poem The Burning, vodka, scorch, bottle, rape, hands push, inside, glass poem By Chicago Poet Janet Kuypers

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(5:21) and Death Takes Many Forms from the show 6/11 06/11/02 This film is from the Internet Archive

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live at 6/11 in Chicago 06/11/02

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(6:46) the Poems The Burning and Death Takes Many Forms from the show 6/11 06/11/02
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YouTube video (1:37) 10/03/06, of the TV show, airing 4 times, 12/06

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1:42, live at the Cafe 03/13/07
recorded for Constantpoetry.com

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2:42, of the 2 poems Holding My Hand and the Burning (live at the Cafe)

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3 poems read live 05/19/07 at the Jared Smith book release: Too Far, Headache & the Burning (3:46, from the Internet Archive)

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(1:44, 05/05/07)

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live, 18 Years of Beach Poets
08/31/08, Chicago

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Live at Taking Poetry to the Streets, in New Orleans 12/22/08

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Live at Waiting 4 the Bus 06/17/09 at the “Bizarro Feature” for Charlie Newman in Chicago

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read at at the open mic It’s A Grind (at a Coffee House) in Berkeley CA 09/14/09

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read at at the open mic It’s A Grind (at It’s A Grind Coffee House) in Berkeley CA 09/14/09

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of the Cutting Room Floor at the Palos Park Public Library 10/07/09

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11/06/10 from the TV camera in Lake Villa’s Swing State, live in her “Visual Nonsense” show Sexism and other stories

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listen: 1:17, 11/06/10 in Lake Villa at Swing State, in Sexism and other stories

See the full show of Kuypers reading from the TV monitor in the “Sexism and other stories” show, live in Lake Villa’s “Visual Nonsense” 10/20/011/06/10 with this poem at Swing State

See the full show of Janet Kuypers reading her poetry in the “Sexism and other stories” show, live in Lake Villa 11/06/10 with this writing at Swing State (this was filmed from the TV camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperspoetryshow

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Live at My Soul in the Trunk of my Car at Trunk Fest (part 2), in an outdoor Evanston IL feature 05/28/11

See YouTube video of the Janet Kuypers poetry feature “My Soul in the Trunk of my Car (part 2)” at Trunk Fest, live 5/28/11, where she performed her poems “the Burning”, “Death Takes Many Forms”, “Keep Them Apart”, “one by one, the beech trees fell”, her short prose “Driving By His House”, and her poems “Keep Driving”, “Fantastic Car Crash”, and “I’m Not Sick, But I’m Not Well” (this was posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetryshow.

Download the chapbook with this writing in My Soul in the Trunk of my Car (part 2)

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of Kuypers reading this poem as if she were on the phone in her “overheard conversations” series 8/15/12 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (Canon)

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of Kuypers reading this poem as if she were on the phone in her “overheard conversations” series 8/15/12 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (Sony)

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of Kuypers reading many poems as if she were on the phone in “overheard conversations” 8/15/12 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (Canon)

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of Kuypers reading many poems as if she were on the phone in “overheard conversations” 8/15/12 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (Canon)

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of Kuypers’ open mike 8/15/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago, plus her poetry - including this piece

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of Kuypers reading this poem live at Dan Shapiro’s rigged open mic in Logan Square (Chicago) at Cole’s bar 4/14/13

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of Kuypers reading a set of poems (“the Burning” and 3 near-death accident-related poems) live at Dan Shapiro’s rigged open mic in Logan Square (Chicago) at Cole’s bar 4/14/13
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem the Burning live 6/12/13 as the intro to the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (Canon)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem the Burning live 6/12/13 as the intro to the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (Sony)

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of Kuypers hosting the open mic 6/12/13 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago, including her reading this and other poems & prose!

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of Janet Kuypers reading her poem the Burning (from the book po•em) in Chicago 11/24/13 (C) at her feature Book Expo 2013 Chicago

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of Janet Kuypers reading her poem the Burning (from the book po•em) in Chicago 11/24/13 (S) at her feature Book Expo 2013 Chicago

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading 2 sets of 3 poems each, including the poems Death is a Dog, Everything Was Alive and Dying and Fantastic Car Crash in set 1, and Too Far, the Burning and Under the Sea in set 2, 8/11/15 at Quenchers open mic in Chicago (Canon fs200)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading 2 sets of 3 poems each, including the poems Death is a Dog, Everything Was Alive and Dying and Fantastic Car Crash in set 1, and Too Far, the Burning and Under the Sea in set 2, 8/11/15 at Quenchers open mic in Chicago (Canon Power Shot)

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of Janet Kuypers reading 3 poems, Too Far, the Burning and Children, Churches and Daddies 9/16/15 at In One Ear open mic in Chicago (Cfs)

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of Janet Kuypers reading 3 poems, Too Far, the Burning and Children, Churches and Daddies 9/16/15 at In One Ear open mic in Chicago (Cps)

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the Burning 12/13/15 at the Austin TX open mic Kick Butt Poetry

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers performing poetry and song (with John on guitar) 12/13/15 at the Austin open mic Kick Butt Poetry (Canon Power Shot), with her song What We Need In Life (with her poem Fantastic Car Crash inside the song),
X-rays and broken hearts, & the Burning.

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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers 12/17/17 reading her poem “the Burning” from her “Rape, Sexism Life & Death” poetry book reading on stage during an AIPF performance at the 2017 Awesmic City Expo (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers 12/17/17 reading her poem “the Burning” from her “Rape, Sexism Life & Death” poetry book reading on stage during an AIPF performance at the 2017 Awesmic City Expo (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Chicago poet Janet Kuypers in her 6/11/18 poetry show “Eleven” in Austin, with her poems “Under the Sea”, “The Burning”, “Right There, By Your Heart (verses 2 & 6)”, “What We Need in Life”, “Fantastic Car Crash”, “The Things They Did To You (5/8/18 edit)”, “Looking for a Worthy Adversary (an extreme sestina variation)”, “Death is a Dog”, and “September 11, 2001” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500; appearing on Facebook, Twitter, Linked in, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersfeature

See YouTube video of Chicago poet Janet Kuypers in her 6/11/18 poetry show “Eleven” in Austin, with her poems “Under the Sea”, “The Burning”, “Right There, By Your Heart (verses 2 & 6)”, “What We Need in Life”, “Fantastic Car Crash”, “The Things They Did To You (5/8/18 edit)”, “Looking for a Worthy Adversary (an extreme sestina variation)”, “Death is a Dog”, and “September 11, 2001” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera, and then it was given an Edge Detection filter).

See YouTube video of Chicago poet Janet Kuypers in her 6/11/18 poetry show “Eleven” in Austin, with her poems “Under the Sea”, “The Burning”, “Right There, By Your Heart (verses 2 & 6)”, “What We Need in Life”, “Fantastic Car Crash”, “The Things They Did To You (5/8/18 edit)”, “Looking for a Worthy Adversary (an extreme sestina variation)”, “Death is a Dog”, and “September 11, 2001” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera, and then it was given a Hue Cycling filter).

See YouTube video of Chicago poet Janet Kuypers in her 6/11/18 poetry show “Eleven” in Austin, with her poems “Under the Sea”, “The Burning”, “Right There, By Your Heart (verses 2 & 6)”, “What We Need in Life”, “Fantastic Car Crash”, “The Things They Did To You (5/8/18 edit)”, “Looking for a Worthy Adversary (an extreme sestina variation)”, “Death is a Dog”, and “September 11, 2001” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera, and then it was given a Posterize filter).

See YouTube video of Chicago poet Janet Kuypers in her 6/11/18 poetry show “Eleven” in Austin, with her poems “Under the Sea”, “The Burning”, “Right There, By Your Heart (verses 2 & 6)”, “What We Need in Life”, “Fantastic Car Crash”, “The Things They Did To You (5/8/18 edit)”, “Looking for a Worthy Adversary (an extreme sestina variation)”, “Death is a Dog”, and “September 11, 2001” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera, and then it was given a Sepia Tone filter).

See YouTube video of Chicago poet Janet Kuypers in her 6/11/18 poetry show “Eleven” in Austin, with her poems “Under the Sea”, “The Burning”, “Right There, By Your Heart (verses 2 & 6)”, “What We Need in Life”, “Fantastic Car Crash”, “The Things They Did To You (5/8/18 edit)”, “Looking for a Worthy Adversary (an extreme sestina variation)”, “Death is a Dog”, and “September 11, 2001” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera, and then it was given a Threshold filter).

