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See YouTube video of the 6/20/15 Janet Kuypers show “Poetic Shades of Chocolate” in 10 Shades of Chocolate in 10 Shades of Chocolate in Chicago, w/ the poems Under his Bed, oxygen to flame the fire, Fuming in the Morning, PDQ in Tin Foil 2015, melted marshmallow 2015, grandmother charged with murder 2015, Before Taking Over the Controls 2015, and Empty Chocolate Counter (this video was filmed from a Canon fs200 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersinstagram

See YouTube video of the 6/20/15 Janet Kuypers show “Poetic Shades of Chocolate” in 10 Shades of Chocolate in 10 Shades of Chocolate in Chicago, w/ the poems Under his Bed, oxygen to flame the fire, Fuming in the Morning, PDQ in Tin Foil 2015, melted marshmallow 2015, grandmother charged with murder 2015, Before Taking Over the Controls 2015, and Empty Chocolate Counter (this video was filmed from a Canon Power Shot camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetryshow

Download these poems in the free chapbook Poetic Shades of Chocolate w/ poems read 6/20/15 at 10 Shades of Chocolate show in Chicago

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ June 2017 Book Release Reading 6/7/17, where she read Down in the Dirt’s book “Study in Black” poems “One and Six” “feel”, “eventually” and “Translation”, then cc&d’s book “Things Found in Books” poems “Oxygen to Flame the Fire”, “Fuming in the Morning” & “Vanishing Scars” for “Community Poetry” @ Austin’s Half Price Books (video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ June 2017 Book Release Reading 6/7/17, where she read Down in the Dirt’s book “Study in Black” poems “One and Six” “feel”, “eventually” and “Translation”, then cc&d’s book “Things Found in Books” poems “Oxygen to Flame the Fire”, “Fuming in the Morning” & “Vanishing Scars” for “Community Poetry” @ Austin’s Half Price Books (video from a Sony camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her “Poetic Shades of Chocolate” poems “Fuming in the Morning”, “Oxygen to Flame the Fire”, and “Under His Bed”, all read from her 2014-2015 Chicago poetry performance art book “a year long Journey” at “Poetry Aloud” open mic 11/10/18 (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her “Poetic Shades of Chocolate” poems “Fuming in the Morning”, “Oxygen to Flame the Fire”, and “Under His Bed”, all read from her 2014-2015 Chicago poetry performance art book “a year long Journey” at “Poetry Aloud” open mic 11/10/18 (from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

oxygen to flame the fire Janet Kuypers 5/11/15 kept trying to describe him to my friends. i mean, it was such a red-hot relationship, sometimes our love would burn so bright and sometimes it would seem like we’re nothing. because now i’ve figured him out and now it all makes sense. he was a cigarette. our time together was so short, and like those nicotine sticks, it burned out too fast. when he was getting me all hot and bothered, i’d take a deep breath, suck in some oxygen to flame this fire between us — and he glowed with a red-hot intensity. but whenever he got bored with me he just made ashes of our relationship and all that was left was a smoke trail, and a smell i couldn’t name in the air. everyone was telling me he was no good. but i didn’t know better. i couldn’t help it. i was intoxicated — but now that he’s gone i wonder how much pain this affair has caused. i wanted to be free. i tried many times. but it was like he had this spell over me. i was an addict. i just sucked him in, adding fuel to the fire that was once our love.

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