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Obama on the Subway (twitter-length poem)

Visit the Kuypers Twitter page for short poems— join http://twitter.com/janetkuypers.

See YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem at the open mike 2/15/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago (filmed from a Samsung camera).

See YouTube video of Kuypers’ intro to the open mike 2/15/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago, plus other open mike poets, and her poetry (filmed from a Kodak camera)

See YouTube video 3/21/17 for World Poetry Day of Janet Kuypers’ set of “Short World Poems on World Poetry Day” at Austin’s Half Price Books, with her poems “Every Street Corner”, “Our Lady of Mercy”, “shoe prints on the toilet seat”, “unclean left hands”, “Get His Product to Town”, “Ever Consumed Goat”, “Moros y Christianos”, “middle eastern man in front of me”, “Obama on the Subway”, “Poverty in America”, “Flying to China”, “Building Houses out of Pallets” and “Everyone Has a Choice” (this video was filmed from a Canon Power Shot SX60 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry

See YouTube video 3/21/17 for World Poetry Day of Janet Kuypers’ set of “Short World Poems on World Poetry Day” at Austin’s Half Price Books, with her poems “Every Street Corner”, “Our Lady of Mercy”, “shoe prints on the toilet seat”, “unclean left hands”, “Get His Product to Town”, “Ever Consumed Goat”, “Moros y Christianos”, “middle eastern man in front of me”, “Obama on the Subway”, “Poverty in America”, “Flying to China”, “Building Houses out of Pallets” and “Everyone Has a Choice” (this video was filmed from a Canon Power Shot SX700 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry

See YouTube video live 10/21/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Finding Faith in a Grocery Store”, “Egg for a Week”, “Obama on the Subway”, “Our Lady Of Humility’s Hypocrisy”, “Ugly Babies Need the Most Love”, “Explaining What Condoms are For”, and “Ever Expanding Spaces” from her book “Twitterati” at “Recycled Reads” open mic (from a Panasonic Lumix camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

See YouTube video live 10/21/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Finding Faith in a Grocery Store”, “Egg for a Week”, “Obama on the Subway”, “Our Lady Of Humility’s Hypocrisy”, “Ugly Babies Need the Most Love”, “Explaining What Condoms are For”, and “Ever Expanding Spaces” from her book “Twitterati” at “Recycled Reads” open mic (Lumix; Hue Cycling).

See YouTube video live 10/21/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Finding Faith in a Grocery Store”, “Egg for a Week”, “Obama on the Subway”, “Our Lady Of Humility’s Hypocrisy”, “Ugly Babies Need the Most Love”, “Explaining What Condoms are For”, and “Ever Expanding Spaces” from her book “Twitterati” at “Recycled Reads” open mic (Lumix; Edge Det.).

See YouTube video live 10/21/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Finding Faith in a Grocery Store”, “Egg for a Week”, “Obama on the Subway”, “Our Lady Of Humility’s Hypocrisy”, “Ugly Babies Need the Most Love”, “Explaining What Condoms are For”, and “Ever Expanding Spaces” from her book “Twitterati” at “Recycled Reads” open mic (Lumix; Threshold).

See YouTube video live 10/21/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Finding Faith in a Grocery Store”, “Egg for a Week”, “Obama on the Subway”, “Our Lady Of Humility’s Hypocrisy”, “Ugly Babies Need the Most Love”, “Explaining What Condoms are For”, and “Ever Expanding Spaces” from her book “Twitterati” at “Recycled Reads” open mic (Lumix; Cartoon).

See YouTube video live 10/21/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Finding Faith in a Grocery Store”, “Egg for a Week”, “Obama on the Subway”, “Our Lady Of Humility’s Hypocrisy”, “Ugly Babies Need the Most Love”, “Explaining What Condoms are For”, and “Ever Expanding Spaces” from her book “Twitterati” at “Recycled Reads” open mic (Lumix; Sci-Fi).

Obfuscate the Truth

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Obfuscate the Truth” (written on the calendar day in 1925 marking the beginning of the Scopes Trial in Dayton, Tennessee of the so-called “Monkey Trial” of John T. Scopes, the teacher accused of teaching evolution in violation of the Butler Act), “Our Population, Our Pain, and our Growth” (written 7/11/19, World Population Day), and “Knowingly Live, Purposely Live” (written 7/12/19, on the birthday of Henry David Thoreau in 1817) live 7/20/19 at “Recycled Reads” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Obfuscate the Truth” (written on the calendar day in 1925 marking the beginning of the Scopes Trial in Dayton, Tennessee of the so-called “Monkey Trial” of John T. Scopes, the teacher accused of teaching evolution in violation of the Butler Act), “Our Population, Our Pain, and our Growth” (written 7/11/19, World Population Day), and “Knowingly Live, Purposely Live” (written 7/12/19, on the birthday of Henry David Thoreau in 1817) live 7/20/19 at “Recycled Reads” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her bonus July poem “Obfuscate the Truth” (written 7/10/19, the day in 1925 marking the beginning of the Scopes Trial in Dayton, Tennessee of the so-called “Monkey Trial” of John T. Scopes the teacher accused of teaching evolution in violation of the Butler Act), read from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)” on 7/10/20 (on this event date) as a bonus reading for the “Poetic License open mic 7/5/20 home edition” (Samsung S9 camera). #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Obfuscate the Truth”, “Our Population, Our Pain, and Our Growth”, and “Knowingly Live, Purposely Live” from the Down in the Dirt 7/20 book “Gone Fishing” during the “Poetic License open mic 7/5/20 home edition” she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Obfuscate the Truth”, “Our Population, Our Pain, and Our Growth”, and “Knowingly Live, Purposely Live” from the Down in the Dirt 7/20 book “Gone Fishing” during the “Poetic License open mic 7/5/20 home edition” she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (Panasonic Lumix 2500 & Sepia; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Obfuscate the Truth”, “Our Population, Our Pain, and Our Growth”, and “Knowingly Live, Purposely Live” from the Down in the Dirt 7/20 book “Gone Fishing” during the “Poetic License open mic 7/5/20 home edition” she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (Panasonic Lumix 2500 & Threshold; on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Obfuscate the Truth”, “Our Population, Our Pain, and Our Growth”, and “Knowingly Live, Purposely Live” from the Down in the Dirt 7/20 book “Gone Fishing” during the “Poetic License open mic 7/5/20 home edition” she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (filmed from a Samsung S9 camera). #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

See a YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Until They Talked of Galvanism”, “Key Imprisonment and Poetry”, “Obfuscate the Truth”, “Our Population, Our Pain, and Our Growth”, and “Knowingly Live, Purposely Live” from the v173 “Gone Fishing section of the Down in the Dirt 5-8 2020 collection book “Outside the Box” live 8/18/20 for the “Builders Book Club” Tuesday nights reading series (video filmed fromn a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See a YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Until They Talked of Galvanism”, “Key Imprisonment and Poetry”, “Obfuscate the Truth”, “Our Population, Our Pain, and Our Growth”, and “Knowingly Live, Purposely Live” from the v173 “Gone Fishing section of the Down in the Dirt 5-8 2020 collection book “Outside the Box” live 8/18/20 for the “Builders Book Club” Tuesday nights reading series (video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 & Hue Cycling; on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See a YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Until They Talked of Galvanism”, “Key Imprisonment and Poetry”, “Obfuscate the Truth”, “Our Population, Our Pain, and Our Growth”, and “Knowingly Live, Purposely Live” from the v173 “Gone Fishing section of the Down in the Dirt 5-8 2020 collection book “Outside the Box” live 8/18/20 for the “Builders Book Club” Tuesday nights reading series (video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera & Sepia Tone; on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Until They Talked of Galvanism”, “Key Imprisonment and Poetry”, “Obfuscate the Truth”, “Our Population, Our Pain, and Our Growth”, and “Knowingly Live, Purposely Live” from the v173 “Gone Fishing section of the Down in the Dirt 5-8 2020 collection book “Outside the Box” live 8/18/20 for the “Builders Book Club” Tuesday nights reading series (video from a Samsung S9 camera).

Enjoy this YouTube video live 3/23/22 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems (including this one) from her show “Behind the Mask” with chapbook “Behind the Mask” live for Wednesday Night Poetry at Kollective Coffee+Tea in Hot Springs, AR (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem

Enjoy this Facebook live video stream 3/23/22 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems (including this one) from her show “Behind the Mask” (and “Behind the Mask” chapbook) live at Wednesday Night Poetry in Hot Springs, AR (this video was filmed from a Samsung S9 camera and given a lava lamp filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem

Obfuscate the Truth (The Universe is in your Hands edit)

Objectifiable (twitter-length poem)

Visit the Kuypers Twitter page for short poems— join http://twitter.com/janetkuypers.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length poem Objectifiable live 9/4/13 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (C)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length poem Objectifiable live 9/4/13 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (S)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers performing her poem Objectifiable live 11/19/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (Canon)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers performing her poem Objectifiable live 11/19/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (Sony, Edge Detection filter)

See a Vine video of Janet Kuypers finding out she can still be Objectifiable 12/22/15 from men honking horns at her (Vine filmed from a Samsung, from Austin, Texas)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her “Changing Gears” chapter 14 poem “True Happiness in the New Millennium” from her interview/journal/poetry book “In Depth”, then her poem “Objectifiable” from the proof copy of the v5 cc&d boss lady poetry collection book “On the Edge” 8/5/18 at Recycled Reads (Panasonic Lumix T56).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her “Changing Gears” chapter 14 poem “True Happiness in the New Millennium” from her interview/journal/poetry book “In Depth”, then her poem “Objectifiable” from the proof copy of the v5 cc&d boss lady poetry collection book “On the Edge” 8/5/18 at Recycled Reads (Panasonic Lumix 2500).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers (PL2500) reading her poems “Objectifiable” and “explaining what condoms are for” the v5 cc&d boss lady poetry collection book “On the Edge”, then her poem “Women’s Very Existence” from her interview/journal/poetry book “In Depth”, then her prose “Jeremy, or Stallion?” from the Janet Kuypers poetry performance art collection book “Chapter48 (v1)” at “Spoken and Heard” 9/2/18.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers (PLT56) reading her poems “Objectifiable” and “explaining what condoms are for” the v5 cc&d boss lady poetry collection book “On the Edge”, then her poem “Women’s Very Existence” from her interview/journal/poetry book “In Depth”, then her prose “Jeremy, or Stallion?” from the Janet Kuypers poetry performance art collection book “Chapter48 (v1)” at “Spoken and Heard” 9/2/18.

Objectifiable 2021

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Escaping Rapeugees”, “Objectifiable 2021”, “Killing, Loving, and the Power of Women”, “from In the Air”, “Opened the Door for All”, “Meitnerium: For All We Women Must Do”, “Extension of “Him””, “Keep Looking Happy”, “Vacuum of Space”, “Voluptuous, and Intelligent Too”, “Unmarried Women and Dead Bodies Everywhere”, “the Measuring Scale”, and “Oh, She Was a Woman” from the CyberWit.net Janet Kuypers poetry book “Shattering the Glass Ceiling” during the “Beach Poets bonus week with Janet Kuypers feature” 6/26/22 in Chicago (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersfeature#janetkuypersfeminism #shatteringtheglassceiling #janetkuyperswomensrights #janetkuypersequalityforwomen #janetkuypersshatteringtheglassceiling

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poetry from the CyberWit.net Janet Kuypers poetry book “Shattering the Glass Ceiling” during the “Beach Poets bonus week with Janet Kuypers feature” 6/26/22 in Chicago (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera with a Hue Cycling filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersfeature#janetkuypersfeminism #shatteringtheglassceiling #janetkuyperswomensrights #janetkuypersequalityforwomen #janetkuypersshatteringtheglassceiling

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poetry from the CyberWit.net Janet Kuypers poetry book “Shattering the Glass Ceiling” during the “Beach Poets bonus week with Janet Kuypers feature” 6/26/22 in Chicago (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersfeature#janetkuypersfeminism #shatteringtheglassceiling #janetkuyperswomensrights #janetkuypersequalityforwomen #janetkuypersshatteringtheglassceiling

Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poetry from the CyberWit.net Janet Kuypers poetry book “Shattering the Glass Ceiling” during the “Beach Poets bonus week with Janet Kuypers feature” 6/26/22 in Chicago (this video was filmed and streamed from a Samsung S9 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersfeature #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem

Object to Slavery while Protecting Slave Labor

See YouTube video of open mic host Janet Kuypers reading her 2019 poem “Object to Slavery while Protecting Slave Labor” which will appear in the August 2019 release of the Janet Kuypers poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”, her 2019 poem “Bronze Sculptures will Crumble to Pieces” (written 6/24 for Celebration of the Senses Day), and then sings the song “a Nightingale Sang in Berkley Square” during the “Poetic License” open mic she hosted at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” 7/7/19 (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of open mic host Janet Kuypers reading her 2019 poem “Object to Slavery while Protecting Slave Labor” which will appear in the August 2019 release of the Janet Kuypers poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”, her 2019 poem “Bronze Sculptures will Crumble to Pieces” (written 6/24 for Celebration of the Senses Day), and then sings the song “a Nightingale Sang in Berkley Square” during the “Poetic License” open mic she hosted at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” 7/7/19 (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; Sepia Tone filter).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ “Janet Kuypers feature 9/6/19 at Chicago’s In one Ear” show sharing poetry from 2 book, reading her poem “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed” which appears in both of her books, then her “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” book poems “Ever Get It Back”, and “oceans”, then her “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” book poem “Quilled for Poets”, then her “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” book poems “”, “One Year After, the Icing on the Cake”, and “Eyes”, then her “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” book poem “Unrestrained Opportunity, and Fighting for Freedom”, then her “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” book poem “Eighteen and Eight Plus Eighteen: Where We’ve Been and What We’ve Seen”, then her “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” book poem “Last Before Extinction”, then her “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” book poem “Bolt of Lightning”, then her “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” book poems “Feeling of False Ownership”, “Kept my Eye on You”, and “You are Born to Do”, then her “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” book poems “Object to Slavery while Protecting Slave Labor” and “Eternal Never Ending Now” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera); this video was posted on Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ “Janet Kuypers feature 9/6/19 at Chicago’s In one Ear” show sharing poetry from 2 book, reading her poem “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed” which appears in both of her books, then her “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” book poems “Ever Get It Back”, and “oceans”, then her “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” book poem “Quilled for Poets”, then her “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” book poems “”, “One Year After, the Icing on the Cake”, and “Eyes”, then her “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” book poem “Unrestrained Opportunity, and Fighting for Freedom”, then her “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” book poem “Eighteen and Eight Plus Eighteen: Where We’ve Been and What We’ve Seen”, then her “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” book poem “Last Before Extinction”, then her “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” book poem “Bolt of Lightning”, then her “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” book poems “Feeling of False Ownership”, “Kept my Eye on You”, and “You are Born to Do”, then her “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” book poems “Object to Slavery while Protecting Slave Labor” and “Eternal Never Ending Now” (video from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera, with a Posterize filter); this video was posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ “Janet Kuypers feature 9/6/19 at Chicago’s In one Ear” show sharing poetry from 2 book, reading her poem “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed” which appears in both of her books, then her “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” book poems “Ever Get It Back”, and “oceans”, then her “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” book poem “Quilled for Poets”, then her “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” book poems “”, “One Year After, the Icing on the Cake”, and “Eyes”, then her “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” book poem “Unrestrained Opportunity, and Fighting for Freedom”, then her “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” book poem “Eighteen and Eight Plus Eighteen: Where We’ve Been and What We’ve Seen”, then her “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” book poem “Last Before Extinction”, then her “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” book poem “Bolt of Lightning”, then her “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” book poems “Feeling of False Ownership”, “Kept my Eye on You”, and “You are Born to Do”, then her “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” book poems “Object to Slavery while Protecting Slave Labor” and “Eternal Never Ending Now” (video from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera, with a Sepia Tone filter); this video was posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ “Janet Kuypers feature 9/6/19 at Chicago’s In one Ear” show sharing poetry from 2 book, reading her poem “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed” which appears in both of her books, then her “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” book poems “Ever Get It Back”, and “oceans”, then her “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” book poem “Quilled for Poets”, then her “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” book poems “”, “One Year After, the Icing on the Cake”, and “Eyes”, then her “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” book poem “Unrestrained Opportunity, and Fighting for Freedom”, then her “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” book poem “Eighteen and Eight Plus Eighteen: Where We’ve Been and What We’ve Seen”, then her “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” book poem “Last Before Extinction”, then her “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” book poem “Bolt of Lightning”, then her “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” book poems “Feeling of False Ownership”, “Kept my Eye on You”, and “You are Born to Do”, then her “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” book poems “Object to Slavery while Protecting Slave Labor” and “Eternal Never Ending Now” (video from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera, with a Threshold filter); this video was posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Urine and Fireworks”, “Object to Slavery while Protecting Slave Labor”, and “Everyone Will React” from the cc&d July 2020 book “So Much Moon” during the “Poetic License open mic 7/5/20 home edition” she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Urine and Fireworks”, “Object to Slavery while Protecting Slave Labor”, and “Everyone Will React” from the cc&d July 2020 book “So Much Moon” during the “Poetic License open mic 7/5/20 home edition” she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 & Sepia; on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Urine and Fireworks”, “Object to Slavery while Protecting Slave Labor”, and “Everyone Will React” from the cc&d July 2020 book “So Much Moon” during the “Poetic License open mic 7/5/20 home edition” she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 & Threshold; on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Urine and Fireworks”, “Object to Slavery while Protecting Slave Labor”, and “Everyone Will React” from the cc&d July 2020 book “So Much Moon” during the “Poetic License open mic 7/5/20 home edition” she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (this video was filmed from a Samsung S9 camera). #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Magnificent Desolation” “Kill Us for Our Beliefs” “Zoos, Big Brains and Opposable Thumbs”, “Vaguely Crafted Verses”, “Urine and Fireworks” “Object to Slavery while Protecting Slave Labor” and “Everyone Will React” from the v299 “So Much Moon” section of the cc&d 5-8 2020 collection book “One with the Mountain” live 8/5/20 (this video was filmed from a Samsung S9 camera).

See a YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Magnificent Desolation” “Kill Us for Our Beliefs”, “Zoos, Big Brains and Opposable Thumbs”, “Vaguely Crafted Verses”, “Urine and Fireworks” “Object to Slavery while Protecting Slave Labor” and “Everyone Will React” from the v299 “So Much Moon” section of the cc&d 5-8 2020 collection book “One with the Mountain” live 8/5/20 (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

observer’s love poem

See YouTube video 07/19/10, Café Ballou (at Waiting4the Bus), Chicago

See YouTube video 11/23/10, live at the Café in Chicago

See YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem 4/8/13 at the Frankenstone art center in Chicago (Sony)

See YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem 4/8/13 at the Frankenstone art center in Chicago (Canon)

See YouTube video of Kuypers performing poetry in a poetry reading, as she was called the “Headliner” 4/8/13 at Chicago’s Frankenstone art center this video was filmed from a Sony camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetryshow

See YouTube video of Kuypers performing poetry in a poetry reading, as she was called the “Headliner” 4/8/13 at Chicago’s Frankenstone art center (this video was filmed from a Canon camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetryshow

See this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers in her 5/7/16 show “Love in the Universe” in her first scheduled feature at Expressions 2016: Reasons to be Cheerful in Austin, first singing (with John singing and on guitar) the Depeche Mode song The Bottom Line (with altered chorus lyrics for heir wedding), then with her poems Pluto, Plutonium & Death (a bonus Periodic Table poem), her haiku universe, observer’s love poem (2016 edit), everything is my home, Wanted To Play, and electricity (this video was filmed from a Canon Power Shot camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuyperssinging

See< this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers in her 5/7/16 show “Love in the Universe” in her first scheduled feature at Expressions 2016: Reasons to be Cheerful in Austin, first singing (with John singing and on guitar) the Depeche Mode song The Bottom Line (with altered chorus lyrics for heir wedding), then with her poems Pluto, Plutonium & Death (a bonus Periodic Table poem), her haiku universe, observer’s love poem (2016 edit), everything is my home, Wanted To Play, and electricity (this video was filmed from a Sony camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersmusic #janetkuyperssinging

Download all of the show poems in the free chapbook Love in the Universe 5/7/16 at Expressions 2016: Reasons to be Cheerful show in Austin

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ November 2017 Book Release Reading 11/1/17, where she reads from her book “Part of my Pain” her poems “Good Escape”, “In These Times”, “Part of my Pain”, “Now That You Got Me”, “Ever Since you Got Me”, “Know You Only Got Me”, “Push Your Button”, “How People Interpret my Words”, and “Observer’s Love Poem” in “Community Poetry @ Half Price Books” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypers #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoetryshow

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ November 2017 Book Release Reading 11/1/17, where she reads from her book “Part of my Pain” her poems “Good Escape”, “In These Times”, “Part of my Pain”, “Now That You Got Me”, “Ever Since you Got Me”, “Know You Only Got Me”, “Push Your Button”, “How People Interpret my Words”, and “Observer’s Love Poem” in “Community Poetry @ Half Price Books” (this video was filmed from a Sony camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoetryshow

See YouTube video of Chicago poet Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Make the Drawing Make Sense”, “The Best Times in my Life”, and “Observer’s love Poem” live 6/9/18 at “Poetry Aloud” in Georgetown (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of Chicago poet Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Make the Drawing Make Sense”, “The Best Times in my Life”, and “Observer’s love Poem” live 6/9/18 at “Poetry Aloud” in Georgetown (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Looking for a Worthy Adversary (extreme sestina variation)” & “Observer’s Love Poem” from her chapbook “Eleven”, and then her eleven-themed new poem “popular and useless” (with a selfie with the audience) live 6/10/18 at “Spoken and Heard” @ Kick Butt Coffee (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Looking for a Worthy Adversary (extreme sestina variation)” & “Observer’s Love Poem” from her chapbook “Eleven”, and then her eleven-themed new poem “popular and useless” (with a selfie with the audience) live 6/10/18 at “Spoken and Heard” @ Kick Butt Coffee (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

Read all of the poems from the Janet Kuypers poetry show in her 6/11/18 poetry chapbook for her show “Eleven” containing her poems “Under the Sea”, “The Burning”, “Right There, By Your Heart (verses 2 & 6)”, “What We Need in Life”, “Fantastic Car Crash”, “The Things They Did To You (5/8/18 edit)”, “Looking for a Worthy Adversary (an extreme sestina variation)”, “Death is a Dog”, and “September 11, 2001”, “Ocean’s Call to Dive”, and “Observer’s Love Poem”.

Observations: Nine and Six

See YouTube video of the Cutting Room Floor at the Palos Park Public Library 10/07/09

or see the full 10/07/09 Video at the Palos Park Public Library of the Cutting Room Floor via the Internet Archive

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers performing her observer’s improv (S, based on the poems seven and seven, plus eighteen, observations: nine and six, ten and ten, plus two, eleven and two, plus eight, and observer’s love poem) live 10/7/14 at Chicago’s the Café Gallery

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers performing her observer’s improv (C, based on the poems seven and seven, plus eighteen, observations: nine and six, ten and ten, plus two, eleven and two, plus eight, and observer’s love poem) live 10/7/14 at Chicago’s the Café Gallery

See YouTube video 10/1/16 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “On All Fours” and “Observations: Nine and Six” at the “Expressions 2016: the Metaphor of Costumes” open mic Janet hosted at the Bahá’í Faith Center in Austin TX (video filmed from a Sony camera).

See YouTube video 10/1/16 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “On All Fours” and “Observations: Nine and Six” at the “Expressions 2016: the Metaphor of Costumes” open mic Janet hosted at the Bahá’í Faith Center in Austin TX (video filmed from a Canon Power Shot camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Freedom just past the Fence”, “September 11, 2001” and “observations: nine and six” from her book “Say Nothing” at Georgetown’s “Poetry Aloud” open mic 1/13/18 (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Freedom just past the Fence”, “September 11, 2001” and “observations: nine and six” from her book “Say Nothing” at Georgetown’s “Poetry Aloud” open mic 1/13/18 (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Burn It In” from her interview/ journal/poetry book “In Depth”, “Ultimate Connectivity: a bird in the hand” from her performance art poetry book “Chapter 48 (v2)”, and “Observations Nine and Six” from her performance art poetry book “Chapter 48 (v1)” 10/13/18 @ “For to Famous” at Austin’s The Buzz Mill (video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Burn It In” from her interview/ journal/poetry book “In Depth”, “Ultimate Connectivity: a bird in the hand” from her performance art poetry book “Chapter 48 (v2)”, and “Observations Nine and Six” from her performance art poetry book “Chapter 48 (v1)” 10/13/18 @ “For to Famous” at Austin’s The Buzz Mill (video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Seven and Seven, Plus Eighteen”, “Observations: Nine and Six” and “Eleven and Two, Plus Eight” in her “Revealed” book reading at Austin’s “Open Mic Showcase” 11/17/19 (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera, and posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Seven and Seven, Plus Eighteen”, “Observations: Nine and Six” and “Eleven and Two, Plus Eight” in her “Revealed” book reading at Austin’s “Open Mic Showcase” 11/17/19 (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera, and posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

Observing Theories of the Universe(“twi-tweet” poem, on Twitter)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers performing her poem Observing Theories of the Universe live 11/19/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (Canon)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers performing her poem Observing Theories of the Universe live 11/19/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (Sony, Edge Detection filter)

See YouTube video (Cps) of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Observing Theories of the Universe from cc&d v254, “Idea”, live 4/29/15 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago

See YouTube video (Cfs200) of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Observing Theories of the Universe from cc&d v254, “Idea”, live 4/29/15 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ Book Release Reading 4/5/17 of cc&d book poetry in Austin’s National Poetry Month Community Poetry at Half Price Books, including “Viewing the Woman in a 19th Century Photograph” from the Statue, “I’m Really Going This Time” from Give What You Can, “Human Construct of Time” from Sea Drift, “White Knuckled” from Forever Bound, “Entire Town’s Baseball Team” from Suggested Torture, “Jabbed in an Open Nerve” from Idea, “Observing Theories of the Universe” from Idea, and “Entering the Lake of Fire” from Nighttime City (this video was filmed from a Canon Power Shot SX700 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ Book Release Reading 4/5/17 of cc&d book poetry in Austin’s National Poetry Month Community Poetry at Half Price Books, including “Viewing the Woman in a 19th Century Photograph” from the Statue, “I’m Really Going This Time” from Give What You Can, “Human Construct of Time” from Sea Drift, “White Knuckled” from Forever Bound, “Entire Town’s Baseball Team” from Suggested Torture, “Jabbed in an Open Nerve” from Idea, “Observing Theories of the Universe” from Idea, and “Entering the Lake of Fire” from Nighttime City (this video filmed from a Canon Power Shot SX700 camera and given a Posterize filter).

Occupy (twitter-length poem)

See YouTube video of Kuypers reading the poem Occupy live 5/29/13 as the intro to the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (Canon)

See YouTube video of Kuypers reading the poem Occupylive 5/29/13 as the intro to the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (Sony)

See YouTube video of Kuypers hosting the open mic 5/29/13 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago - and performing this poem

See YouTube video on 4/30/17 of the later part of Janet Kuypers’ “Drop the Bomb” poems she read for the Austin’s 2017 Poetry Bomb, with You, Only Searching, Ugly Babies need the Most Love, Bimbo, Good Escape, Goth Girl Photographer, Koala Porn, Occupy, On a Downtown Chicago Light Pole, On This Ride, Marne Rifle Poem, No Thank You, He makes me Think about These Things, (and you could hold me), & From Words to Wars (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix camera).

See YouTube video on 4/30/17 of the later part of Janet Kuypers’ “Drop the Bomb” poems she read for the Austin’s 2017 Poetry Bomb, with You, Only Searching, Ugly Babies need the Most Love, Bimbo, Good Escape, Goth Girl Photographer, Koala Porn, Occupy, On a Downtown Chicago Light Pole, On This Ride, Marne Rifle Poem, No Thank You, He makes me Think about These Things, (and you could hold me), & From Words to Wars (Lumix video with an Edge Detection filter).

See Facebook live video on 4/30/17 of the first part of Janet Kuypers’ “Drop the Bomb” poem series she read for Austin’s 2017 Poetry Bomb, with the ending of Kick Someone Out, Lades and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls, Exhaling Toxic Fumes, Jumping from the Mausoleum, Just to be On the Safe Side, Nobody Finds Me, Bored the Night Before 9/11, energy, errors, rescue, This is Only a Test, You, Only Searching, Ugly Babies need the Most Love, Bimbo, Good Escape, Goth Girl Photographer, Koala Porn, Occupy, On a Downtown Chicago Light Pole, On This Ride, and Marne Rifle Poem (from a Samsung Galaxy S7 smart phone).

See YouTube video on 4/30/17 of the first part of Janet Kuypers’ “Drop the Bomb” poem series she read for Austin’s 2017 Poetry Bomb, with the ending of Kick Someone Out, Lades and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls, Exhaling Toxic Fumes, Jumping from the Mausoleum, Just to be On the Safe Side, Nobody Finds Me, Bored the Night Before 9/11, energy, errors, rescue, This is Only a Test, You, Only Searching, Ugly Babies need the Most Love, Bimbo, Good Escape, Goth Girl Photographer, Koala Porn, Occupy, On a Downtown Chicago Light Pole, On This Ride, and Marne Rifle Poem (facebook live video with a Threshold filter).

View or download the free PDF chapbook “Drop the Bomb” 4/30/17 of all of the short Janet Kuypers poems she read from her live 4/30/17 reading in Austin’s 2017 Poetry Bomb (plus one bonus poem).

See YouTube video from 4/30/17 of Janet Kuypers performing her “Drop the Bomb” poems for Austin’s 2017 Poetry Bomb, with control, earth, enjoy, unbounded, Just Thinking About It, Kick Someone Out, Lades and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls, Exhaling Toxic Fumes, Jumping from the Mausoleum, Just to be On the Safe Side, Nobody Finds Me, Bored the Night Before 9/11, energy, errors, rescue, This is Only a Test, You, Only Searching, Ugly Babies need the Most Love, Bimbo, Good Escape, Goth Girl Photographer, Koala Porn, Occupy, On a Downtown Chicago Light Pole, On This Ride, Marne Rifle Poem, No Thank You, He makes me Think about These Things, (and you could hold me), & From Words to Wars (this video was filmed from a Sony camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperspoetrybomb

oceans (haiku, on Twitter and Instagram)

See YouTube video 2/4/17 of Janet Kuypers at the Bahá’í Faith Center reading her haiku poem “oceans” (this video was filmed from a Canon Power Shot SX60 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers

See YouTube video 2/4/17 of Janet Kuypers at the Bahá’í Center reading her haiku poem “oceans” (Canon Power Shot SX60, Threshold).

See YouTube video 2/19/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku poem “oceans” during the intro performance to the Austin “Kick Butt Poetry” open mic (Canon Power Shot SX700 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoem #janetkuypershaiku.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers joining people on stage and reading her 6 haiku poems “soul”, “eminence”, “oceans”, “violation”, “exterior” and “earth” in the intro performance 2/19/17 to “Kick Butt Poetry” in Austin (video filmed from a Canon Power Shot SX700 camera).

See YouTube video fron 5/6/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku poems “keep”, “escape”, “force”, “drowning”, “oceans” and “destroy” in her “Haiku on the Fly” reading (from a Lumix camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuypershaiku #janetkuyperspoetry

See YouTube video from 5/6/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku poems “keep”, “escape”, “force”, “drowning”, “oceans” and “destroy” in her “Haiku on the Fly” reading (filmed from a Sony camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuypershaiku #janetkuyperspoetry

View or download the free PDF chapbook “Haiku on the Fly” of her poems “bruised”, “bruised”, “blood”, “choke”, “can’t get you”, “bear”, “defenses”, “feel”, “fit”, “keep”, “escape”, “force”, “drowning”, “oceans” and “destroy” (of haiku poems read from 5/6/17 in Austin).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ August 2017 Book Release Reading 8/2/17 of Down in the Dirt’s book “Ancient Colors” poems “Marilyn Monroe Falling Through the Cracks”, “Step”, “jumped”, “behind”, “gone”, “bruised” and “oceans” in Community Poetry @ Half Price Books (Lumix camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ August 2017 Book Release Reading 8/2/17 of Down in the Dirt’s book “Ancient Colors” poems “Marilyn Monroe Falling Through the Cracks”, “Step”, “jumped”, “behind”, “gone”, “bruised” and “oceans” in Community Poetry @ Half Price Books (Sony camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ September 2017 Book Release Reading 9/6/17 of Down in the Dirt’s book “Random Thoughts” haiku poems “oceans”, “gone”, “bruised”, “out there”, “judge”, “escape”, “ever get it back”, “opposite”, and “need”, and then her poems “Oh, She Was a Woman” in Community Poetry @ Half Price Books (this video was filmed from a Sony camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ September 2017 Book Release Reading 9/6/17 of Down in the Dirt’s book “Random Thoughts” haiku poems “oceans”, “gone”, “bruised”, “out there”, “judge”, “escape”, “ever get it back”, “opposite”, and “need”, and then her poems “Oh, She Was a Woman” in Community Poetry @ Half Price Books (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ “December 2017 Book Release Reading” 12/6/17, where she reads from the book “Negative Space” her haiku and short poems “coincidence?”, “translation (2014 haiku)”, “oceans”, “behind”, “out there”, “opposite”, and “addiction”, her micro prose “Driving By His House”, and her poems “Earth was Crying”, “Your Imaginary Soul Weighs 21 Grams”, “Just by Holding His Hand”, and “Only an Observer” in “Community Poetry @ Half Price Books” (Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ “December 2017 Book Release Reading” 12/6/17, where she reads from the book “Negative Space” her haiku and short poems “coincidence?”, “translation (2014 haiku)”, “oceans”, “behind”, “out there”, “opposite”, and “addiction”, her micro prose “Driving By His House”, and her poems “Earth was Crying”, “Your Imaginary Soul Weighs 21 Grams”, “Just by Holding His Hand”, and “Only an Observer” in “Community Poetry @ Half Price Books” (Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Violation”, “Exterior”, “Eminence”, “Earth”, “Lost”, “Jumped”, “Uphill”, “Essence”, “Upside-Down”, “Enjoy”, “Ghosts”, “You Do What You’re Told”, “Control”, “Enemy”, “Quarrel”, “Xeric”, “Oceans”, “Escape (2017 haiku)”, and “Aflame”, all read from her poetry collection book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” 8/13/19 outside Grant Park with the Millennium Bean in the background in Chicago (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Violation”, “Exterior”, “Eminence”, “Earth”, “Lost”, “Jumped”, “Uphill”, “Essence”, “Upside-Down”, “Enjoy”, “Ghosts”, “You Do What You’re Told”, “Control”, “Enemy”, “Quarrel”, “Xeric”, “Oceans”, “Escape (2017 haiku)”, and “Aflame”, all read from her poetry collection book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” 8/13/19 outside Grant Park with the Millennium Bean in the background in Chicago (video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; Sepia Tone filter).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers in her “Journeys” poetry book feature for “Thirsty Thursday 8/15/19 in Dripping Springs”, TX, with her poem “Journeys on a Train” as the intro poem to her feature, then her poems “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed”, “Valentine’s Day, Every Day”, “Each Trigger Pull”, “Quilled for Poets”, and “Karma and Lollipops” from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” in part one of her feature. Then she read her poems “haiku (poet)”, “unbounded”, “oceans”, “eyes”, “Ends of the Earth”, “Xystus to Foundation”, and “Eternal Never Ending Now” from her poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”, then she closes her feature with her poem “Verdant Green” (video filed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers in her “Journeys” poetry book feature for “Thirsty Thursday 8/15/19 in Dripping Springs”, TX, with her poem “Journeys on a Train” as the intro poem to her feature, then her poems “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed”, “Valentine’s Day, Every Day”, “Each Trigger Pull”, “Quilled for Poets”, and “Karma and Lollipops” from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” in part one of her feature. Then she read her poems “haiku (poet)”, “unbounded”, “oceans”, “eyes”, “Ends of the Earth”, “Xystus to Foundation”, and “Eternal Never Ending Now” from her poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”, then she closes her feature with her poem “Verdant Green” (video filed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers in part two her “Journeys” poetry book feature for “Thirsty Thursday 8/15/19 in Dripping Springs”, TX, with her poems “haiku (poet)”, “unbounded”, “oceans”, “eyes”, “Ends of the Earth”, “Xystus to Foundation”, and “Eternal Never Ending Now” from her poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”, then she closes her feature with her poem “Verdant Green” (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers in part two her “Journeys” poetry book feature for “Thirsty Thursday 8/15/19 in Dripping Springs”, TX, with her poems “haiku (poet)”, “unbounded”, “oceans”, “eyes”, “Ends of the Earth”, “Xystus to Foundation”, and “Eternal Never Ending Now” from her poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”, then she closes her feature with her poem “Verdant Green” (from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ “Janet Kuypers feature 9/6/19 at Chicago’s In one Ear” show sharing poetry from 2 book, reading her poem “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed” which appears in both of her books, then her “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” book poems “Ever Get It Back”, and “oceans”, then her “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” book poem “Quilled for Poets”, then her “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” book poems “”, “One Year After, the Icing on the Cake”, and “Eyes”, then her “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” book poem “Unrestrained Opportunity, and Fighting for Freedom”, then her “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” book poem “Eighteen and Eight Plus Eighteen: Where We’ve Been and What We’ve Seen”, then her “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” book poem “Last Before Extinction”, then her “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” book poem “Bolt of Lightning”, then her “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” book poems “Feeling of False Ownership”, “Kept my Eye on You”, and “You are Born to Do”, then her “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” book poems “Object to Slavery while Protecting Slave Labor” and “Eternal Never Ending Now” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera); this video was posted on Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ “Janet Kuypers feature 9/6/19 at Chicago’s In one Ear” show sharing poetry from 2 book, reading her poem “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed” which appears in both of her books, then her “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” book poems “Ever Get It Back”, and “oceans”, then her “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” book poem “Quilled for Poets”, then her “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” book poems “”, “One Year After, the Icing on the Cake”, and “Eyes”, then her “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” book poem “Unrestrained Opportunity, and Fighting for Freedom”, then her “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” book poem “Eighteen and Eight Plus Eighteen: Where We’ve Been and What We’ve Seen”, then her “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” book poem “Last Before Extinction”, then her “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” book poem “Bolt of Lightning”, then her “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” book poems “Feeling of False Ownership”, “Kept my Eye on You”, and “You are Born to Do”, then her “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” book poems “Object to Slavery while Protecting Slave Labor” and “Eternal Never Ending Now” (video from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera, with a Posterize filter); this video was posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ “Janet Kuypers feature 9/6/19 at Chicago’s In one Ear” show sharing poetry from 2 book, reading her poem “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed” which appears in both of her books, then her “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” book poems “Ever Get It Back”, and “oceans”, then her “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” book poem “Quilled for Poets”, then her “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” book poems “”, “One Year After, the Icing on the Cake”, and “Eyes”, then her “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” book poem “Unrestrained Opportunity, and Fighting for Freedom”, then her “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” book poem “Eighteen and Eight Plus Eighteen: Where We’ve Been and What We’ve Seen”, then her “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” book poem “Last Before Extinction”, then her “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” book poem “Bolt of Lightning”, then her “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” book poems “Feeling of False Ownership”, “Kept my Eye on You”, and “You are Born to Do”, then her “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” book poems “Object to Slavery while Protecting Slave Labor” and “Eternal Never Ending Now” (video from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera, with a Sepia Tone filter); this video was posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ “Janet Kuypers feature 9/6/19 at Chicago’s In one Ear” show sharing poetry from 2 book, reading her poem “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed” which appears in both of her books, then her “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” book poems “Ever Get It Back”, and “oceans”, then her “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” book poem “Quilled for Poets”, then her “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” book poems “”, “One Year After, the Icing on the Cake”, and “Eyes”, then her “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” book poem “Unrestrained Opportunity, and Fighting for Freedom”, then her “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” book poem “Eighteen and Eight Plus Eighteen: Where We’ve Been and What We’ve Seen”, then her “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” book poem “Last Before Extinction”, then her “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” book poem “Bolt of Lightning”, then her “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” book poems “Feeling of False Ownership”, “Kept my Eye on You”, and “You are Born to Do”, then her “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” book poems “Object to Slavery while Protecting Slave Labor” and “Eternal Never Ending Now” (video from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera, with a Threshold filter); this video was posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr.

