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video See YouTube video read live in the show “hmmm” 11/20/11 at the Café open mike in Chicago
video See YouTube video of the entire Janet Kuypers show “hmm” live 11/20/11 at the Café in Chicago
video See YouTube video of this poem read live in her Pilsen feature “Games We Play” 3/17/12 at Café Mestizo (music from Francois Le Roux, the HA!man of South Africa)
video Enjoy this feature-length YouTube video of many poems read 3/17/12 at Café Mestizo from the live feature “Games We Play”, including this poem (posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetryshow
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading 3 poems 9/14/15 at the Chicago open mic Weeds, w/ “So”, Beauty in the Eyes of Einstein, & Burn It In (Canon PS).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading 3 poems 9/14/15 at the Chicago open mic Weeds, w/ “So”, Beauty in the Eyes of Einstein, & Burn It In (Canon fs200)
video See YouTube video from 3/19/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her 3 poems “Beauty in the Eyes of Einstein”, “Games We Play” and “erasure poem: a Declaration of Female Freedom” live at Austin’s Kick Butt Poetry (video filmed from a Canon Power Shot SX60 camera).
video See YouTube video from 3/19/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her 3 poems “Beauty in the Eyes of Einstein”, “Games We Play” and “erasure poem: a Declaration of Female Freedom” live at Austin’s Kick Butt Poetry (video filmed from a Canon Power Shot SX700 camera).
video See YouTube video from 12/9/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Ocean’s Call to Dive”, then her poems “Games We Play” & “Beauty in the Eyes of Einstein” from her book “Say Nothing” at the “Poetry Aloud” open mic at the Georgetown Public Library (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).
video See YouTube video from 12/9/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Ocean’s Call to Dive”, then her poems “Games We Play” & “Beauty in the Eyes of Einstein” from her book “Say Nothing” at the “Poetry Aloud” open mic at the Georgetown Public Library (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems Only Searching” & “Beauty in the Eyes of Einstein on the release date of her v5 cc&d boss lady poetry collection book “On the Edge”, then her poem Under the Sea from her interview/journal/poetry book “In Depth” at “Recycled Reads” 8/18/18 in Austin (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems Only Searching” & “Beauty in the Eyes of Einstein on the release date of her v5 cc&d boss lady poetry collection book “On the Edge”, then her poem Under the Sea from her interview/journal/poetry book “In Depth” at “Recycled Reads” 8/18/18 in Austin (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Universe... Now In Color”, “Beauty in the Eyes of Einstein” and “Love Affair With The Moon 2012” in her “Revealed” book reading at Austin’s “Open Mic Showcase” 11/17/19 (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera, and posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Universe... Now In Color”, “Beauty in the Eyes of Einstein” and “Love Affair With The Moon 2012” in her “Revealed” book reading at Austin’s “Open Mic Showcase” 11/17/19 (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera, and posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers live at Austin’s “Open Mic Showcase” 11/17/19 reading poetry in 3 sets from her her “Revealed”. In set 1 she read her poems “Seven and Seven, Plus Eighteen”, “Observations: Nine and Six” and “Eleven and Two, Plus Eight”. In set 2 she read her poems “Scratch the Surface”, “Freedom just Past the Fence” and “Before Taking Over the Controls”. In set 3 she read her poems “Universe... Now In Color”, “Beauty in the Eyes of Einstein” and “Love Affair With The Moon 2012” (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera, and posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers live at Austin’s “Open Mic Showcase” 11/17/19 reading poetry in 3 sets from her her “Revealed”. In set 1 she read her poems “Seven and Seven, Plus Eighteen”, “Observations: Nine and Six” and “Eleven and Two, Plus Eight”. In set 2 she read her poems “Scratch the Surface”, “Freedom just Past the Fence” and “Before Taking Over the Controls”. In set 3 she read her poems “Universe... Now In Color”, “Beauty in the Eyes of Einstein” and “Love Affair With The Moon 2012” (from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera, and posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Everything Was Alive And Dying (12/8/19 studio TV show recording)”, “Beauty in the Eyes of Einstein”, and “And I’m wondering”, all read from her Scars Publications bonus cc&d chapbook “Public Access Poetry”, of poems that were performed during her appearance on a half-hour long Texas Nafas Poetry 2020 television show (that will air 3/1/20 on tv), live at the Poetry Aloud open mic at the Grace Heritage Center 12/14/19 (from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; on Facebook Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Everything Was Alive And Dying (12/8/19 studio TV show recording)”, “Beauty in the Eyes of Einstein”, and “And I’m wondering”, all read from her Scars Publications bonus cc&d chapbook “Public Access Poetry”, of poems that were performed during her appearance on a half-hour long Texas Nafas Poetry 2020 television show (that will air 3/1/20 on tv), live at the Poetry Aloud open mic at the Grace Heritage Center 12/14/19 (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).
