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video See YouTube video 10/16/16 of Janet Kuypers in her show “Ultimate Connectivity” at the Awesmic City Expo preview in Austin performing her poems “Ultimate Connectivity: disconnect to reconnect”, “Ultimate Connectivity: trying to separate peace from war”, “Ultimate Connectivity: aches and pains”, “Ultimate Connectivity: how coffee can be relaxing”, “Ultimate Connectivity: getting naked with nature”, “Ultimate Connectivity: swimming with the fishes”, “Ultimate Connectivity: forgetting fear and feeling free”, and “Ultimate Connectivity: a bird in the hand” (with poetry that appears in the “Ultimate Connectivity” chapbook, this video was filmed from a Sony camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperspoetryshow
video See YouTube video 10/16/16 of Janet Kuypers in her show “Ultimate Connectivity” at the Awesmic City Expo preview in Austin performing her poems “Ultimate Connectivity: disconnect to reconnect”, “Ultimate Connectivity: trying to separate peace from war”, “Ultimate Connectivity: aches and pains”, “Ultimate Connectivity: how coffee can be relaxing”, “Ultimate Connectivity: getting naked with nature”, “Ultimate Connectivity: swimming with the fishes”, “Ultimate Connectivity: forgetting fear and feeling free”, and “Ultimate Connectivity: a bird in the hand” (with poetry in the “Ultimate Connectivity” chapbook, this video was filmed from a Canon Power Shot camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperspoetryshow
Ultimate Connectivity chapbook Ultimate Connectivity show Get the free PDF file chapbook
Ultimate Connectivity
containing all the poems from the show, in order: “Ultimate Connectivity: disconnect to reconnect”, “Ultimate Connectivity: trying to separate peace from war”, “Ultimate Connectivity: aches and pains”, Ultimate Connectivity showUltimate Connectivity: how coffee can be relaxing”, “Ultimate Connectivity: getting naked with nature”, “Ultimate Connectivity: swimming with the fishes”, “Ultimate Connectivity: forgetting fear and feeling free”, and “Ultimate Connectivity: a bird in the hand”.
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See YouTube video from 4/22/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Ultimate Connectivity: how coffee can be relaxing” and her haiku “ghosts”, then reading a portion of her short story “Crazy” at “Poetry Aloud” in Georgetown (this video was filmed from a Lumix camera).
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See YouTube video from 4/22/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Ultimate Connectivity: how coffee can be relaxing” and her haiku “ghosts”, then reading a portion of her short story “Crazy” at “Poetry Aloud” in Georgetown (this video was filmed from a Sony camera).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ May 2017 Book Release Reading 5/3/17 of cc&d’s book “the New World” of performance art poetry in Austin’s Community Poetry at Half Price Books, including her “Ultimate Connectivity” poems “Ultimate Connectivity: trying to separate peace from war”, “Ultimate Connectivity: how coffee can be relaxing”, “Ultimate Connectivity: disconnect to reconnect”, “Ultimate Connectivity: aches and pains”, “Ultimate Connectivity: forgetting fear and feeling free”, “Ultimate Connectivity: getting naked with nature”, and “Ultimate Connectivity: a bird in the hand” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ May 2017 Book Release Reading 5/3/17 of cc&d’s book “the New World” of performance art poetry in Austin’s Community Poetry at Half Price Books, including her “Ultimate Connectivity” poems “Ultimate Connectivity: trying to separate peace from war”, “Ultimate Connectivity: how coffee can be relaxing”, “Ultimate Connectivity: disconnect to reconnect”, “Ultimate Connectivity: aches and pains”, “Ultimate Connectivity: forgetting fear and feeling free”, “Ultimate Connectivity: getting naked with nature”, and “Ultimate Connectivity: a bird in the hand” (this video was filmed from a Sony camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Ultimate Connectivity: aches and pains”, “Ultimate Connectivity: how coffee can be relaxing”, “Ultimate Connectivity: swimming with the fishes”, “Ultimate Connectivity: forgetting fear and feeling free” and “Zenith of the Night Sky” from her book “(pheromemes) 2015-2017 show poems” 8/23/17 at Kenosha (WI) Beach (video filmed from a Sony camera, with intro in a Hue Cycling filter and reading in a Posterize filter).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Ultimate Connectivity: aches and pains”, “Ultimate Connectivity: how coffee can be relaxing”, “Ultimate Connectivity: swimming with the fishes”, “Ultimate Connectivity: forgetting fear and feeling free” and “Zenith of the Night Sky” from her book “(pheromemes) 2015-2017 show poems” 8/23/17 at Kenosha (WI) Beach (from a Sony camera).

Ultimate Connectivity:
how coffee can be relaxing

Janet Kuypers
10/7/16

Every time I went back
to my childhood getaway...
Every time I’d go for a walk
I felt like half the people knew me.
You didn’t feel afraid
to say hello to strangers
because everyone     here     was at home.

Now, I don’t drink coffee.
I don’t like the taste
and I don’t need the caffeine.
But when I was here,
at what seems like my own little retreat,
I’d pour myself a really weak cup,
sweeten it up to replenish my sweet stock

and I’d sit at the table
outside in the morning to write,
or I’d sit at the bench
and watch retired couples
play round robin doubles tennis.

They’d ask me if I’d like to join them,
but no, I was happy here,
with my insanely weak coffee
that was just warm enough
to warm my spirits,
and keep me company
as I enjoyed the morning breeze
and the connection I felt
with everyone around me.


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