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video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers in her 12/2/17 show “Who What Where When Why” @ “Expressions” in Austin, performing her poems “Who What Where When Why”, “Ocean’s Call to Dive”, “Underwater and Swimming”, “on the Bridge”, “Jumping, Flying”, “Only Voice he could Hear”, “Passport to Outer Space” from the book “Say Nothing”, and “Visiting Pristine Places on the Planet” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersinstagram
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers in her 12/2/17 show “Who What Where When Why” @ “Expressions” in Austin, performing her poems “Who What Where When Why”, “Ocean’s Call to Dive”, “Underwater and Swimming”, “on the Bridge”, “Jumping, Flying”, “Only Voice he could Hear”, “Passport to Outer Space” from the book “Say Nothing”, and “Visiting Pristine Places on the Planet” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersinstagram
View the 12/2/17 show poems in the free PDF file chapbook
Who What Where When Why chapbook Who What Where When Why chapbook Who What Where When Why
containing the poems “Who What Where When Why”, “Ocean’s Call to Dive”, “Underwater and Swimming”, “on the Bridge”, “Jumping, Flying”, “Only Voice he could Hear”, her micro-prose “Passport to Outer Space”, and her poem “Visiting Pristine Places on the Planet”.
video See YouTube video from 12/9/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “on the Bridge”, then her poems “Upstage Everyone Else” & “On a High Horse Like This” from her book “Let me See You Stripped” at the “Poetry Aloud” open mic at the Georgetown Public Library (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).
video See YouTube video from 12/9/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “on the Bridge”, then her poems “Upstage Everyone Else” & “On a High Horse Like This” from her book “Let me See You Stripped” at the “Poetry Aloud” open mic at the Georgetown Public Library (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).
video See YouTube video of Janet KuypersMay 2018 Book Release Reading 5/2/18, where she read her “Who What Where When Whyperformance art poems “Who What Where When Why” “Ocean’s Call to Dive”, “Underwater and Swimming” and “On the Bridge” from the cc&d 5/18 book “About the Arts” at “Community Poetry @ Half Price Books” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading
video See YouTube video of Janet KuypersMay 2018 Book Release Reading 5/2/18, where she read her “Who What Where When Whyperformance art poems “Who What Where When Why” “Ocean’s Call to Dive”, “Underwater and Swimming” and “On the Bridge” from the cc&d 5/18 book “About the Arts” at “Community Poetry @ Half Price Books” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “On the Bridge” from her 2018 full-color full-bleed photography (+ select poems) book “Antarctica: Wildlife”, then her poem “There I Sit” from the cc&d 4/18 v282 book “War of Water”, then her poem “Just one Book” from the cc&d 9/17 v275 book “a Pick for the Future” at “Poetry Aloud” 7/28/18 (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “On the Bridge” from her 2018 full-color full-bleed photography (+ select poems) book “Antarctica: Wildlife”, then her poem “There I Sit” from the cc&d 4/18 v282 book “War of Water”, then her poem “Just one Book” from the cc&d 9/17 v275 book “a Pick for the Future” at “Poetry Aloud” 7/28/18 (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “On the Bridge” from her 2018 full-color full-bleed photography (+ select poems) book “Antarctica: Wildlife”, then her poem “Human Construct of Time” from the cc&d 6/11 v233 bonus anniversary book “Sea Drift”, then her poem “Shared Air” from the cc&d 7 & 8 2017 v264 book “Being Real” at “Spoken and Heard” 7/29/18 (from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “On the Bridge” from her 2018 full-color full-bleed photography (+ select poems) book “Antarctica: Wildlife”, then her poem “Human Construct of Time” from the cc&d 6/11 v233 bonus anniversary book “Sea Drift”, then her poem “Shared Air” from the cc&d 7 & 8 2017 v264 book “Being Real” at “Spoken and Heard” 7/29/18 (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).
video See YouTube video of Janet KuypersAugust 2018 Book Release Reading 8/1/18, where she read her “Who What Where When Why” show poems “Ocean’s Call to Dive”, “Who What Where When Why”, “Underwater and Swimming”, “on the Bridge”, and “Visiting Pristine Places on the Planet” from her color photo book “Antarctica: Wildlife” at “Community Poetry @ Half Price Books” (PLT56 camera).
video See YouTube video of Janet KuypersAugust 2018 Book Release Reading 8/1/18, where she read her “Who What Where When Why” show poems “Ocean’s Call to Dive”, “Who What Where When Why”, “Underwater and Swimming”, “on the Bridge”, and “Visiting Pristine Places on the Planet” from her color photo book “Antarctica: Wildlife” at “Community Poetry @ Half Price Books” (PLT56; Cyan).
video See YouTube video of Janet KuypersAugust 2018 Book Release Reading 8/1/18, where she read her “Who What Where When Why” show poems “Ocean’s Call to Dive”, “Who What Where When Why”, “Underwater and Swimming”, “on the Bridge”, and “Visiting Pristine Places on the Planet” from her color photo book “Antarctica: Wildlife” at “Community Poetry @ Half Price Books” (PLT56; Edge Det.).
