Lynne Bronstein's book Nasty Girls is now available in paperback

 

Contact Lynne Bronstein on Facebook to acquire your copy. 50 pages of quality poetry for just $14.00.

Now Available!

They have arrived, Four Feathers Press 4 in 1: Book Two features chapbooks by Petrouchka Alexieva, Jeffry Michael Jensen, Marvinlouis, and Lori Holloway all in one tidy volume! Just $10 a copy. Get yours from any one of the poets...

Petrouchka Alexieva

"A Little Magic Town"

Jeffry Michael Jensen

"Before Trembling Takes Over the Night"

Marvinlouis

"atonement hurts"

Lori Wall-Holloway

"Earth's Poetry"

Last Call for Print Orders

Perfect bound printed copies of Children of Southern California: Poetry of Childhood can be ordered for $15 a copy (includes shipping) until December 14th, 2022, then the master is off to the printer. 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.

Download free e-books, today only!

The Great Poetry E-Book Free-For-All

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Thanks to everyone who donated e-books to this project. All of the books are now available for download by clicking on “Download Now” next to the author’s name.

Books will remain available until Midnight tonight (Tuesday evening December 1st Pacific).

Check back on December 2 to see how many times each one was downloaded.

Calls for Poems and Art

SENSUAL SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: EROTIC POETRY

Submit up to three poems of no more than 150 lines each (including stanza breaks) that are erotic to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59pm PDT, January 27th, 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, January 28th, 3 to 5 pm PDT in Thelma's Backyard on 1438 Atchison St, Pasadena and on Saturday Afternoon Poetry's Zoom channel. Perfect bound printed copies of the book will also be available for $15 a copy (includes shipping) until February 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. 

BARDS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: TOP 30 SO CAL POETS

Submit up to three poems of no more than 150 lines each (including stanza breaks) on the subject(s) of your choice in Southern California to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59pm PDT, February 24th, 2023. JPG photos may also be sent, but are not required. Poems chosen will be anthologized in PDF form and distributed for free to the authors by the publication reading on Saturday, February 25th, 3 to 5 pm PDT in Thelma's House on 1438 Atchison St, Pasadena and on Saturday Afternoon Poetry's Zoom channel. Perfect bound printed copies of the book will also be available for $15 a copy (includes shipping) until March 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. 

TRAVELING SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: TRAVEL POETRY

Submit up to three poems of no more than 150 lines each (including stanza breaks) on the subject of travels in Southern California to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59pm PDT, March 24th, 2023. JPG photos may also be sent, but are not required. Reviews chosen will be anthologized in PDF form and distributed for free to the authors by the publication reading on Saturday, March 25th, 3 to 5 pm PDT in Thelma's Backyard on 1438 Atchison St, Pasadena and on Saturday Afternoon Poetry's Zoom channel. Perfect bound printed copies of the book will also be available for $15 a copy (includes shipping) until April 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. 

IT RAINS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA:  POETRY OF WEATHER

Submit up to three poems of no more than 150 lines each (including stanza breaks) on the subject of the weather in Southern California to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59pm PDT, April 14th, 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, April 15th, 3 to 5 pm PDT on Saturday Afternoon Poetry's Zoom channel. Perfect bound printed copies of the book will also be available for $15 a copy (includes shipping) until May 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. 

Now Available and Forthcoming...

 

BOOK ONE features a chapbook from each of these four poets contained in one PDF/perfect bound book:

Don Kingfisher Campbell "Electrified Man"

Linda Crate "when nature holds my hand"

Bruce McRae "Red Veil"

Alicia Viguer-Espert "The Soul's Many Paths"

BOOK TWO (PDF available now/perfect bound book coming in December)

Petrouchka Alexieva "A Little Magic Town"

Jeffry Michael Jensen "Before Trembling Takes Over the Night"

Marvinlouis "Atonement Hurts"

Lori Wall-Holloway "Earth's Poetry"

BOOK ONE and BOOK TWO are now published in PDF form for poets to distribute as they please. BOOK ONE will also be published in perfect bound printed form in November, BOOK TWO in December. Each book has $5 PDF / $10 Print cover prices. You can buy a PDF or printed perfect bound copy directly from any of the published poets. Each poet will have at least six physical copies to sell.

