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video See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Autumn (2017 Dripping Springs / Bahá’í Faith Center edit)” and Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)Marry you in Autumn” for Autumn and read from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)”, then her poem “You Have No Idea” 9/19/20 during the Open Mic Showcase (video filmed & streamed live from a Samsung S9 camera).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Emphatic One” (written 9/23 on and for Equal Pay Day) from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)”, then her poem “You Have No Idea” live 9/22/20 during the Spoken Word Paris / Spoken Word Online open mic (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).
video See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Emphatic One” from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)”, then her poem “You Have No Idea” live 9/22/20 during Spoken Word Paris / Spoken Word Online (filmed and streamed live from a Samsung S9 camera).
Enjoy this Dave Gecic YouTube video from his Dave Gecic Facebook live stream 1/11/21, which started with a 45+-minute interview with Janet Kuypers, capped off with her reading her poems “Protecting Peace can Put you in Prison”, “You Have No Idea”, and “Eternal Never Ending Now”, following by a Terry Jacobus phone interview and Dave Gecic reading poetry from Bob Trombello, who died just over one year ago (this video was posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersinterview #janetkuypersinstagram
video See a Dave Gecic Facebook live video stream FROM 1/11/21, which started with a 45+-minute interview with Janet Kuypers, capped off with her reading her poems “Protecting Peace can Put you in Prison”, “You Have No Idea”, and “Eternal Never Ending Now”, following by a Terry Jacobus phone interview and Dave Gecic reading poetry from Bob Trombello, who died just over one year ago.
Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers during the Dave Gecic Facebook live stream 1/11/21, which started with a 45+-minute interview with Janet Kuypers, capped off with her reading her poems “Protecting Peace can Put you in Prison”, “You Have No Idea”, and “Eternal Never Ending Now (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersinterview #janetkuypersinstagram
Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers during the Dave Gecic Facebook live stream 1/11/21, which started with a 45+-minute interview with Janet Kuypers, capped off with her reading her poems “Protecting Peace can Put you in Prison”, “You Have No Idea”, and “Eternal Never Ending Now (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersinterview #janetkuypersinstagram
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “My Kind of Town”, “Unmarried Women and Dead Bodies Everywhere”, “Unique Noise”, “X-raying Metal Under my Skin”, “God Eyes”, “Lambs to Heaven’s Gate”, “Effigy”, “You Have No Idea”, “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed”, and “Eternal Never Ending Now” from the the cyberwit.net 137-page 5½" x 8½" poetry book “Eternal Never Ending Now” early, and at the beginning of the “Poetic License virtual open mic 3/7/21” she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (this video was filmed from a Panasonic T56 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoeticlicense #janetkuypersinstagram
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “My Kind of Town”, “Unmarried Women and Dead Bodies Everywhere”, “Unique Noise”, “X-raying Metal Under my Skin”, “God Eyes”, “Lambs to Heaven’s Gate”, “Effigy”, “You Have No Idea”, “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed”, and “Eternal Never Ending Now” from the the cyberwit.net 137-page 5½" x 8½" poetry book “Eternal Never Ending Now” early, and at the beginning of the “Poetic License virtual open mic 3/7/21” 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). #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoeticlicense
video See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “My Kind of Town”, “Unmarried Women and Dead Bodies Everywhere”, “Unique Noise”, “X-raying Metal Under my Skin”, “God Eyes”, “Lambs to Heaven’s Gate”, “Effigy”, “You Have No Idea”, “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed”, and “Eternal Never Ending NowEternal Bever Ending Now from the the cyberwit.net 137-page 5½" x 8½" poetry book “Eternal Never Ending Now” early, and at the beginning of the “Poetic License virtual open mic 3/7/21” she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoeticlicense
video Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Everyone’s Afraid”, then her poem “You Have No Idea” from the proof copy of the from the cc&d June 2021 v310 28-year anniversary issue/paperback book (released 6/1/21) “Falling”, during the 5/30/21 Austin open mic Spoken and Heard (this video was filmed with a Charcoal filter from a Samsung S9 camera and given a Sepia Tone filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading
video Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Everyone’s Afraid”, then her poem “You Have No Idea” from the proof copy of the from the cc&d June 2021 v310 28-year anniversary issue/paperback book (released 6/1/21) “Falling, during the 5/30/21 Austin open mic Spoken and Heard (this video was filmed with a Charcoal filter and streamed live from a Samsung S9 camera). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading
video See this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “jar for my beating heart”, “Universe’s Lost Love”, and “You Have No Idea” from the cc&d May-August 2021 issue collection book “What If” 10/6/21 on the 1st Wednesday of the month from 1:00-3:00 PM CST during the usual time for the “Community Poetry” open mic (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading
video See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “jar for my beating heart”, “Universe’s Lost Love”, and “You Have No Idea” from the cc&d 5-8/21 issue collection book “What If” 10/6/21 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

You Have No Idea

Janet Kuypers
started 20200821, completed 20200823

we try to understand the details
we research, we study the core of the matter
and we believe we understand it all...

until we find out that we’re missing
pieces; we’re only seeing a tiny fraction of what
makes things work the way they do

#

astrophysicists & science philosophers
have tried to unravel the key to the Universe
and only now speculate a theory...

& these science types live on theories
I mean, that’s why we call it the Big Bang Theory
we may have evidence, but no proof

so in this effort to understand
why the pieces don’t all seem to fit into place
they make a theory they can’t know:

for if something controls the physics,
controlling things in ways we don’t understand,
maybe we’re not meant to see

what controls it all

#

if there is something
these science types don’t understand
the don’t turn to a god

for it’s their thing to come up
with theories they can try to prove or disprove —
so they came up with Dark Matter

they research & look for evidence
so they can hypothesize about this magical stuff,
this theoretical stuff we can’t see...

and the only way they could find proof
is if in their experiments they found nothing
because a lack of anything

is the nature of their theory —
for it’s impossible to even see their Dark Matter
“theory” in the first place

so after all this guesswork,
if things still don’t make enough sense to them,
they hypothesize then about

something called Dark Energy
something else they can never actually prove —
maybe, they think, maybe this

impossible theory number two
is the force driving everything in the Universe
apart      that would make sense

#

look at these puzzles, look
at the preposterous nature of the lack
of a preponderance of evidence

and imagine that this is how
these science types formulate theories
the rest of us are supposed to

blindly believe

#

you think you know me
you see the pieces I spoon-feed you
you say you understand

but you have no idea


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