2021 anthology


    

“Regarding Utopia” front cover

Welcome to the 2021 collection book
Regarding Utopia”...

    Enjoy the 2021 poetry, flash fiction, prose (and don’t forget the artwork) anthology with a 2021 Editor’s Choice contest winner from Scars Publications, titled “Regarding Utopia” of select poetry, flash fiction, prose & art in this one-of-a-kind annual 2021 anthology collection book, which contains select accepted writings chosen from 2021 issues of both cc&d magazine and Down in the Dirt magazine...

Regarding Utopia
the Scars Publications 2021 poetry,
flash fiction, prose & art collection anthology

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    To know exactly what is included in this collection book, view the listing below... If your writing or artwork appears in this collection book (or if you know someone with material in this book, or if you just want to pick up a great book to read), order a copy of “Regarding Utopia” today!


   And HEY! Any video recorded readings of material included in this date book are also listed here, so check out the video links here as well...

    




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below is a listing of the accepted writers and titles
(of writing or artwork) in this collection.

all artwork printed inside the book is in grayscale.

AUTHOR TITLE
 

Editor’s Choice
contest winner

D. M. Connolly A Gray Area
 

Poetry
(plus artwork)

Jerry Pendergast If I Get My Own Radio Program
Üzeyir Lokman Çayci N7973 UZEYIR CAYCI 5YUKOMA art
Xanadu Mannequins in Asian Afro-wear
    (+ her photography)
Linda M. Crate ever brief
David Michael Jackson Deer painting
Linda M. Crate when i was happy
Dr. Schnooz a.k.a.
    Daniel S. Weinberg
Really Cool Stuff art
Christopher Hivner Set List
Alan Catlin Shadowman
Helen Bird “inksanity” King of Zing ink drawing
John F McMullen I Don’t Like Poetry
Jen Persichetti Deception
Reminiscing
ayaz daryl nielsen Untitled (conclusions
Naia Lee-Hendricks Lafayette Park, St. John’s Church
Christina Culverhouse Multiplicity: Thew Story of THEM 894 art
David J. Thompson Some Really Hard Shit o Get Through
Joe Sonnenblick Warm Bordering on Neutral
Allen F. McNair A Place to Find Book drawing and color art
M.C. Rydel Regarding Utopia
Jen Persichetti Numb
Brian Hosey Yup, that’s mud photography
Michael H. Brownstein Small Town Entertainment
    During the Week
Wes Heine 1075864 photography
Kenneth DiMaggio Memoirs Of Death Row, Or, What
    Does It Mean To Be Human? (#2)
Kyle Hemmings Prison 10 photography
Kelley Jean White Dear John (#3)
Aaron Wilder Unfreezing 1 Digital Mixed Media
Andrew Leggett Iron Lung
David Michael Jackson Requim oil painting
Despy Boutris This Morning, I Mistake the
    Sound of Thunder for Bombs
Roger G. Singer Overhead
Janet Kuypers Beryllium Shimmers (+ image)
video Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Beryllium Shimmers”, “Over the Lives”, “Elaborate Exaltation”, “On the Surface”, “Einsteinium’s Mysteries”, “Scandium, Held Tightly”, “Lithium Desperation”, “Helium Rising”, “Manganese Growing”, “Manganese can cure us all”, “Just a Little Crazy”, and “Katie” from the Scars Publications 2021 collection book “Regarding Utopia” 1/5/22 on the 1st Wednesday of the month from 1:00-3:00 PM CST during the usual time for the “Community Poetry” open mic (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading
video Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Beryllium Shimmers”, “Over the Lives”, “Elaborate Exaltation”, “On the Surface”, “Einsteinium’s Mysteries”, “Scandium, Held Tightly”, “Lithium Desperation”, “Helium Rising”, “Manganese Growing”, “Manganese can cure us all”, “Just a Little Crazy”, and “Katie” from the Scars Publications 2021 collection book “Regarding Utopia” 1/5/22 on the 1st Wednesday of the month from 1:00-3:00 PM CST during the usual time for the “Community Poetry” open mic (filmed and streamed live from a Samsung S9 camera with a lava flow filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading


