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Watch the YouTube video of this Kuypers reading the poem live 1/26/13 on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio (Canon), with music from the HA!Man of South Africa (2011 Hotel music “the Ice is Melting”)

Enjoy this feature-length YouTube video live 1/26/13 of Kuypers reading her Periodic Table poetry in “Periodic Prep for Radio Poetry” on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio, read to music from the HA!Man of South Africa’s 2011 Hotel music the Ice is Melting (this video was filmed from a Canon camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem

See YouTube video 1/26/13 of Kuypers reading 8 Periodic Table poems (including this poem) on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio (Samsung), with the HA!Man of South Africa’s 2011 Hotel music the Ice is Melting playing

Watch this YouTube video of this “Periodic Table of Poetry” poem read live in Chicago 1/30/13 (Canon) at her feature Poetry Saloon at Noon

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her “Periodic Table” poems live in her Chicago 1/30/13 feature Poetry Saloon at Noon, with background music from the HA!Man of South Africa’s “Wayward Waltz of the Fractured Wind” (filmed from a Canon camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem

Download this poem in the free chapbook the Poetry Saloon at Noon, w/ the Periodic Table of Poetry poems chapbook of poems in this show.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her Periodic Table poems “Iridium”, “Calcium”, and “Arsenic” from her 1/30/13 poetry feature for Poetry Saloonat Noon, all read from her v5 cc&d poetry book “On the Edge” 1/19/19 at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her Periodic Table poems “Iridium”, “Calcium”, and “Arsenic” from her 1/30/13 poetry feature for Poetry Saloonat Noon, all read from her v5 cc&d poetry book “On the Edge” 1/19/19 at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her “Instant Karma” book poems “Calcium” (+ show images 1 2, & 3, which also appears in the book “Periodic Table Poetry”) & “Calcium, Osteoporosis and Meat” (which also appear in the book “Twitter Verse Periodic Table Poetry”) as a bonus reading during her “Poetic License 2/4/24 global open mic” through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). Also enjoy this as a Facebook live video stream that was filmed & streamed live during the open mic from a Samsung S9 camera and given a Starburst filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr. #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

Calcium (#020) edited for the “Poetry Saloon at Noon” feature at the Chicago Cultural Center 1/30//13 Janet Kuypers from the “Periodic Table of Poetry” series The media shoves it down your throat now: how important it is for women to have Calcium. Don’t get osteoporosis, take Calcium. Drink an extra glass of milk each day. It’s healthy. And you know, I take my supplements to ingest the USRDA for Calcium, but I’m sure those pills barely get absorbed, and as an infant at six months I even rejected milk (and I can’t understand why it’s smart to drink milk from another species as an adult, when no other species would ever do the same). But adults didn’t suffer with osteoporosis before the seventeen hundreds. Did osteoporosis not exist ‘til then? Then what has changed in our society that porous bones are now a real concern for older people? Just watched a documentary recently advocating a plant-based diet, that talked about the global promotion of meat consumption to get enough protein. Now, I know how excess protein consumption can pull the Calcium from your bones, but this documentary showed how China had lived for millennia without excess red meat or processed food... And now with dietary modern “luxuries” in China, along with new record highs for heart attacks, youth were interviewed on the streets of China and asked why they needed to eat more meat. They all said... for protein. So when Calcium usually comes from animals producing milk or cheese, how can vegans with a plant-based diet get enough Calcium into their bodies to save them from bone decay and osteoporosis. Now, Calcium is chiefly found in sedimentary rocks, and we’ve even used Calcium in construction (makes sense, if we need it for stronger bones). Calcium carbonate is used in concrete and mortar, and limestone, Calcium’s even in glass manufacturing. Then again, Calcium arsenate is an insecticide, and Calcium carbonate is in acrylic torches. And of course, Calcium’s in animal feed, and vitamin pills. Now, ninety percent of all of our Calcium is in our bones and teeth (which we wanna keep strong). and Calcium can stop osteoporosis, or even rickets, or difficulty with blood clotting. And here’s the weird one: you can even get Calcium in egg shells. Just grind them up for more Calcium... But Calcium’s also used when making cheese, Calcium ions actually make the milk coagulate, which is cool for this pizzatarian’s staple... But if Calcium’s in cheese and eggs, can a “plant-based” diet provide enough Calcium? Well, I know vegetables do contain some calcium, and I know soy milk and other vegetable milks are fortified with Calcium, but it’s good to know that Calcium sulphate’s been used for millennia to coagulate the protein-filled Tofu. I know, I know, Calcium and it’s ions are used in a ton of different things, but it’s nice to see vegetable sources for getting this vital Calcium into these extended bones too...

