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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...
BALLAD OF THE WALKING POODLE
(’79 – ’80)
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-In the kennel of life,
I wag my own tail///
when I do do-do,
it’s always at the curb…
– My fur is always shiny
& I only wear
Sergeant’s designer collars…
– My bark is louder
than my intentions,,,
bigger poodles scare the Purina
out of me!
– Once, my master drove by the pound
& I wet the car carpet…
– Holy mutt! There’s Fifi, by the hydrant…
“Hey, Fifi, you wanna… woof!?
Oh, got a headache, eh?”
– And so, on this sad note,
ends the ballad of the walking poodle.
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Read Poem/CommentIMMIGRANT
(’84) This one might be an encore
appearance… one of my favorites.)
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– We are immigrant
to our bodies,
our bodies are immigrant
to the Earth,,,
the Earth is immigrant
to the space it displaces
in the universal scheme.
– Immigrants all,
to this eternity.
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Read Poem/CommentOUTER SPACE YARN
(’71 – ’72)
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– Just the other millennium
I was at the exact spot
where the atmosphere ends
& outer space begins.
– If I moved one way a few inches
I felt I weighed minus 50 pounds;
if I moved in the opposite direction
all of my insides would return
from whence they had been.
– It was very strange,
a feeling of reality on one side,
as well as on the other,
but nothing real in-between…
– I spit and half floats up, earthbound,,,
the other half just sits there,
as if waiting for a celestial
windshield wiper.
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Read Poem/CommentAISLE 12
(’79) Back then I used to get together with my
friend Mitch Portnoy & we’d write funny little
pieces, such as…
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-“Libby, I’m Heinz,
and this is my Spanish friend,
Del Monte.”
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Read Poem/CommentTIME TRAVEL
(’08)
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– Tomorrow!
– what a surprise
wasn’t expecting you
for hours…
– So now that you’re here,
what are your plans today,
Tomorrow?
– What!?
You can’t quit
in the middle of evolution,,,
at least not until tomorrow…
I’m counting on you today,
Tomorrow!
– What do you mean,
“start the cycle all over?
are you talking Adam… Eve…?
– Please, Tomorrow,
I’m begging you…
we will learn, you’ll see…
– Give us just a few more centuries…
we’ll learn our lesson,
mañana!
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