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Order this iTunes track from the collection poetry music CD Side A ...Or order the entire CD from iTunes:

Order this iTunes track from the poetry music CD the Elements ...Or order the entire CD set from iTunes:

Watch this YouTube video live at the Yammer Chicago mini-feature 11/17/99

Order this iTunes track: from the Chaotic Collection ...Or order the entire 5 CD set from iTunes: CD:

Order this iTunes track: from Chaos in Motion (a 6 CD set)...Or order the entire CD set from iTunes or Napster CD: CD:

Listen Live at the Café 6/22/04, now available in a 3 CD set or Listen Live at the Cafe 8/28/04 (bonus track from the Chicago Poetry Fest, 2004)

Order this iTunes track from the poetry audio CD “Oh.” audio CD ...Or order the entire CD set from iTunes:

See this YouTube of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Too Far”(1:26, read from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “etc.”) live for the “UrbaNation” book release event 2/22/04 at “the Red Lion” in Chicago (this video was posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoem

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

Watch this YouTube video (1:43, 11/21/95)

Listen to the CD recording from the CD Rough Mixes, by Pointless Orchestra

Watch the YouTube video (1:41) live 08/05/07 at Beach Poets

Listen to this from the CD release from her first performance art show (8/14/97) Seeing Things Differently - or click on the CD cover to order tracks from this release.

Listen to this radio recording from WZRD Radio (in a 2 CD set)

Listen to this live track from the Second Axing, or get it off the CD Live in Alaska.

Watch this YouTube video airing 4 times on TV 12/06

from the show A Night of Firsts: This film is from the Internet Archive

Watch this YouTube video (1:41, 06/22/04)

Listen (or listen live) to the DMJ Art Connection, off the CD Contact•Conflict•Control

Watch the YouTube video (2:24) 04/01/05 (April Fool’s Day) Live as the final feature at the DvA Chicago Art Gallery show Conflict • Contact • Control

Watch this YouTube video live in the Peter Jones Gallery 10/09/08 Chiago show HA!man Collaborations

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

Watch this YouTube video poem video broadcast on Nashville TV, show #2 of Speer Presents

Watch this YouTube video performed for C Ra McGuirt (Penny Dreadful Press) in Nashville 12/20/08

Watch this YouTube video Live at a Woman on the Beach (Beach Poets 08/02/09) (camera #1)

Watch this YouTube video Live at a Woman on the Beach (Beach Poets 08/02/09) (camera #2)

See the full a Woman on the Beach (Beach Poets 08/02/09) show video (08/02/09, from camera #1) This film is from the Internet Archive

See the full a Woman on the Beach (Beach Poets 08/02/09) show video (08/02/09, from camera #1) This film is from the Internet Archive

Watch this YouTube video live at the Cafe in Chicago 01/19/10

Watch this YouTube video live at the Café in Chicago 06/22/10

Watch this YouTube video of part one of the “40” show live at the Café in Chicago 06/22/10

Watch this YouTube video of pt. 1 of the “40” show w/ camera 2 @ the Café twith this piece 06/22/10

Watch the Full Video from camera #1 as a downloadable mp4 file, live at the Café w/ this piece 06/22/10, from the Internet Archive.

Watch the Full Video from camera #2 as a downloadable mp4 file, live at the Café w/ this piece 06/22/10, from the Internet Archive.

Watch this YouTube video 12/04/10 from the TV camera in Lake Villa at Swing State, live in her show the Stories of Women

Watch this YouTube video 12/04/10 in Lake Villa at Swing State, live in her “Visual Nonsense” show the Stories of Women

See Kuypers’ full show video with this & more from the TV monitor in the the Stories of Women show, in Visual Nonsense, live in Lake Villa 12/04/10 at Swing State

See the full show video of Kuypers reading this & more in the the Stories of Women show in in Visual Nonsense, live in Lake Villa 12/04/10 with this writing at Swing State (last line of last story cut off)

Watch the YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem at the open mike 2/15/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago, from the Kodak

See YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem (about Ani DiFranco, and not Kim Basinger) 9/26/26 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (Canon)

See YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem (about Ani DiFranco, and not Kim Basinger) 9/26/26 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (Sony)

See YouTube video of Kuypers’ open mike 9/26/26 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago, plus her poetry (including this poem)

Order this iTunes track from the poetry music CD Live in Alaska ...Or order the entire CD set from iTunes:

See YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem 4/8/13 at the Frankenstone art center in Chicago (Sony)

See YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem 4/8/13 at the Frankenstone art center in Chicago (Canon)

See YouTube video of Kuypers performing poetry in a poetry reading, as she was called the “Headliner” 4/8/13 at Chicago’s Frankenstone art center this video was filmed from a Sony camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetryshow

See YouTube video of Kuypers performing poetry in a poetry reading, as she was called the “Headliner” 4/8/13 at Chicago’s Frankenstone art center (this video was filmed from a Canon camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetryshow

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

See YouTube video 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!

