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See YouTube video poem video broadcast on Nashville TV, show #1 of Speer Presents

See video This film is from the Internet Archive

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Listen to this from the CD release from the first performance art show (8/14/97) Seeing Things Differently

Listen Live at the Cafe, now available in a 3 CD set

See YouTube video (2:01) live 03/16/08, at WordSlingers radio feature, WLUW Chicago 88.9FM

See YouTube video read Christmas Day in Naples FLA 2008

See YouTube video live at Regina’s Place 12/18/09

See the YouTube video 05/24/11 at the Café in Chicago (read from the ISBN# book the Window)

See YouTube video of the intro to the 05/24/11 open mic at the Café in Chicago, plus her poems He Told Me His Dreams 5, He Told Me His Dreams 6, She Told Me Her Dreams 3, Ice Cream, Games, Vittorio Carli reading her poem Christmas Eve, and Kuypers reading her poem Private Lives 2

See YouTube video (9:35) of Kuypers 05/24/11 at the Café reading her poems He Told Me His Dreams 5, He Told Me His Dreams 6, She Told Me Her Dreams 3, Ice Cream, Games, Vittorio Carli reading her poem Christmas Eve, and Kuypers reading her poem Private Lives 2

See YouTube video read live 12/18/11, at the Café weekly poetry open mic she hosts in Chicago (with Opera vocals by Suzanne Hettinger)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading a number of her poems & prose including this writing (with music from the HA!man of South Africa, accompanying opera vocals from Suzanne Hettinger, and guitar from John) live 12/18/11 at the Café weekly poetry open mic she hosted in Chicago on the LAST night this open mic was held at the Café before moving to a new location (this video was filmed from a Samsung camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersthecafegallery #janetkuypersinstagram

See YouTube video read live 12/18/11, at the Café weekly poetry open mic she hosts in Chicago (with Opera vocals by Suzanne Hettinger), from the Samsung Camera

See YouTube video read live 12/18/11, at the Café weekly poetry open mic she hosts in Chicago (with Opera vocals by Suzanne Hettinger), from the Kodak Camera

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Christmas Eve” and “Coquinas” live 12/3/16 at the Expressions “Festive Seasons” open mic at the Bahá’í Faith Center in Austin Canon Power Shot camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Christmas Eve” and “Coquinas” live 12/3/16 at the Expressions “Festive Seasons” open mic at the Bahá’í Faith Center in Austin (from a Sony camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers 12/25/17 reading her poem “Christmas Eve”, then singing the WHAM! song “Last Christmas” with John on guitar, then reading her poem “Visiting Pristine Places on the Planet” at the “Buzz Mill” open mic in Austin (Panasonic Lumix 2500; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers 12/25/17 reading her poem “Christmas Eve”, then singing the WHAM! song “Last Christmas” with John on guitar, then reading her poem “Visiting Pristine Places on the Planet” at the “Buzz Mill” open mic in Austin (Lumix 2500; Hue Cycling).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers 12/25/17 reading her poem “Christmas Eve”, then singing the WHAM! song “Last Christmas” with John on guitar, then reading her poem “Visiting Pristine Places on the Planet” at the “Buzz Mill” open mic in Austin (Lumix 2500; Threshold filter).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers 12/25/17 reading her poem “Christmas Eve”, then singing the WHAM! song “Last Christmas” with John on guitar, then reading her poem “Visiting Pristine Places on the Planet” at the “Buzz Mill” open mic in Austin (Lumix 2500; Edge Detection).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ November 2018 Book Release Reading 11/7/18, where she read her haiku “dreams” and her “Seeing Things Differently” poems “The Things Warren Says”, “Japanese Television”, “Kurt Irons (it’s just a girl)”, “Bizarre Sexual Stories in the News”, “Christmas Eve”, and “Coquinas” from the Down in the Dirt magazine 11-12/18 book “Hurricane Katrina”, during Community Poetry at Half Price Books (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ November 2018 Book Release Reading 11/7/18, where she read her haiku “dreams” and her “Seeing Things Differently” poems “The Things Warren Says”, “Japanese Television”, “Kurt Irons (it’s just a girl)”, “Bizarre Sexual Stories in the News”, “Christmas Eve”, and “Coquinas” from the Down in the Dirt magazine 11-12/18 book “Hurricane Katrina”, during Community Poetry at Half Price Books (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ February 2019 Book Release Reading 2/6/19, where she read her her “Live at Café Aloha” show poems “Communication”, “And What I Want to Know”, and “And I’m Wondering”, then her “Seeing Things Differently” show poems “the Things Warren Says”, “Japanese Television”, “Kurt Irons (it’s just a girl)”, “Bizarre Sexual Stories in the News”, “Christmas Eve”, and “Coquinas” from the new Down in the Dirt issue book “Ornament”, in Community Poetry @ Half Price Books (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ February 2019 Book Release Reading 2/6/19, where she read her her “Live at Café Aloha” show poems “Communication”, “And What I Want to Know”, and “And I’m Wondering”, then her “Seeing Things Differently” show poems “the Things Warren Says”, “Japanese Television”, “Kurt Irons (it’s just a girl)”, “Bizarre Sexual Stories in the News”, “Christmas Eve”, and “Coquinas” from the new Down in the Dirt issue book “Ornament”, in Community Poetry @ Half Price Books (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poetry in multiple rounds during her hosting the “Poetic License” 11/3/19 open mic at Austin’s “Recycled Reads”. In round 1 she reads her poem “Keep Your Chin Up” that she wrote that day (11/3/19) because November 3rd is cliché day, as the opening to the open mic. In round 2 she reads her poem “Death” from the Poetry Wheel 6/26/08, then her poems “Gift of Motherhood One”, “Thank You, Women Who Work One”, “Coslow’s”, “Childhood Memories One”, “Christmas Eve”, and “There I Sit” from her “Slinging the Word” chapbook and Chicago WLUW Radio interview 3/18/08, and her poems “Alexi”, “a New Patient”, “Catching a Muscovy”, “Changing the Locks”, and “Childhood Memories Five” from her Poems on the Beach 7/13/08 Chicago Beach Poets feature and all read from the cc&d 2019 re-release of the May 2008 v184 book “That was the Time”. In round 3 she reads her poems “Climbing Trees”, “Conscious of It”, “False Suicide”, “Hiding Vices”, “Twin”, “Masquerade”, “Raking Leaves”, “They Called It Trust”, and “They Tried” from her Poems on the Beach 7/13/08 Chicago Beach Poets feature and all read from the cc&d 2019 re-release of the May 2008 v184 book “That was the Time”. (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; and it was also posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poetry in multiple rounds during her hosting the “Poetic License” 11/3/19 open mic at Austin’s “Recycled Reads”. In round 1 she reads her poem “Keep Your Chin Up” that she wrote that day (11/3/19) because November 3rd is cliché day, as the opening to the open mic. In round 2 she reads her poem “Death” from the Poetry Wheel 6/26/08, then her poems “Gift of Motherhood One”, “Thank You, Women Who Work One”, “Coslow’s”, “Childhood Memories One”, “Christmas Eve”, and “There I Sit” from her “Slinging the Word” chapbook and Chicago WLUW Radio interview 3/18/08, and her poems “Alexi”, “a New Patient”, “Catching a Muscovy”, “Changing the Locks”, and “Childhood Memories Five” from her Poems on the Beach 7/13/08 Chicago Beach Poets feature and all read from the cc&d 2019 re-release of the May 2008 v184 book “That was the Time”. In round 3 she reads her poems “Climbing Trees”, “Conscious of It”, “False Suicide”, “Hiding Vices”, “Twin”, “Masquerade”, “Raking Leaves”, “They Called It Trust”, and “They Tried” from her Poems on the Beach 7/13/08 Chicago Beach Poets feature and all read from the cc&d 2019 re-release of the May 2008 v184 book “That was the Time”. (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; and it was also posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr).