Calls for Poems and Art

CHILDREN OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: POETRY OF CHILDHOOD

Submit up to three poems of no more than 150 lines each (including stanza breaks) on the subject of childhood in Southern California to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59pm PDT, November 25th, 2022. 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 26th, 3 to 5 pm PDT on Saturday Afternoon Poetry's Zoom channel. Perfect bound printed copies of the book will also be available for $15 a copy (includes shipping) until December 14th, 2022. 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. 

SENSUAL SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: EROTIC POETRY

Submit up to three poems of no more than 150 lines each (including stanza breaks) on the subject of eroticism in Southern California to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59pm PDT, January 27th, 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, January 28th, 3 to 5 pm PDT on Saturday Afternoon Poetry's Zoom channel. Perfect bound printed copies of the book will also be available for $15 a copy (includes shipping) until February 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. 

BARDS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: TOP 30 SO CAL POETS

Submit up to three poems of no more than 150 lines each (including stanza breaks) on the subject of your choice in Southern California to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59pm PDT, February 24th, 2023. JPG photos may also be sent, but are not required. Reviews chosen will be anthologized in PDF form and distributed for free to the authors by the publication reading on Saturday, February 25th, 3 to 5 pm PDT on Saturday Afternoon Poetry's Zoom channel. Perfect bound printed copies of the book will also be available for $15 a copy (includes shipping) until March 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. 

TRAVELING SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: TRAVEL POETRY

Submit up to three poems of no more than 150 lines each (including stanza breaks) on the subject of travels in Southern California to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59pm PDT, March 24th, 2023. JPG photos may also be sent, but are not required. Reviews chosen will be anthologized in PDF form and distributed for free to the authors by the publication reading on Saturday, March 25th, 3 to 5 pm PDT on Saturday Afternoon Poetry's Zoom channel. Perfect bound printed copies of the book will also be available for $15 a copy (includes shipping) until April 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. 

IT NEVER RAINS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA:  POETRY OF WEATHER

Submit up to three poems of no more than 150 lines each (including stanza breaks) on the subject of the weather in Southern California to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59pm PDT, April 14th, 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, April 15th, 3 to 5 pm PDT on Saturday Afternoon Poetry's Zoom channel. Perfect bound printed copies of the book will also be available for $15 a copy (includes shipping) until May 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. 

New Book!

Now available: published by Four Feathers Press. Contact the author Anna Broome on Facebook to secure your copy

New Chapbook!

NOW AVAILABLE: 20 poems composed between June and October 2022. Only $4 for a PDF edition. Add $2 for shipping if you would like a printed copy. Please use Venmo (@Don-Campbell-82) or Zelle (donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com) ... or, if you prefer, snail mail a check to: Don Campbell, 1313 Edgewood Dr, Alhambra, CA 91803-1909.

Last Call for Print Orders

Last call to see if there are any more orders for a perfect bound printed copy of Memories of Southern California: Poetic Recollections. Going to the printer next week. There are 23 poets with a total of 48 poems in this 52 page anthology. Get your copy either in PDF for $5 or in perfect bound printed form for $15 (includes shipping). Please send payment either by Meta Pay (to Don Kingfisher Campbell), Venmo (to Don-Campbell-82), or Zelle (to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com). You can also snail mail a check to Don Campbell, 1313 Edgewood Dr, Alhambra, CA 9183-1909, if you prefer.

Calls for Poems and Art

SPORTS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: POETRY OF DIVERSION

Submit up to three poems of no more than 150 lines each (including stanza breaks) on the subject of sports or hobbies in Southern California to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59pm PDT, October 21st, 2022. 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 22nd, 3 to 5 pm PDT on Saturday Afternoon Poetry's Zoom channel. Perfect bound printed copies of the book will also be available for $15 a copy (includes shipping) until November 14th, 2022. 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. 

CHILDREN OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: POETRY OF CHILDHOOD

Submit up to three poems of no more than 150 lines each (including stanza breaks) on the subject of childhood in Southern California to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59pm PDT, November 25th, 2022. 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 26th, 3 to 5 pm PDT on Saturday Afternoon Poetry's Zoom channel. Perfect bound printed copies of the book will also be available for $15 a copy (includes shipping) until December 14th, 2022. 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. 

