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Calls for Poems and Art

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EMBRACE 

Submit up to three poems of no more than 150 lines each (including stanza breaks) on the subject of embrace to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59pm PST, February 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, February 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 February 8th, 2025. 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: HEART FLAMES

Send up to three poems on the subject of or at least mentioning the words heart and/or flames, 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 14th. 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: Heart Flames will be published online and invited to read at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, February 15th between 3 and 5 pm PST.

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA STEPS 

Submit up to three poems of no more than 150 lines each (including stanza breaks) on the subject of steps to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59pm PST, March 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, March 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 March 8th, 2025. 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: SKY KEY

Send up to three poems on the subject of or at least mentioning the words sky and/or key, 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 14th. 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: Sky Key will be published online and invited to read at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, March 15th between 3 and 5 pm PST.

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WINDOWS 

Submit up to three poems of no more than 150 lines each (including stanza breaks) on the subject of windows to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59pm PST, April 5th, 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, April 26th, 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 April 12th, 2025. 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: POINT UP

Send up to three poems on the subject of or at least mentioning the words point and/or up, 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 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: Point Up will be published online and invited to read at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, April 19th between 3 and 5 pm PST.

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SELFIES 

Submit up to three poems of no more than 150 lines each (including stanza breaks) on the subject of selfies to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59pm PST, May 3rd, 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, May 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 May 10th, 2025. 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: ROCK 'N' ROLL

Send up to three poems on the subject of or at least mentioning the words rock and/or roll, 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 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: Rock 'n' Roll will be published online and invited to read at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, May 17th between 3 and 5 pm PST.

40 poets have been published on https://4fpgrassleaves.blogspot.com/

 

Michelle Smith

gia civerolo

R A Ruadh

R Romea Luminarias

S.A. Gerber

Tom Riordan

PJ Swift

Jeffry Jensen

Jeanne Marie Spicuzza

Mike Turner

Joe Grieco

Sandra Frye

John Townsend

Mary Mayer Shapiro

jf giraffe

Ellyn Maybe

David Fewster

Trish Saunders

Tim Tipton

Joan McNerney

Shih-Fang Wang

Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal

Dean Okamura

Wyatt Underwood

Andy Palasciano

Marieta Maglas

Lynn White

Joseph Milosch

Connie Johnson

Bill Cushing

Carl Stilwell AKA CaLokie

Gabby Gilliam

Jackie Chou

CLS Sandoval

Lorelei Kay

Barry Vitcov

Laura Daniels

Robert Fleming

Wayne F Burke

Don Kingfisher Campbell

Poets and artists published in Four Feathers Press Online Edition: Grass Leaves are invited to read at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, January 25th between 3 and 5 pm PST.

44 poets being published in Southern California Shadows

Maria A Arana

Mary Mayer Shapiro

Lawrence R Berger

Carl Stilwell AKA CaLokie

Robert Fleming

Lida Parent Harris

Joan McNerney

Barry Vitcov

Patrick Walters

Connie Johnson

Sandy Frye

Matt McGee

Pamela Shea

Lorelei Kay

S.A. Gerber

Dean Okamura

Carrie Farrar

Trish Saunders

Jackie Chou

Marie C Lecrivain

Jack G Bowman

Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal

Dayne Leslie Hodges

Wyatt Underwood

Mike Turner

Ellyn Maybe

jf giraffe

Joe Grieco

Tim Tipton

David Fewster

Jeffry Jensen

Angel Guerrero

Karen Pierce Gonzalez

Shih-Fang Wang

Denise Dumars

R A Ruadh

Bill Cushing

Lori Wall-Holloway

PJ Swift

Michelle Smith

Sherry Meehan

CLS Sandoval

Marvinlouis Dorsey

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 18th, 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 January 11th, 2025. 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. 

