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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Outsider”, “Precariously Balance”, and “Ever Felt Safe”, all in honor of Brian Lamont/Grosz live 5/25/19 at “Spoken and Heard” @ Kick Butt Coffee in Austin (video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Outsider”, “Precariously Balance”, and “Ever Felt Safe”, all in honor of Brian Lamont/Grosz live 5/25/19 at “Spoken and Heard” @ Kick Butt Coffee in Austin (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; Sepia Tone filter).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Outsider”, “Precariously Balance”, and “Ever Felt Safe”, all in honor of Brian Lamont/Grosz live 5/25/19 at “Spoken and Heard” @ Kick Butt Coffee in Austin (video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Outsider”, “Precariously Balance”, and “Ever Felt Safe”, all in honor of Brian Lamont/Grosz live 5/25/19 at “Spoken and Heard” @ Kick Butt Coffee in Austin (from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; Sepia Tone filter).

See YouTube video 5/25/19 of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Outsider” live at “Poetry Aloud” in Georgetown, TX (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video 5/25/19 of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Outsider” live at “Poetry Aloud” in Georgetown, TX (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of open mic host Janet Kuypers reading her 2019 poems “Outsider” in honor or Brian Lamont, her instapoem “Hide from the World”, then her poem “Became a Circus”, during the first “Poetic License” open mic she hosted at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” 6/2/19 (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video of open mic host Janet Kuypers reading her 2019 poems “Outsider” in honor or Brian Lamont, her instapoem “Hide from the World”, then her poem “Became a Circus”, during the first “Poetic License” open mic she hosted at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” 6/2/19 (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers, attending Remembering Brian “Doc” Lamont, talking about Brian Lamont and reading her poem “Outsider”, as well as the start of her poem “Extra Blade” 6/13/19 at Austin’s The Grackle (this video was filmed from an iPhone).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers, attending Remembering Brian “Doc” Lamont, talking about Brian Lamont and reading her poem “Outsider”, as well as the start of her poem “Extra Blade” 6/13/19 at Austin’s The Grackle (from an iPhone recording with a Sepia Tone filter).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers, attending Remembering Brian “Doc” Lamont, talking about Brian Lamont and reading her poem “Outsider”, as well as the start of her poem “Extra Blade” 6/13/19 at Austin’s The Grackle (from an iPhone recording with an Edge Detection filtyer).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers, attending Remembering Brian “Doc” Lamont, talking about Brian Lamont and reading her poem “Outsider”, as well as the start of her poem “Extra Blade” 6/13/19 at Austin’s The Grackle (from an iPhone recording with a Threshold filter).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ June 2019 Book Release Reading 6/5/19, where she read her poem “Outsider” for the Brian Lamont dedication (that will appear in her book “(pheromemes) haiku, twitterverse, Instagram & poetry”, released August 2019), then her Down in the Dirt v164 May-June 2019 issue/book “The Deep Woods” poem “Poetry on a Stick”, and her haiku poems “mirror”, “keyboard” and “our differences”, then her “Seeing Things Differently” show poems “Philosopher at the Blue Note”, “She was a Woman”, “Too Far”, and “Transcribing Dreams Three”, during Community Poetry @ Half Price Books (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, & Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ June 2019 Book Release Reading 6/5/19, where she read her poem “Outsider” for the Brian Lamont dedication (that will appear in her book “(pheromemes) haiku, twitterverse, Instagram & poetry”, released August 2019), then her Down in the Dirt v164 May-June 2019 issue/book “The Deep Woods” poem “Poetry on a Stick”, and her haiku poems “mirror”, “keyboard” and “our differences”, then her "“Seeing Things Differently” show poems “Philosopher at the Blue Note”, “She was a Woman”, “Too Far”, and “Transcribing Dreams Three”, during Community Poetry @ Half Price Books (this video was filed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

See YouTube video of open mic host Janet Kuypers reading her 2019 poem “Outsider” written for Brian Lamont which will appear in the August 2019 release of the Janet Kuypers poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”, her poem “the State of the Nation” from the “Letters to the Editor’ section of the cc&d v79 May 1996 2019 release “Poetry and Prose”, and then sings the song “Brother, Can You Spare a Dime” during the “Poetic License” open mic she hosted at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” 7/7/19 (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video of open mic host Janet Kuypers reading her 2019 poem “Outsider” written for Brian Lamont which will appear in the August 2019 release of the Janet Kuypers poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”, her poem “the State of the Nation” from the “Letters to the Editor’ section of the cc&d v79 May 1996 2019 release “Poetry and Prose”, and then sings the song “Brother, Can You Spare a Dime” during the “Poetic License” open mic she hosted at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” 7/7/19 (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Our Demons Can Mark Us”, “Exploring Evolution”, and “Outsider” from the May 2021 v309 issue of cc&d’s paperback book “Excavation” during the “Poetic License virtual open mic 5/2/21” 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 #janetkuyperspoeticlicense #janetkuypersinstagram

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Our Demons Can Mark Us”, “Exploring Evolution”, and “Outsider” from the May 2021 v309 issue of cc&d’s paperback book “Excavation” during the “Poetic License virtual open mic 5/2/21” she hosted w/ a Zoom meeting & a Facebook event page (this video was filmed & streamed w/ a Samsung S9 camera). #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

Outsider Janet Kuypers 5/18/19, linked on twitter and Instagram and Tumblr Living as a stranger in this foreign land, I’ve looked for other strangers now here so I’d feel a connection to other outsiders. What I found was a bigger outsider than me, a man whose voice could shake your soul to your foundation, making you wonder what life you’ve missed when a man younger than you can have lived through two hardened lifetimes. This was a man from another big city, a man who carried all the hardness of that city on his shoulders when he came to this town to break free. And he said he did, he felt more relaxed, carrying big stock pots of vegetarian chili in his jeep, or wearing a suit to go into his Rod Serling persona when the occasion arose. That’s when I realized that yes, I could get along with him, but yes, he’s more of an outsider than me — and I think that as much as he may have argued it, I think that was the way he wanted it to be. I thought I was an outsider, and I think I still am, but the stories he would perfectly tell about a life worth living through, so far away from here, I think he knew that he couldn’t survive in that world any longer, but in the back of his mind he knew he could never belong any place else. It breaks my heart that he couldn’t remain, but all I can think is that even if we both didn’t belong here, at least I could have this little time with him where I could just enjoy listening. And maybe I wouldn’t feel so alone.

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