Nominations!

...will be held Saturday, December 30th, from 3 to 5 pm on Saturday Afternoon Poetry's Zoom channel. Please name your choices to help me choose the finalists (from the issues and nominees listed here) in the comments section below:

BEST POEM IN SENSUAL SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: EROTIC POETRY - Nominees: Vib Aparicio "Viva La Vida", Petrouchka Alexieva "Tango for Two", Mani Suri "Prayer", Jackie Chou "Sexy Senryu Sequence", Robert Fleming "we zoom again", Tanya Ko Hong "Journey", Alicia Viguer-Espert "To encourage me", Judy Barrat "Like David", Carl Stilwell "Femme Fatale", Lorelei Kay "O Paris", Kimberly Cobian "Bajolover", Gia Civerolo "Shock Therapy"

BEST POEM IN BARDS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: TOP 30 SO CAL POETS - Nominees: Suzanne Lummis "Really Mystic River", Petrouchka Alexieva "The Painter and The Sea", Fernando Castro "A Long Scar", Gia Civerolo "catholic girls howl", Denise Dumars "Sharps", Jeffry Michael Jensen "Throttling a Magnetic Truth", lalo kikiriki "On a street with no name", Thelma T Reyna "Among His Things", Vachine "Summer of 1960", Pam Ward "Hansel and Gretel's Field Notes on Roe", Charles Harper Webb "In Line at Trader Joe's", Diosa X "I Once Had a Poem"

BEST POEM IN TRAVELING SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: TRAVEL POETRY - Nominees: Cls Sandoval "See you later, Babe", Jackie Chou "Traveling to the San Gabriel Valley", Carl Stilwell "Californicatin'", Christine Jordan "Dukes", Petrouchka Alexieva "Life is a Theme Park", Joseph Grieco "Staycation", Lawrence R Berger "Getting back to my roots", William P. Cushing "Cusquenos", Marianne Szlyk "After Lee Morgan", Joseph Nicks "Next to Nowhere", Alicia Viguer-Espert "October's Last Facing the Pacific", Mary Mayer Shapiro "Recreating Creation"

BEST POEM IN IT RAINS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: POETRY OF WEATHER - Nominees: Mary Mayer Shapiro "Mother Earth / Father Time", Shih-Fang Wang "It never rains right", Tim Tipton "How Cary Grant Taught Me to Tie a Necktie", jerry the priest "sky throwin' bullets of hail", Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal "California Street", Jackie Chou "Snowless in Los Angeles", Patrick Greard "california shorty", Lori Holloway "winds", Lorelei Kay "That Autumn Scent", Cls Sandoval "Jack Parsons lives on Melrose", Rick Leddy "After the Storm", Raquel Reyes-Lopez "Local TV News Reporter Got the Weather Segment Wrong"

BEST POEM IN RHYTHMS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: RHYMING POETRY - Nominees: Cls Sandoval "American Freedom", Joseph Nicks "Pubsprung", Judy Barrat "Imagine a Land", Michael G. Hickey "My Infatuation Situation", William P. Cushing "So Long, Dr. John", Jackie Chou "Sheepish", Jackie Chou "Heavenly Things", Charles Harmon "The Song of Dining at Black Angus", Gabriela Docan "An Infinity of Beauty", Gia Civerolo "love walks out the door", Aaron Hernandez "blue stool", PJ Swift "To Give"

BEST POEM IN HEAT OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: SUMMER POETRY - Nominees: Robert Fleming "Slip nd Slide", Petrouchka Alexieva "I found oasis in the desert", Marianne Szlyk "Sophia, What Might Have Been", Carl Stilwell AKA CaLokie "The Summer of Woodstock", Lawrence R Berger "Small Fires', Maria A Arana "death can be many things", Tim Tipton "Creature of Rooms", Matt J. McGee "Buckle Up", Dean Okamura "Playing on the shores", Jack G Bowman "Summer High Desert", Cls Sandoval "Jell-O Shots"

BEST POEM IN VEHICLES IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: POETRY OF MOVEMENT - Nominees: Lori Holloway "Bob's Garage", Christine Jordan "Impression: Blue Buick", Cls Sandoval "I Went to the Party", Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal "Out of This World", Ellyn Maybe "I was Driving on the 405", Dean Okamura "Turn the 1950 Oldsmobile Rocket 98 Steering Wheel", Marne Carmean "Sanctity of Carnage", Petrouchka Alexieva "26th Mission", Mark Fisher "rolling through", Jackie Chou "Riding the Pumpkin-Colored Carriage", Rosie Hamilton "Homecoming", PJ Swift "My Jalopy"

