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If you’re the kind of person who turns directly to the puzzle page of your local newspaper, it’s likely that you’ve spotted “Celebrity Cipher.” This celebrity-themed cryptogram, syndicated by Universal Uclick, appears six days a week in more than 70 newspapers across the country….
Luís Campos
Poet/humorist Luís Campos was born to write. At the age of 13 he edited, published, and distributed EL Fuego in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. This humorous daily included neighborhood/city gossip, funny stories, etc. In 1948, Luís emigrated to the U.S. and eventually settled in Los Angeles, California.
Luís Campos in other media
“Poetry by Luís Campos” Poetry! Compact disc for sale by Luís Campos was released May 31, 1994 on the New Alliance label. Poetry! CD music contains a single disc with 15 spoken word poems. Poems include: Ah, Poets! / Electric Poem In AC Minor / Immigrant / Badlands Rock / Caramba! / Foreign Graffiti / Facial Quality / 14th Street...
IN PRAISE OF WANDA
(Read this at Wanda Coleman’s memorial,
November ’13)
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– A few words stand out:
– Character, black pride,
heritage, determination,
love, loyalty,
great courage,
great talent…
PASSION.
– Leaves a legacy
of words & action…
– Beautiful lady,
beautiful life.
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Read Poem/CommentDEAR BLOG:
(’13) Wrote this when I first started my blog, put
together by my nephew-in-law,
Kirk Fisher. (I’m sure you heard of Fisher Worldwide
Enterprises, well, he has absolutely nothing to do
with those people!)
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– Thrilled to be here typing stuff…
I’m out to win a Wurlitzer Prize.
– What? Oh, Pulitzer…
sorry about that///
of course,
I wouldn’t refuse
a McCarthy Foundation Grant either,,,
what was that?
of course, I meant MacArthur…
– Where was I?
I know… the blog, the typing,
being out to win a prize…
calling Pulitzer Wurlitzer,
McCarthy MacArthur…
– I should admit it,
Herb Caen I’ll never be,
nor the Latino,
Cazador S. Thompson.
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Read Poem/Comment2,001 POSSIBILITIES
(Have to look at the date “2,001” came out;
wrote this around that time.)
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– What if there isn’t any life out there?
no aliens or living beings
of any kind,,, nothing…
– Just stars & galaxies,
meteorites,
black holes,
novas,
space dust,
space trash,
satellites,
forty-seven trillion & twelve
bodies of solid matter & gases,
out in the endless vastness
of outer space,
patiently revolving,
humming to themselves///
– “Tararah raraj rarah,
tararah raraj rarah…”
– Goin ’round & ’round,
until the end of time.
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Read Poem/CommentTHE BALLAD OF THE SAD CAFE
(’94)
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– They serve the coffee lukewarm,
at the Sad Cafe,,,
the waitress’ eyes
are red from crying///
the radio plays
the bluest of the blues,
they did away with the happy hour
at the Sad.
– It’s the in place for couples
breaking up,
obituaries are posted on the wall,
four people have dropped dead at the cafe
from sadness…
– At the Sad Cafe you get a choice
of salt, pepper or cyanide…
the last laughter heard at the place
was in 1956,
at the time of the infamous
blood-all-over-the-place incident…
– Some people believe the cafe is haunted
by the ghost of its original owner who,
legend has it, died of sadness when his pet chihuahua
was flattened by an 18-wheeler…
– The door swings open///
TV host Pancake Stack,
of “Unresolved Mysteries” enters,
followed by a cameraman
& a sound technician…
– “Please don’t mind us,
just continue being sad…”
says Pancake, as he loosens
his trench-coat’s belt.
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AMORES
(’94)
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– Primer amor: la poesía,,,
– Segundo: el poema///
– Tercero: la poetisa- – –
– El cuarto: confortable.
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