Watch this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Too Far live in Chicago 8/28/13 (C) at her interview & reading

Watch this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Too Far live in Chicago 8/28/13 (S) at her interview & reading

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)

See YouTube video 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)

See YouTube video 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)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers singing her poem Made Any Difference (to John Y.’s music), then reading her poems Fantastic Car Crash and Too Far 9/16/15 at the Poetry At The Gallery Cabaret open mic in Chicago (Cps)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers singing her poem Made Any Difference (to John Y.’s music), then reading her poems Fantastic Car Crash and Too Far 9/16/15 at the Poetry At The Gallery Cabaret open mic in Chicago (Cfs)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Too Far live 10/6/15 at Quenchers open mic in Chicago (Canon fs200)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Too Far live 10/6/15 at Quenchers open mic in Chicago (Canon Power Shot)

See YouTube video (Cfs) of Janet Kuypers reading 5 poems: Once Wanted You as my Friend, Escaping Every Cage, and a Scars medley (based on parts of the prose poem Scars and the poems Scars 1997 and Scars 2000, then Too Far and Children, Churches and Daddies 10/6/15 at Quenchers open mic in Chicago

See YouTube video (Cps) of Janet Kuypers reading 5 poems: Once Wanted You as my Friend, Escaping Every Cage, and a Scars medley (based on parts of the prose poem Scars and the poems Scars 1997 and Scars 2000, then Too Far and Children, Churches and Daddies 10/6/15 at Quenchers open mic in Chicago

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ 3 poems from memory, Too Far, Fantastic Car Crash, and Under the Sea 6/26/16 at the Austin music open mic Kick Butt Poetry (this video was filmed with a Canon Power Shot camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ 3 poems from memory, Too Far, Fantastic Car Crash, and Under the Sea 6/26/16 at the Austin music open mic Kick Butt Poetry (this video was filmed with a Sony camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Too Far” in the first round at the final Austin installment (at her house) of the Poetry Plus open mic 7/22/16 (video filmed from a Canon Power Shot camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Too Far” in the first round at the final Austin installment (at her house) of the Poetry Plus open mic 7/22/16 (video filmed from a Sony camera).

See YouTube video of Chicago poet Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Us, Actually Touching” from her v5 cc&d boss lady poetry collection book “On the Edge”, her poem “Too Far” from her interview/ journal/poetry book “In Depth”, then her poem/ song “Made Any Difference” with John on guitar, from her performance art poetry collection book “Chapter 48 (v1)” 9/10/18 @ “For to Famous” (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video of Chicago poet Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Us, Actually Touching” from her v5 cc&d boss lady poetry collection book “On the Edge”, her poem “Too Far” from her interview/ journal/poetry book “In Depth”, then her poem/ song “Made Any Difference” with John on guitar, from her performance art poetry collection book “Chapter 48 (v1)” 9/10/18 @ “For to Famous” a(from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of Chicago poet Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Too Far” from her “a Woman on the Beach” show, then her micro-prose “Phone Calls from Brian Tolle” from her “Getting Wired” show, both performed from her poetry performance art book “Chapter 48 (v 1)”, and then her poem “Each Trigger Pull” 3/3/19 @ “Recycled Reads” (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of Chicago poet Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Too Far” from her “a Woman on the Beach” show, then her micro-prose “Phone Calls from Brian Tolle” from her “Getting Wired” show, both performed from her poetry performance art book “Chapter 48 (v 1)”, and then her poem “Each Trigger Pull” 3/3/19 @ “Recycled Reads” (Panasonic Lumix T56; Posterize).

See YouTube video of Chicago poet Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Too Far” from her “a Woman on the Beach” show, then her micro-prose “Phone Calls from Brian Tolle” from her “Getting Wired” show, both performed from her poetry performance art book “Chapter 48 (v 1)”, and then her poem “Each Trigger Pull” 3/3/19 @ “Recycled Reads” (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video of Chicago poet Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Too Far” from her “a Woman on the Beach” show, then her micro-prose “Phone Calls from Brian Tolle” from her “Getting Wired” show, both performed from her poetry performance art book “Chapter 48 (v 1)”, and then her poem “Each Trigger Pull” 3/3/19 @ “Recycled Reads” (Panasonic Lumix 2500; Sepia Tone).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ June 2019 Book Release Reading 6/5/19, where she read her poem “Outsider” for the Brian Lamont dedication (that will appear in her book “(pheromemes) haiku, twitterverse, Instagram & poetry”, released August 2019), then her Down in the Dirt v164 May-June 2019 issue/book “The Deep Woods” poem “Poetry on a Stick”, and her haiku poems “mirror”, “keyboard” and “our differences”, then her "“Seeing Things Differently” show poems “Philosopher at the Blue Note”, “She was a Woman”, “Too Far”, and “Transcribing Dreams Three”, during Community Poetry @ Half Price Books (this video was filed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ June 2019 Book Release Reading 6/5/19, where she read her poem “Outsider” for the Brian Lamont dedication (that will appear in her book “(pheromemes) haiku, twitterverse, Instagram & poetry”, released August 2019), then her Down in the Dirt v164 May-June 2019 issue/book “The Deep Woods” poem “Poetry on a Stick”, and her haiku poems “mirror”, “keyboard” and “our differences”, then her “Seeing Things Differently” show poems “Philosopher at the Blue Note”, “She was a Woman”, “Too Far”, and “Transcribing Dreams Three”, during Community Poetry @ Half Price Books (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, & Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

too far When he met me he told me I looked like Kim Basinger long blonde locks but as time wore on I knew I wasn’t her and I could never be her    and I was never good enough thin enough pretty enough I got a perm straightened my teeth bought a wonder bra    but it wasn’t doing the trick I bought slimfast used the stair stepper    ate rice cakes and wheat germ but I wasn’t thin enough    I only dropped twenty pounds so I went to the spa    got my skin peeled    soaked myself in mud wrapped myself in cellophane bought the amino acid facial creams but I knew they didn’t really work so I went to the doctor    got my nose slimmed my tummy stapled my thighs sucked thought about getting a rib or two removed like Cher but I figured they’ve got to be there for something and hey, that’s just going too far Copyright Janet Kuypers. All rights reserved. No material may be reprinted without express permission.