poem Depth of Field, a poem about how the one you love can be the only thing in focus in your life, By Chicago Poet Janet Kuypers

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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her prose a Life Goes By from the book Don’t Listen. Read. live 2/12/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (C)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her prose a Life Goes By from the book Don’t Listen. Read. live 2/12/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (S)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers performing her poem Depth of Field from v251 of cc&d magazine, Approaching Front, live 10/8/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (C)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers performing her poem Depth of Field from v251 of cc&d magazine, Approaching Front, live 10/8/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (S)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Depth of Field from the book Need to Know Basis (extended edition) live 1/7/15 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (from Canon video camera)

See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers hosting the Café Gallery open mic & Patrick Hurley show 1/7/15 at Gallery Cabaret’ in Chicago, INCLUDING THIS POEM

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading 3 poems, “Depth of Field”, “Fantastic Car Crash”, & “Lessons from the Simpsons” , 10/16/16 at the Austin open mic Kick Butt Poetry (Canon Power Shot camera.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading 3 poems, “Depth of Field”, “Fantastic Car Crash”, & “Lessons from the Simpsons”, 10/16/16 at the Austin open mic Kick Butt Poetry (filmed from a Sony camera).

See YouTube video 11/17/18 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Anderson”, “Passed Away”, and “Depth of Field” from her v5 cc&d boss lady poetry collection book “On the Edge” at “Recycled Reads” (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video 11/17/18 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Anderson”, “Passed Away”, and “Depth of Field” from her v5 cc&d boss lady poetry collection book “On the Edge” at “Recycled Reads” (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poetry in multiple rounds live 11/9/19 at the Grace Heritage Center for the Georgetown “Poetry Aloud“ open mic. In round 1 she read her poem “Depth of Field” from her poetry book “Reve aled”, then her Poetry Aloud inspired poems “Undulating Nexus” and “Just too High for Just one Man”. In round 2 she reads her poems “Been a World Leader”, “Enough’s Enough”, and “My kind of Town” from her poetry book “Reve aled”, accompanied by Ron on guitar. In round 3 she reads her poem “Loving Four” from her poetry book “Reve aled”, accompanied by Ron on guitar. (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera, and posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poetry in multiple rounds live 11/9/19 at the Grace Heritage Center for the Georgetown “Poetry Aloud“ open mic. In round 1 she read her poem “Depth of Field” from her poetry book “Reve aled”, then her Poetry Aloud inspired poems “Undulating Nexus” and “Just too High for Just one Man”. In round 2 she reads her poems “Been a World Leader”, “Enough’s Enough”, and “My kind of Town” from her poetry book “Reve aled”, accompanied by Ron on guitar. In round 3 she reads her poem “Loving Four” from her poetry book “Reve aled”, accompanied by Ron on guitar. (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera, and posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr).

Depth of Field
Janet Kuypers
2/5/14
When I looked for you
at the crowded train station,
the masses grew dense
as I craned my neck,
until I saw your head
emerging from the sea.
Suddenly I couldn’t escape you,
you seemed so crystal clear
in that crazed commuter crowd,
because everything blurred away
as my focus grew sharper on you,
perfectly framed in my depth of field.
-
To this day, when I see you
outside, coming toward me,
I first see you at a distance,
but when I see you it seems
that everything about you
comes sharply into focus
and everything else in the world
fades into the background.
-
You don’t know this,
but when we face each other
seated for a meal, I sometimes
stare, at your temples,
or maybe the space under
your ear lobe. I just look.
At times like these,
I want to capture every inch,
every minute detail of you,
store it in my memory,
so I can have that sharp image
of you always in my mind.

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