The Gravity of Imagination
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Table of Contents

AUTHOR TITLE
Bill Tope Bucket List
The End of HoJo’s
The Library
Love has Spoken
Nolo Segundo Some Are Not Meant For This World
A Morning’s Walk
The Walking Wounded
Margaret Elizabeth Brook Not Now!
Scars Publications NYC city
(Copyright © 1994-2022 Janet Kuypers)

New York, Word Trade Center 4624
(Copyright © 9/6/09-2022 Janet Kuypers)

Sandip Saha At the bank of Brahmaputra
Bio
Susie Gharib Redundancy
Robert the Bruce
The Cost of Living in Thebes
Bio
Mark Pearce Christmas Eve Memory
Bio
John Farquhar Young Unsteady
Bio
Jacquelyn Shah All You Can Do
Concise Chronology
Bio
Erik Priedkalns The Story of Eby the Pen Whisperer
Joan Mach A Narrow Escape
Wes Heine cocks 492 photography
Richard K. Williams Manhattan Visit
Johnny Two Rocks
John (“Jake”) Cosmos Aller Association of the Living Dead India
The Secret Fly Drone
Madmen with Guns Madness
Bio
Iftekhar Sayeed Tragedy
Bio
Kenneth DiMaggio Homage to Satan, Who Brought You
Bowling, Jell-O, Spam, and Napalm (#1)

Homage to Satan, Who Brought You
Bowling, Jell-O, Spam, and Napalm (#2)

Homage to Satan, Who Brought You
Bowling, Jell-O, Spam, and Napalm (#3)

Homage to Satan, Who Brought You
Bowling, Jell-O, Spam, and Napalm (#4)

Homage to Satan, Who Brought You
Bowling, Jell-O, Spam, and Napalm (#5)
Danny D. Ford he joins us
hillside woman
Bio
Borut Slokan Bag
Raha.M A6039E86-2663 art
Ben Nardolilli The Gift of the Manhattan Bridge
The Unusual House Paint
Bio
Alexander Wijangco Pencil Dreams
Shoot It Off
Bio
Tom Sheehan Major Appleton and the Lady of the Oven
Bio
James Bates Oxygen
Bio
Janet Kuypers Oxygen Feeds (+ image)
Oxygen Save Me (+ image)
Oxygen
video Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her v203 1/23 Down in the Dirt issue/book “The Gravity Of Imagination” poems “Oxygen Feeds” + its image and “Oxygen Save Me” + its image (which is also in her book “Twitter Verse Periodic Table Poetry”), “Oxygen” (which is also in her book “Periodic Table Poetry”), “Oxygen makes superionic ice” + its image (which is also in her book “Twitter Verse Periodic Table Poetry”), and “Those Were the Days of Our Lives (dreams 8/12/22)” (that is also slated to appear in the her CyberWit 2023 poetry book “Testament”) on 1/4/23, the 1st Wednesday of the month (1:00-3:00 PM CST) in honor of ‘Community Poetry’ (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, video Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). This YouTube video was also filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr. #janetkuypers #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading


Okay, it’s all about the Oxygen (+ image)
video Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “the Men at the Construction Site” (+ also showing its “Farsi translation” of the poem) from the Scars Publications 2022 collection book “Running Out of Time” (that also appears in the CyberWit.net Janet Kuypers poetry book “Shattering the Glass Ceiling”), “Okay, it’s all about the Oxygen” + image from the v203 1/23 Down in the Dirt issue/book “The Gravity of Imagination”(that also appears in her book “Periodic Table Poetry”), and “Indium” from the cc&d September-December 2022 issue issue collection book “Unable To Escape It” (that also appears in her book “Periodic Table Poetry”) to close her “Poetic License 1/1/23 global open mic” through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperswomensrights #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersequalityforwomen #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperspoeticlicense
video Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “the Men at the Construction Site” (+ also showing its “Farsi translation” of the poem) from the Scars Publications 2022 collection book “Running Out of Time” (that also appears in the CyberWit.net Janet Kuypers poetry book “Shattering the Glass Ceiling”), “Okay, it’s all about the Oxygen” + image from the v203 1/23 Down in the Dirt issue/book “The Gravity of Imagination”(that also appears in her book “Periodic Table Poetry”), and “Indium” from the cc&d September-December 2022 issue issue collection book “Unable To Escape It” (that also appears in her book “Periodic Table Poetry”) to close her “Poetic License 1/1/23 global open mic” she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (from a Samsung S9 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperswomensrights #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersequalityforwomen #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperspoeticlicense


Oxygen makes superionic ice (+ image)
video Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her v203 1/23 Down in the Dirt issue/book “The Gravity Of Imagination” poems “Oxygen Feeds” + its image and “Oxygen Save Me” + its image (which is also in her book “Twitter Verse Periodic Table Poetry”), “Oxygen” (which is also in her book “Periodic Table Poetry”), “Oxygen makes superionic ice” + its image (which is also in her book “Twitter Verse Periodic Table Poetry”), and “Those Were the Days of Our Lives (dreams 8/12/22)” (that is also slated to appear in the her CyberWit 2023 poetry book “Testament”) on 1/4/23, the 1st Wednesday of the month (1:00-3:00 PM CST) in honor of ‘Community Poetry’ (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, video Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). This YouTube video was also filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr. #janetkuypers #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading


Bio
Deby Cedars Interruption
Bio
Dawn DeBraal Justice Served
Scars Publications Chicago gold mannequin
(Copyright © 9/15/09-2022 Janet Kuypers)

mannequin head 7875 and 4879
(Copyright © 9/12/09-2022 Janet Kuypers)

Mike Schneider A Perfect Plan
Bio
Doug Hawley Dig
Bio
Isabel G. de Diego Flor del Manzano photography
Luís Amorim The left and right wall
Scars Publications/cc&d “What He’s Trying to Paint𔄭
cc&d 11/20 covers (with no type)

(collage Copyright © 2020-2022 Janet Kuypers)
eddy styx In The Moment
Bio
Karen Lee Stradford On My Mind
The Fight
Valerie Buko True Genius
Christopher Strople Wville Dark photography
Arthur Sadrian The Gravity of Imagination
Edward Michael O’Durr Supranowicz Edge of a Beginning art
John RC Potter The Falling Window
Bio
Daniel de Culla Window for flirting (Burgos) photography
John RC Potter This Old House
Bio
Karen Hedges Shuttered painting
Janet Kuypers Expression for Loss
Only Souls who have Tried
video Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Tag Team Poets”, “Expression for Loss”, and “Only Souls who have Tried” from the v203 1/23 Down in the Dirt issue/book “The Gravity of Imagination” (that are all also slated to appear in section 2 of the CyberWit.net 2023 Janet Kuypers poetry book “Testament”) during her “Poetic License 1/1/23 global open mic” she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperspoeticlicense
video Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Tag Team Poets”, “Expression for Loss”, and “Only Souls who have Tried” from the v203 1/23 Down in the Dirt issue/book “The Gravity of Imagination” (that are all also slated to appear in section 2 of the CyberWit.net 2023 Janet Kuypers poetry book “Testament”) during her “Poetic License 1/1/23 global open mic she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (this video was filmed and streamed from a Samsung S9 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoeticlicense


Those Were the Days of Our Lives (dreams 8/12/22)
video Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her v203 1/23 Down in the Dirt issue/book “The Gravity Of Imagination” poems “Oxygen Feeds” + its image and “Oxygen Save Me” + its image (which is also in her book “Twitter Verse Periodic Table Poetry”), “Oxygen” (which is also in her book “Periodic Table Poetry”), “Oxygen makes superionic ice” + its image (which is also in her book “Twitter Verse Periodic Table Poetry”), and “Those Were the Days of Our Lives (dreams 8/12/22)” (that is also slated to appear in the her CyberWit 2023 poetry book “Testament”) on 1/4/23, the 1st Wednesday of the month (1:00-3:00 PM CST) in honor of ‘Community Poetry’ (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, video Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). This YouTube video was also filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr. #janetkuypers #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading


Tag Team Poets
video Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Tag Team Poets”, “Expression for Loss”, and “Only Souls who have Tried” from the v203 1/23 Down in the Dirt issue/book “The Gravity of Imagination” (that are all also slated to appear in section 2 of the CyberWit.net 2023 Janet Kuypers poetry book “Testament”) during her “Poetic License 1/1/23 global open mic” she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperspoeticlicense
video Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Tag Team Poets”, “Expression for Loss”, and “Only Souls who have Tried” from the v203 1/23 Down in the Dirt issue/book “The Gravity of Imagination” (that are all also slated to appear in section 2 of the CyberWit.net 2023 Janet Kuypers poetry book “Testament”) during her “Poetic License 1/1/23 global open mic she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (this video was filmed and streamed from a Samsung S9 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoeticlicense


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