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video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Urine and Fireworks”, “Object to Slavery while Protecting Slave Labor”, and “Everyone Will React” from the cc&d July 2020 book “So Much Moon” during the “Poetic License open mic 7/5/20 home edition” she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoeticlicense
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Urine and Fireworks”, “Object to Slavery while Protecting Slave Labor”, and “Everyone Will React” from the cc&d July 2020 book “So Much Moon” during the “Poetic License open mic 7/5/20 home edition” she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 & Sepia; on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoeticlicense
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Urine and Fireworks”, “Object to Slavery while Protecting Slave Labor”, and “Everyone Will React” from the cc&d July 2020 book “So Much Moon” during the “Poetic License open mic 7/5/20 home edition” she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 & Threshold; on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoeticlicense
video See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Urine and Fireworks”, “Object to Slavery while Protecting Slave Labor”, and “Everyone Will React” from the cc&d July 2020 book “So Much Moon” during the “Poetic License open mic 7/5/20 home edition” she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (this video was filmed from a Samsung S9 camera). #janetkuyperspoeticlicense
video See a YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Magnificent Desolation” “Kill Us for Our Beliefs”, “Zoos, Big Brains and Opposable Thumbs”, “Vaguely Crafted Verses”, “Urine and Fireworks” “Object to Slavery while Protecting Slave Labor” and “Everyone Will React” from the v299So Much Moon” section of the cc&d 5-8 2020 collection book “One with the Mountain” live 8/5/20 (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).
video See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Magnificent Desolation” “Kill Us for Our Beliefs” “Zoos, Big Brains and Opposable Thumbs”, “Vaguely Crafted Verses”, “Urine and Fireworks” “Object to Slavery while Protecting Slave Labor” and “Everyone Will React” from the v299So Much Moon” section of the cc&d 5-8 2020 collection book “One with the Mountain” live 8/5/20 (this video was filmed from a Samsung S9 camera).
video See a YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “One Would be Chosen(written 10/12 for the 1492 date Christopher Columbus Discovers America), “Farmer” and “Verdant Green(for 10/12, National Farmers Day), “Vacuum of Space(written 10/11, on and for the day in 1984 when astronaut Kathryn D. Sullivan boarded the Space Shuttle Challenger as the first American woman to perform a space walk), “No Bother(written 10/13, on and for Good Samaritan Day), “Valkyrie attempts(written 10/14 on 1944 date of the suicide of Erwin Rommel), “Everyone Will React(written the 3rd Tuesday of October, on and for National Face Your Fears Day), “Know they are Loved(written 10/16, on and for Global Cat Day), “You Don’t Expect It(written 10/17, on and for World Trauma Day), “Violent Endeavour(written 10/18, on the 1967 date the first space probe entered another planet’s atmosphere (Soviet Venera 4 to Venus), “Know they are Loved”, and “Every Day is Sweetest Day(written the 3rd Saturday of October, on and for Sweetest Day) from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)” for The Café Gallery 10/20/20 Book Reading in The Café Gallery 2020 book reading series (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).
video See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “One Would be Chosen”, “Farmer”, “Verdant Green”, “Vacuum of Space”, “No Bother”, “Valkyrie attempts”, “Everyone Will React”, “Know they are Loved”, “You Don’t Expect It”, “Violent Endeavour”, and “Every Day is Sweetest Day” from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)” for The Café Gallery 10/20/20 Book Reading in The Café Gallery 2020 book reading series (this video was filmed and streamed live from a Samsung S9 camera).
video See a YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Quickly, Life Can Turn”, “ ever since my childhood”, “Genesis Twenty-Three”, “Genesis Forty-Four”, “Know Completeness”, “unsung”, “Magnesium Burn”, and “Everyone Will React” from the Scars Publications flash fiction and art collection book “2020 in a Flash” (released that day) for The Café Gallery 11/24/20 Book Reading in The Café Gallery 2020 book reading series (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypersthecafegallery
video See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Quickly, Life Can Turn”, “ ever since my childhood”, “Genesis Twenty-Three”, “Genesis Forty-Four”, “Know Completeness”, “unsung”, “Magnesium Burn”, and “Everyone Will React” from the Scars Publications flash fiction and art collection book “2020 in a Flash” (released that day) for The Café Gallery 11/24/20 Book Reading in The Café Gallery 2020 book reading series (this video was filmed and streamed from a Samsung S9 camera). #janetkuypersthecafegallery
video See a YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Everyone Will React”, “brittle”, “Your Burden”, “Under Our Own Feet”, “Quiet as a Painting”, “Until all the Pieces Connect”, “Understand the Power”, “Usual Conquest Style”, “Exploit the Island”, and “Kiribati” from the v178 issue of the Down in the Dirt magazine 12/20 book “Spartacus” 12/2/20, during the usual time for Austin’s “Community Poetry” open mic (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera, and posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers
video See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Everyone Will React”, “brittle”, “Your Burden”, “Under Our Own Feet”, “Quiet as a Painting”, “Until all the Pieces Connect”, “Understand the Power”, “Usual Conquest Style”, “Exploit the Island”, and “Kiribati” from the v178 issue of the Down in the Dirt magazine 12/20 book “Spartacus” 12/2/20, during the usual time for Austin’s “Community Poetry” open mic (this video was filmed and streamed with a Samsung S9 camera). #janetkuypers
video See a YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Hide from the World”, “Knowing Panic Becomes a Picnic”, “filed under fiction”, “Everyone Will React”, “Violent Endeavour”, and “Rushed” from the 2020 Scars Publications poetry and art collection book anthology “Vote Early, Read Often” 1/6/21, during the usual time for Austin’s “Community Poetry” open mic (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera, and posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers
video See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Hide from the World”, “Knowing Panic Becomes a Picnic”, “filed under fiction”, “Everyone Will React”, “Violent Endeavour”, and “Rushed” from the 2020 Scars Publications poetry and art collection book anthology “Vote Early, Read Often” 12/2/20, during the usual time for Austin’s “Community Poetry” open mic (this video was filmed and streamed with a Samsung S9 camera). #janetkuypers
video See a YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “nonetheless” from the Down in the Dirt 1/21 v179 book “a Stretch of Highway”, then her poems “brittle” and “Everyone Will React” from the v178Spartacus” installment of the Down in the Dirt issue collection book “Late Frost” for The Café Gallery 1/27/21 Book Reading in The Café Gallery Book Reading series (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera, and posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).  #janetkuypers   #janetkuyperspoetry   #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersthecafegallery
video See a YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “nonetheless” from the Down in the Dirt 1/21 v179 book “a Stretch of Highway”, then her poems “brittle” and “Everyone Will React” from the v178Spartacus” installment of the Down in the Dirt issue collection book “Late Frost” for The Café Gallery 1/27/21 Book Reading in The Café Gallery Book Reading series (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera & given a Hue Cycling filter, and posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).  #janetkuypers   #janetkuyperspoetry   #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersthecafegallery
video See a YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “nonetheless” from the Down in the Dirt 1/21 v179 book “a Stretch of Highway”, then her poems “brittle” and “Everyone Will React” from the v178Spartacus” installment of the Down in the Dirt issue collection book “Late Frost” for The Café Gallery 1/27/21 Book Reading in The Café Gallery Book Reading series (this video was filmed from a iPhone 10 camera, and posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).  #janetkuypers   #janetkuyperspoetry   #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersthecafegallery
video See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “nonetheless” from the Down in the Dirt 1/21 v179 book “a Stretch of Highway”, then her poems “brittle” and “Everyone Will React” from the v178Spartacus” installment of the Down in the Dirt issue collection book “Late Frost” for The Café Gallery 1/27/21 Book Reading (this video was filmed and streamed from a Samsung S9 camera).   #janetkuypers   #janetkuyperspoetry   #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersthecafegallery

Everyone Will React

Janet Kuypers
10/15/19, on National Face Your Fears Day,
observed the 3rd Tuesday of every October,
on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram

When standing on the ledge
you wonder how everyone will react.
Then you begin to wonder
what it would feel like
when you start to fall.


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