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of Janet Kuypers reading her “Periodic Table” poem Ytterbium in Chicago 12/13/13 (w/ HA!Man of South Africa music, Sony) her feature and chapbook “an Artist’s Take on Science” (posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ Periodic Table poems show “an Artist’s Take on Science” live in Chicago’s Fine Arts building 12/13/13 (HA!Man of South Africa music, C) of “Ytterbium”, “Tantalum” & “Lawrencium”

See this YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers’ Periodic Table poems show “an Artist’s Take on Science” live in Chicago’s Fine Arts building 12/13/13 (HA!Man of South Africa music, S) of “Ytterbium”, “Tantalum” & “Lawrencium” (posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

Download this free chapbook
“an Artist’s Take on Science”,
that contains three Janet Kuypers Periodic Table of Poetry poems, “Ytterbium”, “Tantalum”, and “Lawrencium”, poems that were all first performed in the 12/13/13 show an Artist’s Take on Science” at Chicago’s Fine Arts Building

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Ytterbium” from the books “It’s All About Impact” & “Periodic Ta ble Poetry”, then “Fighting for Freedom on Christmas” from the books “Casti ng Off” & “Every Event of the Year (Volume One: January-June)”, then “Just on Book” from the books “Casti ng Off”, “(pheromemes) 2015-2017 poems”, “Chapter 48 v2”, & “Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)” (+ bonus images 2/4/17 1 & 2, 8/4/17 1, 8/22/17 1 & 2, 8/23/17 1, & 8/3/20 1) to close her “Poetic License 12/3/23 global open mic” through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Link ed in, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).
Also enjoy this as a Facebook live video stream (in a video that was filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera with a BINARY NOTATION filter; on Facebook, Twitter, Link ed in, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

Ytterbium
Janet Kuypers
from the “Periodic Table of Poetry” series (#70, Yb)
(with references to the poem “Writing Your Name ”)
11/15/13
I’ve searched for you.
Though others may say otherwise,
I know you’re not at all rare —
so I’ll still keep searching.
You’ve always been on time
whenever I’ve wanted you,
but you seem to leave
that fire in the air as you leave...
And you always escape me,
like you slip between my toes
as I’m walking along the beach,
like grains of complex sand,
each grain a nearly microscopic
crystalline rock.
Like you’re minute crystal,
sliding by me
as I walk on by.
I know you’ve always
mixed well with others,
so I’ll go that beach.
I’ll sit there
and take a stick
and write your name
in that precious sand.
I’ll check my watch —
how long have I
been searching?
I’ll run my hands
along those grains of sand.
I’ll study those compounds
making those grains of sand,
those ragged crystalline stones.
Those crystalline stones remind me
of the shards of doped glass
that shattered
when I saw you last.
And now it’s been so long
that I’ve been looking for you.
I’ll check my watch again.
I’ll pull out my pocket
infrared laser light pen.
I’ll shine it on the sand.
I’ll look to see
if anything
reflects light
in different colors back to me,
wondering what I’d see
if my eyes could see
in infrared light
in my search for you.
As I said,
I’ll do anything
in my search
to find you.
I’ll check the time again.
My watch has to be on time....
Because I don’t care
what anyone says.
I wrote your name
in the sand,
and if the elements
wash away your name tonight,
I will be back tomorrow
to write it again.

Ytterbium

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