video See YouTube video when Janet Kuypers was featured in a half-hour Texas Nafas Poetry television show February 1st, 2020 (2/1/20, or 20200201), where, while being interviewed about her poetry, Janet Kuypers read her poems “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed”, “the Burning”, “Fantastic Car Crash”, “Everything Was Alive And Dying (12/8/19 studio TV show recording)”, “Us, Actually Touching”, “Beauty in the Eyes of Einstein”, and “And I’m Wondering” (this DVD of the entire TV show was also posted on Facebook Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).
Texas Nafas Poetry - poems from Janet Kuypers Download for free or read online the PDF chapbook Public Access Poetry, including her poems “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed”, “the Burning”, “Fantastic Car Crash”, “Everything Was Alive And Dying (12/8/19 studio TV show recording)”, “Us, Actually Touching”, “Beauty in the Eyes of Einstein”, “Death Takes Many Forms (12/8/19 studio TV show recording)” (bonus poem), “Ultimate Connectivity: a bird in the hand” (bonus poem), and “And I’m wondering”.
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers watching her feature on a half-hour “Texas Nafas Poetry” TV show February 1st, 2020 (2/1/20, or 20200201), watching her interview and her poem readings of “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed”, “the Burning”, “Fantastic Car Crash”, “Everything Was Alive And Dying (12/8/19 studio TV show recording)”, “Us, Actually Touching”, “Beauty in the Eyes of Einstein”, and “And I’m Wondering” (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers watching her feature on a half-hour “Texas Nafas Poetry” TV show February 1st, 2020 (2/1/20, or 20200201), watching her interview and her poem readings of “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed”, “the Burning”, “Fantastic Car Crash”, “Everything Was Alive And Dying (12/8/19 studio TV show recording)”, “Us, Actually Touching”, “Beauty in the Eyes of Einstein”, and “And I’m Wondering” (from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers watching the second airing of her half-hour “Texas Nafas Poetry” TV show 5/30/20, watching her interview and her poem readings of “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed”, “the Burning”, “Fantastic Car Crash”, “Everything Was Alive And Dying (12/8/19 studio TV show recording)”, “Us, Actually Touching”, “Beauty in the Eyes of Einstein”, and “And I’m Wondering” (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).
nafas live For everyone outside of Austin, TX (and who cannot see Public Access TV in Austin), enjoy this live Facebook streaming video of the Texas Nafas Poetry show, interviewing poet Janet Kuypers (airing 5/30/20). During this TV show interview, Janet Kuypers read her poems “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed”, “the Burning”, “Fantastic Car Crash”, “Everything Was Alive And Dying (12/8/19 studio TV show recording)”, “Us, Actually Touching”, “Beauty in the Eyes of Einstein”, and “And I’m wondering”, all read from assorted Janet Kuypers poetry books.
video Listen mp3 to the 33:37 WZRD 88.3fm Radio show, or see a YouTube video of Janet Kuypers in her 30+ minute podcast recording for WZRD 88.3 Chicago FM Radio, reading her poems from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)” — reflecting summer poetry within the book, including her poems “Just One Book”, “Opportunity from Freedom”, “Use Your Mind”, “Just Who May Try to Stop Us”, “Just to Craft”, “Value of What Money Does”, “Eleven and Two, plus Eight”, “Ominous Day”, “Keep Looking Happy”, “Effigy”, “Everyone is to Blame”, “Beauty in the Eyes of Einstein”, “No One Will Forget”, “One With Wildlife”, “Visiting and Seeing the Signs”, and “The State of the Nation (2016 edit)”, recorded 8/3/20 for future WZRD Radio airplay (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).
video See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers in her 30+ minute podcast recording for WZRD 88.3 Chicago FM Radio, reading her poems from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)” — reflecting summer poetry within the book, including her poems “Just One Book”, “Opportunity from Freedom”, “Use Your Mind”, “Just Who May Try to Stop Us”, “Just to Craft”, “Value of What Money Does”, “Eleven and Two, plus Eight”, “Ominous Day”, “Keep Looking Happy”, “Effigy”, “Everyone is to Blame”, “Beauty in the Eyes of Einstein”, “No One Will Forget”, “One With Wildlife”, “Visiting and Seeing the Signs”, and “The State of the Nation (2016 edit)”, recorded 8/3/20 for future WZRD Radio airplay (this video was filmed from a Samsung S9 camera).
video See a YouTube video of Janet Kuypers in her 15-minute podcast recording for WZRD 88.3 Chicago FM Radio, reading her poems from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)” — reflecting summer poetry within the book, including her poems “Effigy”, “Beauty in the Eyes of Einstein”, “Extension of Violence, Cute as a Button”, “Engineering with Creativity”, “Onto a Page”, and “The State of the Nation (2016 edit)”, recorded 8/9/20 for future WZRD Radio airplay via the mp3 mp3 podcast (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).
video See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers in her 15-minute podcast recording for WZRD 88.3 Chicago FM Radio, reading her poems from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)” — reflecting August and September event poetry within the book, including her poems “Effigy”, “Beauty in the Eyes of Einstein”, “Extension of Violence, Cute as a Button”, “Engineering with Creativity”, “Onto a Page”, and “The State of the Nation (2016 edit)”, recorded 8/3/20 for future WZRD Radio airplay (video filmed from a Samsung S9 camera).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Where We’ve Been and What We’ve Seen”, “Moonlight”, “Orion”, “Envision it in the Night Sky”, and “Universe... Now in Color” in the “Night Sky” section, and her poems “Beauty in the Eyes of Einstein”, and “And I’m wondering” in the Public Access Poetry section, of the cc&d July-December 2018 expanded issue collection book “Among the Debris” for The Café Gallery 9/8/20 Book Reading in The Café Gallery 2020 book reading series (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).
