Thursday, May 31, 2012

Tomorrow night!

A coupla school gigs...


On May 16th I performed poetry and offered writing ideas for the students of Mrs. Guarino's 9th grade classes at Clark Magnet High School in La Crescenta.



On May 31st I was a judge for the 2012 Alhambra High School vs San Gabriel High School poetry slam at San Gabriel High School.


And a poem inspired by the...

THEATER

My mind is a stage
looking out
on the world

My thoughts, scaffolding
for the spots
about my brain

My ears are windows
which check for a click
so I know the lights are on

When I close my eyes,
the resulting black curtains
are lit with little
bulbs like I’m on TV

One red lantern hangs
from my mouth
quietly screaming
I am just a single voice

I feel like an unplugged
microphone stand casts
a shadow on my soul

All the people
gathered around me
judge my performance

I think I see a door
to quickly hide behind
in the warm darkness

Rooms I've entered
through my life—
closed doors now

Wait, a small red
ribbon on the floor
of my heart…
a reason to live

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Big National Poetry Month Weekend!

Sunday, April 22nd, 4:30pm - featured at Bolton Hall Museum for Village Poets of Sunland/Tujunga

Sunday, April 22nd, 10am - took part in Earth Day Poetry Hike at Eaton Canyon in Altadena

Saturday, April 21st, 2pm - published in 2012 Poetry & Cookies anthology; reading held at Altadena Senior Center

Friday, April 20th, 3:30pm - was a judge for the Teen Poetry Slam at the Arcadia Public Library

Friday, April 20, 2012

Chapbook!

NOW AVAILABLE!
31 clean poems from the past year

Order your copy for $7 postage paid by going to http://paypal.com and directing payment to kingfisher1031@charter.net

or

See me feature this Sunday at 4:30pm in Bolton Hall in Tujunga (Google Village Poets of Sunland/Tujunga for details)

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Publication!

My poem "The Antique Traveller" has been published on the Poetic Diversity website. Here's the link >
http://www.poeticdiversity.org/main/poems-cp.php?recordID=1683&date=2012-04-01

Here also is a link to YouTube where you can see me performing this very poem at the Occupy Beyond Baroque reading last Sunday > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r78z7CfQhL0

Sunday, April 8, 2012

Poetic Weekend!


Yesterday, I hosted the 2012 San Gabriel Valley Poetry Festival kickoff reading. Here's a link to the festival website, where you can find information on all 10 festival events > http://2012sgvpf.blogspot.com


Today, I performed poetry with CaLokie at the 99 Poets Occupy Beyond Baroque reading. Go to YouTube and search for Occupy Beyond Baroque to see the videos.

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

It's up!


http://poetrybreakfast.wordpress.com/2012/03/28/not-so-still-lives-by-don-kingfisher-campbell/

Sunday, March 25, 2012

Publication!

Dear Don,

Thank you for submitting your work to Poetry Breakfast. We have accepted "Not So Still Lives" as our March 28th, 2012 poem.

Feel free to submit more poems in a month or two.

Isabel Sylvan, Editor
Poetry Breakfast
http://poetrybreakfast.wordpress.com
PoetryBreakfast@yahoo.com

Thursday, March 8, 2012

Exhibition!


Opening this Saturday, March 10th at 10am: an exhibit of art and poetry. You can listen to my commissioned poem while sitting on a very artistic chair in a small Pasadena park! Copy and paste the websites below to get the details:

CITY OF PASADENA PUBLIC ART PROGRAM
http://www.cityofpasadena.net/arts/Rotating_Public_Art_Program/

CITY SPEAKS
http://www.newtownarts.org/shows/12_cityspeaks/index.php

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Chapbooks!

Two new chapbooks by moi now available!!


19 poems composed in January and February 2012


17 poems composed between September and December 2011

Get yours for just $7 for each copy (includes $2 shipping expense) by going to http://paypal.com and directing payment to kingfisher1031@charter.net