Feeling Lucky?

An opportunity for poets to win money simply by creating poesy. Four Feathers Press announces another call for poems for a new anthology: THE POETRY LOTTERY 7. Submit a poem of 300 lines or less (including stanza breaks) to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59pm PST, October 21st. The cost of entering is $10, which will entitle you to one PDF and one physical copy of the chapbook. 100% of the money collected will go to one lucky poet, in a drawing to be held at the publication reading on Saturday, October 22nd, 3 to 5 pm in the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting. You do not have to be present to win.. Get six months membership in the Four Feathers Press Book Club just for entering! (A $10 value.) Use Meta Pay (to Don Kingfisher Campbell), Venmo (@Don-Campbell-82), or Zelle (my email address) to enter...or, if you prefer, snail mail a check to: Don Campbell, 1313 Edgewood Dr, Alhambra, CA 91803-1909.

BTW: The winner of The Poetry Lottery #6 was now two-time winner Dan Garcia-Black! Here is his poem...

Future of Foodies

Almost everyone is edible.

You won't starve 

If you remember this 

In Dystopian America. 

People taste like pork. 

Forget bread and 

Learn to make tortillas. 

And salsa 

You'll thank me later.

Published!

These poets are being published in Memories of Southern California:

01) Robert Fleming

02) Lawrence Berger

03) Mary Mayer Shapiro

04) Jackie Chou

05) Maureen Hurley

06) Petrouchka Alexieva

07) Luis Cuauhtemoc Berrioazabal

08) Ann Privateer

09) Jim Babwe

10) Dig Wayne

11) Bill Cushing

12) Tim Tipton

13) Shih-Fang Wang

14) Patty Scott

15) Kathee Hennigan Bautista

16) Lori Wall-Holloway

17) Mark A Fisher

18) Jeffry Michael Jensen

19) Gia Civerolo

20) Joseph Nicks

21) Patrick Walters

22) Marvinlouis Dorsey

23) Don Kingfisher Campbell

Order your PDF copy of Memories of Southern California: Poetic Recollections for just $5 in time for today's publication reading at 3pm on Saturday Afternoon Poetry's Zoom channel. Here is the invite link:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/75993673202?pwd=ZlBHVFE5WW56WXduM2Q2dG1Ha3M3dz09

You can also, if you wish, order perfect bound printed copies of this Memories of Southern California: Poetic Recollections book for $15 (includes shipping). Payment methods are listed below at the end of the next paragraph.

Next: SPORTS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: POETRY OF DIVERSION

Submit up to three poems of no more than 150 lines each (including stanza breaks) on the subject of sports or hobbies in Southern California to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59pm PDT, October 21st, 2022. 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 22nd, 3 to 5 pm in the patio behind Rosebud Coffee on 2302 E. Colorado Blvd. in Pasadena. Perfect bound printed copies of the book will also be available for $15 a copy (includes shipping) until November 14th, 2022. 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 to pay.

Enjoy!

Don the Editor

Now Available!

BOOK ONE features a chapbook from each of these four poets contained in one PDF/perfect bound book:

Don Kingfisher Campbell "Electrified Man"

Linda Crate "when nature holds my hand"

Bruce McRae "Red Veil"

Alicia Viguer-Espert "The Soul's Many Paths"

BOOK TWO

Petrouchka Alexieva "A Little Magic Town"

Jeffry Michael Jensen "Before Trembling Takes Over the Night"

Marvinlouis "Atonement Hurts"

Lori Wall-Holloway "Earth's Poetry"

BOOK ONE and BOOK TWO are now published in PDF form for poets to distribute as they please. BOOK ONE will also be published in perfect bound printed form in November, BOOK TWO in December. Each book has $5 PDF / $10 Print cover prices. You can buy a PDF or printed perfect bound copy directly from any of the published poets. Each poet will have at least six physical copies to sell.