Ocean’s Call to Dive

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers in her 12/2/17 show “Who What Where When Why” @ “Expressions” in Austin, performing her poems “Who What Where When Why”, “Ocean’s Call to Dive”, “Underwater and Swimming”, “on the Bridge”, “Jumping, Flying”, “Only Voice he could Hear”, “Passport to Outer Space” from the book “Say Nothing”, and “Visiting Pristine Places on the Planet” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersinstagram

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers in her 12/2/17 show “Who What Where When Why” @ “Expressions” in Austin, performing her poems “Who What Where When Why”, “Ocean’s Call to Dive”, “Underwater and Swimming”, “on the Bridge”, “Jumping, Flying”, “Only Voice he could Hear”, “Passport to Outer Space” from the book “Say Nothing”, and “Visiting Pristine Places on the Planet” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersinstagram

View the 12/2/17 show poems in the free PDF file chapbook Who What Where When Why containing the poems “Who What Where When Why”, “Ocean’s Call to Dive”, “Underwater and Swimming”, “on the Bridge”, “Jumping, Flying”, “Only Voice he could Hear”, her micro-prose “Passport to Outer Space”, and her poem “Visiting Pristine Places on the Planet”.

See Janet Kuypers’ YouTube video 12/10/17 reading her poem “Ocean’s Call to Dive”, then singing the WHAM! song “Last Christmas” with John on guitar, then reading her poem “Killing the Survivor Bug” from her book “(pheromemes) 2015-2017 show poems” at the “Kick Butt Poetry” open mic in Austin (this video was filmed with a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See Janet Kuypers’ YouTube video 12/10/17 reading her poem “Ocean’s Call to Dive”, then singing the WHAM! song “Last Christmas” with John on guitar, then reading her poem “Killing the Survivor Bug” from her book “(pheromemes) 2015-2017 show poems” at the “Kick Butt Poetry” open mic in Austin (this video was filmed with a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See YouTube video from 12/9/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Ocean’s Call to Dive”, then her poems “Games We Play” & “Beauty in the Eyes of Einstein” from her book “Say Nothing” at the “Poetry Aloud” open mic at the Georgetown Public Library (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See YouTube video from 12/9/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Ocean’s Call to Dive”, then her poems “Games We Play” & “Beauty in the Eyes of Einstein” from her book “Say Nothing” at the “Poetry Aloud” open mic at the Georgetown Public Library (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ May 2018 Book Release Reading 5/2/18, where she read her “Who What Where When Why” performance art poems “Who What Where When Why” “Ocean’s Call to Dive”, “Underwater and Swimming” and “On the Bridge” from the cc&d 5/18 book “About the Arts” at “Community Poetry @ Half Price Books” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ May 2018 Book Release Reading 5/2/18, where she read her “Who What Where When Why” performance art poems “Who What Where When Why” “Ocean’s Call to Dive”, “Underwater and Swimming” and “On the Bridge” from the cc&d 5/18 book “About the Arts” at “Community Poetry @ Half Price Books” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

Read all of the poems from the Janet Kuypers poetry show in her 6/11/18 poetry chapbook for her show “Eleven” containing her poems “Under the Sea”, “The Burning”, “Right There, By Your Heart (verses 2 & 6)”, “What We Need in Life”, “Fantastic Car Crash”, “The Things They Did To You (5/8/18 edit)”, “Looking for a Worthy Adversary (an extreme sestina variation)”, “Death is a Dog”, and “September 11, 2001”, “Ocean’s Call to Dive”, and “Observer’s Love Poem”.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ August 2018 Book Release Reading 8/1/18, where she read her “Who What Where When Why” show poems “Ocean’s Call to Dive”, “Who What Where When Why”, “Underwater and Swimming”, “on the Bridge”, and “Visiting Pristine Places on the Planet” from her color photo book “Antarctica: Wildlife” at “Community Poetry @ Half Price Books” (PLT56 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ August 2018 Book Release Reading 8/1/18, where she read her “Who What Where When Why” show poems “Ocean’s Call to Dive”, “Who What Where When Why”, “Underwater and Swimming”, “on the Bridge”, and “Visiting Pristine Places on the Planet” from her color photo book “Antarctica: Wildlife” at “Community Poetry @ Half Price Books” (PLT56; Cyan).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ August 2018 Book Release Reading 8/1/18, where she read her “Who What Where When Why” show poems “Ocean’s Call to Dive”, “Who What Where When Why”, “Underwater and Swimming”, “on the Bridge”, and “Visiting Pristine Places on the Planet” from her color photo book “Antarctica: Wildlife” at “Community Poetry @ Half Price Books” (PLT56; Edge Det.).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ August 2018 Book Release Reading 8/1/18, where she read her “Who What Where When Why” show poems “Ocean’s Call to Dive”, “Who What Where When Why”, “Underwater and Swimming”, “on the Bridge”, and “Visiting Pristine Places on the Planet” from her color photo book “Antarctica: Wildlife” at “Community Poetry @ Half Price Books” (PLT56; Polarize).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ August 2018 Book Release Reading 8/1/18, where she read her “Who What Where When Why” show poems “Ocean’s Call to Dive”, “Who What Where When Why”, “Underwater and Swimming”, “on the Bridge”, and “Visiting Pristine Places on the Planet” from her color photo book “Antarctica: Wildlife” at “Community Poetry @ Half Price Books” (PLT56; Sepia Tone).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ August 2018 Book Release Reading 8/1/18, where she read her “Who What Where When Why” show poems “Ocean’s Call to Dive”, “Who What Where When Why”, “Underwater and Swimming”, “on the Bridge”, and “Visiting Pristine Places on the Planet” from her color photo book “Antarctica: Wildlife” at “Community Poetry @ Half Price Books” (PLT56; Threshold).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ interview on Chicago’s WZRD Radio (88.3 FM) 9/22/18, where she also read her poems “Ocean’s Call to Dive” and “Visiting Pristine Places on the Planet” from her “Antarctica: Wildlife” book, and later read her poem “On a High Horse Like This” from her book “On the Edge” (WZRD’s 2nd half audio; video, Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ interview on Chicago’s WZRD Radio (88.3 FM) 9/22/18, where she also read her poems “Ocean’s Call to Dive” and “Visiting Pristine Places on the Planet” from her “Antarctica: Wildlife” book, and later read her poem “On a High Horse Like This” from her book “On the Edge” (WZRD’s 2nd half audio; video, Panasonic Lumix 2500; Hue Cycle).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ interview on Chicago’s WZRD Radio (88.3 FM) 9/22/18, where she also read her poems “Ocean’s Call to Dive” and “Visiting Pristine Places on the Planet” from her “Antarctica: Wildlife” book, and later read her poem “On a High Horse Like This” from her book “On the Edge” (WZRD’s 2nd half audio; video, Panasonic Lumix 2500l; Sepia Tone).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ interview on Chicago’s WZRD Radio (88.3 FM) 9/22/18, where she also read her poems “Ocean’s Call to Dive” and “Visiting Pristine Places on the Planet” from her “Antarctica: Wildlife” book, and later read her poem “On a High Horse Like This” from her book “On the Edge” (WZRD’s 2nd half audio; video, Panasonic Lumix 2500; B&W).

See YouTube video live 9#26/18 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Ocean’s Call to Dive”, “Jumping, Flying”, “True Happiness in the New Millennium (2017 Dripping Springs edit)”, “Poem About This”, “For Far Too Many Years”, “Everything was Alive and Dying (2016 cruelty to animals edition)”, “Everything was Alive and Dying (2016 political edit)”, “Juxtaposition, or Irony?”, “Quieted Soul”, “The Page”, “Other Souls”, “yearning to break free”, and “I’m not sick but I’m not well (Future Imperfect edit)”, from her show “to the Bottom of the Earth and Back” with chapbook “to the Bottom of the Earth and Back” performed during the feature performance at In One Ear in Chicago (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video live 9#26/18 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Ocean’s Call to Dive”, “Jumping, Flying”, “True Happiness in the New Millennium (2017 Dripping Springs edit)”, “Poem About This”, “For Far Too Many Years”, “Everything was Alive and Dying (2016 cruelty to animals edition)”, “Everything was Alive and Dying (2016 political edit)”, “Juxtaposition, or Irony?”, “Quieted Soul”, “The Page”, “Other Souls”, “yearning to break free”, and “I’m not sick but I’m not well (Future Imperfect edit)”, from her show “to the Bottom of the Earth and Back” with chapbook “to the Bottom of the Earth and Back” performed during the feature performance at In One Ear in Chicago (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; B&W).

See YouTube video live 9#26/18 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Ocean’s Call to Dive”, “Jumping, Flying”, “True Happiness in the New Millennium (2017 Dripping Springs edit)”, “Poem About This”, “For Far Too Many Years”, “Everything was Alive and Dying (2016 cruelty to animals edition)”, “Everything was Alive and Dying (2016 political edit)”, “Juxtaposition, or Irony?”, “Quieted Soul”, “The Page”, “Other Souls”, “yearning to break free”, and “I’m not sick but I’m not well (Future Imperfect edit)”, from her show “to the Bottom of the Earth and Back” with chapbook “to the Bottom of the Earth and Back” performed during the feature performance at In One Ear in Chicago (Panasonic Lumix T56; Sepia Tone).

See YouTube video live 9#26/18 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Ocean’s Call to Dive”, “Jumping, Flying”, “True Happiness in the New Millennium (2017 Dripping Springs edit)”, “Poem About This”, “For Far Too Many Years”, “Everything was Alive and Dying (2016 cruelty to animals edition)”, “Everything was Alive and Dying (2016 political edit)”, “Juxtaposition, or Irony?”, “Quieted Soul”, “The Page”, “Other Souls”, “yearning to break free”, and “I’m not sick but I’m not well (Future Imperfect edit)”, from her show “to the Bottom of the Earth and Back” with chapbook “to the Bottom of the Earth and Back” performed during the feature performance at In One Ear in Chicago (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video live 9#26/18 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Ocean’s Call to Dive”, “Jumping, Flying”, “True Happiness in the New Millennium (2017 Dripping Springs edit)”, “Poem About This”, “For Far Too Many Years”, “Everything was Alive and Dying (2016 cruelty to animals edition)”, “Everything was Alive and Dying (2016 political edit)”, “Juxtaposition, or Irony?”, “Quieted Soul”, “The Page”, “Other Souls”, “yearning to break free”, and “I’m not sick but I’m not well (Future Imperfect edit)”, from her show “to the Bottom of the Earth and Back” with chapbook “to the Bottom of the Earth and Back” performed during the feature performance at In One Ear in Chicago (Panasonic Lumix 2500; Threshold).

See YouTube video live 9#26/18 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Ocean’s Call to Dive”, “Jumping, Flying”, “True Happiness in the New Millennium (2017 Dripping Springs edit)”, “Poem About This”, “For Far Too Many Years”, “Everything was Alive and Dying (2016 cruelty to animals edition)”, “Everything was Alive and Dying (2016 political edit)”, “Juxtaposition, or Irony?”, “Quieted Soul”, “The Page”, “Other Souls”, “yearning to break free”, and “I’m not sick but I’m not well (Future Imperfect edit)”, from her show “to the Bottom of the Earth and Back” with chapbook “to the Bottom of the Earth and Back” performed during the feature performance at In One Ear in Chicago (Panasonic Lumix 2500;n Edge Det.).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Every Street Corner”, “Women’s Very Existence”, “Who What Where When Why”, and “Ocean’s Call to Dive” from the Scars Publications 2018 collections book “Accept Apart”, plus her poem “On the Bridge” from the full-color photography and poetry book “Antarctica: Wildlife”, live 1/2/19 at her. “Community Poetry @ Half Price Books” Austin feature reading (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera, then zoomed in closer; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Every Street Corner”, “Women’s Very Existence”, “Who What Where When Why”, and “Ocean’s Call to Dive” from the Scars Publications 2018 collections book “Accept Apart”, plus her poem “On the Bridge” from the full-color photography and poetry book “Antarctica: Wildlife”, live 1/2/19 at her. “Community Poetry @ Half Price Books” Austin feature reading (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Every Street Corner”, “Women’s Very Existence”, “Who What Where When Why”, and “Ocean’s Call to Dive” from the Scars Publications 2018 collections book “Accept Apart”, plus her poem “On the Bridge” from the full-color photography and poetry book “Antarctica: Wildlife”, live 1/2/19 at her. “Community Poetry @ Half Price Books” Austin feature reading (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera that was zoomed; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Every Street Corner”, “Women’s Very Existence”, “Who What Where When Why”, and “Ocean’s Call to Dive” from the Scars Publications 2018 collections book “Accept Apart”, plus her poem “On the Bridge” from the full-color photography and poetry book “Antarctica: Wildlife”, live 1/2/19 at her. “Community Poetry @ Half Price Books” Austin feature reading (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ May 2019 Book Release Reading 5/1/19, where she read her “to the Bottom of the Earth and Back” poems “Ocean’s Call to Dive”, “Jumping, Flying”, and “I’m Not Sick, But I’m Not Well (Future Imperfect edit)”, all read from the cc&d September-December 2018 issue and chapbook collection book “This is Where I Live”, during Community Poetry @ Half Price Books in Austin, TX (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ May 2019 Book Release Reading 5/1/19, where she read her “to the Bottom of the Earth and Back” poems “Ocean’s Call to Dive”, “Jumping, Flying”, and “I’m Not Sick, But I’m Not Well (Future Imperfect edit)”, all read from the cc&d September-December 2018 issue and chapbook collection book “This is Where I Live”, during Community Poetry @ Half Price Books in Austin, TX (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Ocean’s Call to Dive” originally from her book “Antarctica: Wildlife” but read the edited poem read from her contest-winning poetry in the book “Animal Takes XII 2019”, her poem “Escaping the Atmosphere Any Way We Can” (written on Werner Von Braun’s birthday) read from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”, then her poem “Learning how Love Lasts” from her poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” during her hosting her the “Poetic License” open mic at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” 8/4/19 (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Ocean’s Call to Dive” originally from her book “Antarctica: Wildlife” but read the edited poem read from her contest-winning poetry in the book “Animal Takes XII 2019”, her poem “Escaping the Atmosphere Any Way We Can” (written on Werner Von Braun’s birthday) read from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”, then her poem “Learning how Love Lasts” from her poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” during her hosting her the “Poetic License” open mic at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” 8/4/19 (from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; Sepia Tone filter).

See YouTube video of “Janet Kuypers on Chicago’s WZRD Radio 9/7/19”, where, throughout her interview, Janet Kuypers read her poem “Our Color, Our Gender, our Creed” in both new books, but read from her book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” (starting ~9:40), then from her poem “Orange Clouds and Blood-Red Sunsets” (starting ~21:40), and “Ocean’s Call to Dive” (starting ~28:42) from her book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of “Janet Kuypers on Chicago’s WZRD Radio 9/7/19”, where, throughout her interview, Janet Kuypers read her poem “Our Color, Our Gender, our Creed” in both new books, but read from her book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” (starting ~9:40), then from her poem “Orange Clouds and Blood-Red Sunsets” (starting ~21:40), and “Ocean’s Call to Dive” (starting ~28:42) from her book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; Sepia Tone filter).

See YouTube video of “Janet Kuypers on Chicago’s WZRD Radio 9/7/19”, where, throughout her interview, Janet Kuypers read her poem “Our Color, Our Gender, our Creed” in both new books, but read from her book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” (starting ~9:40), then from her poem “Orange Clouds and Blood-Red Sunsets” (starting ~21:40), “Ocean’s Call to Dive” (starting ~28:42), “Eat your Vegetables, be a Proper Girl” (starting ~30:02), and “Bronze Sculptures will Crumble to Pieces” (starting ~31:21), from her book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”, plus from memory her Periodic Table bonus poem “Arsenic and Syphilis” (starting ~36:33) (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 video camera).

See YouTube video of “Janet Kuypers on Chicago’s WZRD Radio 9/7/19”, where, throughout her interview, Janet Kuypers read her poem “Our Color, Our Gender, our Creed” in both new books, but read from her book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” (starting ~9:40), then from her poem “Orange Clouds and Blood-Red Sunsets” (starting ~21:40), “Ocean’s Call to Dive” (starting ~28:42), “Eat your Vegetables, be a Proper Girl” (starting ~30:02), and “Bronze Sculptures will Crumble to Pieces” (starting ~31:21), from her book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”, plus from memory her Periodic Table bonus poem “Arsenic and Syphilis” (starting ~36:33) (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 video camera, and then it was given a Posterize filter).

Hear SoundCloud audio of the full “Janet Kuypers on Chicago’s WZRD Radio 9/7/19”. During her interview, Janet Kuypers read her poem “Our Color, Our Gender, our Creed” in both new books, but read from her book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” (starting ~9:40), then from her poem “Orange Clouds and Blood-Red Sunsets” (starting ~21:40), “Ocean’s Call to Dive” (starting ~28:42), “Eat your Vegetables, be a Proper Girl” (starting ~30:02), and “Bronze Sculptures will Crumble to Pieces” (starting ~31:21), from her book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”, plus from memory her Periodic Table bonus poem “Arsenic and Syphilis” (starting ~36:33). Then she read “Escape to Peace” (starting ~39:41) and “Vase of Tulips” (started ~41:52) from her book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”. Later in the interview she read her poems “Elaborate Exaltation” (started ~45:51), “Listen to Life” (started ~46:18), the haiku “nature I” (started ~46:44), “after” (started ~47:12), and “quarrel” (started ~47:31), from her book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”.

Hear SoundCloud audio of all of the poem readings from “Janet Kuypers on Chicago’s WZRD Radio 9/7/19”, where Janet Kuypers read her poems “Our Color, Our Gender, our Creed”, “Orange Clouds and Blood-Red Sunsets”, “Ocean’s Call to Dive”, “Eat your Vegetables, be a Proper Girl”, “Bronze Sculptures will Crumble to Pieces”, “Arsenic and Syphilis”, “Escape to Peace”, “Vase of Tulips”, “Elaborate Exaltation”, “Listen to Life”, “nature I”, “after”, and “quarrel” in 2 books.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “From Hydrogen to Nothing” for National Nothing Day (1/16), “Opposite” for National Opposite Day (1/20), and “Ocean’s Call to Dive” for National Penguin Day (1/20) from her book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” live 1/18/20 the Austin “Open Mic Showcase” at Recycled Reads (w/ a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “From Hydrogen to Nothing” for National Nothing Day (1/16), “Opposite” for National Opposite Day (1/20), and “Ocean’s Call to Dive” for National Penguin Day (1/20) from her book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” live 1/18/20 the Austin “Open Mic Showcase” at Recycled Reads (w/ a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

octopi and brains (haiku, on Twitter)

Visit the Kuypers Twitter page for short poems— join http://twitter.com/janetkuypers.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers hosting the open mic and the Deborah Rosen feature 4/9/14 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago WITH THIS HAIKU

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku octopi and brains live 4/9/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (C)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku octopi and brains live 4/9/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (posterize)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku poems “octopi and brains”, and “octopi and dogs” from the v126 issue of Down in the Dirt mag, titled a Rural Story live 10/22/14 at Chicago’s the Café Gallery (C)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku poems “octopi and brains”, and “octopi and dogs” from the v126 issue of Down in the Dirt mag, titled a Rural Story live 10/22/14 at Chicago’s the Café Gallery (Cps)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers 11/6/19 reading every poem in her “100 Haikus” section (plus bonus haiku) in her poetry book “Partial Nudity” during her November 2018 Book Release Reading through Community Poetry! at Half Price Books, including much, out, can’t get you, of his thirst, know, pleading, coincidence?, found haiku, close, defenses, destroy, floor, hold, forever, jumped, study, Even with no Wish Bone, addiction, stagger, everyone, last, bruised, organs, choke, ends, explosions, fit, fought, heaviness, extinct, feel, escape, opening, pant, strike, civil, found, need, kill, kindness, run, pet, John’s Mind, humans, mirror, elusive, keep, greatest, instead, Arsenic and Syphilis, life (Periodic Table haiku), life (2000), timing, Two Not Mute Haikus, He’s An Escapist, Ending a Relationship, nightmares, knife, free, years, groove, errors, job, jobless, out there, gone, console, form, knowing, oil, cage, evil, faith, guide, behind, sort, barbed, difference, predator, blood, easy, existence, judge, fog, upturn, Translation (2014 haiku), sting, enemies, Deity Discipline (stretched haiku), Ants and Crosses, energy, knees, force, you, this is only a test, misogyny, ourselves, key, scorches, only, bear, census, clogged, end, falling, relegated, “Jimbo”, eventually, progress, labor, mister, over, rescue, octopi and brains, octopi and dogs, universe, and love (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera); this video was posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers 11/6/19 reading every poem in her “100 Haikus” section (plus bonus haiku) in her poetry book “Partial Nudity” during her November 2018 Book Release Reading through Community Poetry! at Half Price Books, including much, out, can’t get you, of his thirst, know, pleading, coincidence?, found haiku, close, defenses, destroy, floor, hold, forever, jumped, study, Even with no Wish Bone, addiction, stagger, everyone, last, bruised, organs, choke, ends, explosions, fit, fought, heaviness, extinct, feel, escape, opening, pant, strike, civil, found, need, kill, kindness, run, pet, John’s Mind, humans, mirror, elusive, keep, greatest, instead, Arsenic and Syphilis, life (Periodic Table haiku), life (2000), timing, Two Not Mute Haikus, He’s An Escapist, Ending a Relationship, nightmares, knife, free, years, groove, errors, job, jobless, out there, gone, console, form, knowing, oil, cage, evil, faith, guide, behind, sort, barbed, difference, predator, blood, easy, existence, judge, fog, upturn, Translation (2014 haiku), sting, enemies, Deity Discipline (stretched haiku), Ants and Crosses, energy, knees, force, you, this is only a test, misogyny, ourselves, key, scorches, only, bear, census, clogged, end, falling, relegated, “Jimbo”, eventually, progress, labor, mister, over, rescue, octopi and brains, octopi and dogs, universe, and love (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera with a Sepia Tone filter); this video was posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers 11/6/19 reading every poem in her “100 Haikus” section (plus bonus haiku) in her poetry book “Partial Nudity” during her November 2018 Book Release Reading through Community Poetry! at Half Price Books, including much, out, can’t get you, of his thirst, know, pleading, coincidence?, found haiku, close, defenses, destroy, floor, hold, forever, jumped, study, Even with no Wish Bone, addiction, stagger, everyone, last, bruised, organs, choke, ends, explosions, fit, fought, heaviness, extinct, feel, escape, opening, pant, strike, civil, found, need, kill, kindness, run, pet, John’s Mind, humans, mirror, elusive, keep, greatest, instead, Arsenic and Syphilis, life (Periodic Table haiku), life (2000), timing, Two Not Mute Haikus, He’s An Escapist, Ending a Relationship, nightmares, knife, free, years, groove, errors, job, jobless, out there, gone, and console (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera); video posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers 11/6/19 reading every poem in her “100 Haikus” section (plus bonus haiku) in her poetry book “Partial Nudity” during her November 2018 Book Release Reading through Community Poetry! at Half Price Books, including much, out, can’t get you, of his thirst, know, pleading, coincidence?, found haiku, close, defenses, destroy, floor, hold, forever, jumped, study, Even with no Wish Bone, addiction, stagger, everyone, last, bruised, organs, choke, ends, explosions, fit, fought, heaviness, extinct, feel, escape, opening, pant, strike, civil, found, need, kill, kindness, run, pet, John’s Mind, humans, mirror, elusive, keep, greatest, instead, Arsenic and Syphilis, life (Periodic Table haiku), life (2000), timing, Two Not Mute Haikus, He’s An Escapist, Ending a Relationship, nightmares, knife, free, years, groove, errors, job, jobless, out there, gone, and console (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera & Sepia Tone); posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr.

See a YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku “guard” (written 9/26, on and for National Situational Awareness Day), then her poems “Vampires and Blood-Sucking Mosquitos Alike” (written 10/6, on and for Garlic Lover’s Day), “From Orpheus to Nuking the Moon” (for mid-October’s Astronomy Day), “Kill with Impunity” (written 10/7, on and for the 1900 birthday of Heinrich Himmler), “Octopi and Brains” and “Octopi Target McDonald’s” (for 10/8, World Octopus Day), “Because of Fire” (written 10/8, on and for the start of the 1871 Great Chicago Fire, that lasted 2 days), “Judging the Chicago Seven” (written 10/9, on and for the day of the beginning of the 1969 trial against the Chicago Seven), and “‘the Robot Zombie Witch Girl’ revisited” (for 10/10, National Zombie Day) from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)” for The Café Gallery 10/6/20 Book Reading in The Café Gallery 2020 book reading series (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku “guard”, then her poems “Vampires and Blood-Sucking Mosquitos Alike”, “From Orpheus to Nuking the Moon”, “Kill with Impunity”, “Octopi and Brains” and “Octopi Target McDonald’s”, “Because of Fire”, “Judging the Chicago Seven”, and “‘the Robot Zombie Witch Girl’ revisited” from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)” for The Café Gallery 10/6/20 Book Reading in The Café Gallery 2020 book reading series (this video was filmed and streamed live from a Samsung S9 camera).

octopi and dogs (haiku, on Twitter)

Visit the Kuypers Twitter page for short poems— join http://twitter.com/janetkuypers.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers hosting the open mic and the Deborah Rosen feature 4/9/14 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago WITH THIS HAIKU

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku octopi and dogs live 4/9/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (C)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku octopi and dogs live 4/9/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (posterize)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku poems “octopi and brains”, and “octopi and dogs” from the v126 issue of Down in the Dirt mag, titled a Rural Story live 10/22/14 at Chicago’s the Café Gallery (Cps)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku poems “octopi and brains”, and “octopi and dogs” from the v126 issue of Down in the Dirt mag, titled a Rural Story live 10/22/14 at Chicago’s the Café Gallery (C)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers 11/6/19 reading every poem in her “100 Haikus” section (plus bonus haiku) in her poetry book “Partial Nudity” during her November 2018 Book Release Reading through Community Poetry! at Half Price Books, including much, out, can’t get you, of his thirst, know, pleading, coincidence?, found haiku, close, defenses, destroy, floor, hold, forever, jumped, study, Even with no Wish Bone, addiction, stagger, everyone, last, bruised, organs, choke, ends, explosions, fit, fought, heaviness, extinct, feel, escape, opening, pant, strike, civil, found, need, kill, kindness, run, pet, John’s Mind, humans, mirror, elusive, keep, greatest, instead, Arsenic and Syphilis, life (Periodic Table haiku), life (2000), timing, Two Not Mute Haikus, He’s An Escapist, Ending a Relationship, nightmares, knife, free, years, groove, errors, job, jobless, out there, gone, console, form, knowing, oil, cage, evil, faith, guide, behind, sort, barbed, difference, predator, blood, easy, existence, judge, fog, upturn, Translation (2014 haiku), sting, enemies, Deity Discipline (stretched haiku), Ants and Crosses, energy, knees, force, you, this is only a test, misogyny, ourselves, key, scorches, only, bear, census, clogged, end, falling, relegated, “Jimbo”, eventually, progress, labor, mister, over, rescue, octopi and brains, octopi and dogs, universe, and love (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera); this video was posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers 11/6/19 reading every poem in her “100 Haikus” section (plus bonus haiku) in her poetry book “Partial Nudity” during her November 2018 Book Release Reading through Community Poetry! at Half Price Books, including much, out, can’t get you, of his thirst, know, pleading, coincidence?, found haiku, close, defenses, destroy, floor, hold, forever, jumped, study, Even with no Wish Bone, addiction, stagger, everyone, last, bruised, organs, choke, ends, explosions, fit, fought, heaviness, extinct, feel, escape, opening, pant, strike, civil, found, need, kill, kindness, run, pet, John’s Mind, humans, mirror, elusive, keep, greatest, instead, Arsenic and Syphilis, life (Periodic Table haiku), life (2000), timing, Two Not Mute Haikus, He’s An Escapist, Ending a Relationship, nightmares, knife, free, years, groove, errors, job, jobless, out there, gone, console, form, knowing, oil, cage, evil, faith, guide, behind, sort, barbed, difference, predator, blood, easy, existence, judge, fog, upturn, Translation (2014 haiku), sting, enemies, Deity Discipline (stretched haiku), Ants and Crosses, energy, knees, force, you, this is only a test, misogyny, ourselves, key, scorches, only, bear, census, clogged, end, falling, relegated, “Jimbo”, eventually, progress, labor, mister, over, rescue, octopi and brains, octopi and dogs, universe, and love (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera with a Sepia Tone filter); this video was posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers 11/6/19 reading every poem in her “100 Haikus” section (plus bonus haiku) in her poetry book “Partial Nudity” during her November 2018 Book Release Reading through Community Poetry! at Half Price Books, including much, out, can’t get you, of his thirst, know, pleading, coincidence?, found haiku, close, defenses, destroy, floor, hold, forever, jumped, study, Even with no Wish Bone, addiction, stagger, everyone, last, bruised, organs, choke, ends, explosions, fit, fought, heaviness, extinct, feel, escape, opening, pant, strike, civil, found, need, kill, kindness, run, pet, John’s Mind, humans, mirror, elusive, keep, greatest, instead, Arsenic and Syphilis, life (Periodic Table haiku), life (2000), timing, Two Not Mute Haikus, He’s An Escapist, Ending a Relationship, nightmares, knife, free, years, groove, errors, job, jobless, out there, gone, and console (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera); video posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers 11/6/19 reading every poem in her “100 Haikus” section (plus bonus haiku) in her poetry book “Partial Nudity” during her November 2018 Book Release Reading through Community Poetry! at Half Price Books, including much, out, can’t get you, of his thirst, know, pleading, coincidence?, found haiku, close, defenses, destroy, floor, hold, forever, jumped, study, Even with no Wish Bone, addiction, stagger, everyone, last, bruised, organs, choke, ends, explosions, fit, fought, heaviness, extinct, feel, escape, opening, pant, strike, civil, found, need, kill, kindness, run, pet, John’s Mind, humans, mirror, elusive, keep, greatest, instead, Arsenic and Syphilis, life (Periodic Table haiku), life (2000), timing, Two Not Mute Haikus, He’s An Escapist, Ending a Relationship, nightmares, knife, free, years, groove, errors, job, jobless, out there, gone, and console (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; Sepia Tone); posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr.

Octopi Target McDonalds

Listen to the DMJ Art Connection, off the CD Indian Flux

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her second set of poetry at her “Unread” Beach Poets feature 7#26/15 in Chicago, w/ the poems lava (lamp) at a rolling boil, low-end lipo, Octopi Target McDonald’s, organic sex toy, Basic Investment Question, Pinchy, Opening Our Own Doors, Saving Yourself, Protect Ourselves from Ourselves, Uneven Ground Beneath my Feet, and Evaluation (this video was filmed from a Canon Power Shot camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her second set of poetry at her “Unread” Beach Poets feature 7#26/15 in Chicago (this video was filmed from a Canon fs200 camera), w/ the poems lava (lamp) at a rolling boil, low-end lipo, Octopi Target McDonald’s, organic sex toy, Basic Investment Question, Pinchy, Opening Our Own Doors, Saving Yourself, Protect Ourselves from Ourselves, Uneven Ground Beneath my Feet, and Evaluation.

See a YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku “guard” (written 9/26, on and for National Situational Awareness Day), then her poems “Vampires and Blood-Sucking Mosquitos Alike” (written 10/6, on and for Garlic Lover’s Day), “From Orpheus to Nuking the Moon” (for mid-October’s Astronomy Day), “Kill with Impunity” (written 10/7, on and for the 1900 birthday of Heinrich Himmler), “Octopi and Brains” and “Octopi Target McDonald’s” (for 10/8, World Octopus Day), “Because of Fire” (written 10/8, on and for the start of the 1871 Great Chicago Fire, that lasted 2 days), “Judging the Chicago Seven” (written 10/9, on and for the day of the beginning of the 1969 trial against the Chicago Seven), and “‘the Robot Zombie Witch Girl’ revisited” (for 10/10, National Zombie Day) from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)” for The Café Gallery 10/6/20 Book Reading in The Café Gallery 2020 book reading series (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku “guard”, then her poems “Vampires and Blood-Sucking Mosquitos Alike”, “From Orpheus to Nuking the Moon”, “Kill with Impunity”, “Octopi and Brains” and “Octopi Target McDonald’s”, “Because of Fire”, “Judging the Chicago Seven”, and “‘the Robot Zombie Witch Girl’ revisited” from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)” for The Café Gallery 10/6/20 Book Reading in The Café Gallery 2020 book reading series (this video was filmed and streamed live from a Samsung S9 camera).

Odd How Things Turn Out That Way.