33 poets and artists published on http://4fpshootingstars.blogspot.com

 

Michelle Smith

R A Ruadh

gia civerolo

PJ Swift

Jeffry Jensen

Tim Tipton

Trish Saunders

Joe Grieco

jf giraffe

Ellyn Maybe

Shih-Fang Wang

Hedy Habra

Dean Okamura

Linda M Crate

Rolland Vasin AKA Vachine

Patrick Walters

Jackie Chou

Marieta Maglas

David Fewster

Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal

Matt McGee

Karen Pierce Gonzalez

Marie Lecrivain

CLS Sandoval

Joan McNerney

Lynn White

Wayne F Burke

Connie Johnson

Mary Mayer Shapiro

Robert Fleming

Mike Turner

Carl Stilwell AKA CaLokie

Don Kingfisher Campbell

Poets and artists published in Four Feathers Press Online Edition: Shooting Stars will be published online and invited to read at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, December 21st between 3 and 5 pm PST.

35 poets and artists being published in Journeys in Southern California: Poetic Trips

 

Theme suggested by Annette Sugden

1 > Luis Cuauhtémoc Berriozábal

2 > Connie Johnson

3 > Carl Stilwell AKA CaLokie

4 > Robert Fleming

5 > Wyatt Underwood

6 > Lawrence R Berger

7 > Matt McGee

8 > S.A. Gerber

9 > Mark Dixon

10 > Tim Tipton

11 > Jack G Bowman

12 > Wayne F Burke

13 > Carrie Farrar

14 > Joseph Milosch

15 > Maria A Arana

16 > David Fewster

17 > Dean Okamura

18 > Joe Grieco

19 > Mark A Fisher

20 > Ellyn Maybe

21 > jf giraffe

22 > Jeffry Jensen

23 > Lorelei Kay

24 > gia civerolo

25 > Mary Langer Thompson

26 > Jackie Chou

27 > R A Ruadh

28 > Lori Wall-Holloway

29 > PJ Swift

30 > Richard Dutton

31 > Pauline Dutton

32 > Michelle Smith

33 > Patrick Walters

34 > Gabriela Docan

35 > Don Kingfisher Campbell

Poems chosen will be anthologized in PDF form and distributed for free to those poets by the publication reading on Saturday, December 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 December 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. 

Calls for Poems and Art

JOURNEYS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: POETIC TRIPS

Submit up to three poems of no more than 150 lines each (including stanza breaks) on the subject of journey or trip to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59pm PST, December 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, December 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 December 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: SHOOTING STARS

Send up to three poems on the subject of or at least mentioning the words shoot and/or star, 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 December 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: Shooting Stars will be published online and invited to read at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, December 21st between 3 and 5 pm PST.

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SHADOWS 

Submit up to three poems of no more than 150 lines each (including stanza breaks) on the subject of shadows to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59pm PST, January 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, January 18th, 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 January 11th, 2025. 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: GRASS LEAVES

Send up to three poems on the subject of or at least mentioning the words grass and/or leaves, 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 January 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: Grass Leaves will be published online and invited to read at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, January 25th between 3 and 5 pm PST.

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EMBRACE 

Submit up to three poems of no more than 150 lines each (including stanza breaks) on the subject of embrace to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59pm PST, February 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, February 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 February 8th, 2025. 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: HEART FLAMES

Send up to three poems on the subject of or at least mentioning the words heart and/or flames, 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 14th. 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: Heart Flames will be published online and invited to read at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, February 15th between 3 and 5 pm PST.