To order a perfect bound copy, please send payment of $15 (includes shipping) before September 15th either by Meta Pay (to Don Kingfisher Campbell), Venmo (to Don-Campbell-82), or Zelle (to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com). You can also snail mail a check to Don Campbell, 1313 Edgewood Dr, Alhambra, CA 9183-1909, if you prefer.

Calls for Poems

MEMORIES OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: POETIC RECOLLECTIONS

Submit up to three poems of no more than 150 lines each (including stanza breaks) on the subject of memories in Southern California to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59pm PDT, September 23rd, 2022. 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 24th, 3 to 5 pm in the patio behind Rosebud Coffee on 2302 E. Colorado Blvd. in Pasadena. Perfect bound printed copies of the book will also be available for $15 a copy (includes shipping) until October 14th, 2022. 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. 

SPORTS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: POETRY OF DIVERSION

Submit up to three poems of no more than 150 lines each (including stanza breaks) on the subject of sports or hobbies in Southern California to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59pm PDT, October 21st, 2022. 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 22nd, 3 to 5 pm PDT on Saturday Afternoon Poetry's Zoom channel. Perfect bound printed copies of the book will also be available for $15 a copy (includes shipping) until November 14th, 2022. 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. 

CHILDREN OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: POETRY OF CHILDHOOD

Submit up to three poems of no more than 150 lines each (including stanza breaks) on the subject of childhood in Southern California to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59pm PDT, November 25th, 2022. 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 26th, 3 to 5 pm PDT on Saturday Afternoon Poetry's Zoom channel. Perfect bound printed copies of the book will also be available for $15 a copy (includes shipping) until December 14th, 2022. 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. 

Last Call for Print Orders

Last call to see if there are any more orders for a print copy of Tastes of Southern California: Poetry of Music. Going to the printer next week. There are 20 poets with a total of 41 poems in this 50 page anthology. Get your copy either in PDF for $5 or in perfect bound printed form for $15 (includes shipping). Please send payment either by Meta Pay (to Don Kingfisher Campbell), Venmo (to Don-Campbell-82), or Zelle (to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com). You can also snail mail a check to Don Campbell, 1313 Edgewood Dr, Alhambra, CA 9183-1909, if you prefer.

Chapbook Compilation and Workshop!

NOW AVAILABLE: 38 poems from the years 1997 to 2022 put together for the Saturday Afternoon Poetry writing workshop led by moi this September 3rd between 3 and 4:30pm PDT on Zoom (Go to http://zoom.us, enter meeting ID 75993673202, and passcode: poetry). Printed copies can be purchased for $10 a copy (includes shipping). Please use Meta Pay (Don Kingfisher Campbell), Venmo (@don-campbell-82), or Zelle (use my email address listed below) to pay...or snail mail a check to Don Campbell, 1313 Edgewood Dr, Alhambra, CA 91803-1909. (Submit up to 3 poems totaling no more than 450 lines for Spectrum online edition: September Song by emailing donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59pm, September 10th.)

Feeling lucky?

An opportunity for poets to win money simply by creating poesy. Four Feathers Press announces another call for poems for a new anthology: THE POETRY LOTTERY 6. Submit a poem of 300 lines or less (including stanza breaks) to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59pm PST, September 23rd. The cost of entering is $10, which will entitle you to one PDF and one physical copy of the chapbook. 100% of the money collected will go to one lucky poet, in a drawing to be held at the publication reading on Saturday, September 24th, 3 to 5 pm in the patio behind Rosebud Coffee on 2302 E. Colorado Blvd. in Pasadena. You do not have to be present, the reading will also be on Saturday Afternoon Poetry's Zoom. Get six months membership in the Four Feathers Press Book Club just for entering! (A $10 value.) Use Meta Pay (to Don Kingfisher Campbell), Venmo (@Don-Campbell-82), or Zelle (my email address) to enter...or, if you prefer, snail mail a check to: Don Campbell, 1313 Edgewood Dr, Alhambra, CA 91803-1909.

BTW: The winner of The Poetry Lottery #5 was Patrick Walters! Here is his poem...

