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See YouTube video (Cps) of Janet Kuypers reading her poem X-rays and broken hearts 12/13/15 at the Austin open mic Kick Butt Poetry

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers performing poetry and song (with John on guitar) 12/13/15 at the Austin open mic Kick Butt Poetry (Canon Power Shot), with her song What We Need In Life (with her poem Fantastic Car Crash inside the song), X-rays and broken hearts, & the Burning.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem X-rays and broken hearts in the second round at the final Austin installment (at her house) of the Poetry Plus open mic 7/22/16 (Canon Power Shot camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem X-rays and broken hearts in the second round at the final Austin installment (at her house) of the Poetry Plus open mic 7/22/16 (filmed w/ a Sony camera).

See YouTube video from 1/21/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “x-raying metal under my skin”), and “X-rays and broken hearts” at the “Poetry Aloud” open mic at the Georgetown Public Library (this video was filmed from a Canon Power Shot camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See YouTube video from 1/21/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “x-raying metal under my skin”), and “X-rays and broken hearts” at the “Poetry Aloud” open mic at the Georgetown Public Library (this video was filmed from a Sony camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See YouTube video 1/21/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “x-raying metal under my skin”), and “X-rays and broken hearts” at “Recycled Reads” open mic, at a book store with the Austin Public Library (this video was filmed from a Canon Power Shot camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See YouTube video 1/21/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “x-raying metal under my skin”), and “X-rays and broken hearts” at “Recycled Reads” open mic, at a book store with the Austin Public Library (this video was filmed from a Sony camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See YouTube video 8/22/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “X-rays and Broken Hearts” from the book “the 23 enigma” during the Chicago open mic she guest hosted for Poetry at The Gallery Cabaret (Panasonic Lumix).

See YouTube video 8/22/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “X-rays and Broken Hearts” from the book “the 23 enigma” during the Chicago open mic she guest hosted for Poetry at The Gallery Cabaret (Sony camera).

See YouTube video 8/23/17 of Janet Kuypers’ poem “Knew I Had to be Ready”, then her show “Under My Skin”, with her poems “Protecting Peace can Put you in Prison”, “Ernesto”, “Quivering against the Invading Enemy”, “The Truth Is Out There”, “x-raying metal under my skin”, “X-rays and broken hearts”, “unique noise”, “erasure poem: A Poetic History”, “Just One Book”, and “Returning to Georgetown)” (this video was filmed from a Sony camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperspoetryshow

See YouTube video 8/23/17 of the Janet Kuypers’ poem “Knew I Had to be Ready”, then her show “Under My Skin”, with her poems “Protecting Peace can Put you in Prison”, “Ernesto”, “Quivering against the Invading Enemy”, “The Truth Is Out There”, “x-raying metal under my skin”, “X-rays and broken hearts”, “unique noise”, “erasure poem: A Poetic History”, “Just One Book”, and “Returning to Georgetown)” (from a Panasonic Lumix camera; Hard Light filter).

See YouTube video from 12/14/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “X-rays and broken hearts”, “Over the Cracks (I Don’t Need You)”, and “Your Imaginary Soul Weighs 21 Grams” from her book “(pheromemes) 2015-2017 poems” @ “the Hole in the Wall” in Austin for AIPF’s pre-party reading (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See YouTube video from 12/14/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “X-rays and broken hearts”, “Over the Cracks (I Don’t Need You)”, and “Your Imaginary Soul Weighs 21 Grams” from her book “(pheromemes) 2015-2017 poems” @ “the Hole in the Wall” in Austin for AIPF’s pre-party reading (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ March 2019 Book Release Reading 3/6/19, where she read her “Under My Skin” show poems “Ernesto”, “Quivering Against the Invading Enemy”, and “X-Rays and Broken Hearts”, all from her poetry performance art collection book “Chapter 48 (v2)”, in Community Poetry @ Half Price Books (from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ March 2019 Book Release Reading 3/6/19, where she read her “Under My Skin” poems “Ernesto”, “Quivering Against the Invading Enemy”, & “X-Rays and Broken Hearts”, from her poetry performance art collection book “Chapter 48 (v2)”, in Community Poetry @ Half Price Books (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; Sepia Tone).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ March 2019 Book Release Reading 3/6/19, where she read her “Under My Skin” show poems “Ernesto”, “Quivering Against the Invading Enemy”, and “X-Rays and Broken Hearts”, all from her poetry performance art collection book “Chapter 48 (v2)”, in Community Poetry @ Half Price Books (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ March 2019 Book Release Reading 3/6/19, where she read her “Under My Skin” poems “Ernesto”, “Quivering Against the Invading Enemy”, & “X-Rays and Broken Hearts”, from her poetry performance art collection book “Chapter 48 (v2)”, in Community Poetry @ Half Price Books (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; Posterize).

X-rays and broken hearts Janet Kuypers 10/29/15 X-rays of small children show two rows of teeth, because once baby teeth are too small for the child, adult teeth push those baby teeth out, break through the gums and take over the job. And this is really remarkable — I mean, it’s not like your hair which can always grow out, and even though skin is the largest human organ it’s not like shedding and growing more skin, it’s not like cutting yourself and watching an organ heal. These are bones, because your body knows before you’re born what you need in life... And I wonder why genetics hasn’t figured out that we humans may need a new heart, a back-up, after it has been broken too many times. Because, after you’re been fired and someone there watches you collect your belongings and escorts you out forever, or after you’re sent you can’t remember how many résumés, and even if you’re interviewed, they never want you back. Or after you find your one true love, well, that’s when they move away, to get away from you forever. Or after your family dies, and you’re alone. After it feels like your heart is always about ready to break, it make me wonder why genetics hasn’t figured it out. We might need a back-up. Our heart can only take so much.

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