35 poets have been published on http://4fpdeaddays.blogspot.com

 

Michelle Smith

PJ Swift

gia civerolo

R A Ruadh

CLS Sandoval

jf giraffe

Ellyn Maybe

Gabby Gilliam

Mark Heathcope

Hedy Habra

Jeffry Jensen

Eli Goitein

Trish Saunders

Terry McCarty

Connie Johnson

Jack G Bowman

Wayne F Burke

James Luke Stilwell

Charles David Valle

Shih-Fang Wang

Dean Okamura

David Fewster

Carl Stilwell AKA CaLokie

Mary Mayer Shapiro

Lorelei Kay

Lynn White

Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal

Sharon M Williams

S.A. Gerber

Joan McNerney

Karen Pierce Gonzalez

Jackie Chou

Robert Fleming

Charlie Rivers

Don Kingfisher Campbell

Poets and artists published in Four Feathers Press Online Edition: Dead Days have been published online and are invited to read at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, November 16th between 3 and 5 pm PST.

32 poets being published in Families of Southern California: Relative Poetry

 

1 > Robert Fleming

2 > Lawrence R Berger

3 > Joan McNerney

4 > Luis Cuauhtémoc Berriozábal

5 > Dean Okamura

6 > Shih-Fang Wang

7 > David Fewster

8 > Matt McGee

9 > Radomir Vojtech Luza

10 > Joe Grieco

11 > Connie Johnson

12 > Karen Pierce Gonzalez

13 > CLS Sandoval

14 > Rolland Vasin AKA Vachine

15 > Lori Wall-Holloway

16 > Bill Cushing

17 > Jackie Chou

18 > Carl Stilwell AKA CaLokie

19 > Jeffry Jensen

20 > Alicia Viguer-Espert

21 > Jim Babwe

22 > Ellyn Maybe

23 > jf giraffe

24 > R A Ruadh

25 > Patricia Murphy

26 > PJ Swift

27 > Michelle Smith

28 > Gia Civerolo

29 > Marvinlouis Dorsey

30 > Mary Mayer Shapiro

31 > Patrick Thomas Jeffries

32 > Don Kingfisher Campbell 

Poems chosen will be anthologized in PDF form and distributed for free to those poets by the publication reading on Saturday, November 23rd, 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 November 9th, 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. 

2025 Topics

Southern California PDF/print series:

JANUARY - Shadows

FEBRUARY - Embrace

MARCH - Steps

APRIL - Windows

MAY - Selfies

JUNE - Water

JULY - Pixels

AUGUST - Pathways

SEPTEMBER - Alienation

OCTOBER - Clouds

NOVEMBER - Fruit

DECEMBER - Branches

Four Feathers Press online edition:

JANUARY - Grass Leaves

FEBRUARY - Heart Flames

MARCH - Sky Key

APRIL - Point Up

MAY - Rock & Roll

JUNE - Stone Worlds

JULY - Watermelon Hues

AUGUST - Street Cracks

SEPTEMBER - Drink Down

OCTOBER - Too Hot

NOVEMBER - Face Features

DECEMBER - Look Out

Calls for Poems and Art

FAMILIES OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA:  RELATIVE POETRY

Submit up to three poems of no more than 150 lines each (including stanza breaks) on the subject of family or relative in Southern California to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59pm PST, November 2nd, 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, November 23rd, 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 November 9th, 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: DEAD DAYS

Send up to three poems on the subject of or at least mentioning the words dead and/or day, 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 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: Dead Days will be published online and invited to read at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, November 16th between 3 and 5 pm PST.

JOURNEYS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: POETIC TRIPS

Submit up to three poems of no more than 150 lines each (including stanza breaks) on the subject of journey or trip in Southern California to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59pm PST, December 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, December 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 December 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: SHOOTING STARS

Send up to three poems on the subject of or at least mentioning the words shoot and/or star, 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 December 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: Shooting Stars will be published online and invited to read at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, December 21st between 3 and 5 pm PST.

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SHADOWS 

Submit up to three poems of no more than 150 lines each (including stanza breaks) on the subject of Southern California shadows to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59pm PST, January 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, January 18th, 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 January 11th, 2025. 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: GRASS LEAVES

Send up to three poems on the subject of or at least mentioning the words grass and/or leaves, 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 January 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: Grass Leaves will be published online and invited to read at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, January 25th between 3 and 5 pm PST.