Listen to the live reading from the Side A/Side B feature 12/09/03

Listen to the CD recording of this piece, on the Entropy Project

See YouTube video Live at the 2009 Poetry Game Show, live in Chicago 04/14/09

Or see the complete feature video with Kuypers & 6 readers, w/ 15 poems & prose poems live at the 2009 Poetry Game Show 04/14/09 in Chicago. This video is w/ the Internet Archive

Or view the the 2009 Poetry Game Show mpeg video (from another camera) at the Internet Archive

See YouTube video of the Omniphonic Challenge at St. Paul’s (de-sanctified church), with John yotko music (on the Canon Camera)

See YouTube video of Kuypers 10/07/11 in the Omniphonic Challenge at St. Paul’s (performing in the de-sanctified church), with John Yotko pre-recorded and live music (from the Sony Camera)

See Complete feature video of the ENTIRE Omniphonic Challenge show 10/07/11 (with this poem) St. Paul’s (de-sanctified church), with John Yotko music (on the Canon Camera)

See Complete feature video of the ENTIRE Omniphonic Challenge show 10/07/11 (with this poem) St. Paul’s (de-sanctified church), with John Yotko music (on the Sony Camera)

Oddly Enough, A Non-Sentient Phone and a Swath of Hair (dreams 12/4/21)

Oeuf: The Perfect Wrap

of his thirst (haiku, on Twitter)

Visit the Kuypers Twitter page for short poems— join http://twitter.com/janetkuypers.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku of his thirst live 9/27/14 on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio (Canon)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku of his thirst live 9/27/14 on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio (Sony)

Get this poem in the free chapbook “6 Second Poems”, w/ poems read on 9/27/14 WZRD 88.3 FM radio

See a Vine video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku of his thirst as a looping JKPoetryVine video 9/27/14 on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio (Sony Super Steady Shot)

See a Vine video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku of his thirst as a looping JKPoetryVine video 9/27/14 on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio (Canon fs200)

See a Vine video of Janet Kuypers’ haiku of his thirst, in Scars Publications’ Down in the Dirt 2015 Jul-Dec issue book the Intersection (filmed 12/3/15 from a Motorola in Austin, Texas)

See a Vine video of Janet Kuypers’ haiku of his thirst, read from Scars Publications’ Down in the Dirt v133 issue book Planets Apart. (filmed 12/3/15 from a Motorola in Austin, Texas)

See a Vine video of Janet Kuypers reading her Twitter-length haiku “of his thirst” from Scars Publications’ Down in the Dirt v140 issue book “the Bridge” as a looping JKPoetryVine video 12/16/16 (this video filmed in Austin TX from a Samsung Galaxy S7).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers 12/17/17 reading every poem in her “100 Haikus” book reading at the AIPF booth / 2017 Awesmic City Expo, including much, out, can’t get you, of his thirst, know, pleading, coincidence?, found haiku, close, defenses, destroy, floor, hold, forever, jumped, study, Even with no Wish Bone, addiction, stagger, everyone, last, bruised, organs, choke, ends, explosions, fit, fought, heaviness, extinct, feel, escape, opening, pant, strike, civil, found, need, kill, kindness, run, pet, John’s Mind, humans, mirror, elusive, keep, greatest, instead, Arsenic and Syphilis, life (Periodic Table haiku), life (2000), timing, Two Not Mute Haikus, He’s An Escapist, Ending a Relationship, nightmares, knife, free, years, groove, errors, job, jobless, out there, gone, console, form, knowing, oil, cage, evil, faith, guide, behind, sort, barbed, difference, predator, blood, easy, existence, judge, fog, upturn, Translation (2014 haiku), sting, enemies, Deity Discipline (stretched haiku), Ants and Crosses, energy, knees, force, you, this is only a test, misogyny, ourselves, key, scorches (Lumix 2500).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers 12/17/17 reading every poem in her “100 Haikus” book reading at the AIPF booth / 2017 Awesmic City Expo, including much, out, can’t get you, of his thirst, know, pleading, coincidence?, found haiku, close, defenses, destroy, floor, hold, forever, jumped, study, Even with no Wish Bone, addiction, stagger, everyone, last, bruised, organs, choke, ends, explosions, fit, fought, heaviness, extinct, feel, escape, opening, pant, strike, civil, found, need, kill, kindness, run, pet, John’s Mind, humans, mirror, elusive, keep, greatest, instead, Arsenic and Syphilis, life (Periodic Table haiku), life (2000), timing, Two Not Mute Haikus, He’s An Escapist, Ending a Relationship, nightmares, knife, free, years, groove, errors, job, jobless, out there, gone, console, form, knowing, oil, cage, evil, faith, guide, behind, sort, barbed, difference, predator, blood, easy, existence, judge, fog, upturn, Translation (2014 haiku), sting, enemies, Deity Discipline (stretched haiku), Ants and Crosses, energy, knees, force, you, this is only a test, misogyny, ourselves, key, scorches (Lumix T56).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “of his thirst” and “found haiku”, then her haiku poems “defenses”, “hold”, and “destroy” from the v5 cc&d boss lady poetry collection book “On the Edge” at “Spoken and Heard” 9/2/18 (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “of his thirst” and “found haiku”, then her haiku poems “defenses”, “hold”, and “destroy” from the v5 cc&d boss lady poetry collection book “On the Edge” at “Spoken and Heard” 9/2/18 (P L 2500 camera; Hue Cycling).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “of his thirst” and “found haiku”, then her haiku poems “defenses”, “hold”, and “destroy” from the v5 cc&d boss lady poetry collection book “On the Edge” at “Spoken and Heard” 9/2/18 (P L 2500 camera; Edge Detection).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “of his thirst” and “found haiku”, then her haiku poems “defenses”, “hold”, and “destroy” from the v5 cc&d boss lady poetry collection book “On the Edge” at “Spoken and Heard” 9/2/18 (P L 2500 camera; Sepia Tone).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “of his thirst” and “found haiku”, then her haiku poems “defenses”, “hold”, and “destroy” from the v5 cc&d boss lady poetry collection book “On the Edge” at “Spoken and Heard” 9/2/18 (P L 2500 camera; Posterize filter).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “of his thirst” and “found haiku”, then her haiku poems “defenses”, “hold”, and “destroy” from the v5 cc&d boss lady poetry collection book “On the Edge” at “Spoken and Heard” 9/2/18 (P L 2500 camera; Threshold filter).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ November 2018 Book Release Reading 11/7/18, reading her “WZRD” poems “civil”, “mirror”, “instead”, “need”, “eight people outside”, “floor”, “of his thirst”, “hold”, “fought”, “strike”, “console”, “relegated”, “extinct”, and “couldn’t”, all from ther 2014-2015 Chicago poetry performance art book “a year long Journey”, during Community Poetry at Half Price Books (PL2500 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ November 2018 Book Release Reading 11/7/18, reading her “WZRD” poems “civil”, “mirror”, “instead”, “need”, “eight people outside”, “floor”, “of his thirst”, “hold”, “fought”, “strike”, “console”, “relegated”, “extinct”, and “couldn’t”, all from her 2014-2015 Chicago poetry performance art book “a year long Journey”, during Community Poetry at Half Price Books (PL2500; Polarize).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ November 2018 Book Release Reading 11/7/18, reading her “WZRD” poems “civil”, “mirror”, “instead”, “need”, “eight people outside”, “floor”, “of his thirst”, “hold”, “fought”, “strike”, “console”, “relegated”, “extinct”, “couldn’t”, “ruminating”, “barbed”, “gone”, “out there”, “knife”, “pet”, “kindness”, “found”, “pleading”, “only”, “humans”, “stagger”, “At the Camp”, “Suicide (heat) Poem”, and “sting”, all from the Janet Kuypers 2014-2015 Chicago poetry performance art book “a year long Journey”, during Community Poetry at Half Price Books (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ November 2018 Book Release Reading 11/7/18, reading her “WZRD” poems “civil”, “mirror”, “instead”, “need”, “eight people outside”, “floor”, “of his thirst”, “hold”, “fought”, “strike”, “console”, “relegated”, “extinct”, “couldn’t”, “ruminating”, “barbed”, “gone”, “out there”, “knife”, “pet”, “kindness”, “found”, “pleading”, “only”, “humans”, “stagger”, “At the Camp”, “Suicide (heat) Poem”, and “sting”, all from the Janet Kuypers 2014-2015 Chicago poetry performance art book “a year long Journey”, during Community Poetry at Half Price Books (video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; Sepia Tone).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ April 2019 Book Release Reading 4/3/19, where she read her haiku “of his thirst”, then her “to the Bottom of the Earth and Back” show poems “True Happiness in the New Millennium (2017 Dripping Spring edit)”, “Violations Tested”, & “Poem About This”, all from the cc&d 3&4 2019 v289 book “Equal”, in Community Poetry @ Half Price Books (from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypers #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoetryshow

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ April 2019 Book Release Reading 4/3/19, where she read her haiku “of his thirst”, then her “to the Bottom of the Earth and Back” show poems “True Happiness in the New Millennium (2017 Dripping Spring edit)”, “Violations Tested”, & “Poem About This”, all from the cc&d 3&4 2019 v289 book “Equal”, in Community Poetry @ Half Price Books (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypers #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoetryshow

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers 11/6/19 reading every poem in her “100 Haikus” section (plus bonus haiku) in her poetry book “Partial Nudity” during her November 2018 Book Release Reading through Community Poetry! at Half Price Books, including much, out, can’t get you, of his thirst, know, pleading, coincidence?, found haiku, close, defenses, destroy, floor, hold, forever, jumped, study, Even with no Wish Bone, addiction, stagger, everyone, last, bruised, organs, choke, ends, explosions, fit, fought, heaviness, extinct, feel, escape, opening, pant, strike, civil, found, need, kill, kindness, run, pet, John’s Mind, humans, mirror, elusive, keep, greatest, instead, Arsenic and Syphilis, life (Periodic Table haiku), life (2000), timing, Two Not Mute Haikus, He’s An Escapist, Ending a Relationship, nightmares, knife, free, years, groove, errors, job, jobless, out there, gone, console, form, knowing, oil, cage, evil, faith, guide, behind, sort, barbed, difference, predator, blood, easy, existence, judge, fog, upturn, Translation (2014 haiku), sting, enemies, Deity Discipline (stretched haiku), Ants and Crosses, energy, knees, force, you, this is only a test, misogyny, ourselves, key, scorches, only, bear, census, clogged, end, falling, relegated, “Jimbo”, eventually, progress, labor, mister, over, rescue, octopi and brains, octopi and dogs, universe, and love (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera); this video was posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers 11/6/19 reading every poem in her “100 Haikus” section (plus bonus haiku) in her poetry book “Partial Nudity” during her November 2018 Book Release Reading through Community Poetry! at Half Price Books, including much, out, can’t get you, of his thirst, know, pleading, coincidence?, found haiku, close, defenses, destroy, floor, hold, forever, jumped, study, Even with no Wish Bone, addiction, stagger, everyone, last, bruised, organs, choke, ends, explosions, fit, fought, heaviness, extinct, feel, escape, opening, pant, strike, civil, found, need, kill, kindness, run, pet, John’s Mind, humans, mirror, elusive, keep, greatest, instead, Arsenic and Syphilis, life (Periodic Table haiku), life (2000), timing, Two Not Mute Haikus, He’s An Escapist, Ending a Relationship, nightmares, knife, free, years, groove, errors, job, jobless, out there, gone, console, form, knowing, oil, cage, evil, faith, guide, behind, sort, barbed, difference, predator, blood, easy, existence, judge, fog, upturn, Translation (2014 haiku), sting, enemies, Deity Discipline (stretched haiku), Ants and Crosses, energy, knees, force, you, this is only a test, misogyny, ourselves, key, scorches, only, bear, census, clogged, end, falling, relegated, “Jimbo”, eventually, progress, labor, mister, over, rescue, octopi and brains, octopi and dogs, universe, and love (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera with a Sepia Tone filter); this video was posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr.

of independence or freedom

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem of independence or freedom live 6/10/15 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (filmed with a Canon fs200)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem of independence or freedom live 6/10/15 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (Canon Power Shot)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers in her 7/1/17 poetry show “Our Cultural Independence and Achieving Global Freedom” in Austin, with her poems “fader, his mädchen and the Führer”, “of independence or freedom”, “Xerostomia”, and “Utopia never happened” (with background music from Janet’s electric bass and bow, then the HA!Man of South Africa) (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetryshow

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers in her 7/1/17 poetry show “Our Cultural Independence and Achieving Global Freedom” in Austin, with her poems “fader, his mädchen and the Führer”, “of independence or freedom”, “Xerostomia”, and “Utopia never happened” (with background music from Janet’s electric bass and bow, then the HA!Man of South Africa) (this video was filmed from a Sony camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetryshow

Download all of the poems from the free chapbook “Our Cultural Independence and Achieving Global Freedom” of the poems she performed in her 7/1/17 “Our Cultural Independence and Achieving Global Freedom” poetry feature/show, including both classic and new poems “fader, his mädchen and the Führer”, “of independence or freedom”, “Xerostomia”, and “Utopia never happened”.

Oganesson, bending time inside
Twitter-length poem on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Tumblr

Enjoy this YouTube video from 3/30/22 of Janet Kuypers during her “Poetry & Open Mic at The Gallery Cabaret 3/30/22” feature night in Chicago, where she read 36 of her Twitter-length Periodic Table poems (including this one) as her select “Twitter Verse periodic Table Poetry” poems from her book “Twitter Verse periodic Table Poetry” in her “Twitter Verse periodic Table Poetry” feature (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem

Enjoy this Facebook live video stream from 3/30/22 of Janet Kuypers during her “Poetry & Open Mic at The Gallery Cabaret 3/30/22” feature night in Chicago, where she read 36 of her Twitter-length Periodic Table poems (including this one) as her select “Twitter Verse periodic Table Poetry” poems from her book “Twitter Verse periodic Table Poetry” in her “Twitter Verse periodic Table Poetry” feature (this video was filmed & streamed live from a Samsung S9 camera with a Lava Lamp filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her v206 4/23 Down in the Dirt issue/book “Floating Island” poems “Oganesson, bending time inside” (which is also in her book “Twitter Verse Periodic Table Poetry”), “Potassium Chloride” (which is also in her book “Periodic Table Poetry”), “Only If She Had a Choice” and “Evil of What They’ve Done” (which is also in the 2023 CyberWit.net book “Testament”) during her “Poetic License 4/2/23 global open mic” she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). This was also a Facebook live video stream (on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem #janetkuypers #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperspoeticlicense #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperswomensrights

Ogilvie

See YouTube video read live 12/11/11, at the Café weekly poetry open mike she hosts in Chicago (with music and video shown from the HA!man of South Africa; this video was posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr)

See YouTube video of the intro to the 12/11/11 weekly poetry open mike at the Café in Chicago, & her reading her new poem & poems from her book Contents Under Pressure (music from the HA!man of South Africa; this video was posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Conflicting Convictions”, “Ogilvie”, and singing her poem/song “Made Any Difference” from the cc&d v5 poetry collection book “On the Edge” live 10/7/18 at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Conflicting Convictions”, “Ogilvie”, and singing her poem/song “Made Any Difference” from the cc&d v5 poetry collection book “On the Edge” live 10/7/18 at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

oh father

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Oh Father live 6/12/13 as the intro to the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (Canon)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Oh Father live 6/12/13 as the intro to the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (Sony)

See YouTube video of Kuypers hosting the open mic 6/12/13 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago, including her reading this and other poems & prose!

Oh Mother

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Watch the YouTube video 1:15, live at Jesse Oaks 04/17/08

Oh No — is Art not Safe from Big Brother?

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Photograph, Nineteenth Century” (plus showing her Slovak translation of the poem) from the CyberWit.net Janet Kuypers poetry book “Shattering the Glass Ceiling” (that also appears in the v199 9/22 Down in the Dirt book “Tracks”), plus her new poems “Only Considering Women’s Rights” and “Oh No — is Art not Safe from Big Brother?” to close her “Poetic License 9/4/22 global open mic” she close 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 #janetkuyperswomensrights #janetkuypersequalityforwomen #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Photograph, Nineteenth Century” (plus showing her Slovak translation of the poem) from the CyberWit.net Janet Kuypers poetry book “Shattering the Glass Ceiling” (that also appears in the v199 9/22 Down in the Dirt book “Tracks”), plus her new poems “Only Considering Women’s Rights” and “Oh No — is Art not Safe from Big Brother?” to close her “Poetic License 9/4/22 global open mic” she close through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (this video was filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperswomensrights #janetkuypersequalityforwomen #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Unconstitutionality”, and “Oh No – is Art not Safe from Big Brother?” from the 3/23 v204 Down in the Dirt book “My Homeland” (that are also slated for inclusion in the CyberWit.net 2023 book “Testament”) on 3/1/23 (the 1st Wednesday of the month, 1:00-3:00 PM CST) in honor of ‘Community Poetry’ (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). You can also enjoy this as a Facebook live video stream (from a Samsung S9 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperswomensrights #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

Enjoy this YouTube video on 8/9/23 of Janet Kuypers during her “Poetry Open Mic at The Gallery Cabaret with feature Janet Kuypers” feature night in Chicago, where she read her poems “Evil of What They’ve Done”, “After All We’ve Accomplished”, “On a Sunday after a Sermon”, “Question and Answer time”, “Using the Nazi Approach to Women’s Right”, and “Oh No — is Art not Safe from Big Brother?” in her poetry feature “Into the Spotlight” of women’s rights poems from the CyberWit 2023 Janet Kuypers book “Testament”, performed just after the anniversary of the overturning of Roe v. Wade (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). Also enjoy this YouTube video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). Also enjoy this YouTube video filmed from a Samsung S9 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). This (now deleted) Facebook live video stream was filmed from a Samsung S9 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr) before it was deleted, was liked & loved on its Facebook page & its “Fallen Angel Poetry” page, & was liked on its Instagram page & its “Poetic of Heart”, “Poetry Super Highway”, & “Poets of Merit & Expression” pages. #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypers #janetkuyperswomensrights #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersfeminism #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersthecafegallery

Oh, She Was a Woman

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers in her 6/4/16 show “Obey” at Expressions 2016: June is a Woman! in Austin, first reading her haiku poems progress, extend, falling, civil, and greatest, then reading her poems Earth is a Topiary (her 1st of 2 poems where she used a voice modulator to reads parts of her poem in a male voice), On Becoming a Woman (an editing and expansion of her 1999 poem Becoming a Woman), Viewing the Woman in a 19th Century Photograph (an editing of her 1991 poem Photograph, Nineteenth Century and her 2nd of 2 poems where she used a voice modulator to reads parts of her poem in a male voice), Content With Inferior Men, portions of her poem In The Air with slightly altered wording, and Oh, She Was a Woman (an editing of her 1997 poem She Was a Woman) (video filmed from a Sony camera; posted onFacebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetryshow

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers in her 6/4/16 show “Obey” at Expressions 2016: June is a Woman! in Austin, first reading her haiku poems progress, extend, falling, civil, and greatest, then reading her poems Earth is a Topiary (her 1st of 2 poems where she used a voice modulator to reads parts of her poem in a male voice), On Becoming a Woman (an editing and expansion of her 1999 poem Becoming a Woman), Viewing the Woman in a 19th Century Photograph (an editing of her 1991 poem Photograph, Nineteenth Century and her 2nd of 2 poems where she used a voice modulator to reads parts of her poem in a male voice), Content With Inferior Men, portions of her poem In The Air with slightly altered wording, and Oh, She Was a Woman (an editing of her 1997 poem She Was a Woman) (video filmed from a Canon Power Shot camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetryshow

Download all of the show poems in the free chapbook Obey 6/4/16 at Expressions 2016: June is a Woman! show in Austin

See YouTube video 7/3/16 of Janet Kuypers reading her 3 poems I’m not Sick, but I’m not Well, One oh Three Destruction Instructions: Run Faster and Oh, She Was a Woman at the Austin open mic Kick Butt Poetry (filmed from a Canon Power Shot camera).

See YouTube video 7/3/16 of Janet Kuypers reading her 3 poems I’m not Sick, but I’m not Well, One oh Three Destruction Instructions: Run Faster and Oh, She Was a Woman at the Austin open mic Kick Butt Poetry (this video was filmed from a Sony camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ September 2017 Book Release Reading 9/6/17 of Down in the Dirt’s book “Random Thoughts” haiku poems “oceans”, “gone”, “bruised”, “out there”, “judge”, “escape”, “ever get it back”, “opposite”, and “need”, and then her poems “Oh, She Was a Woman” in Community Poetry @ Half Price Books (this video was filmed from a Sony camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ September 2017 Book Release Reading 9/6/17 of Down in the Dirt’s book “Random Thoughts” haiku poems “oceans”, “gone”, “bruised”, “out there”, “judge”, “escape”, “ever get it back”, “opposite”, and “need”, and then her poems “Oh, She Was a Woman” in Community Poetry @ Half Price Books (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Escaping Rapeugees”, “Objectifiable 2021”, “Killing, Loving, and the Power of Women”, “from In the Air”, “Opened the Door for All”, “Meitnerium: For All We Women Must Do”, “Extension of “Him””, “Keep Looking Happy”, “Vacuum of Space”, “Voluptuous, and Intelligent Too”, “Unmarried Women and Dead Bodies Everywhere”, “the Measuring Scale”, and “Oh, She Was a Woman” from the CyberWit.net Janet Kuypers poetry book “Shattering the Glass Ceiling” during the “Beach Poets bonus week with Janet Kuypers feature” 6/26/22 in Chicago (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersfeature#janetkuypersfeminism #shatteringtheglassceiling #janetkuyperswomensrights #janetkuypersequalityforwomen #janetkuypersshatteringtheglassceiling

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poetry from the CyberWit.net Janet Kuypers poetry book “Shattering the Glass Ceiling” during the “Beach Poets bonus week with Janet Kuypers feature” 6/26/22 in Chicago (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera with a Hue Cycling filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersfeature#janetkuypersfeminism #shatteringtheglassceiling #janetkuyperswomensrights #janetkuypersequalityforwomen #janetkuypersshatteringtheglassceiling

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poetry from the CyberWit.net Janet Kuypers poetry book “Shattering the Glass Ceiling” during the “Beach Poets bonus week with Janet Kuypers feature” 6/26/22 in Chicago (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersfeature#janetkuypersfeminism #shatteringtheglassceiling #janetkuyperswomensrights #janetkuypersequalityforwomen #janetkuypersshatteringtheglassceiling

Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poetry from the CyberWit.net Janet Kuypers poetry book “Shattering the Glass Ceiling” during the “Beach Poets bonus week with Janet Kuypers feature” 6/26/22 in Chicago (this video was filmed and streamed from a Samsung S9 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersfeature #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem

Oh, the book is Better than the Movie

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Oh, the book is Better than the Movie”, “Vessel to Spread the Word”, and “Otherwise Reigned Supreme” from the Down in the Dirt 11/20 v177 book “Pipe Dreams”, then her short poem “Eleven Days” from the cc&d 11/20 v303 book “What He’s Trying to Paint” to close the “Poetic License virtual open mic 11/1/20” she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page in front of the New Orleans Public Library (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Oh, the book is Better than the Movie”, “Vessel to Spread the Word”, and “Otherwise Reigned Supreme” from the Down in the Dirt 11/20 v177 book “Pipe Dreams”, then her short poem “Eleven Days” from the cc&d 11/20 v303 book “What He’s Trying to Paint” to close the “Poetic License virtual open mic 11/1/20” she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page in front of the New Orleans Public Library (video filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera). #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

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

See the YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “ever since my childhood”, “Oh, the book is Better than the Movie”, “Vessel to Spread the Word”, “Otherwise Reigned Supreme”, “Opened the Door for All”, “Just too High for Just one Man”, “Evolving with Mutant Genes”, and “Yes, For Our Future Too” from the v177 book “Pipe Dreams” installment of the Down in the Dirt issue collection book “Late Frost” for The Café Gallery 1/19/21 Book Reading in The Café Gallery Book Reading series (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera, and 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 “ever since my childhood”, “Oh, the book is Better than the Movie”, “Vessel to Spread the Word”, “Otherwise Reigned Supreme”, “Opened the Door for All”, “Just too High for Just one Man”, “Evolving with Mutant Genes”, and “Yes, For Our Future Too” from the v177 book “Pipe Dreams” installment of the Down in the Dirt issue collection book “Late Frost” for The Café Gallery 1/19/21 Book Reading in The Café Gallery Book Reading series (this video was filmed and streamed from a Samsung S9 camera).   #janetkuypers   #janetkuyperspoetry   #janetkuypersbookreading   #janetkuypersthecafegallery

oil (haiku, on Twitter)

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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading (C) her poem oil from her “Partial Nudity” book release feature live 6/18/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading (S) her poem oil from her “Partial Nudity” book release feature live 6/18/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery

See Vine video of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku oil from cc&d’s 23 year anniv. Scars Publications book the 23 enigma as a looping JKPoetryVine video 5/30/16.

See Vine video of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku “oil” from cc&d’s Scars Publications collection book Clouds over the Moon as a looping JKPoetryVine video 8/5/16.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers 12/17/17 reading every poem in her “100 Haikus” book reading at the AIPF booth / 2017 Awesmic City Expo, including much, out, can’t get you, of his thirst, know, pleading, coincidence?, found haiku, close, defenses, destroy, floor, hold, forever, jumped, study, Even with no Wish Bone, addiction, stagger, everyone, last, bruised, organs, choke, ends, explosions, fit, fought, heaviness, extinct, feel, escape, opening, pant, strike, civil, found, need, kill, kindness, run, pet, John’s Mind, humans, mirror, elusive, keep, greatest, instead, Arsenic and Syphilis, life (Periodic Table haiku), life (2000), timing, Two Not Mute Haikus, He’s An Escapist, Ending a Relationship, nightmares, knife, free, years, groove, errors, job, jobless, out there, gone, console, form, knowing, oil, cage, evil, faith, guide, behind, sort, barbed, difference, predator, blood, easy, existence, judge, fog, upturn, Translation (2014 haiku), sting, enemies, Deity Discipline (stretched haiku), Ants and Crosses, energy, knees, force, you, this is only a test, misogyny, ourselves, key, scorches (Lumix 2500).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers 12/17/17 reading every poem in her “100 Haikus” book reading at the AIPF booth / 2017 Awesmic City Expo, including much, out, can’t get you, of his thirst, know, pleading, coincidence?, found haiku, close, defenses, destroy, floor, hold, forever, jumped, study, Even with no Wish Bone, addiction, stagger, everyone, last, bruised, organs, choke, ends, explosions, fit, fought, heaviness, extinct, feel, escape, opening, pant, strike, civil, found, need, kill, kindness, run, pet, John’s Mind, humans, mirror, elusive, keep, greatest, instead, Arsenic and Syphilis, life (Periodic Table haiku), life (2000), timing, Two Not Mute Haikus, He’s An Escapist, Ending a Relationship, nightmares, knife, free, years, groove, errors, job, jobless, out there, gone, console, form, knowing, oil, cage, evil, faith, guide, behind, sort, barbed, difference, predator, blood, easy, existence, judge, fog, upturn, Translation (2014 haiku), sting, enemies, Deity Discipline (stretched haiku), Ants and Crosses, energy, knees, force, you, this is only a test, misogyny, ourselves, key, scorches (Lumix T56).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ June 2018 Book Release Reading 6/6/18, where she read her Down in the Dirt 6/18 book “The Painting” poems “oil”, “Hunting for Life”, “knowing”, “Violations Tested”, and “Violations in the name of love”, in Community Poetry @ Half Price Books (from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ June 2018 Book Release Reading 6/6/18, where she read her Down in the Dirt 6/18 book “The Painting” poems “oil”, “Hunting for Life”, “knowing”, “Violations Tested”, and “Violations in the name of love”, in Community Poetry @ Half Price Books (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ December 2018 Book Release Reading 12/5/18, where she read her haiku poems “oil”, “quarrel”, “judge”, and “rush”, and then her poems “Knew I Had to be Ready” and “On a High Horse Like This”, all from the Scars Publications 2018 collection book “Natural Light” during Community Poetry at Half Price Books (Panasonic L2500).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ December 2018 Book Release Reading 12/5/18, where she read her haiku poems “oil”, “quarrel”, “judge”, and “rush”, and then her poems “Knew I Had to be Ready” and “On a High Horse Like This”, all from the Scars Publications 2018 collection book “Natural Light” during Community Poetry at Half Price Books (P L 2500; Posterize).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers 11/6/19 reading every poem in her “100 Haikus” section (plus bonus haiku) in her poetry book “Partial Nudity” during her November 2018 Book Release Reading through Community Poetry! at Half Price Books, including much, out, can’t get you, of his thirst, know, pleading, coincidence?, found haiku, close, defenses, destroy, floor, hold, forever, jumped, study, Even with no Wish Bone, addiction, stagger, everyone, last, bruised, organs, choke, ends, explosions, fit, fought, heaviness, extinct, feel, escape, opening, pant, strike, civil, found, need, kill, kindness, run, pet, John’s Mind, humans, mirror, elusive, keep, greatest, instead, Arsenic and Syphilis, life (Periodic Table haiku), life (2000), timing, Two Not Mute Haikus, He’s An Escapist, Ending a Relationship, nightmares, knife, free, years, groove, errors, job, jobless, out there, gone, console, form, knowing, oil, cage, evil, faith, guide, behind, sort, barbed, difference, predator, blood, easy, existence, judge, fog, upturn, Translation (2014 haiku), sting, enemies, Deity Discipline (stretched haiku), Ants and Crosses, energy, knees, force, you, this is only a test, misogyny, ourselves, key, scorches, only, bear, census, clogged, end, falling, relegated, “Jimbo”, eventually, progress, labor, mister, over, rescue, octopi and brains, octopi and dogs, universe, and love (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera); this video was posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers 11/6/19 reading every poem in her “100 Haikus” section (plus bonus haiku) in her poetry book “Partial Nudity” during her November 2018 Book Release Reading through Community Poetry! at Half Price Books, including much, out, can’t get you, of his thirst, know, pleading, coincidence?, found haiku, close, defenses, destroy, floor, hold, forever, jumped, study, Even with no Wish Bone, addiction, stagger, everyone, last, bruised, organs, choke, ends, explosions, fit, fought, heaviness, extinct, feel, escape, opening, pant, strike, civil, found, need, kill, kindness, run, pet, John’s Mind, humans, mirror, elusive, keep, greatest, instead, Arsenic and Syphilis, life (Periodic Table haiku), life (2000), timing, Two Not Mute Haikus, He’s An Escapist, Ending a Relationship, nightmares, knife, free, years, groove, errors, job, jobless, out there, gone, console, form, knowing, oil, cage, evil, faith, guide, behind, sort, barbed, difference, predator, blood, easy, existence, judge, fog, upturn, Translation (2014 haiku), sting, enemies, Deity Discipline (stretched haiku), Ants and Crosses, energy, knees, force, you, this is only a test, misogyny, ourselves, key, scorches, only, bear, census, clogged, end, falling, relegated, “Jimbo”, eventually, progress, labor, mister, over, rescue, octopi and brains, octopi and dogs, universe, and love (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera with a Sepia Tone filter); this video was posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers 11/6/19 reading every poem in her “100 Haikus” section (plus bonus haiku) in her poetry book “Partial Nudity” during her November 2018 Book Release Reading through Community Poetry! at Half Price Books, including much, out, can’t get you, of his thirst, know, pleading, coincidence?, found haiku, close, defenses, destroy, floor, hold, forever, jumped, study, Even with no Wish Bone, addiction, stagger, everyone, last, bruised, organs, choke, ends, explosions, fit, fought, heaviness, extinct, feel, escape, opening, pant, strike, civil, found, need, kill, kindness, run, pet, John’s Mind, humans, mirror, elusive, keep, greatest, instead, Arsenic and Syphilis, life (Periodic Table haiku), life (2000), timing, Two Not Mute Haikus, He’s An Escapist, Ending a Relationship, nightmares, knife, free, years, groove, errors, job, jobless, out there, gone, and console (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera); video posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers 11/6/19 reading every poem in her “100 Haikus” section (plus bonus haiku) in her poetry book “Partial Nudity” during her November 2018 Book Release Reading through Community Poetry! at Half Price Books, including much, out, can’t get you, of his thirst, know, pleading, coincidence?, found haiku, close, defenses, destroy, floor, hold, forever, jumped, study, Even with no Wish Bone, addiction, stagger, everyone, last, bruised, organs, choke, ends, explosions, fit, fought, heaviness, extinct, feel, escape, opening, pant, strike, civil, found, need, kill, kindness, run, pet, John’s Mind, humans, mirror, elusive, keep, greatest, instead, Arsenic and Syphilis, life (Periodic Table haiku), life (2000), timing, Two Not Mute Haikus, He’s An Escapist, Ending a Relationship, nightmares, knife, free, years, groove, errors, job, jobless, out there, gone, and console (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera & Sepia Tone); posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr.

Okay, it’s all about the Oxygen (bonus poem from the “Periodic Table of Poetry” series)
also see this poem at Artvilla (with embedded video links).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her Periodic Table bonus poem Okay, it’s all about the Oxygen live 9/25/13 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (C)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her Periodic Table bonus poem Okay, it’s all about the Oxygen live 9/25/13 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (S)

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “the Men at the Construction Site” (+ also showing its “Farsi translation” of the poem) from the Scars Publications 2022 collection book “Running Out of Time” (that also appears in the CyberWit.net Janet Kuypers poetry book “Shattering the Glass Ceiling”), “Okay, it’s all about the Oxygen” + image from the v203 1/23 Down in the Dirt issue/book “The Gravity of Imagination”(that also appears in her book “Periodic Table Poetry”), and “Indium” from the cc&d September-December 2022 issue issue collection book “Unable To Escape It” (that also appears in her book “Periodic Table Poetry”) to close her “Poetic License 1/1/23 global open mic” through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). This was also released as a Facebook live video stream, which was filmed and streamed from a Samsung S9 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr. #janetkuypers #janetkuyperswomensrights #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoeticlicense #janetkuypersequalityforwomen #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her Down in the Dirt 1-4/23 “Forbidden Library” book poems “Okay, it’s all about the Oxygen” + showing its image (which is also in her book “Periodic Table Poetry”), plus “Expression for Loss”, “Only Souls who have Tried”, “Those Were the Days of Our Lives (dreams 8/12/22)”, and “Tag Team Poets” (which are also in the CyberWit 2023 book “Testament”) for the 5/3/23 ‘Community Poetry’ honorary book reading (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). Enjoy this as a Facebook live video stream filmed and streamed from a Samsung S9 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr. #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem

Oklahoma water-surfing (twitter-length poem)

See YouTube video of Kuypers reading the poem Oklahoma water-surfing live 5/29/13 at the end of the evening like conversation at the Café Gallery in Chicago (Sony)

See YouTube video of Kuypers reading the poem Oklahoma water-surfing live 5/29/13 at the end of the evening like conversation at the Café Gallery in Chicago (Canon)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ November 2017 Book Release Reading 11/1/17, where she reads from her book “Twitterati” her poems “Poverty in America”, “Oklahoma water-surfing”, “Zach makes me Think about these Things”, “Mechanical Soldiers”, “Fingers Black”, “You Cannot Burn Me”, “Opening Our Own Doors”, “Guantanamo Bay”, “Even if the Pope Claims It”, “Quenching Anybody’s Thirst”, “From Words to Wars”, “Money Became an Abstract”, “Where does the Love Go”, “Spent”, and “Cast in Stone” in “Community Poetry @ Half Price Books” (filmed from a Sony camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoetryshow

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ November 2017 Book Release Reading 11/1/17, where she reads from her book “Twitterati” her poems “Poverty in America”, “Oklahoma water-surfing”, “Zach makes me Think about these Things”, “Mechanical Soldiers”, “Fingers Black”, “You Cannot Burn Me”, “Opening Our Own Doors”, “Guantanamo Bay”, “Even if the Pope Claims It”, “Quenching Anybody’s Thirst”, “From Words to Wars”, “Money Became an Abstract”, “Where does the Love Go”, “Spent”, and “Cast in Stone” in “Community Poetry @ Half Price Books” (video from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers singing her poem/song “Made Any Difference” from her interview/ journal/poetry book “In Depth”, then reading her poems “Oklahoma Water Surfing” and “Foreign Farmer” from the proof copy of the v5 cc&d boss lady poetry collection book “On the Edge” 8/5/18 at Recycled Reads (w/ a Panasonic Lumix 2500).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers singing her poem/song “Made Any Difference” from her interview/ journal/poetry book “In Depth”, then reading her poems “Oklahoma Water Surfing” and “Foreign Farmer” from the proof copy of the v5 cc&d boss lady poetry collection book “On the Edge” 8/5/18 at Recycled Reads (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

Old Enough to Choose

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her prose ““the Robot Zombie Witch Girl” revisited” from the newly-released “the 2023 flash fiction date book”, then her new poems “Old Enough to Choose” and “X is for Pope Innocent X, not Women” (that are also slated to appear in the CyberWit.net 2023 Janet Kuypers poetry book “Testament”) to close her “Poetic License 12/4/22 global open mic” she close through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). This was also filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera & posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Tumblr, & Instagram). #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypers #janetkuyperswomensrights #janetkuypersequalityforwomen #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Unless it’s about suppressing life”, “Just Checking my Religions”, “Vote Changing: the System’s Solution”, “Queueing as Defeatists, But Fighting for Freedom”, “Use Any Angle”, “Eliminate All Rapists”, “Old Enough to Choose”, “X and Y, and what’s Seizing the Sexes”, and “Information Carries Weight” from the CyberWit.net Janet Kuypers poetry book “Testament” in her poetry feature “Bringing women’s Battles to the Beach” during the “Beach Poets and Janet Kuypers feature on 7/2/23” in Chicago (this video was filmed from a Samsung S7; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). Also enjoy this YouTube video filmed from a Samsung S7 camera with a Hue Cycling filter; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersfeature #janetkuyperswomensrights

old school and high-tech monuments

See YouTube video of the poem reading by Janet Kuypers of old school and high-tech monuments (w/ John playing guitar) in her 3/28/15 show “Journey” at Sisters on a Journey in Hyde Park in Chicago (Canon fs200)

See YouTube video of the poem reading by Janet Kuypers of old school and high-tech monuments (w/ John playing guitar) in her 3/28/15 show “Journey” at Sisters on a Journey in Hyde Park in Chicago (Canon Power Shot)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem old school and high-tech monuments live 4/1/15 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (Canon fs200)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem old school and high-tech monuments live 4/1/15 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (Canon Power Shot)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers in her 2/1/17 25 minute poetry reading at Austin’s Half Price Books, with her poems “old school and high-tech monuments”, “extinct on planet earth”, “Other Souls”, “Open Book”, “Mapping the Way to True Love”, “Years, Centuries, Eons”, “Zenith of the Night Sky”, and “just one book” (this video was filmed from a Canon Power Shot SX60 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers in her 2/1/17 25 minute poetry reading at Austin’s Half Price Books, with her poems “old school and high-tech monuments”, “extinct on planet earth”, “Other Souls”, “Open Book”, “Mapping the Way to True Love”, “Years, Centuries, Eons”, “Zenith of the Night Sky”, and “just one book” (this video was filmed from a Canon Power Shot SX700 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her v340 12/23 cc&d issue/book “Blackbirds, Lyrebirds, WeaverBirds” poems “Reduced To Now” (+ show image 1), “It Hurts in the Bones, 2015 edit” (+ show image ), & “old school and high-tech monuments” (+ show images 1 & 2) to start her “Poetic License 12/3/23 global open mic” she hosted in a Zoom meeting & a Facebook event page (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). Also enjoy this as a Facebook live video stream (filmed & streamed live from a Samsung S9 camera with a BINARY NOTATION filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

Old Star, New elemental Tricks (bonus poem from the “Periodic Table of Poetry” series)
also see this poem at Artvilla

Watch YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading this Periodic Table of Poetry poem Old Star, New elemental Tricks in her Mysticism vs. Science feature (with music by the HA!Man of South Africa, with “Where My Home Is”), live in Chicago 7/24/13 at the Café Gallery (C)

Watch YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading this Periodic Table of Poetry poem Old Star, New elemental Tricks in her Mysticism vs. Science feature (with music by the HA!Man of South Africa, with “Where My Home Is”), live in Chicago 7/24/13 at the Café Gallery (S)

Watch YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading 6 never-before read Periodic Table of Poetry poems in her show Mysticism vs. Science with Buddha309 live in Chicago 7/24/13 at the Café Gallery (Canon), which is also in a Mysticism vs. Science chapbook (this video was filmed from a Canon camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersfeature #janetkuypersperiodictablepoetry

Watch YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading 6 never-before read Periodic Table of Poetry poems in her show Mysticism vs. Science with Buddha309 live in Chicago 7/24/13 at the Café Gallery (Sony), which is also in a Mysticism vs. Science chapbook (this video was filmed from a Sony camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersfeature #janetkuypersperiodictablepoetry

View or download the free Scars Publications PDF chapbook “Drop the Bomb” of the short Janet Kuypers poems she read from her live 4/30/17 reading in Austin’s 2017 Poetry Bomb (plus one bonus poem).

See YouTube video from 4/30/17 of Janet Kuypers performing her “Drop the Bomb” poems for Austin’s 2017 Poetry Bomb, with control, earth, enjoy, unbounded, Just Thinking About It, Kick Someone Out, Lades and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls, Exhaling Toxic Fumes, Jumping from the Mausoleum, Just to be On the Safe Side, Nobody Finds Me, Bored the Night Before 9/11, energy, errors, rescue, This is Only a Test, You, Only Searching, Ugly Babies need the Most Love, Bimbo, Good Escape, Goth Girl Photographer, Koala Porn, Occupy, On a Downtown Chicago Light Pole, On This Ride, Marne Rifle Poem, No Thank You, He makes me Think about These Things, (and you could hold me), & From Words to Wars (this video was filmed from a Sony camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperspoetrybomb

See YouTube video of Chicago poet Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Only Voice he could Hear”, “Passport to Outer Space” and “Visiting Pristine Places on the Planet” from the performance art section in cc&d June 2018 v284 6/18 25-year anniversary issue 6x9 ISBN# paperback book “Shining” 6/3/18 at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” open mic (Lumix 2500).

See YouTube video of Chicago poet Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Only Voice he could Hear”, “Passport to Outer Space” and “Visiting Pristine Places on the Planet” from the performance art section in cc&d June 2018 v284 6/18 25-year anniversary issue 6x9 ISBN# paperback book “Shining” 6/3/18 at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” open mic (Panasonic Lumix T56).