video See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Where We’ve Been and What We’ve Seen”, “Moonlight”, “Orion”, “Envision it in the Night Sky”, and “Universe... Now in Color” in the “Night Sky” section, and her poems “Beauty in the Eyes of Einstein”, and “And I’m wondering” in the Public Access Poetry section, of the cc&d July-December 2018 expanded issue collection book “Among the Debris” during The Café Gallery 9/8/20 Book Reading in The Café Gallery 2020 book reading series (streamed live from a Samsung S9 camera).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Beauty in the Eyes of Einstein” from the Janet Kuypers poetry book the Periodic Table of Poetrythe Periodic Table of Poetry” for public access television in her 2020 “Nafas” interview/poetry show, for “8 poems, 8 days, 8 invites” poems for The Russian Almanac. #PeetMeNotLeave (posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers watching the second airing of her half-hour “Texas Nafas Poetry” TV show 11/19/20, watching her interview and her poem readings of “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed”, “the Burning”, “Fantastic Car Crash”, “Everything Was Alive And Dying (12/8/19 studio TV show recording)”, “Us, Actually Touching”, “Beauty in the Eyes of Einstein”, and “And I’m Wondering” (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperstv
nafas live For everyone outside of Austin, TX (and anyone who cannot see Public Access TV in Austin during the live re-broadcast), enjoy this live Facebook streaming video of the Texas Nafas Poetry show, interviewing poet Janet Kuypers that was re-broadcast 11/19/20. During this TV show interview, Janet Kuypers read her poems “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed”, “the Burning”, “Fantastic Car Crash”, “Everything Was Alive And Dying (12/8/19 studio TV show recording)”, “Us, Actually Touching”, “Beauty in the Eyes of Einstein”, and “And I’m wondering”, all read from assorted Janet Kuypers poetry books. #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperstv
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers watching the fourth airing of her half-hour “Texas Nafas Poetry” TV show 1/7/21, watching her interview and her poem readings of “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed”, “the Burning”, “Fantastic Car Crash”, “Everything Was Alive And Dying (12/8/19 studio TV show recording)”, “Us, Actually Touching”, “Beauty in the Eyes of Einstein”, and “And I’m Wondering” (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuyperstv
nafas live For everyone outside of Austin, TX (and anyone who cannot see Public Access TV in Austin during the live re-broadcast), enjoy this live Facebook streaming video of the Texas Nafas Poetry show, interviewing poet Janet Kuypers that was re-broadcast 1/7/21. During this TV show interview, Janet Kuypers read her poems “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed”, “the Burning”, “Fantastic Car Crash”, “Everything Was Alive And Dying (12/8/19 studio TV show recording)”, “Us, Actually Touching”, “Beauty in the Eyes of Einstein”, and “And I’m wondering”, all read from assorted Janet Kuypers poetry books. #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperstv
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers watching the fifth airing of her half-hour “Texas Nafas Poetry” TV show 3/22/21, watching her interview and her poem readings of “the Burning”, “Fantastic Car Crash”, “Everything Was Alive And Dying (12/8/19 studio TV show recording)”, “Us, Actually Touching”, “Beauty in the Eyes of Einstein”, and “And I’m Wondering” (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry   #janetkuyperspoetryshow   #janetkuyperstv
nafas live For everyone outside of Austin, TX (and anyone who cannot see Public Access TV stations in Austin during the live re-broadcast), everyone can now enjoy this live Facebook streaming video of the Texas Nafas Poetry show, interviewing poet Janet Kuypers that was re-broadcast 3/22/21. During this TV show interview, Janet Kuypers read her poems “the Burning”, “Fantastic Car Crash”, “Everything Was Alive And Dying (12/8/19 studio TV show recording)”, “Us, Actually Touching”, “Beauty in the Eyes of Einstein”, and “And I’m wondering”, all read from assorted Janet Kuypers Scars Publications poetry books. #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuyperstv
video See this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Beauty in the Eyes of Einstein” from the cyberwit.net 137-page 5½" x 8½" Janet Kuypers poetry book “Eternal Never Ending Now” for “The Café Gallery 4/20/21 Book Reading in The Café Gallery Book Reading series 2020+ (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, and Instagram). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoem #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersthecafegallery
video See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Beauty in the Eyes of Einstein” from the cyberwit.net 137-page 5½" x 8½" Janet Kuypers poetry book “Eternal Never Ending Now” for “The Café Gallery 4/20/21 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
Nafas Enjoy the Facebook live video stream of the majority of the 10/18/21 television re-broadcast of the Janet Kuypers Texas Nafas TV show that aired on Austin Public Access TV at 1:00 PM CST, interviewing Janet Kuypers and her poem Nafas readings of Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed”, “the Burning”, “Fantastic Car Crash”, “Everything Was Alive And Dying (12/8/19 studio TV show recording)”, “Us, Actually Touching”, “Beauty in the Eyes of Einstein”, and “And I’m Wondering”.

