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live 11/05/08, finale feature in Chicago at St. Paul’s, a desanctified church
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read live 09/06/11, at the Café open mike she hosts in Chicago
video video Watch this Complete feature video of Kuypers live 09/06/11, at the Café open mike in Chicago, performing readings (including this writing) from the book Contents Under Pressure
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “High Roller”, “Watching You” and “The Deep End” from her book “a Wake-Up Call from Tradition”, during the intro to Austin’s Kick Butt Poetry “Spoken and Heard” 11/5/17 (this video was filmed from a Sony camera).
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “High Roller”, “Watching You” and “The Deep End” from her book “a Wake-Up Call from Tradition”, during the intro to Austin’s Kick Butt Poetry “Spoken and Heard” 11/5/17 (from a Sony camera; with an Edge Detection filter).
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “High Roller”, “Watching You” and “The Deep End” from her book “a Wake-Up Call from Tradition”, during the intro to Austin’s Kick Butt Poetry “Spoken and Heard” 11/5/17 (video from a Sony camera, with a Sci-Fi filter).
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “High Roller”, “Watching You” and “The Deep End” from her book “a Wake-Up Call from Tradition”, during the intro to Austin’s Kick Butt Poetry “Spoken and Heard” 11/5/17 (from a Sony camera; with a Threshold filter).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers, while hosting the Poetry Aloud open mic 7/14/18 in Georgetown TX, read her poems “The State of the Nation”, “The Deep End”, and “People’s Rights Misunderstood”, from her poetry performance art collection book “Chapter 38 v1” during “Poetry Aloud” to a live audience (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers, while hosting the Poetry Aloud open mic 7/14/18 in Georgetown TX, read her poems “The State of the Nation”, “The Deep End”, and “People’s Rights Misunderstood”, from her poetry performance art collection book “Chapter 38 v1” during “Poetry Aloud” to a live audience (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

The Deep End

love seems so appealing
love is the bottom of the deep end
love is what makes the kiddies
walk to the edge of the diving board
take a deep breath
hold their little noses
and close their eyes
and brace themselves

and jump in

but none of them stay under too long
because they know
even at an early age
when enough is enough


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