Color Theory

when skin is orange

and heart is black

hiding in the shades

of ol’ glory

last i knews

them reds 

whites

and blues

make a muted 

kind of purple

that pleases

the eye

of many

crayon artists 

who prefer

a wide variety 

and the specialties

that are offered

never once

in a life entire

did crayola 

name a color

ASSHOLE

Publication!

These poets have been published in Tastes of Southern California: Poetry of Food and will be reading their poetry this Saturday, August 27th between 3 and 5pm PDT in Saturday Afternoon Poetry's Zoom meeting (http://zoom.us, meeting ID 75993673202, passcode: poetry):

01) Petrouchka Alexieva

02) Jackie Chou

03) Jim Babwe

04) Lawrence Berger

05) Joseph Nicks

06) Shih-Fang Wang

07) Lynne Bronstein

08) Gwendolyn Fleischer

09) Carl Stilwell AKA CaLokie

10) Robert Fleming

11) Ann Privateer

12) Tim Tipton

13) Mary Langer Thompson

14) Lori Wall-Holloway

15) Charles Harmon

16) Patrick Walters

17) Mary Mayer Shapiro

18) Jeffry Michael Jensen

19) Michelle Smith

20) Don Kingfisher Campbell

Get your copy either in PDF for $5 or in perfect bound printed form for $15 (includes shipping). Please send payment either by Meta Pay (to Don Kingfisher Campbell), Venmo (to Don-Campbell-82), or Zelle (to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com). You can also snail mail a check to Don Campbell, 1313 Edgewood Dr, Alhambra, CA 9183-1909, if you prefer.

Announcing the first two 4 poets in 1 books!!

 

BOOK ONE will feature a chapbook from each of these four poets contained in one perfect bound book:

Don Kingfisher Campbell "Electrified Man"

Linda Crate "when nature holds my hand"

Bruce McRae "Red Veil"

Alicia Viguer-Espert "The Soul's Many Paths"

BOOK TWO

Petrouchka Alexieva "A Little Magic Town"

Jeffry Michael Jensen "Before Trembling Takes Over the Night"

Marvinlouis "Atonement Hurts"

Lori Wall-Holloway "Earth's Poetry"

BOOK ONE and BOOK TWO will be published in PDF form in September for the poets to distribute as they please. BOOK ONE will also be published in perfect bound printed form in late October, BOOK TWO in late November. Each book will have $5 PDF / $10 Print cover prices. You can buy a printed copy directly from any of the poets. Each poet will have at least six copies to sell.

Last Call for Print Orders

Last call to see if there are any more orders for a print copy of Sounds of Southern California: Poetry of Music. Going to the printer next week. There are 29 poets with a total of 50 poems in this 58 page anthology. Get your copy either in PDF for $5 or in perfect bound printed form for $15 (includes shipping). Please send payment either by Meta Pay (to Don Kingfisher Campbell), Venmo (to Don-Campbell-82), or Zelle (to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com). You can also snail mail a check to Don Campbell, 1313 Edgewood Dr, Alhambra, CA 9183-1909, if you prefer.

Feeling Lucky?

An opportunity for poets to win money simply by creating poesy. Four Feathers Press announces another call for poems for a new anthology: THE POETRY LOTTERY 5. Submit a poem of 300 lines or less (including stanza breaks) to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59pm PST, August 26th. The cost of entering is $10, which will entitle you to one PDF and one physical copy of the chapbook. 100% of the money collected will go to one lucky poet, in a drawing to be held at the publication reading on Saturday, August 27th, 3 to 5 pm in the patio behind Rosebud Coffee on 2302 E. Colorado Blvd. in Pasadena. You do not have to be present, the reading will also be on Saturday Afternoon Poetry's Zoom. Get six months membership in the Four Feathers Press Book Club just for entering! (A $10 value.) Use Meta Pay (to Don Kingfisher Campbell), Venmo (@Don-Campbell-82), or Zelle (my email address) to enter...or, if you prefer, snail mail a check to: Don Campbell, 1313 Edgewood Dr, Alhambra, CA 91803-1909.

BTW: The winner of The Poetry Lottery #4 was Don Kingfisher Campbell! Here is his poem...

