Featured!

 

Thank you host Dane Ince for the invitation to feature last night!

I played the choose a number game to randomly select the poems I'd be performing.

From the above collection of my early poetry, I read "What I Am".

From Spoke in Word I gave voice to "Joe Sphincter".

From Planet of the Oreos, I delivered "Joshua Tree Service".

From my latest poetic libretto, I shared "Vehicles".

And finally, as an encore, I perfected "Imperfection".

Rise and Set by Don Kingfisher Campbell

A compilation of eight new poems created in the month of October or thereabouts each with an accompanying photo for Saturday Afternoon Poetry's 4th annual Celebration of the Poetic Libretto. Titles are Rise and Set, Commercials, In Lollipop Land, Zoom Marvinlouis, Buy Oh, Poem, Sun City "Golf Course", and Vehicles. For a free PDF copy, please email donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com

Poetic Libretto for Children!

 

A new poem with every line illustrated on a separate page to create a poetic libretto for children. You can get a free PDF copy by emailing donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com

Poetic Libretto!

 

NEW POEMS composed between MAY and SEPTEMBER 2026

Get a free PDF copy by emailing donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com

Publication!

Thank you, Linda Kaye, for publishing my poem "The Well" and the poems of my friends (Jackie Chou and Dean Okamura) on...

Poet's Place — LA Art News

Interview!

POETS of the EAST presents Master Poet, Impresario and Educator

Don Kingfisher Campbell, earned his MFA in Creative Writing from Antioch University Los Angeles, taught Writers Seminar at Occidental College Upward Bound for 36 years, been a coach and judge for Poetry Out Loud, a performing poet/teacher for Red Hen Press Youth Writing Workshops, L.A. Coordinator and Board Member of California Poets In The Schools, poetry editor of the Angel City Review, publisher of Four Feathers Press, and host of the Saturday Afternoon Poetry reading series in Pasadena, California.

For awards, features, and publication credits, please go to: http://dkc1031.blogspot.com

POE is produced and hosted by Rick Spisak

for Canary in a Coalmine Films 2026

Here is the link to the show: https://youtu.be/JnNEYpQNfew

Publication!

Three of my classic poems (which happen to all be about dogs) have been published on... 

Don Kingfisher Campbell Verse-Virtual August 2026

Publication!

My new poem "Not a War in Los Angeles" is now published on... 

Poet's Place — LA Art News

Thank you, editor Linda Kaye, and thank you also for publishing my Facebook friends Jackie Chou, Heather Romero-Kornblum, Michelle Smith, and linda m. crate.

Chapbook!

Put together a chapbook today, a compilation of bursting poems that don't use the word burst from 1981-2023. You can get a free PDF copy by emailing donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com

Poetic Libretto!

Put together a poetic libretto this morning, a compilation of doggy poems from 2008-2025. You can get a free PDF copy by emailing donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com

Publication!

Received my copy yesterday of the APR from Thelma T. Reyna. Thank you, Lester Graves Lennon for selecting my work.

Chapbook compilation!

A chapbook I put together this morning to hopefully inspire sun poems (Four Feathers Press online edition deadline is Friday), a compilation of 16 of my poems with suns in the titles. Email donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com to get a free PDF!

New Poetic Librettos!

 

 

Poems from January - March 2026

Poems from March - May 2026

A compilation of poems from 1997-2016

Each available in PDF form by emailing 

donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com

Publication!

Thank you Linda Kaye for publishing my new poem "This is a mad country" and poems by my friends Anna Broome, Jackie Chou, and Heather Rom-Korn!

Publication!

My new poem "Six and Seven" published today as part of the 30 for 30 series sponsored by the Potomac Review on... 

Don Campbell | Mike Maggio

Publication and Reading!!

 

My classic poem "Queen Mary" is now published in this loaded anthology, two years in the making.

I got to share it today on a Zoom reading in Ireland, where the Titanic originally set sail.

Here is the link to the video of the event... 

Cultivating Voices New Books Showcase: "Unsinkable: Poems Inspired by the Titanic" -- 12Apr2026

Publication on Podcast!

 

My classical poems Green and Springy can be heard on...

Spring Broken by ZZyZx SundaZe Podcast

Publication!

 

Poet's Place — LA Art News

Published again, thank you Linda Kaye for pubbing me and my friends: Linda M. Crate, Jackie Chou, Dean Okamura, Marieta Maglas, and Heather Rom-Korn, among others!

Poem on Podcast!

The heart is the most powerful muscle in our being. It beats fast at the sight of danger and in the passionate embrace of a loved one. It thinks for us when our minds can't. The heart remembers everything and everyone that has hurt it and despite adversity throbs on and loves on demonstrating through compassion, empathy, forgiveness, and strength. A truly heart-warming and heart-strengthening episode featuring the poetry, stories, and prose of: Don Kingfisher Campbell, Taylor X, Heather Romero-Kornblum, Lisa Chow, Michelle Suzanne Snyder, Matt McGee, Ellyn Maybe, PJ Swift, Joe Morales, Fzyon Fernandez, and Patrick Thomas Jeffries. Also featuring the original music of Las Motitas and Jenifer Palmer Lacy. Hosted by ZZyZx WriterZ: Kimberly Cobian and Alex Dent. Accordion melange by Doug Legacy. Produced at Some Punkin Studios by ZZyZx WriterZ and Doug Legacy. Album Art by Chris 'Cakeshop' Penalber. Here's the link to the show...

Lead with Love by ZZyZx SundaZe Podcast

New book!

My new book has arrived, 58 poems illustrated in full color! Get a copy from me for only $20 or add $5 for shipping (email me to order: donkingfishercampbell#gmail.com). Or visit my publisher's website http://cyberwit.net (I get less money that way...heh heh.)

Publication!

Thank you to Mark Lipman for publishing my poem "At the World War III Museum" in your brilliant Vagabond Books anthology Depose. And thanks for also accepting my friends Megha Sood, Matt Sedillo, Carl Stilwell, Rich Ferguson, Marieta Maglas, Marc Olmsted, Linda M. Crate, and Lynn White. Such a glorious read!