John Zedolik Snowbird
Drew Nacht Before returning home to dress
Madlynn Haber Wounded
Suzanne S. Eaton Eight Hour Road Trip
Eleanor Leonne Bennett Going Underground photography
Mark O. Decker The Artist’s Surge
Janet Kuypers Over the Lives (+ image)
video Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Beryllium Shimmers”, “Over the Lives”, “Elaborate Exaltation”, “On the Surface”, “Einsteinium’s Mysteries”, “Scandium, Held Tightly”, “Lithium Desperation”, “Helium Rising”, “Manganese Growing”, “Manganese can cure us all”, “Just a Little Crazy”, and “Katie” from the Scars Publications 2021 collection book “Regarding Utopia” 1/5/22 on the 1st Wednesday of the month from 1:00-3:00 PM CST during the usual time for the “Community Poetry” open mic (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading
video Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Beryllium Shimmers”, “Over the Lives”, “Elaborate Exaltation”, “On the Surface”, “Einsteinium’s Mysteries”, “Scandium, Held Tightly”, “Lithium Desperation”, “Helium Rising”, “Manganese Growing”, “Manganese can cure us all”, “Just a Little Crazy”, and “Katie” from the Scars Publications 2021 collection book “Regarding Utopia” 1/5/22 on the 1st Wednesday of the month from 1:00-3:00 PM CST during the usual time for the “Community Poetry” open mic (filmed and streamed live from a Samsung S9 camera with a lava flow filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading


Bree L. Adly Hearts, Ravenous Lions, and
    The Truth About People
Travis Green Burying My Firstborn Son
Howie Good The Homecoming
Janet Kuypers Elaborate Exaltation (+ image)
video Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Beryllium Shimmers”, “Over the Lives”, “Elaborate Exaltation”, “On the Surface”, “Einsteinium’s Mysteries”, “Scandium, Held Tightly”, “Lithium Desperation”, “Helium Rising”, “Manganese Growing”, “Manganese can cure us all”, “Just a Little Crazy”, and “Katie” from the Scars Publications 2021 collection book “Regarding Utopia” 1/5/22 on the 1st Wednesday of the month from 1:00-3:00 PM CST during the usual time for the “Community Poetry” open mic (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading
video Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Beryllium Shimmers”, “Over the Lives”, “Elaborate Exaltation”, “On the Surface”, “Einsteinium’s Mysteries”, “Scandium, Held Tightly”, “Lithium Desperation”, “Helium Rising”, “Manganese Growing”, “Manganese can cure us all”, “Just a Little Crazy”, and “Katie” from the Scars Publications 2021 collection book “Regarding Utopia” 1/5/22 on the 1st Wednesday of the month from 1:00-3:00 PM CST during the usual time for the “Community Poetry” open mic (filmed and streamed live from a Samsung S9 camera with a lava flow filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading


David Leo Sirois Eclipsed
Amory Paul For Young Entrepreneur Money
    Blogging How to Living Talent
    Entrepreneur Fuck Me
Vern Fein Beautiful Baby Grand
David Sapp Drug Deal
Richard K. Williams Nanas Plate
Rob Lowe A girl protests
Emalisa Rose 7 statues of Mary
Adam Cowan Dear Past Self
John (“Jake”) Cosmos Aller 3 5 7 love poem
Janet Kuypers On the Surface
video Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Beryllium Shimmers”, “Over the Lives”, “Elaborate Exaltation”, “On the Surface”, “Einsteinium’s Mysteries”, “Scandium, Held Tightly”, “Lithium Desperation”, “Helium Rising”, “Manganese Growing”, “Manganese can cure us all”, “Just a Little Crazy”, and “Katie” from the Scars Publications 2021 collection book “Regarding Utopia” 1/5/22 on the 1st Wednesday of the month from 1:00-3:00 PM CST during the usual time for the “Community Poetry” open mic (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading
video Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Beryllium Shimmers”, “Over the Lives”, “Elaborate Exaltation”, “On the Surface”, “Einsteinium’s Mysteries”, “Scandium, Held Tightly”, “Lithium Desperation”, “Helium Rising”, “Manganese Growing”, “Manganese can cure us all”, “Just a Little Crazy”, and “Katie” from the Scars Publications 2021 collection book “Regarding Utopia” 1/5/22 on the 1st Wednesday of the month from 1:00-3:00 PM CST during the usual time for the “Community Poetry” open mic (filmed and streamed live from a Samsung S9 camera with a lava flow filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading


Susie Gharib These Kill-to-Live Policies
Victoria Hunter Walking Home A Year After You Have Died
Judi Dettorre Lost
Janet Kuypers Einsteinium’s Mysteries
video Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Beryllium Shimmers”, “Over the Lives”, “Elaborate Exaltation”, “On the Surface”, “Einsteinium’s Mysteries”, “Scandium, Held Tightly”, “Lithium Desperation”, “Helium Rising”, “Manganese Growing”, “Manganese can cure us all”, “Just a Little Crazy”, and “Katie” from the Scars Publications 2021 collection book “Regarding Utopia” 1/5/22 on the 1st Wednesday of the month from 1:00-3:00 PM CST during the usual time for the “Community Poetry” open mic (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading
video Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Beryllium Shimmers”, “Over the Lives”, “Elaborate Exaltation”, “On the Surface”, “Einsteinium’s Mysteries”, “Scandium, Held Tightly”, “Lithium Desperation”, “Helium Rising”, “Manganese Growing”, “Manganese can cure us all”, “Just a Little Crazy”, and “Katie” from the Scars Publications 2021 collection book “Regarding Utopia” 1/5/22 on the 1st Wednesday of the month from 1:00-3:00 PM CST during the usual time for the “Community Poetry” open mic (filmed and streamed live from a Samsung S9 camera with a lava flow filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading


Ezewuzie Nkiruka Juliet The weaker gender
jck hnry fall cleaning
Erren Kelly Marilyn Monroe...
Rose E. Grier Aunt Maggie photography
Jacqueline Wu Empty Promises
Joseph J. Ridgway A Taste of Dusk
Michael Ceraolo Ruth Ann Steinhagen
Kyle Hemmings Prison 33 photography
Michael Ceraolo August 24, 1814
Ronald Charles Epstein Karen and Chad and Stacey and....
Helen Bird “Inksanity” Heart of a City ink drawing
Patrick T. Reardon Communion of saints (Chicago edit)
Kevin Riley Zebra Mussels
Brian Daly Two Turtles and the Wisdom of Brad Pitt
Alexis Garcia Fluent
Greg G. Zaino Blue Rider
Jim Woessner Stop It
Janet Kuypers Scandium, Held Tightly
video Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Beryllium Shimmers”, “Over the Lives”, “Elaborate Exaltation”, “On the Surface”, “Einsteinium’s Mysteries”, “Scandium, Held Tightly”, “Lithium Desperation”, “Helium Rising”, “Manganese Growing”, “Manganese can cure us all”, “Just a Little Crazy”, and “Katie” from the Scars Publications 2021 collection book “Regarding Utopia” 1/5/22 on the 1st Wednesday of the month from 1:00-3:00 PM CST during the usual time for the “Community Poetry” open mic (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading
video Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Beryllium Shimmers”, “Over the Lives”, “Elaborate Exaltation”, “On the Surface”, “Einsteinium’s Mysteries”, “Scandium, Held Tightly”, “Lithium Desperation”, “Helium Rising”, “Manganese Growing”, “Manganese can cure us all”, “Just a Little Crazy”, and “Katie” from the Scars Publications 2021 collection book “Regarding Utopia” 1/5/22 on the 1st Wednesday of the month from 1:00-3:00 PM CST during the usual time for the “Community Poetry” open mic (filmed and streamed live from a Samsung S9 camera with a lava flow filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading


