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of Kuypers’ intro to the open mike 2/1/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago, plus her poem “Quiet for a While” (w/ music & video from the HA!man of South Africa), and Bob Rashkow
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See YouTube video live 10/21/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Under your Total Control”, “Quiet for a While” and “Gouge Out Their Eyes” from her book “Part of my Pain” at “Recycled Reads” open mic, at a bookstore affiliated with the Austin Public Library (L; Sepia).
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See YouTube video live 10/21/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Under your Total Control”, “Quiet for a While” and “Gouge Out Their Eyes” from her book “Part of my Pain” at “Recycled Reads” open mic, at a bookstore affiliated with the Austin Public Library (Lumix).
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See YouTube video live 10/21/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Under your Total Control”, “Quiet for a While” and “Gouge Out Their Eyes” from her book “Part of my Pain” at “Recycled Reads” open mic, at a bookstore affiliated with the Austin Public Library (L; E.D.).
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See YouTube video live 10/21/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Under your Total Control”, “Quiet for a While” and “Gouge Out Their Eyes” from her book “Part of my Pain” at “Recycled Reads” open mic, at a bookstore affiliated with the Austin Public Library (L/Thresh).
video See YouTube video of Janet KuypersJune 2019 Book Release Reading 6/5/19, where she read her Scars Publications the 2019 literary date book review poem “Your Imaginary Soul Weighs 21 Grams”, then her poem “Precariously Balance” for the Brian Lamont dedication (that will appear in her book “(pheromemes) haiku, twitterverse, Instagram & poetry”, released August 2019), then her “This is a Poem About” poetry “Quiet for a While”, “Under Your Total Control”, “Hollow for so Long Already”, “Push Your Button”, and “Good Escape”, read from the v5 cc&d boss lady poetry collection book “On the Edge”, during Community Poetry @ Half Price Books (video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camers).
video See YouTube video of Janet KuypersJune 2019 Book Release Reading 6/5/19, where she read her Scars Publications the 2019 literary date book review poem “Your Imaginary Soul Weighs 21 Grams”, then her poem “Precariously Balance” for the Brian Lamont dedication (that will appear in her book “(pheromemes) haiku, twitterverse, Instagram & poetry”, released August 2019), then her “This is a Poem About” poetry “Quiet for a While”, “Under Your Total Control”, “Hollow for so Long Already”, “Push Your Button”, and “Good Escape”, read from the v5 cc&d boss lady poetry collection book “On the Edge”, during Community Poetry @ Half Price Books (video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).
video See this YouTube video (posted 7/6/22, a Wednesday like The Café open mic dates) of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Quiet for a While”, “Push Your Button”, “Under My Fingers”, and “Only Occasionally” from the v323 7/22 cc&d issue/book “Heart of the House” when visiting Chicago 6/23/22 in The Café Gallery Book Reading series (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoem #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem #janetkuypersthecafegallery
video Enjoy this YouTube video (posted 7/5/22, a Tuesday like The Café Gallery open mic dates) of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Quiet for a While”, “Push Your Button”, “Under My Fingers”, and “Only Occasionally” from the v323 7/22 cc&d issue/book “Heart of the House” when visiting Chicago 6/23/22 for The Café Gallery Book Reading series (this video was filmed from a Samsung S9 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersthecafegallery
video Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Quiet for a While”, “Push Your Button”, “Under My Fingers”, “Only Occasionally”, “Quieting Anechoic Chamber”, and “Eleven and Two, plus Eight” from the cc&d 5-8/22 issue collection book “The Wall” on 11/2/22 on the 1st Wednesday of the month in honor of ‘Community Poetry’ (filmed from a Panasonic video Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). This video was also filed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera and given a Hue Cycling filter; and posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem

Quiet for a While

Janet Kuypers
(01/22/12)

your incessant screaming
is making me go insane

all I want is some rest
and there you go,

bothering me again,
destroying my peace

and when I finally feel
I’m at one with the world

you harass me again,
you screech and wail

until I can’t take it any longer
and I use my bare hand

to strike you hard,
to shut you up

you stay quiet for a while
but only a day goes by

before you do it again
before you set me off agin

I swear, if I din’t need you
so much in my life

if I thought I could get along
without you every morning

if I didn’t need you
to get me through my day

I would get rid you you
I’d kick you to the curb

because this cycle is killing me
and how many more times

will you do this to me
before you break down?

but I know we’ll do this daily battle
before you’re reduced to nothing

and I’ll find someone else
to give me life again

 

(this is a poem about an alarm clock)


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