Publication!

What an excellent birthday present! Got the third of four poems to be published here, published today... > http://cadencecollective.net/2014/10/31/relation-ship/

Contest!

Earned third place last night in the 2nd annual All Hallows Grounds Poetry Contest put on by Kimberly Cobian's ZZYZX Poets at the Holy Grounds Coffeehouse in El Sereno.

Reading!

I read some of my own poems published in the San Gabriel Valley Poetry Quarterly (Issa Frequency, Theater, Garfield Sevenling, and The Antique Traveler) at Cafe Villa on this special night.

Chapbook!

NOW AVAILABLE... my latest compendium. 22 poems influenced by music, composed over the last 22 years! Get your copy for just $5 by going to Saturday Afternoon Poetry, or order one by visiting http://paypal.com, directing payment of $6 (includes shipping) to kingfisher1031@charter.net

Contents

2 / A PERFECT DAY

3 / "BLUE BAYOU"

4 / CLASSIC ROCK

5 / EDGAR WINTER AGAIN

6 / GIVE PIECE A CHANCE

7 / INSIDE

8 / MOODY BLUES

9 / NEED COMFORT? TRY...

10 / 1978

11 / 1975 – 2007

12 / 1967 OR 2007

14 / PROGRESSIVE ROCK

15 / SANTANA IS DANGEROUS

16 / SHE SINGS “INNOCENT”

17 / THE FREEWAY

18 / TODAY I WAKE UP ALIVE

19 / TRANSFORMED

20 / USHER IN THE '70'S

21 / VENTURA HIGHWAY

22 / WALL OF VOODOO

23 / WHAT I HAD TO GO THRU TO GET OUT OF MY HOME

24 / YES

Publication!

Published in the latest issue of Lummox with some fine facebook poet/friends: Christina Marie, Linda J. Albertano, Lynne Bronstein, Alexis Fancher, Lalo Kikiriki, Radomir Vojtech Luza, Ellyn Maybe, Michael Paul, Kevin Ridgeway, Wanda Vanhoy Smith, Kevin Patrick Sullivan, Tim Tipton, Murray Thomas, Rolland Vasin, Raundi Kai Moore-Kondo, Alex M. Frankel, Joe Gardner, LeAnne Hunt, Lorine Parks, Robert Rodriguez, William Mohr, and more. Thank you, Rd Armstrong!

Publication and Reading!!

Happy to pick up a copy tonight of the Men's Heartbreak Anthology (published by Karineh Mahdessian) at the outdoor publication reading next to the Cypress Park Tunnel. It features many of my fine lining facebook friends: Tim Tipton, Robert Rodriguez,Rolland Vasin, Marvin L. Dorsey, Robert Wilson, Adrian Ernesto Cepeda, Joe Gardner, Alessander Xavier, ER Sanchez, Michael Ian Churchman, Phillip Larrea,Murray Thomas, Jerry Garcia, Donny Jackson, Juan Cardenas, Andres Bermejo, Bill Friday, Jesus Aldana-Alba, Abel Salas, Conney Williams, Ángel García,Michael Gonzalez, Matt Sedillo, Sean Hill, Peter J. Harris, Luis Javier Rodriguez, and more!

Art Night!

Six of us personed a table last night at the Pasadena Public Library ART NIGHT to sell our words: Carl Stilwell (pictured below right), Don Kingfisher Campbell (pictured left), Marvin L. Dorsey (pictured right), Yvonne Estrada, Eli Goitein, and Marie Lecrivain!

Award!

We have our winners! 

Announcing the winner of the 2014 Los Angeles Poet Society Summer Poetry Contest: Alexis Fancher for her award-winning poem, "TONIGHT WE WILL BLOOM FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY"

Alexis wins a $75 cash prize, publication of her poem on our LAPS website, and a LAPS event/reading of her poem!

Runners up: Karen Vande Bossche's poem "July Musings" and Don Kingfisher Campbell's "Joshua Tree Trip" - both of these poems will also be published on the LAPS website.

We received many amazing submissions and want to THANK YOU for submitting your work to the Los Angeles Poet Society! 

Publication!

A couple days ago "Mythology" was my second poem of four to be published on the Cadence Collective website... > http://cadencecollective.net/2014/09/29/mythology/