Read all of the poems from the Janet Kuypers poetry show in her 6/11/18 poetry chapbook for her show
“Eleven” containing her poems “Under the Sea”, “The Burning”, “Right There, By Your Heart (verses 2 & 6)”, “What We Need in Life”, “Fantastic Car Crash”, “The Things They Did To You (5/8/18 edit)”, “Looking for a Worthy Adversary (an extreme sestina variation)”, “Death is a Dog”, and “September 11, 2001”, “Ocean’s Call to Dive”, and “Observer’s Love Poem”.

See YouTube video live 6/16/18 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “The Burning”, “Poam: a Conversation with Jimbo Breen” and “Two Not Mute Haikus” from her poetry readings collection book “Chapter 38 v3” at “Recycled Reads” open mic (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video live 6/16/18 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “The Burning”, “Poam: a Conversation with Jimbo Breen” and “Two Not Mute Haikus” from her poetry readings collection book “Chapter 38 v3” at “Recycled Reads” open mic (P Lumix T56 camera; E.D.).

See YouTube video live 6/16/18 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “The Burning”, “Poam: a Conversation with Jimbo Breen” and “Two Not Mute Haikus” from her poetry readings collection book “Chapter 38 v3” at “Recycled Reads” open mic (P Lumix T56 camera; S.T.).

See YouTube video live 6/16/18 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “The Burning”, “Poam: a Conversation with Jimbo Breen” and “Two Not Mute Haikus” from her poetry readings collection book “Chapter 38 v3” at “Recycled Reads” open mic (P Lumix T56 camera; Th.).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Underwater and Swimming” from her 2018 full-color full-bleed photography (+ select poems) book “Antarctica: Wildlife”, then her poem “the Burning” from her interview/journal/poetry book “In Depth”, then her poem “Frozen Together” from the proof copy of the v5 cc&d boss lady poetry collection book “On the Edge” at “Spoken and Heard” 8/12/18 (Panasonic L T56).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Underwater and Swimming” from her 2018 full-color full-bleed photography (+ select poems) book “Antarctica: Wildlife”, then her poem “the Burning” from her interview/journal/poetry book “In Depth”, then her poem “Frozen Together” from the proof copy of the v5 cc&d boss lady poetry collection book “On the Edge” at “Spoken and Heard” 8/12/18 (Panasonic L2500).

See YouTube video from 9/6/19 of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “the Burning” from her poetry book “Partial Nudity” at Chicago’s In One Ear open mic (this video was filmed from a Sony camera).

See YouTube video from 9/6/19 of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “the Burning” from her poetry book “Partial Nudity” at Chicago’s In One Ear open mic (video from a Sony camera, with a Hue Cycling filter).

See YouTube video, In honor of her poetry published in issues of “The Enigmatist” and “Blue Hole”, of Janet Kuypers reading her 2019 “Blue Hole” poem “Eternal Never Ending Now” ; (read from her 2019 poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”), her 2016 “The Enigmatist” poem (from) “the Burning” (appearing in her Texas Nafas Poetry chapbook “Public Access Poetry” and read from the Scars Publi cations 7-12 2019 cc&d expanded issue collection book “Among the Debris”), and for her 2018 “The Enigmatist” poem “Eyes”, her expanded 2015 poem “Eyes” (read from her 2014-2015 Chicago poetry performance art book “A Year-Long Journey”), live 1/12/20 at Austin’s “Poetry at Parsons” reading (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See YouTube video, In honor of her poetry published in issues of “The Enigmatist” and “Blue Hole”, of Janet Kuypers reading her 2019 “Blue Hole” poem “Eternal Never Ending Now” ; (read from her 2019 poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”), her 2016 “The Enigmatist” poem (from) “the Burning” (appearing in her Texas Nafas Poetry chapbook “Public Access Poetry” and read from the Scars Publi cations 7-12 2019 cc&d expanded issue collection book “Among the Debris”), and for her 2018 “The Enigmatist” poem “Eyes”, her expanded 2015 poem “Eyes” (read from her 2014-2015 Chicago poetry performance art book “A Year-Long Journey”), live 1/12/20 at Austin’s “Poetry at Parsons” reading (from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See YouTube video when Janet Kuypers was featured in a half-hour Texas Nafas Poetry television show February 1st, 2020 (2/1/20, or 20200201), where, while being interviewed about her poetry, Janet Kuypers read her poems “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed”, “the Burning”, “Fantastic Car Crash”, “Everything Was Alive And Dying (12/8/19 studio TV show recording)”, “Us, Actually Touching”, “Beauty in the Eyes of Einstein”, and “And I’m Wondering” (this DVD of the entire TV show was also posted on Facebook Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