BEST POEM IN EDUCATION IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: SCHOOL POETRY - Nominees: Luke Stilwell "Field Trip to Hell", Ellyn Maybe "Science Poem", Alicia Viguer-Espert "Professor X", Jackie Chou "Housemates", Jim Babwe "Spinach", Cls Sandoval "Recess", Jeffry Michael Jensen "Bite Me Hurricane", Christopher Chris Askew "I Built a World", Kelly Greene "Chalk Dust in The Laser Beam", Kimberly Cobian "This Teacher Isn't Ready to Go Back to School", Matt J. McGee "Fatty Gotta Make a Living ,Too", Gia Civerolo "with one candle"

BEST POEM IN LEAVES OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: FALL POETRY - Nominees: Wyatt Underwood "fall, Southern California", Joan McNerney "Woods", Tim Tipton "Crisp Autumn Nights", PJ Swift "BNW RIP", Alicia Viguer-Espert "Changing Light", Dean Okamura "Now, what have I become?", Joseph Grieco "Equinox", Jackie Chou "Autumn Song for My Late Father", Jeffry Michael Jensen "Calling All California Parts", S.a. Gerber "Old Path", Patricia Murphy "Fall", Gia Civerolo "let them fall where they may"

BEST POEM IN DEAD POETS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: MEMORIAL POETRY - Nominees: Matt J. McGee "Please Take the Day Off Work and Dance Upon My Grave", Luís Campos "When a Poet Dies", Carl Stilwell AKA CaLokie "To Rosalee", Lynne Bronstein "Rumors About Emily", Robert Fleming "brick walls bury bad neighbors", William P. Cushing "And Then There's This", Gerda Govine Ituarte "A Man of All Seasons", Ellyn Maybe "Clocks Written in Invisible Ink", Jim Babwe "Formal Logic", Radomir Vojtech Luza "Master Poet", Gia Civerolo "Ode to LA Poet Wanda Coleman", Patrick Thomas Jeffries "1313"

BEST POEM IN HOLIDAYS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: VACATION POETRY - Nominees: Robert Fleming "why am i cooking again a 24-30 lbs. turkey for 5½-6¼ hrs. at 325-350 deg. Fahrenheit", Jackie Chou "The Snow Globe", S.a. Gerber "Living the Life", Gia Civerolo "all souls day", Jeffry Michael Jensen "Looking for Small Beauties on Holiday", Carl Stilwell "Decolonize This Poem", Rosie Hamilton "Tenant's Harbour, NE", Tim Tipton "I had a dirty weekend with a total stranger", Patricia Murphy "Holiday", Radomir Vojtech Luza "Vacation Vista", Mary Langer Thompson "The Language of My Lake", Michelle Smith "Yada Yada"

BEST POEM IN RESOLUTIONS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: WISH POETRY - Nominees: Petrouchka Alexieva "RIP My Past", Carl Stilwell "Pascal and Bukowski Sneak from Snotty Sestina to Go to Santa Anita", Wyatt Underwood "waiting", Lorelei Matsuda "Wishing on a Braid", Douglas Richardson "Convention Weekend", Ellyn Maybe "Poem for a New Year", Matt J. McGee "Evidence of Her Routines", Dean Okamura "The Phrases", Cls Sandoval "Black Meets Purple", Radomir Vojtech Luza "Hard and Easy", Rosie Hamilton "An Eternity of Wishes", Iris De Anda "Planet Earth"

BEST POEM OF THE YEAR 2023 PUBLISHED BY FOUR FEATHERS PRESS - No nominations accepted for this category

Deadline for commenting is December 28th, 2023!

19 poets published on http://pantoumfestival.blogspot.com

1) Michelle Smith

2) Lori Wall-Holloway

3) Petrouchka Alexieva

4) Patricia Murphy

5) R A Ruadh

6) Mark A Fisher

7) Radomir Vojtech Luza

8) Bill Cushing

9) Shih-Fang Wang

10) Jeffry Jensen

11) Gene Shultz

12) Mira Mataric

13) Dean Okamura

14) Robert Fleming

15) CLS Sandoval

16) Mary Mayer Shapiro

17) Jackie Chou

18) Carl Stilwell AKA CaLokie

19) Don Kingfisher Campbell

Poets and artists published in Four Feathers Press Online Edition: Pantoum Festival are invited to read at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, December 16th between 3 and 5 pm PST.

