“Games World of Puzzles”
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...
EN LA BODEGA
-Esa carne es fresca?
-Dame cinco
de esos bizcochos…
-Sabes que número salió?
-No me digas… que pena,
se veía tan bien.
-Se casan? ¡ay, que bueno!
-Dame una libra de chorizos.
-Supiste que la migra
agarró a Ramón?
. . . . . . . . . .
’06
DEAR DESTINY
-Are you an HMO-type destiny?
Do you cover a lot of clients
or do you do individual work?
-By the way, thanks for sparing my ass
that night in 1960…
& also for scaring the bejesus
out of Frank González & I,
during our noir period…
-And double-thanks
for letting me out of quicksand…
-And for the 100 times you’ve come to the rescue
wearing a disguise.
TRIBUTE TO A FINE WORD
“Somehow.”
-Sounds nice,
even spelled backwards:
“Wohemos.”
-Derived from the Spanish ‘Some,’
which doesn’t mean anything,
and the existential ‘How,’
which means whatever you want it to mean.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
To Don Campbell – ’06
PERDIDO
’70
. . . . . . .
Lost…
found poem,
of sentimental value
to cynics only…
-Reward:
a Reader’s Digest
12 page condensation
of “War and Peace”.
-Contact:
Underground poet,
tank #2,
former Texaco station,
Fiasco, California.
CITYSCAPE
’82
– – – – – – – – – – – –
-I stand in front of the statue…
-The inscription reads:
“Zig Zaggerman – Debtor.
Slain in 1982
by an enraged creditor,
2 hours A.D.
(After Default).
-I take off my hat…
‘Sorry, Zig, nothing I could do,
good thermo-nuclear morning to you.’
-I walk away, a tear in my eye –
after a few steps, I look back…
-Incredible!
-Where Zig stood
there’s now a GIANT parking meter,
in violation!
-Overhead,
a confused pigeon
drops his load anyway.