Old Stomping Grounds

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her prose poem “Scars” originally appearing in the cc&d issues v002 and the v243 anniversary issue, which granted it’s appearance in the cc&d v249.8 anniversary book “Sea Drift” that was then highlighted in her v5 cc&d poetry anthology “On the Edge” that she read it from, then her poem “One Twenty Fifteen Destruction Instructions: Use Drones to Kill” originally from her poetry feature “Destruction Instructions” and read from her poetry performance art collection book “A Year-Long Journey”, and her 2019 poem “Old Stomping Grounds” 2/16/19 at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” 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

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her prose poem “Scars” originally appearing in the cc&d issues v002 and the v243 anniversary issue, which granted it’s appearance in the cc&d v249.8 anniversary book “Sea Drift” that was then highlighted in her v5 cc&d poetry anthology “On the Edge” that she read it from, then her poem “One Twenty Fifteen Destruction Instructions: Use Drones to Kill” originally from her poetry feature “Destruction Instructions” and read from her poetry performance art collection book “A Year-Long Journey”, and her 2019 poem “Old Stomping Grounds” 2/16/19 at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” poetry open mic (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “On The Bridge” originally from her book “Antarctica: Wildlife” but read the edited poem read from her contest-winning poetry in the book “Animal Takes XII 2019”, her poem “Earth was Alive and Dying” read from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” (for Arbor Day), then her poem “Old Stomping Grounds” from her poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” during her hosting her the “Poetic License” open mic at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” 8/4/19 (P L 2500).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “On The Bridge” originally from her book “Antarctica: Wildlife” but read the edited poem read from her contest-winning poetry in the book “Animal Takes XII 2019”, her poem “Earth was Alive and Dying” read from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” (for Arbor Day), then her poem “Old Stomping Grounds” from her poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” during her hosting her the “Poetic License” open mic at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” 8/4/19 (P L T56).

See YouTube video 8/13/19 of Janet Kuypers during her “Poetry at the Gallery Cabaret 8/13/19”, where she read her poem “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed” which appears in both of her 2019 books, then her “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” poems “We Didn’t Start the Fire”, “Vortexes Indenting our World”, and “March Forth”. Then she read her new poem “Journeys on a Train” poem about the Chicago L train, and then her “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” book poems “haiku (poet)”, “Popular and Useless”, “Quickly Judged”, “Metamorphosis”, “Old Stomping Grounds”, and “Eternal Never Ending Now”, during Poetry at The Gallery Cabaret (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video 8/13/19 of Janet Kuypers during her “Poetry at the Gallery Cabaret 8/13/19”, where she read her poem “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed” which appears in both of her 2019 books, then her “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” poems “We Didn’t Start the Fire”, “Vortexes Indenting our World”, and “March Forth”. Then she read her new poem “Journeys on a Train” poem about the Chicago L train, and then her “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” book poems “haiku (poet)”, “Popular and Useless”, “Quickly Judged”, “Metamorphosis”, “Old Stomping Grounds”, and “Eternal Never Ending Now”, during Poetry at The Gallery Cabaret (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Old Stomping Grounds” from the Down in the Dirt 1/21 v179 book “a Stretch of Highway”, “Killing, Loving, and the Power of Women” from the cc&d 1/21 v305 book “You Won’t See Me”, and her fall 2021 poem “dimensional shift” during the “Poetic License virtual open mic 1/3/21” 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 #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Old Stomping Grounds” from the Down in the Dirt 1/21 v179 book “a Stretch of Highway”, “Killing, Loving, and the Power of Women” from the cc&d 1/21 v305 book “You Won’t See Me”, and her fall 2021 poem “dimensional shift” during the “Poetic License virtual open mic 1/3/21” she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (this video was filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera).   #janetkuypers   #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

See a YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “nonetheless”, “Eighteen and Eight, Plus Eighteen: Where We’ve Been and What We’ve Seen”, “Plot and Wait”, “Old Stomping Grounds”, and “Waiting to Take the Plunge” from the “a Stretch of Highway” section of the Scars Publications 1-4 2021 Down in the Dirt issue collection book “Excerpts from the Plague Years” (released 4/15/21), read 4/7/21 during the usual time for Austin’s “Community Poetry” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).  #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “nonetheless”, “Eighteen and Eight, Plus Eighteen: Where We’ve Been and What We’ve Seen”, “Plot and Wait”, “Old Stomping Grounds”, and “Waiting to Take the Plunge” from the “a Stretch of Highway” section of the Scars Publications 1-4 2021 Down in the Dirt issue collection book “Excerpts from the Plague Years” (released 4/15/21), read 4/7/21 during the usual time for Austin’s “Community Poetry” (this video was filmed and streamed from a Samsung S9 camera). #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

Ominous Day poem on Instagram and Twitter

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her Periodic Table poems “Boron from the Big Bang” from her 5/10/13 Science vs. Mysticism poetry feature and read from her v5 cc&d poetry anthology “On the Edge”, then her poem “One oh Three Destruction Instructions: Run Faster” originally from her poetry feature “Destruction Instructions” and read from her poetry performance art collection book “A Year-Long Journey”, and her 2019 poem “Ominous Day” live 2/16/19 at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her Periodic Table poems “Boron from the Big Bang” from her 5/10/13 Science vs. Mysticism poetry feature and read from her v5 cc&d poetry anthology “On the Edge”, then her poem “One oh Three Destruction Instructions: Run Faster” originally from her poetry feature “Destruction Instructions” and read from her poetry performance art collection book “A Year-Long Journey”, and her 2019 poem “Ominous Day” live 2/16/19 at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ June 2019 Book Release Reading 6/5/19, where she read her Tiananmen Square poem “'Unrestrained Opportunity, and Fighting for Freedom” she wrote on 6/2/19, then her poem “Ever Felt Safe” for the Brian Lamont dedication (that will appear in her book “(pheromemes) haiku, twitterverse, Instagram & poetry”, released August 2019), then her cc&d v290 May-June 2019 26-year anniversary issue/book “a Rose in the Dark” poems “Ominous Day”, “Bamboo” and “Like Nothing Ever Happened”, during Community Poetry @ Half Price Books (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; appearing on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ June 2019 Book Release Reading 6/5/19, where she read her Tiananmen Square poem “'Unrestrained Opportunity, and Fighting for Freedom” she wrote on 6/2/19, then her poem “Ever Felt Safe” for the Brian Lamont dedication (that will appear in her book “(pheromemes) haiku, twitterverse, Instagram & poetry”, released August 2019), then her cc&d v290 May-June 2019 26-year anniversary issue/book “a Rose in the Dark” poems “Ominous Day”, “Bamboo” and “Like Nothing Ever Happened”, during Community Poetry @ Half Price Books (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; appearing on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading<

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ July 2019 Book Release Reading 7/3/19, where she read her Instagram and Twitter poem “Ominous Day”, then her poems “Bamboo” and “Like Nothing Ever Happened”, from the cc&d 1-6 2019 issue and chapbooks collection book “a Revolution of Modern Life”, during Community Poetry at Half Price Books (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ July 2019 Book Release Reading 7/3/19, where she read her Instagram and Twitter poem “Ominous Day”, then her poems “Bamboo” and “Like Nothing Ever Happened”, from the cc&d 1-6 2019 issue and chapbooks collection book “a Revolution of Modern Life”, during Community Poetry at Half Price Books (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Ominous Day” and “Explosive Energy”, all read from her poetry collection book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” 9/2/19 at the 7' tall Mike Ditka bobblehead statue on display in Millennium Park in Chicago (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Ominous Day” and “Explosive Energy”, all read from her poetry collection book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” 9/2/19 at the 7' tall Mike Ditka bobblehead statue on display in Millennium Park in Chicago (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera & given a Cyan filter).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers, in 3 parts, reading her poetry 10/12/19 at the Georgetown “Poetry Aloud” open mic at the Georgetown Public Library. In part 1, read her poem “Check Your Clock” from her poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”, her poem “Other People’s Worlds” from the cc&d v291 7-8/19 book “Of This I am Certain”, then her poem “Queueing in Line and Shaping Your Life” read from the cc&d v292 (Sept.-Oct. 2019 issue) perfect-bound paperback ISBN# book “In The Fall”, both of those last two poems also read from her poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”, then her poem “Know What Planet She’s From” from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”. In part 2, she read her prose poem “Dandelions for a Passing Stranger” read from the cc&d 2019 reprints of the May 1996 v79 issue book “Poetry and Prose”, then her poem “Ominous Day” from the cc&d v290 May-June 2019 26-year anniversary issue/book “a Rose in the Dark” that also appears in (and is co-read from) her poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”, then her poem “Etching, Scribbling, Drawing” from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”. In part 3, she reads her poem “Kind of Like a City” from her poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”, then her poem “Zircon, Gemstones, Baubles, and Bling”from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers, in 3 parts, reading her poetry 10/12/19 at the Georgetown “Poetry Aloud” open mic at the Georgetown Public Library. In part 1, read her poem “Check Your Clock” from her poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”, her poem “Other People’s Worlds” from the cc&d v291 7-8/19 book “Of This I am Certain”, then her poem “Queueing in Line and Shaping Your Life” read from the cc&d v292 (Sept.-Oct. 2019 issue) perfect-bound paperback ISBN# book “In The Fall”, both of those last two poems also read from her poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”, then her poem “Know What Planet She’s From” from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”. In part 2, she read her prose poem “Dandelions for a Passing Stranger” read from the cc&d 2019 reprints of the May 1996 v79 issue book “Poetry and Prose”, then her poem “Ominous Day” from the cc&d v290 May-June 2019 26-year anniversary issue/book “a Rose in the Dark” that also appears in (and is co-read from) her poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”, then her poem “Etching, Scribbling, Drawing” from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”. In part 3, she reads her poem “Kind of Like a City” from her poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”, then her poem “Zircon, Gemstones, Baubles, and Bling”from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Ominous Day”, “Being God”, “Poem About This”, “ends of the earth”, and (from) “Sometimes It’s Not”, then her prose “Imaging Friends and Loved ones”, then her poems “keyboard” and “quake”, and her prose “Scars”, all read from the Scars Publications 2019 collection book “Art House”, during her January 2020 Book Release Reading through Community Poetry! at Half Price Books (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Ominous Day”, “Being God”, “Poem About This”, “ends of the earth”, and (from) “Sometimes It’s Not”, then her prose “Imaging Friends and Loved ones”, then her poems “keyboard” and “quake”, and her prose “Scars”, all read from the Scars Publications 2019 collection book “Art House”, during her January 2020 Book Release Reading through Community Poetry! at Half Price Books (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her “the 2020 Poetry Review Date Book” poems “mirror”, “Opens the Way”, and “Ominous Day” during the “Poetic License open mic 5/3/20 home edition” she hosted in Austin, but globally through a Facebook event page (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera, and was posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See Facebook live video of Janet Kuypers reading her “the 2020 Poetry Review Date Book” poems “mirror”, “Opens the Way”, and “Ominous Day” during the “Poetic License open mic 5/3/20 home edition” she hosted in Austin, but globally through a Facebook event page (from a Samsung S9 camera).

See a YouTube video of Janet Kuypers in her 30+ minute podcast recording for WZRD 88.3 Chicago FM Radio, reading her poems from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)” — reflecting summer poetry within the book, including her poems “Just One Book” (for 8/9; Book Lovers Day), “Opportunity from Freedom” (written 8/11, the 1833 birthday of Robert G. Ingersoll), her haiku poem “Use Your Mind” and her poem “Just Who May Try to Stop Us” (written 8/20, National Aviation Day), “Just to Craft” (written 8/21, on National Poets Day), “Value of What Money Does” (written 8/24, the 1967 date when, led by Abbie Hoffman, the Youth International Party disrupted New York Stock Exchange by throwing dollar bills on the trading floor), “Eleven and Two, plus Eight” (for 8/24, Pluto Demoted Day), “Ominous Day” (for the 8/24 79 A.D. date of the Mount Vesuvius eruption), “Keep Looking Happy” (written 8/26, the the 1920 day the U.S. 19th Amendment was certified, given women the right to vote), “Effigy” (written 8/28, the 1955 day Black teenager Emmett Till was brutally murdered in a lynching, galvanizing the civil rights movement, the 1957 day U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond filibustered to prevent the voting on the Civil Rights Act of 1957, and the 1963 day of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, with Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.’s I Have a Dream speech), “Everyone is to Blame” (written 8/31, the day in 1888 Mary Ann Burton was murdered, the first known murder by Jack the Ripper; the 1987 day Princess Diana died in a car crash, in front of paparazzi), “Beauty in the Eyes of Einstein” (for the 9/1/79 date the Pioneer spacecraft visits Saturn), “No One Will Forget” (for the 9/3/44 date Diarist Anne Frank and her family are placed on the last 3-day train from the Westerbork transit camp to theAuschwitz concentration camp), “One With Wildlife” (written 9/4, on National Wildlife Day), “Visiting and Seeing the Signs” (for Grandparents Day, the 1st Sunday after Labor Day), and “The State of the Nation (2016 edit)”, (for 9/17, Constitution Day), recorded 8/3/20 for future WZRD Radio airplay (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers in her 30+ minute podcast recording for WZRD 88.3 Chicago FM Radio, reading her poems from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)” — reflecting summer poetry within the book, including her poems “Just One Book”, “Opportunity from Freedom”, “Use Your Mind”, “Just Who May Try to Stop Us”, “Just to Craft”, “Value of What Money Does”, “Eleven and Two, plus Eight”, “Ominous Day”, “Keep Looking Happy”, “Effigy”, “Everyone is to Blame”, “Beauty in the Eyes of Einstein”, “No One Will Forget”, “One With Wildlife”, “Visiting and Seeing the Signs”, and “The State of the Nation (2016 edit)”, recorded 8/3/20 for future WZRD Radio airplay (video filmed from a Samsung S9 camera).

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Fluorine Crystalizes”, “Fluorine”, and “Ominous Day” from the v187 9/21 Down in the Dirt book “Roman Remains” 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

Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Fluorine Crystalizes”, “Fluorine”, and “Ominous Day” from the v187 9/21 Down in the Dirt book “Roman Remains” 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

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Fluorine Crystalizes”, “Fluorine”, and “Ominous Day” from the Scars Publications 9-12/21 Down in the Dirt issue collection book “Stardust in Hand” 1/5/22 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 #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Fluorine Crystalizes”, “Fluorine”, and “Ominous Day” from the Scars Publications 9-12/21 Down in the Dirt issue collection book “Stardust in Hand” 1/5/22 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 and streamed live from a Samsung S9 camera with a lava lamp filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem

on a bike

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem on a bike 4/24/16 at Chicago’s 2016 Poetry Bomb at Bagdad Cemetery in Leander Texas (filmed with a Canon Power Shot camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem on a bike 4/24/16 at Chicago’s 2016 Poetry Bomb at Bagdad Cemetery in Leander Texas (filmed with a Sony camera).

On a Downtown Chicago Light Pole (twitter-length poem)

Visit the Kuypers Twitter page for short poems— join http://twitter.com/janetkuypers.

See YouTube video (:35) live 04/05/11 at the Café in Chicago

See YouTube video of the intro to the 04/05/11 open mic at the Café in Chicago as well as original writing, including this piece

See YouTube video on 4/30/17 of the later part of Janet Kuypers’ “Drop the Bomb” poems she read for the Austin’s 2017 Poetry Bomb, with You, Only Searching, Ugly Babies need the Most Love, Bimbo, Good Escape, Goth Girl Photographer, Koala Porn, Occupy, On a Downtown Chicago Light Pole, On This Ride, Marne Rifle Poem, No Thank You, He makes me Think about These Things, (and you could hold me), & From Words to Wars (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix camera).

See YouTube video on 4/30/17 of the later part of Janet Kuypers’ “Drop the Bomb” poems she read for the Austin’s 2017 Poetry Bomb, with You, Only Searching, Ugly Babies need the Most Love, Bimbo, Good Escape, Goth Girl Photographer, Koala Porn, Occupy, On a Downtown Chicago Light Pole, On This Ride, Marne Rifle Poem, No Thank You, He makes me Think about These Things, (and you could hold me), & From Words to Wars (Lumix video with an Edge Detection filter).

See Facebook live video on 4/30/17 of the first part of Janet Kuypers’ “Drop the Bomb” poem series she read for Austin’s 2017 Poetry Bomb, with the ending of Kick Someone Out, Lades and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls, Exhaling Toxic Fumes, Jumping from the Mausoleum, Just to be On the Safe Side, Nobody Finds Me, Bored the Night Before 9/11, energy, errors, rescue, This is Only a Test, You, Only Searching, Ugly Babies need the Most Love, Bimbo, Good Escape, Goth Girl Photographer, Koala Porn, Occupy, On a Downtown Chicago Light Pole, On This Ride, and Marne Rifle Poem (from a Samsung Galaxy S7 smart phone).

See YouTube video on 4/30/17 of the first part of Janet Kuypers’ “Drop the Bomb” poem series she read for Austin’s 2017 Poetry Bomb, with the ending of Kick Someone Out, Lades and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls, Exhaling Toxic Fumes, Jumping from the Mausoleum, Just to be On the Safe Side, Nobody Finds Me, Bored the Night Before 9/11, energy, errors, rescue, This is Only a Test, You, Only Searching, Ugly Babies need the Most Love, Bimbo, Good Escape, Goth Girl Photographer, Koala Porn, Occupy, On a Downtown Chicago Light Pole, On This Ride, and Marne Rifle Poem (facebook live video with a Threshold filter).

View or download the free PDF chapbook “Drop the Bomb” 4/30/17 of all of the short Janet Kuypers poems she read from her live 4/30/17 reading in Austin’s 2017 Poetry Bomb (plus one bonus poem).

See YouTube video from 4/30/17 of Janet Kuypers performing her “Drop the Bomb” poems for Austin’s 2017 Poetry Bomb, with control, earth, enjoy, unbounded, Just Thinking About It, Kick Someone Out, Lades and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls, Exhaling Toxic Fumes, Jumping from the Mausoleum, Just to be On the Safe Side, Nobody Finds Me, Bored the Night Before 9/11, energy, errors, rescue, This is Only a Test, You, Only Searching, Ugly Babies need the Most Love, Bimbo, Good Escape, Goth Girl Photographer, Koala Porn, Occupy, On a Downtown Chicago Light Pole, On This Ride, Marne Rifle Poem, No Thank You, He makes me Think about These Things, (and you could hold me), & From Words to Wars (this video was filmed from a Sony camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperspoetrybomb

On a High Horse Like This
This poem was nominated in the Revealed 2014 release for the (40 year) Pushcart Prize

See YouTube video (2:23) live 05/11/11 at “Elizabeth’s Crazy Little Thing” Chicago open mic

See YouTube video read live in the show “hmmm” 11/20/11 at the Café open mike in Chicago

See YouTube video of the entire Janet Kuypers show “hmm” live 11/20/11 at the Café open mike in Chicago

Watch this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “On a High Horse Like This” at the Café Mestizo open mic 1/21/12, with music & video from the HA!man of South Africa (Francois Le Roux) in Chicago (this video was posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Upstage Everyone Else” and “On a High Horse Like This” at the Café Mestizo open mic 1/21/12, with music & video from the HA!man of South Africa (Francois Le Roux) in Chicago (this video was posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem 3/18/13 at the Frankenstone art center in Chicago (Canon)

See YouTube video of Kuypers performing 5 poems (including this one) in a poetry reading to “Make people Think” 3/18/13 at Chicago’s Frankenstone art center (this video was filmed from a Canon camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry

< See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem On a High Horse Like This (in the chapbook “Attacking with Poetry”) 4/27/14 at Chicago’s 2014 Poetry Bomb in Lincoln Square (filmed from a Canon camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoem #janetkuyperspoetrybomb

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem On a High Horse Like This (in the chapbook “Attacking with Poetry”) 4/27/14 (C) at Chicago’s 2014 Poetry Bomb (in Lincoln Square), Threshold

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem On a High Horse Like This from her book Bon Voyage! live 7/25/15 on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio (Cfs)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem On a High Horse Like This from her book Bon Voyage! live 7/25/15 on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio (Cfs200, FlCrSat)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems Everything was Alive and Dying and On a High Horse Like This 1/10/16 at the Austin open mic Kick Butt Poetry (this video was filmed from a Canon Power Shot camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems Everything was Alive and Dying and On a High Horse Like This 1/10/16 at the Austin open mic Kick Butt Poetry (this video was filmed from a Nikon Cool Pix S7000 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See YouTube video (Sony) of Janet Kuypers performing her poem “On a High Horse Like This” in the lotus position for her 8/6/16 show “Thoughts on Peace” at Expressions (of Peace)! in Austin’s the Bahá’í Center.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers in her 8/6/16 show “Thoughts on Peace” at Expressions (of Peace)! in Austin reading her poem “Queen ISIS (battling for peace)”, then portions of her editorial from cc&d’s v249 book Invisible Ink “Choices We Make”, then her poems “Everything was Alive and Dying (2016 cruelty to animals edition)” and “On a High Horse Like This” (from a Canon Power Shot camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersfeature

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers in her 8/6/16 show “Thoughts on Peace” at Expressions (of Peace)! in Austin reading her poem “Queen ISIS (battling for peace)”, then portions of her editorial from cc&d’s v249 book Invisible Ink “Choices We Make”, then her poems “Everything was Alive and Dying (2016 cruelty to animals edition)” and “On a High Horse Like This”, accompanied by rainforest sounds, all while sitting in the lotus position (this video was filmed from a Sony camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersfeature

Download all of the show poems in the free PDF file download chapbook Thoughts on Peace including her poem “Queen ISIS (battling for peace)”, then portions of her editorial from cc&d’s v249 book Invisible Ink “Choices We Make”, then her poems “Everything was Alive and Dying (2016 cruelty to animals edition)” and “On a High Horse Like This”.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ June 2017 Book Release Reading 6/7/17, where she read her poems “Everything was Alive and Dying” and “On a High Horse Like This” for her “Bon Voyage!” book reading @ Austin’s Community Poetry at Half Price Books (this video was filmed from a Lumix camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ June 2017 Book Release Reading 6/7/17, where she read her poems “Everything was Alive and Dying” and “On a High Horse Like This” for her “Bon Voyage!” book reading @ Austin’s Community Poetry at Half Price Books (this video was filmed from a Sony camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers in her 8/5/17 show “Finding Peace” in Austin, with her poems “Protecting Peace can Put you in Prison”, “Really Physically Heal (2017 edit)”, “Keeping the Peace and Coming to Peace”, and “On a High Horse Like This”, w/ music from the HA!Man of South Africa’ “Wayward Waltz of the Skewed Mind”, + cricket sounds (Sony camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperspoetryshow

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers in her 8/5/17 show “Finding Peace” in Austin, with her poems “Protecting Peace can Put you in Prison”, “Really Physically Heal (2017 edit)”, “Keeping the Peace and Coming to Peace”, and “On a High Horse Like This”, w/ music from the HA!Man of South Africa’ “Wayward Waltz of the Skewed Mind”, + cricket sounds (Lumix camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperspoetryshow

Download all of the poems from the free chapbook “Finding Peace” of the poems she performed in her 8/5/17 “Finding Peace” poetry feature/show, including both classic and new poems “Protecting Peace can Put you in Prison”, “Really Physically Heal (2017 edit)”, “Keeping the Peace and Coming to Peace”, and “On a High Horse Like This”.

See YouTube video from 12/9/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “on the Bridge”, then her poems “Upstage Everyone Else” & “On a High Horse Like This” from her book “Let me See You Stripped” at the “Poetry Aloud” open mic at the Georgetown Public Library (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See YouTube video from 12/9/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “on the Bridge”, then her poems “Upstage Everyone Else” & “On a High Horse Like This” from her book “Let me See You Stripped” at the “Poetry Aloud” open mic at the Georgetown Public Library (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ March 2018 Book Release Reading 3/7/18, where she read her cc&d 3/18 book “The False Portrait” haiku poem “escape”, and then her “Finding Peace” performance art poems “Protecting Peace can Put you in Prison” “Really Physically Heal (2017 edit)”, “Keeping the Peace and Coming to Peace” and “On a High Horse Like This” in Community Poetry @ Half Price Books (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersbookreading

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ March 2018 Book Release Reading 3/7/18, where she read her cc&d 3/18 book “The False Portrait” haiku poem “escape”, and then her “Finding Peace” performance art poems “Protecting Peace can Put you in Prison” “Really Physically Heal (2017 edit)”, “Keeping the Peace and Coming to Peace” and “On a High Horse Like This” in Community Poetry @ Half Price Books (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersbookreading

See YouTube video 3/17/18 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Protecting Peace can Put you in Prison” and “On a High Horse Like This” from the cc&d 3/18 book “The False Portrait”, then covering the R.E.M. song “You Are The Everything” with John playing his mandolin live at “Recycled Reads” open mic (from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video 3/17/18 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Protecting Peace can Put you in Prison” and “On a High Horse Like This” from the cc&d 3/18 book “The False Portrait”, then covering the R.E.M. song “You Are The Everything” with John playing his mandolin live at “Recycled Reads” open mic (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video from 8/1/18 of Janet Kuypers’ August 2018 Book Release Reading, where she read her “Finding Peace” performance art poems “Protecting Peace can Put you in Prison”, “Really Physically Heal (2017 edit)”, “Keeping the Peace and Coming to Peace”, and “On a High Horse Like This” from the book “Not a Trace” in Community Poetry @ Half Price Books (P L T56).

See YouTube video from 8/1/18 of Janet Kuypers’ August 2018 Book Release Reading, where she read her “Finding Peace” performance art poems “Protecting Peace can Put you in Prison”, “Really Physically Heal (2017 edit)”, “Keeping the Peace and Coming to Peace”, and “On a High Horse Like This” fvrom the book “Not a Trace” in Community Poetry @ Half Price Books (P L 2500).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ interview on Chicago’s WZRD Radio (88.3 FM) 9/22/18, where she also read her poems “Ocean’s Call to Dive” and “Visiting Pristine Places on the Planet” from her “Antarctica: Wildlife” book, and later read her poem “On a High Horse Like This” from her book “On the Edge” (WZRD’s 2nd half audio; video, Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ interview on Chicago’s WZRD Radio (88.3 FM) 9/22/18, where she also read her poems “Ocean’s Call to Dive” and “Visiting Pristine Places on the Planet” from her “Antarctica: Wildlife” book, and later read her poem “On a High Horse Like This” from her book “On the Edge” (WZRD’s 2nd half audio; video, Panasonic Lumix 2500; Hue Cycle).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ interview on Chicago’s WZRD Radio (88.3 FM) 9/22/18, where she also read her poems “Ocean’s Call to Dive” and “Visiting Pristine Places on the Planet” from her “Antarctica: Wildlife” book, and later read her poem “On a High Horse Like This” from her book “On the Edge” (WZRD’s 2nd half audio; video, Panasonic Lumix 2500l; Sepia Tone).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ interview on Chicago’s WZRD Radio (88.3 FM) 9/22/18, where she also read her poems “Ocean’s Call to Dive” and “Visiting Pristine Places on the Planet” from her “Antarctica: Wildlife” book, and later read her poem “On a High Horse Like This” from her book “On the Edge” (WZRD’s 2nd half audio; video, Panasonic Lumix 2500; B&W).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “One By one, the Beech Trees Fell” and “Human Construct of Time” from the v5 cc&d boss lady poetry collection book “On the Edge”, “The Moon” and “The State of the Nation” from her poetry performance art collection book “Chapter 48 (v1)”, “yearning to break free” from her poetry performance art collection book “Chapter 48 (v2)”, and “On a High Horse Like This” from her interview/journal/poetry book “In Depth”, all read to “all fall down” Hotel Music from the HA!Man of South Africa, live at the final “Fort to Famous” open mic 10/22/18 @ Austin’s The Buzz Mill (this video was recorded from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “One By one, the Beech Trees Fell” and “Human Construct of Time” from the v5 cc&d boss lady poetry collection book “On the Edge”, “The Moon” and “The State of the Nation” from her poetry performance art collection book “Chapter 48 (v1)”, “yearning to break free” from her poetry performance art collection book “Chapter 48 (v2)”, and “On a High Horse Like This” from her interview/journal/poetry book “In Depth”, all read to “all fall down” Hotel Music from the HA!Man of South Africa, live at the final “Fort to Famous” open mic 10/22/18 @ Austin’s The Buzz Mill (this video was recorded from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video 11/17/18 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Everything was Alive and Dying” and “On a High Horse Like This” from her interview/journal/poetry book “In Depth” at “Recycled Reads” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See YouTube video 11/17/18 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Everything was Alive and Dying” and “On a High Horse Like This” from her interview/journal/poetry book “In Depth” at “Recycled Reads” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ December 2018 Book Release Reading 12/5/18, where she read her haiku poems “oil”, “quarrel”, “judge”, and “rush”, and then her poems “Knew I Had to be Ready” and “On a High Horse Like This”, all from the Scars Publications 2018 collection book “Natural Light” during Community Poetry at Half Price Books (Panasonic L2500).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ December 2018 Book Release Reading 12/5/18, where she read her haiku poems “oil”, “quarrel”, “judge”, and “rush”, and then her poems “Knew I Had to be Ready” and “On a High Horse Like This”, all from the Scars Publications 2018 collection book “Natural Light” during Community Poetry at Half Price Books (P L 2500; Posterize).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Only find our Roots”, “Versus Eating Death Daily” and “on a High Horse Like This” from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)” live 9/24/20 during the Virtual Austin Poetry Society New World Poetry open mic (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Only find our Roots”, “Versus Eating Death Daily” and “on a High Horse Like This” from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)” live 9/24/20 during the Virtual Austin Poetry Society New World Poetry open mic (streamed from a Samsung S9 camera).

On a Mission for This Reprieve

On a Sunday after a Sermon

Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Uniqueness Finds Love” and her Twitter Verse Periodic Table poem “Holmium, only one atom” from the v324 8/22 cc&d issue/book “Into the Surf”, plus her poem “On a Sunday after a Sermon” to start her “Poetic License 8/7/22 global open mic” she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (this video was filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperswomensrights #janetkuypersequalityforwomen #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Uniqueness Finds Love” and her Twitter Verse Periodic Table poem “Holmium, only one atom” from the v324 8/22 cc&d issue/book “Into the Surf”, plus her poem “On a Sunday after a Sermon” to start her “Poetic License 8/7/22 global open mic” she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers janertkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperswomensrights #janetkuypersequalityforwomen #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Jihad Against Free Choice” and “On a Sunday after a Sermon” from the books “Claustrophobia” and “Testament” for the 4/5/23 ‘Community Poetry’ honorary book reading (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, & Tumblr). This was also a Facebook live video stream, filmed from a Samsung S9 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, & Tumblr. #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperswomensrights

Enjoy this YouTube video on 8/9/23 of Janet Kuypers during her “Poetry Open Mic at The Gallery Cabaret with feature Janet Kuypers” feature night in Chicago, where she read her poems “Evil of What They’ve Done”, “After All We’ve Accomplished”, “On a Sunday after a Sermon”, “Question and Answer time”, “Using the Nazi Approach to Women’s Right”, and “Oh No — is Art not Safe from Big Brother?” in her poetry feature “Into the Spotlight” of women’s rights poems from the CyberWit 2023 Janet Kuypers book “Testament”, performed just after the anniversary of the overturning of Roe v. Wade (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). Also enjoy this YouTube video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). Also enjoy this YouTube video filmed from a Samsung S9 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). This (now deleted) Facebook live video stream was filmed from a Samsung S9 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr) before it was deleted, was liked & loved on its Facebook page & its “Fallen Angel Poetry” page, & was liked on its Instagram page & its “Poetic of Heart”, “Poetry Super Highway”, & “Poets of Merit & Expression” pages. #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypers #janetkuyperswomensrights #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersfeminism #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersthecafegallery

Enjoy this YouTube video from 8/12/23 of Janet Kuypers in her first encore reading after her lead feature at Tangible Books in Chicago, where she read her poems “Quickly Washing Away Women’s Rights” and “On a Sunday After a Sermon” from the CyberWit 2023 Janet Kuypers book “Testament” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). Also enjoy this YouTube video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr. #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypers #janetkuyperschicago #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperswomensrights

On All Fours

Listen to On All Fours, or order this track, or any track, now available from the 3 CD set Live at the Café.

See YouTube video live at the Cafe in Chicago 08/18/09

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading this poem “On All Fours” in Nashville TN 5/18/13 in the Tag Team feature reading

See YouTube video of the Janet Kuypers & C Ra McGuirt “Tag Team” 1+ hour feature in Nashville 5/18/13 (which includes this poem)

Download this in a free 5/18/13 chapbook the Tag Team Reading, of poems slated for the Janet Kuypers/C Ra McGuirt book “Tag Team Poets”

See YouTube video 10/1/16 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “On All Fours” and “Observations: Nine and Six” at the “Expressions 2016: the Metaphor of Costumes” open mic Janet hosted at the Bahá’í Faith Center in Austin TX (video filmed from a Sony camera).

See YouTube video 10/1/16 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “On All Fours” and “Observations: Nine and Six” at the “Expressions 2016: the Metaphor of Costumes” open mic Janet hosted at the Bahá’í Faith Center in Austin TX (video filmed from a Canon Power Shot camera).

See this YouTube video from 4/15/17 of Janet Kuypers in Austin reading her poems “On All Fours” and “Know You” at “Recycled Reads” (this video was filmed from a Canon Power Shot SX720 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry

See YouTube video from 4/15/17 of Janet Kuypers in Austin reading her poems “On All Fours” and “Know You” at “Recycled Reads” (Canon Power Shot SX700 camera video w/ an Edge Detection filter).

See YouTube video from 4/15/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “On All Fours”, “Know You” and “erasure poem: a Poetic History” at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” (from a Sony camera).

See YouTube video from 4/15/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “On All Fours”, “Know You” and “erasure poem: a Poetic History” at Austin’s “Recycled Reads”; (Sony, Sepia Tone filter).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Step” and “Marilyn Monroe Falling Through the Cracks” from her book “(pheromemes) 2015-2017 poems”, plus her poem “On All Fours” at Georgetown’s “Poetry Aloud” open mic 9/9/17 (from a Lumix camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Step” and “Marilyn Monroe Falling Through the Cracks” from her book “(pheromemes) 2015-2017 poems”, plus her poem “On All Fours” at Georgetown’s “Poetry Aloud” open mic 9/9/17 (from a Sony camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “On All Fours” originally performed in her Nashville “Tag Team Reading” and read from her poetry performance art collection book “Chapter 48 (v2)”, then her 2019 poems “Join Me”, and “March Forth”, live 3/16/19 at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “On All Fours” originally performed in her Nashville “Tag Team Reading” and read from her poetry performance art collection book “Chapter 48 (v2)”, then her 2019 poems “Join Me”, and “March Forth”, live 3/16/19 at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See a YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her animal rights-themed poems “Last Before Extinction”, “Everything Was Alive And Dying (12/8/19 studio TV show recording)”, and “On a High Horse Like This” from the cyberwit.net 137-page 5½" x 8½" Janet Kuypers poetry book “Eternal Never Ending Now” for “The Café Gallery 3/9/21 Book Reading” in The Café Gallery Book Reading series (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera, and posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).  #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersthecafegallery

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her animal rights-themed poems “Last Before Extinction”, “Everything Was Alive And Dying (12/8/19 studio TV show recording)”, and “On a High Horse Like This” from the cyberwit.net 137-page 5½" x 8½" Janet Kuypers book “Eternal Never Ending Now” for “The Café Gallery 3/9/21 Book Reading” 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 from 4/29/23 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Last Before Extinction”, “On All Fours”, & “Finally Found Home” during the Tablerock Poetry Festival in 2023 at Tablerock of Salado, TX (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). This YouTube video was also filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera and posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). This was also released as a Facebook live video stream, filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera, and posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersfeature #janetkuypersveglife

On an Airplane With a Frequent Flyer
[in French] [in Spanish]

Order this iTunes track: from the Chaotic Collection...Or order the entire 5 CD set from iTunes: CD:

Order this iTunes track from the poetry audio CD “Oh.” audio CD ...Or order the entire CD set from iTunes:

Listen to this from the DMJ Art Connection, or order this, or ANY track, off the CD “Indian Flux” through iTunes.

See YouTube video or listen from iTunes: live 10/21/03 in her show the Other Side at theCafé in Chicago

Or watch the complete video of The Other Side live, including this poem in Chicago 10/21/03 (37:01)

Listen to the Second Axing, or order ANY track from the EP “Live in Alaska” through iTunes.

Watch the YouTube video 1:51, shot at O’Hare Airport, just after a flight to Hawaii 12/2/01

See YouTube video (1:53) 07/17/07, Living in a Big World

See YouTube video (1:54) 07/17/07, Living in a Big World

See Janet Kuypers’ YouTube video 5/14/17 reading her poems “On an Airplane With a Frequent Flyer”, “False Suicide” and “One of the Most Hated Women in America” with accompanying live music from Rich Xperience at the “Kick Butt Poetry” open mic in Austin (Lumix).

See Janet Kuypers’ YouTube video 5/14/17 reading her poems “On an Airplane With a Frequent Flyer”, “False Suicide” and “One of the Most Hated Women in America” with accompanying live music from Rich Xperience at the “Kick Butt Poetry” open mic in Austin (Sony).

See YouTube video live 6/16/18 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Photograph, Nineteenth Century”, “On An Airplane with a Frequent Flyer” and “Some People Want to Believe” from “Chapter 38 v3” at “Recycled Reads” open mic (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video live 6/16/18 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Photograph, Nineteenth Century”, “On An Airplane with a Frequent Flyer” and “Some People Want to Believe” from “Chapter 38 v3” at “Recycled Reads” open mic (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

On Ashes (haiku, on Twitter)
This poem was nominated in the 100 Haikus 2014 press release for the (40 year) Pushcart Prize

See YouTube video (:15) from the v217, 02/11 cc&d (& the 6" x 9" ISBN# book Life... from Nothing, live 02/15/11 at the Café in Chicago

See YouTube video of the intro at the the Café Chicago open mic 02/15/11 & a number of poems from 02/11 cc&d, plus a song

Visit the Kuypers Twitter page for short poems— join http://twitter.com/janetkuypers.