Download for free or read online the PDF chapbook “Public Access Poetry”, including her poems “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed”, “the Burning”, “Fantastic Car Crash”, “Everything Was Alive And Dying (12/8/19 studio TV show recording)”, “Us, Actually Touching”, “Beauty in the Eyes of Einstein”, “Death Takes Many Forms (12/8/19 studio TV show recording)” (bonus poem), “Ultimate Connectivity: a bird in the hand” (bonus poem), and “And I’m wondering”.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers watching her feature on a half-hour “Texas Nafas Poetry” TV show February 1^st, 2020 (2/1/20, or 20200201), watching her interview and her poem readings of “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed”, “the Burning”, “Fantastic Car Crash”, “Everything Was Alive And Dying (12/8/19 studio TV show recording)”, “Us, Actually Touching”, “Beauty in the Eyes of Einstein”, and “And I’m Wondering” (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers watching her feature on a half-hour “Texas Nafas Poetry” TV show February 1^st, 2020 (2/1/20, or 20200201), watching her interview and her poem readings of “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed”, “the Burning”, “Fantastic Car Crash”, “Everything Was Alive And Dying (12/8/19 studio TV show recording)”, “Us, Actually Touching”, “Beauty in the Eyes of Einstein”, and “And I’m Wondering” (from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers watching the second airing of her half-hour “Texas Nafas Poetry” TV show 5/30/20, watching her interview and her poem readings of “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed”, “the Burning”, “Fantastic Car Crash”, “Everything Was Alive And Dying (12/8/19 studio TV show recording)”, “Us, Actually Touching”, “Beauty in the Eyes of Einstein”, and “And I’m Wondering” (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

For everyone outside of Austin, TX (and who cannot see Public Access TV in Austin), enjoy this live Facebook streaming video of the Texas Nafas Poetry show, interviewing poet Janet Kuypers (airing 5/30/20). During this TV show interview, Janet Kuypers read her poems “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed”, “the Burning”, “Fantastic Car Crash”, “Everything Was Alive And Dying (12/8/19 studio TV show recording)”, “Us, Actually Touching”, “Beauty in the Eyes of Einstein”, and “And I’m wondering”, all read from assorted Janet Kuypers poetry books.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “The Burning” from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Hope Chest in the Attic” for public access television in her 2020 “Nafas” interview/poetry show, for “8 poems, 8 days, 8 invites” poems for The Russian Almanac #PeetMeNotLeave (posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers watching the second airing of her half-hour “Texas Nafas Poetry” TV show 11/19/20, watching her interview and her poem readings of “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed”, “the Burning”, “Fantastic Car Crash”, “Everything Was Alive And Dying (12/8/19 studio TV show recording)”, “Us, Actually Touching”, “Beauty in the Eyes of Einstein”, and “And I’m Wondering” (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperstv

For everyone outside of Austin, TX (and anyone who cannot see Public Access TV in Austin during the live re-broadcast), enjoy this live Facebook streaming video of the Texas Nafas Poetry show, interviewing poet Janet Kuypers that was re-broadcast 11/19/20. During this TV show interview, Janet Kuypers read her poems “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed”, “the Burning”, “Fantastic Car Crash”, “Everything Was Alive And Dying (12/8/19 studio TV show recording)”, “Us, Actually Touching”, “Beauty in the Eyes of Einstein”, and “And I’m wondering”, all read from assorted Janet Kuypers poetry books. #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperstv

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers watching the fourth airing of her half-hour “Texas Nafas Poetry” TV show 1/7/21, watching her interview and her poem readings of “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed”, “the Burning”, “Fantastic Car Crash”, “Everything Was Alive And Dying (12/8/19 studio TV show recording)”, “Us, Actually Touching”, “Beauty in the Eyes of Einstein”, and “And I’m Wondering” (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuyperstv

For everyone outside of Austin, TX (and anyone who cannot see Public Access TV in Austin during the live re-broadcast), enjoy this live Facebook streaming video of the Texas Nafas Poetry show, interviewing poet Janet Kuypers that was re-broadcast 1/7/21. During this TV show interview, Janet Kuypers read her poems “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed”, “the Burning”, “Fantastic Car Crash”, “Everything Was Alive And Dying (12/8/19 studio TV show recording)”, “Us, Actually Touching”, “Beauty in the Eyes of Einstein”, and “And I’m wondering”, all read from assorted Janet Kuypers poetry books. #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperstv

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers watching the fifth airing of her half-hour “Texas Nafas Poetry” TV show 3/22/21, watching her interview and her poem readings of “the Burning”, “Fantastic Car Crash”, “Everything Was Alive And Dying (12/8/19 studio TV show recording)”, “Us, Actually Touching”, “Beauty in the Eyes of Einstein”, and “And I’m Wondering” (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuyperstv

For everyone outside of Austin, TX (and anyone who cannot see Public Access TV stations in Austin during the live re-broadcast), everyone can now enjoy this live Facebook streaming video of the Texas Nafas Poetry show, interviewing poet Janet Kuypers that was re-broadcast 3/22/21. During this TV show interview, Janet Kuypers read her poems “the Burning”, “Fantastic Car Crash”, “Everything Was Alive And Dying (12/8/19 studio TV show recording)”, “Us, Actually Touching”, “Beauty in the Eyes of Einstein”, and “And I’m wondering”, all read from assorted Janet Kuypers Scars Publi cations poetry books. #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuyperstv

See a YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Right There, By Your Heart (verses 2 and 6)”, “the Burning”, “Women’s Very Existence”, “White Knuckled”, “Thank You, Women who Work (I)”, and “the Men at the Construction Site” from the cyberwit.net 137-page 5½" x 8½" Janet Kuypers poetry book “Eternal Never Ending Now” for “The Café Gallery 3/31/21 Book Reading” in The Café Gallery Book Reading series 2020+ (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersthecafegallery

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Right There, By Your Heart (verses 2 and 6)”, “the Burning”, “Women’s Very Existence”, “White Knuckled”, “Thank You, Women who Work (I)”, and “the Men at the Construction Site” from the cyberwit.net 137-page 5½" x 8½" Janet Kuypers poetry book “Eternal Never Ending Now” for “The Café Gallery 3/31/21 Book Reading” in The Café Gallery Book Reading series 2020+ (this video was filmed and streamed from a Samsung S9 camera). #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypers #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersthecafegallery

Enjoy the Facebook live video stream of the majority of the 10/18/21 television re-broadcast of the Janet Kuypers Texas Nafas TV show that aired on Austin Public Access TV at 1:00 PM CST, interviewing Janet Kuypers and her poem readings of “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed”, “the Burning”, “Fantastic Car Crash”, “Everything Was Alive And Dying (12/8/19 studio TV show recording)”, “Us, Actually Touching”, “Beauty in the Eyes of Einstein”, and “And I’m Wondering”.

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “the Burning” (for her 2022 CyberwWit book “Shattering the Glass Ceiling”) and “Ultimate Connectivity: a bird in the hand” (for her 2024 CyberWit poetry book “The Universe is in Your Hands”), both read live at “Wednesday Night Poetry” in Hot Springs, AR on 8/7/24 (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Link ed in, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). Also enjoy this as a Facebook live video stream of this reading in Hot Springs, AR on 8/7/24 (filmed from a Samsung S7 camera; linked on Facebook, Twitter, Link ed in, Insta gram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersshatteringtheglassceiling #janetkuyperstheuniverseisinyourhands

The Burning
I take the final swig of vodka
feel it burn it’s way down my throat
hiss at it scorching my tongue
and reach for the bottle to pour myself another.
I think of how my tonsils scream
every time I let the alcohol rape me.
Then I look down at my hands --
shaking -- holding the glass of poison --
and think of how these were the hands
that should have pushed you away from me.
But didn’t. And I keep wondering
why I took your hell, took your poison.
I remember how you burned your way
through me. You corrupted me
from the inside out, and I kept coming back.
I let you infect me, and now you’ve
burned a hole through me. I hated it.
Now I have to rid myself of you,
and my escape is flowing between the
ice cubes in the glass nestled in my palm.
But I have to drink more. The burning
doesn’t last as long as you do.

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