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the poetry 5 CD THE CHAOTIC COLLECTION
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Live at the Café (3 CD set) Listen mp3 file to this read with 2 other poems Live at the Café, or order this track - or any track - off the 3 CD set Live at the Café through iTunes.
Sing Your Life, open mic poetry music CD Listen live mp3 file to the 2nd Axing
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(1:23, at the Coors Brewery in Golden, CO 06/15/07)
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(1:39) Live, the 11/09/07 Hokin Gallery show The Turn of the Word, Chicago
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11/09/07 Chicago’s Hokin Gallery 7:54
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of the Cutting Room Floor at the Palos Park Public Library 10/07/09
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of the Omniphonic Challenge at St. Paul’s (de-sanctified church), with John yotko music (on the Canon Camera)
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of Kuypers 10/07/11 in the Omniphonic Challenge at St. Paul’s (performing in the de-sanctified church), with John Yotko pre-recorded and live music (from the Sony Camera)
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of this poem read 11/21/11 at Café Ballou (Waiting4the Bus)
video See YouTube video of Chicago poet Janet Kuypers reading her poem “More than we Should have” from her “the Cutting Room Floor show, her poem “Have you Ever Had” from her “new year’s unplugged show, then her poem“Writing Your Name” from her “Lake County Poetry Bomb” show, all read from her book “Chapter 48 (v1)”, live 9/8/18 at Georgetown’s “Poetry Aloud” open mic (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).
video See YouTube video of Chicago poet Janet Kuypers reading her poem “More than we Should have” from her “the Cutting Room Floor show, her poem “Have you Ever Had” from her “new year’s unplugged show, then her poem“Writing Your Name” from her “Lake County Poetry Bomb” show, all read from her book “Chapter 48 (v1)”, live 9/8/18 at Georgetown’s “Poetry Aloud” open mic (from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).
video See YouTube video of Chicago poet Janet Kuypers reading her poems “More than we Should Have” from her “the Cutting Room Floor” show, and her poem “Everyone Else Does It” from her “Death & Rebirth” show, both read from her poetry performance art book “Chapter 48 (v 1)” @ “Recycled Reads” 12/15/18 (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).
video See YouTube video of Chicago poet Janet Kuypers reading her poems “More than we Should Have” from her “the Cutting Room Floor” show, and her poem “Everyone Else Does It” from her “Death & Rebirth” show, both read from her poetry performance art book “Chapter 48 (v 1)” @ “Recycled Reads” 12/15/18 (from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera, with a Threshold filter).
seeing things differently Listen mp3 file to this from the CD release from her first performance art show“ Seeing Things Differently” 8/14/97, or order this track - or any track - off the CD through iTunes.
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “How to Please a Woman” from her “a Woman on the Beach” show, “More than we Should Have” from her “the Cutting Room Floor” show, and then her poem “Everyone Else Does It” from her “Death & Rebirth” show, all performed from her poetry performance art book “Chapter 48 (v 1)” 12/15/18 @ “Recycled Reads(Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “How to Please a Woman” from her “a Woman on the Beach” show, “More than we Should Have” from her “the Cutting Room Floor” show, and then her poem “Everyone Else Does It” from her “Death & Rebirth” show, all performed from her poetry performance art book “Chapter 48 (v 1)” 12/15/18 @ “Recycled Reads(Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; Sepia Tone filter).
Listen tomp3 file More Sunrises Than we Should of this poem from Kiki, with music from Jake & Haytstack off the CD “an american portrait” — and any track off this CD can also be ordered direction through iTunes.
video See YouTube video of Janet KuypersApril 2019 Book Release Reading 4/3/19, where she read her “Seeing Things Differently” show poems “I Want”, “Medication”, “More than we Should Have”, and “My motherMy motherMy mother”, all from the new Down in the Dirt issue book “Parallel Universe”, in Community Poetry @ Half Price Books (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypers #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoetryshow
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See YouTube video of Janet KuypersApril 2019 Book Release Reading 4/3/19, where she read her “Seeing Things Differently” show poems “I Want”, “Medication”, “More than we Should Have”, and “My motherMy motherMy mother”, all from the new Down in the Dirt issue book “Parallel Universe”, in Community Poetry @ Half Price Books (Panasonic Lumix T56; Sepia).
video See YouTube video of Janet KuypersApril 2019 Book Release Reading 4/3/19, where she read her “Seeing Things Differently” show poems “I Want”, “Medication”, “More than we Should Have”, and “My motherMy motherMy mother”, all from the new Down in the Dirt issue book “Parallel Universe”, in Community Poetry @ Half Price Books (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypers #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoetryshow
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See YouTube video of Janet KuypersApril 2019 Book Release Reading 4/3/19, where she read her “Seeing Things Differently” show poems “I Want”, “Medication”, “More than we Should Have”, and “My motherMy motherMy mother”, all from the new Down in the Dirt issue book “Parallel Universe”, in Community Poetry @ Half Price Books (Panasonic Lumix 2500; Sepia).
video See this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “More than we Should Have”, her bonus poem “The Truth is Out There”, “Andrew Hettinger”, and “The State of the Nation (2016 edit)” from the cyberwit.net 137-page 5½" x 8½" Janet Kuypers poetry book “Eternal Never Ending Now” for “The Café Gallery 4/13/21 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
video See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “More than we Should Have”, her bonus poem “The Truth is Out There”, “Andrew Hettinger”, and “The State of the Nation (2016 edit)” from the cyberwit.net 137-page 5½" x 8½" Janet Kuypers poetry book “Eternal Never Ending Now” for “The Café Gallery 4/13/21 Book Reading” in The Café Gallery Book Reading series 2020+ (this video was filmed and streamed from a Samsung S9 camera). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersthecafegallery

more than we should have

when i think of him i usually think about the drinking

actually, i never think of him as drinking
come to think of it
i just think of him as drunk
i can’t even remember seeing the drinks in his hand
but his perception of the world is always altered

but someone reminded me tonight
of when he would work outside in the the cold Chicago winters
and he would come back with his moustache frozen
and there would be little icicles hanging
down toward his mouth

and then i thought of
when i waited with him once at the airport
because we were picking up someone
and we sat in the shrimp cocktail lounge
and he drank, and ate, and i waited

and as we left
we tried to pay the expressway toll with pennies
but some of the coins fell onto the street
and we had to throw more change at the machine

we paid more than we should have
i’m sure we did


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