Periodic Table of Poetry readings
in Janet Kuypers’ 5/10/13 feature
with Buddha309
at Poetry Love Letters in Chicago

Science vs. Mysticism Janet Kuypers chapbook

    In one of Janet Kuypers’ installments of Periodic Table of Poetry poem readings (in her effort to write a poem for every element in the Periodic Table, to later become a book), Janet Kuypers was the feature at Poetry Love Letters in Chicago on May 10th 2013 (5/10/13) with “Science vs. Mysticism”.

    “Kuypers was slated to have a feature on this night, and when she saw that Buddha309 was also slated as a feature that night, , she remembered when she shared a feature with Jason Pettus at Café Aloha, where they read back-and-forth poems... So asking Buddha309 if he was interested in reading back-and-forth poems to share the feature space, Buddha309 even suggested he read poems on Mysticism against Kuypers’ Periodic Table of Poetry poems, thus starting the idea of “Science vs. Mysticism”.

    “Kuypers’ Periodic Table of Poetry poems performed in “Science vs. Mysticism” is available as a free PDF file chapbook (titled “Science vs. Mysticism”, of writings from the Periodic Table portion of the show).

    Event listings for this feature can be found on both the facebook events page (which has links to both of the feature show Canon and Sony cameras videos) as well as the Chicago poetry calendar [dot] org link (which has ALL of Kuypers’ separated video files embedded on the page).

    Interested in photos from this event? Check out the facebook photo album, or see select live images from this poetry feature.

    Follow the links below to see the readings of her Periodic Table of Poetry poems in “Science vs. Mysticism”.

On to the show...

Janet Kuypers’ entire feature, in
“Science vs. Mysticism”
with her poems from Periodic Table of Poetry
read back-and-forth with poems by Buddha309

See this YouTube video of poems read from Janet Kuypers’ Periodic Table of Poetry series back and forth with poems by Buddha309 in Science vs. Mysticism, live in Chicago 5/10/13 at Poetry Love Letters (video from a Sony camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersperiodictablepoetry

See this YouTube video of poems read from Janet Kuypers’ Periodic Table of Poetry series back and forth with poems by Buddha309 in Science vs. Mysticism, live in Chicago 5/10/13 at Poetry Love Letters (video from a Canon camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersperiodictablepoetry

Download this poem in the free PDF file
Science vs. Mysticism chapbook,
w/ Periodic Table of Poetry poems.

And on to the individual poems...

Janet Kuypers reading her poem
of #079 in the Periodic Table (Au),
Gold
With background music of sampled instrumentals from the Smiths’ “Golden Lights” and the Beatles ’ “Golden Slumber”

Rather read it? Then read “Gold”

Watch YouTube video
of this Periodic Table of Poetry poem read by Kuypers in her Science vs. Mysticism feature, live in Chicago 5/10/13 at Poetry Love Letters (S)

Watch YouTube video
of this Periodic Table of Poetry poem read by Kuypers in her Science vs. Mysticism feature, live in Chicago 5/10/13 at Poetry Love Letters (C)

Janet Kuypers reading her poem
of #007 in the Periodic Table (N),
Nitrogen in my Veins
With background music of 2011 Hotel from the HA!Man of South Africa,
with “here you are at last”

Rather read it? Then read “Nitrogen in my Veins”

Watch YouTube video
of this Periodic Table of Poetry poem read by Kuypers in her Science vs. Mysticism feature, live in Chicago 5/10/13 at Poetry Love Letters (S)

Watch YouTube video
of this Periodic Table of Poetry poem read by Kuypers in her Science vs. Mysticism feature, live in Chicago 5/10/13 at Poetry Love Letters (C)

Janet Kuypers reading her poem
of #022 in the Periodic Table (V),
Vanadium
With background music of 2011 Hotel from the HA!Man of South Africa,
with “marimba meandering”

Rather read it? Then read “Vanadium”

Watch YouTube video
of this Periodic Table of Poetry poem read by Kuypers in her Science vs. Mysticism feature, live in Chicago 5/10/13 at Poetry Love Letters (S)

Watch YouTube video
of this Periodic Table of Poetry poem read by Kuypers in her Science vs. Mysticism feature, live in Chicago 5/10/13 at Poetry Love Letters (C)

Janet Kuypers reading her poem
of #006 in the Periodic Table (C),
DNA and Carbon in Asteroids (oh my)
With background music of 2011 Hotel from the HA!Man of South Africa,
with “Grasshopper Play”

Rather read it? Then read “DNA and Carbon in Asteroids (oh my)”

Watch YouTube video
of this Periodic Table of Poetry poem read by Kuypers in her Science vs. Mysticism feature, live in Chicago 5/10/13 at Poetry Love Letters (S)

Watch YouTube video
of this Periodic Table of Poetry poem read by Kuypers in her Science vs. Mysticism feature, live in Chicago 5/10/13 at Poetry Love Letters (C)

Janet Kuypers reading her poem
of #004 in the Periodic Table (B),
Boron from the Big Bang
With background music of 2011 Hotel from the HA!Man of South Africa,
with “Clarinet Talk”

Rather read it? Then read “Boron from the Big Bang”

Watch YouTube video
of this Periodic Table of Poetry poem read by Kuypers in her Science vs. Mysticism feature, live in Chicago 5/10/13 at Poetry Love Letters (S)

Watch YouTube video
of this Periodic Table of Poetry poem read by Kuypers in her Science vs. Mysticism feature, live in Chicago 5/10/13 at Poetry Love Letters (C)

Thanks to John for taking photos from the performance — which are all posted in a facebook photo album — but you can see select few photos from the show below: