Emerging Urban Poets

Reading!

2011-11-03T16:29:00.000-07:00

Many of the Emerging Urban Poets (Don Kingfisher Campbell, Michael J. Cluff, Mina V. Kirby, Deborah P Kolodji, Radomir Vojtech Luza, and Mary Torregrossa) will be performing tonight at 6pm inside the South El Monte Public Library on 1430 North Central Avenue. Call (626) 443-4158 for more information.

2011 Anthology Reading (the bold ones)

2011-10-23T14:59:00.000-07:00

CaLokie

DismantleLand

Behind
crimson blooming
bush
above
concrete block
wall

dismantled
compact autos
stacked
one
upon
another

Across street
Dante
on
plastic seat
laments
crumpled bodies

where before
rusty wheels
once
sat
Beatrices
so
tres chic

Don Kingfisher Campbell

FREEDOM TO DRIVE

a ton of steel and glass and plastic and rubber
on asphalt and concrete and metal road to reach
a windowed and tabled restaurant to gorge on
cow and pig and chicken and fish to fill belly and
get in car again to arrive at mall steel and glass
and rubber and stucco buildings of opportunity
to try on and plastic card or paper bill purchase
yards of cotton and polyester and rayon and
spandex then plant ass on leather and vinyl
once more to park wheels and chrome near a
convenience store of plastic and chrome counters
to buy a bunch of plastic and paper packages bags
and bottles easily tossed in either receptacle or
ground and subsequently re-enter a stucco and
rubber and glass and steel building wherein clothes
and food and electronics are stored in wood and on
carpet made to outlast flesh and bone occupants

Lalo Kikiriki

The Post-Katrina Boogie

I got rhythm
See how it feels
I got it in my espadrilles
When these shoes
Boogie down
You're gonna get it too!
And bet your
Target soles
You'll stomp that beat
Down the middle
Of Bourbon Street
Ain't no hurricane on the way
Looks like Mardi Gras!

Everyday til
Wednesday comes
Tweet the whistles,
Bang the drums
Honk them old
Accordions
Til the dang dawn's early light!
Wind and water
Oil and fire
FEMA trailers of desire...
Shoot, that music never stops
And we forgot to care - so c'mon
Shuffle down
St. Peter there
All the way to Jackson Square
Laissez le
Bon temps roulet
Down to that that
Riverside

and you can lay down your care and woe
down by the riverside
study war no more...

Radomir Vojtech Luza

Fuck what they think

They laughed at my dancing
until they tried to dance
They tore-up my poetry before
they tried to rhyme pain and grain

They mocked my clothes
until they looked in the mirror
They sobbed loudly as saltwater ran down cheekbones

They could not move when
they heard me speak
They ran when they saw me bloodied and beaten
rise from purgatory

They laughed when they heard my monologue
until they realized their life was one

Christopher Luke Trevilla

Tender Oddities: Fabula y Realidad

Someone lost within
a something among us all
mirages walk in the light of day
gentle well meaning,
- sure
yet facades hide hearts in chains
while a homeless man screams
'Hallelujah!'
children and older folk turn and stare
silent eyes
with other worlds in between
sin cuidado alguno

Not a single soul
cares
No one's there

Drink your morning cup
forget the sleepless night
lost in urban blight and suburban decor
treading and meandering
between two worlds
-for work
-for leisure
-for love
-for pleasure,

We swallow the bitter pill
and hold out our hand for more
each day the mundane ritual
We call home

In ages past...
Life was mythical and wondrous
now it is familiar and apalling
let's go back

Into remembrance
and forgetfulness
recapturing the joy
of the messy and unknown
'See you soon.
No, never again.’

Lori Wall-Holloway

Found

Small chest hidden in corner
of thrift store waits
for new owner to claim it.
Rescued from an empty house
and then a garage, the chest
hopes for a dwelling where
it can be put to good use.

Cobwebs hide in dark places
underneath its four legs,
while a whirlwind of leaves
gather beneath it.