32 poets being published in Resolutions of Southern California: Wish Poetry

Cover photo by Robert Rodriguez

Jackie Chou

Lorelei Kay

Lawrence R Berger

Petrouchka Alexieva

Robert Fleming

Patrick Walters

CLS Sandoval

Mary Mayer Shapiro

Wyatt Underwood

Carl Stilwell AKA CaLokie

Douglas Richardson

Karen Pierce Gonzalez

JF Giraffe

Ellyn Maybe

Matt McGee

Dean Okamura

Dan Garcia-Black

Mark A Fisher

Jeffry Jensen

Joan McNerney

Antonio Campos

Radomir Vojtech Luza

Joe Grieco

R A Ruadh

Patricia Murphy

Shih-Fang Wang

Lori Wall-Holloway

Gia Civerolo

PJ Swift

Michelle Smith

Don Kingfisher Campbell

Iris De Anda

Poems chosen will be anthologized in PDF form and distributed for free to those poets by the publication reading on Saturday, December 23rd, 3 to 5 pm PST in Singer Park on California Blvd & St. John 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 December 11th, 2023. 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. 

New poetic libretto!

This poetic libretto of new poems from mid to late 2023 will be downloadable as a collection on the Poetry Super Highway on December 1st only as part of the PSH Free-for-all. Printed copies are available from the author for $4.

Preview the complete libretto here: Poetic Librettos

Calls for Poems and Art

RESOLUTIONS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: WISH POETRY

Submit up to three poems of no more than 150 lines each (including stanza breaks) on the subject of resolution or wish in Southern California to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59pm PST, December 2nd, 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, December 23rd, 3 to 5 pm PST in Singer Park on California Blvd & St. John 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 December 9th, 2023. 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: PANTOUM FESTIVAL

Send up to three pantoums on any subject, 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 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: Pantoum Festival will be published online and will be invited to read at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, December 16th between 3 and 5 pm PST.

PLAYTHINGS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: TOY POETRY

Submit up to three poems of no more than 150 lines each (including stanza breaks) on the subject of plaything or toy in Southern California to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59pm PST, January 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, January 27th, 3 to 5 pm PST in Singer Park on California Blvd & St. John 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 January 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: BODY PARTS

Send up to three poems on the subject of or at least mentioning the words body and/or part, 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 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: Body Parts will be published online and will be invited to read at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, January 20th between 3 and 5 pm PST.

TUNES OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA:  MUSIC POETRY

Submit up to three poems of no more than 150 lines each (including stanza breaks) on the subject of tune or music in Southern California to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59pm PST, February 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, February 24th, 3 to 5 pm PST in Singer Park on California Blvd & St. John 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 February 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: CITY LIVING

Send up to three poems on the subject of or at least mentioning the words city and/or living, 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 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: City Living will be published online and will be invited to read at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, February 17th between 3 and 5 pm PST.

TALES OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA:  MYTHIC POETRY

Submit up to three poems of no more than 150 lines each (including stanza breaks) on the subject of tale or myth in Southern California to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59pm PST, March 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, March 23rd, 3 to 5 pm PST in Singer Park on California Blvd & St. John 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 March 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: PIE SIGHS

Send up to three poems on the subject of or at least mentioning the words pie and/or sigh, 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 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: Pie Sighs will be published online and will be invited to read at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, March 16th between 3 and 5 pm PST.

FLOWERS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA:  FLORAL POETRY

Submit up to three poems of no more than 150 lines each (including stanza breaks) on the subject of flower or floral in Southern California to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59pm PST, April 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, April 27th, 3 to 5 pm PST in Singer Park on California Blvd & St. John 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 April 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: REMEMBER WHEN

Send up to three poems on the subject of or at least mentioning the words remember and/or when, 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 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: Remember When will be published online and will be invited to read at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, April 20th between 3 and 5 pm PST.