Watch the YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem at the open mike 4/25/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago (W/ by live piano music from Gary)

Watch the YouTube video of Kuypers’ open mike 4/25/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago, plus her poetry (w/ music from the HA!man of South Africa, and live piano from Gary)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem On Ashes from the Water of Life press chapbook “Unzip the Body Bag” live 8/5/15 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (from a Canon Power Shot)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem On Ashes from the Water of Life press chapbook “Unzip the Body Bag” live 8/5/15 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (filmed with a Canon fs200)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers in her 5/6/17 poetry show “Time to Start the Show” at “Honoring Open Mic Hosts” in Austin reading her poems “the Bathroom at the Green Mill” “Frozen Together”, “the Battle at Hand”, “On Ashes”, “Kick Someone Out” and “Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls” (video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetryshow

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers in her 5/6/17 poetry show “Time to Start the Show” at “Honoring Open Mic Hosts” in Austin reading her poems “the Bathroom at the Green Mill” “Frozen Together”, “the Battle at Hand”, “On Ashes”, “Kick Someone Out” and “Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls” (this video was filmed from a Sony camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetryshow

View or download the free PDF chapbook “Time to Start the Show” of her poems “the Bathroom at he Green Mill” “Frozen Together”, “the Battle at Hand”, “On Ashes”, “Kick Someone Out” and “Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls” performed in her 5/6/17 Austin show about hosting poetry open mics.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ November 2017 Book Release Readings 11/1/17 from the cc&d 11/17 book “Warrior’s Light”, with her Time to Start the Show poems “the Bathroom at the Green Mill”, “Frozen Together”, “the Battle at Hand”, “On Ashes”, “Kick Someone Out” and “Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls” in Community Poetry (this video was filmed from a Lumix camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersbookreading

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ November 2017 Book Release Readings 11/1/17 from the cc&d 11/17 book “Warrior’s Light”, with her Time to Start the Show poems “the Bathroom at the Green Mill”, “Frozen Together”, “the Battle at Hand”, “On Ashes”, “Kick Someone Out” and “Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls” in Community Poetry (this video was filmed from a Sony camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersbookreading

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “On Ashes” from the v5 cc&d boss lady poetry collection book “On the Edge”, then her Memorial Day poems “Just Names” and “Killing Women for Healing”, both appearing in her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” live at “Poetry Aloud” in Georgetown 5/25/19 (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “On Ashes” from the v5 cc&d boss lady poetry collection book “On the Edge”, then her Memorial Day poems “Just Names” and “Killing Women for Healing”, both appearing in her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” live at “Poetry Aloud” in Georgetown 5/25/19 (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

On Becoming a Woman

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers in her 6/4/16 show “Obey” at Expressions 2016: June is a Woman! in Austin (Sony), first reading her haiku poems progress, extend, falling, civil, and greatest, then reading her poems Earth is a Topiary (her 1st of 2 poems where she used a voice modulator to reads parts of her poem in a male voice), On Becoming a Woman (an editing and expansion of her 1999 poem Becoming a Woman), Viewing the Woman in a 19th Century Photograph (an editing of her 1991 poem Photograph, Nineteenth Century and her 2nd of 2 poems where she used a voice modulator to reads parts of her poem in a male voice), Content With Inferior Men, portions of her poem In The Air with slightly altered wording, and Oh, She Was a Woman (an editing of her 1997 poem She Was a Woman).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers in her 6/4/16 show “Obey” at Expressions 2016: June is a Woman! in Austin (Cps), first reading her haiku poems progress, extend, falling, civil, and greatest, then reading her poems Earth is a Topiary (her 1st of 2 poems where she used a voice modulator to reads parts of her poem in a male voice), On Becoming a Woman (an editing and expansion of her 1999 poem Becoming a Woman), Viewing the Woman in a 19th Century Photograph (an editing of her 1991 poem Photograph, Nineteenth Century and her 2nd of 2 poems where she used a voice modulator to reads parts of her poem in a male voice), Content With Inferior Men, portions of her poem In The Air with slightly altered wording, and Oh, She Was a Woman (an editing of her 1997 poem She Was a Woman).

Download all of the show poems in the free chapbook Obey 6/4/16 at Expressions 2016: June is a Woman! show in Austin

On that Summer Day (from the “Depression... The singles” series)

See YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem 9#26#26 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (Canon) as if she were on the phone

See YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem 9#26#26 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (Sony) as if she were on the phone

See YouTube video of Kuypers’ “Listening In” 9#26#26 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (Canon), with this poem said on the phone

See YouTube video of Kuypers’ “Listening In” 9#26#26 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (Sony), with this poem said on the phone

See YouTube video of Kuypers’ open mike 9#26#26 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago, plus her poetry (including this poem)

On the California Streets
On the California Streets - in Bulgarian

See YouTube video read at at Mediterranean Cafe in Berkeley CA 09/17/09

See YouTube video read at at Mediterranean Cafe in Berkeley CA 09/17/09

Listen to the CD recording of this piece from the CD (used for the show) Changing Gears

See YouTube video live at the show Questions in a World Without Answers 10/05/04, Chicago

watch the full Questions in a World Withough Answers video live, including this poem in Chicago 10/05/04 (~21:56)

Watch the YouTube video (:31) live at Changing Gears 06/17/03

See the entire performance of the live show Changing Gears 06/17/03, hosted by the Internet Archive

See YouTube video read live 10/03/11 in the Waiting 4 the Bus show at Café Ballou for Chicago Calling, with music & video from the HA!man of South Africa

See Complete feature video of Kuypers reading poems (including this poem) live 10/03/11 in the Waiting 4 the Bus show at Café Ballou for Chicago Calling, performing poetry with music & video from the HA!man of South Africa

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem On the California Streets in the third round at the final Austin installment (at her house) of the Poetry Plus open mic 7/22/16 (filmed w/ a Sony camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem On the California Streets in the third round at the final Austin installment (at her house) of the Poetry Plus open mic 7/22/16 (Canon Power Shot camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers, welcomed on stage by Thom, where she performed her poems “Didn’t Know What it Was”, “On the California Streets” and “Loggers” 9/25/16 with music at the Austin open mic Kick Butt Poetry (filmed from a Canon Power Shot camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers, welcomed on stage by Thom, where she performed her poems “Didn’t Know What it Was”, “On the California Streets” and “Loggers” 9/25/16 with music at the Austin open mic Kick Butt Poetry (on a Canon Power Shot camera & given a Threshold filter).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers, while hosting the Poetry Aloud open mic 4/28/18 in Georgetown TX, read her poem “That Dress” from her book “Close Cover Before Striking”, then she read her poems “Sorry Flowers”, “on The California Streets”, and “Ways to Spend Your Money”, and then she sang her song “In Love I Abide” - all from her book “Chapter 38 v1”, then she read her poem “Only Voice He Could Hear” from the proof copy of the cc&d v284 23-year anniversary issue/book “Shining” to a live audience for National poetry Month (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers, while hosting the Poetry Aloud open mic 4/28/18 in Georgetown TX, read her poem “That Dress” from her book “Close Cover Before Striking”, then she read her poems “Sorry Flowers”, “on The California Streets”, and “Ways to Spend Your Money”, and then she sang her song “In Love I Abide” - all from her book “Chapter 38 v1”, then she read her poem “Only Voice He Could Hear” from the proof copy of the cc&d v284 23-year anniversary issue/book “Shining” to a live audience for National poetry Month (from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

On the Flip side
On the Flip side - in Welsh

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On Their Way

Watch the YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem at the open mike 6/9/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago (W/ by live piano music from Gary) Canon

Watch the YouTube video of Kuypers’ open mike 6/9/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago (w/ live piano from Gary), which includes this poem

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “On Their Way” and “Dreams 01/19/04 Two a.k.a. Dream One: Dog Stuck to my Face” on the release date of her v5 cc&d boss lady poetry collection book “On the Edge”, then her poem “White Knuckled” from her interview/journal/poetry book “In Depth” at “Recycled Reads” 8/18/18 in Austin (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “On Their Way” and “Dreams 01/19/04 Two a.k.a. Dream One: Dog Stuck to my Face” on the release date of her v5 cc&d boss lady poetry collection book “On the Edge”, then her poem “White Knuckled” from her interview/journal/poetry book “In Depth” at “Recycled Reads” 8/18/18 in Austin (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

On This Ride (a “two tweet” twitter-length poem)

See YouTube video read live 11/01/11, at the Café open mike she hosts in Chicago

See this YouTube video of Kuypers reading this and other new poems & poetry from 11/11 cc&d and Down in the Dirt magazines, the day they were released

See YouTube video on 4/30/17 of the later part of Janet Kuypers’ “Drop the Bomb” poems she read for the Austin’s 2017 Poetry Bomb, with You, Only Searching, Ugly Babies need the Most Love, Bimbo, Good Escape, Goth Girl Photographer, Koala Porn, Occupy, On a Downtown Chicago Light Pole, On This Ride, Marne Rifle Poem, No Thank You, He makes me Think about These Things, (and you could hold me), & From Words to Wars (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix camera).

See YouTube video on 4/30/17 of the later part of Janet Kuypers’ “Drop the Bomb” poems she read for the Austin’s 2017 Poetry Bomb, with You, Only Searching, Ugly Babies need the Most Love, Bimbo, Good Escape, Goth Girl Photographer, Koala Porn, Occupy, On a Downtown Chicago Light Pole, On This Ride, Marne Rifle Poem, No Thank You, He makes me Think about These Things, (and you could hold me), & From Words to Wars (Lumix video with an Edge Detection filter).

See Facebook live video on 4/30/17 of the first part of Janet Kuypers’ “Drop the Bomb” poem series she read for Austin’s 2017 Poetry Bomb, with the ending of Kick Someone Out, Lades and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls, Exhaling Toxic Fumes, Jumping from the Mausoleum, Just to be On the Safe Side, Nobody Finds Me, Bored the Night Before 9/11, energy, errors, rescue, This is Only a Test, You, Only Searching, Ugly Babies need the Most Love, Bimbo, Good Escape, Goth Girl Photographer, Koala Porn, Occupy, On a Downtown Chicago Light Pole, On This Ride, and Marne Rifle Poem (from a Samsung Galaxy S7 smart phone).

See YouTube video on 4/30/17 of the first part of Janet Kuypers’ “Drop the Bomb” poem series she read for Austin’s 2017 Poetry Bomb, with the ending of Kick Someone Out, Lades and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls, Exhaling Toxic Fumes, Jumping from the Mausoleum, Just to be On the Safe Side, Nobody Finds Me, Bored the Night Before 9/11, energy, errors, rescue, This is Only a Test, You, Only Searching, Ugly Babies need the Most Love, Bimbo, Good Escape, Goth Girl Photographer, Koala Porn, Occupy, On a Downtown Chicago Light Pole, On This Ride, and Marne Rifle Poem (facebook live video with a Threshold filter).

View or download the free PDF chapbook “Drop the Bomb” 4/30/17 of all of the short Janet Kuypers poems she read from her live 4/30/17 reading in Austin’s 2017 Poetry Bomb (plus one bonus poem).

See YouTube video from 4/30/17 of Janet Kuypers performing her “Drop the Bomb” poems for Austin’s 2017 Poetry Bomb, with control, earth, enjoy, unbounded, Just Thinking About It, Kick Someone Out, Lades and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls, Exhaling Toxic Fumes, Jumping from the Mausoleum, Just to be On the Safe Side, Nobody Finds Me, Bored the Night Before 9/11, energy, errors, rescue, This is Only a Test, You, Only Searching, Ugly Babies need the Most Love, Bimbo, Good Escape, Goth Girl Photographer, Koala Porn, Occupy, On a Downtown Chicago Light Pole, On This Ride, Marne Rifle Poem, No Thank You, He makes me Think about These Things, (and you could hold me), & From Words to Wars (this video was filmed from a Sony camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperspoetrybomb

on Witnessing the Icy Graveyard (twitter-length poem)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading the new poem on Witnessing the Icy Graveyard 1/20/14 at Waiting4the Bus at Jak’s Tap in Chicago (this video was filmed from a Canon camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading the new poem on Witnessing the Icy Graveyard 1/20/14 at Waiting4the Bus at Jak’s Tap, Chicago (Posterized video)

See YouTube video of Michael Lee Johnson reading two Janet Kuypers poems, on Witnessing the Icy Graveyard (read after he read eyes)

Once Again Regain our Humanity

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 a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Once Again Regain our Humanity”, “Zealots Intentions”, “Top of the Mountain”, “Emperor Assassinations and Partisan Politics”, “Knowing a Mastery of Poetry”, “Every Soul Celebrates”, from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)” for The Café Gallery 12/9/20 Book Reading in The Café Gallery 2020 book reading series (this video was filmed and streamed from a Samsung S9 camera). #janetkuypersthecafegallery

See a YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Once Again Regain our Humanity” (written 12/9, on and for the 1941 date the “Subsequent Nuremberg trials” begin with the “Doctors’ trial”, of physicians and officers involved in Nazi human experimentation and mass murder through euthanasia), “Zealots Intentions” (written 12/10, on and for the anniversary of the 1520 date Martin Luther burned his copy of the papal bull Exsurge Domine at Wittenberg’s Elster Gate), “Top of the Mountain” (for 12/11, International Mountain Day), “Emperor Assassinations and Partisan Politics” (written 12/11, on and for the anniversary of the 969 date Byzantine Emperor Nikephoros II Phokas is assassinated by his wife Theophano and her lover, the later Emperor John I Tzimiskes), “Knowing a Mastery of Poetry” (written 12/12, on and for the anniversary of the 1889 death of British Poet Robert Browning, b 7 May 1812), and “Every Soul Celebrates” (for 12/13, Saturnalia), from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)” for The Café Gallery 12/9/20 Book Reading in The Café Gallery 2020 book reading series (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #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

Once and Future Rights

Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “All Men Have Secrets” (plus showing her Dutch translation of the poem) and “the Martyr and the Saint” (plus showing her Dutch translation of the poem) from the v200 10/22 Down in the Dirt book “How to Become an Octopus” that also appears in the CyberWit.net Janet Kuypers poetry book “Shattering the Glass Ceiling”), then her Twitter Verse Periodic Table poem “Neon in the Air” from the v200 10/22 Down in the Dirt book “How to Become an Octopus” (that also appears in the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Twitter Verse Periodic Table Poetry”), plus her new poem “Once and Future Rights” during her “Poetic License 10/2/22 global open mic” she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (from a Samsung S9 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperswomensrights #janetkuypersshatteringtheglassceiling #janetkuypersequalityforwomen #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “All Men Have Secrets” (plus showing her Dutch translation of the poem) and “the Martyr and the Saint” (plus showing her Dutch translation of the poem) from the v200 10/22 Down in the Dirt book “How to Become an Octopus” that also appears in the CyberWit.net Janet Kuypers poetry book “Shattering the Glass Ceiling”), then her Twitter Verse Periodic Table poem “Neon in the Air” from the v200 10/22 Down in the Dirt book “How to Become an Octopus” (that also appears in the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Twitter Verse Periodic Table Poetry”), plus her new poem “Once and Future Rights” during her “Poetic License 10/2/22 global open mic” she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperswomensrights #janetkuypersequalityforwomen #janetkuypersshatteringtheglassceiling #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

Enjoy this YouTube video from 8/9/22 of Janet Kuypers during her “Poetry Open Mic at The Gallery Cabaret with feature Janet Kuypers” feature night in Chicago, where she read her poems “Elevating the Fetus Goes Against Religion” and “Once and Future Rights” from the v335 7/23 cc&d issue/book “Personal Archaeology” & the CyberWit 2023 Janet Kuypers book “Testament” (from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). Also enjoy this YouTube video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr. Also enjoy this YouTube video from a Samsung S9 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). Also enjoy this Facebook live video stream from a Samsung S9 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr), which was liked & loved on its “Fallen Angel Poetry” page, & liked on its Facebook page & its Instagram page as well as on its “Contemporary Poets, Their Works, Current Poetry Projects, News, Links”, “Poetic of Heart”, “Poetry Super Highway”, & “Poets of Merit & Expression”, “Poets On Fire Worldwide” pages.. #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperswomensrights #janetkuypersthecafegallery

Once Craned my Neck

See YouTube video live 5/5/19 of Janet Kuypers reading her 2019 poems “Once Craned my Neck"” & “Xboba Ancestors” at “Recycled Reads” in Austin (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video live 5/5/19 of Janet Kuypers reading her 2019 poems “Once Craned my Neck” & “Xboba Ancestors” at “Recycled Reads” in Austin (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Just one Day, Let a Girl Dream”, “Fiction Becomes Nonfiction”, “Xeryus Colognes, Aromas, and Scents”, “Once Craned my Neck”, and “Just Read a Book” from the April 2021 v308 issue of cc&d’s paperback book “The Garden of Eden” 4/7/21, during the usual time for Austin’s “Community Poetry” open mic (this video was filmed and streamed from a Samsung S9 camera). #janetkuyperspoetry   #janetkuypersbookreading

See a YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Just one Day, Let a Girl Dream”, “Fiction Becomes Nonfiction”, “Xeryus Colognes, Aromas, and Scents”, “Once Craned my Neck”, and “Just Read a Book” from the April 2021 v308 issue of cc&d’s paperback book “The Garden of Eden” 4/7/21, 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 this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Once Craned my Neck” from the cc&d 1-4 2021 issue collection book “What Lies on the Other Side”, then her poem “Uncontrollable Car (dreams 3/23/21)”, then her Twitter-length Periodic Table poem “Uranium: Permafrost Saves” at the end of the “Poetic License virtual open mic 6/6/21” 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 #janetkuyperspoeticlicense #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Once Craned my Neck” from the cc&d 1-4 2021 issue collection book “What Lies on the Other Side”, then her poem “Uncontrollable Car (dreams 3/23/21)”, then her Twitter-length Periodic Table poem “Uranium: Permafrost Saves” at the end of the “Poetic License virtual open mic 6/6/21” she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperspoeticlicense #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem

once i saw

See YouTube video of this poem performed live at the “Ruffled Feathers” open mike at Rewster’s Café in Chicago 5/14/12

See YouTube video of all of Kuypers’ performances (which includes this poem) at Chicago’s Ruffled Feathers open mike 5/14/12

Once They were Moved to This Foreign Land

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading some of her poem “Time, Time, Time, See What’s Become of Me” from her 2015 birthday celebration and from her 2014-2015 poetry performance art book “A Year-Long Journey”, then her poems, “Once They were Moved to This Foreign Land” (written on St. Patrick’s Day) and “Vanishing Psycho in the Rear Window” (written 3/12, on National Alfred Hitchcock Day), at “Poetry Aloud” 3/23/19 (Panasonic Lumix 2500).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading some of her poem “Time, Time, Time, See What’s Become of Me” from her 2015 birthday celebration and from her 2014-2015 poetry performance art book “A Year-Long Journey”, then her poems, “Once They were Moved to This Foreign Land” (written on St. Patrick’s Day) and “Vanishing Psycho in the Rear Window” (written 3/12, on National Alfred Hitchcock Day), at “Poetry Aloud” 3/23/19 (Panasonic Lumix T56).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Flooded War Memories” and “Once They were Moved to This Foreign Land” (2nd poem written 3/17 for Saint Patrick’s Day), then “Zeal was Unbridled”(written 3/18, the day Hitler signed the Nero Decree), all read from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”, during the “Poetic License open mic 3/1/20”, while hosting “Poetic License” monthly at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” (video from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera and posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Flooded War Memories” and “Once They were Moved to This Foreign Land” (2nd poem written 3/17 for Saint Patrick’s Day), then “Zeal was Unbridled”(written 3/18, the day Hitler signed the Nero Decree), all read from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”, during the “Poetic License open mic 3/1/20”, while hosting “Poetic License” monthly at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” (video from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera and posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr.

See YouTube video from 4/26/20 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “March Forth”, “Equality for Women”, “Vortexes Indenting our World”, “Once They were Moved to This Foreign Land”, and “Oppression on Every Front” from the v296 “Another Lifetime” section of the cc&d magazine February-April 2020 issue collection book “Aiming at Immortality” for the “2020 #poetrybomb” (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See Facebook streaming video live from 4/26/20 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “March Forth”, “Equality for Women”, “Vortexes Indenting our World”, “Once They were Moved to This Foreign Land”, and “Oppression on Every Front” from the v296 “Another Lifetime” section of the cc&d magazine February-April 2020 issue collection book “Aiming at Immortality” for the “2020 #poetrybomb” (Samsung S9 camera live film; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

Once Wanted You as my Friend

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Listen live to the 2nd Axing at the open mic Sing Your Life

See YouTube video (3:37) studio session “etc.” book reading for audio CD 08/14/07

See YouTube video Live at Creation Relation (reading poetry live outdoors in Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana & Illinois 05/10/09

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Once Wanted You as my Friend 10/6/15 at Quenchers open mic in Chicago (Cfs)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Once Wanted You as my Friend 10/6/15 at Quenchers open mic in Chicago Cps

See YouTube video (Cfs) of Janet Kuypers reading 5 poems: Once Wanted You as my Friend, Escaping Every Cage, and a Scars medley (based on parts of the prose poem Scars and the poems Scars 1997 and Scars 2000, then Too Far and Children, Churches and Daddies 10/6/15 at Quenchers open mic in Chicago

See YouTube video (Cps) of Janet Kuypers reading 5 poems: Once Wanted You as my Friend, Escaping Every Cage, and a Scars medley (based on parts of the prose poem Scars and the poems Scars 1997 and Scars 2000, then Too Far and Children, Churches and Daddies 10/6/15 at Quenchers open mic in Chicago

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “My Father, Shooting an Animal” and “What It Felt Like” and “Once Wanted You as my Friend” (read for the future Oeuvre audio CD release) at Austin’s Recycled Reads 7/15/17 (from a Panasonic Lumix camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “My Father, Shooting an Animal” and “What It Felt Like” and “Once Wanted You as my Friend” (read for the future Oeuvre audio CD release) at Austin’s Recycled Reads 7/15/17 (video filmed from a Sony camera).

Once You Found Fame

See a YouTube video of Janet Kuypers in her 15-minute podcast recording for WZRD 88.3 Chicago FM Radio, reading her poems from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)” — reflecting summer poetry within the book, including her poems “Opportunity from Freedom” (written 8/11, the 1833 birthday of Robert G. Ingersoll), “Following in the Footsteps of Genius” (written 8/13, International Left Handers Day), “Once You Found Fame” (written 8/15, the 1914 date a servant of American architect Frank Lloyd Wright murders seven people and sets fire to the living quarters of Wright’s Wisconsin home, Taliesin), “foretell” (written 8/18, the 1783 day the great meteor over Great Britain/British Isles; an unknown object that split into several pieces), “Just Who May Try to Stop Us” (written 8/20, on National Aviation Day), “Just to Craft” (written 8/21, on National Poets Day), “Keep Looking Happy” (written 8/26, the the 1920 day the U.S. 19th Amendment was certified, given women the right to vote), and “Eleven and Two, plus Eight” (for 8/24, Pluto Demoted Day), recorded 8/9/20 for future WZRD Radio airplay via the mp3 podcast (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers in her 15-minute podcast recording for WZRD 88.3 Chicago FM Radio, reading her poems from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)” — reflecting August event poetry within the book, including her poems “Opportunity from Freedom”, “Following in the Footsteps of Genius”, “Once You Found Fame”, “foretell”, “Just Who May Try to Stop Us”, “Just to Craft”, “Keep Looking Happy”, and “Eleven and Two, plus Eight”, recorded 8/3/20 for future WZRD Radio airplay (Samsung S9 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Following in the Footsteps of Genius” (written 8/13, International Left Handers Day), “Once You Found Fame” (written 8/15, the 1914 date a servant of American architect Frank Lloyd Wright murders seven people and sets fire to the living quarters of Wright’s Wisconsin home, Taliesin), and “Value of What Money Does” (written 8/24, the 1967 date when, led by Abbie Hoffman, the Youth International Party disrupted New York Stock Exchange by throwing dollar bills on the trading floor) from the Down in the Dirt August 2020 book “Drowning in the Darkness” during the “Poetic License open mic 8/2/20 home edition” 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, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Following in the Footsteps of Genius”, “Once You Found Fame”, and “Value of What Money Does” from the Down in the Dirt August 2020 book “Drowning in the Darkness” during the “Poetic License open mic 8/2/20 home edition” she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (video filmed from a Samsung S9 camera). #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

See a YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Following in the Footsteps of Genius”, “Once You Found Fame”, “Value of What Money Does”, “Everyone is to Blame”, “Voyager”, “Use Your Mind”, “Exploited Color in Books”, “foretell” from the v174 “Drowning in the Darkness” section of the Down in the Dirt 5-8 2020 collection book “Outside the Box” live 8/25/20 for The Café Gallery 8/25/20 Book Reading in The Café Gallery 2020 book reading series (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Following in the Footsteps of Genius”, “Once You Found Fame”, “Value of What Money Does”, “Everyone is to Blame”, “Voyager”, “Use Your Mind”, “Exploited Color in Books”, “foretell” from the v174 “Drowning in the Darkness section of the Down in the Dirt 5-8 2020 collection book “Outside the Box” live 8/25/20 for The Café Gallery 8/25/20 Book Reading in The Café Gallery 2020 book reading series (streamed from a Samsung S9 camera).

Once Your Brain Begins to Thaw

Once You’ve Made Up Your Mind

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her new poems “Once You’ve Made Up Your Mind” and “Oppression: the Ultimate Killer” to close her “Poetic License 11/6/22 global open mic” she close through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperswomensrights #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersequalityforwomen #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her new poems “Once You’ve Made Up Your Mind” and “Oppression: the Ultimate Killer” to close her “Poetic License 11/6/22 global open mic” she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (this video was filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperswomensrights #janetkuypersequalityforwomen #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

Enjoy this YouTube video live 3/23/22 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Flags at Half-Mast”, “Only Pose What I Know”, “Your Government’s Keeping Tabs”, “Elevating the Fetus Goes Against Religion”, “Once You’ve Made Up Your Mind”, “Overturning Against All”, “Oppression: the Ultimate Killer”, “X-ing out lives”, and “Evidence as Testament” (that were edited for this live performance) from her show “Fighting for Justice” live for Wednesday Night Poetry at Kollective Coffee+Tea in Hot Springs, AR (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). This YouTube video of the show was filmed from a Samsung S7 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr. This YouTube video of the show was filmed from a Samsung S9 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr. This Facebook live video stream was also released live during the show, filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersfeature #janetkuyperswomensrights #janetkuypersequalityforwomen

one and six

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her 3 never before read poems One and Six, just to be on the safe side and Trust 5/8/16 at the Austin open mic Kick Butt Poetry (from a Sony camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her 3 never before read poems One and Six, just to be on the safe side and Trust 45/8/16 at the Austin open mic Kick Butt Poetry (from a Canon Power Shot camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ June 2017 Book Release Reading 6/7/17, where she read Down in the Dirt’s book “Study in Black” poems “One and Six” “feel”, “eventually” and “Translation”, then cc&d’s book “Things Found in Books” poems “Oxygen to Flame the Fire”, “Fuming in the Morning” & “Vanishing Scars” for “Community Poetry” @ Austin’s Half Price Books (video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ June 2017 Book Release Reading 6/7/17, where she read Down in the Dirt’s book “Study in Black” poems “One and Six” “feel”, “eventually” and “Translation”, then cc&d’s book “Things Found in Books” poems “Oxygen to Flame the Fire”, “Fuming in the Morning” & “Vanishing Scars” for “Community Poetry” @ Austin’s Half Price Books (video from a Sony camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “eating slices of white bread”, “QLG 647” and “Escaping rapeugees” 8/6/17 at “Recycled Reads” open mic, at a book store affiliated with the Austin Public Library (this video was filmed from a Sony camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “eating slices of white bread”, “One and Six” and “Escaping rapeugees” 8/6/17 at “Recycled Reads” open mic, at a book store affiliated with the Austin Public Library (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix camera).

one by one, the beech trees fell
This poem was nominated in the Partial Nudity 2014 release for the (40 year) Pushcart Prize

See YouTube video (1:17) live 05/17/11 at the Café in Chicago

See YouTube video from the intro to the 05/17/11 open mic at the Café in Chicago, and her poems End of an Empire, Escape my Brain Somehow, Elephants Carry the World, one by one, the beech trees fell, Before it Occurred to Me, & her short story Stalker

See YouTube video of two mini-features at the 05/17/11 open mic at the Café in Chicago, 1st of her poems End of an Empire, Escape my Brain Somehow, Elephants Carry the World, one by one, the beech trees fell, Before it Occurred to Me, then of her short story Stalker (this was posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers

See the YouTube video Live at My Soul in the Trunk of my Car at Trunk Fest (part 2), in an outdoor Evanston IL feature 05/28/11

See YouTube video of the Janet Kuypers poetry feature “My Soul in the Trunk of my Car (part 2)” at Trunk Fest, live 5/28/11, where she performed her poems “the Burning”, “Death Takes Many Forms”, “Keep Them Apart”, “one by one, the beech trees fell”, her short prose “Driving By His House”, and her poems “Keep Driving”, “Fantastic Car Crash”, and “I’m Not Sick, But I’m Not Well” (this was posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetryshow.

Download the chapbook with this writing in My Soul in the Trunk of my Car (part 2)

See YouTube video read live 11/01/11, at the Café open mike she hosts in Chicago

See this YouTube video of Kuypers reading this and other new poems & poetry from 11/11 cc&d and Down in the Dirt magazines, the day they were released

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems one by one, the beech trees fell, Vegetarian Stands by the Meat Sale, and My Future Job Options 1/31/16 at the Austin music open mic Kick Butt Poetry (Cps).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems one by one, the beech trees fell, Vegetarian Stands by the Meat Sale, and My Future Job Options 1/31/16 at the Austin music open mic Kick Butt Poetry (Nikon).

See YouTube video from 5/27/16 (Cps) of Janet Kuypers reading her 3 poems David, Drinking Coffee and So, and then John came on stage and read her poem one by one, the beech trees fell as well as a cc&d poem at Georgetown’s Poetry Plus open mic.

See YouTube video from 5/27/16 (Sony) of Janet Kuypers reading her 3 poems David, Drinking Coffee and So, and then John came on stage and read her poem one by one, the beech trees fell as well as a cc&d poem at Georgetown’s Poetry Plus open mic.

See YouTube video from 4/15/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Ernesto”, “You Are a Force” and “One by One the Beech Trees Fell” at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” (Sony camera).

See YouTube video from 4/15/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Ernesto”, “You Are a Force” and “One by One the Beech Trees Fell” at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” (Sony; Edge Detect).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “One By one, the Beech Trees Fell” and “Human Construct of Time” from the v5 cc&d boss lady poetry collection book “On the Edge”, “The Moon” and “The State of the Nation” from her poetry performance art collection book “Chapter 48 (v1)”, “yearning to break free” from her poetry performance art collection book “Chapter 48 (v2)”, and “On a High Horse Like This” from her interview/journal/poetry book “In Depth”, all read to “all fall down” Hotel Music from the HA!Man of South Africa, live at the final “Fort to Famous” open mic 10/22/18 @ Austin’s The Buzz Mill (this video was recorded from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “One By one, the Beech Trees Fell” and “Human Construct of Time” from the v5 cc&d boss lady poetry collection book “On the Edge”, “The Moon” and “The State of the Nation” from her poetry performance art collection book “Chapter 48 (v1)”, “yearning to break free” from her poetry performance art collection book “Chapter 48 (v2)”, and “On a High Horse Like This” from her interview/journal/poetry book “In Depth”, all read to “all fall down” Hotel Music from the HA!Man of South Africa, live at the final “Fort to Famous” open mic 10/22/18 @ Austin’s The Buzz Mill (this video was recorded from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed” (written on and for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day), “Last Before Extinction” (for Endangered Species Day), and “One by One, the Beech Trees Fell” (for D-Day), all from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”, 7/28/19 at Austin’s “Spoken and Heard” (video from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed” (written on and for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day), “Last Before Extinction” (for Endangered Species Day), and “One by One, the Beech Trees Fell” (for D-Day), all from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”, 7/28/19 at Austin’s “Spoken and Heard” (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; Sepia Tone).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed” (written on and for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day), “Last Before Extinction” (for Endangered Species Day), and “One by One, the Beech Trees Fell” (for D-Day), all from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”, 7/28/19 at Austin’s “Spoken and Heard” (from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed” (written on and for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day), “Last Before Extinction” (for Endangered Species Day), and “One by One, the Beech Trees Fell” (for D-Day), all from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”, 7/28/19 at Austin’s “Spoken and Heard” (video Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; Sepia Tone).

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “One by One, the Beech Trees Fell”, then singing her poem/song “Made Any Difference” from the cyberwit.net 137-page 5½" x 8½" Janet Kuypers poetry book “Eternal Never Ending Now” for “The Café Gallery 4/14/21 Book Reading” in The Café Gallery Book Reading series 2020+ (this video was filmed and streamed from a Samsung S9 camera). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersmusic #janetkuyperssinging #janetkuypersthecafegallery

See this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “One by One, the Beech Trees Fell”, then singing her poem/song “Made Any Difference from the cyberwit.net 137-page 5½" x 8½" Janet Kuypers poetry book “Eternal Never Ending Now” for “The Café Gallery 4/14/21 Book Reading” in The Café Gallery Book Reading series 2020+ (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersmusic #janetkuyperssinging #janetkuypersthecafegallery #janetkuypersinstagram

One hundred-fifty years. What did we learn.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Just Made the Choice” and “One hundred-fifty years. What did we learn.” from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)” live 9/24/20 during the Virtual Austin Poetry Society New World Poetry open mic (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Just Made the Choice” and “One hundred-fifty years. What did we learn.” from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)” live 9/24/20 during the Virtual Austin Poetry Society New World Poetry open mic (Samsung S9 camera).

See a YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Vampires and Blood-Sucking Mosquitos Alike” from the cc&d 10/20 v302 book “Wildflowers” and her poems “Noble Cause” and “One hundred-fifty years. What did we learn.” from the Down in the Dirt 10/20 v176 book “The End of the World” live 10/7/20 during the prepandemic times for “Community Poetry” (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Vampires and Blood-Sucking Mosquitos Alike” from the cc&d 10/20 v302 book “Wildflowers” and her poems “Noble Cause” and “One hundred-fifty years. What did we learn.” from the Down in the Dirt 10/20 v176 book “The End of the World” live 10/7/20 during the prepandemic times for “Community Poetry” (streamed w/ a Samsung S9 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Valkyrie attempts”, “Kill with Impunity”, “No Bother”, “Noble Cause”, and “One hundred-fifty years. What did we learn.” from the v176 book “The End of the World” installment of the Down in the Dirt issue collection book “Late Frost” 1/6/21, during the usual time for Austin’s “Community Poetry” open mic (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera, and posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers   #janetkuyperspoetry   #janetkuypersbookreading

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Valkyrie attempts”, “Kill with Impunity”, “No Bother”, “Noble Cause”, and “One hundred-fifty years. What did we learn.” from the v176 book “The End of the World” installment of the Down in the Dirt issue collection book “Late Frost” 1/6/21, 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

One hundred-fifty years. What did we learn. (The Universe is in your Hands edit)

One Lonesome Whale

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her new poem “One Lonesome Whale”, then her poems “Fantastic Car Crash” and “Everything Was Alive And Dying (12/8/19 studio TV show recording)”, originally from her Scars Publications bonus cc&d chapbook “Public Access Poetry” but appearing in and read 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 (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her new poem “One Lonesome Whale”, then her poems “Fantastic Car Crash” and “Everything Was Alive And Dying (12/8/19 studio TV show recording)”, originally from her Scars Publications bonus cc&d chapbook “Public Access Poetry” but appearing in and read 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/ Hue Cycling; on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her 2020 Animal Tales poems “Española Lore”, “One Lonesome Whale”, and “Until I Choose Life” during the “Poetic License open mic 2/2/20”, while hosting “Poetic License” monthly at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; also posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her 2020 Animal Tales poems “Española Lore”, “One Lonesome Whale”, and “Until I Choose Life” during the “Poetic License open mic 2/2/20”, while hosting “Poetic License” monthly at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” (from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; also posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr).

