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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...
YELLOW PAGES
(’80 – ’81)
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CLEAN AIR – (See ANTIQUES)
DESTINY – Designers & regulators
EQUALITY – Reservations
OCCULT – Repossession services
SPACE TRAVEL – Growers & dealers
VIOLENCE – Wholesalers & manufacturers
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Read Poem/CommentTSE-TSE
(’69) – This piece was part of VENICE 13, the book
published by the Venice Poetry Workshop,
of which I was a member, back in ’71.
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– After beating the Watusis,
—now what?
– Have a bottle of local beer,
pull up a recliner
& help me swat some flies…
– Let’s drink to German & Belgian
colonialism,
to King Solomon’s mines – – –
Uganda, Tanzania,
Burundi, The Congo…
– To the new Africa!
– Beat hard on the Karinga drum,
until it’s circumcised,
but don’t ring the president’s phone,
or pound on the letter “Y” – – –
just find four guards,
a few clerks
& a Foreign Adviser
with a top hat,
and while you’re at it,
go swimming in Lake Kibu
with the other crocodiles.
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Read Poem/CommentTHE OPERATION
(Prob. ’83 – ’84)
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– Friday, January 8th,
five minutes late
for my eyelid operation
to remove a benign lump.
– Dr. Goodman is great!
Under local anesthesia
I hardly feel any pain,
& when I think he’s
getting started,
he tells me he’s done!
– What a relief!
– Then, panic!
For a couple of minutes
I get this awful feeling
that he’s going to say,
“Sorry… I forgot something.”
& start digging again!
– Luckily,
it was just my eye-magination.
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Read Poem/CommentUNPOEM
(’13)
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– Writing poetry,
simply put,
is nothing more
than
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Read Poem/CommentINNERSTORM
(’12)
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– Gigantic brain waves
flood the hippocampus,
crash against the frontal
and temporal lobes…
– Neurons flee in terror
and seek asylum in brain cells,,,
– Panic throughout
the Gray Matter Autonomous Region!!
“ATTACK OF THE KILLER DEPRESSION”
– Coming soon
to your local mind.
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