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video See a YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Unwind and Revere Yourself(written on the 4th Saturday in November, on and for International Aura Day), “Evolving with Mutant Genes(written 11/24, on and for the 1859 publication date of the Charles Darwin book “The Origin of Species”), “Yes, For Our Future Too(written on and for Thanksgiving), and “Ethical Thing to Do(written 11/28, on and for the day of the 1781 Zong massacre, where a British slave ship crew murders 133 Africans by dumping them into the sea to claim insurance), read from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)” live during the 11/21/20 “Open Mic Showcase” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera, and posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).
video See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Unwind and Revere Yourself”, “Evolving with Mutant Genes”, and “Yes, For Our Future Too” from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)” live 11/21/20 during the Open Mic Showcase Zoom meeting (from a Samsung S9 camera).
video Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Our Waste in Space”, “Judged on Looks”, “Know Peace and Rise to Power”, “People Forget Politics”, “Unwind and Revere Yourself”, “Expand and Save Yourselves”, and “Queens Rule” from the Down in the Dirt November 2021 v189 issue/paperback book “A Door is A Door is A Door” 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
video Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Our Waste in Space”, “Judged on Looks”, “Know Peace and Rise to Power”, “People Forget Politics”, “Unwind and Revere Yourself”, “Expand and Save Yourselves”, and “Queens Rule” from the Down in the Dirt November 2021 v189 issue/paperback book “A Door is A Door is A Door” 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 with a Sepia Tone filter; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

Unwind and Revere
                   Yourself

Janet Kuypers
11/21/19 (on the 4th Saturday in
November, International Aura Day)

when I was so stressed out
from work, from the weaker sex
doctors gave me drugs
because the doctors thought
there was something
physically wrong with me

so I got away
for a few weeks
I went to visit my parents
while they were still alive
and I sat in the sun
and tried to unwind

and I realized
that my stresses
were what I ran from
so decided then and there
to stop taking medications,
and I mentally get rid
of the things that hurt me

and it worked

sometimes you can get away
sometimes life seems too tough
and you don’t know what to do

and at times like this,
when your aura seems too weak
sometimes, sometimes
you need to take a moment
walk into a buddhist temple
not to revere a god
but to take a moment
remove
your shoes
and... take a moment

so you can revere yourself again


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