“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...
POETRY
(’94)
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– Another way of saying,
words are not just
gregarious letters…
– Random thoughts
on the randomness
of our uncertainties…
– Words in search
of a higher interpretation…
– Poets write
for the image of it.
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(’74 – ’75)
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two days from now,
when I met you for the first time,,,
I will.
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(’74 – ’75)
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– In spite of myself
being me,
and yourself
being you,
they have a lot in common.
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(’79)
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– “You get what you pay,”
said the tile salesman,
his mustache
the color of grout #12.
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(1/1/84) Inspired by a story in the L.A. Times
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– A bag lady.
An old woman who has lived
under a sycamore,
on a sidewalk in downtown L.A.
for more than a year.
– Her clothes are filthy,
her ankles are dirty black,
her feet are swollen…
– “She has chosen to live like this,”
says Police Detective Walt de Cuir,
“I think we should respect
her lifestyle.”
– She says her name is Laura Juarez,
and that she is a 64 year old
Apache Indian from Phoenix,
but there’s some question about that,,,
her identity remains a mystery…
– 16,000 cars pass her spot every day –
when she’s hungry
she goes across the street
to a take-out Chinese restaurant,
where she insists on paying
& the owner charges her half-price.
– She’ll accept money only
from people she knows ///
has been known to scream
if someone insists
on being too helpful.
– She almost always orders
the same meal –
pork chow mein & Coca Cola;
takes it back with her
to eat under a tree.
When the place is busy
she becomes impatient
& doesn’t wait for her food…
– When it rains
she takes her belongings
to a doorway nearby…
– There she remains
with her heap of trash bags…
an old Apache Indian Woman.
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