“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...
HOW TO WRITE A POEM
(’07)
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– Your words
(like this)
mixed up…
– Close
your eyes…
open Philip Whalen’s
“On Bear’s Head”
to any page
at random,
point
to any line,
read it & say,
“That’s not the line
I’m looking for,”
and close the book…
– Listen
to the ice cream truck’s
monotonous jingle.
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(’72)
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CIA, FBI,
IBM, ICBM,
missile system,
anti-missile system,
surface to air,
balance of power,
kill ratio,
body count,
destroy to save,
search & destroy,
Medina, Calley,
napalm…
-San José, Kent State,
we regret to inform you,
no knock,
you have a right to remain silent…
Appalachia,
inflation,
recession,
over 40,
under 30,
if elected I shall…
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Read Poem/CommentMENTAL BLOCK
(’94)
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-A time of unfinished
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Read Poem/CommentSELF-PORTRAIT
(’09)
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-OK, line up
over here –
let’s see…
Regrets,
stand on this side…
-Good Times,
over here,
next to Bad Ones…
-Awful Moments,,,
I hope I can fit
all of you…
-Mistakes,,,
wowie! quite a crowd!
-Proud Moments,
Good Tries,
Achievements,
Failures…
find room at the end…
-OK. that’s it…
stand still…
-Everybody say,
LIFE!
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Read Poem/CommentSLATE BOARD JUNGLE
(’82)
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-Chopper down.
-Veteran actor Vic Morrow
& two Vietnamese children die
during filming of Twilight Zone
feature film segment,
directed by John Landis.
-Headlines, TV cameras, lawyers,
F.A.A. investigators on the scene,
special effects explosions are probed,
filmed accident sequence is analyzed.
-Morrow is seen helping the children
cross a stream,
the chopper comes into view,
the pilot struggles to keep from crashing…
-Too late,
rotor blades break off, cut & kill,
over 100 studio employees watch
the live horror movie.
-Standing O.S., teeth clenched,
hands folded in front,
an intense-looking man
in a dark suit,
an observer from the past,
now a resident
of the Twilight Zone.
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