Calcium Janet Kuypers from the “Periodic Table of Poetry” series started 7/16/12, completed 7/26/12 The media shoves it down your throat now: how important it is to have Calcium, especially women. Make sure you don’t get osteoporosis and take Calcium. Drink an extra glass of milk each day. It’s healthy. And you know, I take my supplements and have to take two Calcium pills daily just so I can say I’ve ingested what the USRDA says I should consume, but I’m sure those pills barely get absorbed, so I should at least eat more cheese (since as an infant at six months I rejected milk, and I can’t understand why it’s smart to drink milk from another species as an adult, when no other species would ever do the same). But really, the more I think bout it, the more I wonder: adults didn’t suffer with osteoporosis before the seventeen hundreds. Was osteoporosis not discovered because they didn’t know how to discover it, or was it not discovered because no one had it? And if it didn’t exist before, what has changed in our society to make osteoporosis (porous bones) a real concern for so many people as they get older? . Just watched a documentary recently that advocated a plant-based diet. They even had a segment showing the global promotion of meat consumption so you could have enough protein in your diet. And this documentary showed how China had lived for millennia without excess red meat or processed food in their lives. And now with dietary modern “luxuries” in China, along with new record highs for heart attacks, youth were interviewed on the streets of China and asked why they needed to eat more meat. They all said... for protein. So it makes me wonder how vegetarians can do it, or how vegans with a plant-based diet can get enough Calcium into their bodies to save them from bone decay and osteoporosis. So as I looked into how to get Calcium, I found that on earth it’s seldom alone, but is chiefly found in sedimentary rocks, and over the years us humans have even used Calcium in construction (makes sense, if we need Calcium so we can have stronger bones). Calcium carbonate is used in concrete and mortar, lime and limestone, and can even take part in glass manufacturing. I mean, when researching, I found Calcium is even used as a refracting agent in the extracting of other elements, like uranium, zirconium and thorium... It’s a deoxidizer sometimes, it’s even used as an alloy agent in the production of aluminum, beryllium, copper, lead and magnesium. Then again, Calcium arsenate is an insecticide. Calcium carbonate can be used for acrylic torches. Calcium chloride, in addition to it’s other uses, can even provide body to car tires. Calcium hydrochloride disinfects swimming pools. Calcium phosphate is used in animal feed, and Calcium is a food additive in vitamin pills. Which brings me to Calcium in the body, because ninety percent of all of our Calcium is in our bones and teeth (which we wanna keep strong). And some wonder if there’s a link between too much Calcium (like twice the USRDA) and testicular cancer, but hey, I’m just worrying about getting enough Calcium in my diet in the first place, you know, to ensure I won’t get osteoporosis (much less rickets, or difficulty with blood clotting). And while researching this, I found an additional place for getting Calcium: egg shells. Yes, literally grinding them up to add to your diet can give you lots of Calcium. But when looking for ways Calcium is used, here’s where the learning jackpot paid off for me with food and health: when making cheese, Calcium ions influence the activity of rennin, to actually make the milk coagulate. So seeing this bonus application for Calcium in this pizzatarian’s favorite food (cheese), it then made me wonder if this “plant-based” diet can actually provide enough Calcium... And it really made me feel good to know that although cow milk (i.e., drinking the lactations from another species as an adult) is an excellent source of Calcium, soy milk and other vegetable milks are fortified with enough Calcium to make them a just-as-rich in Calcium alternative to milk from an animal. I know, I know, Calcium and it’s ions are used in a ton of different things, but I’m stuck on obsessing over my bones right now. And granted, Calcium carbonate (that stuff that also aids in the creation of acrylic torches) is the same form of Calcium in diet supplements, and I do make a point to take them twice daily with food, but... It made me smile to learn that a doctor in a study found that as women got older, if they took Calcium supplements, they tended on average to gain five pounds less than other women. (Granted, that doctor even said he’d really be “going out on a limb” to link weight loss with Calcium supplements, but I’ll take whatever I can get, or at least laugh at the coincidence.) And hey, even though this relatively non-toxic Calcium can be hazardous as Calcium metal (found in cleaners), and taking too much Calcium carbonate in antacids (like Tums) can lead to serious health problem, doctors have still found that enough Calcium may seem to prevent some cancerous pollups... So yeah, even though we’ve found a ton of other uses for this element, I’m sticking with possibly dairy (you know, for this pizzatarian) — and definitely vegetable sources — for getting this vital element into my extended bones.

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