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See YouTube video live 3/31/19 of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Genesis Two and Three”, through “Spoken and Heard” at Kick Butt Coffee (thisvideo was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video live 3/31/19 of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Genesis Two and Three”, through “Spoken and Heard” at Kick Butt Coffee (from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera, and given a Posterize filter).

See YouTube video live 3/31/19 of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Genesis Two and Three”, through “Spoken and Heard” at Kick Butt Coffee (rom a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera, and given a Sepia Tone filter).

See YouTube video live 3/31/19 of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Genesis Two and Three”, through “Spoken and Heard” at Kick Butt Coffee (from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera), and given a Threshold filter).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers 3 poetry readings for Community Poetry at Half Price Books 10/2/19. In part 1, Janet Kuypers reads her poem “Ends of the Earth”, then her poems based on The Bible: “Genesis One”, “Genesis Two and Three”, and “Genesis Four: Cain and Abel, and sin from killing”, then her poem “Listen to Life”, all read from the cc&d v292 (Sept.-Oct. 2019 issue) perfect-bound paperback ISBN# book “In The Fall”. In part 2, Janet Kuypers reads her poems “Someone Give Me the Answers” and “Their Crutches” from the 3/18/03 poetry show “Death Comes In Threes”, then her poems #8220;Touch (2019 edit)” and Explosive Energy”, all read from the Down in the Dirt v166 (Sept.-Oct. 2019 issue) perfect-bound paperback ISBN# book “Climate Change” - then she read her poems “Volumes of Philosophical Masterpieces”, “Just the Right Words”, “Vastness of Just the Right Moon”, and her two Notre Dame poems “Xystus to Foundation” and “Xyresic Flames”, all read from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”. In part 3, Janet Kuypers reads her poems “”, “Eat Your Words”, “Xenon and PTSD, to Fight that Spiral”, and “Kept my Eye on You”, all read from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers 3 poetry readings for Community Poetry at Half Price Books 10/2/19. In part 1, Janet Kuypers reads her poem “Ends of the Earth”, then her poems based on The Bible: “Genesis One”, “Genesis Two and Three”, and “Genesis Four: Cain and Abel, and sin from killing”, then her poem “Listen to Life”, all read from the cc&d v292 (Sept.-Oct. 2019 issue) perfect-bound paperback ISBN# book “In The Fall”. In part 2, Janet Kuypers reads her poems “Someone Give Me the Answers” and “Their Crutches” from the 3/18/03 poetry show “Death Comes In Threes”, then her poems #8220;Touch (2019 edit)” and Explosive Energy”, all read from the Down in the Dirt v166 (Sept.-Oct. 2019 issue) perfect-bound paperback ISBN# book “Climate Change” - then she read her poems “Volumes of Philosophical Masterpieces”, “Just the Right Words”, “Vastness of Just the Right Moon”, and her two Notre Dame poems “Xystus to Foundation” and “Xyresic Flames”, all read from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”. In part 3, Janet Kuypers reads her poems “”, “Eat Your Words”, “Xenon and PTSD, to Fight that Spiral”, and “Kept my Eye on You”, all read from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Genesis One”, “Genesis Two and Three”, and “Genesis Four: Cain and Abel, and sin from killing” from the Scars Publications 7-12 2019 cc&d issue collection book “Imagery of Place”, as one of the readings in her February 2020 Book Release Reading through Community Poetry! at Half Price Books in Austin (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Genesis One”, “Genesis Two and Three”, and “Genesis Four: Cain and Abel, and sin from killing” from the Scars Publications 7-12 2019 cc&d issue collection book “Imagery of Place”, as one of the readings in her February 2020 Book Release Reading through Community Poetry! at Half Price Books in Austin (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Genesis One”, “Genesis Two and Three”, and “Genesis Four: Cain and Abel, and sin from killing”, in set 3 from the cc&d July-December 2018 expanded issue collection book “Among the Debris” during the “Poetic License open mic 6/7/20 home edition” she hosted in Austin, but globally through a Facebook event page (this video was from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera, and was posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Genesis One”, “Genesis Two and Three”, and “Genesis Four: Cain and Abel, and sin from killing”, in set 3 from the cc&d July-December 2018 expanded issue collection book “Among the Debris” during the “Poetic License open mic 6/7/20 home edition” she hosted in Austin, but globally through a Facebook event page (video filmed from a Samsung S9 camera).

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Genesis One”, “Genesis Two and Three”, and “Genesis Four: Cain and Abel, and sin from killing”, “Genesis Six-Nine: an Apocalypse/Doomsday Prepper’s Take”, “Genesis Eleven: the Tower of Babble”, and “Genesis Eighteen to Nineteen” from the CyberWit.net Janet Kuypers 2023 poetry book “Testament” on 4/30/23 in front of St. Mary’s Cathedral in Austin for the 2023 Poetry Bomb (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). You can also enjoy this YouTube video that was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). You can also enjoy this as a Facebook live video stream that was filmed and streamed from a Samsung S9 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoetrybomb

Genesis Two and Three Janet Kuypers 1/5/19 His father said I was made for him, and we shall be of one flesh. You would think we would have to be perfect for each other, but when you’re alone with only one man, your choices are limited. Now, we lived on a beautiful land, with beautiful gardens and beautiful food... And even though this was never explicitly said to me, I got the impression I shouldn’t touch or eat from the tree of knowledge — because I shouldn’t understand good and evil. All I cold think was, what a ludicrous thought. Who would be so demanding and foreboding to forbid us from knowing right from wrong? No matter that the fruit looked so succulent, no matter that I wanted to learn or grow, why would you want the ones you claim to love remain do utterly ignorant? If you know better, Ignorance is not bliss, ignorance is ignorance so when it was suggested to me and I could be godlike if I only tried this fruit, I thought, I couldn’t die from touching this knowledge, eating it’s fruit, or learning from it... So I did what I had to do, and anyone with drive or ambition or desire to learn would do the same. So in my desire to be wise, I ate this fruit, and I saw that it was good. Then I realized that maybe being the only wise one around here wouldn’t be a good idea, maybe the only man I’ve ever known could stand a little more knowledge too. I offered him the food; he knew the rules and decided to eat the fruit from the tree of knowledge anyway, even though his daddy said no. Now, you may think it’s short-sighted or childish to have issues with father figures, but if you knew a man with this much pent-up rage, you may think differently. It did not matter to this old man who would never just up and die that I was the mother of all living. I knew better, and I had to suffer under his wrath because he didn’t believe a woman should be smart. In this little time I first spent with this one man I missed out on the tree of life, but at least I got to learn a thing or two about how life really is, even though this ultimately means that we women will always fight an uphill battle, wondering if we can ever truly win.

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