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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...
IMAGE HOMAGE
(’79)
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– “I’m resigned to the last trip,”
says papá
in a typewritten letter in Spanish,
postmarked Grand Central Station.
– Mamá died 17 years ago.
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Read Poem/CommentTO BE REVISED
(’74 – ’75)
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– Eight hundred and fifty-seven million,
one hundred and thirty-two thousand,
nine hundred and three,
soldiers killed.
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Read Poem/CommentLáGRIMAS
(’77 – ’78)
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– Tears…
the kind that,
if you’re not careful…
reflect images.
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Read Poem/CommentEASTERN TRIP
(’80 – ’81)
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– This Holiday Inn poem
leans toward the second floor rear,
where the air conditioning plant
& the laundry room,
carry on a lively reverberation,,,
– No Rolling Stones or Manuel Orantes
staying here,
Connecticut’s sun
after the South Bronx’s pyres///
– At a nearby stream,
no muggers to civilize you…
the waters seem to say,
“Must rush! must rush! must rush!”
– I think of my long-time
Colombian friend, Andrés,
killed in his taxi by a robber,
a few weeks past,
and of the rabbi who said,
as he read the eulogy,
“I never met Andrés,
so I can’t say much about him.”
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Read Poem/CommentCARAMBA!
(’78- ’79)
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– Damn it!
– Woke up in this madhouse,
after being a poet,,,
all night!
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