video See YouTube video of Janet KuypersAugust 2018 Book Release Reading 8/1/18, where she read her “Who What Where When Why” show poems “Ocean’s Call to Dive”, “Who What Where When Why”, “Underwater and Swimming”, “on the Bridge”, and “Visiting Pristine Places on the Planet” from her color photo book “Antarctica: Wildlife” at “Community Poetry @ Half Price Books” (PLT56; Polarize).
video See YouTube video of Janet KuypersAugust 2018 Book Release Reading 8/1/18, where she read her “Who What Where When Why” show poems “Ocean’s Call to Dive”, “Who What Where When Why”, “Underwater and Swimming”, “on the Bridge”, and “Visiting Pristine Places on the Planet” from her color photo book “Antarctica: Wildlife” at “Community Poetry @ Half Price Books” (PLT56; Sepia Tone).
video See YouTube video of Janet KuypersAugust 2018 Book Release Reading 8/1/18, where she read her “Who What Where When Why” show poems “Ocean’s Call to Dive”, “Who What Where When Why”, “Underwater and Swimming”, “on the Bridge”, and “Visiting Pristine Places on the Planet” from her color photo book “Antarctica: Wildlife” at “Community Poetry @ Half Price Books” (PLT56; Threshold).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Every Street Corner”, “Women’s Very Existence”, “Who What Where When Why”, and “Ocean’s Call to Dive” from the Scars Publications 2018 collections book “Accept Apart”, plus her poem “On the Bridge” from the full-color photography and poetry book “Antarctica: Wildlife”, live 1/2/19 at her. “Community Poetry @ Half Price Books” Austin feature reading (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Every Street Corner”, “Women’s Very Existence”, “Who What Where When Why”, and “Ocean’s Call to Dive” from the Scars Publications 2018 collections book “Accept Apart”, plus her poem “On the Bridge” from the full-color photography and poetry book “Antarctica: Wildlife”, live 1/2/19 at her. “Community Poetry @ Half Price Books” Austin feature reading (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera, then zoomed in closer; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Every Street Corner”, “Women’s Very Existence”, “Who What Where When Why”, and “Ocean’s Call to Dive” from the Scars Publications 2018 collections book “Accept Apart”, plus her poem “On the Bridge” from the full-color photography and poetry book “Antarctica: Wildlife”, live 1/2/19 at her. “Community Poetry @ Half Price Books” Austin feature reading (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Every Street Corner”, “Women’s Very Existence”, “Who What Where When Why”, and “Ocean’s Call to Dive” from the Scars Publications 2018 collections book “Accept Apart”, plus her poem “On the Bridge” from the full-color photography and poetry book “Antarctica: Wildlife”, live 1/2/19 at her. “Community Poetry @ Half Price Books” Austin feature reading (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera that was zoomed; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).
video See YouTube video ofJanet Kuypers reading her poem “On The Bridge” originally from her book “Antarctica: Wildlife” but read the edited poem read from her contest-winning poetry in the book “Animal Takes XII 2019”, her poem “Earth was Alive and Dying” read from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” (for Arbor Day), then her poem “Old Stomping Grounds” from her poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” during her hosting her the “Poetic License” open mic at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” 8/4/19 (P L 2500).
video See YouTube video ofJanet Kuypers reading her poem “On The Bridge” originally from her book “Antarctica: Wildlife” but read the edited poem read from her contest-winning poetry in the book “Animal Takes XII 2019”, her poem “Earth was Alive and Dying” read from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” (for Arbor Day), then her poem “Old Stomping Grounds” from her poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” during her hosting her the “Poetic License” open mic at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” 8/4/19 (P L T56).

on the Bridge

Janet Kuypers
11/24/17 (in Río Gallegos)

the Captain invited us onto the bridge
and we cautiously walked, and watched
the majestic view from the front of the ship
searching for what was yet to be found

but lucky us, crewmates saw it —
the first Humpback whales of the season
so the Captain gently slowed the ship down
just to try to glide alongside

and maybe the whales were as curious as we
because after a few minutes of gliding
three Humpback whales came along beside
trying to learn what we might be hiding

our intentions were pure, but maybe they knew
we would never be truly alike
so they blew from their blowholes, curled with their fins
and with their tails, they turned the other way

yes, it’s true, we’re not alike
they turned backward as we moved ahead
but I think we both learned from each other
and we grew through our final goodbye

I was honored to be on the bridge that day
I was honored he gave us that chance
to commune with something so different from us
that helps, in a way, makes us the same


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