Feature!

 

I was one of two featured poets at 2nd Friday in the Rapp Saloon!

I read eight poems from my latest publications by numerical requests:

Two Toothbrushes, The Cloud Parade, Ghost of the Grasshopper. Not Sunday,

 Sonnet to Oblivion, Pantoum to Oblivion, Mans, and Homo Superior.

Reader!

I am one of the readers for this competition. I read NJ Gallegos' short story "The Call Shift". Give it a watch by clicking on the link below...

The Call Shift by NJ Gallegos 2025 Horror Showdown Finalist Story, read by Don Kingfisher Campbell - YouTube

Publication!

 

Thanks to Linda Kaye for publishing one of my new poems this month in:

Poet's Place — LA Art News

Feature!

 

I was featured at this prestigious event...

...and read four poems from the turn of the century: 

The Earth (a sonnet), N.W.A. (Now, With Attitude), In the Chocolate Night, and A Bowl.

Publication & Reading!!

 

Got a poem on divorce published ("How to Lose Five Wives") and a chance to read it...

...at the publication reading hosted by Erica Castro, editor of Daxson Publishing!

Publication and Feature!!

 

Yesterday afternoon I was one of eight featured poets at the Altadena Public Library

celebrating the release of the new online version of the Altadena Poetry Review!

I read my poem "New Definitions" as published in the APR.

Link to read the whole issue...

2025 Anthology - Altadena Poetry Review

I had these two poems published as well as...

...the one I read.

New Publications!

 

A new poetic libretto featuring 12 poems composed from May to July 2025

A new poetic libretto featuring 11 poems composed from July to September 2025

Put 'em together, you've got a new chapbook!

All available by emailing donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com

Poetic libretto collab!

 

A collaboration between myself and Marvinlouis Dorsey of call and response poetry, a total of eight poems composed in a single week! Get a free PDF copy by emailing donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com

Poetic Libretto!

 

A compilation of my poetry about cracks and streets, eight poems composed through the decades. Get a free PDF copy by emailing donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com

Poetic Libretto!

 

A compilation of my poetry about paths and ways, twelve poems composed through the decades. Get a free PDF copy by emailing donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com

Feature!

 

I was one of a dozen featured poets for this charity event.

I performed three of my poems: New Definitions, Go Fund Me, and The Los Angeles Fire Museum.

Publication!

 

I have three poems published in this month's edition: Thought I Saw Four Dogs on My Drive, Ars Dogma, and Rock Dogs. Here is the link... Don Kingfisher Campbell Verse-Virtual August 2025

Interview and Performance!

Had a great time being interviewed and performing seven of my poems on this program. My portion begins after the one hour and thirty-minute mark...

The Smol Bear Show with Michelle Smith and Don Kingfisher Campbell. Hosted by Alex S. Johnson. - YouTube

Publication!

Thank you, Linda Kaye, for publishing another one of my poems, Peace!  Also for publishing my Facebook friends: Jackie Chou, Linda Crate, Alex S Johnson, Marieta Maglas, and Michelle Smith...

Poet's Place — LA Art News

Podcast Publication!

My poem "When God Took a Shower" is a part of this podcast led by Kimberly Cobian and Lalo Kikiriki, which also features Marvinlouis Dorsey, Beverly M. Collins, Chris Penalber, Jack G. Bowman, among others... 

Into the Mystic by ZZyZx SundaZe Podcast

Publication!

New poem...

A chocolate chocolate chip bundtlet by Don Kingfisher Campbell (MY FAVORITE THINGS Series) | Silver Birch Press

Feature!

 

Featured last night...

I read my classic poems Eternal Epitaph, French Toast, and Green Bell Apples.

What a great group of performers it was 

(including CaLokie, Marvinlouis, Host Lida, Anna Broome, Laura Sermeno, and G.T. Foster)! 

Video!

 

Below, the video of my performance at the Victory Theatre Center in Burbank! Click on it to watch...

Feature!

 

Last night I featured with five other performers, including Poetry Super Highway webmaster Rick Lupert and Red Hen Press' Kate Gale.

I performed six poems: Stop Worrying, Where the Road Ends (a sonnet), Human Minds, In the World War III Museum, Vietnam, and Green Bell Apples vs Dreadful Toenail Assholes (a sestina). Video coming soon! Thank you, Carl Weintraub, for the opportunity....

I even published a poetic half libretto of the poems I shared with the audience! Want a PDF copy? Just email donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com with your request.

New Chapbook Compilation!

 

26 classic poems all dealing with worlds, click on the link below to read them... 

DKC W O R L D S T O N E S

An Eleventh Video Broadside!

 

VB #24 Don Kingfisher Campbell reads I GOT THE SLIGHTEST TASTE OF GAZA

A Tenth Video Broadside!

 VB #19 Don Kingfisher Campbell reads THE THREE PATHS

A Ninth Video Broadside!

VB #23 Don Kingfisher Campbell reads GALACTIC JOURNEY 

Feature!

 

Had a ball reading my poetry yesterday on Radio Ollin!

Thank you host with the most Jessica Wilson Cardenas!!

An Eighth Video Broadside!

 

VB #44 Don Kingfisher Campbell reads TWO LOVE

Poetic Libretto!

 

A compilation of my poetry about the personal and the persona, thirteen poems composed through the decades. Get a free PDF copy by emailing donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com

A Seventh Video Broadside!

VB #48 Don Kingfisher Campbell reads EARLY IN THE MARVIN MORNING

Poetic Libretto!

 

A compilation of my poetry about spirits and trees, ten poems composed through the decades. Get a free PDF copy by emailing donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com

A Sixth Video Broadside!

 VB #50 & 51 Don Kingfisher Campbell reads SARCOPHAGUS and AFRAID OF FLYING

New Chapbook!

 

Contains 24 new poems composed in 2025 illustrated in full color for only $10 postpaid! Catch me at a reading to buy copies, or use Meta Pay (Don Kingfisher Campbell), Venmo (@don-campbell-82), or Zelle (donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com) to order. You can even snail mail a check to Don Campbell, 1313 Edgewood Dr, Alhambra, CA 91803-1909, if you really want to be old school. Also available in a PDF version for $5.

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