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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her Periodic Table poem “Vanadium” (element V, #23) from her poetry book “The Periodic Table of Poetry”, then her 2019 poems “Village is Complete with a Community” and “Only Remember Fragments”, live 3/23/19 at Georgetown’s “Poetry Aloud” (video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her Periodic Table poem “Vanadium” (element V, #23) from her poetry book “The Periodic Table of Poetry”, then her 2019 poems “Village is Complete with a Community” and “Only Remember Fragments”, live 3/23/19 at Georgetown’s “Poetry Aloud” (video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Quilled for Poets”, “Village is Complete with a Community”, and “Order in the Chaos” from the Scars Publications 1/22 Down in the Dirt v191 book “Impeccable Warriors” during the “Poetic License virtual open mic 1/2/22” 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 #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Quilled for Poets”, “Village is Complete with a Community”, and “Order in the Chaos” from the Scars Publications 1/22 Down in the Dirt v191 book “Impeccable Warriors” during the “Poetic License virtual open mic 1/2/22” she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (this video was filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera with a color tear filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Village is Complete with a Community”, “nature I” (+ image), “Vegetarians, One Meal at a Time”, and “Order in the Chaos” from the 1-4/22 Down in the Dirt issue collection book “The Ice that Was” 5/4/22 on the 1st Wednesday of the month from 1:00-3:00 PM CST during the usual time in honor of the “Community Poetry” reading (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry

Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Village is Complete with a Community”, “nature I”, (+ image), “Vegetarians, One Meal at a Time”, and “Order in the Chaos” from the 1-4/22 Down in the Dirt issue collection book “The Ice that Was” 5/4/22 on the 1st Wednesday of the month from 1:00-3:00 PM CST during the usual time for and in honor of the “Community Poetry” reading (video 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

Village is Complete  with a Community Janet Kuypers 2/23/19 they say it takes a village... but for what, keeping a town together, building roads and maintaining schools — the mundane, to maintain versus sustain? But what about what’s deep inside, what makes your soul flourish? Is it neighbors that you don’t talk to, since the village is complete? With a community though, you’re now surrounded by people like you, who function like you, who may share your ideas, or more importantly share your drive? And no, the point’s not to be surrounded by clones, but sometimes it helps you, when you want to shut off your brain, to know that you’re not the only one. In a community, it’s like you’re planted with similar plants, not to steal your food or light but to help you grow, and be stronger for it. That’s what a community is about you know, it’s more than barter and trade to help you scrape by. It’s about helping each other, and all ending up growing more. Because in just the right community, that is where people can create the garden of Eden. And what a beautiful garden it can be, where everything can truly grow.

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