24 poets published on http://4fppointsandlines.blogspot.com

1) Mark Dixon

2) Dan Garcia-Black

3) Alicia Viguer-Espert

4) Gia Civerolo

5) Karen Pierce Gonzalez

6) Mark A Fisher

7) Lori Wall-Holloway

8) Jeffry Jensen

9) Fred Whitlock

10) Gary Justice

11) PJ Swift

12) Jim Babwe

13) Veronica Jauregui

14) Luis Cuahtemoc Berriozabal

15) Shih-Fang Wang

16) R A Ruadh

17) Robert Fleming

18) Carl Stilwell AKA CaLokie

19) Dean Okamura

20) Matt McGee

21) CLS Sandoval

22) Ellyn Maybe

23) Mary Mayer Shapiro

24) Don Kingfisher Campbell

Poets and artists published in Four Feathers Press Online Edition: Points and Lines are invited to read at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, November 18th between 3 and 5 pm PST.

Holiday Offer...

 

...for fans of Four Feathers Press! You can now subscribe to our monthly publications and save 25%. That's write, only $80 a year will get you 12 months of perfect bound books coming in your snail mail in 2024. How to get this deal? Four options to do so: use Meta Pay (Don Kingfisher Campbell), Venmo (@don-campbell-82), Zelle (donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com), or send a check to: Don Campbell, 1313 Edgewood Dr., Alhambra, CA 91803-1909.

24 poets being published in Holidays in So Cal: Vacation Poetry

 

Cover photo by Donna Hilbert

1 > Ellyn Maybe

2 > Matt McGee

3 > Lawrence R Berger

4 > Jackie Chou

5 > Dean Okamura

6 > Mary Mayer Shapiro

7 > Petrouchka Alexieva

8 > S.A. Gerber

9 > Robert Fleming

10 > Charles Harmon

11 > Gia Civerolo

12 > Shih-Fang Wang

13 > Jeffry Michael Jensen

14 > Patrick Walters

15 > PJ Swift

16 > Lori Wall-Holloway

17 > Carl Stilwell AKA CaLokie

18 > R A Ruadh

19 > Tim Tipton

20 > Patricia Murphy

21 > Radomir Vojtech Luza

22 > Mary Langer Thompson

23 > Michelle Smith

24 > 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 25th, 3 to 5 pm in Singer Park on the southwest corner of Colorado Blvd and S. St. John Ave. in Pasadena. Perfect bound printed copies of the book may be ordered for the author price of $10 a copy (include $5 shipping if you are unable to attend the reading) until November 11th, 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.

This Saturday!

 

Calls for Poems and Art

HOLIDAYS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: VACATION POETRY

Submit up to three poems of no more than 150 lines each (including stanza breaks) on the subject of holidays or vacations in Southern California to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59pm PST, November 4th, 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, November 25th, 3 to 5 pm PST in Singer Park on California Blvd & St. John 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 November 11th, 2023. 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: POINTS AND LINES

Send up to three poems on the subject of or at least mentioning the words point and/or line, 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 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: Points and Lines will be published online and will be invited to read at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, November 18th between 3 and 5 pm PST.

RESOLUTIONS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: WISH POETRY

Submit up to three poems of no more than 150 lines each (including stanza breaks) on the subject of resolutions or wishes in Southern California to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59pm PST, December 2nd, 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, December 23rd, 3 to 5 pm PST in Singer Park on California Blvd & St. John 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 December 9th, 2023. 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: PANTOUM FESTIVAL

Send up to three pantoums on any subject, 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 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: Pantoum Festival will be published online and will be invited to read at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, December 16th between 3 and 5 pm PST.

Special Event!

 

A Very Special Offer...

...for fans of Four Feathers Press! You can now subscribe to our monthly publications and save 25%. That's write, only $80 a year will get you 12 months of perfect bound books coming in your snail mail. How to get this deal? You must reserve your subscription electronically. Three options to do so: use Meta Pay (Don Kingfisher Campbell), Venmo (@don-campbell-82), or Zelle (donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com).

