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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Astatine in a Fantastic Car Crash” in her “Astatine in a Fantastic Car Crash” chapbook and read from the v5 cc&d boss lady poetry collection book “On the Edge”, then her 2019 poems “Know What Planet She’s From” (written on the anniv. of the discovery of Saturn’s moon Titan) & “Just the Right Words” 4/20/19 at “Recycled Reads” (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Astatine in a Fantastic Car Crash” in her “Astatine in a Fantastic Car Crash” chapbook and read from the v5 cc&d boss lady poetry collection book “On the Edge”, then her 2019 poems “Know What Planet She’s From” (written on the anniv. of the discovery of Saturn’s moon Titan) & “Just the Right Words” 4/20/19 at “Recycled Reads” (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers, in 3 parts, reading her poetry 10/12/19 at the Georgetown “Poetry Aloud” open mic at the Georgetown Public Library. In part 1, read her poem “Check Your Clock” from her poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”, her poem “Other People’s Worlds” from the cc&d v291 7-8/19 book “Of This I am Certain”, then her poem “Queueing in Line and Shaping Your Life” read from the cc&d v292 (Sept.-Oct. 2019 issue) perfect-bound paperback ISBN# book “In The Fall”, both of those last two poems also read from her poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”, then her poem “Know What Planet She’s From” from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”. In part 2, she read her prose poem “Dandelions for a Passing Stranger” read from the cc&d 2019 reprints of the May 1996 v79 issue book “Poetry and Prose”, then her poem “Ominous Day” from the cc&d v290 May-June 2019 26-year anniversary issue/book “a Rose in the Dark” that also appears in (and is co-read from) her poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”, then her poem “Etching, Scribbling, Drawing” from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”. In part 3, she reads her poem “Kind of Like a City” from her poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”, then her poem “Zircon, Gemstones, Baubles, and Bling”from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera, and it was also posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers, in 3 parts, reading her poetry 10/12/19 at the Georgetown “Poetry Aloud” open mic at the Georgetown Public Library. In part 1, read her poem “Check Your Clock” from her poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”, her poem “Other People’s Worlds” from the cc&d v291 7-8/19 book “Of This I am Certain”, then her poem “Queueing in Line and Shaping Your Life” read from the cc&d v292 (Sept.-Oct. 2019 issue) perfect-bound paperback ISBN# book “In The Fall”, both of those last two poems also read from her poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”, then her poem “Know What Planet She’s From” from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”. In part 2, she read her prose poem “Dandelions for a Passing Stranger” read from the cc&d 2019 reprints of the May 1996 v79 issue book “Poetry and Prose”, then her poem “Ominous Day” from the cc&d v290 May-June 2019 26-year anniversary issue/book “a Rose in the Dark” that also appears in (and is co-read from) her poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”, then her poem “Etching, Scribbling, Drawing” from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”. In part 3, she reads her poem “Kind of Like a City” from her poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”, then her poem “Zircon, Gemstones, Baubles, and Bling”from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera, and it was also posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr).

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Know What Planet She’s From”, “Understanding Terrorism’s Interior”, and “Video Killed the Radio Star” from the Scars Publications 2/22 v318 issue of cc&d, “The Great White” to start the “Poetic License virtual open mic 2/6/22” she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers janertkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Know What Planet She’s From”, “Understanding Terrorism’s Interior”, and “Video Killed the Radio Star” from the Scars Publications 2/22 v318 issue of cc&d, “The Great White” to start the “Poetic License virtual open mic 2/6/22” she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (this video was filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera with a lava flow filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Know What Planet She’s From”, “Understanding Terrorism’s Interior”, “Video Killed the Radio Star”, and “Carbon Copy” (+ shared the image from the online release of the poem) from the cc&d 1-4/22 issue collection book “Unfinished Business” on 7/6/22, the 1st Wednesday of the month from 1:00-3:00 PM CST in honor of the “Community Poetry” reading (video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry

Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Know What Planet She’s From”, “Understanding Terrorism’s Interior”, “Video Killed the Radio Star”, and “Carbon Copy” (+ shared the image from the online release of the poem) from the cc&d 1-4/22 issue collection book “Unfinished Business” on 7/6/22, the 1st Wednesday of the month from 1:00-3:00 PM CST in honor of the “Community Poetry” reading (this video was filmed and streamed live from a Samsung S9 camera with a b&w Old Film filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypers

Know What Planet               She’s From Janet Kuypers 3/25/19 (written on the anniversary of the discovery of Saturn’s moon Titan) On this date in one six five five, Christiaan Huygens discovered a satellite around the planet Saturn — that is what we now know as the moon Titan, discovered today by the lone Dutchman. Also back then, in two oh one five a Dutch girl had discovered the intricacies of the Taj Mahal in India with a friend and a tour guide; she circled around and walked ahead, and when the tour guide saw the Saturn car logo on her back-pack purse, the tour guide then said, “At least we know what planet she’s from.” And when the Dutch girl thinks of this still, she laughs about it to this day. # I’ve always loved astronomy, so years ago, when I bought my first car, I researched it, and I chose the Saturn, then in its second year of production. I deduced the make, model, color, went to the dealership, made my choice — all without even going for a test drive. Because when you love Astronomy as I do, you don’t haggle. You know this giant will give you everything you need for as long as you want it. That’s how the Universe works. Everything will be in in order; making perfect sense. So after I, when stopped on the road in my Saturn, was hit by two cars and almost killed, respirators kept me alive. But my sister swore that if I was in another car, she was sure I’d be dead. Not unlike the way the gas giants like Saturn and Jupiter protected planets like Earth from rocks, comets, death. And I could go on and on about my love affair with Saturn, but the real key for astronauts today when it comes to understanding the earth’s history is actually in learning about Titan. Because this one moon, one of only two moons in this solar system larger than our moon — it is so much like our own Earth in its early history. Get a load of this: Titan is the only other body in this Solar System that we know of that has hydraulic cycles. Translation: is has evaporation, condensation, and the all- important precipitation. It rains on Titan, just like Earth. Scientifically, it doesn’t matter if it rains nitrogen versus water, you’re missing the point. It has weather patterns. This moon has weather patterns. Other moons do not. And you may laugh at me when I put emblems from my Saturn car on my purse as a fashion statement. But maybe my love affair was for far more than an American car. Maybe, just maybe, it was for more than that... maybe it was for the love of the solar system, the gas giants that kept our planet alive, and maybe it was for their moon, not so much unlike us. It was all that, with creation in this solar system, how all of the pieces seem to fit together to perfectly. We can see our history in Titan, discovered today so long ago, and that alone can make us fall in love again.

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