“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...
NERO WOOLF’S LAST CASE
(’74 – ’75)
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– CHAPTER 1
– The clues were many…
fraternizing with clichés
& ‘ing’ endings,
undetermined sentences,
22-caliber puns…
– The Poet Patrol surrounds
his unlicensed poem factory…
– “Luís, c’mon out with your Royal up…
turn in your images!”
– Defiantly, he shouts,
– – “Truth is a myth!”
– CHAPTER 2
– “How do you plead guilty or else?”
– – “Innocent, by reasonable dissonance.”
– “The State will prove collusion
between the accused
and the Benevolent Union of Rhyming Poets,
or BURP.”
– Famous attorney Kuntzler B. Poetaster
argues for the defense:
– “Your honor, in the best plea bargaining tradition,
my client changes his stanza
to nolo bullshitus.”
– – “Motion denied! You’re ordered to attend
a Rod McKuen reading, or 30 days!”
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Read Poem/CommentJOHN, PAUL, GEORGE & RINGO
(’95 – ’18) Deirdre O’Donahue, RIP, was a lady who hosted
“Breakfast with the Beatles” every Sunday on one of
the main FM outlets; I dedicated the poem to her &
she read it on the program, which was a special treat for me.
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– The most Magical Mystery of all…
– The Beatles!
– – “Love, love me do,
you know I love you…”
– Cycles & stars,
alignment of planets,
convergence of ideas,,,
the Muse of Creativity’s
coitus non-interruptus///
the molecular structure
of Lucy in the Sky,
see how they fly…
– – “Once there was a way,
to get back home,
once there was a way…”
– Would you believe
there are still people
who refuse to acknowledge
we all live in a Yellow Submarine?!
– – “Full speed ahead, Mr. Crawford…”
– Beatles music forever,
Across the Universe.
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Read Poem/CommentYOKO
(John Lennon died December 8, 1980; wrote
this around that time.)
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– The day after December 7,
the Japanese woman cries…
– The world goes ’round & ’round,
a Sgt. Pepper record
warped by madness.
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Read Poem/Comment9 TO 5
(’69 – ’70) This one is part of VENICE13, which
was published in ’71 by the Venice Poetry Workshop,
my poetic alma mater.
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Six rectangular bars
extend from a cube
in six directions,
into six other cubes
with 36 rectangular bars
extended also in six directions,
which in turn join
36 other cubes,
with 216 rectangular
bars extended
in the same six directions,
that meet 216 other cubes
with 1296 rectangular bars
extended in six directions,
which
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Read Poem/CommentTOMORROW
(’81 – ’18)
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– Adverb, page 1981 –
Fate’s Unabridged…
– In human Scrabble,
worth 3 points…
-Easy to misspell
its meaning…
– Some see it in bright lights,
others feel ill at ease,,,
see darkness…
– Could still be a good word.
– We keep making it rhyme with sorrow.
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