Guest Poet!

Yesterday afternoon I was a Guest Poet and Workshop Leader at the Arcadia Public Library thanks to the Nuvein Foundation for Literature and the Arts.

Some information desk promotion.

 Reading a poem aloud. I read Back to the Future, French Toast, Little Miss Metaphor, Queen Mary, Pool It!, and Mi'Ja es Once. 

(Photo by organizer Kimberly Cobian.)

The booklet I prepared for the event.

(Photo by Kimberly Cobian.)

Another flyer promoting the series.

Paneled!

On Friday afternoon I was...

...one of four members of this panel,...

...no foolin'!

Publication and Reading!

 Staying up too late reading all the fine poets in this new anthology!

My turn last night at the Ace Hotel to read my poem "Ventura Highway" published in the book.

(Photo by Keith Martin.)

And check out the crowd. Wow!
(Photo by Jessica Wilson Cardenas.)

Smells good too.

One more shot of me in the crowd.

Guest Poet!

Thursday I visited four of Ms. Weuve's classes to perform my poetry and offer writing prompts. Her students were excellent creative writers!

Feature!

Had a ball with Jason Fairhurst Wall...

...reading my poems She Is a Poem, Dream Horses, Mythology, Little Boy at the Beach, Collection, In The Good Pharmacy, and Seven Course.

Publication!

Published on page 14.

Here's the link to buy the book... > https://www.createspace.com/6095934

Publication!

Found four poems by me (I already knew about one of them) on this obviously copied and pasted poetry treasure trove by Cynthia Bryant, copyright 2014. You'll have to scroll down to find them along the way (Spring Rituals, I Am Leaf, In Memory of Don Kingfisher Campbell, and Life After 50 Magazine), along with several poems by some of my Facebook friends: Jan Steckel, Amitabh Vikram Dwivedi, James Cushing, and Terry McCarty... > http://www.poetslane.net/poems.html

Publication!

Googling to see if I could find more of my poems published that I missed, I found this one (Showing a DVD on the Galapagos to a Ninth Grade Class) from last year... > http://newversenews.blogspot.com/2015_03_01_archive.html

Feature!

(Photo by Thomas R. Thomas)

Opened the 2016 San Gabriel Valley Literary Festival with a few of my poems: Mythology, Little Boy at the Beach, Collection, In the Good Pharmacy, Dream Horses, and 360 from an Artistic Seat.

(Photo by James Ducat)

Nice turnout for the beginning of the afternoon.

(Photo by Sarah Thursday)

And I had a few books and broadsides to offer at a sales table.

Publication x Four!!!!

Just found out I've had and am having a total of four classic poems published on the same website on different days...

Creativity
https://youronephonecall.wordpress.com/2016/01/14/creativity-by-don-kingfisher-campbell/

Descent
https://youronephonecall.wordpress.com/2016/01/28/descent-by-don-kingfisher-campbell/

Eleven (The Andrew Golden Poem)
https://youronephonecall.wordpress.com/2016/02/11/eleven-the-andrew-golden-poem-by-don-kingfisher-campbell/

Eroticus Uninterruptus
https://youronephonecall.wordpress.com/2016/02/25/eroticus-uninterruptus-by-don-kingfisher-campbell/

Guest Poet!

Had a ball yesterday visiting Ms. Ryu's classes for their Lunar New Year celebration featuring food from around the world and poetry. I performed a few of these family oriented poems for each class: Back to the Future, French Toast, The Edge of the World, Little Miss Metaphor, Familia Sandwich, Kitty Hawk California, Queen Mary, Five Hours, and Pool It!

Publication!

NOW AVAILABLE...featuring my poem The Soundtrack of My Life (Vol.1)
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B01BK29INQ?ref_=pe_2427780_160035660

Publication!

Publication!

My classic poem published again... > http://mythicalpoetry.com/2016/02/07/mythology/

Feature!

Featured with Marci Vogel yesterday afternoon at the Claremont Library. I read my poems Ars Poetica, Collection, Hard Drive Soft Wear, Scattered Sun, Facebook Newsfeed Sonnets, A pair of lips for the apocalypse, and Galactic Love from my book Rectangular Man Dream Horses, Joshua Tree Trip, The Distant Sun and I Float in the Alternate Sky from The Alternate Sky, and Summering The Nocturnal from Amongst The Detritus.

Book!

NOW AVAILABLE! My perfect-bound book featuring 60 pages of poetry. I will be touring around offering this tome for an easy $10, or you can order a copy for $12 (includes shipping) by going to http://paypal.com, directing payment to kingfisher1031@charter.net

Publication!

Scroll more than halfway down to the cloud picture, and there my poem (Blue and White) will be... > http://www.highlandparkpoetry.org/themusesgallery.html

Publication!

I've got three new poems published here... > http://www.deadsnakes.blogspot.in/2016/01/don-kingfisher-campbell-three-poems.html

Chapbook!

NOW AVAILABLE! My latest.... Stop on by Saturday Afternoon Poetry any... Saturday between 3 and 5pm inside the backroom of the Santa Catalina Branch Library on 999 E. Washington Blvd. in Pasadena to pick up your copy for a measly $5, or order one by going to http://paypal.com, making payment of $7 (includes shipping) to kingfisher1031@charter.net

Publication!

I'm the featured poet once again, here... >
http://cadencecollective.net/2015/12/29/on-the-way-to-grand-junction/

Publication and Feature!

Artwork at the New Americans Museum in San Diego by Shinpei Takeda inspired by the arrival poetry of 113 poets, mine included. Last night was the exhibit opening featuring a poetry reading by a dozen of the poets in attendance, myself included. Cool!

Feature!

Last night I featured at Tia Chuchas in Sylmar again, this time as one of The Inner Four. I performed five spoken word classics (I Got The American Right, Interchangeable, Before We Died, Homo Superior, and Mr. Hide) from my compilation Spoke In Word, and three one-day-old poems (A pair of lips for the apocalypse, Transient, and Essentials).

Featured publication!

I'm one of the featured poets with two poems (Ozzy Man Dias and 1 A.M.) published today... >
http://poeticdiversity.org/main/poems-fea.php?nameCode=donkingfishercampbell&date=2015-11-01

Publication!

Published again by the beautiful Cadence Collective website... >
http://cadencecollective.net/2015/11/24/freedom-to-drive/

Prize!

The winner of the 2015 Witching Hour Competition is...me!
http://losttowerpublications.jigsy.com/the-witching-hour-competition-results-

Publication!

Last night I picked up my contributor's copy and read my published poem (Blue Bonnets) at the Stay Gallery in Downey.

Publication!

A classic poem finally published... > https://silverbirchpress.wordpress.com/2015/11/06/blue-bayou-poem-by-don-kingfisher-campbell-when-i-hear-that-song-series/

Feature and Publication!!

I featured along with my Inner Four compatriots (CaLokie, Marvin Dorsey, and Mary Torregrossa) inside Vicious Dogs tonight as part of LIT CRAWL L.A.  I performed four of my poems: Dream Horses, Ars Poetica, Before We Died, and Jelly.

Here's the cover of the Inner Four sampler we gave away at the event. Illustrations by Mark Stilwell.

Feature and Publication!

I was one of the featured poets yesterday afternoon for the Rrose In A Prose reading series at Stories Books in Echo Park. I read three poems from my new compilation Spoke In Word: Mr. Hide, Eternal Epitaph, and Just Words.

Yes, by special request, I have constructed an anthology of my 20 best spoken word poems from both sides of the century mark. Now available for a mere $5!