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Watch this YouTube video live at the Cafe in Chicago 12/15/09

Watch this YouTube video live at the Café in Chicago 05/18/10

Watch this YouTube video read (with additional vocals from U.K. poet Oz Hardwich) 07/26/11, live at the Café in Chicago

Watch this YouTube video of the intro to the 07/26/11 open mic at the Café in Chicago, and her poem “Frozen Together” (w/ U.K. poet Oz Hardwick vocals)

Watch this YouTube video of John Yotko reading from the 08/11 issue (v223) of cc&d magazine, live 08/09/11, at the Café in Chicago

Watch this YouTube video of the intro to the 08/09/11 weekly poetry open mic at the Café in Chicago, & her reading poems, including “Aim Carefully”, John Yotko reading her poem “Frozen Together” and them covering the Sinead O’Connor song “Black Boys on Mopeds”

See YouTube video from 4/15/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Poem About This”, “Frozen Together” and her prose poem “Hurry Up and Wait”, then reading a portion of her short story “Crazy” at “Recycled Reads” in Austin(from a Canon Power Shot SX700 camera).

See YouTube video from 4/15/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Poem About This”, “Frozen Together” and her prose poem “Hurry Up and Wait”, then reading a portion of her short story “Crazy” at “Recycled Reads” in Austin (Canon video with a Threshold filter).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers in her 5/6/17 poetry show “Time to Start the Show” at “Honoring Open Mic Hosts” in Austin reading her poems “the Bathroom at the Green Mill” “Frozen Together”, “the Battle at Hand”, “On Ashes”, “Kick Someone Out” and “Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls” (video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetryshow

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers in her 5/6/17 poetry show “Time to Start the Show” at “Honoring Open Mic Hosts” in Austin reading her poems “the Bathroom at the Green Mill” “Frozen Together”, “the Battle at Hand”, “On Ashes”, “Kick Someone Out” and “Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls” (this video was filmed from a Sony camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetryshow

View or download the free PDF chapbook “Time to Start the Show” of her poems “the Bathroom at he Green Mill” “Frozen Together”, “the Battle at Hand”, “On Ashes”, “Kick Someone Out” and “Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls” performed in her 5/6/17 Austin show about hosting poetry open mics.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ November 2017 Book Release Readings 11/1/17 from the cc&d 11/17 book “Warrior’s Light”, with her Time to Start the Show poems “the Bathroom at the Green Mill”, “Frozen Together”, “the Battle at Hand”, “On Ashes”, “Kick Someone Out” and “Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls” in Community Poetry (this video was filmed from a Sony camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersbookreading<

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ November 2017 Book Release Readings 11/1/17 from the cc&d 11/17 book “Warrior’s Light”, with her Time to Start the Show poems “the Bathroom at the Green Mill”, “Frozen Together”, “the Battle at Hand”, “On Ashes”, “Kick Someone Out” and “Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls” in Community Poetry (this video was filmed from a Lumix camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersbookreading

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Who What Where When Why” from her 2018 full-color full-bleed 8½"x 8½" photography (+ select poems) book “Antarctica: Wildlife”, then her poems “the Bathroom at the Green Mill” and “Frozen Together” from the cc&d 11/17 v277 book “Warrior’s Light” at “Poetry Aloud” 7/28/18 (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Who What Where When Why” from her 2018 full-color full-bleed 8½"x 8½" photography (+ select poems) book “Antarctica: Wildlife”, then her poems “the Bathroom at the Green Mill” and “Frozen Together” from the cc&d 11/17 v277 book “Warrior’s Light” at “Poetry Aloud” 7/28/18 (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Underwater and Swimming” from her 2018 full-color full-bleed photography (+ select poems) book “Antarctica: Wildlife”, then her poem “the Burning” from her interview/journal/poetry book “In Depth”, then her poem “Frozen Together” from the proof copy of the v5 cc&d boss lady poetry collection book “On the Edge” at “Spoken and Heard” 8/12/18 (Panasonic L T56).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Underwater and Swimming” from her 2018 full-color full-bleed photography (+ select poems) book “Antarctica: Wildlife”, then her poem “the Burning” from her interview/journal/poetry book “In Depth”, then her poem “Frozen Together” from the proof copy of the v5 cc&d boss lady poetry collection book “On the Edge” at “Spoken and Heard” 8/12/18 (Panasonic L2500).

See Youtube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Raped With Words” and “Frozen Together” from her v5 cc&d boss lady poetry collection book “On the Edge” for the 2019 Poetry Bomb 4/29/12 at Circle Brewery (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See Youtube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Raped With Words” and “Frozen Together” from her v5 cc&d boss lady poetry collection book “On the Edge” for the 2019 Poetry Bomb 4/29/12 at Circle Brewery (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; Sepia Tone filter).

Frozen Together Janet Kuypers 12/21/09 so i’m sitting at the corner stool of a bar no one ever goes to holding my scotch on the rocks             it’s scotch for now,             anything to numb the pain so i swirl my drink clock-wise in my hand watch the liquor swirling around watch the ice cubes spinning in circles and try to get you out of my head because when you came in, you came in like... like something that you can’t escape like that beat from the dance bar that’s stuck in your head that makes you want to move together in time or like your eyes, the color of the sky or was it the ocean that i could drown in like bright sunlight just after dawn seeping past the window blinds forcing me to attention to respond to you like bright sunlight seeping its way past the window shades in this bar as i swirl the ice in my glass now frozen together a disc swirling clock-wise ‘cause the scotch is gone it’s gone like you but i can’t get you out of my head so next time maybe i’ll have jack Copyright © 2009 Janet Kuypers. All rights reserved. No material may be reprinted without express permission.