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See YouTube video from 3/25/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Verge on Meditation” and “Weren’t Even Marries” at the “Poetry Aloud” open mic at the Georgetown Public Library (this video was filmed from a Sony camera).

See YouTube video from 3/25/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Verge on Meditation” and “Weren’t Even Marries” at the “Poetry Aloud” open mic at the Georgetown Public Library (from a Canon Power Shot SX700 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Verge on Meditation”, “Just Thinking About It”, “Political Merry-Go-Round” and “Ernesto” from her book “(pheromemes) 2015-2017 poems” 8/23/17 at Waukegan (IL) Beach (video filmed from a Sony camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Verge on Meditation”, “Just Thinking About It”, “Political Merry-Go-Round” and “Ernesto” from her book “(pheromemes) 2015-2017 poems” 8/23/17 at Waukegan (IL) Beach (Sony camera w/ a Cartoon filter).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ September 2017 Book Release Reading 9/6/17 from her book “(pheromemes) 2015-2017 poems”, with “Verge on Meditation”, “Elusive Imaginary Creature”, “Newspaper Ink’s the Blood of a Dying Species”, “Your Imaginary Soul Weighs 21 Grams”, “The Truth is Out There”, & “Visions Were Justified” in Community Poetry (video filmed from a Canon camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ September 2017 Book Release Reading 9/6/17 from her book “(pheromemes) 2015-2017 poems”, with “Verge on Meditation”, “Elusive Imaginary Creature”, “Newspaper Ink’s the Blood of a Dying Species”, “Your Imaginary Soul Weighs 21 Grams”, “The Truth is Out There”, & “Visions Were Justified” in Community Poetry (video was filmed from a Sony camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ November 2017 Book Release Reading 11/1/17, where she read her Down in the Dirt 11/17 book “Monsters” haiku poems “knife”, “easy”, and “ghosts”, and her poems “Ernesto” “Just Thinking About It”, “Political Merry-Go-Round” and “Verge on Meditation” in Community Poetry @ Half Price Books (this video was filmed from a Sony camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoetryshow

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ November 2017 Book Release Reading 11/1/17, where she read her Down in the Dirt 11/17 book “Monsters” haiku poems “knife”, “easy”, and “ghosts”, and her poems “Ernesto” “Just Thinking About It”, “Political Merry-Go-Round” and “Verge on Meditation” in Community Poetry @ Half Price Books (this video was filmed from a Lumix camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoetryshow

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ “April 2018 Book Release Reading” 4/4/18, where she read her Down in the Dirt magazine 9-12 2017 issue collection book “the Light in the Sky” poems “Verge on Meditation”, “Salesman”, and “Just by Holding his Hand” at the only “Community Poetry @ Half Price Books” event, which she hosted during National Poetry Month (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoetryshow

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ “April 2018 Book Release Reading” 4/4/18, where she read her Down in the Dirt magazine 9-12 2017 issue collection book “the Light in the Sky” poems “Verge on Meditation”, “Salesman”, and “Just by Holding his Hand” at the only “Community Poetry @ Half Price Books” event, which she hosted during National Poetry Month (filmed with a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera, with an Edge Detection filter).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ “April 2018 Book Release Reading” 4/4/18, where she read her Down in the Dirt magazine 9-12 2017 issue collection book “the Light in the Sky” poems “Verge on Meditation”, “Salesman”, and “Just by Holding his Hand” at the only “Community Poetry @ Half Price Books” event, which she hosted during National Poetry Month (filmed with a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera, with a posterize filter).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ “April 2018 Book Release Reading” 4/4/18, where she read her Down in the Dirt magazine 9-12 2017 issue collection book “the Light in the Sky” poems “Verge on Meditation”, “Salesman”, and “Just by Holding his Hand” at the only “Community Poetry @ Half Price Books” event, which she hosted during National Poetry Month (filmed with a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera, with a Threshold filter).

Verge on Meditation Janet Kuypers 3/24/17 I always thought of it was my beach. I know it was a public place, but Naples Pier, off the Gulf of Mexico was a place that was my special retreat ever since I was a little kid. You have to go just one block north of the Pier to dig in the sand and find the coquina shell fish burrowing their way into the sand. Find the spiral in the shells, drop it into the water between the waves and watch the ever-growing ripples in circles near your feet. I don’t know why I’m claiming ownership to a public beach, but when I search for a moment to escape, I choose to verge on mediation by imagining myself on this beach at dusk, where the reds and oranges of our circular sun change the water from blue to black — with the beautiful breeze, and the battered down circular microscopic grains of sand massaging my feet with each step — that is the closest thing to coming to peace, and coming full circle to reach everything I’ve ever needed. All at a beach I claim for my own. Well, when it makes me feel this good, it does become mine, and it makes the circle complete.

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