24 poets being published in Dead Poets of Southern California: Memorial Poetry

 

1 > Mary Mayer Shapiro 

2 > Jackie Chou 

3 > Matt McGee 

4 > Robert Fleming 

5 > Lawrence R Berger 

6 > Dean Okamura 

7 > Luis Campos  

8 > Bill Cushing 

9 > Carl Stilwell AKA CaLokie 

10 > Gerda Govine Ituarte 

11 > Ellyn Maybe 

12 > Jim Babwe 

13 > Lynda V E Crawford 

14 > Jeffry Michael Jensen 

15 > Radomir Vojtech Luza 

16 > R A Ruadh 

17 > Lori Wall-Holloway 

18 > Lynne Bronstein 

19 > Patricia Murphy 

20 > Shih-Fang Wang 

21 > Gia Civerolo 

22 > PJ Swift 

23 > Don Kingfisher Campbell

24    > Patrick Thomas Jeffries

These poets are invited to read in the publication reading on Saturday, October 28th from 3 to 6 pm PST in Singer Park on California Blvd & St. John Ave in Pasadena. Printed copies of the book may be ordered in advance for the author price of $10 a copy (include $5 for shipping if you cannot attend the reading) until October 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.

Featured!

 

Calls for Poems and Art...

DEAD POETS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: MEMORIAL POETRY

Submit up to three poems of no more than 150 lines each (including stanza breaks) in memory of the dead and/or poets for Dead Poets of Southern California to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59pm PST, October 7th, 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, October 28th, 3 to 6 pm in Singer Park on California Blvd & St. John 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 October 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. 

FOUR FEATHERS PRESS ONLINE EDITION: SPIRITS AND SPECTERS

Send up to three poems on the subject of or at least mentioning the words spirit and/or specter, 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 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: Spirits and Specters will be published online and will be invited to read at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, October 21st between 3 and 5 pm PST.

HOLIDAYS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: VACATION POETRY

Submit up to three poems of no more than 150 lines each (including stanza breaks) on the subject of holidays or vacations in Southern California to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59pm PST, November 4th, 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, November 25th, 3 to 5 pm PST in Singer Park on California Blvd & St. John 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 November 11th, 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. 

FOUR FEATHERS PRESS ONLINE EDITION: POINTS AND LINES

Send up to three poems on the subject of or at least mentioning the words point and/or line, 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 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: Points and Lines will be published online and will be invited to read at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, November 18th between 3 and 5 pm PST.

RESOLUTIONS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: WISH POETRY

Submit up to three poems of no more than 150 lines each (including stanza breaks) on the subject of resolutions or wishes in Southern California to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59pm PST, December 2nd, 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, December 23rd, 3 to 5 pm PST in Singer Park on California Blvd & St. John 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 December 9th, 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. 

FOUR FEATHERS PRESS ONLINE EDITION: PANTOUM FESTIVAL

Send up to three pantoums on any subject, 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 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: Pantoum Festival will be published online and will be invited to read at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, December 16th between 3 and 5 pm PST.  

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

LORELEI KAY

R A RUADH

GIA CIVEROLO

JAMES COATS

RICK LEDDY

MARK A FISHER

BILL CUSHING

ALICIA VIGUER-ESPERT

CALEB DELOS-SANTOS

MARIA A ARANA

RADOMIR VOJTECH LUZA

MARVINLOUIS DORSEY

LORI WALL-HOLLOWAY

MARIANNE SZLYK

PATRICIA MURPHY

PJ SWIFT

JEFFRY MICHAEL JENSEN

SIMONE WILSON

SHIH-FANG WANG

MARY MAYER SHAPIRO

CLS SANDOVAL

MATT McGEE

HENRY OLIVAS

JACKIE CHOU

MARIA DUARTE

JOE GRIECO

DEAN OKAMURA

ROBERT FLEMING

PETROUCHKA ALEXIEVA

ELLYN MAYBE

JOAN McNERNEY

MARSHA GRIECO

CHUCK SCHUTZ

WYATT UNDERWOOD

DON KINGFISHER CAMPBELL

Poets and artists published in Four Feathers Press Online Edition: Hell or Heaven have been published online and are invited to read at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, September 23rd between 3 and 5 pm PST. 

Four Four Feathers Press Poets Featuring!

