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See YouTube video of the Janet Kuypers finalé feature “Night Sky” at the 2019 Texas Night Sky Festival in Driftwood, TX 11/14/19, reading her astronomy-themed poems “Where We’ve Been and What We’ve Seen”, “Moonlight”, “Earthrise”, (from) “from Orpheus to Nuking the Moon”, “Orion (2019 edit)”, “Envision it in the Night Sky”, (from) “Universe... Now in Color”, (from) “Queen of the Night Sky”, and (from) “Quest Beyond an Icy Tail”, all with John on guitar (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facbook Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of the Janet Kuypers finalé feature &“Night Sky” at the 2019 Texas Night Sky Festival in Driftwood, TX 11/14/19, reading her astronomy-themed poems “Where We’ve Been and What We’ve Seen”, “Moonlight”, “Earthrise”, (from) “from Orpheus to Nuking the Moon”, “Orion (2019 edit)”, “Envision it in the Night Sky”, (from) “Universe... Now in Color”, (from) “Queen of the Night Sky”, and (from) “Quest Beyond an Icy Tail”, all with John on guitar (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; on Facbook Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

View & download the free chapbook Night Sky with the poems “Where We’ve Been and What We’ve Seen”, “Moonlight”, “Earthrise”, (from) “from Orpheus to Nuking the Moon”, “Orion (2019 edit)”, “Envision it in the Night Sky”, (from) “Universe... Now in Color”, (from) “Queen of the Night Sky”, and (from) “Quest Beyond an Icy Tail”.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading portions of her poem “Queen of the Night Sky” then her poems (from) “Travel Through Space” and (from) “Quest Beyond an Icy Tail”, as the ending poems to her finale feature & chapbook “Night Sky” at the 11/14/19 Texas Night Sky Festival during her Poetic License open mic 12/1/19, hosting “Poetic License” on 12/1/19 at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading portions of her poem “Queen of the Night Sky” then her poems (from) “Travel Through Space” and (from) “Quest Beyond an Icy Tail”, as the ending poems to her finale feature & chapbook “Night Sky” at the 11/14/19 Texas Night Sky Festival during her Poetic License open mic 12/1/19, hosting “Poetic License” on 12/1/19 at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Christmas Eve” (recently in the cc&d retro books “That was the Time”, then her poems (from) “Queen of the Night Sky”, and (from) “Quest Beyond an Icy Tail” (recently in her chapbook “Night Sky”) all read from the Scars Publications 7-12 2019 cc&d expanded issue collection book “Among the Debris”, 1/11/20 at Georgetown’s “Poetry Aloud” (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Christmas Eve” (recently in the cc&d retro books “That was the Time”, then her poems (from) “Queen of the Night Sky”, and (from) “Quest Beyond an Icy Tail” (recently in her chapbook “Night Sky”) all read from the Scars Publications 7-12 2019 cc&d expanded issue collection book “Among the Debris”, live 1/11/20 at Georgetown’s “Poetry Aloud” (from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Earthrise”, (from) “Queen of the Night Sky”, and (from) “Quest Beyond an Icy Tail” (recently in her finalé feature & chapbook “Night Sky”) from the Scars Publications 7-12 2019 cc&d expanded issue collection book “Among the Debris”, 1/18/20 at Austin’s “Open Mic Showcase” at Recycled Reads (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Earthrise”, (from) “Queen of the Night Sky”, and (from) “Quest Beyond an Icy Tail” (recently in her finalé feature & chapbook “Night Sky”) from the Scars Publications 7-12 2019 cc&d expanded issue collection book “Among the Debris”, 1/18/20 at Austin’s “Open Mic Showcase” at Recycled Reads (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See a YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Oh, the book is Better than the Movie” (written 11/1, on and for National Authors Day), “Keep Your Chin Up”” (written 11/3, on and for Cliché Day), “Eternal Salvation in Hieroglyphics” (written 11/4, on and for King Tut Day, the day his tomb was discovered in 1922), “Queen of the Night Sky” (written 11/6, on and for the day credited with the 1572 observation of the supernova SN 1572 (Tycho’s Supernova/Tycho’s Nova), “Opened the Door for All” (written 11/7, on and for the 1867 birthday of Marie Curie), “Vessel to Spread the Word” (written 11/5, on and for the the birthday of American poet Ella Wheeler Wilcox (11/5/1860-10/30/1919), “x-raying metal under my skin” (for 11/8, X-Ray Day / International Day of Radiology), “Otherwise Reigned Supreme” (written 11/8, on and for the birthday of American poet Ella Wheeler Wilcox b11/5/1860, d10/30/1919), and “Just too High for Just one Man” (written 11/9, on on his 1934 birthday, for Carl Sagan Day) from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)” for The Café Gallery 11/3/20 Book Reading in The Café Gallery 2020 book reading series the night of the U.S. Presidential election (video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypersthecafegallery

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Oh, the book is Better than the Movie”, “Keep Your Chin Up”, “Eternal Salvation in Hieroglyphics”, “Queen of the Night Sky”, “Opened the Door for All”, “Vessel to Spread the Word”, “x-raying metal under my skin”, “Otherwise Reigned Supreme”, and “Just too High for Just one Man” from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)” for The Café Gallery 11/3/20 Book Reading in The Café Gallery 2020 book reading series (filmed and streamed live from a Samsung S9 camera). #janetkuypersthecafegallery

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Queen of the Night Sky” and “Quest Beyond an Icy Tail” from the “Performance Art” section (from the 11/14/19 finale “Night Sky” feature at the Texas Night Sky Festival) of the cc&d August 2021 v312 issue/paperback book “Secrets” 8/3/21 for “The Café Gallery 8/3/21 Book Reading” literally in front of the Café in Chicago (now closed) in The Café Gallery Book Reading series 2020+ (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersthecafegallery

Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Queen of the Night Sky” and “Quest Beyond an Icy Tail” from the “Performance Art” section (from the 11/14/19 finale “Night Sky” feature at the Texas Night Sky Festival) of the cc&d August 2021 v312 issue/paperback book “Secrets” 8/3/21 for “The Café Gallery 8/3/21 Book Reading” literally in front of the Café in Chicago (now closed) in The Café Gallery Book Reading series 2020+ (this video was filmed and streamed from a Samsung S9 camera). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersthecafegallery

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Queen of the Night Sky” and “Quest Beyond an Icy Tail”, both read from the “Performance Art” section of the cc&d August 2021 v312 issue/paperback book “Secrets” 9/1/21 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; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersinstagram

Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems poems “Queen of the Night Sky” and “Quest Beyond an Icy Tail”, from the cc&d August 2021 v312 issue/paperback book “Secrets” 9/1/21 on the 1st Wednesday of the month from 1:00-3:00 PM CST during the usual time for the “Community Poetry” open mic (filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

See this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Kuiper Belt Ferryman”, “A Storyteller’s Dilemma” (plus sharing the image), “Queen of the Night Sky”, and “Quest Beyond an Icy Tail” from the cc&d magazine May-August 2021 issues collection book “What If” to start the “Poetic License virtual open mic 10/3/21” 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

See this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Kuiper Belt Ferryman”, “A Storyteller’s Dilemma” (plus sharing the image), “Queen of the Night Sky”, and “Quest Beyond an Icy Tail” from the cc&d magazine May-August 2021 issues collection book “What If” to start the “Poetic License virtual open mic 10/3/21” she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (video from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera with a Threshold filter; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

See this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Kuiper Belt Ferryman”, “A Storyteller’s Dilemma” (plus sharing the image), “Queen of the Night Sky”, and “Quest Beyond an Icy Tail” from the cc&d magazine May-August 2021 issues collection book “What If” to start the “Poetic License virtual open mic 10/3/21” she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (this video was filmed from a Samsung S9 camera with a bubble filter; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Kuiper Belt Ferryman”, “A Storyteller’s Dilemma” (plus sharing the image), “Queen of the Night Sky”, and “Quest Beyond an Icy Tail” from the cc&d magazine May-August 2021 issues collection book “What If” to start the “Poetic License virtual open mic 10/3/21” she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (this video was filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

Queen of the Night Sky Janet Kuypers 11/6/19, on the day credited with the 1572 observation of the supernova SN 1572 (Tycho’s Supernova/Tycho’s Nova) in the constellation Cassiopeia After the Middle Ages, during the Renaissance, the flash of a new star, a nova, appeared in the throne of the queen in the night sky, Cassiopeia, which challenged the Aristotelian static dogma of the unchangeability of the stars. Many saw this gem, but none knew what to make of it. So England’s Queen Elizabeth told a mathematician/astrologer to make sense of it, while China’s Ming dynasty warned the Wanli Emperor of this now evil omen. But this new star, brighter than Venus or Jupiter, was brighter than William Shakespeare while they shared the same simple scrap of youthful time, back when the world didn’t make sense of what they saw, and relied on astrologers... or ancient lore. So we fumble through life, trying to piece together the real nature of those cataclysmic variable stars we call supernovae, only now finding the companion G2 star that fed this beast that frightened the world. And anyone from Edgar Allan Poe to James Joyce can wax poetic about them, while scientists find nitrates in ice cores from Antarctica at depths marking even older records of supernovae. So we vow to keep looking, not for traces of past explosions, but for chances to see the “last hurrah” of now dying massive stars. When the star runs out of fuel, gravity wins over and pulls the star in, while the outside... explodes in the largest explosion the human eye has ever seen. The beauty of what is left behind is a nebula, like the many Hubble photographed to tempt the artist’s eye with science. So remember to look up at the night sky every once in a while, for who knows what you’ll see. These rare supernovae have helped us discover measurements of distance in space, they help us understand how the Universe works, and they give us reasons to fall in love with it all again.

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