Layers of dirt collect on its
mahogany body, while grimy
handles on three drawers,
leave residue on hands
that hope to find treasure inside.

Discovered underneath a fake plant,
the chest is joyfully taken
to a new place where its deep red wood
is cleaned of the black dirt hidden on it.
Shined with love, it is given
a new purpose in a new home.

Once hidden, I was covered
with the grime of sin until the Lord found me.
He cleansed me with the polish of righteousness
and cleared the cobwebs of confusion.
Shining me with love, grace and mercy,
He blows new life into me after each layer
of dirt is found and scattered to the wind.

2011 Anthology Reading (the shy ones)

2011-10-23T14:52:00.000-07:00

Maria Arana

The Worst Day

Starting a new life
In a new world
Away from green mangoes
You never find here

The worst day of my existence:
The first day of school;
The new kid
During the middle of the year

I stood out like an elephant in the room
With polka dot shorts

The worst teacher spoke
And I couldn’t listen.

I met the children of ogres
They call me names
I’d rather not mention

The day was a kaleidoscope of wishless hopes
That ended with a chair
Wet from my own liquid
The stink was hard to remove
For years
I cursed

Thank God there was no facebook
Or my worst day
Would have been
The end of me

Karine Armen

Do Objects Die?

I still use
the things I bought
many years ago
the scissors
music tapes
shirts and dresses
My towel

how many times
they’ve been washed
gone through
the cycle
still functional

but wait
how about
people
relationships
so many are
gone

I wish
he was
My towel

Mina Kirby

Incongruity

Amid cacophonous noises of war
someone’s child lies dead
by the side of the road

We listen to Mozart
and are having roast chicken
for dinner

Karen Klingman

A Short Stay

pampas grass splays up along the coastline
like fireworks on New Years Eve
the surf in mid October reaches out with delicate frothy fingers
tracing lasting images in my mind

one reaching Big Sur I camp between five redwoods
walk along a river stream where a small girl with apricot hair
still dressed in pajamas plays hopscotch
on humpback rocks with a Saint Bernard

further along a group of young men in boots and warm flannel
drink beer and walk on flat rubber wires between the redwoods
almost back at the cabin mist becomes rain
funky folk music comes from a makeshift tent

the band motions me in
soon eight to ten of us
huddle, sing, sway and relive a time
we thought we could make a change

Thelma Reyna

WRONG LOVE

I don’t recall when we first spoke. But I remember how his tall frame ambled by my table that first time, and he stalled beside my chair, not knowing I could see his reflection in the glass across the room, and he looked down on my head and seemed to pause as I looked straight ahead and didn’t move. I could hardly breathe. His reflection was so gorgeous, as he was, for I’d had a good look at him, and the book he carried snagged my heart: Reading Lolita in Tehran, clash of cultures, one group loving the other from afar, from the shadows, loving the forbidden, fearing disaster and braving the chance of everything falling apart.

He didn’t speak to me then, no, not then, but after, much after, though I don’t know when. After days of pretending not to see me, and I feigning not to care. There, just feet away, always sitting near the window, where he could watch my face no matter where I sat in that cafe. And I saw the thick black coffee he preferred, the heavy pastries he held lightly in fingers slender and slow, watched him licking icing from scones, frowning in his coffee cup, as if deciphering how he could hear my breath, miles away.

Our fingers brushed together when we reached for napkins at the counter’s end. Reading Lolita, bent and dogeared, lay on the table by my hand. He blushed. My blood rushed and pulsated in my head when he spoke and broke the barricade we’d had. His heavy accent, bumbling words, deep red face and mutters—my stutters matched his lack of grace, but his face spoke the words that tripped his tongue. Love at first sight, love from out the shadows, through days of averted gaze, weeks of pretending we didn’t inhabit the same room. Love hidden in long silence, but, as it turned out, love so wrong.

