, 2024. 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 22nd, 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 June 8th, 2024. Please use Meta Pay (Don Kingfisher Campbell), 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: MOON STONES
Send up to three poems on the subject of or at least mentioning the words moon and/or stone, 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 June14th. 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: Moon Stones will be published online and invited to read at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, June 15th between 3 and 5 pm PST.
ARTISTRY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: ART POETRY
Submit up to three poems of no more than 150 lines each (including stanza breaks) on the subject of art or artistry in Southern California to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59pm PST, July 6th, 2024. 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, July 27th, 12:30 to 2:30 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 $10 a copy (pick it up at the reading or include $5 if you wish it to be shipped) until July 13th, 2024. Please use Meta Pay (Don Kingfisher Campbell), 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: ZODIAC ENERGY
Send up to three poems on the subject of or at least mentioning the words zodiac and/or energy, 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 19th. 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: Zodiac Energy will be published online and invited to read at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, July 20th between 3 and 5 pm PST.
FIRES OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: FLAMING POETRY
Submit up to three poems of no more than 150 lines each (including stanza breaks) on the subject of fire or flaming in Southern California to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59pm PST, August 3rd, 2024. 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 24th, 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 10th, 2024. Please use Meta Pay (Don Kingfisher Campbell), 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: SCHOOL SHOES
Send up to three poems on the subject of or at least mentioning the words school and/or shoe, 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 16th. 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: Zodiac Energy will be published online and invited to read at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, August 17th between 3 and 5 pm PST.
Second half of Nominees for the 2025-2026 Four Feathers Press Online Edition Awards
Four Feathers Press: Whirl (JANUARY 2026) HEATHER ROMERO-KORNBLUM Merry-Go-Round R A RUADH Galaxy of One EDWARD S GAULT The Orchard JEFFR...
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Michelle Smith gia civerolo R A Ruadh R Romea Luminarias S.A. Gerber Tom Riordan PJ Swift Jeffry Jensen Jeanne Marie Spicuzza Mike Turner ...
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January 2025 - Southern California Shadows SANDY FRYE "Those Unseen" LUIS CUAUHTEMOC BERRIOZABAL "Raise the Dead" R A RU...
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WAYNE F BURKE RADOMIR VOJTECH LUZA JENNIFER ZIMMERMAN CLS SANDOVAL JACKIE CHOU LUIS CUAUHTEMOC BERRIOZABAL TIM TIPTON R A RUADH VIBIANA AP...

















