36 poets have been published in Leaves of Southern California: Fall Poetry

 

1 > Joan McNerney

2 > Ellyn Maybe

3 > Wyatt Underwood

4 > Tim Tipton

5 > PJ Swift

6 > Alicia Mathias

7 > Matt McGee 

8 > Robert Fleming

9 > Alicia Viguer-Espert

10 > Dean Okamura

11 > Joe Grrieco

12 > Jackie Chou

13 > Daniel Williams

14 > Radomir Vojtech Luza

15 > Marvinlouis

16 > SomeOne Else

17 > Mary Mayer Shapiro

18 > Petrouchka Alexieva

19 > Lawrence R Berger

20 > Don Kingfisher Campbell

21 > Jeffry Michael Jensen

22 > Kelly Greene

23 > Shih-Fang Wang

24 > S.A. Gerber

25 > Patrick Walters

26 > Patricia Murphy

27 > Caleb Delos-Santos

28 > Thelma T Reyna

29 > Carl Stilwell AKA CaLokie

30 > Lori Wall-Holloway

31 > Beverly M Collins

32 > CLS Sandoval

33 > Gia Civerolo

34 > Michelle Smith

35 > Jack G Bowman

36 > R A Ruadh

These poets are invited to read in the publication reading on Saturday, September 30th from 3 to 5 pm PST in Klatch Coffee on 3007 Huntington Dr, Pasadena (cross street San Gabriel Blvd). Printed copies of the book may be ordered at the author rate of $10 a copy (add $5 for shipping if you cannot attend the reading) until September 16th. 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.

Poll! Thank you for suggesting our topics for 2024...

_____ of/in Southern California series:

JANUARY - Toys (submitted by Lori Holloway)

FEBRUARY - Music (submitted by Bruce Niedt)

MARCH - Myths (submitted by Petrouchka Alexieva)

APRIL - Flowers (submitted by Jackie Chou)

MAY - Motivations (submitted by Lawrence R Berger)

JUNE - Parents (submitted by Cls Sandoval)

JULY - Art (submitted by Ellyn Maybe)

AUGUST - Fires (submitted by Chuka Susan Chesney)

SEPTEMBER - Doors (submitted by Chris Askew)

OCTOBER - Mysteries (submitted by Stephanie Logan)

NOVEMBER - Families (submitted by Alicia Viguer-Espert)

DECEMBER - Journeys (submitted by Annette Sugden)

Four Feathers Press online edition:

JANUARY - Body Parts (submitted by Dan Garcia-Black)

FEBRUARY - City Living (submitted by Lynne Bronstein)

MARCH - Pie Sighs (submitted by Chuka Susan Chesney)

APRIL - Remember When (submitted by Beverly Higginson)

MAY - Historic Landmarks (submitted by Ellyn Maybe)

JUNE - Moon Stone (submitted by Michelle Smith)

JULY - Zodiac Energy (submitted by Petrouchka Alexieva)

AUGUST - School Shoes (submitted by Marianne Szlyk)

SEPTEMBER - Bitter Sweet (submitted by Stephanie Logan)

OCTOBER - Still Night (submitted by Mani Suri)

NOVEMBER - Dead Days (Submitted by Carl Stilwell)

DECEMBER - Shooting Stars (submitted by Rosie Hamilton)

New Book from "A Poet's Poet!" Taking Pre-Orders..

Coming September 15th, a collection of 69 poems that transcend their earthly origin. Perfect bound copies may be ordered for $15 a copy (pick it up at a reading or include $5 if you wish it to be shipped) until September 14th, 2023. 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

LEAVES OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: FALL POETRY

Submit up to three poems of no more than 150 lines each (including stanza breaks) on the subject of the Fall in Southern California to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59pm PST, September 9th, 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, September 30th, 3 to 5 pm PST in Singer Park on California Blvd & St. John 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 September 16th, 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. 

FOUR FEATHERS PRESS ONLINE EDITION: HELL OR HEAVEN 

Send up to three poems on the subject of or at least mentioning the words hell and/or heaven, totaling up to 150 lines in length including stanza breaks, in the body of an email message or attached in a Word file to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59 PM PDT on September 22nd. No PDF's please. Color and B&W artwork are also desired. Please send in JPG form. No late submissions accepted. Poets and artists published in Four Feathers Press Online Edition: Hell or Heaven will be published online and invited to read at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, September 23rd between 3 and 5 pm PST.

DEAD POETS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: MEMORIAL POETRY

Submit up to three poems of no more than 150 lines each (including stanza breaks) in memory of the dead and/or poets for Dead Poets in Southern California to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59pm PST, October 7th, 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, October 28th, 3 to 5 pm PST in Singer Park on California Blvd & St. John Ave in Pasadena 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 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. 

FOUR FEATHERS PRESS ONLINE EDITION: SPIRITS AND SPECTERS

Send up to three poems on the subject of or at least mentioning the words spirit and/or specter, 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 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: Spirits and Specters will be published online and will be invited to read at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, October 21st between 3 and 5 pm PST.