He was alien, undocumented, illegal, criminal, a trespasser taking advantage of our nation’s largesse—or so they said. But how could those silken hands commit a crime? How could his liquid eyes instill fear and rage, the poems he said to me in darkness as we lay in shadowed rooms speaking simply of love, and forgiveness, and the beauties of sun and sky, and children’s breath, and the loneliness of death.

Love without papers can be hard.

Erika Wilk

nymphs in dark pools

beckon me
lianas ensnare me
sea urchin needles
nuzzle my neck
anemones
pay no attention

I am alone
a single tomato plant
rooted but flowering
tries to free herself
a wave of fresh air washes me
off the canvas
colors drip

KILL RADIO Performances!

2011-09-22T11:29:00.000-07:00

CaLokie

Don Kingfisher Campbell

Marvin Dorsey

Eli Goitein

Mary Torregrossa

Saturday!

2011-09-21T12:35:00.000-07:00

EUP's CaLokie and Don Kingfisher Campbell will be featured in the 100 Thousand Poets For Change - World Poetry Festival reading on Saturday, September 24th between 5 and 6pm at Beyond Baroque's SPARC Stage on 681 Venice Blvd. in Venice. For the complete line-up of poets go to > https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AnzpHegfoo5LdHQtcWZnUkJhM0N2MWZlSVFMN1BiZlE&hl=en_US#gid=0

Tonight!

2011-09-20T10:46:00.001-07:00

Members of the Emerging Urban Poets writing workshop will be featured on http://www.killradio.org between 7 and 10pm. The program: The 9th Level. The host: James Maverick. The EUP's: CaLokie, Don Kingfisher Campbell, Marvin Dorsey, Eli Goitein, and Mary Torregrossa.

Call for Submissions

2011-09-10T10:17:00.001-07:00

Even if you have attended only one session of the Emerging Urban Poets writing workshop, you may submit up to five poems for the full-color 2011 EUP anthology (preferably written in the workshop). Please send your creations in the body of an email message by October 1st to kingfisher1031@charter.net

CaLokie & Rina Rose perform @ Occidental College

2011-07-06T15:23:00.000-07:00

CaLokie performs with Rina Rose and Don Kingfisher Campbell on 7/5/2011

Rina Rose performs on her birthday 7/5/2011

Mary Torregrossa performs at Occidental College

2011-06-29T16:16:00.001-07:00

Performances!

2011-06-06T06:14:00.000-07:00

Last night CaLokie and Don Kingfisher Campbell performed at the Grand Star Jazz Club in Chinatown as part of Daniel Yaryan's Sparring With Beatnik Ghosts series.

Now Available!

2011-03-04T19:40:00.000-08:00

The Inner Four downloadable enhanced poetry album with 24 tracks, featuring 6 by CaLokie, 6 by Don Kingfisher Campbell, 6 by Marvin Dorsey, and 6 by Mary Torregrossa. Chapbook of poems available by request >
http://www.amazon.com/The-Inner-Four/dp/B004QN0FK2/ref=sr_shvl_album_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1299295999&sr=301-1

2011 tour continues...

2011-02-16T05:50:00.000-08:00

The Inner Four (CaLokie, Don Kingfisher Campbell, Marvin Dorsey, and Mary Torregrossa) will perform poems from their eponymous first downloadable album and accompanying book as featured poets at the Stella Adler Theatre (2nd floor) on 6773 Hollywood Blvd. in Hollywood, Monday night, February 21st at 8pm. There is also an Open Reading. Hosted by Mike The Poet.

2011 Tour Begins!

2011-02-01T10:02:00.001-08:00

The Inner Four (CaLokie, Don Kingfisher Campbell, Marvin Dorsey, and Mary Torregrossa) will debut poems from their first downloadable album and accompanying book as the featured poets at The Rapp Saloon on 1436 2nd Street in Santa Monica this Friday, February 4th, at 8:30pm. There is also an Open Reading. Hosted by Joe Camhi.

2011-01-26T06:53:00.000-08:00

The cover for the first downloadable poetry album by The Inner Four
(6 tracks each by CaLokie, Don Kingfisher Campbell, Marvin Dorsey, and Mary Torregrossa)...hopefully ready by March.

