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Download this poem in the free PDF file Science vs. Mysticism chapbook, w/ Periodic Table of Poetry poems.

Watch YouTube video of this Periodic Table of Poetry poem read by Kuypers in her Science vs. Mysticism feature, live in Chicago 5/10/13 at Poetry Love Letters (S)

Watch YouTube video of this Periodic Table of Poetry poem read by Kuypers in her Science vs. Mysticism feature, live in Chicago 5/10/13 at Poetry Love Letters (C)

See this YouTube video of poems read from Janet Kuypers’ Periodic Table of Poetry series back and forth with poems by Buddha309 in Science vs. Mysticism, live in Chicago 5/10/13 at Poetry Love Letters (video from a Sony camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersperiodictablepoetry

See this YouTube video of poems read from Janet Kuypers’ Periodic Table of Poetry series back and forth with poems by Buddha309 in Science vs. Mysticism, live in Chicago 5/10/13 at Poetry Love Letters (video from a Canon camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersperiodictablepoetry

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Vanadium live 6/19/13 as the intro to the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (Canon)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Vanadium live 6/19/13 as the intro to the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (Sony)

See YouTube video of Kuypers hosting the open mic 6/19/13 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago, in a video that contains this writing

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her Periodic Table poems “Gold”, “Nitrogen in my veins”, and “Vanadium” from the cc&d v5 boss lady poetry collection book “On the Edge” live 10/7/18 at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her Periodic Table poems “Gold”, “Nitrogen in my veins”, and “Vanadium” from the cc&d v5 boss lady poetry collection book “On the Edge” live 10/7/18 at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her Periodic Table poem “Vanadium” (element V, #23) from her poetry book “The Periodic Table of Poetry”, then her 2019 poems “Village is Complete with a Community” and “Only Remember Fragments”, live 3/23/19 at Georgetown’s “Poetry Aloud” (video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her Periodic Table poem “Vanadium” (element V, #23) from her poetry book “The Periodic Table of Poetry”, then her 2019 poems “Village is Complete with a Community” and “Only Remember Fragments”, live 3/23/19 at Georgetown’s “Poetry Aloud” (video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her “Instant Karma” book poems “Vanadium” (+ element image & show image, which also appears in the book “Periodic Table Poetry”) & “Vanadium: Beauty with Mettle” (+ show images 1 & 2, 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 (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). Also enjoy this as a Facebook live video stream (filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera and given a Starburst filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

Vanadium Janet Kuypers from the “Periodic Table of Poetry” series (#023, V) 2/24/13 I’ve been going out with my boyfriend for five years now... And when he took me to prom a few years ago, his bulging biceps almost made his tuxedo sleeves burst. And I know he spent four hours a day lifting weights, I know he drank raw eggs and took all sorts of drugs just so he could be the strongest... But every girl I knew did a double-take, all agape whenever he entered the room. And it was the coolest thing, climbing up into his truck with the awesome exhaust and the cool flames painted down the sides, when he would take me to the movies or drop me off for my cosmetology classes. Now, I always thought it was kind of weird that he would take different drugs just to bulk up more, but he’d swear they were legal, I mean, he even told me one of them was just a harmless element called Vanadium, and I don’t know, when he said “element” I just thought about how I just kind of tuned out in chemistry class, so I typed “Vanadium” into my smart phone, and I didn’t see anything about it being bad for you or illegal or anything... All the girls in school would ask me if I would stick with him after I got a job out of school... And the thing is, now that my twenty-third birthday is coming up, I’ve got a job and I’ve been doing really well... And he’s been dropping hints like he might pop the question on my birthday this June. But he was acting really weird, so I thought something was fishy, so I checked out his smart phone for any ideas of what he might be doing for my birthday... And that’s when I saw “Vanadium” on a web page link, and I thought, ‘Oh no, is he doing MORE to try to get even BIGGER?’... So I went to the web page, and I saw that Vanadium was added to “corundum” (what? I don’t even know what corundum IS), but Vanadium is added to it to make simulated Alexandrite gemstones. Now, wait a minute, I know Alexandrite is my birthstone, and it’s only found in like Russia. It’s really cool, it changes color in different light, but it’s WAY expensive, like more than diamonds or anything, so I figured I could never afford any Alexandrite. And you know, now that I’m out of school I’ve got a really good job at the salon, and after being promoted they’re looking to promote me again, I’m starting to feel like I can actually GO somewhere in my life. So now that I think about it, I mean, it was great to hang off my bodybuilder’s arm all these years, but maybe now I should start to stand up for myself. I mean, he may have thought he needed Vanadium to make himself bigger, but there’s no way I’m going to take an Alexandrite rip-off with Vanadium if that’s the best he can do...

See YouTube video 6/26/16 of Janet Kuypers’ 3 poems, Vent, Each Half is the Enemy, and her Periodic Table poem Vanadium at the Austin open mic Kick Butt Poetry: Spoken & Heard (w/ a Canon Power Shot camera).

See YouTube video 6/26/16 of Janet Kuypers’ 3 poems, Vent, Each Half is the Enemy, and her Periodic Table poem Vanadium at the Austin open mic Kick Butt Poetry: Spoken & Heard (filmed with a Sony camera).

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