News

I could go off making donuts

on the just opened 6th St bridge

I could disappear amidst a crowd

and emerge with a new strain

I could produce a gun in my car

and get shot and killed by police

I could fly a plane into the ocean

and be rescued by beachgoers

(during the 2022 California Surf Lifesaving

Association Junior Lifeguard Championship, no less)

I could pay the rent or buy

a single Springsteen ticket

I could put my money through a machine and hope

a string of numbers will come my way (maybe)

No, I think I'll do the miracles I do

every day I wake up and hug my wife

Calls for Poems

TASTES OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: POETRY OF FOOD

Submit up to three poems of no more than 150 lines each (including stanza breaks) on the subject of food or dining in Southern California to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59pm PDT, August 26th, 2022. 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 27th, 3 to 5 pm in the patio behind Rosebud Coffee on 2302 E. Colorado Blvd. in Pasadena. Perfect bound printed copies of the book will also be available for $15 a copy (includes shipping) until September 14th, 2022. 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. 

MEMORIES OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: POETIC RECOLLECTIONS

Submit up to three poems of no more than 150 lines each (including stanza breaks) on the subject of memories in Southern California to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59pm PDT, September 23rd, 2022. 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 24th, 3 to 5 pm in the patio behind Rosebud Coffee on 2302 E. Colorado Blvd. in Pasadena. Perfect bound printed copies of the book will also be available for $15 a copy (includes shipping) until October 14th, 2022. 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. 

SPORTS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: POETRY OF DIVERSION

Submit up to three poems of no more than 150 lines each (including stanza breaks) on the subject of sports or hobbies in Southern California to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59pm PDT, October 21st, 2022. 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 22nd, 3 to 5 pm in the patio behind Rosebud Coffee on 2302 E. Colorado Blvd. in Pasadena. Perfect bound printed copies of the book will also be available for $15 a copy (includes shipping) until November 14th, 2022. 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. 

CHILDREN OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: POETRY OF CHILDHOOD

Submit up to three poems of no more than 150 lines each (including stanza breaks) on the subject of childhood in Southern California to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59pm PDT, November 25th, 2022. 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 26th, 3 to 5 pm in the patio behind Rosebud Coffee on 2302 E. Colorado Blvd. in Pasadena. Perfect bound printed copies of the book will also be available for $15 a copy (includes shipping) until December 14th, 2022. 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. 

Publication!

These poets have been published in Sounds of Southern California: Poetry of Music and will be reading their poetry this Saturday, July 23rd between 3 and 5pm at Truly Fresh J on 411 E Huntington Dr. in Arcadia or in Saturday Afternoon Poetry's Zoom meeting (http://zoom.us, meeting ID 75993673202, passcode: poetry).

01) Petrouchka Alexieva 

02) Robert Fleming 

03) Patrick Walters 

04) Kathee Hennigan Bautista

05) Jesse Rey Tovar

06) Rus Khomutoff

07) Marianne Szlyk 

08) William P. Cushing 

09) Lori Holloway 

10) Lawrence R Berger 

11) Carl Stilwell 

12) Gerda Govine 

13) Tony Gloeggler 

14) Jeffry Michael Jensen 

15) Pamela Shea 

16) Don Kingfisher Campbell 

17) Rex Butters

18) Brandon Cesmat 

19) Lorelei Matsuda 

20) Rick Leddy 

21) Shih-Fang Wang

22) Joseph Nicks

23) Mary Langer Thompson 

24) Lawrence Miles

25) Deborah P Kolodji 

26) Charles Harmon

27) Aldonia R Bailey 

28) Joan McNerney 

29) Dean Okamura

New Compilation!

NOW AVAILABLE! 20 published and/or award-winning poems composed between 1997 and 1999. Only $4 for a PDF edition. Add $1 for shipping if you would like a printed copy. Please use Meta Pay (to Don Kingfisher Campbell), Venmo (@Don-Campbell-82), or Zelle (donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com) ... or, if you prefer, snail mail a check to: Don Campbell, 1313 Edgewood Dr, Alhambra, CA 91803-1909.

Call for chapbooks...

Four Feathers Press is looking for four poets who want to publish their chapbook in a perfect bound book that will contain four poets chapbooks. No cost to the poets for six 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, August 7th.