The Inner Three on Da Joynt...

2011-01-05T08:36:00.000-08:00

...James Maverick's program last night on http://killradio.org

CaLokie performs You Ain't Worth A Haiku

Marvin Dorsey performs Across The Ripples

Kingfisher performs Shower

Videos of The Inner Four recording new CD...

2011-01-04T05:13:00.000-08:00

...yesterday at Small World Sound in Sierra Madre:

CaLokie performs Revised Jesus

Marvin Dorsey performs Expression

Mary Torregrossa performs Johnny Shell

EUP Summer 2010 California Tour

2010-06-06T12:41:00.000-07:00

The emerging Summer 2010 Emerging Urban Poets California Tour. Here are the gigs:

1
Friday, June 25th, 7 to 9pm - DON KINGFISHER CAMPBELL features with CALOKIE and RADOMIR VOJTECH LUZA as part of open reading @ the Thoreau Bookshop inside the Packing House on 586 W. 1st St in Claremont, Helen Graziano hosts

2
Saturday, June 26th, 7 to 10pm - CALOKIE features with DON KINGFISHER CAMPBELL and RADOMIR VOJTECH LUZA as part of open mic @ Barnes & Noble on 16461 Ventura Blvd in Encino, Ron Dvorkin hosts

3
Sunday, July 11th, 5 to 7pm - DON KINGFISHER CAMPBELL features with Nita Donovan and Brenda Petrakos plus CALOKIE and SCOTT KAESTNER as part of open mic @ Cafe Alibi on 84 S. Fair Oaks Ave. in Pasadena, Alex M. Frankel hosts, http://www.secondsundaypoetry.com/upcoming-poets.html

4
Monday, August 2nd, 8 to 11pm - DON KINGFISHER CAMPBELL features with CALOKIE, ED HOUSTON and MARY TORREGROSSA as part of the open mic for DA JOYNT poetry reading series @ The Attic Theater on 5429 W. Washington Blvd. in Los Angeles, J. Evert Jones (AKA James Maverick) hosts, also offering kick-ass blues from Tokyo Mississippi! Beer/Wine and a $5 cover

5
Saturday, August 7th, 4 to 4:30pm - CALOKIE, DON KINGFISHER CAMPBELL, MARVIN DORSEY, RADOMIR VOJTECH LUZA, MARY TORREGROSSA and friends THEA IBERALL, PETE JUSTUS & ANGEL URIEL PERALES perform on the Center Stage @ Frazier Park Fiesta Days Celebration on Frazier Park Mountain Road in Frazier Park (3.7 miles west of Interstate 5) http://www.frazierfiestadays.com/

6
Sunday, August 8th, 5 to 7pm - MICHELLE ANGELINI, CALOKIE, DON KINGFISHER CAMPBELL, MARVIN LOUIS DORSEY and RADOMIR VOJTECH LUZA perform @ Anita Holzberg's backyard in Sunnyvale

7
Monday, August 9th, 7 to 9pm - MICHELLE ANGELINI, CALOKIE, DON KINGFISHER CAMPBELL, MARVIN LOUIS DORSEY and RADOMIR VOJTECH LUZA perform inside Ellaraine Lockie's living room in Sunnyvale

8
Tuesday, August 10th, 7:30 to 9:30pm - DON KINGFISHER CAMPBELL features with MICHELLE ANGELINI, CALOKIE, BRANDON CESMAT, MARVIN LOUIS DORSEY, SCOTT KAESTNER, RADOMIR VOJTECH LUZA and MARY TORREGROSSA performing @ open mic inside the Artists Union Gallery, 330 South California Street in Ventura, Roe Estep hosts, (805/320-3524)

9
Sunday, August 15th, 7 to 10pm - Corners of the Mouth! poetry reading featuring DON KINGFISHER CAMPBELL, Marguerite Costigan, and Michael McLaughlin with CALOKIE and MARY TORREGROSSA @ open mic inside Linnaea’s Café, 1110 Garden Street, San Luis Obispo, Kevin Patrick Sullivan hosts, (805) 547-1318, http://languageofthesoul.org/

