Poets and artists published in Spectrum Online Edition: September Song are invited to read in the patio of Rosebud Coffee on 2302 E. Colorado Blvd. in Pasadena or at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, September 17th between 3 and 5 pm PDT.

Saturday, September 3, 2022

Don Kingfisher Campbell


Impressions of September LV


Shiny skyscraping hotels line the I-15

Casino themed car-filled boulevards

Tanned homeless slumping along sidewalks

110 degree heat thickens the cloudless air

Mattresses left curbside in front of too many houses

Cultural businesses just like any other city

Palm trees and pools seen outside tower room windows

Post-pandemic non-emptiness in smoky gambling halls

Man-made entertainment volcano blasts night fire

Balding retired men escort their women to $100 a ticket shows

Neighborhoods of stuccoed homes in named clusters

The whole desert valley ringed by highways

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