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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her 2019 poems “Zap My Will” (then showing the Instagram image highlighting it), “Dreams 2/3/19”, and her haiku “after” (then showing the Instagram image for it), live 5/18/19 at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” (P.L. 2500 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her 2019 poems “Zap My Will” (then showing the Instagram image highlighting it), “Dreams 2/3/19”, and her haiku “after” (then showing the Instagram image for it), live 5/18/19 at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” (Panasonic Lumix T56).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading multiple poems in multiple reading rounds at the (tentatively) last “Poetry Aloud open mic 10/26/19” at the Georgetown Public Library, while Janet Kuypers guest-hosted. In the first round, she read her poem “Queueing in Line and Shaping Your Life” from her poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”. In round 2 she read her poems “Volumes of Philosophical Masterpieces”, “Didn’t Think Anything of It”, and “Join Me” from her poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”. In round 3 she read her poems “Jet Stream of Water: dreams 3/9/19”, “Understanding Terrorism’s Interior”, and “Just Let Me have my Space” from her poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”, then she read her poem she wrote AT this open mic (on 10/26/19), “Undulating Nexus”. In round 4 she read her Twitter Verse Periodic Table poems “Cadmium and Cancer” (#048, Cd), “Indium, trying to get through” (#49, In), “Tin Foil Hats on Tin Pan Alley” (#50, Sn), “Antimony: Sordid and Violent” (#51, Sb), and “Tellurium so High in the Sky” (#52, Te). In round 5 she read her poems “Venezuela was Mowed Down by Tanks”, “Our Demons can Mark Us”, “Bolt of Lightning”, “Unchecked Electricity”, and “Only Nineteen” from her poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 video camera, and this video was also posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading multiple poems in multiple reading rounds at the (tentatively) last “Poetry Aloud open mic 10/26/19” at the Georgetown Public Library, while Janet Kuypers guest-hosted. In the first round, she read her poem “Queueing in Line and Shaping Your Life” from her poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”. In round 2 she read her poems “Volumes of Philosophical Masterpieces”, “Didn’t Think Anything of It”, and “Join Me” from her poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”. In round 3 she read her poems “Jet Stream of Water: dreams 3/9/19”, “Understanding Terrorism’s Interior”, and “Just Let Me have my Space” from her poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”, then she read her poem she wrote AT this open mic (on 10/26/19), “Undulating Nexus”. In round 4 she read her Twitter Verse Periodic Table poems “Cadmium and Cancer” (#048, Cd), “Indium, trying to get through” (#49, In), “Tin Foil Hats on Tin Pan Alley” (#50, Sn), “Antimony: Sordid and Violent” (#51, Sb), and “Tellurium so High in the Sky” (#52, Te). In round 5 she read her poems “Venezuela was Mowed Down by Tanks”, “Our Demons can Mark Us”, “Bolt of Lightning”, “Unchecked Electricity”, and “Only Nineteen” from her poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 video camera & given a Sepia Tone filter, and posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr).

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Dreams 2/3/19”, “Ending It with Alexa”, “Genesis Twenty-Two”, and “Niobium 92 & Solar System Secrets” from the cc&d 1-4/22 issue collection book “Unfinished Business” on 8/3/22 on the 1st Wednesday of the month (1:00-3:00 PM CST) in honor of ‘Community Poetry’ (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem

Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Dreams 2/3/19”, “Ending It with Alexa”, “Genesis Twenty-Two”, and “Niobium 92 & Solar System Secrets” from the cc&d 1-4/22 issue collection book “Unfinished Business” on 8/3/22 on the 1st Wednesday of the month (1:00-3:00 PM CST) in honor of ‘Community Poetry’ (filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera; posted on Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

Dreams 2/3/19 Janet Kuypers 2/3/19 I was at a local brewery, there alone, waiting for him to pick me up — but suddenly, all alone, I looked down and saw I had no pants on. I mean, I had a large t-shirt on, but no pants, not even underwear or shoes. So I tried to pull my shirt down, I didn’t know what else to do. And realize, there were other people at this brewery, and no one seemed to notice, no one was even looking at me. So I tried to act normal, though I kept pulling my shirt down my legs. At one point I looked over and a man said, “hey, don’t feel bad, I don’t have any pants on either” — and when I looked at him, I saw he had shoes on, and he was wearing speedos for underwear... so I thought, this is just a flamboyant man trying to get attention, he might look indecent, but he’s not exposed illegally. And it was just then when I spotted him, “thank god you’re here,” and I tried to pull my shirt down to cover myself up, and I said, “we’ve got to go, like now —” so we left the brewery. But suddenly, right outside the brewery, there was an outdoor impromptu flea market. I mean, seriously, there were booths of assorted nobodies selling random crap, and it didn’t even occur to me to look at any of these tables for something, anything for me to cover up with. I just wanted to get out of this mess of people who shouldn’t even be here in the first place, none of this should even be going on, and I don’t even know where my pants and underwear are. And then I turned to find my ride, to find my man, and he was nowhere to be found. He was right here, where did he go? So then my next priority was to find him, because at this point he was my only way to get away from all of these strangers while I don’t have anything to cover up the bottom half of me. Now, at this point I’m alone, and all I could think was that if he were here, he’d probably say that at least I have nice legs to look at... and all I can do is pull down my shirt.

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