Last Call for Print Orders

 

Last call to see if there are any more orders for a print copy of Scenes of Southern California, Vol. 3: Poetry of Movies. Going to the printer next week.There are 32 poets with a total of 52 poems in this 68 page anthology. Get your copy either in PDF for $5 or in perfect bound printed form for $15 (includes shipping). Please send payment either by Meta Pay (to Don Kingfisher Campbell), Venmo (to Don-Campbell-82), or Zelle (to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com). You can also snail mail a check to Don Campbell, 1313 Edgewood Dr, Alhambra, CA 9183-1909, if you prefer.

New Chapbook Compilation!

NOW AVAILABLE: 21 poems from the years 1997 to 2021 put together for the Saturday Afternoon Poetry writing workshop led by moi on this July 2nd between 3 and 4:30pm PDT in the shaded driveway of Kingfisher's Back House on 1313 Edgewood Dr. in Alhambra. PLEASE NOTE CHANGED LOCATION OF THIS EVENT! Printed copies will be free for all attendees, but this chapbook can also be purchased for $5 a copy (includes shipping). Please use Meta Pay (Don Kingfisher Campbell), Venmo (@don-campbell-82), or Zelle (use my email address listed below) to pay...or snail mail a check to Don Campbell, 1313 Edgewood Dr, Alhambra, CA 91803-1909. (Submit up to 3 poems totaling no more than 150 lines for Spectrum 32: Rejoice or Rue by emailing donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59pm, July 2nd.) THIS MEETING MAY ALSO BE ACCESSED THROUGH OUR USUAL ZOOM PORTAL.

Call for Poems

An opportunity for poets to win money simply by creating poesy. Four Feathers Press announces another call for poems for a new anthology: THE POETRY LOTTERY 4. Submit a poem of 300 lines or less (including stanza breaks) to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59pm PST, July 15th. The cost of entering is $10, which will entitle you to one PDF and one physical copy of the chapbook. 100% of the money collected will go to one lucky poet, in a drawing to be held at the publication reading on Saturday, July 23rd, 3 to 5 pm at Truly Fresh J on 411 E Huntington Dr. in Arcadia. You do not have to be present, the reading will also be on Saturday Afternoon Poetry's Zoom. Get six months membership in the Four Feathers Press Book Club just for entering! (A $10 value.) Use Meta Pay (to Don Kingfisher Campbell), Venmo (@Don-Campbell-82), or Zelle (my email address) to enter...or, if you prefer, snail mail a check to: Don Campbell, 1313 Edgewood Dr, Alhambra, CA 91803-1909.

BTW: The winner of The Poetry Lottery #3 was Dan Garcia-Black! Here is his poem...

Wrong Number

Gasoline burns hotter than hell

And using it causes climate change

There are plenty of signs that

Earth is preparing humanity for an

Extinction level event

In the bible there's a revelation

That warns about the apocalypse

I look at today's gas prices

$6.06 per gallon

It's getting close to $6.66

Then it will be too late to prep

The anti-Christ will push the pedal

To the metal with the ghost of Lemmy

Riding shotgun

And all Hell will break loose like

An obese woman's spandex

After midnight on a shopping trip 

For a large pair of crotchless panties 

At the local Wal-Mart Superstore.

Amen.

New compilation!

NOW AVAILABLE! 24 published and/or award-winning poems composed between 1981 and 1997. Only $4 for a PDF edition. Add $1 for shipping if you would like a printed copy. Please use Meta Pay (to Don Kingfisher Campbell), Venmo (@Don-Campbell-82), or Zelle (donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com) ... or, if you prefer, snail mail a check to: Don Campbell, 1313 Edgewood Dr, Alhambra, CA 91803-1909.

Now available!

Bruce McRae, a Canadian musician, is a multiple Pushcart nominee with poems published in hundreds of magazines such as Poetry, Rattle and the North American Review. His books are ‘The So-Called Sonnets (Silenced Press); ‘An Unbecoming Fit Of Frenzy; (Cawing Crow Press) and ‘Like As If”. Please send payment of $5 for a PDF copy or $10 for a prnted copy by Meta Pay (to Don Kingfisher Campbell), Venmo (to Don-Campbell-82), or Zelle (to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com). You can also snail mail a check to Don Campbell, 1313 Edgewood Dr, Alhambra, CA 9183-1909, if you prefer.