Fabrice Poussin Collector
Lana Dealy bastard in my bed
Robert Pegel Good Guy Gone
Lisa Molina My Secret Sisters
Julie Desmond Dead Man Waiting
Brian C. Miller Bioluminescence
Laura A. Standal Internal Explosion
Thomas Elson Next Father’s Day
Janet Kuypers Lithium Desperation
video Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Beryllium Shimmers”, “Over the Lives”, “Elaborate Exaltation”, “On the Surface”, “Einsteinium’s Mysteries”, “Scandium, Held Tightly”, “Lithium Desperation”, “Helium Rising”, “Manganese Growing”, “Manganese can cure us all”, “Just a Little Crazy”, and “Katie” from the Scars Publications 2021 collection book “Regarding Utopia” 1/5/22 on the 1st Wednesday of the month from 1:00-3:00 PM CST during the usual time for the “Community Poetry” open mic (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading
video Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Beryllium Shimmers”, “Over the Lives”, “Elaborate Exaltation”, “On the Surface”, “Einsteinium’s Mysteries”, “Scandium, Held Tightly”, “Lithium Desperation”, “Helium Rising”, “Manganese Growing”, “Manganese can cure us all”, “Just a Little Crazy”, and “Katie” from the Scars Publications 2021 collection book “Regarding Utopia” 1/5/22 on the 1st Wednesday of the month from 1:00-3:00 PM CST during the usual time for the “Community Poetry” open mic (filmed and streamed live from a Samsung S9 camera with a lava flow filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading


P. L. Grimaldi Drive Morning
Janet Kuypers Helium Rising (+ image)
video Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Beryllium Shimmers”, “Over the Lives”, “Elaborate Exaltation”, “On the Surface”, “Einsteinium’s Mysteries”, “Scandium, Held Tightly”, “Lithium Desperation”, “Helium Rising”, “Manganese Growing”, “Manganese can cure us all”, “Just a Little Crazy”, and “Katie” from the Scars Publications 2021 collection book “Regarding Utopia” 1/5/22 on the 1st Wednesday of the month from 1:00-3:00 PM CST during the usual time for the “Community Poetry” open mic (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading
video Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Beryllium Shimmers”, “Over the Lives”, “Elaborate Exaltation”, “On the Surface”, “Einsteinium’s Mysteries”, “Scandium, Held Tightly”, “Lithium Desperation”, “Helium Rising”, “Manganese Growing”, “Manganese can cure us all”, “Just a Little Crazy”, and “Katie” from the Scars Publications 2021 collection book “Regarding Utopia” 1/5/22 on the 1st Wednesday of the month from 1:00-3:00 PM CST during the usual time for the “Community Poetry” open mic (filmed and streamed live from a Samsung S9 camera with a lava flow filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading


Heather Sager Nightmare
Jen McCartin Taxco
Ava Collopy Trailer Park Kids
Shi Yang Su Bathing
Janet Kuypers Manganese Growing (+ image)
video Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Beryllium Shimmers”, “Over the Lives”, “Elaborate Exaltation”, “On the Surface”, “Einsteinium’s Mysteries”, “Scandium, Held Tightly”, “Lithium Desperation”, “Helium Rising”, “Manganese Growing”, “Manganese can cure us all”, “Just a Little Crazy”, and “Katie” from the Scars Publications 2021 collection book “Regarding Utopia” 1/5/22 on the 1st Wednesday of the month from 1:00-3:00 PM CST during the usual time for the “Community Poetry” open mic (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading
video Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Beryllium Shimmers”, “Over the Lives”, “Elaborate Exaltation”, “On the Surface”, “Einsteinium’s Mysteries”, “Scandium, Held Tightly”, “Lithium Desperation”, “Helium Rising”, “Manganese Growing”, “Manganese can cure us all”, “Just a Little Crazy”, and “Katie” from the Scars Publications 2021 collection book “Regarding Utopia” 1/5/22 on the 1st Wednesday of the month from 1:00-3:00 PM CST during the usual time for the “Community Poetry” open mic (filmed and streamed live from a Samsung S9 camera with a lava flow filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading


John Raffetto Dex
Christian Ward Spock
Hugh Cartwright Midnight visitors
Janet Kuypers Manganese can cure us all (+ image)
video Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Beryllium Shimmers”, “Over the Lives”, “Elaborate Exaltation”, “On the Surface”, “Einsteinium’s Mysteries”, “Scandium, Held Tightly”, “Lithium Desperation”, “Helium Rising”, “Manganese Growing”, “Manganese can cure us all”, “Just a Little Crazy”, and “Katie” from the Scars Publications 2021 collection book “Regarding Utopia” 1/5/22 on the 1st Wednesday of the month from 1:00-3:00 PM CST during the usual time for the “Community Poetry” open mic (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading
video Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Beryllium Shimmers”, “Over the Lives”, “Elaborate Exaltation”, “On the Surface”, “Einsteinium’s Mysteries”, “Scandium, Held Tightly”, “Lithium Desperation”, “Helium Rising”, “Manganese Growing”, “Manganese can cure us all”, “Just a Little Crazy”, and “Katie” from the Scars Publications 2021 collection book “Regarding Utopia” 1/5/22 on the 1st Wednesday of the month from 1:00-3:00 PM CST during the usual time for the “Community Poetry” open mic (filmed and streamed live from a Samsung S9 camera with a lava flow filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading


E. Martin Pedersen The 20 Random Questions
Sandip Saha Monkey menace
David Angelo Why does the sea have to be
     in every poem?
Travis Green Your Love Was Killing Me
Paul Tanner 5p sociology course
April Blair Suspended Animation
S.M. Moore the house sparrow sings
Kenneth Canatsey Live like an eagle
Jerri Hardesty On the Road, Too
Mark A. Murphy The Disloyalty of Loyalty
Siddhesh No More The Same
Sara Altman Truth Vanquished
Jack D. Harvey Liquid Clocks
Elena Botts the river frozen
Retta Lewis How Does A Survivor Become One?
Bryan Franco Astroturf Is Luxury for Your Yard
James Reilly Unwanted Inheritance
John Grey Ode To A Teenage Daughter
DS Maolalai Restful.
Michelle Fulkerson Rule Book
Shaun Loh adam
Michael Lee Johnson Jasper (V4)
Neil Flory apparatus
Aimee Nicole Submission #2
John Yotko Moon photography
Janet Kuypers Just a Little Crazy
video Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Beryllium Shimmers”, “Over the Lives”, “Elaborate Exaltation”, “On the Surface”, “Einsteinium’s Mysteries”, “Scandium, Held Tightly”, “Lithium Desperation”, “Helium Rising”, “Manganese Growing”, “Manganese can cure us all”, “Just a Little Crazy”, and “Katie” from the Scars Publications 2021 collection book “Regarding Utopia” 1/5/22 on the 1st Wednesday of the month from 1:00-3:00 PM CST during the usual time for the “Community Poetry” open mic (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading
video Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Beryllium Shimmers”, “Over the Lives”, “Elaborate Exaltation”, “On the Surface”, “Einsteinium’s Mysteries”, “Scandium, Held Tightly”, “Lithium Desperation”, “Helium Rising”, “Manganese Growing”, “Manganese can cure us all”, “Just a Little Crazy”, and “Katie” from the Scars Publications 2021 collection book “Regarding Utopia” 1/5/22 on the 1st Wednesday of the month from 1:00-3:00 PM CST during the usual time for the “Community Poetry” open mic (filmed and streamed live from a Samsung S9 camera with a lava flow filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading


Tamoha Mukhopadhyay Incapacitated
Sean Ferrier-Watson Ghosts
Judith Partin-Nielsen All The Way Home
Janet Kuypers Katie (+ image)
video Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Beryllium Shimmers”, “Over the Lives”, “Elaborate Exaltation”, “On the Surface”, “Einsteinium’s Mysteries”, “Scandium, Held Tightly”, “Lithium Desperation”, “Helium Rising”, “Manganese Growing”, “Manganese can cure us all”, “Just a Little Crazy”, and “Katie” from the Scars Publications 2021 collection book “Regarding Utopia” 1/5/22 on the 1st Wednesday of the month from 1:00-3:00 PM CST during the usual time for the “Community Poetry” open mic (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading
video Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Beryllium Shimmers”, “Over the Lives”, “Elaborate Exaltation”, “On the Surface”, “Einsteinium’s Mysteries”, “Scandium, Held Tightly”, “Lithium Desperation”, “Helium Rising”, “Manganese Growing”, “Manganese can cure us all”, “Just a Little Crazy”, and “Katie” from the Scars Publications 2021 collection book “Regarding Utopia” 1/5/22 on the 1st Wednesday of the month from 1:00-3:00 PM CST during the usual time for the “Community Poetry” open mic (filmed and streamed live from a Samsung S9 camera with a lava flow filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading


Ian Mullins At The End Of The Day
Gil Hoy Regrets
Steven Pelcman A House of Mourning
Robert Bates Gunshot
Casey Renee Kiser Vision
Terry J. Allen The Eloquence of Dust
John Lambremont, Sr. Numb
Sezalpreet Kaur Run Away From This Wreck
Janet Kuypers People Forget Politics
Exploring Evolution
Eternal Never Ending Now
video Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “People Forget Politics”, “Exploring Evolution”, and “Eternal Never Ending Now” from the Scars Publications 2021 collection book “Regarding Utopia” 2/2/22 on the 1st Wednesday of the month from 1:00-3:00 PM CST during the usual time for the “Community Poetry” open mic (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading
video Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “People Forget Politics”, “Exploring Evolution”, and “Eternal Never Ending Now” from the Scars Publications 2021 collection book “Regarding Utopia” 2/2/22 on the 1st Wednesday of the month from 1:00-3:00 PM CST during the usual time for the “Community Poetry” open mic (filmed and streamed live from a Samsung S9 camera with a lava flow filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading


You Have No Idea
Eighteen and Eight, Plus Eighteen:
    Where We’ve Been and
    what we’ve Seen (+ image)
Quintessential Symbol
 

Flash Fiction
(haiku and artwork interspersed in italics)

Zach Murphy The Conversation
Grandma Lulu
Allan Onik The Fallen
Doug Hawley Dead End
B.W. Carter Overlord
James Bates Hunting Crows
David Russell Bird Hill art
Matt Flintoff Prime Cuts
Salam Y. Sayagha Standing through the Storm
Janet Kuypers Listen to Life (+ image)
video Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Zap My Will” (+ image) and her Twitter-length Periodic Table poem “Ruthenium for Free” from the v320 4/22 cc&d book “Seaweed Garden”, then her poem “Listen to Life” (+ image) from the Scars Publications 2022 collection book “Regarding Utopia” to start hrt “Poetic License global open mic 4/3/22 she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers janertkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperspoeticlicense
video Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Zap My Will” (+ image) and her Twitter-length Periodic Table poem “Ruthenium for Free” from the v320 4/22 cc&d book “Seaweed Garden”, then her poem “Listen to Life” (+ image) from the Scars Publications 2022 collection book “Regarding Utopia” to start her “Poetic License global open mic 4/3/22 she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (this video was filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera with a Lava Lamp filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperspoeticlicense


Tom Ball The Truth About the Sun
Rita Plush Continuing Education
James Bates The Injured Owl
Dawn Brunelle Tilly and the Virus
Jack Smiles Somebody Got Shot
Harrison Linklater Abbott Walter
Ciara M. Blecka Lady Patient
Olivier Schopfer Hi! art
Dan French Birthday Suits
Michael Emeka Come What May
Sharon Singleton The Dogs on Wake Island
DC Diamondopolous 1946
Michael Washburn The United Nations: Guarantor
     of Peace and Stability?
Eleanor Leonnr Bennett Cove 5 photography
Mike Rader Red Packet Revenge
Enobong Emmanuel Who We Are Not
Anita G. Gorman Eleven Minus One
J. Ray Paradiso Pilsen 08 photography
B.H. James Resurrection
Helen Bird “inksanity” Brain Stem Ware ink drawing
Michael Cardwell Hostile Country
Juli C. Lasselle Fault Lines
Riley Winchester American Sublime
Isabel G. de Diego Stop photography
Clay Hunt Cardboard Heart
B. Lawrence Strangers with faces like
    the backs of Thumbtacks
Edward Michael O’Durr Supranowicz Much Too Serious art
Aaron Weinzapfel Dear Alice
Janet Kuypers Uncharted Land
John Zurn The Hunter and the Snowshoe Hare
Eric Burbridge Jasmine’s Fantasy
David J. Thompson Cash For Cars photography
Annin Brothers Different: Letter
Eleanor Leonne Bennett P1450807 photography
James Vidian Like, Ruined My Life
Carolyn Poindexter Masika graphite drawing
John Ragusa The Mysterious Matter of the
    Musician’s Murder
Edward Michael O’Durr Supranowicz Blues on a Grey Day art
Steve Carr Arcadia
Miles Ryan Fisher With Both Arms
Patrick Thibeault Ketchup
Olivier Schopfer Every Which Way photography
John C. Krieg The Tank
Westley O. Heine Charlie’s Creation
Allen F. McNair The Child of Kris and Pan art
Michael Summerleigh Stopped Along the Way
    on a Summers Day
James Hold You Won’t See Me
Karen Gregory My My, Hay Hay
Andie Hoffman Back to the Convention
Miranda Yearwood Drexel Park Delivers
Mike Schneider Friday Night Adventure
Fabrice Poussin Offering photography
Jenene Ravesloot A Slice of Pizza
Becca Finally, The Rain Comes
Doug M. Dawson Mentors
Bill Tope Swapfare
Oz Hardwick The Eyes Have It photography
Janet Kuypers On This Day

Escaping the Atmosphere Any Way we Can
Keeps Repeating
Ethical Thing to Do
video Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Escaping the Atmosphere Any Way we Can”, “Keeps Repeating”, and “Ethical Thing to DoScars Publications 2022 collection book “Regarding Utopia” as the ending poems for the “Poetic License global open mic 3/6/22 she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoeticlicense
video Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Escaping the Atmosphere Any Way we Can”, “Keeps Repeating”, and “Ethical Thing to Do” from the Scars Publications 2022 collection book “Regarding Utopia” as the ending poems for the “Poetic License global open mic 3/6/22 she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (this video was filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera with a color tear filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoeticlicense


Noble Cause
video Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Noble Cause” from the Scars Publications 2021 collection book “Regarding Utopia”, then her poem “Enticing Whirling Darkness” from the Scars Publications 9-12/21 cc&d issue collection book “The World Outside”, then her poem “Burned into these Nightmares with a Pen” from the Scars Publications 9-12/21b Down in the Dirt issue collection book “Stardust in Hand” as the ending poems for the “Poetic License virtual open mic 12/5/21 she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoeticlicense
video Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Noble Cause” from the Scars Publications 2021 collection book “Regarding Utopia”, then her poem “Enticing Whirling Darkness” from the Scars Publications 9-12/21 cc&d issue collection book “The World Outside”, then her poem “Burned into these Nightmares with a Pen” from the Scars Publications 9-12/21b Down in the Dirt issue collection book “Stardust in Hand” as the ending poems for the “Poetic License virtual open mic 12/5/21 she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (this video was filmed from a Samsung S9 camera with a color tear filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoeticlicense
video Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Noble Cause” from the Scars Publications 2021 collection book “Regarding Utopia”, then her poem “Enticing Whirling Darkness” from the Scars Publications 9-12/21 cc&d issue collection book “The World Outside”, then her poem “Burned into these Nightmares with a Pen” from the Scars Publications 9-12/21b Down in the Dirt issue collection book “Stardust in Hand” as the ending poems for the “Poetic License virtual open mic 12/5/21 she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoeticlicense
video Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Noble Cause” from the Scars Publications 2021 collection book “Regarding Utopia”, then her poem “Enticing Whirling Darkness” from the Scars Publications 9-12/21 cc&d issue collection book “The World Outside”, then her poem “Burned into these Nightmares with a Pen” from the Scars Publications 9-12/21b Down in the Dirt issue collection book “Stardust in Hand” as the ending poems for the “Poetic License virtual open mic 12/5/21 she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (this video was filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera with a color tear filter; posted on Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoeticlicense


Eliminating the Endangered Species List
 

Prose
(haiku and artwork interspersed in italics)

Jason Waddle That Christmas Morning
Helen Bird “Inksanity” a Star is Born ink drawing
Stephen Faulkner A Feat of Strength
Edward Michael O’Durr Supranowicz Clown Crying art
RF Thomas This Man Paul
Andrew Wolczyk Days Of 1984
Fabrice Poussin To the Heart art
Leigh Armitage Freedom’s Just Another Word
Karen Gregory My Mother’s Lesson
Janet Amalia Weinberg Snoops
Lacy Nauck The Garden of Eden
Janet Kuypers Under Our Own Feet


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