poem knew what he was talking about, a poem about how the earth “sucks in” plants and animals to form oil underground, By Chicago Poet Janet Kuypers

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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem knew what he was talking about live 1/29/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (C)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem knew what he was talking aboutlive 1/29/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (S)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her “This Poem is About” poem “Only Occasionally”, then her poem “Knew What He was Talking About”, then singing her poem/song during Austin City Limits music weekend “Made Any Difference”, from her v5 cc&d poetry collection book “On the Edge” at Georgetown’s “Poetry Aloud” 10/13/18 (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her “This Poem is About” poem “Only Occasionally”, then her poem “Knew What He was Talking About”, then singing her poem/song during Austin City Limits music weekend “Made Any Difference”, from her v5 cc&d poetry collection book “On the Edge” at Georgetown’s “Poetry Aloud” 10/13/18 (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; Posterize).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her “This Poem is About” poem “Only Occasionally”, then her poem “Knew What He was Talking About”, then singing her poem/song during Austin City Limits music weekend “Made Any Difference”, from her v5 cc&d poetry collection book “On the Edge” at Georgetown’s “Poetry Aloud” 10/13/18 (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera Cyan filter).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her “This Poem is About” poem “Only Occasionally”, then her poem “Knew What He was Talking About”, then singing her poem/song during Austin City Limits music weekend “Made Any Difference”, from her v5 cc&d poetry collection book “On the Edge” at Georgetown’s “Poetry Aloud” 10/13/18 (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; Threshold).

knew what he
was talking about
Janet Kuypers
8/25/13 4:32 pm
I heard a guy say
that all the oil
that exists under the earth
came from
all the plants
and animals
that were once here
because the earth
sucked them in
and they decayed
to form that oil
and after he said
this, I thought,
“the earth sucked them in?”
but then again,
I just saw on television
a bunch of trees
that instantly sunk
into a sink hole
so maybe this guy
knew what he was talking about