New chapbook compilation!

NOW AVAILABLE: ten poems from the years 1997 to 2021 put together for the Saturday Afternoon Poetry reading with featured poet KEVIN RIDGEWAY and a writing workshop led by moi on this June 4th between 2 and 4:30pm PDT in the patio of the My Place Cafe on 2057 N. Los Robles Ave. in Pasadena. PLEASE NOTE CHANGED LOCATION AND TIME OF THIS EVENT! Printed copies will be free for all attendees, but this chapbook can also be purchased for $5 a copy (includes shipping). Please use FB Pay (Don Kingfisher Campbell), Venmo (@don-campbell-82), or Zelle (use my email address listed below) to pay...or snail mail a check to Don Campbell, 1313 Edgewood Dr, Alhambra, CA 91803-1909. (Submit up to 3 poems totaling no more than 150 lines for Spectrum Online Edition: Summer Love by emailing donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59pm, June 18th.) THIS MEETING MAY ALSO BE ACCESSED THROUGH OUR USUAL ZOOM PORTAL.

New compilation!

NOW AVAILABLE! 18 published and/or award-winning poems composed between 1997 and 2006. Only $4 for a PDF edition. Add $1 for shipping if you would like a printed copy. Please use Facebook Messenger Pay, Venmo (@Don-Campbell-82), or Zelle (donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com) ... or, if you prefer, snail mail a check to: Don Campbell, 1313 Edgewood Dr, Alhambra, CA 91803-1909.

Now Available!

 

Mary McKeel is from Charlotte, North Carolina. She graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a Bachelor’s degree in English. Her poems have appeared in several online and print journals, including Common Ground review, and Panoplyzine.

Please purchase directly from the author Mary Baynor McKeel on Facebook. $5 PDF, $10 print.

New chapbook, new poems!

NOW AVAILABLE! 21 poems composed between December 2021 and May 2022. Only $4 for a PDF edition. Add $1 for shipping if you would like a printed copy. Please use Facebook Messenger Pay, Venmo (@Don-Campbell-82), or Zelle (donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com) ... or, if you prefer, snail mail a check to: Don Campbell, 1313 Edgewood Dr, Alhambra, CA 91803-1909.

A very special THE POETRY LOTTERY 3: Half of the money goes to the Radomir Luza Relief Fund, and the other half goes to ONE LUCKY POET!

 

Get six months membership in the Four Feathers Press Book Club just for entering! (A $10 value.)

An opportunity for poets to win money simply by creating poesy. Four Feathers Press announces another call for poems for a new anthology: THE POETRY LOTTERY 3. Submit a poem of 300 lines or less (including stanza breaks) to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59pm PST, June 14th. The cost of entering is $10, which will entitle you to one PDF and one physical copy of the chapbook. 50% goes to the Radomir Luza Relief Fund and 50% will go to one lucky poet, in a drawing to be held at the publication reading on June 18th between 3 to 5 pm at the My Place Cafe, 2057 N. Los Robles Ave. in Pasadena. You do not have to be present, the reading will also be on Saturday Afternoon Poetry's Zoom. Use Facebook Messenger Pay, Venmo (@Don-Campbell-82), or Zelle (my email address) to enter...or, if you prefer, snail mail a check to: Don Campbell, 1313 Edgewood Dr, Alhambra, CA 91803-1909.

BTW: The winner of The Poetry Lottery #2 was Gwendolyn Fleischer! Here is her poem...

Before Cell Phones

We stopped at a red phone kiosk

beside a high stone wall

surrounding a fire station

outside of Dublin

 I exited the black rental car

a murder of crows flew down

or maybe it was an unkindness of ravens

hovering just above me

sharp beaks flashing menacingly

sizeable wings beating in the summer air

 

I phoned the B&B for directions

the black birds cawed and kra'acked

wings swooshed just above the kiosk

they stayed with me as I  swiftly got back in the car

where my new husband was

safe inside for the birds' sorcery