EUP Spring 2010 Southern California Tour

2010-02-02T07:53:00.000-08:00

The emerging Spring 2010 Emerging Urban Poets Southern California Tour. Here are the gigs:

1
Friday, March 19th, 7 to 11pm - MICHELLE ANGELINI, CALOKIE, DON KINGFISHER CAMPBELL and ELI GOITEIN feature for Mozaic Spoken Word at the Talking Stick Coffee Lounge on 1411 Lincoln Blvd. in Venice (go to http://thetalkingstick.net for the Talking Stick website)

2
Friday, April 23rd, 8:30 to 10pm - 2010 San Gabriel Valley Poetry Festival event: CALOKIE, DON KINGFISHER CAMPBELL, BETH CHENG, MARVIN DORSEY, ELI GOITEIN, SCOTT KAESTNER and MARY TORREGROSSA feature at the Rapp Saloon inside the International Youth Hostel on 1436 2nd St. in Santa Monica (go to http://2010sgvpf.blogspot.com for the festival website)

3
Wednesday, May 5th, 12:30 to 1pm - CALOKIE and DON KINGFISHER CAMPBELL read as part of the Faculty Poetry Fiesta during lunchtime at Roosevelt High School on 456 S. Mathews in Boyle Heights

4
Tuesday, May 25th, 7 to 9pm - CALOKIE, DON KINGFISHER CAMPBELL, PAULI DUTTON and RADOMIR LUZA read inside Creveling Lounge at Pasadena City College on 1570 E. Colorado Blvd.

5
Sunday, May 30th, 2 to 4pm - MICHELLE ANGELINI, CALOKIE, DON KINGFISHER CAMPBELL and MARY TORREGROSSA read at Marvin Dorsey's Animal House in Lancaster

6
Monday, May 31st, 10am to Noon - CALOKIE, DON KINGFISHER CAMPBELL, BARBARA COGSWELL, PAULI DUTTON, RICHARD DUTTON, MINA KIRBY, DEBORAH P KOLODJI, SHARON RIZK and MARY TORREGROSSA read at Lindy Hill's Backyard Poetry Brunch in Montrose

7
Saturday, June 5th, 7 to 8pm - CALOKIE and DON KINGFISHER CAMPBELL read at the McGroarty Art Center on 7570 McGroarty Terrace in Tujunga (as part of a Children's Poetry and Puppetry Festival)

EUP in AZ 1/20/2010!

2010-01-26T06:02:00.000-08:00

CaLokie, Eli Goitein, Marvin Dorsey, Don Kingfisher Campbell, Mikel Weisser (Bullhead City Junior High teacher), and Beth Cheng

5 EUP poets going on a mini-tour!

2010-01-03T20:28:00.000-08:00

CaLokie, Don Kingfisher Campbell, Beth Cheng, Marvin Dorsey, and Eli Goitein will be performing their poetry in these venues:

1
Sunday, January 17th, 2010
6 to 10pm
HomeBase Poetry
Downtown Sheraton Hotel
340 N. 3rd St.
(cross street is Van Buren)
Phoenix, AZ
$15

2
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010
8am to 3pm
Mohave High School
2251 Highway 95
Bullhead City, AZ 86442
(928) 788-1201

3
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010
6 to 8pm
Teen Tuesday
Riviera Recreation Center
2047 Commercial Way
Bullhead City, AZ 86442

4
Wednesday, January 20th, 2010
7 to 9pm
Seldom Seen Poets
Sunrise Coffee Co.
3130 E. Sunset Rd. Suite A
(between Pecos & Eastern)
Henderson, NV
Hannah Marisahl + Kari O'Connor host
(702) 433-3304

5
THIS EVENT CANCELLED DUE TO HEAVY RAIN
Thursday, January 21st, 2010
7 to 9pm
Little Old Bookshop
6708 Greenleaf Ave.
Whittier, CA 90601
(562) 698-1934

The Inner Four rocks the Catalina!!!!

