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See a YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Once Again Regain our Humanity”, “Uprising for Revolution”, “Overturn the Futility”, “Zealots Intentions”, and “Rushed” from the v304 issue of the cc&d 12/20 book “Reptile Lust” 12/2/20, during the usual time for Austin’s “Community Poetry” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera, and posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Once Again Regain our Humanity”, “Uprising for Revolution”, “Overturn the Futility”, “Zealots Intentions”, and “Rushed” from the v304 issue of the cc&d 12/20 book “Reptile Lust” 12/2/20, during the usual time for Austin’s “Community Poetry” (video filmed and streamed with a Samsung S9 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Uprising for Revolution” from the cc&d 12/20 v304 book “Reptile Lust”, “Exploit the Island” from the Down in the Dirt 12/20 v178 book “Spartacus”, and “Us, Actually Touching” from “the 2021 poetry review date book” at the beginning of the “Poetic License virtual open mic 12/6/20” she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page, which led to John Yotko reading his poem The Deer, and then Zoom host John F. McMullen reading the intro of, and Janet Kuypers read his poem Gods, both also read from “the 2021 poetry review date book” (this video was filmed from a from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Uprising for Revolution” from the cc&d 12/20 v304 book “Reptile Lust”, “Exploit the Island” from the Down in the Dirt 12/20 v178 book “Spartacus”, and “Us, Actually Touching” from “the 2021 poetry review date book” at the beginning of the “Poetic License virtual open mic 12/6/20” she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page, which led to John Yotko reading his poem The Deer, and then Zoom host John F. McMullen reading the intro of, and Janet Kuypers read his poem Gods, both also read from “the 2021 poetry review date book” (this video was filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera). #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

See a YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Queen, Decapitated” (written 12/14, on and for the anniversary of the 1542 death of King James V, which ascended Mary, Queen of Scots to the throne at 6 days old), “Uprising for Revolution” (written 12/16, on and for the anniversary of the Boston Tea Party), “Understand the Power” (written 12/17, on and for the anniversary of the Aztec Calendar/Sun Stone Discovery), “Twin” (for 12/18, National Twin Day), and “Explorers at Heart” (written 12/19, on and for the date of the departure of the Space Shuttle to repair the Hubble Telescope, 12/19/99) from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)” for The Café Gallery 12/15/20 Book Reading in The Café Gallery Book Reading (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersthecafegallery

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Queen, Decapitated”, “Uprising for Revolution”, “Understand the Power”, “Twin”, and “Explorers at Heart” from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)” for The Café Gallery 12/15/20 Book Reading in The Café Gallery Book Reading (streamed from a Samsung S9 camera). #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersthecafegallery

See a YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Once Again Regain our Humanity”, “Uprising for Revolution”, “Overturn the Futility”, and “Zealots Intentions” from the Scars Publications cc&d 9-12 2020 issue collection book “Roll the Bones” 3/3/21, during the usual time for Austin’s “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

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Once Again Regain our Humanity”, “Uprising for Revolution”, “Overturn the Futility”, and “Zealots Intentions” from the Scars Publications cc&d 9-12 2020 issue collection book “Roll the Bones” 3/3/21, during the usual time for Austin’s “Community Poetry” open mic (this video was filmed and streamed from a Samsung S9 camera).   #janetkuypers   #janetkuyperspoetry   #janetkuypersbookreading

Uprising for Revolution Janet Kuypers 12/16/19, the anniversary of the Boston Tea Party When sentiments run high, there’s revolution in the air. We feel we’re at a tipping point; we don’t know what else to do. — Did I feel that way, exasperated with politics, hearing the Tea Party represented a more constitutional way of government? Because that’s when I made a point to collect my tea leaves for weeks to dump into the Chicago River downtown on April 15th, Tax Day. Looking back, I may not have chosen to support this party movement, but I did like the idea of protesting when I saw something wrong, leaving my doctor offices post-surgery to do a little protesting of my own. — We may not fully understand the reasons for the Boston Tea Party uprising — propping up British Tea companies and heavily taxing colonists in 1773, at the time they coined the phrase “taxation without representation” — back in the day before this country became a collection of nation-states... but a lot of Americans still understood the need for a revolution, for something, anything, to change the way things are run in the United States. Not enough instill change through our vote, so we dump tea leaves into the Chicago River, or quit supporting a foreign or current government, which is when we start our trek on those stepping stones, to start our own revolution and incite a real uprising.

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