I wrote this in the dark
welcome to volume 207 (the May 2023 issue)
of
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Down in the Dirt



Down in the Dirt

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Janet K., Editor



Table of Contents

AUTHOR TITLE
Relvin González Rodríguez The Gray
Edward Michael O’Durr Supranowicz Gray Day 7 art
Donovan Whitley Recovery
Kyle Hemmings Prison 17 photography
Bio
Daniel de Culla Constitution Day (poem & art)
Bio
William Doreski Casting Off
How Do Water and Stone Converse?
Bill Tope Peaked
Lover in Training
Craig Wells Stranger than Strange Fruit
Donald Reed Greenwood The Precipice
Scars Publications Ellen Sunset Silhouette
(Copyright © 1988-2023 Janet Kuypers)
Ken Goldman An Acquired Taste
Bio
Liam O’Buachalla You Have One New Message
Bio
Scars Publications Downed Airplane, Joliet, IL
(Copyright © 8/23/03-2023 Janet Kuypers)
Fred Cheney That Was Close
Scars Publications Sun Bear (066)
Lincoln Park Zoo (Copyright © 4/28/13-2023 Janet Kuypers)

Snake (034)
Brookfield Zoo (Copyright © 5/30/05-2023 Janet Kuypers)

Rayne Affonso Bus Route
Silence
Bio
Alan Altany Meditations: De Profundis
Bio
Dr. Steven M. Gerson And the morning sun trailed her bus in shadows
Wendy Taylor Metamorphosis
Isabel G. de Diego Cup & Glass with Desire art
Greta T. Bates Any Place But Home
Annette Gagliardi Cookin’
I wrote this in the dark
Bio
Duane Anderson Alarm Notice
An Abbreviated Resume
Philosophy 101
Bio
Frank De Canio Answering Machine
Bio
Jamie Johnson Harrison Ash
Christopher Strople Purple Bridge art
Isaac Breaux Breakdown
Susan Anmuth Andreas and I Had a Date For Me to Impart Wisdom
Denise McCabe Stanley’s Grandmother
James Bates Sulfur
Bio
Janet Kuypers Sulfur, Suddenly image
video Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her “I wrote this in the dark” book poems “Sulfur, Suddenly” + sharing its image (which is also in her book “Twitter Verse Periodic Table Poetry”), “Fighting for Freedom on Christmas” (which is also in the book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”) and her poems “Kerning, Ballots, and Women’s Rights” “Vote Changing: the System’s Solution” “Eliminate All Rapists” “Revelation One: One-Four” “Revelation One: Five-Eight” and “Revelation One: Eleven” (which are also in the CyberWit 2023 book “Testament”) for the 5/3/23 ‘Community Poetry’ honorary book reading (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). video
Also enjoy this as a Facebook live video stream that was filmed and streamed from a Samsung S9 camera, and posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperswomensrights #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem


Sulfur
video Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her v207 5/23 Down in the Dirt issue/book “I wrote this in the dark” poems “Sulfur” (which is also in her book “Periodic Table Poetry”), “Eyes are Blurred to the Battlefield”, and “Revelation One: One-Four” (which is also in the 2023 CyberWit.net book “Testament”) during her “Poetic License 5/7/23 global open mic” she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, video Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). Also enjoy this as a Facebook live video stream, filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem #janetkuypers #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperspoeticlicense


Bio
Bill Tope A Brick Wall
ayaz daryl nielsen Untitled (limb)
Untitled (warm)
Bio
Rod Raglin Cake Night
Bio
Steve Bailey Samuel’s Saga
Bio
Scars Publications Horse (02)
Puerto Rico(Copyright © 12/18&#-47;03-2023 Janet Kuypers)
Janet Kuypers Fighting for Freedom on Christmas
video Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her “I wrote this in the dark” book poems “Sulfur, Suddenly” + sharing its image (which is also in her book “Twitter Verse Periodic Table Poetry”), “Fighting for Freedom on Christmas” (which is also in the book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”) and her poems “Kerning, Ballots, and Women’s Rights” “Vote Changing: the System’s Solution” “Eliminate All Rapists” “Revelation One: One-Four” “Revelation One: Five-Eight” and “Revelation One: Eleven” (which are also in the CyberWit 2023 book “Testament”) for the 5/3/23 ‘Community Poetry’ honorary book reading (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). video
Also enjoy this as a Facebook live video stream that was filmed and streamed from a Samsung S9 camera, and posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperswomensrights #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem


Bio
Sandip Saha Who is Better
Atomic weapons kill people even when not used
Bali a Hindu majority place
Bio
Janet Kuypers Eyes are Blurred to the Battlefield
video Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her v207 5/23 Down in the Dirt issue/book “I wrote this in the dark” poems “Sulfur” (which is also in her book “Periodic Table Poetry”), “Eyes are Blurred to the Battlefield”, and “Revelation One: One-Four” (which is also in the 2023 CyberWit.net book “Testament”) during her “Poetic License 5/7/23 global open mic” she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, video Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). Also enjoy this as a Facebook live video stream, filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem #janetkuypers #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperspoeticlicense


Bio
Richard Patterson Enlightenment
Kumar Mahat Window Snltt b photography
John Gerard Fagan Sometimes ye huv tae experience
the bad tae appreciate the good

Bio
Frances Gaudiano Victimless Crime
Saul Greenblatt Jason Was Lost in a Parallel World
Bio
Todd K. Denick A Deepest Crush
Bio
J. Ray Paradiso Pumps photography
Toney Dimos Alexandra
Karen Hedges The Islands painting
Janet Kuypers Kerning, Ballots, and Women’s Rights
Vote Changing: the System’s Solution
Eliminate All Rapists
video Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her “I wrote this in the dark” book poems “Sulfur, Suddenly” + sharing its image (which is also in her book “Twitter Verse Periodic Table Poetry”), “Fighting for Freedom on Christmas” (which is also in the book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”) and her poems “Kerning, Ballots, and Women’s Rights” “Vote Changing: the System’s Solution” “Eliminate All Rapists” “Revelation One: One-Four” “Revelation One: Five-Eight” and “Revelation One: Eleven” (which are also in the CyberWit 2023 book “Testament”) for the 5/3/23 ‘Community Poetry’ honorary book reading (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). video
Also enjoy this as a Facebook live video stream that was filmed and streamed from a Samsung S9 camera, and posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperswomensrights #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem


Revelation One: One-Four
video Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her “I wrote this in the dark” book poems “Sulfur, Suddenly” + sharing its image (which is also in her book “Twitter Verse Periodic Table Poetry”), “Fighting for Freedom on Christmas” (which is also in the book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”) and her poems “Kerning, Ballots, and Women’s Rights” “Vote Changing: the System’s Solution” “Eliminate All Rapists” “Revelation One: One-Four” “Revelation One: Five-Eight” and “Revelation One: Eleven” (which are also in the CyberWit 2023 book “Testament”) for the 5/3/23 ‘Community Poetry’ honorary book reading (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). video
Also enjoy this as a Facebook live video stream that was filmed and streamed from a Samsung S9 camera, and posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperswomensrights #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem
video Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her v207 5/23 Down in the Dirt issue/book “I wrote this in the dark” poems “Sulfur” (which is also in her book “Periodic Table Poetry”), “Eyes are Blurred to the Battlefield”, and “Revelation One: One-Four” (which is also in the 2023 CyberWit.net book “Testament”) during her “Poetic License 5/7/23 global open mic” she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, video Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). Also enjoy this as a Facebook live video stream, filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem #janetkuypers #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperspoeticlicense


Revelation One: Five-Eight
Revelation One: Eleven
video Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her “I wrote this in the dark” book poems “Sulfur, Suddenly” + sharing its image (which is also in her book “Twitter Verse Periodic Table Poetry”), “Fighting for Freedom on Christmas” (which is also in the book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”) and her poems “Kerning, Ballots, and Women’s Rights” “Vote Changing: the System’s Solution” “Eliminate All Rapists” “Revelation One: One-Four” “Revelation One: Five-Eight” and “Revelation One: Eleven” (which are also in the CyberWit 2023 book “Testament”) for the 5/3/23 ‘Community Poetry’ honorary book reading (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). video
Also enjoy this as a Facebook live video stream that was filmed and streamed from a Samsung S9 camera, and posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperswomensrights #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem


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