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See YouTube video from 4/9/17 of Janet Kuypers reading a portion of her short story “Crazy”, then reading her poems “Tall Man”, “There I Sit” and “Optimizing your Odds” at “Kick Butt Poetry” in Austin (this video was filmed from a Sony camera).
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See YouTube video from 4/9/17 of Janet Kuypers reading a portion of her short story “Crazy”, then reading her poems “Tall Man”, “There I Sit” and “Optimizing your Odds” at “Kick Butt Poetry” in Austin (from a Canon Power Shot SX700 camera).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Content with Inferior Men” and “People’s Lives were at Stake” from her poetry show “Questions in a World Without Answers”, then her poem “Tall Man” from her poetry show “How Do I Get There?”, all from her performance art poetry collection book “Chapter 38 v1” live at Recycled Reads 7/21/18 (PL T56).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Content with Inferior Men” and “People’s Lives were at Stake” from her poetry show “Questions in a World Without Answers”, then her poem “Tall Man” from her poetry show “How Do I Get There?”, all from her performance art poetry collection book “Chapter 38 v1” live at Recycled Reads 7/21/18 (PL2500).
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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 “Tall Man” 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 “Tall Man” 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, with an Edge Detection filter).
video See YouTube video live 4/14/19 of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Tall Man” 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, with a Sepia Tone filter).
video See YouTube video live 4/14/19 of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Tall Man” 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, with a Threshold filter).

Tall Man

I can feel your presence across the room
a movementa stir

your long shadow stretches across the walls

an occasional glance
I’ll take whatever I can take

a stranger
yet I feel I know you all too well


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