See this YouTube video from 5/8/21 of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “One Lonesome Whale” during the Tablerock Poetry Festival 2021 at Tablerock of Salado, TX (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera, & posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoem #janetkuypersveglife

See this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “One Lonesome Whale” during the Tablerock Poetry Festival 2021 at Tablerock of Salado, TX 5/8/21 (this video was filmed and streamed from a Samsung S9 camera). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoem #janetkuypersveglife

See this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her animal-themed poems “One Lonesome Whale”, “Española Lore”, and “Until I Choose Life” from the v186 8/21 Down in the Dirt book “Three Things” during the “Poetic License virtual open mic 8/1/21” she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

See this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her animal-themed poems “One Lonesome Whale”, “Española Lore”, and “Until I Choose Life” from the v186 8/21 Down in the Dirt book “Three Things” during the “Poetic License virtual open mic 8/1/21” 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

Enjoy this YouTube of Janet Kuypers reading her animal-themed poems “One Lonesome Whale”, “Española Lore”, and “Until I Choose Life” from the v186 8/21 Down in the Dirt book “Three Things” during the “Poetic License virtual open mic 8/1/21” she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (this video was filmed with a Samsung S9 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 animal-themed poems “One Lonesome Whale”, “Española Lore”, and “Until I Choose Life” from the v186 8/21 Down in the Dirt book “Three Things” during the “Poetic License virtual open mic 8/1/21” she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Viruses: Entirely Human After All”, “Our Society, Glossed Over”, “One Lonesome Whale”, “Española Lore”, “Until I Choose Life”, and “Knowing that Instant” from the Down in the Dirt magazine 5-8/21 issue collection book “Lockdown’s Over” 12/1/21 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 & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera with a bubble filter). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Viruses: Entirely Human After All”, “Our Society, Glossed Over”, “One Lonesome Whale”, “Española Lore”, “Until I Choose Life”, and “Knowing that Instant” from the Down in the Dirt magazine 5-8/21 issue collection book “Lockdown’s Over” 12/1/21 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; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

One Day in a City Like This

One May Day: Germany

One May Day: Luxembourg

One May Day: Paris

One May Day: Switzerland

one oh one destruction instructions: a man calls a woman

See YouTube video of a reading by Janet Kuypers of her poem one oh one destruction instructions: a man calls a woman live 2/18/15 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (Canon FS200)

See YouTube video of a reading by Janet Kuypers of her poem one oh one destruction instructions: a man calls a woman live 2/18/15 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (Canon FS200 posterized)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem one oh one destruction instructions: a man calls a woman live 2/27/15 in her Chicago Destruction Instructions show (this video was filmed from a Canon fs200 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoem

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem one oh one destruction instructions: a man calls a woman live 2/27/15 in her Chicago Destruction Instructions show (this video was filmed from a Canon Power Shot camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoem

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ November 2018 Book Release Reading 11/7/18, where she read her “Destruction Instructions” poems “one oh one destruction instructions: a Man calls a Woman”, “one oh two destruction instructions: Self-Destructive”, “one oh three destruction instructions: Run Faster”, “one twenty-fifteen destruction instructions: on Destroying a Relationship”, and “one twenty-fifteen destruction instructions: Use Drones to Kill”, all from the Janet Kuypers 2014-2015 Chicago poetry performance art book “a year long Journey”, during Community Poetry at Half Price Books (from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ November 2018 Book Release Reading 11/7/18, where she read her “Destruction Instructions” poems “one oh one destruction instructions: a Man calls a Woman”, “one oh two destruction instructions: Self-Destructive”, “one oh three destruction instructions: Run Faster”, “one twenty-fifteen destruction instructions: on Destroying a Relationship”, and “one twenty-fifteen destruction instructions: Use Drones to Kill”, all from the Janet Kuypers 2014-2015 Chicago poetry performance art book “a year long Journey”, during Community Poetry at Half Price Books (from a Panasonic Lumix T56; Posterize).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her Periodic Table poems “Polonium” from her 1/30/13 Poetry Saloon at Noon poetry feature and read from her v5 cc&d poetry anthology “On the Edge”, then her poem “One oh One Destruction Instructions: a Man Calls a Woman” originally from her poetry feature “Destruction Instructions” and read from her poetry performance art collection book “A Year-Long Journey”, and “Xylograph: My Story Must be Free” live 2/16/19 at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” (video from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her Periodic Table poems “Polonium” from her 1/30/13 Poetry Saloon at Noon poetry feature, and read from her v5 cc&d poetry anthology “On the Edge”, then her poem “One oh One Destruction Instructions: a Man Calls a Woman” originally from her poetry feature “Destruction Instructions” and read from her poetry performance art collection book “A Year-Long Journey”, and “Xylograph: My Story Must be Free” live 2/16/19 at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” (video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

one oh two destruction instructions: self-destructive

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “one oh two destruction instructions: self-destructive”live 2/27/15 in her Chicago “Destruction Instructions” show (this video was filmed from a Canon fs200 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoem

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “one oh two destruction instructions: self-destructive” live 2/27/15 in her Chicago “Destruction Instructions” show (this video was filmed from a Canon Power Shot camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoem

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ November 2018 Book Release Reading 11/7/18, where she read her “Destruction Instructions” poems “one oh one destruction instructions: a Man calls a Woman”, “one oh two destruction instructions: Self-Destructive”, “one oh three destruction instructions: Run Faster”, “one twenty-fifteen destruction instructions: on Destroying a Relationship”, and “one twenty-fifteen destruction instructions: Use Drones to Kill”, all from the Janet Kuypers 2014-2015 Chicago poetry performance art book “a year long Journey”, during Community Poetry at Half Price Books (from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ November 2018 Book Release Reading 11/7/18, where she read her “Destruction Instructions” poems “one oh one destruction instructions: a Man calls a Woman”, “one oh two destruction instructions: Self-Destructive”, “one oh three destruction instructions: Run Faster”, “one twenty-fifteen destruction instructions: on Destroying a Relationship”, and “one twenty-fifteen destruction instructions: Use Drones to Kill”, all from the Janet Kuypers 2014-2015 Chicago poetry performance art book “a year long Journey”, during Community Poetry at Half Price Books (from a Panasonic Lumix T56; Posterize).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her Periodic Table poems “Molybdenum” from her 4/18/13 “In Homage” poetry feature and read from her v5 cc&d poetry anthology “On the Edge”, then her poem “One oh One Destruction Instructions: Self-Destructive” originally from her poetry feature “Destruction Instructions” and read from her poetry performance art collection book “A Year-Long Journey”, and “Opens the Way” live 2/16/19 at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her Periodic Table poems “Molybdenum” from her 4/18/13 “In Homage” poetry feature and read from her v5 cc&d poetry book “On the Edge”, then her poem “One oh One Destruction Instructions: Self-Destructive” originally from her poetry feature “Destruction Instructions” and read from her poetry performance art collection book “A Year-Long Journey”, and “Opens the Way” live 2/16/19 at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her v210 8/23 Down in the Dirt issue/book “At the Zoo” poems “one oh two destruction instructions: self-destructive”, “Eugene’s limit”, and “Full Stop” during her “Poetic License 8/6/23 global open mic” she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). Also enjoy this as a Facebook live video stream filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr. #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

one oh three destruction instructions: run faster

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “one oh three destruction instructions: run faster” live 2/27/15 in her Chicago “Destruction Instructions” show (this video was filmed from a Canon fs200 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoem

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “one oh three destruction instructions: run faster” live 2/27/15 in her Chicago “Destruction Instructions” show (this video was filmed from a Canon Power Shot camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoem

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem one oh three destruction instructions: run faster at the Wormwood Poetry Collective in Chicago 3/10/15 (Canon Power Shot; all of this night venue’s reading videos is on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoem #janetkuyperspoetry

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem one oh three destruction instructions: run faster at the Wormwood Poetry Collective in Chicago 3/10/15 (Canon fs200)

See YouTube video 7/3/16 of Janet Kuypers reading her 3 poems I’m not Sick, but I’m not Well, One oh Three Destruction Instructions: Run Faster and Oh, She Was a Woman at the Austin open mic Kick Butt Poetry (filmed from a Canon Power Shot camera).

See YouTube video 7/3/16 of Janet Kuypers reading her 3 poems I’m not Sick, but I’m not Well, One oh Three Destruction Instructions: Run Faster and Oh, She Was a Woman at the Austin open mic Kick Butt Poetry (this video was filmed from a Sony camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ November 2018 Book Release Reading 11/7/18, where she read her “Destruction Instructions” poems “one oh one destruction instructions: a Man calls a Woman”, “one oh two destruction instructions: Self-Destructive”, “one oh three destruction instructions: Run Faster”, “one twenty-fifteen destruction instructions: on Destroying a Relationship”, and “one twenty-fifteen destruction instructions: Use Drones to Kill”, all from the Janet Kuypers 2014-2015 Chicago poetry performance art book “a year long Journey”, during Community Poetry at Half Price Books (from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ November 2018 Book Release Reading 11/7/18, where she read her “Destruction Instructions” poems “one oh one destruction instructions: a Man calls a Woman”, “one oh two destruction instructions: Self-Destructive”, “one oh three destruction instructions: Run Faster”, “one twenty-fifteen destruction instructions: on Destroying a Relationship”, and “one twenty-fifteen destruction instructions: Use Drones to Kill”, all from the Janet Kuypers 2014-2015 Chicago poetry performance art book “a year long Journey”, during Community Poetry at Half Price Books (from a Panasonic Lumix T56; Posterize).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her Periodic Table poems “Boron from the Big Bang” from her 5/10/13 Science vs. Mysticism poetry feature and read from her v5 cc&d poetry anthology “On the Edge”, then her poem “One oh Three Destruction Instructions: Run Faster” originally from her poetry feature “Destruction Instructions” and read from her poetry performance art collection book “A Year-Long Journey”, and her 2019 poem “Ominous Day” live 2/16/19 at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her Periodic Table poems “Boron from the Big Bang” from her 5/10/13 Science vs. Mysticism poetry feature and read from her v5 cc&d poetry anthology “On the Edge”, then her poem “One oh Three Destruction Instructions: Run Faster” originally from her poetry feature “Destruction Instructions” and read from her poetry performance art collection book “A Year-Long Journey”, and her 2019 poem “Ominous Day” live 2/16/19 at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

One of the Carts

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem One of the Carts in cc&d magazine live 5/22/13 in Chicago at her the Café Gallery poetry open mic (S)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem One of the Carts in cc&d magazine live 5/22/13 in Chicago at her the Café Gallery poetry open mic (C)

See YouTube video of Kuypers hosting the open mic 5/22/13 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago, including this poem

One Spring (Seven Countries in Seven Days)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “One Spring (Seven Countries in Seven Days)” 11/6/16 at “Recycled Reads” open mic, at a book store affiliated with the Austin Public Library (video filmed from a Sony camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “One Spring (Seven Countries in Seven Days)” 11/6/16 at “Recycled Reads” open mic, at a book store affiliated with the Austin Public Library (from a Canon Power Shot camera).

See YouTube video 11/27/16 of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “One Spring (Seven Countries in Seven Days)” at the Austin open mic Kick Butt Poetry: Spoken and Heard (this video was filmed from a Canon Power Shot camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See YouTube video 11/27/16 of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “One Spring (Seven Countries in Seven Days)” at the Austin open mic Kick Butt Poetry: Spoken and Heard (this video was filmed from a Sony camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ October 2017 Book Release Reading 10/4/17 from her book “(pheromemes) 2015-2017 poems”, reading long poems, first with “One Spring”, and ending with “Understanding What’s Crazy” in “Community Poetry @ Half Price Books” (filmed from a Lumix camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersfeature

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ October 2017 Book Release Reading 10/4/17 from her book “(pheromemes) 2015-2017 poems”, reading long poems, first with “One Spring”, and ending with “Understanding What’s Crazy” in “Community Poetry @ Half Price Books” (filmed from a Sony camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersfeature

One Spring: Austria

One Spring: Italy

One Summer

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See YouTube video 8/28/16 of Janet Kuypers reading her 3 poems “Step”, “One Summer” and “John” at the Austin open mic Kick Butt Poetry (video filmed from a Canon Power Shot).

See YouTube video 8/28/16 of Janet Kuypers reading her 3 poems “Step”, “One Summer” and “John” at the Austin open mic Kick Butt Poetry (video filmed from a Sony camera).

One Summer: Arizona

One Summer: California

One Summer: New Hampshire

One Summer Traveled

See YouTube video of Bill Yarrow reading the Janet Kuypers poem “One Summer Traveled” live 11/6/13 in Chicago at her the Café Gallery poetry open mic (Canon).

See YouTube video live 10/21/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Eat Me Alive”, “Anderson” and “One Summer Traveled” from her book “Give Me The News” at “Recycled Reads” open mic, at a bookstore affiliated with the Austin Public Library (Panasonic Lumix camera).

See YouTube video live 10/21/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Eat Me Alive”, “Anderson” and “One Summer Traveled” from her book “Give Me The News” at “Recycled Reads” open mic, at a bookstore affiliated with the Austin Public Library (Lumix camera; Sepia Tone filter).

See YouTube video live 10/21/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Eat Me Alive”, “Anderson” and “One Summer Traveled” from her book “Give Me The News” at “Recycled Reads” open mic, at a bookstore affiliated with the Austin Public Library (Lumix camera; Threshold filter).

See YouTube video live 10/21/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Eat Me Alive”, “Anderson” and “One Summer Traveled” from her book “Give Me The News” at “Recycled Reads” open mic, at a bookstore affiliated with the Austin Public Library (Lumix camera; Edge Detection).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Grandmother Charged with Murder” and “One Summer Traveled” on the release date of her v5 cc&d boss lady poetry collection book “On the Edge”, then her poem “(Less Than) Two Minutes with Ayn Rand” from her interview/journal/poetry book “In Depth” at “Recycled Reads” 8/18/18 in Austin (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Grandmother Charged with Murder” and “One Summer Traveled” on the release date of her v5 cc&d boss lady poetry collection book “On the Edge”, then her poem “(Less Than) Two Minutes with Ayn Rand” from her interview/journal/poetry book “In Depth” at “Recycled Reads” 8/18/18 in Austin (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Burn it In (reading the end edit)”, “Too Far (2020 edit)”, “The Truth is Out There”, “Walking Home from School”, “Eyes are Blurred to the Battlefield”, and “One Summer Traveled” from the from the cyberwit.net 2021 Janet Kuypers poetry book “Eternal Never Ending Now” 3/3/21, during the usual 1:00-3:00 PM CST time for Austin’s “Community Poetry” open mic (video filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera).   #janetkuypers   #janetkuyperspoetry   #janetkuypersbookreading

one, two, three strikes you’re out

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem One, Two, Three Strikes You’re Out (in the chapbook “Bases Loaded”) 4#26/15 (C) at Chicago’s 2015 Poetry Bomb (at Wrigley Field) filmed with a Canon Power Shot

See this YouTube video 4/26/15 of the Janet Kuypers show “Bases Loaded” poetry at Wrigley Field for the 2015 Poetry Bomb in Chicago, of poems relating to baseball, including her poems “Entire Town’s Baseball Team”, “New to Chicago (2015 baseball edition)”, “Even Got to First Base”, “One, Two, Three Strikes You’re Out”, “Somebody’s Scoring Somewhere”, “Bases Loaded”, and “Young Dreams from a Potential Legend” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Power Shot camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetryshow

Download this poem and many baseball-themed poems in the free PDF-file chapbook “Bases Loaded” of all of the poems read on 4#26/15 for the 2015 Poetry Bomb in Chicago, live outside in front of the iconic Wrigley Field

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her “Bases Loaded” poems “Entire Town’s Baseball Team”, “Even Got to First Base”, and “One, Two, Three Strikes You’re Out”, all read from her 2014-2015 Chicago poetry performance art book “a year long Journey” at “Recycled Reads” open mic 11/4/18 (video filmed live from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her “Bases Loaded” poems “Entire Town’s Baseball Team”, “Even Got to First Base”, and “One, Two, Three Strikes You’re Out”, all read from her 2014-2015 Chicago poetry performance art book “a year long Journey” at “Recycled Reads” open mic 11/4/18 (video filmed live from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

one twenty fifteen destruction instructions: on destroying a relationship

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem one twenty fifteen destruction instructions: on destroying a relationship live 2/27/15 in her Chicago Destruction Instructions show (Canon fs200)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem one twenty fifteen destruction instructions: on destroying a relationship live 2/27/15 in her Chicago Destruction Instructions show (Canon PS)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ November 2018 Book Release Reading 11/7/18, where she read her “Destruction Instructions” poems “one oh one destruction instructions: a Man calls a Woman”, “one oh two destruction instructions: Self-Destructive”, “one oh three destruction instructions: Run Faster”, “one twenty-fifteen destruction instructions: on Destroying a Relationship”, and “one twenty-fifteen destruction instructions: Use Drones to Kill”, all from the Janet Kuypers 2014-2015 Chicago poetry performance art book “a year long Journey”, during Community Poetry at Half Price Books (from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ November 2018 Book Release Reading 11/7/18, where she read her “Destruction Instructions” poems “one oh one destruction instructions: a Man calls a Woman”, “one oh two destruction instructions: Self-Destructive”, “one oh three destruction instructions: Run Faster”, “one twenty-fifteen destruction instructions: on Destroying a Relationship”, and “one twenty-fifteen destruction instructions: Use Drones to Kill”, all from the Janet Kuypers 2014-2015 Chicago poetry performance art book “a year long Journey”, during Community Poetry at Half Price Books (from a Panasonic Lumix T56; Posterize).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her Periodic Table poems “Neodymium” from her 5/18/13 Nashville Tag Team poetry feature and read from her v5 cc&d poetry anthology “On the Edge”, then her poem “One Twenty Fifteen Destruction Instructions: on Destroying a Relationship” originally from her poetry feature “Destruction Instructions” and read from her poetry performance art collection book “A Year-Long Journey”, and her 2019 poem “Quilled for Poets” live 2/16/19 at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her Periodic Table poems “Neodymium” from her 5/18/13 Nashville Tag Team poetry feature and read from her v5 cc&d poetry anthology “On the Edge”, then her poem “One Twenty Fifteen Destruction Instructions: on Destroying a Relationship” originally from her poetry feature “Destruction Instructions” and read from her poetry performance art collection book “A Year-Long Journey”, and her 2019 poem “Quilled for Poets” live 2/16/19 at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

one twenty fifteen destruction instructions: use drones to kill

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem one twenty fifteen destruction instructions: use drones to kill live 2/27/15 in her Chicago Destruction Instructions show (Canon fs200)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem one twenty fifteen destruction instructions: use drones to kill live 2/27/15 in her Chicago Destruction Instructions show (Canon Power Shot)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ November 2018 Book Release Reading 11/7/18, where she read her “Destruction Instructions” poems “one oh one destruction instructions: a Man calls a Woman”, “one oh two destruction instructions: Self-Destructive”, “one oh three destruction instructions: Run Faster”, “one twenty-fifteen destruction instructions: on Destroying a Relationship”, and “one twenty-fifteen destruction instructions: Use Drones to Kill”, all from the Janet Kuypers 2014-2015 Chicago poetry performance art book “a year long Journey”, during Community Poetry at Half Price Books (from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ November 2018 Book Release Reading 11/7/18, where she read her “Destruction Instructions” poems “one oh one destruction instructions: a Man calls a Woman”, “one oh two destruction instructions: Self-Destructive”, “one oh three destruction instructions: Run Faster”, “one twenty-fifteen destruction instructions: on Destroying a Relationship”, and “one twenty-fifteen destruction instructions: Use Drones to Kill”, all from the Janet Kuypers 2014-2015 Chicago poetry performance art book “a year long Journey”, during Community Poetry at Half Price Books (from a Panasonic Lumix T56; Posterize).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her prose poem “Scars” originally appearing in the cc&d issues v002 and the v243 anniversary issue, which granted it’s appearance in the cc&d v249.8 anniversary book “Sea Drift” that was then highlighted in her v5 cc&d poetry anthology “On the Edge” that she read it from, then her poem “One Twenty Fifteen Destruction Instructions: Use Drones to Kill” originally from her poetry feature “Destruction Instructions” and read from her poetry performance art collection book “A Year-Long Journey”, and her 2019 poem “Old Stomping Grounds” 2/16/19 at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” 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

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her prose poem “Scars” originally appearing in the cc&d issues v002 and the v243 anniversary issue, which granted it’s appearance in the cc&d v249.8 anniversary book “Sea Drift” that was then highlighted in her v5 cc&d poetry anthology “On the Edge” that she read it from, then her poem “One Twenty Fifteen Destruction Instructions: Use Drones to Kill” originally from her poetry feature “Destruction Instructions” and read from her poetry performance art collection book “A Year-Long Journey”, and her 2019 poem “Old Stomping Grounds” 2/16/19 at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” poetry open mic (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

One Weekend: the Netherlands

One who Has Too Much

See YouTube video 1/22/16 of Janet Kuypers reading her 2 new poems One who Has Too Much & or my happiness, or my life, and Holding Hands (from her book Let me see you Stripped) at the Round Rock Poetry Plus open mic at Cianfrani’s (this video was filmed from a Canon Power Shot camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See YouTube video 1/22/16 of Janet Kuypers reading her 2 new poems One who Has Too Much & or my happiness, or my life, and Holding Hands (from her book Let me see you Stripped) at the Round Rock Poetry Plus open mic at Cianfrani’s (this video was filmed from a Nikon Cool Pix S7000 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See YouTube video 7/17/16 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems White Knuckled from her book Rape, Sexism, Life & Death, One who Has Too Much from the cc&d July/August 2017 issue v264 book Being Real, and The Dream at the Austin open mic Kick Butt Poetry (w/ a Canon Power Shot).

See YouTube video 7/17/16 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems White Knuckled from her book Rape, Sexism, Life & Death, One who Has Too Much from the cc&d July/August 2017 issue v264 book Being Real, and The Dream at the Austin open mic Kick Butt Poetry (w/ a Sony camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Unique Noise”, “One who Has Too Much” and “Exhaling Toxic Fumes” from her book “(pheromemes) 2015-2017 poems” 8/6/17 at “Recycled Reads” open mic, at a book store affiliated with the Austin Public Library (Sony).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Unique Noise”, “One who Has Too Much” and “Exhaling Toxic Fumes” from her book “(pheromemes) 2015-2017 poems” 8/6/17 at “Recycled Reads” open mic, at a book store affiliated with the Austin Public Library (Lumix).

One With Wildlife

See a YouTube video of Janet Kuypers in her 30+ minute podcast recording for WZRD 88.3 Chicago FM Radio, reading her poems from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)” — reflecting summer poetry within the book, including her poems “Just One Book” (for 8/9; Book Lovers Day), “Opportunity from Freedom” (written 8/11, the 1833 birthday of Robert G. Ingersoll), her haiku poem “Use Your Mind” and her poem “Just Who May Try to Stop Us” (written 8/20, National Aviation Day), “Just to Craft” (written 8/21, on National Poets Day), “Value of What Money Does” (written 8/24, the 1967 date when, led by Abbie Hoffman, the Youth International Party disrupted New York Stock Exchange by throwing dollar bills on the trading floor), “Eleven and Two, plus Eight” (for 8/24, Pluto Demoted Day), “Ominous Day” (for the 8/24 79 A.D. date of the Mount Vesuvius eruption), “Keep Looking Happy” (written 8/26, the the 1920 day the U.S. 19th Amendment was certified, given women the right to vote), “Effigy” (written 8/28, the 1955 day Black teenager Emmett Till was brutally murdered in a lynching, galvanizing the civil rights movement, the 1957 day U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond filibustered to prevent the voting on the Civil Rights Act of 1957, and the 1963 day of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, with Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.’s I Have a Dream speech), “Everyone is to Blame” (written 8/31, the day in 1888 Mary Ann Burton was murdered, the first known murder by Jack the Ripper; the 1987 day Princess Diana died in a car crash, in front of paparazzi), “Beauty in the Eyes of Einstein” (for the 9/1/79 date the Pioneer spacecraft visits Saturn), “No One Will Forget” (for the 9/3/44 date Diarist Anne Frank and her family are placed on the last 3-day train from the Westerbork transit camp to theAuschwitz concentration camp), “One With Wildlife” (written 9/4, on National Wildlife Day), “Visiting and Seeing the Signs” (for Grandparents Day, the 1st Sunday after Labor Day), and “The State of the Nation (2016 edit)”, (for 9/17, Constitution Day), recorded 8/3/20 for future WZRD Radio airplay (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers in her 30+ minute podcast recording for WZRD 88.3 Chicago FM Radio, reading her poems from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)” — reflecting summer poetry within the book, including her poems “Just One Book”, “Opportunity from Freedom”, “Use Your Mind”, “Just Who May Try to Stop Us”, “Just to Craft”, “Value of What Money Does”, “Eleven and Two, plus Eight”, “Ominous Day”, “Keep Looking Happy”, “Effigy”, “Everyone is to Blame”, “Beauty in the Eyes of Einstein”, “No One Will Forget”, “One With Wildlife”, “Visiting and Seeing the Signs”, and “The State of the Nation (2016 edit)”, recorded 8/3/20 for future WZRD Radio airplay (this video was filmed from a Samsung S9 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “You’ve Tucked us Women Away”, “Keep Looking for Hope”, and “One With Wildlife” from the Down in the Dirt 9/20 v175 book “In the Singularity” 9/1/20 during the Spoken Word Paris/Spoken Word Online open mic (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “You’ve Tucked us Women Away”, “Keep Looking for Hope”, and “One With Wildlife” from the Down in the Dirt 9/20 v175 book “In the Singularity” 9/1/20 during the Spoken Word Paris/Spoken Word Online open mic (streamed live from a Samsung S9 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Boron from the Big Bang”, “Extension of Violence, Cute as a Button”, “Engineering with Creativity”, “One With Wildlife”, “Onto a Page”, “Explore your Imagination”, “You’ve Tucked us Women Away”, and “Keep Looking for Hope” from the v175 “In the Singularity” installment of the Down in the Dirt issue collection book “Late Frost” 1/6/21, during the usual time for Austin’s “Community Poetry” open mic (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 “Boron from the Big Bang”, “Extension of Violence, Cute as a Button”, “Engineering with Creativity”, “One With Wildlife”, “Onto a Page”, “Explore your Imagination”, “You’ve Tucked us Women Away”, and “Keep Looking for Hope” from the v175 “In the Singularity” installment of the Down in the Dirt issue collection book “Late Frost” 1/6/21, 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

One Would be Chosen

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “One Would be Chosen” (written 10/12, on the 1492 date when Christopher Columbus Discovers America) from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)”, as the ending to the “Poetic License virtual open mic 10/4/2” she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “One Would be Chosen” (written 10/12, on the 1492 date when Christopher Columbus Discovers America) from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)”, as the ending to the “Poetic License virtual open mic 10/4/2” she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (from a Samsung S9 camera). #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

See a YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “One Would be Chosen” (written 10/12 for the 1492 date Christopher Columbus Discovers America), “Farmer” and “Verdant Green” (for 10/12, National Farmers Day), “Vacuum of Space” (written 10/11, on and for the day in 1984 when astronaut Kathryn D. Sullivan boarded the Space Shuttle Challenger as the first American woman to perform a space walk), “No Bother” (written 10/13, on and for Good Samaritan Day), “Valkyrie attempts” (written 10/14 on 1944 date of the suicide of Erwin Rommel), “Everyone Will React” (written the 3rd Tuesday of October, on and for National Face Your Fears Day), “Know they are Loved” (written 10/16, on and for Global Cat Day), “You Don’t Expect It” (written 10/17, on and for World Trauma Day), “Violent Endeavour” (written 10/18, on the 1967 date the first space probe entered another planet’s atmosphere (Soviet Venera 4 to Venus), “Know they are Loved”, and “Every Day is Sweetest Day” (written the 3rd Saturday of October, on and for Sweetest Day) from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)” for The Café Gallery 10/20/20 Book Reading in The Café Gallery 2020 book reading series (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “One Would be Chosen”, “Farmer”, “Verdant Green”, “Vacuum of Space”, “No Bother”, “Valkyrie attempts”, “Everyone Will React”, “Know they are Loved”, “You Don’t Expect It”, “Violent Endeavour”, and “Every Day is Sweetest Day” from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)” for The Café Gallery 10/20/20 Book Reading in The Café Gallery 2020 book reading series (this video was filmed and streamed live from a Samsung S9 camera).

See this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Manganese Growing”, “Manganese can cure us all”, “One Would be Chosen”, “Every Day is Sweetest Day”, “Katie”, “Know they are Loved”, “Burned into these Nightmares with a Pen”, “Futility”, “You Don’t Expect It”, and “Undulating Nexus” from the v188 8/21 Down in the Dirt book “Skeletons” 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 (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem

Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Manganese Growing”, “Manganese can cure us all”, “One Would be Chosen”, “Every Day is Sweetest Day”, “Katie”, “Know they are Loved”, “Burned into these Nightmares with a Pen”, “Futility”, “You Don’t Expect It”, and “Undulating Nexus” from the v188 8/21 Down in the Dirt book “Skeletons” 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 (this live video was filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Manganese Growing” (+ image), “Manganese can cure us all” (+ image), “One Would be Chosen”, “Katie” (+ image), and “Know they are Loved” (+ image 1 and image 2) from the Scars Publications 9-12/21 Down in the Dirt issue collection book anthology “Stardust in Hand” 2/2/22 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

Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Manganese Growing” (+ image), “Manganese can cure us all” (+ image), “One Would be Chosen”, “Katie” (+ image), and “Know they are Loved” (+ image 1 and image 2) from the Scars Publications 9-12/21 Down in the Dirt issue collection book “Stardust in Hand” 2/2/22 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 and streamed live from a Samsung S9 camera with a lava flow filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

One Year After, the Icing on the Cake (poem on instagram)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “left living"”, then John’s 2 poem reading, then Janet comes back and reads her poem “One Year After, the Icing on the Cake” 9/25/18 during the Chicago open mic she guest hosted for Poetry at The Gallery Cabaret (video from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “left living"”, then John’s 2 poem reading, then Janet comes back and reads her poem “One Year After, the Icing on the Cake” 9/25/18 during the Chicago open mic she guest hosted for Poetry at The Gallery Cabaret (video from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ “Janet Kuypers feature 9/6/19 at Chicago’s In one Ear” show sharing poetry from 2 book, reading her poem “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed” which appears in both of her books, then her “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” book poems “Ever Get It Back”, and “oceans”, then her “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” book poem “Quilled for Poets”, then her “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” book poems “”, “One Year After, the Icing on the Cake”, and “Eyes”, then her “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” book poem “Unrestrained Opportunity, and Fighting for Freedom”, then her “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” book poem “Eighteen and Eight Plus Eighteen: Where We’ve Been and What We’ve Seen”, then her “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” book poem “Last Before Extinction”, then her “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” book poem “Bolt of Lightning”, then her “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” book poems “Feeling of False Ownership”, “Kept my Eye on You”, and “You are Born to Do”, then her “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” book poems “Object to Slavery while Protecting Slave Labor” and “Eternal Never Ending Now” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera); this video was posted on Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ “Janet Kuypers feature 9/6/19 at Chicago’s In one Ear” show sharing poetry from 2 book, reading her poem “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed” which appears in both of her books, then her “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” book poems “Ever Get It Back”, and “oceans”, then her “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” book poem “Quilled for Poets”, then her “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” book poems “”, “One Year After, the Icing on the Cake”, and “Eyes”, then her “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” book poem “Unrestrained Opportunity, and Fighting for Freedom”, then her “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” book poem “Eighteen and Eight Plus Eighteen: Where We’ve Been and What We’ve Seen”, then her “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” book poem “Last Before Extinction”, then her “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” book poem “Bolt of Lightning”, then her “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” book poems “Feeling of False Ownership”, “Kept my Eye on You”, and “You are Born to Do”, then her “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” book poems “Object to Slavery while Protecting Slave Labor” and “Eternal Never Ending Now” (video from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera, with a Posterize filter); this video was posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ “Janet Kuypers feature 9/6/19 at Chicago’s In one Ear” show sharing poetry from 2 book, reading her poem “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed” which appears in both of her books, then her “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” book poems “Ever Get It Back”, and “oceans”, then her “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” book poem “Quilled for Poets”, then her “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” book poems “”, “One Year After, the Icing on the Cake”, and “Eyes”, then her “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” book poem “Unrestrained Opportunity, and Fighting for Freedom”, then her “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” book poem “Eighteen and Eight Plus Eighteen: Where We’ve Been and What We’ve Seen”, then her “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” book poem “Last Before Extinction”, then her “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” book poem “Bolt of Lightning”, then her “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” book poems “Feeling of False Ownership”, “Kept my Eye on You”, and “You are Born to Do”, then her “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” book poems “Object to Slavery while Protecting Slave Labor” and “Eternal Never Ending Now” (video from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera, with a Sepia Tone filter); this video was posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ “Janet Kuypers feature 9/6/19 at Chicago’s In one Ear” show sharing poetry from 2 book, reading her poem “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed” which appears in both of her books, then her “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” book poems “Ever Get It Back”, and “oceans”, then her “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” book poem “Quilled for Poets”, then her “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” book poems “”, “One Year After, the Icing on the Cake”, and “Eyes”, then her “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” book poem “Unrestrained Opportunity, and Fighting for Freedom”, then her “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” book poem “Eighteen and Eight Plus Eighteen: Where We’ve Been and What We’ve Seen”, then her “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” book poem “Last Before Extinction”, then her “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” book poem “Bolt of Lightning”, then her “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” book poems “Feeling of False Ownership”, “Kept my Eye on You”, and “You are Born to Do”, then her “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” book poems “Object to Slavery while Protecting Slave Labor” and “Eternal Never Ending Now” (video from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera, with a Threshold filter); this video was posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr.

only (haiku, on Twitter)

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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku only live 9/27/14 on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio (Canon)

See YouTube video 9/27/14 of the Janet Kuypers “Partial Nudity” book release & interview on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio, where during her interview on the air she read her haiku and poetry “Arsenic and Syphilis”, “civil”, “mirror”, “instead”, “need”, “Eight People Outside”, “floor”, “of his thirst”, “hold”, “fought”, “strike”, “console”, “relegated”, “extinct”, “My New Grocery List”, “Couldn’t”, “ruminating”, “barbed”, “gone”, “out there”, “knife”, “pet”, “kindness”, “found”, “pleading”, “only”, “humans”, “stagger”, “addiction”, “At the Camp”, “Suicide (heat) Poem”, and “sting” (this video was filmed from a Canon camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersinterview #janetkuypersradio

See a Vine video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku only as a looping JKPoetryVine video 9/27/14 on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio (Canon fs200)

Get this poem in the free chapbook “6 Second Poems”, w/ poems read on 9/27/14 WZRD 88.3 FM radio

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ November 2018 Book Release Reading 11/7/18, reading her “WZRD” poems “civil”, “mirror”, “instead”, “need”, “eight people outside”, “floor”, “of his thirst”, “hold”, “fought”, “strike”, “console”, “relegated”, “extinct”, “couldn’t”, “ruminating”, “barbed”, “gone”, “out there”, “knife”, “pet”, “kindness”, “found”, “pleading”, “only”, “humans”, “stagger”, “At the Camp”, “Suicide (heat) Poem”, and “sting”, all from the Janet Kuypers 2014-2015 Chicago poetry performance art book “a year long Journey”, during Community Poetry at Half Price Books (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ November 2018 Book Release Reading 11/7/18, reading her “WZRD” poems “civil”, “mirror”, “instead”, “need”, “eight people outside”, “floor”, “of his thirst”, “hold”, “fought”, “strike”, “console”, “relegated”, “extinct”, “couldn’t”, “ruminating”, “barbed”, “gone”, “out there”, “knife”, “pet”, “kindness”, “found”, “pleading”, “only”, “humans”, “stagger”, “At the Camp”, “Suicide (heat) Poem”, and “sting”, all from the Janet Kuypers 2014-2015 Chicago poetry performance art book “a year long Journey”, during Community Poetry at Half Price Books (video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; Sepia Tone).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers 11/6/19 reading every poem in her “100 Haikus” section (plus bonus haiku) in her poetry book “Partial Nudity” during her November 2018 Book Release Reading through Community Poetry! at Half Price Books, including much, out, can’t get you, of his thirst, know, pleading, coincidence?, found haiku, close, defenses, destroy, floor, hold, forever, jumped, study, Even with no Wish Bone, addiction, stagger, everyone, last, bruised, organs, choke, ends, explosions, fit, fought, heaviness, extinct, feel, escape, opening, pant, strike, civil, found, need, kill, kindness, run, pet, John’s Mind, humans, mirror, elusive, keep, greatest, instead, Arsenic and Syphilis, life (Periodic Table haiku), life (2000), timing, Two Not Mute Haikus, He’s An Escapist, Ending a Relationship, nightmares, knife, free, years, groove, errors, job, jobless, out there, gone, console, form, knowing, oil, cage, evil, faith, guide, behind, sort, barbed, difference, predator, blood, easy, existence, judge, fog, upturn, Translation (2014 haiku), sting, enemies, Deity Discipline (stretched haiku), Ants and Crosses, energy, knees, force, you, this is only a test, misogyny, ourselves, key, scorches, only, bear, census, clogged, end, falling, relegated, “Jimbo”, eventually, progress, labor, mister, over, rescue, octopi and brains, octopi and dogs, universe, and love (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera); this video was posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers 11/6/19 reading every poem in her “100 Haikus” section (plus bonus haiku) in her poetry book “Partial Nudity” during her November 2018 Book Release Reading through Community Poetry! at Half Price Books, including much, out, can’t get you, of his thirst, know, pleading, coincidence?, found haiku, close, defenses, destroy, floor, hold, forever, jumped, study, Even with no Wish Bone, addiction, stagger, everyone, last, bruised, organs, choke, ends, explosions, fit, fought, heaviness, extinct, feel, escape, opening, pant, strike, civil, found, need, kill, kindness, run, pet, John’s Mind, humans, mirror, elusive, keep, greatest, instead, Arsenic and Syphilis, life (Periodic Table haiku), life (2000), timing, Two Not Mute Haikus, He’s An Escapist, Ending a Relationship, nightmares, knife, free, years, groove, errors, job, jobless, out there, gone, console, form, knowing, oil, cage, evil, faith, guide, behind, sort, barbed, difference, predator, blood, easy, existence, judge, fog, upturn, Translation (2014 haiku), sting, enemies, Deity Discipline (stretched haiku), Ants and Crosses, energy, knees, force, you, this is only a test, misogyny, ourselves, key, scorches, only, bear, census, clogged, end, falling, relegated, “Jimbo”, eventually, progress, labor, mister, over, rescue, octopi and brains, octopi and dogs, universe, and love (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera with a Sepia Tone filter); this video was posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers 11/6/19 reading every poem in her “100 Haikus” section (plus bonus haiku) in her poetry book “Partial Nudity” during her November 2018 Book Release Reading through Community Poetry! at Half Price Books, including much, out, can’t get you, of his thirst, know, pleading, coincidence?, found haiku, close, defenses, destroy, floor, hold, forever, jumped, study, Even with no Wish Bone, addiction, stagger, everyone, last, bruised, organs, choke, ends, explosions, fit, fought, heaviness, extinct, feel, escape, opening, pant, strike, civil, found, need, kill, kindness, run, pet, John’s Mind, humans, mirror, elusive, keep, greatest, instead, Arsenic and Syphilis, life (Periodic Table haiku), life (2000), timing, Two Not Mute Haikus, He’s An Escapist, Ending a Relationship, nightmares, knife, free, years, groove, errors, job, jobless, out there, gone, and console (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera); video posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers 11/6/19 reading every poem in her “100 Haikus” section (plus bonus haiku) in her poetry book “Partial Nudity” during her November 2018 Book Release Reading through Community Poetry! at Half Price Books, including much, out, can’t get you, of his thirst, know, pleading, coincidence?, found haiku, close, defenses, destroy, floor, hold, forever, jumped, study, Even with no Wish Bone, addiction, stagger, everyone, last, bruised, organs, choke, ends, explosions, fit, fought, heaviness, extinct, feel, escape, opening, pant, strike, civil, found, need, kill, kindness, run, pet, John’s Mind, humans, mirror, elusive, keep, greatest, instead, Arsenic and Syphilis, life (Periodic Table haiku), life (2000), timing, Two Not Mute Haikus, He’s An Escapist, Ending a Relationship, nightmares, knife, free, years, groove, errors, job, jobless, out there, gone, and console (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; Sepia Tone); posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr.

Only an Observer

See YouTube video 7/24/16 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems the Battle at Hand, Just By Holding His Hand (extreme 2016 sestina variation), and Only an Observer at the Austin open mic Kick Butt Poetry (Canon P.S.).

See YouTube video 7/24/16 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems the Battle at Hand, Just By Holding His Hand (extreme 2016 sestina variation), and Only an Observer at the Austin open mic Kick Butt Poetry (Sony camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Etched into that Tombstone” (from her book “Part of My Pain”) and “Only an Observer” 9/10/16 at “Poetry Aloud” open mic at the Georgetown Public Library (Canon Power Shot).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Etched into that Tombstone” (from her book “Part of My Pain”) and “Only an Observer” 9/10/16 at “Poetry Aloud” open mic at the Georgetown Public Library (from a Sony).

See YouTube video from 3/20/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Only an Observer” with a live jazz band for “Austin Rhythm Fire” at Southern Hospitality Catering & Dining (from a Canon Power Shot SX700 camera).

Enjoy this YouTube video from 3/20/17 of Janet Kuypers’ 2017 Austin Rhythm Fire show, reading her poems “Keeping a Record of Going Too Far”, “Yearning to Break Free”, “Entering the Lake of Fire” and “Only an Observer” with live jazz music for “Austin Rhythm Fire” at Southern Hospitality Catering & Dining (this video was filmed with a Canon Power Shot SX700 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperspoetryshow

See YouTube video on 3/20/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Keeping a Record of Going Too Far”, “Yearning to Break Free”, “Entering the Lake of Fire” and “Only an Observer” with live jazz music for “Austin Rhythm Fire” at Southern Hospitality Catering & Dining (filmed from a Canon Power Shot SX700 camera, & given a Sepia Tone filter).

Enjoy this YouTube video from 3/20/17 of Janet Kuypers’ 2017 Austin Rhythm Fire show, reading her poems “Keeping a Record of Going Too Far”, “Yearning to Break Free”, “Entering the Lake of Fire” and “Only an Observer” with live jazz music for “Austin Rhythm Fire” at Southern Hospitality Catering & Dining (this video was filmed with a Canon Power Shot SX60 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperspoetryshow

See YouTube video on 3/20/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Keeping a Record of Going Too Far”, “Yearning to Break Free”, “Entering the Lake of Fire” and “Only an Observer” with live jazz music for “Austin Rhythm Fire” at Southern Hospitality Catering & Dining (video filmed from a Canon Power Shot SX60, & given a Posterize filter).

See YouTube video on 3/20/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Keeping a Record of Going Too Far”, “Yearning to Break Free”, “Entering the Lake of Fire” and “Only an Observer” with live jazz music for “Austin Rhythm Fire” at Southern Hospitality Catering & Dining (video filmed from a Canon Power Shot SX60, & given a Threshold filter).

View or download the free PDF chapbook “2017 Austin Rhythm Fire” with her poems “Keeping a Record of Going Too Far”, “Yearning to Break Free”, “Entering the Lake of Fire” and “Only an Observer” performed in her 3/20/17 show.

Hear SoundCloud audio of Janet Kuypers sharing her poetry from her two books, “(pheromemes) 2015-2017 poems” and “(pheromemes) 2015-2017 show poems” (w/ her poems “Only Half the Story”, “Quieted Soul”, “Exempt from the Draft”, “Optimizing your Odds”, “Years, Centuries, Eons”, “Only an Observer”, and “Queen ISIS”) in her Chicago 88.3 FM WZRD Radio interview 8#26/17, Part 2.

See YouTube video of part 2 of the Janet Kuypers interview live on WZRD 88.3 FM Chicago Radio 8/24/17, with her reading poetry from her two books “(pheromemes) 2015-2017 poems” and “(pheromemes) 2015-2017 show poems”, including “Only Half the Story”, “Quieted Soul”, “Exempt from the Draft”, “Optimizing your Odds”, “Years, Centuries, Eons”, “Only an Observer”, and “Queen ISIS” (filmed from a Sony camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersinterview #janetkuypersradio #janetkuyperschicago

See YouTube video of part 2 of the Janet Kuypers interview live on WZRD 88.3 FM Chicago Radio 8/24/17, with her reading poetry from her two books “(pheromemes) 2015-2017 poems” and “(pheromemes) 2015-2017 show poems”, including “Only Half the Story”, “Quieted Soul”, “Exempt from the Draft”, “Optimizing your Odds”, “Years, Centuries, Eons”, “Only an Observer”, and “Queen ISIS” (filmed from a Lumix camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersinterview #janetkuypersradio #janetkuyperschicago

See live Facebook video of most of Janet Kuypers’ interview (part 2) live on WZRD 88.3 FM Chicago Radio 8/24/17, with her reading poetry from her two books “(pheromemes) 2015-2017 poems” and “(pheromemes) 2015-2017 show poems”, including “Quieted Soul”, “Exempt from the Draft”, “Optimizing your Odds”, “Years, Centuries, Eons”, “Only an Observer”, and “Queen ISIS”.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ September 2017 Book Release Reading 9/6/17 of Down in the Dirt’s book “Carpool” haiku poems “soul”, “earth”, “lost”, and “jumped”, and then her poems “Exempt from the Draft”, “You Know What I’m Talking About (2016 grateful edition)” and “Only an Observer” in Community Poetry @ Half Price Books (this video was filmed from a Sony camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ September 2017 Book Release Reading 9/6/17 of Down in the Dirt’s book “Carpool” haiku poems “soul”, “earth”, “lost”, and “jumped”, and then her poems “Exempt from the Draft”, “You Know What I’m Talking About (2016 grateful edition)” and “Only an Observer” in Community Poetry @ Half Price Books (Sony, TH).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ “December 2017 Book Release Reading” 12/6/17, where she reads from the book “Negative Space” her haiku and short poems “coincidence?”, “translation (2014 haiku)”, “oceans”, “behind”, “out there”, “opposite”, and “addiction”, her micro prose “Driving By His House”, and her poems “Earth was Crying”, “Your Imaginary Soul Weighs 21 Grams”, “Just by Holding His Hand”, and “Only an Observer” in “Community Poetry @ Half Price Books” (Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ “December 2017 Book Release Reading” 12/6/17, where she reads from the book “Negative Space” her haiku and short poems “coincidence?”, “translation (2014 haiku)”, “oceans”, “behind”, “out there”, “opposite”, and “addiction”, her micro prose “Driving By His House”, and her poems “Earth was Crying”, “Your Imaginary Soul Weighs 21 Grams”, “Just by Holding His Hand”, and “Only an Observer” in “Community Poetry @ Half Price Books” (Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers at her 1/3/18 “ January 2018 Book Release Reading” feature through “Community Poetry @ Half Price Books”, with “exterior”, “soul”, “earth”, “lost (2017)”, “jumped”, “essence”, “Exempt from the Draft”, “Only an Observer”, “You Know What I’m Talking About (2016 grateful edition)”, “upside-down”, “enjoy”, “imprisoned / ignorance”, “Elusive Imaginary Creature”, “Masquerade”, “knife (2014)”, “ghosts”, “easy”, “falling”, “xeric”, “instead”, and “Earth was Alive and Dying” from the Down in the Dirt magazine’s 9-12 2017 issue collection book “the Light in the Sky” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers at her 1/3/18 “ January 2018 Book Release Reading” feature through “Community Poetry @ Half Price Books”, with “exterior”, “soul”, “earth”, “lost (2017)”, “jumped”, “essence”, “Exempt from the Draft”, “Only an Observer”, “You Know What I’m Talking About (2016 grateful edition)”, “upside-down”, “enjoy”, “imprisoned / ignorance”, “Elusive Imaginary Creature”, “Masquerade”, “knife (2014)”, “ghosts”, “easy”, “falling”, “xeric”, “instead”, and “Earth was Alive and Dying” from the Down in the Dirt magazine’s 9-12 2017 issue collection book “the Light in the Sky” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

Only a Year

Watch the YouTube video (2:15) 06/20/08 Live at Mercury Cafe

Or watch the complete video of the entire fortune featurette (13:33) 06/20/08 Live at Mercury Cafe

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers (C) reading her poem Only a Year at the open mike 7/21/12 Waiting 4 the Bus in Chicago

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers (S) reading her poem Only a Year at the open mike 7/21/12 Waiting 4 the Bus in Chicago

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers (C) reading 3 poems - INCLUDING THIS POEM - 7/21/12 at Chicago’s Waiting 4 the Bus

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers (S) reading 3 poems - INCLUDING THIS POEM - 7/21/12 at Chicago’s Waiting 4 the Bus

Only Certain People

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems &“Up for the Challenge”, “Vanity Plates saying NO WAR” and “Only Certain People” from the cc&d 11/20 v303 book “What He’s Trying to Paint” during the “Poetic License virtual open mic 11/1/20” she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page in front of the New Orleans Public Library (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Up for the Challenge”, “Vanity Plates saying NO WAR” and “Only Certain People” from the cc&d 11/20 v303 book “What He’s Trying to Paint” during the “Poetic License virtual open mic 11/1/20” she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page in front of the New Orleans Public Library (video filmed and streamed live from a Samsung S9 camera). #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

only choice is to build

View or download the free PDF chapbook Beginning Anew with her 2017 poems “only choice is to build”, “our futures”, “Evolving, Connecting and Confounding”, and “optimizing your odds” performed in her 1/7/17 show.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers in her 1/7/17 show “Beginning Anew” at “New Year, New Poems” in Austin reading her poems “only choice is to build”, “our futures”, “Evolving, Connecting and Confounding”, and “optimizing your odds” to live guitar (this video was filmed from a Sony camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers in her 1/7/17 show “Beginning Anew” at “New Year, New Poems” in Austin reading her poems “only choice is to build”, “our futures”, “Evolving, Connecting and Confounding”, and “optimizing your odds” to live guitar (this video was filmed from a Canon Power Shot camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See YouTube video from 1/8/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her 3 poems “only choice is to build”, “our futures” and “Evolving, Connecting and Confounding” into each other w/ John on acoustic guitar live at Austin’s Kick Butt Poetry (this video was filmed from a Sony camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See YouTube video from 1/8/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her 3 poems “only choice is to build”, “our futures” and “Evolving, Connecting and Confounding” into each other w/ John on acoustic guitar live at Austin’s Kick Butt Poetry (this video was filmed from a Canon Power Shot camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See YouTube video 6/11/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “The Truth and Liars”, “Our Couple In Love” and “only choice is to build” at Georgetown’s “Poetry Aloud” open mic (from a Sony camera).

See YouTube video 6/11/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “The Truth and Liars”, “Our Couple In Love” and “only choice is to build” at Georgetown’s “Poetry Aloud” open mic (from a Lumix camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ August 2017 Book Release Reading 8/2/17 of cc&d’s book “While the Waves Crashed” poems “Only Choice is to Build”, “Our Futures”, “Evolving, Connecting and Confounding” and “optimizing your odds” in Community Poetry @ Half Price Books (Lumix).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ August 2017 Book Release Reading 8/2/17 of cc&d’s book “While the Waves Crashed” poems “Only Choice is to Build”, “Our Futures”, “Evolving, Connecting and Confounding” and “optimizing your odds” in Community Poetry @ Half Price Books (Sony).

See YouTube (S) video of Janet Kuypers 9/9/17 reading her poems “New Beginnings: getting married to my knight in shining armor”, “Only Choice is to Build” and “erasure poem: A Declaration of Female Freedom” from her book “(pheromemes) 2015-2017 show poems” @ “Poetry Aloud”.

See YouTube (L) video of Janet Kuypers 9/9/17 reading her poems “New Beginnings: getting married to my knight in shining armor”, “Only Choice is to Build” and “erasure poem: A Declaration of Female Freedom” from her book “(pheromemes) 2015-2017 show poems” @ “Poetry Aloud”.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers Chicago poet reading her poem “Enough’s Enough” from her “Janet with HA!” show, her poem “Original Snowbirds” from her “This Just In” show, and her poem “Only Choice is to Build” from her “Life and Death and Everything Between” show, all read from her book “Chapter 48 (v2)”, live 9/15/18 at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” (PLT56).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers Chicago poet reading her poem “Enough’s Enough” from her “Janet with HA!” show, her poem “Original Snowbirds” from her “This Just In” show, and her poem “Only Choice is to Build” from her “Life and Death and Everything Between” show, all read from her book “Chapter 48 (v2)”, live 9/15/18 at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” (PL2500).

See YouTube video 9#26/18 of the Janet Kuypers Chicago show “Life and Death and Everything Between” during Poetry at The Gallery Cabaret, where she read her poems “Only Choice is to Build”, “Marry you in Autumn”, “Violations tested”, “Echo in my Mind”, “I’m Thinking About Myself Too Much”, “erasure poem: ‘One of the Most Hated Women in America’”, “Build Your Own Cross”, “Being God”, “Evolving, Connecting and Confounding”, “Only Half the Story”, and “Only Voice He Could Hear” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video 9#26/18 of the Janet Kuypers Chicago show “Life and Death and Everything Between” during Poetry at The Gallery Cabaret, where she read her poems “Only Choice is to Build”, “Marry you in Autumn”, “Violations tested”, “Echo in my Mind”, “I’m Thinking About Myself Too Much”, “erasure poem: ‘One of the Most Hated Women in America’”, “Build Your Own Cross”, “Being God”, “Evolving, Connecting and Confounding”, “Only Half the Story”, and “Only Voice He Could Hear” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video 9#26/18 of the Janet Kuypers Chicago show “Life and Death and Everything Between” during Poetry at The Gallery Cabaret, where she read her poems “Only Choice is to Build”, “Marry you in Autumn”, “Violations tested”, “Echo in my Mind”, “I’m Thinking About Myself Too Much”, “erasure poem: ‘One of the Most Hated Women in America’”, “Build Your Own Cross”, “Being God”, “Evolving, Connecting and Confounding”, “Only Half the Story”, and “Only Voice He Could Hear” (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera, with a Hue Cycling filter).

See YouTube video 9#26/18 of the Janet Kuypers Chicago show “Life and Death and Everything Between” during Poetry at The Gallery Cabaret, where she read her poems “Only Choice is to Build”, “Marry you in Autumn”, “Violations tested”, “Echo in my Mind”, “I’m Thinking About Myself Too Much”, “erasure poem: ‘One of the Most Hated Women in America’”, “Build Your Own Cross”, “Being God”, “Evolving, Connecting and Confounding”, “Only Half the Story”, and “Only Voice He Could Hear” (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera, with a Sepia Tone filter).

See YouTube video 9#26/18 of the Janet Kuypers Chicago show “Life and Death and Everything Between” during Poetry at The Gallery Cabaret, where she read her poems “Only Choice is to Build”, “Marry you in Autumn”, “Violations tested”, “Echo in my Mind”, “I’m Thinking About Myself Too Much”, “erasure poem: ‘One of the Most Hated Women in America’”, “Build Your Own Cross”, “Being God”, “Evolving, Connecting and Confounding”, “Only Half the Story”, and “Only Voice He Could Hear” (from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera, with an Edge Detection filter).

See YouTube video 9#26/18 of the Janet Kuypers Chicago show “Life and Death and Everything Between” during Poetry at The Gallery Cabaret, where she read her poems “Only Choice is to Build”, “Marry you in Autumn”, “Violations tested”, “Echo in my Mind”, “I’m Thinking About Myself Too Much”, “erasure poem: ‘One of the Most Hated Women in America’”, “Build Your Own Cross”, “Being God”, “Evolving, Connecting and Confounding”, “Only Half the Story”, and “Only Voice He Could Hear” (from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera, with a Threshold filter).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ February 2019 Book Release Reading 2/6/19, where she read her her “Life and Death and Everything Between” show poem “Only Choice is to Build”, then her “to the Bottom of the Earth and Back” show poems “Juxtaposition, or Irony?”, “Quieted Soul”, “The Page”, and “Yearning to Break Free”, all from the new cc&d issue book “This is Where I Live”, in Community Poetry @ Half Price Books (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ February 2019 Book Release Reading 2/6/19, where she read her her “Life and Death and Everything Between” show poem “Only Choice is to Build”, then her “to the Bottom of the Earth and Back” show poems “Juxtaposition, or Irony?”, “Quieted Soul”, “The Page”, and “Yearning to Break Free”, all from the new cc&d issue book “This is Where I Live”, in Community Poetry @ Half Price Books (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

Only Considering Women’s Rights

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Photograph, Nineteenth Century” (plus showing her Slovak translation of the poem) from the CyberWit.net Janet Kuypers poetry book “Shattering the Glass Ceiling” (that also appears in the v199 9/22 Down in the Dirt book “Tracks”), plus her new poems “Only Considering Women’s Rights” and “Oh No — is Art not Safe from Big Brother?” to close her “Poetic License 9/4/22 global open mic” she close 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 #janetkuyperswomensrights #janetkuypersequalityforwomen #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Photograph, Nineteenth Century” (plus showing her Slovak translation of the poem) from the CyberWit.net Janet Kuypers poetry book “Shattering the Glass Ceiling” (that also appears in the v199 9/22 Down in the Dirt book “Tracks”), plus her new poems “Only Considering Women’s Rights” and “Oh No — is Art not Safe from Big Brother?” to close her “Poetic License 9/4/22 global open mic” she close through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (this video was filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperswomensrights #janetkuypersequalityforwomen #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

Enjoy this YouTube video (in honor of a 3/8/23 Wednesday The Café Gallery open mic date) of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Your Government’s Keeping Tabs”, “Our Ships Would No Longer Cross”, “Information Carries Weight” , and “Only Considering Women’s Rights” from the from the v204 2/23 Down in the Dirt issue/book “Web” that will also appear in the 2023 CyberWit.net book “TESTAMENT” for The Café Gallery Book Reading series (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). This YouTube video was also filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperswomensrights #janetkuypersequalityforwomen #janetkuypersthecafegallery

Enjoy this YouTube video from 8/12/23 of Janet Kuypers during her lead feature “Closing the Book on Women’s Rights” at Tangible Books in Chicago, where she read her poems “Equality Doesn’t Mean Removing Rights”, “It Really Is All About Choice”, “Key, you see”, “Jihad Against Free Choice”, “Only Considering Women’s Rights”, “Fear for Their Safety”, and “Expecting Rights after Losing Rights” from the CyberWit 2023 Janet Kuypers book “Testament” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). Also enjoy this YouTube video (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). Also enjoy this YouTube video (this video was filmed from a Samsung S9 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). Also enjoy this YouTube video (filmed from a Samsung S9 camera with a Sepia Tone filter; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry#janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersfeature #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersfeminism #janetkuyperswomensrights

Only Eating Human Flesh

Only find our Roots

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Only find our Roots”, “Versus Eating Death Daily” and “on a High Horse Like This” from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)” live 9/24/20 during the Virtual Austin Poetry Society New World Poetry open mic (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Only find our Roots”, “Versus Eating Death Daily” and “on a High Horse Like This” from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)” live 9/24/20 during the Virtual Austin Poetry Society New World Poetry open mic (streamed from a Samsung S9 camera).

See this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Dear Diary”, “Evening Sea of Sacred Poetry”, “Only find our Roots”, and “Just a Little Crazy” from the v186 8/21 Down in the Dirt book “Roman Remains” during the “Poetic License virtual open mic 9/5/21” 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

Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Dear Diary”, “Evening Sea of Sacred Poetry”, “Only find our Roots”, and “Just a Little Crazy” from the v186 8/21 Down in the Dirt book “Roman Remains” during the “Poetic License virtual open mic 9/5/21” 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

Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Only find our Roots”, “Just a Little Crazy”, and “Versus Eating Death Daily” from the Scars Publications 9-12/21 Down in the Dirt issue collection book “Stardust in Hand” 1/5/22 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 and streamed live from a Samsung S9 camera with a lava lamp filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Only find our Roots”, “Just a Little Crazy”, and “Versus Eating Death Daily” from the Scars Publications 9-12/21 Down in the Dirt issue collection book “Stardust in Hand” 1/5/22 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

Only For One Night

Watch the YouTube video Live at Twitter Inside Chicago feature 05/21/10

See this YouTube video of the first third of the Janet Kuypers Chicago feature Twitter Inside 5/21/10 in Logan Square, with her poems “Keep Them Apart”, “Only For One Night”, “Got on the Road Again”, “Out of my Element”, “How He Failed”, and “Drinking Their Life Away” (this was posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetryshow

See YouTube video live at the Café in Chicago 06/22/10

See YouTube video of part four of the “40” show live at the Café in Chicago 06/22/10

See YouTube video of pt. 4 of the “40” show from camera 2 @ the Café in Chicago 06/22/10

Watch the Full Video from camera #1 as a downloadable mp4 file, live at the Café w/ this piece 06/22/10, from the Internet Archive.

Watch the Full Video from camera #2 as a downloadable mp4 file, live at the Café w/ this piece 06/22/10, from the Internet Archive.

See YouTube video from the 6" x 9" ISBN# book “40”s, live 02/22/11 at the Café in Chicago

See YouTube video of the intro to the 02/22/11 open mic at the Café Chicago, & her poetry in 2011 books, including this poem

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her “Twitter Inside” show poems “Keep Them Apart”, “Only For One Night”, and “Got on the Road Again”, all read from the poetry performance art collection book “Chapter48 (v1)” live 3/16/19 at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her “Twitter Inside” show poems “Keep Them Apart”, “Only For One Night”, and “Got on the Road Again”, all read from the poetry performance art collection book “Chapter48 (v1)” live 3/16/19 at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

Only Half the Story

See YouTube video 7/1/17 (L) of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Only Half the Story” after her poetry show “Our Cultural Independence and Achieving Global Freedom” in Austin.

See YouTube video 7/1/17 (S) of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Only Half the Story” after her poetry show “Our Cultural Independence and Achieving Global Freedom” in Austin.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Too Much Light” (for the audio CD release of her book “Contents Under Pressure”), “This is What it Means”, (for the audio CD release of her book “Close Cover Before Striking”), and “Only Half the Story” 7/2/17 @ “Kick Butt Poetry” in Austin (this video was filmed from a Lumix camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Too Much Light” (for the audio CD release of her book “Contents Under Pressure”), “This is What it Means”, (for the audio CD release of her book “Close Cover Before Striking”), and “Only Half the Story” 7/2/17 @ “Kick Butt Poetry” in Austin (this video was filmed from a Sony camera).

See YouTube video from 7/8/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “the Kuipers Name”, “Not Getting Better” and “Only Half the Story” in the “Poetry Aloud” open mic at the Georgetown Public Library (from a Lumix camera).

See YouTube video from 7/8/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “the Kuipers Name”, “Not Getting Better” and “Only Half the Story” in the “Poetry Aloud” open mic at the Georgetown Public Library (from a Sony camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “An Innocent Glance” and “When I Am Weak” (2 poems read for the future Oeuvre audio CD release) and “Only Half the Story” at Austin’s Recycled Reads 7/15/17 (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “An Innocent Glance” and “When I Am Weak” (2 poems read for the future Oeuvre audio CD release) and “Only Half the Story” at Austin’s Recycled Reads 7/15/17 (this video was filmed from a Sony camera).

Hear SoundCloud audio of Janet Kuypers sharing her poetry from her two books, “(pheromemes) 2015-2017 poems” and “(pheromemes) 2015-2017 show poems” (w/ her poems “Only Half the Story”, “Quieted Soul”, “Exempt from the Draft”, “Optimizing your Odds”, “Years, Centuries, Eons”, “Only an Observer”, and “Queen ISIS”) in her Chicago 88.3 FM WZRD Radio interview 8#26/17, Part 2.

See YouTube video of part 2 of the Janet Kuypers interview live on WZRD 88.3 FM Chicago Radio 8/24/17, with her reading poetry from her two books “(pheromemes) 2015-2017 poems” and “(pheromemes) 2015-2017 show poems”, including “Only Half the Story”, “Quieted Soul”, “Exempt from the Draft”, “Optimizing your Odds”, “Years, Centuries, Eons”, “Only an Observer”, and “Queen ISIS” (filmed from a Sony camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersinterview #janetkuypersradio #janetkuyperschicago

See YouTube video of part 2 of the Janet Kuypers interview live on WZRD 88.3 FM Chicago Radio 8/24/17, with her reading poetry from her two books “(pheromemes) 2015-2017 poems” and “(pheromemes) 2015-2017 show poems”, including “Only Half the Story”, “Quieted Soul”, “Exempt from the Draft”, “Optimizing your Odds”, “Years, Centuries, Eons”, “Only an Observer”, and “Queen ISIS” (filmed from a Lumix camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersinterview #janetkuypersradio #janetkuyperschicago

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers at her 1/3/18 “Community Poetry @ Half Price Books” Austin feature reading, with her poems “Only Half the Story”, “lost”, “rush”, & “you were meant” from the Down in the Dirt 1/18 book “Farewell to Seafaring”, then her poem “My Brain Was (2017 Streamline)” from the cc&d 1/18 book “the End of the World” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers at her 1/3/18 “Community Poetry @ Half Price Books” Austin feature reading, with her poems “Only Half the Story”, “lost”, “rush”, & “you were meant” from the Down in the Dirt 1/18 book “Farewell to Seafaring”, then her poem “My Brain Was (2017 Streamline)” from the cc&d 1/18 book “the End of the World” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See YouTube video from 6/6/18 of Janet Kuypers’ June 2018 Book Release Reading, where she read her Down in the Dirt Jan.-Apr. 2018 issue collection book “At Midnight” poems “rush”, “lost”, and “Only Half the Story”, then two poems from her “Eleven” chapbook, “Under the Sea” and “Looking for a Worthy Adversary (sestina)”, in Community Poetry @ Half Price Books (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

See YouTube video from 6/6/18 of Janet Kuypers’ June 2018 Book Release Reading, where she read her Down in the Dirt Jan.-Apr. 2018 issue collection book “At Midnight” poems “rush”, “lost”, and “Only Half the Story”, then two poems from her “Eleven” chapbook, “Under the Sea” and “Looking for a Worthy Adversary (sestina)”, in Community Poetry @ Half Price Books, PLT56ED.

See YouTube video from 6/6/18 of Janet Kuypers’ June 2018 Book Release Reading, where she read her Down in the Dirt Jan.-Apr. 2018 issue collection book “At Midnight” poems “rush”, “lost”, and “Only Half the Story”, then two poems from her “Eleven” chapbook, “Under the Sea” and “Looking for a Worthy Adversary (sestina)”, in Community Poetry @ Half Price Books, PLT56ST.

See YouTube video from 6/6/18 of Janet Kuypers’ June 2018 Book Release Reading, where she read her Down in the Dirt Jan.-Apr. 2018 issue collection book “At Midnight” poems “rush”, “lost”, and “Only Half the Story”, then two poems from her “Eleven” chapbook, “Under the Sea” and “Looking for a Worthy Adversary (sestina)”, in Community Poetry @ Half Price Books, PLT56Th.

See YouTube video 9#26/18 of the Janet Kuypers Chicago show “Life and Death and Everything Between” during Poetry at The Gallery Cabaret, where she read her poems “Only Choice is to Build”, “Marry you in Autumn”, “Violations tested”, “Echo in my Mind”, “I’m Thinking About Myself Too Much”, “erasure poem: ‘One of the Most Hated Women in America’”, “Build Your Own Cross”, “Being God”, “Evolving, Connecting and Confounding”, “Only Half the Story”, and “Only Voice He Could Hear” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video 9#26/18 of the Janet Kuypers Chicago show “Life and Death and Everything Between” during Poetry at The Gallery Cabaret, where she read her poems “Only Choice is to Build”, “Marry you in Autumn”, “Violations tested”, “Echo in my Mind”, “I’m Thinking About Myself Too Much”, “erasure poem: ‘One of the Most Hated Women in America’”, “Build Your Own Cross”, “Being God”, “Evolving, Connecting and Confounding”, “Only Half the Story”, and “Only Voice He Could Hear” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video 9#26/18 of the Janet Kuypers Chicago show “Life and Death and Everything Between” during Poetry at The Gallery Cabaret, where she read her poems “Only Choice is to Build”, “Marry you in Autumn”, “Violations tested”, “Echo in my Mind”, “I’m Thinking About Myself Too Much”, “erasure poem: ‘One of the Most Hated Women in America’”, “Build Your Own Cross”, “Being God”, “Evolving, Connecting and Confounding”, “Only Half the Story”, and “Only Voice He Could Hear” (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera, with a Hue Cycling filter).

See YouTube video 9#26/18 of the Janet Kuypers Chicago show “Life and Death and Everything Between” during Poetry at The Gallery Cabaret, where she read her poems “Only Choice is to Build”, “Marry you in Autumn”, “Violations tested”, “Echo in my Mind”, “I’m Thinking About Myself Too Much”, “erasure poem: ‘One of the Most Hated Women in America’”, “Build Your Own Cross”, “Being God”, “Evolving, Connecting and Confounding”, “Only Half the Story”, and “Only Voice He Could Hear” (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera, with a Sepia Tone filter).

See YouTube video 9#26/18 of the Janet Kuypers Chicago show “Life and Death and Everything Between” during Poetry at The Gallery Cabaret, where she read her poems “Only Choice is to Build”, “Marry you in Autumn”, “Violations tested”, “Echo in my Mind”, “I’m Thinking About Myself Too Much”, “erasure poem: ‘One of the Most Hated Women in America’”, “Build Your Own Cross”, “Being God”, “Evolving, Connecting and Confounding”, “Only Half the Story”, and “Only Voice He Could Hear” (from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera, with an Edge Detection filter).

See YouTube video 9#26/18 of the Janet Kuypers Chicago show “Life and Death and Everything Between” during Poetry at The Gallery Cabaret, where she read her poems “Only Choice is to Build”, “Marry you in Autumn”, “Violations tested”, “Echo in my Mind”, “I’m Thinking About Myself Too Much”, “erasure poem: ‘One of the Most Hated Women in America’”, “Build Your Own Cross”, “Being God”, “Evolving, Connecting and Confounding”, “Only Half the Story”, and “Only Voice He Could Hear” (from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera, with a Threshold filter).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ November 2018 Book Release Reading 11/7/18, where she read her “Life and Death and Everything Between” poems “Violations tested”, “I’m Thinking About Myself Too Much”, “Only Half the Story”, and “Build Your Own Cross” from the cc&d 11-12/18 book “Wait Until Dark”, during Community Poetry at Half Price Books (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ November 2018 Book Release Reading 11/7/18, where she read her “Life and Death and Everything Between” poems “Violations tested”, “I’m Thinking About Myself Too Much”, “Only Half the Story”, and “Build Your Own Cross” from the cc&d 11-12/18 book “Wait Until Dark”, during Community Poetry at Half Price Books (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ March 2019 Book Release Reading 3/6/19, where she read her “In Autumn, Love is in the Air” show poems “And I’m Wondering”, “Marry You in Autumn”, and “Just by Holding his Hand”, then she read her “Life and Death and everything between” show poems “I’m Thinking About Myself Too Much”, “Only Half the Story”, and “Build Your Own Cross”, all from the new cc&d issue book “This is Where I Live”, in Community Poetry @ Half Price Books (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ March 2019 Book Release Reading 3/6/19, where she read her her “In Autumn, Love is in the Air” show poems “And I’m Wondering”, “Marry You in Autumn”, and “Just by Holding his Hand”, then she read her “Life and Death and everything between” show poems “I’m Thinking About Myself Too Much”, “Only Half the Story”, and “Build Your Own Cross”, all from the new cc&d issue book “This is Where I Live”, in Community Poetry @ Half Price Books (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera, with a Sepia Tone filter).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ March 2019 Book Release Reading 3/6/19, where she read her her “In Autumn, Love is in the Air” show poems “And I’m Wondering”, “Marry You in Autumn”, and “Just by Holding his Hand”, then she read her “Life and Death and everything between” show poems “I’m Thinking About Myself Too Much”, “Only Half the Story”, and “Build Your Own Cross”, all from the new cc&d issue book “This is Where I Live”, in Community Poetry @ Half Price Books (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ March 2019 Book Release Reading 3/6/19, where she read her her “In Autumn, Love is in the Air” show poems “And I’m Wondering”, “Marry You in Autumn”, and “Just by Holding his Hand”, then she read her “Life and Death and everything between” show poems “I’m Thinking About Myself Too Much”, “Only Half the Story”, and “Build Your Own Cross”, all from the new cc&d issue book “This is Where I Live”, in Community Poetry @ Half Price Books (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera, with a Posterize filter).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ May 2019 Book Release Reading 5/1/19, where she read her haiku “fought”, then her Life and Death and everything between poems “Violations Tested”, “I’m Thinking About Myself Too Much”, “Only Half the Story”, and “Build Your Own Cross”, all read from the cc&d September-December 2018 issue and chapbook collection book “This is Where I Live”, during Community Poetry @ Half Price Books (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ May 2019 Book Release Reading 5/1/19, where she read her haiku “fought”, then her Life and Death and everything between poems “Violations Tested”, “I’m Thinking About Myself Too Much”, “Only Half the Story”, and “Build Your Own Cross”, all read from the cc&d September-December 2018 issue and chapbook collection book “This is Where I Live”, during Community Poetry @ Half Price Books (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

Only If She Had a Choice

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her v206 4/23 Down in the Dirt issue/book “Floating Island” poems “Oganesson, bending time inside” (which is also in her book “Twitter Verse Periodic Table Poetry”), “Potassium Chloride” (which is also in her book “Periodic Table Poetry”), “Only If She Had a Choice” and “Evil of What They’ve Done” (which is also in the 2023 CyberWit.net book “Testament”) during her “Poetic License 4/2/23 global open mic” she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). This was also a Facebook live video stream (on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem #janetkuypers #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperspoeticlicense #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperswomensrights

only in dreams

Only Man on Earth

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Quignogs: make Someday Today” (written 9/15, on a holiday for “Someday”), “Keep Looking for Hope” (written 9/16, on Anne Bradstreet Day, the day the British poet Anne Bradstreet passed way in 1672; b. 1612), “Bamboo” (for World Bamboo Day, 9/18), and “Only Man on Earth” (written 9/21, on the International Day of Peace) from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)” 9/15/20 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).

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Quignogs: make Someday Today”, “Keep Looking for Hope”, “Bamboo”, and “Only Man on Earth” from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)” 9/15/20 during the Spoken Word Paris/Spoken Word Online open mic (video filmed and streamed w/ a Samsung S9 camera).

See this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Edith’s Lament”, “Only Man on Earth”, and “Known for my Poetry” from the cc&d September 2021 v313 issue/paperback book “Choices” at the beginning to start the “Poetic License virtual open mic 9/5/21” 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

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Edith’s Lament”, “Only Man on Earth”, and “Known for my Poetry” from the cc&d September 2021 v313 issue/paperback book “Choices” at the beginning to start the “Poetic License virtual open mic 9/5/21” she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Edith’s Lament”, “Only Man on Earth”, “Quignogs: make Someday Today”, and “Known for my Poetry” from the Scars Publications 9-12/21 cc&d issue collection book “The World Outside” 1/5/22 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 #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoetry

Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Edith’s Lament”, “Only Man on Earth”, “Quignogs: make Someday Today”, and “Known for my Poetry” from the Scars Publications 9-12/21 cc&d issue collection book “The World Outside” 1/5/22 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 and streamed live from a Samsung S9 camera with a lava lamp filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

Only Nineteen

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Vase of Tulips” (written on National Tulip Day), “Quartermaster General, Burying Bodies” (written on the day of the beginning of the Civil War, from the perspective of Montgomery C. Meigs), and “Only Nineteen” (written on her 19-year wedding anniversary) 5/18/19 while she hosted “Poetry Aloud” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Vase of Tulips” (written on National Tulip Day), “Quartermaster General, Burying Bodies” (written on the day of the beginning of the Civil War, from the perspective of Montgomery C. Meigs), and “Only Nineteen” (written on her 19-year wedding anniversary) 5/18/19 while she hosted “Poetry Aloud” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of open mic host Janet Kuypers reading her 2019 poems “Only Nineteen” (written for wedding anniversary which will also appear in the August 2019 release of the Janet Kuypers poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”), and “On This Day” (written on her birthday and will appear in her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”, while hosting “Poetic License” at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” 7/7/19 (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video of open mic host Janet Kuypers reading her 2019 poems “Only Nineteen” (written for wedding anniversary which will also appear in the August 2019 release of the Janet Kuypers poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”), and “On This Day” (written on her birthday and will appear in her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”, while hosting “Poetic License” at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” 7/7/19 (from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading multiple poems in multiple reading rounds at the (tentatively) last “Poetry Aloud open mic 10/26/19” at the Georgetown Public Library, while Janet Kuypers guest-hosted. In the first round, she read her poem “Queueing in Line and Shaping Your Life” from her poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”. In round 2 she read her poems “Volumes of Philosophical Masterpieces”, “Didn’t Think Anything of It”, and “Join Me” from her poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”. In round 3 she read her poems “Jet Stream of Water: dreams 3/9/19”, “Understanding Terrorism’s Interior”, and “Just Let Me have my Space” from her poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”, then she read her poem she wrote AT this open mic (on 10/26/19), “Undulating Nexus”. In round 4 she read her Twitter Verse Periodic Table poems “Cadmium and Cancer” (#048, Cd), “Indium, trying to get through” (#49, In), “Tin Foil Hats on Tin Pan Alley” (#50, Sn), “Antimony: Sordid and Violent” (#51, Sb), and “Tellurium so High in the Sky” (#52, Te). In round 5 she read her poems “Venezuela was Mowed Down by Tanks”, “Our Demons can Mark Us”, “Bolt of Lightning”, “Unchecked Electricity”, and “Only Nineteen” from her poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 video camera, and this video was also posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading multiple poems in multiple reading rounds at the (tentatively) last “Poetry Aloud open mic 10/26/19” at the Georgetown Public Library, while Janet Kuypers guest-hosted. In the first round, she read her poem “Queueing in Line and Shaping Your Life” from her poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”. In round 2 she read her poems “Volumes of Philosophical Masterpieces”, “Didn’t Think Anything of It”, and “Join Me” from her poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”. In round 3 she read her poems “Jet Stream of Water: dreams 3/9/19”, “Understanding Terrorism’s Interior”, and “Just Let Me have my Space” from her poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”, then she read her poem she wrote AT this open mic (on 10/26/19), “Undulating Nexus”. In round 4 she read her Twitter Verse Periodic Table poems “Cadmium and Cancer” (#048, Cd), “Indium, trying to get through” (#49, In), “Tin Foil Hats on Tin Pan Alley” (#50, Sn), “Antimony: Sordid and Violent” (#51, Sb), and “Tellurium so High in the Sky” (#52, Te). In round 5 she read her poems “Venezuela was Mowed Down by Tanks”, “Our Demons can Mark Us”, “Bolt of Lightning”, “Unchecked Electricity”, and “Only Nineteen” from her poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 video camera & given a Sepia Tone filter, and posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading multiple poems in multiple reading rounds at the (tentatively) last “Poetry Aloud open mic 10/26/19” at the Georgetown Public Library, while Janet Kuypers guest-hosted. In the first round, she read her poems “Queueing in Line and Shaping Your Life”, “Dreams 2/3/19”, and “Xylograph: My Story Must be Free” from her poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”. In round 2 she read her poems “Volumes of Philosophical Masterpieces”, “Didn’t Think Anything of It”, and “Join Me” from her poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”. In round 3 she read her poems “Jet Stream of Water: dreams 3/9/19”, “Understanding Terrorism’s Interior”, and “Just Let Me have my Space” from her poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”, then she read her poem she wrote AT this open mic (on 10/26/19), “Undulating Nexus”. In round 4 she read her Twitter Verse Periodic Table poems “Cadmium and Cancer” (#048, Cd), “Indium, trying to get through” (#49, In), “Tin Foil Hats on Tin Pan Alley” (#50, Sn), “Antimony: Sordid and Violent” (#51, Sb), and “Tellurium so High in the Sky” (#52, Te). In round 5 she read her poems “Venezuela was Mowed Down by Tanks”, “Our Demons can Mark Us”, “Bolt of Lightning”, “Unchecked Electricity”, and “Only Nineteen” from her poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”. In round 6, she read her poem “Quesadich in our Underworld” from her poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 video camera, this video was also posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading multiple poems in multiple reading rounds at the (tentatively) last “Poetry Aloud open mic 10/26/19” at the Georgetown Public Library, while Janet Kuypers guest-hosted. In the first round, she read her poems “Queueing in Line and Shaping Your Life”, “Dreams 2/3/19”, and “Xylograph: My Story Must be Free” from her poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”. In round 2 she read her poems “Volumes of Philosophical Masterpieces”, “Didn’t Think Anything of It”, and “Join Me” from her poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”. In round 3 she read her poems “Jet Stream of Water: dreams 3/9/19”, “Understanding Terrorism’s Interior”, and “Just Let Me have my Space” from her poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”, then she read her poem she wrote AT this open mic (on 10/26/19), “Undulating Nexus”. In round 4 she read her Twitter Verse Periodic Table poems “Cadmium and Cancer” (#048, Cd), “Indium, trying to get through” (#49, In), “Tin Foil Hats on Tin Pan Alley” (#50, Sn), “Antimony: Sordid and Violent” (#51, Sb), and “Tellurium so High in the Sky” (#52, Te). In round 5 she read her poems “Venezuela was Mowed Down by Tanks”, “Our Demons can Mark Us”, “Bolt of Lightning”, “Unchecked Electricity”, and “Only Nineteen” from her poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”. In round 6, she read her poem “Quesadich in our Underworld” from her poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 video camera with a Sepia Tone filter, and this video was also posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr).