Listen to the CD recording from the CD Rough Mixes, by Pointless Orchestra. Or order ANY track from the CD “Rough Mixes” from Amazon!

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Christmas Eve” (recently in the cc&d retro books “That was the Time”, then her poems (from) “Queen of the Night Sky”, and (from) “Quest Beyond an Icy Tail” (recently in her chapbook “Night Sky”) all read from the Scars Publications 7-12 2019 cc&d expanded issue collection book “Among the Debris”, 1/11/20 at Georgetown’s “Poetry Aloud” (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Christmas Eve” (recently in the cc&d retro books “That was the Time”, then her poems (from) “Queen of the Night Sky”, and (from) “Quest Beyond an Icy Tail” (recently in her chapbook “Night Sky”) all read from the Scars Publications 7-12 2019 cc&d expanded issue collection book “Among the Debris”, live 1/11/20 at Georgetown’s “Poetry Aloud” (from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See a YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Endings Bring Light” (written on and for 12/21, the Winter/December Solstice) and “Christmas Eve” (for Christmas Eve) from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)”, then her singing her poem “Made Any Difference” with John on guitar (performed because it is one of the poems appearing in her 2021 poetry book “Eternal Never Ending Now”), during the “Spoken World Paris/Online” open mic 12/22/20 (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera, and posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).   #janetkuypers   #janetkuyperspoetry   #janetkuypersinstagram

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Endings Bring Light” (written on and for 12/21, the Winter/December Solstice) and “Christmas Eve” (for Christmas Eve) from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)”then her singing her poem “Made Any Difference” with John on guitar (performed because it is one of the poems appearing in her 2021 poetry book “Eternal Never Ending Now”), during the “Spoken World Paris/Online” open mic 12/22/20 (this video was filmed and streamed with a Samsung S9 camera). #janetkuypers

Christmas Eve we made dinner fettuccini alfredo with chicken and duck vegetables bread we ate couldn’t finish everything we were putting on our coats getting ready to go to midnight mass i decided to pack up our leftovers give them to some homeless people on the main street we got in the car and drove to broadway and berwyn i got out of the car walked over to a man there asked him if he was hungry i got the bowl of noodles and the gallon of milk out of the car another man walked over to me i told them to promise that they would share i got in the car we were just driving and all i could think of was these two men in the cold eating pasta with their fingers on Christmas Eve Copyright Janet Kuypers. All rights reserved. No material may be reprinted without express permission.