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Watch this YouTube video live 11/09/10, live at the Café in Chicago

Watch this YouTube video of the intro from the Café poetry open mic in Chicago 11/09/10 and this poem

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers on Chicago’s WZRD Radio 8/16/21, where, throughout her interview, Janet Kuypers read her poems “Burn It In (reaching the end edit)” starting ~5:55, “Sometimes the Light” starting ~14:22, “The Room of The Rape” starting ~17:26, “We All Want That” starting ~31:20, “True Happiness in the New Millennium (2016 edit)” starting ~37:30, “from Looking for a Worthy Adversary” starting ~41:00, and “Out to the Horizon” starting ~1:04:20 (filmed w/ a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera w/ a Hue Cycling filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersinterview #janetkuypersradio

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers on Chicago’s WZRD Radio 8/16/21, where, throughout her interview, Janet Kuypers read her poems “Burn It In (reaching the end edit)” starting ~5:55, “Sometimes the Light” starting ~14:22, “The Room of The Rape” starting ~17:26, “We All Want That” starting ~31:20, “True Happiness in the New Millennium (2016 edit)” starting ~37:30, “from Looking for a Worthy Adversary” starting ~41:00, and “Out to the Horizon” starting ~1:04:20)(this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersinterview #janetkuypersradio

Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers on Chicago’s WZRD Radio 8/16/21, where, throughout her interview, Janet Kuypers read her poems “Burn It In (reaching the end edit)” (starting ~5:55), “Sometimes the Light” (starting ~14:22), “The Room of The Rape” (starting ~17:26), “We All Want That” (starting ~31:20), “True Happiness in the New Millennium (2016 edit)” (starting ~37:30), “from Looking for a Worthy Adversary” (starting ~41:00), and “Out to the Horizon” (starting ~1:04:20) (this video was filmed and streams live from a Samsung S7 camera). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersinterview #janetkuypersradio

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers on WZRD Chicago 88.3 FM 8/16/21 from WZRD, where, throughout her interview, Janet Kuypers read her poems “Burn It In (reaching the end edit)” starting ~5:55, “Sometimes the Light” starting ~14:22, “The Room of The Rape” starting ~17:26, “We All Want That” starting ~31:20, “True Happiness in the New Millennium (2016 edit)” starting ~37:30, “from Looking for a Worthy Adversary” starting ~41:00, and “Out to the Horizon” starting ~1:04:20 (this video was posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersinterview #janetkuypersradio

Enjoy this YouTube video of the first half hour of Janet Kuypers on Chicago’s WZRD Radio 8/16/21, where, throughout her interview, Janet Kuypers read her poems “Burn It In (reaching the end edit)” starting ~5:55, “Sometimes the Light” starting ~14:22, and “The Room of The Rape” starting ~17:26 (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera w/ a Hue Cycling filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). Thank you again to WZRD Chicago 88.3 FM host Trudy Leong!!! #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersinterview #janetkuypersradio

Enjoy this YouTube video of the first half hour of Janet Kuypers on Chicago’s WZRD Radio 8/16/21, where, throughout her interview, Janet Kuypers read her poems “Burn It In (reaching the end edit)” starting ~5:55, “Sometimes the Light” starting ~14:22, and “The Room of The Rape” starting ~17:26 (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). Thank you again Trudy Leong! #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersinterview #janetkuypersradio

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “the Room of the Rape” and “Women’s Very Existence” (plus sharing Podstata ženského bytia, a Slovak translation) from the 9/22 v199 Down in the Dirt book “Tracks” (that also appears in the CyberWit.net Janet Kuypers poetry book “Shattering the Glass Ceiling”) on 9/7/22 on the 1st Wednesday of the month (1:00-3:00 PM CST) in honor of ‘Community Poetry’ (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuypersequalityforwomen #janetkuypersfeminism #janetkuyperswomensrights #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “the Room of the Rape” and “Women’s Very Existence” (plus sharing Podstata ženského bytia, a Slovak translation) from the 9/22 v199 Down in the Dirt book “Tracks” (that also appears in the CyberWit.net Janet Kuypers poetry book “Shattering the Glass Ceiling”) on 9/7/22 on the 1st Wednesday of the month (1:00-3:00 PM CST) in honor of ‘Community Poetry’ (this video was filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuypersequalityforwomen #janetkuypersfeminism #janetkuyperswomensrights #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “The Room of The Rape”, “White Knuckled” + showing its Slovak translation, “Women’s Very Existence” + showing its Slovak translation, “Domestic Violence in America, Nashville, Tennessee (stick)” + showing its Slovak translation, “Thank You, Women who Work I” + showing its Slovak translation, and “Photograph, Nineteenth Century” + showing its Slovak translation from the Down in the Dirt 9-12/22 issue collection book “The Paths Less Traveled” and her CyberWit book “Shattering the Glass Ceiling” 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, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). This YouTube video was also filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; both were posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersequalityforwomen #janetkuyperswomensrights #janetkuypers #janetkuypersshatteringtheglassceiling

The Room of The Rape For almost two years when I walked up the nine stairs, held on to the wooden railing whose finish was worn, I’d pass the first door on the right. My bedroom door was closed for one year, ten months and seven days. I slept in the den across the hall. One morning I woke, walked into the hall and looked at the door. I turned around, knowing I couldn’t take it anymore, walked into the den, folded the bed back into the couch, and then walked into the hall, squarely facing the door of the room. A room in my house, that I let him go in to. But when I woke up that morning, I told myself that I wouldn’t let him stop me today. I turned the handle of the door. I heard a snap. I slowly pushed the door open, slowing it down to hear the hinges creak. The shade to the small window in the corner was drawn, so I stepped onto the parquet floor and turned on the light. I felt the walls jump back in fear,     “fear of having to see the light again,     “then rush in on me in anger. I saw the bed sheets rustle, get kicked     “and tossed to the ground again. I tasted the sweat and I wanted to spit,     “but I couldn’t. Something told me     “that wasn’t what I was supposed to do. My bedroom. I saw the fists reach out from the walls     “and thought of the poster I drew     “of rebellion and rage     “that is tucked in the back of my closet. I felt the muscles tense behind my eyebrows I pursed my lips I swallowed the sweat My bedroom. I felt the fists punching my stomach,     “grabbing my face, my arms, my hair,     “pulling my legs apart. I felt my head against the pillows again     “as I tried to just push my face     “into the salt and the sheets I heard the screams I never made     “echo inside me     “the screams that haunted me I closed my eyes from the pain and the light My bedroom. I thought of the fist, the symbol for the     “communist work ethic     “to do what you’re told,     “to disappear into society. I opened my eyes. The room was mine -- the sheets on the floor, the stains on the bed, the smell of Hell and the photographs on the dresser. I looked at the pictures and found one of him, with his arms around me. I picked up the frame, ran my hand along the gilded edges. Flakes of paint fell to the floor. I opened the drawer of the dresser and gently set it face down. I turned around, shutting off the light on my way out. My bedroom. Copyright Janet Kuypers. All rights reserved. No material may be reprinted without express permission.