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Listen to this track from the DMJ Art Connection

Watch this YouTube video with 2 poems read: Holding My Hand & The Burning (live @ the Cafe)

Watch the YouTube video (1:39) live at Mercury Cafe, live in Chicago 11/30/07

Listen from Kiki, Jake & Haytstack off the CD an american portrait

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Watch this YouTube video read at at the open mic at Sacred Grounds in San Francisco CA 09/16/09

Watch this YouTube video read at at the open mic at Sacred Grounds in San Francisco CA 09/16/09

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See YouTube video (Cps) of Janet Kuypers reading 4 of her poems 9/16/15 at the Poetry At The Gallery Cabaret open mic in Chicago, Knelt and Cried, Eleven and Two, plus Eight, Timing is Everything and Holding My Hand

See YouTube video (Cfs) of Janet Kuypers reading 4 of her poems 9/16/15 at the Poetry At The Gallery Cabaret open mic in Chicago, Knelt and Cried, Eleven and Two, plus Eight, Timing is Everything and Holding My Hand

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Holding My Hand in the second round at the final Austin installment (at her house) of the Poetry Plus open mic 7/22/16 (Canon Power Shot camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Holding My Hand in the second round at the final Austin installment (at her house) of the Poetry Plus open mic 7/22/16 (filmed w/ a Sony camera).

See YouTube video 2/25/18 of Janet Kuypers reading her 2 poems, “Violations tested”, & “Holding My Hand”, + her prose “How Are You” at the Austin open mic Kick Butt Poetry: Spoken & Heard (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers

See YouTube video 2/25/18 of Janet Kuypers reading her 2 poems, “Violations tested”, & “Holding My Hand”, + her prose “How Are You” at the Austin open mic Kick Butt Poetry: Spoken & Heard (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers

See YouTube video of Chicago poet Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Private Lives 2005”, “Precinct Fourteen”, and “Holding my Hand” from her book “Chapter 38 (v2)” 5/19/18 at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” open mic (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of Chicago poet Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Private Lives 2005”, “Precinct Fourteen”, and “Holding my Hand” from her book “Chapter 38 (v2)” 5/19/18 at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” open mic (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “holding my hand”, “Cerium-141: “one of the more prolific fission products of the atom bomb””, “Emperor Assassinations and Partisan Politics”, and “Knowing a Mastery of Poetry” from the Down in the Dirt 12/21 v190 book “Lifeboat” 12/1/21 on the 1st Wednesday of the month from 1:00-3:00 PM CST during the usual time for the “Community Poetry” open mic (this video was filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera with a bubble filter). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “holding my hand”, “Cerium-141: “one of the more prolific fission products of the atom bomb””, “Emperor Assassinations and Partisan Politics”, and “Knowing a Mastery of Poetry” from the Down in the Dirt 12/21 v190 book “Lifeboat” 12/1/21 on the 1st Wednesday of the month from 1:00-3:00 PM CST during the usual time for the “Community Poetry” open mic (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “holding my hand”, “Cerium-141: “one of the more prolific fission products of the atom bomb””, and “Key to a Storyline” from the Scars Publications 12/21 Down in the Dirt Lifeboat” during the “Poetic License virtual open mic 12/5/21” she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (Samsung S9 camera with a color tear filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “holding my hand”, “Cerium-141: “one of the more prolific fission products of the atom bomb””, and “Key to a Storyline” from the Scars Publications 12/21 Down in the Dirt v190 book “Lifeboat” during the “Poetic License virtual open mic 12/5/21” she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “holding my hand”, “Cerium-141: “one of the more prolific fission products of the atom bomb””, and “Key to a Storyline” from the Scars Publications 12/21 Down in the Dirt Lifeboat” during the “Poetic License virtual open mic 12/5/21” she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (this video was filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera with a color tear filter; posted on Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “holding my hand”, “Cerium-141: “one of the more prolific fission products of the atom bomb””, and “Key to a Storyline” from the Scars Publications 12/21 Down in the Dirt Lifeboat” during the “Poetic License virtual open mic 12/5/21” she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “People Forget Politics”, “Queens Rule”, “holding my hand”, and “Cerium-141: “one of the more prolific fission products of the atom bomb”” from the Scars Publications 9-12/21 Down in the Dirt issue collection book “Stardust in Hand” 4/6/22 on the 1st Wednesday of the month from 1:00-3:00 PM CST during the usual time for and in honor of the “Community Poetry” reading (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “People Forget Politics”, “Queens Rule”, “holding my hand”, and “Cerium-141: “one of the more prolific fission products of the atom bomb”” from the Scars Publications 9-12/21 Down in the Dirt issue collection book “Stardust in Hand” 4/6/22 on the 1st Wednesday of the month from 1:00-3:00 PM CST during the usual time for and in honor of the “Community Poetry” reading (this video was filmed and streamed live from a Samsung S9 camera with a Lava Lamp filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem #janetkuypers

holding my hand Janet Kuypers 04/20/98 when we’re walking in stride together down the street and our feet pump out the same rhythm and our shoulders are almost touching and our hands brush up against each other for one brief moment and he reaches over and takes my hand when he slides his fingers around mine and I feel him move along the palm of my hand well, no one knows what it feels like when his fingers curl and hold me tight well, it feels like pop rocks it feels like when that candy is sliding down my throat after I let it explode on my tongue and it’s still tingling and no one knows I’m eating this and no one knows the feeling and this is my little secret and I feel this feeling like never before and it makes me want to laugh and cry because I look around the room and no one else is eating those pop rocks and no one knows the feeling when he’s holding my hand Copyright Janet Kuypers. All rights reserved. No material may be reprinted without express permission.