2009-12-01T15:55:00.000-08:00

CaLokie...

...Don Kingfisher Campbell...

...Marvin Dorsey...

...and Mary Torregrossa...

...The Inner Four!!!!

New anthology!

2009-11-27T21:52:00.000-08:00

We're debuting our first four-member anthology tomorrow (November 28th) inside the backroom of the Santa Catalina Branch of the Pasadena Public Library on 999 E. Washington Blvd. between 3-5pm.

Why these four members of the Emerging Urban Poets? Because we plan to tour in mid-January. Arizona. Vegas. Maybe more. Details coming.

If you can't make it to the reading, you can still order this anthology by going to http://paypal.com, selecting Send Money, then directing payment of $7 (includes $2 shipping expense) to kingfisher1031@charter.net...and wait by the ol' mailbox for fast first-class snail mail delivery.

Now available: our latest anthology!

2009-11-17T20:28:00.000-08:00

Order your copy by going to http://paypal.com, selecting Send Money, and directing payment of $5 (shipping included) to kingfisher1031@charter.net, then just wait by the ol' mailbox for fast first-class delivery.

10/11/2009 Poetry and Food for your Soul in Pasadena!!

2009-10-08T21:03:00.000-07:00

NEWSFLASH...THIS SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11TH, 5-8PM...EMERGING URBAN POETS CALOKIE 75 AND KINGFISHER 50 FEATURE...MELODY SOUL FOOD RESTAURANT...755 E. WASHINGTON BLVD. IN PASADENA...OPEN READING AS WELL...FREE DOUBLE BROADSIDES FOR ALL!

ADDITIONAL NEWSFLASH...MINA KIRBY WILL ALSO BE FEATURED THE SAME EVENING...DON'T MISS IT!!!

New chapbook by three members of the EUP!!!

2009-09-19T20:28:00.000-07:00

21 New Poems

Get your copy FREE by going to the backroom of the Santa Catalina
Branch of the Pasadena Public Library this Saturday afternoon to
see CaLokie feature at 3pm

...or order a copy for $5 postage paid by visiting http://paypal.com
Select Send Money to kingfisher1031@charter.net
Then wait by the ol' mailbox for fast first-class delivery!

Pure Poetry

Pictures from Exhibitions!

2009-08-19T12:53:00.000-07:00

Kingfisher pontificates on an eponymous street corner in Sunnyvale!

CaLokie rallies the masses on the steps of the Sacramento Capitol!

Marvin Dorsey performing his powerful poetry in San Luis Obispo!

Eli Goitein practicing Tai Chi in a Sunnyvale park!

Our hostess Ellaraine Lockie and Sharmagne Leland-St.John in Half Moon Bay!

Emerging Urban Poets on Tour!

2009-07-11T22:42:00.000-07:00

That's write! EUPers CaLokie, Don Kingfisher Campbell, Eli Goitein, and Sharmagne Leland-St.John will be doing a mini-tour of northern California in mid-August! Here are the dates (catch us if you can):

1
Monday, August 10th, 7pm
Word Dancing Open Reading
It's A Grind Coffee House
1800 Polk St
San Francisco, CA

2
Tuesday, August 11th, 7:30pm
Sharon Martin's House
566 Robin Dr
Santa Clara, CA
Host: Anita Holzberg

3
Thursday, August 13th, 8pm
Poetry Unplugged Open Reading
Luna's Cafe
1414 16th St
Sacramento, CA
Hosts: Frank Andrick, Mario Ellis Hill, Geoffrey Neil, and B.L. Kennedy
$2 cover

4
Friday, August 14th, 7pm
Last Word Open Reading
Nefeli Cafe
1854 Euclid Ave (near Hurst)
Berkeley, CA
Hosts: Dale Jensen, Diana Q.

