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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem your little china doll in Chicago 3/17/14 at the open mic Waiting 4 the Bus
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading many of her poems live (8 haiku poems, 4 poems, and a Periodic Table poem) in Chicago 3/17/14 at the Waiting 4 the Bus open mic INCLUDING THIS POEM
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Your Little China Doll” and “I’ve Played this Game” from her “Unlucky 13 on St. Patrick’s Day” reading, then her poem “Tall Man” from her 2014 Poetry Bomb poetry feature “Attacking with Poetry”, all read from her poetry book “Chapter 48 (v2)”, live at “Poetry Aloud” 1/19/19 (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Your Little China Doll” and “I’ve Played this Game” from her “Unlucky 13 on St. Patrick’s Day” reading, then her poem “Tall Man” from her 2014 Poetry Bomb poetry feature “Attacking with Poetry”, all read from her poetry book “Chapter 48 (v2)”, at “Poetry Aloud” 1/19/19 (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; Sepia Tone).
video See YouTube video live 4/14/19 of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Your Little China Doll” from her poetry performance art collection book “Chapter 48 (v2)”, during the multi-person intro to “Spoken and Heard” at Kick Butt Coffee (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).
video See YouTube video live 4/14/19 of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Your Little China Doll” from her poetry performance art collection book “Chapter 48 (v2)”, during the multi-person intro to “Spoken and Heard” at Kick Butt Coffee (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; Edge Detection).
video See YouTube video live 4/14/19 of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Your Little China Doll” from her poetry performance art collection book “Chapter 48 (v2)”, during the multi-person intro to “Spoken and Heard” at Kick Butt Coffee (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; Sepia Tone filter).
video See YouTube video live 4/14/19 of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Your Little China Doll” from her poetry performance art collection book “Chapter 48 (v2)”, during the multi-person intro to “Spoken and Heard” at Kick Butt Coffee (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; Threshold filter).

your little china doll

april 2, 1989

your little china doll

be careful
be gentle
when you touch me

and when you put me
on your shelf
don’t place me too high


Copyright Janet Kuypers.
All rights reserved. No material
may be reprinted without express permission.

This poem is also in the book OEUVRE.

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