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Janet Kuypers 2 new book released before the 20220330 poetry feature
Poetry & Open Mic at The Gallery Cabaret 3/30/22
at the open mic she once hosted live at The Gallery Cabaret in Chicago

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    Chicago poet and Austin resident Janet Kuypers returned to Chicago for the beginning of spring in the end of March 2022, and by the finalé of her stay she was honored with the opportunity to feature multiple ties in one night with poetry features/shows at the open mic bar location that she ran for over half of a decade in Chicago (then titled “the Café Gallery” at the Gallery Cabaret). Her feature was held for Poetry & Open Mic at The Gallery Cabaret 3/30/22 (2020 N. Oakley Ave. in Chicago - one block east of Western Avenue and one block north of Armitage) Wednesday, March 30th 2022.

Twitter Verse Periodic Table Poetry Twitter Verse Periodic Table Poetry chapbook
    To start the evening, Janet Kuypers started the “Poetry & Open Mic at The Gallery Cabaret 3/30/22” with a feature reading of 36 select “Twitter Verse periodic Table Poetry” poems (with chemists and engineers in the audience, there was a vocal positive response to these readings too). When one Chicago chemist friend (who know Janet Kuypers had written a poem fro every element in the Periodic Table) suggested to her to enter the C&EN Twitter Poetry periodicTable contest, she decided to write one for every element (even after C&EN closed their contest and she won 3rd place). There was only 1 unfinished proof copy of the book “Twitter Verse periodic Table Poetry”, which was purchased after the show. (Music in the background during her readings were assorted instruments played by John Yotko as a long-running song compiled outside of Nashville, TN.)

STGC Taking off the Mask chapbook
    After the first round at the poetry open mic, Janet Kuypers then performed her feature “Taking off the Mask”, which contained new poetry, as well as poems from the Janet Kuypers books “Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)” (with poems about events specifically related to Illinois and Chicago) and the brand new CyberWit.net Janet Kuypers poetry book (on women’s issues released this month, during women’s history month) titled “Shattering the Glass Ceiling”. (Music in the background during her readings in this feature was “closing leaves” Hotel Music from the HA!Man of South Africa, with an overlay of whisk percussion from John Yotko.)

    Enjoy the video links and poem writing links below for recordings from this live evening, including before the show of individual poems readings, as well as the entire show performance!







the first Twitter-length Periodic Table
poetry feature performance:

Janet Kuypers’ full poetry feature
Twitter Verse Periodic Table Poetry
Poetry & Open Mic at The Gallery Cabaret 3/30/22 in Chicago
video Enjoy this YouTube video from 3/30/22 of Janet Kuypers during her “Poetry & Open Mic at The Gallery Cabaret 3/30/22” feature night in Chicago, where she read her poems “Helium rain is no laughing matter”, “Nitrogen with an icy heart”, “Sodium turns into quantum tornadoes”, “Magnesium becomes a thermal blanket”, “Chlorine defines dioxins”, “Would you like some Cesium with your honey?”, “Cerium can soothe the soul”, “Cerium-141, slowly seeping in”, “Praseodymium: toxic if you breathe it...”, “Samarium made the music play”, “Europium in Euros”, “Holmium, only one atom”, “Erbium and REEs from fly ash”, “Thulium saves the day for some cancers”, “Lutetium and the crude truth”, “Osmium when capitalism prevails”, “Platinum, stronger than love?”, “Mercury’s volcanic, icy re-release”, “Thallium’s a real killer”, “Lead the way”, “Polonium: choose your fate, cancer or radiation”, “Polonium-210, with sparks flying”, “Radon: just a little’s enough”, “Neptunium, just in time”, “Plutonium (pee-eew)”, “Plutonium: Badder than the Fat Man”, “Americium in Smoke Detectors”, “Mendelevium, one atom at a time”, “Dubnium’s a fight to the finish”, “Seaborgium only lasts”, “Bohrium is the secret”, “Hassium: a beautiful day”, “Darmstadtium: what then”, “Nihonium: a tanka / waka”, “Moscovium and aliens: the truth isn’t out there” and, “Oganesson, bending time inside” as her select “Twitter Verse periodic Table Poetry” poems from her book “Twitter Verse periodic Table Poetry” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem
video Enjoy this Facebook live video stream from 3/30/22 of Janet Kuypers during her “Poetry & Open Mic at The Gallery Cabaret 3/30/22” feature night in Chicago, where she read her poems “Helium rain is no laughing matter”, “Nitrogen with an icy heart”, “Sodium turns into quantum tornadoes”, “Magnesium becomes a thermal blanket”, “Chlorine defines dioxins”, “Would you like some Cesium with your honey?”, “Cerium can soothe the soul”, “Cerium-141, slowly seeping in”, “Praseodymium: toxic if you breathe it...”, “Samarium made the music play”, “Europium in Euros”, “Holmium, only one atom”, “Erbium and REEs from fly ash”, “Thulium saves the day for some cancers”, “Lutetium and the crude truth”, “Osmium when capitalism prevails”, “Platinum, stronger than love?”, “Mercury’s volcanic, icy re-release”, “Thallium’s a real killer”, “Lead the way”, “Polonium: choose your fate, cancer or radiation”, “Polonium-210, with sparks flying”, “Radon: just a little’s enough”, “Neptunium, just in time”, “Plutonium (pee-eew)”, “Plutonium: Badder than the Fat Man”, “Americium in Smoke Detectors”, “Mendelevium, one atom at a time”, “Dubnium’s a fight to the finish”, “Seaborgium only lasts”, “Bohrium is the secret”, “Hassium: a beautiful day”, “Darmstadtium: what then”, “Nihonium: a tanka / waka”, “Moscovium and aliens: the truth isn’t out there” and “Oganesson, bending time inside” as her select “Twitter Verse periodic Table Poetry” poems from her book “Twitter Verse periodic Table Poetry” (this video was filmed & streamed live from a Samsung S9 camera with a Lava Lamp filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem








the main poetry Feature performance:

Janet Kuypers’ poetry feature
Taking off the Mask
3/30/22 in Chicago
video Enjoy this YouTube video 3/30/22 of Janet Kuypers during her “Poetry & Open Mic at The Gallery Cabaret 3/30/22” feature night in Chicago, where she read her poems “Vaccinated from What Happens in Wuhan”, “found pandemic haiku”, “Everyone’s Afraid”, “Out to the Horizon”, “jar for my beating heart”, “Because of Fire”, “Underground History”, “Quieting Anechoic Chamber”, “No One Reports for Women”, “like nothing ever happened”, “United We Wonder”, “Knew the Word”, and “Eighteen and Eight, Plus Eighteen: Where We’ve Been and What We’ve Seen” in her poetry feature “Taking off the Mask” (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersbookreading
video Enjoy this Facebook live video stream 3/30/22 of Janet Kuypers during her “Poetry & Open Mic at The Gallery Cabaret 3/30/22” feature night in Chicago, where she read her poems “Vaccinated from What Happens in Wuhan”, “found pandemic haiku”, “Everyone’s Afraid”, “Out to the Horizon”, “jar for my beating heart”, “Because of Fire”, “Underground History”, “Quieting Anechoic Chamber”, “No One Reports for Women”, “like nothing ever happened”, “United We Wonder”, “Knew the Word”, and “Eighteen and Eight, Plus Eighteen: Where We’ve Been and What We’ve Seen” in her poetry feature “Taking off the Mask” (this video was filmed & streamed live from a Samsung S9 camera with a Lava Lamp filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersbookreading
video Enjoy this YouTube video 3/30/22 of Janet Kuypers during her “Poetry & Open Mic at The Gallery Cabaret 3/30/22” feature night in Chicago, where she read her poems “Vaccinated from What Happens in Wuhan”, “found pandemic haiku”, “Everyone’s Afraid”, “Out to the Horizon”, “jar for my beating heart”, “Because of Fire”, “Underground History”, “Quieting Anechoic Chamber”, “No One Reports for Women”, “like nothing ever happened”, “United We Wonder”, “Knew the Word”, and “Eighteen and Eight, Plus Eighteen: Where We’ve Been and What We’ve Seen” in her poetry feature “Taking off the Mask” (this video was filmed from a Samsung S7 camera and zoomed; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersbookreading
video Enjoy this YouTube video 3/30/22 of Janet Kuypers during her “Poetry & Open Mic at The Gallery Cabaret 3/30/22” feature night in Chicago, where she read her poems “Vaccinated from What Happens in Wuhan”, “found pandemic haiku”, “Everyone’s Afraid”, “Out to the Horizon”, “jar for my beating heart”, “Because of Fire”, “Underground History”, “Quieting Anechoic Chamber”, “No One Reports for Women”, “like nothing ever happened”, “United We Wonder”, “Knew the Word”, and “Eighteen and Eight, Plus Eighteen: Where We’ve Been and What We’ve Seen” in her poetry feature “Taking off the Mask” (this video was filmed from a Samsung S7 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersbookreading