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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Juxtaposition We Experience” (written 7/16/19 on the 1969 date Apollo 11 astronauts took off for the Moon) “Unraveling Two More Moons” (written 7/14/19, the day in 1965 of the Mariner 4 flyby of Mars taking the first close-up photos of another planet, and learning about the Mars moons Phobos and Deimos), on the moonlight theme 7/18/19 at “Thirsty Thursday” in Dripping Springs (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Juxtaposition We Experience” (written 7/16/19 on the 1969 date Apollo 11 astronauts took off for the Moon) “Unraveling Two More Moons” (written 7/14/19, the day in 1965 of the Mariner 4 flyby of Mars taking the first close-up photos of another planet, and learning about the Mars moons Phobos and Deimos), on the moonlight theme 7/18/19 at “Thirsty Thursday” in Dripping Springs (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; Sepia Tone).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Juxtaposition We Experience” (written 7/16/19 on the 1969 date Apollo 11 astronauts took off for the Moon) “Unraveling Two More Moons” (written 7/14/19, the day in 1965 of the Mariner 4 flyby of Mars taking the first close-up photos of another planet, and learning about the Mars moons Phobos and Deimos), on the moonlight theme 7/18/19 at “Thirsty Thursday” in Dripping Springs (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Juxtaposition We Experience” (written 7/16/19 on the 1969 date Apollo 11 astronauts took off for the Moon) “Unraveling Two More Moons” (written 7/14/19, the day in 1965 of the Mariner 4 flyby of Mars taking the first close-up photos of another planet, and learning about the Mars moons Phobos and Deimos), on the moonlight theme 7/18/19 at “Thirsty Thursday” in Dripping Springs (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; Posterize).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Juxtaposition We Experience” (written 7/16/19 on the 1969 date Apollo 11 astronauts took off for the Moon), her facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Tumblr poem “Enshrined”, and “Earthly Gravitational Bond to the Moon” (written 7/8/19, the 2011 launch date of the Last Space Shuttle Mission, + showing the Twitter, Instagram, and tumblr image for the poem), live 7/20/19 at “Poetry Aloud” (video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Juxtaposition We Experience” (written 7/16/19 on the 1969 date Apollo 11 astronauts took off for the Moon), her facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Tumblr poem “Enshrined”, and “Earthly Gravitational Bond to the Moon” (written 7/8/19, the 2011 launch date of the Last Space Shuttle Mission, + showing the Twitter, Instagram, and tumblr image for the poem), live 7/20/19 at “Poetry Aloud” (video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading the second poem she ever wrote, “Moonlight”, and her poems &“Juxtaposition We Experience” (written 7/16/19 on the 1969 date Apollo 11 astronauts took off for the Moon) and “Earthly Gravitational Bond to the Moon” (written 7/8/19, the 2011 launch date of the Last Space Shuttle Mission, + showing the Twitter, Instagram, and tumblr image for the poem), live 7/20/19 at “Recycled Reads” (video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading the second poem she ever wrote, “Moonlight”, and her poems &“Juxtaposition We Experience” (written 7/16/19 on the 1969 date Apollo 11 astronauts took off for the Moon) and “Earthly Gravitational Bond to the Moon” (written 7/8/19, the 2011 launch date of the Last Space Shuttle Mission, + showing the Twitter, Instagram, and tumblr image for the poem), live 7/20/19 at “Recycled Reads” (from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; Sepia tone).

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her bonus July poem “Juxtaposition we Experience” (written 7/16, for the 1969 date Apollo 11 astronauts took off for the Moon), read from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)” on 7/16/20 (on this event date) as a bonus reading for the “Poetic License open mic 7/5/20 home edition” (this video was filmed from a Samsung S9 camera). #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

See a YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Kuiper Belt Ferryman” (for the day the New Horizons space probe photographs Pluto and Charon 7/13/15) and “Juxtaposition we Experience” (written 7/16, for the 1969 date Apollo 11 astronauts took off for the Moon), read from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)” on 7/18/20 during the Zoom meeting for the Open Mic Showcase (on a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Kuiper Belt Ferryman” (for the day the New Horizons space probe photographs Pluto and Charon 7/13/15) and “Juxtaposition we Experience” (written 7/16, for the 1969 date Apollo 11 astronauts took off for the Moon), read from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)” on 7/18/20 during the Zoom meeting for the Open Mic Showcase (from a Samsung S9 camera).

See this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Enshrined”, “Earthly Gravitational Bond to the Moon”, and “Juxtaposition we Experience” from the cc&d July 2021 v311 issue/paperback book “Night in the City” at the beginning to start the “Poetic License virtual open mic 7/4/21” she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoeticlicense #janetkuypersinstagram

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Enshrined”, “Earthly Gravitational Bond to the Moon”, and “Juxtaposition we Experience” from the cc&d July 2021 v311 issue/paperback book “Night in the City” at the beginning to start the “Poetic License virtual open mic 7/4/21” she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Enshrined”, “Earthly Gravitational Bond to the Moon”, and “Juxtaposition we Experience” from the cc&d 5-8/21 issue collection book “What If”; 11/3/21 at the performance art pavilion at the French Market in New Orleans, LA on the 1st Wednesday of the month from 1:00-3:00 PM CST during the usual time for the “Community Poetry” open mic (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Enshrined”, “Earthly Gravitational Bond to the Moon”, and “Juxtaposition we Experience” from the cc&d 5-8/21 issue collection book “What If”; 11/3/21 at the performance art pavilion at the French Market in New Orleans, LA on the 1st Wednesday of the month from 1:00-3:00 PM CST during the usual time for the “Community Poetry” open mic (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera and given a Sepia Tone filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

Juxtaposition we           Experience Janet Kuypers 7/16/19, the 1969 date Apollo 11 astronauts took off for the Moon We didn’t know what to expect. We went through tests wearing a laborious bulky suit underwater, were strapped into a contraption we all called the “vomit comet” to see if we could stomach what the ride would be like, even though we don’t even know what outer space is even like in the first place. Offices would monitor the weather and see if we could do what was never done before, please, give us a cloud-free sky, so we can see what we’re doing when we take off for this four-day mission to the moon. We have no idea what it will really feel like, if we make it to the surface. Strapping us into that bulky suit when we’re underwater and asking us to do chores really can’t prepare us for actually walking on the moon. With lower gravity, will it be easier to hop instead of laboriously walk like we do on Earth, with one foot in front of the other, each earthly step there to make sure we don’t fall. Wonder what the sun will look like, and without an atmosphere, how black will the sky always seem. We want to stare out at this landscape, along these rocks and this new terrain, then look up to see the Earth, home, just they way we always look so fondly at the moon in our Earth sky. What a bizarre juxtaposition will we experience, after we’ve loved this moon from afar for so long, when we literally stand on the moon and see this tiny Earth far away. That may be when we’ll realize that tiny teeming ball holds all of mankind. Seeing that beautiful blue orb makes all of mankind’s problems seem so small after all. So strap yourself in, it’s a long ride, one we’ve never taken before. We have no idea what it’ll be like, and we have no idea what we’ll even say when we’re there... but we worked all our lives for this. I’m sure the worlds will come.

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