Archives!

Got some of my early poems up on a website now. Enjoy! 

DKC From One Century to the Next (dkc1century2thenext.blogspot.com)

And complete with adult content warning. Adventure at your own risk... 

DKC Spoke in Word

Acceptance!

Dear Don Kingfisher Campbell, 

Thank you for submitting your poetry to the anthology, UNSINKABLE: POETRY INSPIRED BY THE TITANIC. We would like to accept “Queen Mary.” In some cases, we will make necessary copyediting changes and contact authors about suggested edits.

As we mentioned, we are planning to publish the anthology with Salmon Poetry Press with a pub date in 2026. As soon as possible, we would greatly appreciate it if you could email us a bio of 50-100 word to this address. We will soon email a permission form which is required for your poem’s publication, and we will ask for an updated bio, if necessary, closer to the pub date.

Each contributor will receive one copy of the anthology. We have begun to work on setting up Unsinkable poetry readings, and if you have any ideas for such events in your geographic area or anywhere else, please let us know. We are also developing a marketing plan, and if you have any ideas, please let us know.

Thank you for your participation in this project.

Best regards,

Margo Taft Stever, Sandy Yannone, and Susana H. Case

Performance!

 

On the afternoon of Sunday, May 5th I was one of 15 featured performers...

...performing poetry from the 2024 edition of the Altadena Poetry Review.

I performed my poem In the World War III Museum using the mausoleum as the museum!

Publication & Reading!!

 

The publication reading for the 2024 Altadena Poetry Review was held at the Altadena Public Library on Saturday, April 27th between 11am and 1pm. I performed one of my two poems published within those pages, In the World War II Museum, utilizing the room as the setting for the poem to a very surprised audience!

 

NOW AVAILABLE! A collection of 125 poems from 1981-2004, many used in my California Poets In The Schools workshops in classrooms. Yours in PDF form for a scant $10. Payment methods for immediate delivery listed on the Four Feathers Press website... http://fourfeatherspress.blogspot.com

Feature!

 

Featured last night in Eagle Rock, read five poems from my two most recent books published by Cyberwit Press: Surrender, Knowing, In the World War II Museum, Simile City, and Pantoum to Oblivion.

Review!

E.R. Sanchez reviews my compilation from last year published by Cyberwit Press...

 5-Star Book Review Club: Kingfisher Flowerman by Don Kingfisher Campbell - Fried Potato Press

Publication!

My poem "I Dream" was published today on Mike Maggio's internationally famous website. Here's the link to click: 

 Don Campbell - Mike Maggio

Featured!

 

Had a wonderful time interacting with this group yesterday over eight of my poems (The Gap*, A Poem Is**, The Joshua Parade***, Serious Cloud Bank***, Your Precious Love, Fencing, Skunk and Seal, and Just) and introducing them to my very inspirational poet friends *Tanya Ko Hong, **Linda Ravenswood, and ***Alexis Rhone Fancher who read some of their fine poetry as well. As a bonus I also introduced them to the marvelous Ellyn Maybe who was in the audience, and she read one of her besties too. (Asterisks indicate who inspired me to write which poems.)

Featured!

 

https://youtu.be/byKQPf82iz0?si=7lVC6ybDWc0vvidD

I screenshared titles from the seven sections of my new book A Poem Is and invited members of the audience to select which ones they wanted to read and hear. They chose: Stellar Sonnet, Appreciation, C.A.T., What better way to eat on Mother's Day..., The pantoum rose this morning, and Xmas. For a requested encore I read my newest poem, March 11th, and followed that with a peek at the Four Feathers Press online edition for this month, Pie Sighs; I shared and read my poem on there, Do you sigh when you eat your pie?

Audio Publication!

 

And now for your listening pleasure...

ZZyZx WriterZ Presents: Aphrodisiac ❤ 

Allow the menage a trois of hosts: Alessander, Chris 'Cakeshop' Penalber, and Kimberly Cobian scintillate your deepest fantasies in a heart-shaped box of various aphrodisiac flavors from the playful innocent white chocolates to the sweet tantalizing milk chocolate truffles, to the darkest chocolate recesses pieces of your erotic and romantic psyche. Everyone's got their favorite love potion or poison. What's your pleasure? What gives you true lust for life? 

https://on.soundcloud.com/LXmdC

Publication!

THE VAGABOND LUNAR COLLECTION

It's my great honor and privilege to present to you the poets of THE VAGABOND LUNAR COLLECTION, an anthology created specifically to be included in the payload for the Polaris rocket, which will be launching to the moon in November 2024.

127 poets have been selected for this special mission to the moon, to preserve the very best of our arts, culture, poetry and humanity, as part of the internationally protected record of lunar artifacts in perpetuity.

This, my friends, is as close to immortality as it gets.

Thank you so much to Samuel Peralta for inviting me to include this collection in the Lunar Codex!

-- Mark Lipman

Now Available on Amazon!

 

A Poem Is: Campbell, Don Kingfisher: 9788119654093: Amazon.com: Books

New book!

My third book published by Cyberwit Press has arrived! 94 new poems for just $15. Free shipping for the first 20 orders only. To get your copy please use Meta Pay (Don Kingfisher Campbell), Venmo (@don-campbell-82), or Zelle (donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com) to pay, or snail mail a check to Don Campbell, 1313 Edgewood Dr, Alhambra, CA 91803-1909. 

Featured!

 

I read my poems How Can a World, Opposites Find Commonality, and In the World War III Museum. Here is a link to a recording of that reading on YouTube... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26SkmAmqGio

Publication!

 

Thank you Mark Lipman for publishing my poem and those of my friends: David Romero, Carl Stilwell, Chad Parenteau, Lynn White, Yvonne Estrada, Pam Ward, S.a. Gerber, Tongo Eisen-Martin, Thelma T. Reyna, Matt Sedillo, Megha Sood, and Terry Wolverton!

Featured!

 

Yay!

SRO

There's my book!

Read new poems: In the World War III Museum and Real Love...

...and some classics: Mans, Interchangeable, and Before We Died.

New Poetic Libretto!

Kingfisher Oblivion is a poetic libretto (16 pages) artfully depicting new poems composed in 2023 with these titles: Sonnet to Oblivion, Pick Up Walk, Mark, I'm Satisfied If I Die Tonight, Morning for the Dead, Now I'm 64 (a ten-part poem), and Walking Through a Graveyard.

Get your PDF copy for free here, today only: The 19th Annual Poetry E-Book Free-For-All (poetrysuperhighway.com)

Printed copies are available from the author for $4.

Publication!

 

I'm the featured author of the day at...

In the World War III Museum - Mike Maggio

Publication!

Poet's Place — LA Art News

Got a poem published here for this month. Thank you Linda Kaye for publishing me and my friends Anna Broome and Caleb Delos-Santos too! Hit the link above left and scroll down the page alphabetically...

Elected!

 

Yesterday I was invited to join the Board of Directors of California Poets in the Schools! Linda Ravenswood got in too, woo hoo!

HOME | california-poets (californiapoets.org)

Featured!

 

Featured!

 

Publication!

 

http://laartnews.com/poetsplace

Publication!

 

Two of my classic poems published in these fine full-color journals! 

Publication and Reading!!

 

Soundcloud!

Happy to have two poems (The Big Bang and Shower) recorded in this program... 

Summerotica ZZyZx SundaZe by ZZyZx SundaZe Podcast (soundcloud.com)