Beauty in the Eyes of Einstein

Janet Kuypers
(started 11/04/11, completed 11/15/11)

I heard NASA scientists say
that Einstein dismissed some of his theories

even some theories we may know all too well

but Einstein didn’t like some of his theories
because he thought they weren’t beautiful

and I wonder:
what is beauty

is it the geomagnetic aberrations
of the Aurora Borealis
dancing along the horizon
at the arctic circle

is it the way you look at me
with those gorgeous doe eyes
after we’ve been apart so long

is it the scattered collisions from comet
Shoemaker Levy-9 into the planet Jupiter

is it what I feel
when your arms are finally around me
and I don’t want to open my eyes
and I never want to let go

is it the eternally changing
whisps of volcanic trails
in the Saturn moon Titan’s atmosphere

is it the way that listening
to the music you make
fills me with such energy

or is it converting matter into pure energy
with just the right formula

Einstein believed
“The most beautiful thing
we can experience
is the mysterious.
It is the source
of all art and science.”

so am I driven
to look up at the stars in the night sky
to see stars from billions of years ago
to fall in love every night

Einstein reminds us,
“We are all ruled
in what we do
by impulses”

so is it how on impulse
I move a bit closer to you
so I can feel the heat from your body
so close to mine

we ask, what is beauty

they say beauty is in the eye of the beholder
so it makes me wonder
















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