HOLIDAYS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: VACATION POETRY

Submit up to three poems of no more than 150 lines each (including stanza breaks) on the subject of holidays in Southern California to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59pm PST, November 4th, 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, November 25th, 3 to 5 pm PST in Singer Park on California Blvd & St. John 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 November 11th, 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. 

FOUR FEATHERS PRESS ONLINE EDITION: POINTS AND LINES

Send up to three poems on the subject of or at least mentioning the words point and/or line, 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 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: Points and Lines will be published online and will be invited to read at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, November 18th between 3 and 5 pm PST.

RESOLUTIONS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: WISH POETRY

Submit up to three poems of no more than 150 lines each (including stanza breaks) on the subject of resolutions or wishes in Southern California to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59pm PST, December 6th, 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, December 30th, 3 to 5 pm PST in Singer Park on California Blvd & St. John 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 November 11th, 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. 

FOUR FEATHERS PRESS ONLINE EDITION: PANTOUM FESTIVAL

Send up to three pantoums on any subject totaling up to 60 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 22nd. 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: Pantoum Festival will be published online and will be invited to read at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, December 23rd between 3 and 5 pm PST.  

17 poets published on http://ghazaltrain.blogspot.com

 

Don Kingfisher Campbell, Bill Cushing, Marianne Szlyk, Jackie Chou, Mary Mayer Shapiro, Patrick Thomas Jeffries, Carl Stilwell, Dean Okamura, Joe Grieco, Gia Civerolo, Cls Sandoval, Shih-Fang Wang, Mark A Fisher, Jeffry Michael Jensen, Lori Wall-Holloway, Mary Langer Thompson, R A Ruadh

Poets and artists published in Four Feathers Press Online Edition: Ghazal Train are invited to read at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, August 19th between 3 and 5 pm PST. 

A Very Special Offer...

...for fans of Four Feathers Press! You can now subscribe to our monthly publications and save 25%. That's write, only $80 a year will get you 12 months of perfect bound books coming in your snail mail. How to get this deal? You must reserve your subscription electronically. Three options to do so: use Meta Pay (Don Kingfisher Campbell), Venmo (@don-campbell-82), or Zelle (donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com).

Call for Chapbooks

Did you enjoy reading Four Feathers Press 4 in 1 Books One, Two, Three and Four? (A few copies are still available. Please contact me for a copy.) Well, Four Feathers Press is looking for four more poets who want to publish their chapbook in a perfect bound book that will contain four poets' chapbooks. It will be called...4 in 1: Book Five, of course. No cost to the poets for PDF and six printed copies to distribute as you please. Submit your manuscript of 12 pages of poetry in the body of an email or in a Word file to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59pm PST, October 16th. Poets selected will also be invited to read a selection of their poetry at the publication reading on November 25th between 3 and 5pm PST in Thelma T Reyna's lovely and luxurious backyard on 1438 Atchison St in Pasadena, CA.

28 Poets being published in Education in Southern California: School Poetry

1 > Ellyn Maybe

2 > Dan Garcia-Black

3 > Alicia Viguer-Espert

4 > Lawrence R Berger

5 > Jackie Chou

6 > Jim Babwe

7 > CLS Sandoval

8 > Luis Cuauhtémoc Berriozabal 

9 > Jeffry Michael Jensen

10 > PJ Swift

11 > Mary Mayer Shapiro

12 > Petrouchka Alexieva

13 > Robert Fleming

14 > Shih-Fang Wang

15 > Carl Stilwell AKA CaLokie

16 > Lori Wall-Holloway

17 > R A Ruadh

18 > Luke Stilwell

19 > Patrick Walters

20 > Christopher Askew

21 > Kelly Greene

22 > Joseph Nicks

23 > Maria A Arana

24 > Kimberly Cobian

25 > Jessica M Wilson

26 > Matt McGee

27 > Gia Civerolo

28 > Don Kingfisher Campbell

These poets are invited to read in the publication reading on Saturday, August 26th from 3 to 5 pm PST in Thelma Reyna’s lovely and luxurious backyard on 1438 Atchison St in Pasadena. Printed copies of the book may be ordered at the author rate of $10 a copy (add $5 for shipping if you cannot attend the reading). 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.