5
Sunday, August 16th, 7pm
Corners of the Mouth Open Reading
Linnaea's Cafe
1110 Garden St
San Luis Obispo, CA
Host: Kevin Patrick Sullivan

Emerging Urban Poets on TV!

2009-06-18T03:13:00.000-07:00

CaLokie and I (we're in the center of the above picture) will be performing our poetry this Saturday morning at 10am inside a Pasadena studio for a taping of Spending Time With Poetry hosted by Bozana Belokosa. In fact, she has invited us to become guest hosts every month. So we'll be bringing in more Emerging Urban Poets and select poets from around the southland in the near future. Stay tuned!

Catch some Emerging Urban Poets at this gig!

2009-05-10T01:29:00.000-07:00

Tuesday, June 2nd
Don Kingfisher Campbell & Friends
Free Family Poetry Night
Kidspace Museum
480 N Arroyo Blvd
Pasadena
6pm
http://www.kidspacemuseum.org/site/PageServer?pagename=events

7 events provide a BIG FINISH for NATIONAL POETRY MONTH!!!!!!!

2009-04-19T08:50:00.000-07:00

Hey Bloggers,

Join me for seven wonderful National Poetry Month culminating events:

1
Wednesday, April 22
7pm - 9pm
Gloria Alvarez Writing Workshop
Brooklyn & Boyle
2003 East 1st Street
Los Angeles
Email FMI: alvarezge55@yahoo.com

2
Friday, April 24
8pm - 10pm
Bohemia Poetry Jam w/ $250 1st prize
Brooklyn & Boyle
2003 East 1st Street
Los Angeles
Email entries to jessebliss81@hotmail.com

3
Saturday, April 25th
2pm - 4pm
Pure Poetry Chapbook Contest
Santa Catalina Branch
of the Pasadena Public Library
999 East Washington Boulevard
http://palabraproductions.blogspot.com

4
Saturday, April 25th
6pm - 10pm
Think Poetically--Act Locally
Don Kingfisher Campbell + 24 poets
Claremont Forum
586 West 1st Street
http://palabraproductions.blogspot.com

5
Saturday, April 25th
7pm -11pm
Larry Colker + Open Reading
Starts w/a reading of classic poems
Barnes & Noble
16461 Ventura Boulevard
Encino

6
Sunday, April 26th
4:15pm - 4:25pm
Don Kingfisher Campbell
debuts his 2nd book
L.A. Times/UCLA Festival of Books
Booth 610
For map: http://www.latimes.com/extras/festivalofbooks/eventmap.html

7
Wednesday, April 29th
7pm - 9pm
Mary Torregrossa + 5 other poets
Los Angeles Downtown Public Library
Mark Taper Auditorium
Fifth and Flower Streets
RSVP recommended (213) 228-7025

Hope to see you there and there and there and there and there and there and there,
Don

WANT A POET IN YOUR CLASSROOM?
Email: poetrypeople@charter.net

This Monday night in Sierra Madre!

2009-04-05T03:15:00.000-07:00

MONDAY, APRIL 6TH
2nd annual Open Mic Poetry Night
Beantown
45 N Baldwin Ave
Sierra Madre
7pm

6 Poetry Events!!!!!

2009-03-15T05:48:00.000-07:00

Hey Bloggers,

If you wanna join me for any of these six events, please let me know:

1
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 2009
Sharmagne Leland-St. John + Open Reading
The World Stage
4344 Degnan Blvd
Los Angeles
8pm

2
THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 2009
Don Kingfisher Campbell
lectures on Pablo Neruda
and punctuation
Virginia Bower's Condo
154 Marywood
Claremont
7pm

3
THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 2009
Don Kingfisher Campbell + 13 poets
performing in classrooms
Napa Elementary School
19010 Napa St
Northridge
1:15pm

4
THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 2009
Don Kingfisher Campbell + 9 poets
reading poems and the poems that influenced them
Ave 50 Studio
131 N Ave 50
Highland Park
7pm

5
SATURDAY, APRIL 4, 2009
Don Kingfisher Campbell + other poets
published in Poetry & Cookies
Altadena Public Library
600 E Mariposa St
Altadena
2pm

6
SUNDAY, APRIL 5, 2009
Don Kingfisher Campbell + Open Reading
L'Keg Gallery
311 Glendale Blvd
Los Angeles
8pm

Hope to see you there and there and there and there and there and there,
Don

P.S. Open reading, he gets around, doesn't he?

