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(:36) read from cc&d magazine from Scars Publications, in the 12/10 v215 issue, which was also released as the 6" x 9" ISBN# book Entering the Ice Age, live 12/07/10, live at the Café in Chicago
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of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Build Your Own Cross in Nashville 10/26/13 in her Nashville Halloween feature
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video See YouTube video 9/26/18 of the Janet Kuypers Chicago show “Life and Death and Everything Between” during Poetry at The Gallery Cabaret, where she read her poems “Only Choice is to Build”, “Marry you in Autumn”, “Violations tested”, “Echo in my Mind”, “I’m Thinking About Myself Too Much”, “erasure poem: ‘One of the Most Hated Women in America’”, “Build Your Own Cross”, “Being God”, “Evolving, Connecting and Confounding”, “Only Half the Story”, and “Only Voice He Could Hear” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).
video See YouTube video 9/26/18 of the Janet Kuypers Chicago show “Life and Death and Everything Between” during Poetry at The Gallery Cabaret, where she read her poems “Only Choice is to Build”, “Marry you in Autumn”, “Violations tested”, “Echo in my Mind”, “I’m Thinking About Myself Too Much”, “erasure poem: ‘One of the Most Hated Women in America’”, “Build Your Own Cross”, “Being God”, “Evolving, Connecting and Confounding”, “Only Half the Story”, and “Only Voice He Could Hear” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).
video See YouTube video 9/26/18 of the Janet Kuypers Chicago show “Life and Death and Everything Between” during Poetry at The Gallery Cabaret, where she read her poems “Only Choice is to Build”, “Marry you in Autumn”, “Violations tested”, “Echo in my Mind”, “I’m Thinking About Myself Too Much”, “erasure poem: ‘One of the Most Hated Women in America’”, “Build Your Own Cross”, “Being God”, “Evolving, Connecting and Confounding”, “Only Half the Story”, and “Only Voice He Could Hear” (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera, with a Hue Cycling filter).
video See YouTube video 9/26/18 of the Janet Kuypers Chicago show “Life and Death and Everything Between” during Poetry at The Gallery Cabaret, where she read her poems “Only Choice is to Build”, “Marry you in Autumn”, “Violations tested”, “Echo in my Mind”, “I’m Thinking About Myself Too Much”, “erasure poem: ‘One of the Most Hated Women in America’”, “Build Your Own Cross”, “Being God”, “Evolving, Connecting and Confounding”, “Only Half the Story”, and “Only Voice He Could Hear” (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera, with a Sepia Tone filter).
video See YouTube video 9/26/18 of the Janet Kuypers Chicago show “Life and Death and Everything Between” during Poetry at The Gallery Cabaret, where she read her poems “Only Choice is to Build”, “Marry you in Autumn”, “Violations tested”, “Echo in my Mind”, “I’m Thinking About Myself Too Much”, “erasure poem: ‘One of the Most Hated Women in America’”, “Build Your Own Cross”, “Being God”, “Evolving, Connecting and Confounding”, “Only Half the Story”, and “Only Voice He Could Hear” (from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera, with an Edge Detection filter).
video See YouTube video 9/26/18 of the Janet Kuypers Chicago show “Life and Death and Everything Between” during Poetry at The Gallery Cabaret, where she read her poems “Only Choice is to Build”, “Marry you in Autumn”, “Violations tested”, “Echo in my Mind”, “I’m Thinking About Myself Too Much”, “erasure poem: ‘One of the Most Hated Women in America’”, “Build Your Own Cross”, “Being God”, “Evolving, Connecting and Confounding”, “Only Half the Story”, and “Only Voice He Could Hear” (from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera, with a Threshold filter).
video See YouTube video of Janet KuypersNovember 2018 Book Release Reading 11/7/18, where she read her “Life and Death and Everything Between” poems “Violations tested”, “I’m Thinking About Myself Too Much”, “Only Half the Story”, and “Build Your Own Cross” from the cc&d 11-12/18 book “Wait Until Dark”, during Community Poetry at Half Price Books (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).
video See YouTube video of Janet KuypersNovember 2018 Book Release Reading 11/7/18, where she read her “Life and Death and Everything Between” poems “Violations tested”, “I’m Thinking About Myself Too Much”, “Only Half the Story”, and “Build Your Own Cross” from the cc&d 11-12/18 book “Wait Until Dark”, during Community Poetry at Half Price Books (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).
video See YouTube video of Janet KuypersMarch 2019 Book Release Reading 3/6/19, where she read her her “In Autumn, Love is in the Air” show poems “And I’m Wondering”, “Marry You in Autumn”, and “Just by Holding his Hand”, then she read her “Life and Death and everything between” show poems “I’m Thinking About Myself Too Much”, “Only Half the Story”, and “Build Your Own Cross”, all from the new cc&d issue book “This is Where I Live”, in Community Poetry @ Half Price Books (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera, with a Sepia Tone filter).
video See YouTube video of Janet KuypersMarch 2019 Book Release Reading 3/6/19, where she read her “In Autumn, Love is in the Air” show poems “And I’m Wondering”, “Marry You in Autumn”, and “Just by Holding his Hand”, then she read her “Life and Death and everything between” show poems “I’m Thinking About Myself Too Much”, “Only Half the Story”, and “Build Your Own Cross”, all from the new cc&d issue book “This is Where I Live”, in Community Poetry @ Half Price Books (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading
video See YouTube video of Janet KuypersMarch 2019 Book Release Reading 3/6/19, where she read her her “In Autumn, Love is in the Air” show poems “And I’m Wondering”, “Marry You in Autumn”, and “Just by Holding his Hand”, then she read her “Life and Death and everything between” show poems “I’m Thinking About Myself Too Much”, “Only Half the Story”, and “Build Your Own Cross”, all from the new cc&d issue book “This is Where I Live”, in Community Poetry @ Half Price Books (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera, with a Posterize filter).
video See YouTube video of Janet KuypersMarch 2019 Book Release Reading 3/6/19, where she read her her “In Autumn, Love is in the Air” show poems “And I’m Wondering”, “Marry You in Autumn”, and “Just by Holding his Hand”, then she read her “Life and Death and everything between” show poems “I’m Thinking About Myself Too Much”, “Only Half the Story”, and “Build Your Own Cross”, all from the new cc&d issue book “This is Where I Live”, in Community Poetry @ Half Price Books (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading
video See YouTube video of Janet KuypersMay 2019 Book Release Reading 5/1/19, where she read her haiku “fought”, then her Life and Death and everything between poems “Violations Tested”, “I’m Thinking About Myself Too Much”, “Only Half the Story”, and “Build Your Own Cross”, all read from the cc&d September-December 2018 issue and chapbook collection book “This is Where I Live”, during Community Poetry @ Half Price Books (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading
video See YouTube video of Janet KuypersMay 2019 Book Release Reading 5/1/19, where she read her haiku “fought”, then her Life and Death and everything between poems “Violations Tested”, “I’m Thinking About Myself Too Much”, “Only Half the Story”, and “Build Your Own Cross”, all read from the cc&d September-December 2018 issue and chapbook collection book “This is Where I Live”, during Community Poetry @ Half Price Books (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

Build Your Own Cross

Janet Kuypers
07/24/10 edited 07/25/10

why be a carpenter
and build your own cross
when Walmart
can do it for you

selling mass produced
2' tall
wooden crosses
with glued plastic flowers
to hammer into dirt
at roadsides
for accident victims

why be a carpenter

why build your own cross

when Walmart can do it for you


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