WANT A POET IN YOUR CLASSROOM?
Email: poetrypeople@charter.net

5 Upcoming Poetry Readings & Workshops!!!!!

2009-02-28T04:34:00.000-08:00

Hey Bloggers,

If you wanna join us at any of these five events, please let me know:

1
FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 2009
Lisa Marie Sandoval + Open Reading
Coffee By The Books
509 E Walnut St
Pasadena
6pm

2
SATURDAY, MARCH 7, 2009
Theresa Antonia + Others
Celebrate Pablo Neruda
Ave 50 Gallery
131 N Ave 50
Highland Park
8pm

3
SUNDAY, MARCH 8, 2009
Helen Graziano + Open Reading
introduced by Don Kingfisher Campbell
Claremont Library
208 Harvard Ave
Claremont
2pm

4
SUNDAY, MARCH 8, 2009
Don Kingfisher Campbell + Emerging Urban Poets
with an Open Reading
Palm Springs Wine & Art
242 N Palm Canyon Dr
Palm Springs
6pm

5
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 2009
Ron Koertge writing workshop
South Pasadena Library
Community Room
1115 El Centro St
South Pasadena
7pm

Hope to see you there and there and there and there and there,
Don

WANT A POET IN YOUR CLASSROOM?
Email: poetrypeople@charter.net

iTunes carries Poems From Perkins Alley!

2009-02-21T20:26:00.001-08:00

That's right cyberfans,

You can now download tracks on our CD Poems From Perkins Alley through http://itunes.com

Though they made us submit a new, higher resolution cover...OK I guess

Another EUP booking!

2009-02-19T06:16:00.000-08:00

Hey Cyberpoets,

I will be introducing fellow EUP poet Helen Graziano
who is being featured in the CLAREMONT LIBRARY poetry
reading series on SUNDAY, MARCH 8, 2009 at 2pm.

Where will it be taking place?

Claremont Library
208 N Harvard Ave
Claremont, CA 91711

(909) 621-4902

Hosted by Lucia Galloway

After that we'll head off to our Palm Springs
performance at 6pm where we can sup and drink
(check a couple entries down for details)!

Our CD is now available on amazon.com!

2009-01-17T12:47:00.000-08:00

Hey Bloggers,

That's right! Now you can download our CD on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Poems-from-Perkins-Alley-Explicit/dp/B001PYOFB0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=1232223751&sr=8-1

Enjoy!

EUP booking!

2009-01-13T22:05:00.000-08:00

Hey fellow EUPers,

We've got a booking to perform in the TRAPDOOR POETRY reading series
on SUNDAY, MARCH 8, 2009 at 6pm, with an open mike at 6:30pm.

Where will it be taking place?

Palm Springs Art and Wine
http://www.palmspringswineandart.com/
242 N Palm Canyon Dr
Palm Springs, CA 92262

(760) 325-5991

in downtown Palm Springs
21+ age requirement

Please join us for a wonderful evening of poetry and wine!
Hosted by Ruth Nolan and Steve Petersen

OUR NEW CDs!!

2009-01-06T11:47:00.000-08:00

1) The Poems From Perkins Alley CD

A truly unique recording, edited and embellished by Barry Schwam
Go to http://perkinspoets.info for samples of the 12 tracks

2) The Emerging Urban Poets Bootleg CD

Recorded by Chrystine Julian...featuring seven of the poets on the
Poems From Perkins Alley CD.

TO ORDER EITHER ONE, OR BOTH:

Order your copies by going to http://paypal.com, select Send Money,
and direct payment of $5 for each CD to kingfisher1031@charter.net