See this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Xboba Ancestors”, “Only Nineteen”, and “You are Born to Do” from the May 2021 v183 issue of Down in the Dirt’s paperback book “Alone Time” at the beginning of the “Poetic License virtual open mic 5/2/21” 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 #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Xboba Ancestors”, “Only Nineteen”, and “You are Born to Do” from the May 2021 v183 issue of Down in the Dirt’s paperback book “Alone Time” at the beginning of the “Poetic License virtual open mic 5/2/21” she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Xboba Ancestors”, “Only Nineteen”, and “You are Born to Do” from the “Alone Time” section of the Down in the Dirt May-August 2021 issue collection book “Lockdown’s Over” 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 (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems“Xboba Ancestors”, “Only Nineteen”, and “You are Born to Do” from the “Alone Time” section of the Down in the Dirt May-August 2021 issue collection book “Lockdown’s Over” 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

Only Occasionally (twitter-length poem from the “this poem is about...” series)

Watch the YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem at the open mike 2/29/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago, from the Kodak camera

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Only Occasionally live 1/29/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (C)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Only Occasionallylive 1/29/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (S)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers hosting the open mic and the Patrick Hurley feature 1/29/14 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago WITH THIS PIECE

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her “This Poem is About” poem “Only Occasionally”, then her poem “Knew What He was Talking About”, then singing her poem/song during Austin City Limits music weekend “Made Any Difference”, from her v5 cc&d poetry collection book “On the Edge” at Georgetown’s “Poetry Aloud” 10/13/18 (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her “This Poem is About” poem “Only Occasionally”, then her poem “Knew What He was Talking About”, then singing her poem/song during Austin City Limits music weekend “Made Any Difference”, from her v5 cc&d poetry collection book “On the Edge” at Georgetown’s “Poetry Aloud” 10/13/18 (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; Posterize).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her “This Poem is About” poem “Only Occasionally”, then her poem “Knew What He was Talking About”, then singing her poem/song during Austin City Limits music weekend “Made Any Difference”, from her v5 cc&d poetry collection book “On the Edge” at Georgetown’s “Poetry Aloud” 10/13/18 (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera Cyan filter).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her “This Poem is About” poem “Only Occasionally”, then her poem “Knew What He was Talking About”, then singing her poem/song during Austin City Limits music weekend “Made Any Difference”, from her v5 cc&d poetry collection book “On the Edge” at Georgetown’s “Poetry Aloud” 10/13/18 (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; Threshold).

See this YouTube video (posted 7/6/22, a Wednesday like The Café open mic dates) of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Quiet for a While”, “Push Your Button”, “Under My Fingers”, and “Only Occasionally” from the v323 7/22 cc&d issue/book “Heart of the House” when visiting Chicago 6/23/22 in The Café Gallery Book Reading series (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoem #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem #janetkuypersthecafegallery

Enjoy this YouTube video (posted 7/5/22, a Tuesday like The Café Gallery open mic dates) of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Quiet for a While”, “Push Your Button”, “Under My Fingers”, and “Only Occasionally” from the v323 7/22 cc&d issue/book “Heart of the House” when visiting Chicago 6/23/22 for The Café Gallery Book Reading series (this video was filmed from a Samsung S9 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersthecafegallery

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Quiet for a While”, “Push Your Button”, “Under My Fingers”, “Only Occasionally”, “Quieting Anechoic Chamber”, and “Eleven and Two, plus Eight” from the cc&d 5-8/22 issue collection book “The Wall” on 11/2/22 on the 1st Wednesday of the month in honor of ‘Community Poetry’ (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). This video was also filed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera and given a Hue Cycling filter; and posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem

only option is fighting

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ poetry feature “Rap Sheet” live at the Cafe Cabaret at Cafe Ballou in Chicago 6/19/15, with the poems each of you carry one body each, uncuffed and printed, Entering Courtroom 101, Vent, and only option is fighting (filmed from a Canon fs200 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ poetry feature “Rap Sheet” live at the Cafe Cabaret at Cafe Ballou in Chicago 6/19/15, with the poems each of you carry one body each, uncuffed and printed, Entering Courtroom 101, Vent, and only option is fighting (this video was filmed from a Canon PowerShot camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetryshow

Download these poems in the free chapbook “Rap Sheet”, w/ poems performed live 6/19/15 at Cafe Ballou, in the Cafe Cabaret (Chicago)

Download these poems in the free chapbook “Rap Sheet” Expanded Report, with long versions of poems (and a bonus poem) in her “Rap Sheet” show 6/19/15 at Cafe Ballou, in the Cafe Cabaret (Chicago)

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her v341 1/24 cc&d issue/book “The Cosmos is a Lonely Place” poems “Entering Courtroom 101” (+ show image 1), “Only Option is Fighting” (+ show image 2), + her “Periodic Table Poetry” poem “Zirconium” (+ show image 1) and her “Twitter Verse Periodic Table Poetry” poem “Zirconium Brilliance” (+ show image 1 & 2) to start her “Poetic License 1/7/24 global open mic” she hosted in a Zoom meeting & a Facebook event page (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr.) Also enjoy this as a Facebook live video stream (filmed & streamed live from a Samsung S9 camera with a Paper Tear filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

only philosophy

See YouTube video of the poem only philosophy, read by Janet Kuypers (w/ John playing guitar) in her 4/10/15 show “Love” at Poetry’s “Love Letter” (@ Let Them Eat Chocolate) in Chicago (Canon fs200)

See YouTube video of the poem only philosophy, read by Janet Kuypers (w/ John playing guitar) in her 4/10/15 show “Love” at Poetry’s “Love Letter” (@ Let Them Eat Chocolate) in Chicago (Canon Power Shot)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem only philosophy live 4/15/15 at her open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (this video was filmed from a Canon Power Shot camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoem #janetkuypersthecafegallery

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “only philosophy” live 4/15/15 at her open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (this video was filmed from a Canon fs200 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoem

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ November 2018 Book Release Reading 11/7/18, where she read her poem “Jumping, Flying” from the May-August 2018 cc&d issue collection book “Across the Wall”, her poem “You and I, Walking Through Georgetown” from the May-August 2018 Down in the Dirt issue collection book “Windows of Remembrance”, and her “love” poems “Just You”, “Only Philosophy”, and her haiku “drowning”, from the Janet Kuypers 2014-2015 Chicago poetry performance art book “a year long Journey”, during Community Poetry at Half Price Books (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ November 2018 Book Release Reading 11/7/18, where she read her poem “Jumping, Flying” from the May-August 2018 cc&d issue collection book “Across the Wall”, her poem “You and I, Walking Through Georgetown” from the May-August 2018 Down in the Dirt issue collection book “Windows of Remembrance”, and her “love” poems “Just You”, “Only Philosophy”, and her haiku “drowning”, from the Janet Kuypers 2014-2015 Chicago poetry performance art book “a year long Journey”, during Community Poetry at Half Price Books (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera, and given a Sepia Tone filter).

Only Pose What I Know

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “It Really Is All About Choice” and “Only Pose What I Know”, then her poem “Thank You, Women who Work I” read from the CyberWit.net Janet Kuypers poetry book “Shattering the Glass Ceiling” on 7/24/22 during the Spoken and Heard open mic at Kick Butt Coffee in Austin (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoetry #shatteringtheglassceiling #janetkuypersequalityforwomen #janetkuypersshatteringtheglassceiling #janetkuypersfeminism #janetkuyperswomensrights

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “It Really Is All About Choice” and “Only Pose What I Know”, then her poem “Thank You, Women who Work I” read from the CyberWit.net Janet Kuypers poetry book “Shattering the Glass Ceiling” on 7/24/22 during the Spoken and Heard open mic at Kick Butt Coffee in Austin (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoetry #shatteringtheglassceiling #janetkuypersequalityforwomen #janetkuypersshatteringtheglassceiling #janetkuypersfeminism #janetkuyperswomensrights

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “It Really Is All About Choice” and “Only Pose What I Know”, then her poem “Thank You, Women who Work I” read from the CyberWit.net Janet Kuypers poetry book “Shattering the Glass Ceiling” on 7/24/22 during the Spoken and Heard open mic at Kick Butt Coffee in Austin (this video was filmed from a Samsung S9 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoetry #shatteringtheglassceiling #janetkuypersequalityforwomen #janetkuyperswomensrights #janetkuypersshatteringtheglassceiling #janetkuypersfeminism

Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “It Really Is All About Choice” and “Only Pose What I Know”, then her poem “Thank You, Women who Work I” read from the CyberWit.net Janet Kuypers poetry book “Shattering the Glass Ceiling” on 7/24/22 during the Spoken and Heard open mic at Kick Butt Coffee in Austin (this video was filmed and streamed live from a Samsung S9 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoem #janetkuypers #janetkuypersfeminism #janetkuypersshatteringtheglassceiling #janetkuypersequalityforwomen #janetkuyperswomensrights

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her v332 4/23 cc&d issue/book “Claustrophobia” poems “Rubidium” (which is also in her book “Periodic Table Poetry”), “Domestic Violence in America Nashville, Tennessee (nose)” (which is also in the 2022 CyberWit.net book “Shattering the Glass Ceiling”), and “Only Pose What I Know” (which is also in the 2023 CyberWit.net book “Testament”) to start her “Poetic License 4/2/23 global open mic” she hosted in a Zoom meeting & a Facebook event page (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). This reading was also a Facebook live video stream, filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera, and posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr. #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperswomensrights #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

Enjoy this YouTube video live 3/23/22 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Flags at Half-Mast”, “Only Pose What I Know”, “Your Government’s Keeping Tabs”, “Elevating the Fetus Goes Against Religion”, “Once You’ve Made Up Your Mind”, “Overturning Against All”, “Oppression: the Ultimate Killer”, “X-ing out lives”, and “Evidence as Testament” (that were edited for this live performance) from her show “Fighting for Justice” live for Wednesday Night Poetry at Kollective Coffee+Tea in Hot Springs, AR (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). This YouTube video of the show was filmed from a Samsung S7 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr. This YouTube video of the show was filmed from a Samsung S9 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr. This Facebook live video stream was also released live during the show, filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersfeature #janetkuyperswomensrights #janetkuypersequalityforwomen

Only Remember Fragments

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).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Visiting and Seeing the Signs”, “Only Remember Fragments (dreams 3/21/19)”, and “Just Let Me Have My Space” from the Down in the Dirt 2/21 v180 book “Eclipsed” at the beginning of the “Poetic License virtual open mic 2/7/21” 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). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Visiting and Seeing the Signs”, “Only Remember Fragments (dreams 3/21/19)”, and “Just Let Me Have My Space” from the Down in the Dirt 2/21 v180 book “Eclipsed” at the beginning of the “Poetic License virtual open mic 2/7/21” she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (this video was filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera).   #janetkuypers   #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

See this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Just Let Me Have My Space”, “Jet Stream of Water: dreams 3/9/19”, “Only Remember Fragments (dreams 3/21/19)”, “Just the Right Words”, “Visiting and Seeing the Signs”, “Xylograph: My Story Must be Free”, and “United We Wonder” from the “Eclipsed” section of the Scars Publications 1-4 2021 Down in the Dirt issue collection book “Excerpts from the Plague Years”, read 5/5/21 during the usual time for Austin’s “Community Poetry” feature reading (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).  #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersinstagram

See this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Just Let Me Have My Space”, “Jet Stream of Water: dreams 3/9/19”, “Only Remember Fragments (dreams 3/21/19)”, “Just the Right Words”, “Visiting and Seeing the Signs”, “Xylograph: My Story Must be Free”, and “United We Wonder” from the “Eclipsed” section of the Scars Publications 1-4 2021 Down in the Dirt issue collection book “Excerpts from the Plague Years”, read 5/5/21 during the usual time for Austin’s “Community Poetry” feature reading (from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).  #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersinstagram

Only Recourse

Enjoy this YouTube video from 5/7/22 of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Uniqueness Finds Love” for its appearance in and from the “2022 Animal Tales” book, then her poems “Bismuth in an ocean of one” (relating to the Animal Tales poem and appearing in the Scars Publications 2022 book “Twitter Verse Periodic Table Poetry”), “Only Recourse”, and “Under the Sea” (because it was recently drawn by 2 artists into coloring books from both girl and boy perspectives) during the Tablerock Poetry Festival in 2022 at Tablerock of Salado, TX (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersveglife

Enjoy this YouTube video from 5/7/22 of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Uniqueness Finds Love” for its appearance in and from the “2022 Animal Tales” book, then her poems “Bismuth in an ocean of one” (relating to the Animal Tales poem and appearing in the Scars Publications 2022 book “Twitter Verse Periodic Table Poetry”), “Only Recourse”, and “Under the Sea” (because it was recently drawn by 2 artists into coloring books from both girl and boy perspectives) during the Tablerock Poetry Festival in 2022 at Tablerock of Salado, TX (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera & given a Hue Cycling filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersveglife

Enjoy this YouTube video from 5/7/22 of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Uniqueness Finds Love” for its appearance in and from the “2022 Animal Tales” book, then her poems “Bismuth in an ocean of one” (relating to the Animal Tales poem and appearing in the Scars Publications 2022 book “Twitter Verse Periodic Table Poetry”), “Only Recourse”, and “Under the Sea” (because it was recently drawn by 2 artists into coloring books from both girl and boy perspectives) during the Tablerock Poetry Festival in 2022 at Tablerock of Salado, TX (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersveglife

Enjoy this YouTube video from 5/7/22 of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Uniqueness Finds Love” for its appearance in and from the “2022 Animal Tales” book, then her poems “Bismuth in an ocean of one” (relating to the Animal Tales poem and appearing in the Scars Publications 2022 book “Twitter Verse Periodic Table Poetry”), “Only Recourse”, and “Under the Sea” (because it was recently drawn by 2 artists into coloring books from both girl and boy perspectives) during the Tablerock Poetry Festival in 2022 at Tablerock of Salado, TX (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera w/ a Hue Cycling filter; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersveglife

Enjoy this YouTube video 5/7/22 of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Uniqueness Finds Love” for its appearance in and from the “2022 Animal Tales” book, then her poems “Bismuth in an ocean of one” (relating to the Animal Tales poem and appearing in the Scars Publications 2022 book “Twitter Verse Periodic Table Poetry”), “Only Recourse”, and “Under the Sea” (because it was recently drawn by 2 artists into coloring books from both girl and boy perspectives) during the Tablerock Poetry Festival in 2022 at Tablerock of Salado, TX (video filmed from a Samsung S9 camera with a b&w Old Film filter & a Sepia tone filter; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersveglife

Enjoy this Facebook live video stream 5/7/22 of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Uniqueness Finds Love” for its appearance in and from the “2022 Animal Tales” book, then her poems “Bismuth in an ocean of one” (relating to the Animal Tales poem and appearing in the Scars Publications 2022 book “Twitter Verse Periodic Table Poetry”), “Only Recourse”, and “Under the Sea” (because it was recently drawn by 2 artists into coloring books from both girl and boy perspectives) during the Tablerock Poetry Festival in 2022 at Tablerock of Salado, TX (filmed and streamed from a Samsung S9 camera with a b&w Old Film filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersveglife

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Outside of the Door (dreams 5/27/22)”, “Only Recourse”, and her “Periodic Table Poetry” book poem “Technetium”, all in the v329 1/23 cc&d issue/book “Moving Forward” to start her “Poetic License 1/1/23 global open mic” she hosted in a Zoom meeting & a Facebook event page (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Outside of the Door (dreams 5/27/22)”, “Only Recourse”, and her “Periodic Table Poetry” book poem “Technetium”, all in the v329 1/23 cc&d issue/book “Moving Forward” to start her “Poetic License 1/1/23 global open mic” she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (this video was filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her cc&d January-April 2023 “a Mural of a Forest” book poems “Outside of the Door (dreams 5/27/22)” and “Only Recourse”, her #metoo Boss Lady’s Editorial “Exactly What I am Celebrating” (which are also in the CyberWit 2023 book “Testament”), her poem “Technetium’s Inner Glow” (which is also in her book “Twitter Verse Periodic Table Poetry”), & “Technetium” + sharing its image (which is also in her book “Periodic Table Poetry”) for the 5/3/23 ‘Community Poetry’ honorary book reading (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). Also enjoy this as a Facebook live video stream that was filmed and streamed from a Samsung S9 camera, & posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperswomensrights #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem

Only Searching

See YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem 2/13/13 at the Café Gallery in Chicago, with John playing their song “Tight Rope Affair” (from the Canon camera)

See YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem 2/13/13 at the Café Gallery in Chicago, with John playing their song “Tight Rope Affair” (from the Sony camera)

See YouTube video of Kuypers hosting the open mic 2/13/13 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago, starting w/ her poetry (including her performing this piece)

See YouTube video of Kuypers performing poetry in her “Last Minute” mini-features @ the open mic 2/13/13 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago, which includes this piece (this video was filmed from a Canon camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersthecafegallery

See YouTube video of Kuypers performing poetry in a last-minute mini-features @ the open mic 2/13/13 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago, which includes this piece (this video was filmed from a Sony camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersthecafegallery

See YouTube video on 4/30/17 of the later part of Janet Kuypers’ “Drop the Bomb” poems she read for the Austin’s 2017 Poetry Bomb, with You, Only Searching, Ugly Babies need the Most Love, Bimbo, Good Escape, Goth Girl Photographer, Koala Porn, Occupy, On a Downtown Chicago Light Pole, On This Ride, Marne Rifle Poem, No Thank You, He makes me Think about These Things, (and you could hold me), & From Words to Wars (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix camera).

See YouTube video on 4/30/17 of the later part of Janet Kuypers’ “Drop the Bomb” poems she read for the Austin’s 2017 Poetry Bomb, with You, Only Searching, Ugly Babies need the Most Love, Bimbo, Good Escape, Goth Girl Photographer, Koala Porn, Occupy, On a Downtown Chicago Light Pole, On This Ride, Marne Rifle Poem, No Thank You, He makes me Think about These Things, (and you could hold me), & From Words to Wars (Lumix video with an Edge Detection filter).

See Facebook live video on 4/30/17 of the first part of Janet Kuypers’ “Drop the Bomb” poem series she read for Austin’s 2017 Poetry Bomb, with the ending of Kick Someone Out, Lades and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls, Exhaling Toxic Fumes, Jumping from the Mausoleum, Just to be On the Safe Side, Nobody Finds Me, Bored the Night Before 9/11, energy, errors, rescue, This is Only a Test, You, Only Searching, Ugly Babies need the Most Love, Bimbo, Good Escape, Goth Girl Photographer, Koala Porn, Occupy, On a Downtown Chicago Light Pole, On This Ride, and Marne Rifle Poem (from a Samsung Galaxy S7 smart phone).

See YouTube video on 4/30/17 of the first part of Janet Kuypers’ “Drop the Bomb” poem series she read for Austin’s 2017 Poetry Bomb, with the ending of Kick Someone Out, Lades and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls, Exhaling Toxic Fumes, Jumping from the Mausoleum, Just to be On the Safe Side, Nobody Finds Me, Bored the Night Before 9/11, energy, errors, rescue, This is Only a Test, You, Only Searching, Ugly Babies need the Most Love, Bimbo, Good Escape, Goth Girl Photographer, Koala Porn, Occupy, On a Downtown Chicago Light Pole, On This Ride, and Marne Rifle Poem (facebook live video with a Threshold filter).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Only Searching” & “Beauty in the Eyes of Einstein” on the release date of her v5 cc&d boss lady poetry collection book “On the Edge”, then her poem “Under the Sea” from her interview/journal/poetry book “In Depth” at “Recycled Reads” 8/18/18 in Austin (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Only Searching” & “Beauty in the Eyes of Einstein” on the release date of her v5 cc&d boss lady poetry collection book “On the Edge”, then her poem “Under the Sea” from her interview/journal/poetry book “In Depth” at “Recycled Reads” 8/18/18 in Austin (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

Only Souls who have Tried

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Tag Team Poets”, “Expression for Loss”, and “Only Souls who have Tried” from the v203 1/23 Down in the Dirt issue/book “The Gravity of Imagination” (that are all also slated to appear in section 2 of the CyberWit.net 2023 Janet Kuypers poetry book “Testament”) during her “Poetic License 1/1/23 global open mic” she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Tag Team Poets”, “Expression for Loss”, and “Only Souls who have Tried” from the v203 1/23 Down in the Dirt issue/book “The Gravity of Imagination” (that are all also slated to appear in section 2 of the CyberWit.net 2023 Janet Kuypers poetry book “Testament”) during her “Poetic License 1/1/23 global open mic” she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (this video was filmed and streamed from a Samsung S9 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her Down in the Dirt 1-4/23 “Forbidden Library” book poems “Okay, it’s all about the Oxygen” + showing its image (which is also in her book “Periodic Table Poetry”), plus “Expression for Loss”, “Only Souls who have Tried”, “Those Were the Days of Our Lives (dreams 8/12/22)”, and “Tag Team Poets” (which are also in the CyberWit 2023 book “Testament”) for the 5/3/23 ‘Community Poetry’ honorary book reading (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). Enjoy this as a Facebook live video stream filmed and streamed from a Samsung S9 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr. #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem

Only Voice He Could Hear

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers in her 12/2/17 show “Who What Where When Why” @ “Expressions” in Austin, performing her poems “Who What Where When Why”, “Ocean’s Call to Dive”, “Underwater and Swimming”, “on the Bridge”, “Jumping, Flying”, “Only Voice he could Hear”, “Passport to Outer Space” from the book “Say Nothing”, and “Visiting Pristine Places on the Planet” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersinstagram

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers in her 12/2/17 show “Who What Where When Why” @ “Expressions” in Austin, performing her poems “Who What Where When Why”, “Ocean’s Call to Dive”, “Underwater and Swimming”, “on the Bridge”, “Jumping, Flying”, “Only Voice he could Hear”, “Passport to Outer Space” from the book “Say Nothing”, and “Visiting Pristine Places on the Planet” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersinstagram

View the 12/2/17 show poems in the free PDF file chapbook Who What Where When Why containing the poems “Who What Where When Why”, “Ocean’s Call to Dive”, “Underwater and Swimming”, “on the Bridge”, “Jumping, Flying”, “Only Voice he could Hear”, her micro-prose “Passport to Outer Space”, and her poem “Visiting Pristine Places on the Planet”.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers, while hosting the Poetry Aloud open mic 4/28/18 in Georgetown TX, read her poem “That Dress” from her book “Close Cover Before Striking”, then she read her poems “Sorry Flowers”, “on The California Streets”, and “Ways to Spend Your Money”, and then she sang her song “In Love I Abide” - all from her book “Chapter 38 v1”, then she read her poem “Only Voice He Could Hear” from the proof copy of the cc&d v284 23-year anniversary issue/book “Shining” to a live audience for National poetry Month (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers, while hosting the Poetry Aloud open mic 4/28/18 in Georgetown TX, read her poem “That Dress” from her book “Close Cover Before Striking”, then she read her poems “Sorry Flowers”, “on The California Streets”, and “Ways to Spend Your Money”, and then she sang her song “In Love I Abide” - all from her book “Chapter 38 v1”, then she read her poem “Only Voice He Could Hear” from the proof copy of the cc&d v284 23-year anniversary issue/book “Shining” to a live audience for National poetry Month (from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video 9#26/18 of the Janet Kuypers Chicago show “Life and Death and Everything Between” during Poetry at The Gallery Cabaret, where she read her poems “Only Choice is to Build”, “Marry you in Autumn”, “Violations tested”, “Echo in my Mind”, “I’m Thinking About Myself Too Much”, “erasure poem: ‘One of the Most Hated Women in America’”, “Build Your Own Cross”, “Being God”, “Evolving, Connecting and Confounding”, “Only Half the Story”, and “Only Voice He Could Hear” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video 9#26/18 of the Janet Kuypers Chicago show “Life and Death and Everything Between” during Poetry at The Gallery Cabaret, where she read her poems “Only Choice is to Build”, “Marry you in Autumn”, “Violations tested”, “Echo in my Mind”, “I’m Thinking About Myself Too Much”, “erasure poem: ‘One of the Most Hated Women in America’”, “Build Your Own Cross”, “Being God”, “Evolving, Connecting and Confounding”, “Only Half the Story”, and “Only Voice He Could Hear” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video 9#26/18 of the Janet Kuypers Chicago show “Life and Death and Everything Between” during Poetry at The Gallery Cabaret, where she read her poems “Only Choice is to Build”, “Marry you in Autumn”, “Violations tested”, “Echo in my Mind”, “I’m Thinking About Myself Too Much”, “erasure poem: ‘One of the Most Hated Women in America’”, “Build Your Own Cross”, “Being God”, “Evolving, Connecting and Confounding”, “Only Half the Story”, and “Only Voice He Could Hear” (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera, with a Hue Cycling filter).

See YouTube video 9#26/18 of the Janet Kuypers Chicago show “Life and Death and Everything Between” during Poetry at The Gallery Cabaret, where she read her poems “Only Choice is to Build”, “Marry you in Autumn”, “Violations tested”, “Echo in my Mind”, “I’m Thinking About Myself Too Much”, “erasure poem: ‘One of the Most Hated Women in America’”, “Build Your Own Cross”, “Being God”, “Evolving, Connecting and Confounding”, “Only Half the Story”, and “Only Voice He Could Hear” (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera, with a Sepia Tone filter).

See YouTube video 9#26/18 of the Janet Kuypers Chicago show “Life and Death and Everything Between” during Poetry at The Gallery Cabaret, where she read her poems “Only Choice is to Build”, “Marry you in Autumn”, “Violations tested”, “Echo in my Mind”, “I’m Thinking About Myself Too Much”, “erasure poem: ‘One of the Most Hated Women in America’”, “Build Your Own Cross”, “Being God”, “Evolving, Connecting and Confounding”, “Only Half the Story”, and “Only Voice He Could Hear” (from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera, with an Edge Detection filter).

See YouTube video 9#26/18 of the Janet Kuypers Chicago show “Life and Death and Everything Between” during Poetry at The Gallery Cabaret, where she read her poems “Only Choice is to Build”, “Marry you in Autumn”, “Violations tested”, “Echo in my Mind”, “I’m Thinking About Myself Too Much”, “erasure poem: ‘One of the Most Hated Women in America’”, “Build Your Own Cross”, “Being God”, “Evolving, Connecting and Confounding”, “Only Half the Story”, and “Only Voice He Could Hear” (from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera, with a Threshold filter).

See YouTube video 12/2/18 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Only Voice he could Hear”, “Your Imaginary Soul Weighs 21 Grams”, and “Poem About This”, from the Scars Publications 2018 collections book “Accept Apart” at the “Recycled Reads” (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video 12/2/18 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Only Voice he could Hear”, “Your Imaginary Soul Weighs 21 Grams”, and “Poem About This”, from the Scars Publications 2018 collections book “Accept Apart” at the “Recycled Reads” (Panasonic Lumix 2500 cam).

See YouTube video 12/8/18 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Death is a Dog”, “Returning to Georgetown”, & “Only Voice He Could Hear”, from the Scars Publications 2018 collections book “Accept Apart” at “Poetry Aloud” (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See YouTube video 12/8/18 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Death is a Dog”, “Returning to Georgetown”, & “Only Voice He Could Hear”, from the Scars Publications 2018 collections book “Accept Apart” at “Poetry Aloud” (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ May 2019 Book Release Reading 5/1/19, where she read her Life and Death and everything between poems “Echo in my Mind”, “Erasure Poem: ‘One of the most Hated Women in America’”, “Being God”, “Evolving, Connecting and Cofounding”, and “Only Voice He Could Hear”, all read from the cc&d September-December 2018 issue and chapbook collection book “This is Where I Live”, during Community Poetry @ Half Price Books (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ May 2019 Book Release Reading 5/1/19, where she read her Life and Death and everything between poems “Echo in my Mind”, “Erasure Poem: ‘One of the most Hated Women in America’”, “Being God”, “Evolving, Connecting and Cofounding”, and “Only Voice He Could Hear”, all read from the cc&d September-December 2018 issue and chapbook collection book “This is Where I Live”, during Community Poetry @ Half Price Books (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

on the back of a touring bike

See YouTube video of the Janet Kuypers reading her poem on the back of a touring bikein her 3/14/15 show “India Stories” at the Art Colony in Chicago (Canon fs200) w/ background guitar from John

See YouTube video of the Janet Kuypers reading her poem on the back of a touring bike in her 3/14/15 show “India Stories” at the Art Colony in Chicago (Canon Power Shot) w/ background guitar from John

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her “India stories” poems “Us Creative Types”, “unmarried women and dead bodies everywhere”, and “on the back of a touring bike”, all read from her 2014-2015 Chicago poetry performance art book “a year long Journey” at “Recycled Reads” open mic 11/4/18 (filmed live from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her “India stories” poems “Us Creative Types”, “unmarried women and dead bodies everywhere”, and “on the back of a touring bike”, all read from her 2014-2015 Chicago poetry performance art book “a year long Journey” at “Recycled Reads” open mic 11/4/18 (filmed live from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

on the Bridge

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers in her 12/2/17 show “Who What Where When Why” @ “Expressions” in Austin, performing her poems “Who What Where When Why”, “Ocean’s Call to Dive”, “Underwater and Swimming”, “on the Bridge”, “Jumping, Flying”, “Only Voice he could Hear”, “Passport to Outer Space” from the book “Say Nothing”, and “Visiting Pristine Places on the Planet” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersinstagram

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers in her 12/2/17 show “Who What Where When Why” @ “Expressions” in Austin, performing her poems “Who What Where When Why”, “Ocean’s Call to Dive”, “Underwater and Swimming”, “on the Bridge”, “Jumping, Flying”, “Only Voice he could Hear”, “Passport to Outer Space” from the book “Say Nothing”, and “Visiting Pristine Places on the Planet” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersinstagram

View the 12/2/17 show poems in the free PDF file chapbook Who What Where When Why containing the poems “Who What Where When Why”, “Ocean’s Call to Dive”, “Underwater and Swimming”, “on the Bridge”, “Jumping, Flying”, “Only Voice he could Hear”, her micro-prose “Passport to Outer Space”, and her poem “Visiting Pristine Places on the Planet”.

See YouTube video from 12/9/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “on the Bridge”, then her poems “Upstage Everyone Else” & “On a High Horse Like This” from her book “Let me See You Stripped” at the “Poetry Aloud” open mic at the Georgetown Public Library (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See YouTube video from 12/9/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “on the Bridge”, then her poems “Upstage Everyone Else” & “On a High Horse Like This” from her book “Let me See You Stripped” at the “Poetry Aloud” open mic at the Georgetown Public Library (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ May 2018 Book Release Reading 5/2/18, where she read her “Who What Where When Why” performance art poems “Who What Where When Why” “Ocean’s Call to Dive”, “Underwater and Swimming” and “On the Bridge” from the cc&d 5/18 book “About the Arts” at “Community Poetry @ Half Price Books” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ May 2018 Book Release Reading 5/2/18, where she read her “Who What Where When Why” performance art poems “Who What Where When Why” “Ocean’s Call to Dive”, “Underwater and Swimming” and “On the Bridge” from the cc&d 5/18 book “About the Arts” at “Community Poetry @ Half Price Books” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “On the Bridge” from her 2018 full-color full-bleed photography (+ select poems) book “Antarctica: Wildlife”, then her poem “There I Sit” from the cc&d 4/18 v282 book “War of Water”, then her poem “Just one Book” from the cc&d 9/17 v275 book “a Pick for the Future” at “Poetry Aloud” 7/28/18 (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “On the Bridge” from her 2018 full-color full-bleed photography (+ select poems) book “Antarctica: Wildlife”, then her poem “There I Sit” from the cc&d 4/18 v282 book “War of Water”, then her poem “Just one Book” from the cc&d 9/17 v275 book “a Pick for the Future” at “Poetry Aloud” 7/28/18 (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “On the Bridge” from her 2018 full-color full-bleed photography (+ select poems) book “Antarctica: Wildlife”, then her poem “Human Construct of Time” from the cc&d 6/11 v233 bonus anniversary book “Sea Drift”, then her poem “Shared Air” from the cc&d 7 & 8 2017 v264 book “Being Real” at “Spoken and Heard” 7/29/18 (video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “On the Bridge” from her 2018 full-color full-bleed photography (+ select poems) book “Antarctica: Wildlife”, then her poem “Human Construct of Time” from the cc&d 6/11 v233 bonus anniversary book “Sea Drift”, then her poem “Shared Air” from the cc&d 7 & 8 2017 v264 book “Being Real” at “Spoken and Heard” 7/29/18 (video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ August 2018 Book Release Reading 8/1/18, where she read her “Who What Where When Why” show poems “Ocean’s Call to Dive”, “Who What Where When Why”, “Underwater and Swimming”, “on the Bridge”, and “Visiting Pristine Places on the Planet” from her color photo book “Antarctica: Wildlife” at “Community Poetry @ Half Price Books” (PLT56 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ August 2018 Book Release Reading 8/1/18, where she read her “Who What Where When Why” show poems “Ocean’s Call to Dive”, “Who What Where When Why”, “Underwater and Swimming”, “on the Bridge”, and “Visiting Pristine Places on the Planet” from her color photo book “Antarctica: Wildlife” at “Community Poetry @ Half Price Books” (PLT56; Cyan).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ August 2018 Book Release Reading 8/1/18, where she read her “Who What Where When Why” show poems “Ocean’s Call to Dive”, “Who What Where When Why”, “Underwater and Swimming”, “on the Bridge”, and “Visiting Pristine Places on the Planet” from her color photo book “Antarctica: Wildlife” at “Community Poetry @ Half Price Books” (PLT56; Edge Det.).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ August 2018 Book Release Reading 8/1/18, where she read her “Who What Where When Why” show poems “Ocean’s Call to Dive”, “Who What Where When Why”, “Underwater and Swimming”, “on the Bridge”, and “Visiting Pristine Places on the Planet” from her color photo book “Antarctica: Wildlife” at “Community Poetry @ Half Price Books” (PLT56; Polarize).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ August 2018 Book Release Reading 8/1/18, where she read her “Who What Where When Why” show poems “Ocean’s Call to Dive”, “Who What Where When Why”, “Underwater and Swimming”, “on the Bridge”, and “Visiting Pristine Places on the Planet” from her color photo book “Antarctica: Wildlife” at “Community Poetry @ Half Price Books” (PLT56; Sepia Tone).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ August 2018 Book Release Reading 8/1/18, where she read her “Who What Where When Why” show poems “Ocean’s Call to Dive”, “Who What Where When Why”, “Underwater and Swimming”, “on the Bridge”, and “Visiting Pristine Places on the Planet” from her color photo book “Antarctica: Wildlife” at “Community Poetry @ Half Price Books” (PLT56; Threshold).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Every Street Corner”, “Women’s Very Existence”, “Who What Where When Why”, and “Ocean’s Call to Dive” from the Scars Publications 2018 collections book “Accept Apart”, plus her poem “On the Bridge” from the full-color photography and poetry book “Antarctica: Wildlife”, live 1/2/19 at her. “Community Poetry @ Half Price Books” Austin feature reading (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera, then zoomed in closer; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Every Street Corner”, “Women’s Very Existence”, “Who What Where When Why”, and “Ocean’s Call to Dive” from the Scars Publications 2018 collections book “Accept Apart”, plus her poem “On the Bridge” from the full-color photography and poetry book “Antarctica: Wildlife”, live 1/2/19 at her. “Community Poetry @ Half Price Books” Austin feature reading (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Every Street Corner”, “Women’s Very Existence”, “Who What Where When Why”, and “Ocean’s Call to Dive” from the Scars Publications 2018 collections book “Accept Apart”, plus her poem “On the Bridge” from the full-color photography and poetry book “Antarctica: Wildlife”, live 1/2/19 at her. “Community Poetry @ Half Price Books” Austin feature reading (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera that was zoomed; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Every Street Corner”, “Women’s Very Existence”, “Who What Where When Why”, and “Ocean’s Call to Dive” from the Scars Publications 2018 collections book “Accept Apart”, plus her poem “On the Bridge” from the full-color photography and poetry book “Antarctica: Wildlife”, live 1/2/19 at her. “Community Poetry @ Half Price Books” Austin feature reading (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “On The Bridge” originally from her book “Antarctica: Wildlife” but read the edited poem read from her contest-winning poetry in the book “Animal Takes XII 2019”, her poem “Earth was Alive and Dying” read from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” (for Arbor Day), then her poem “Old Stomping Grounds” from her poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” during her hosting her the “Poetic License” open mic at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” 8/4/19 (P L 2500).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “On The Bridge” originally from her book “Antarctica: Wildlife” but read the edited poem read from her contest-winning poetry in the book “Animal Takes XII 2019”, her poem “Earth was Alive and Dying” read from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” (for Arbor Day), then her poem “Old Stomping Grounds” from her poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” during her hosting her the “Poetic License” open mic at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” 8/4/19 (P L T56).

On the Surface

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Quintessential Symbol” her first poem in the April 2021 v308 issue of cc&d’s paperback book “The Garden of Eden”, plus her two new poems, “On the Surface” and “Universe’s Lost Love”, at the “Poetic License virtual open mic 4/4/21” 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 #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Quintessential Symbol” her first poem in the April 2021 v308 issue of cc&d’s paperback book “The Garden of Eden”, plus her two new poems, “On the Surface” and “Universe’s Lost Love”, at the “Poetic License virtual open mic 4/4/21” she hosted w/ a Zoom meeting & a Facebook event page (filmed & streamed w/ a Samsung S9 camera). #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

See this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “On the Surface”, “Beryllium Shimmers”, “Over the Lives”, “Elaborate Exaltation”, “Quesadich in our Underworld”, and “Extra Blade” from the v184 5/21 Down in the Dirt book “Sprung from Grief”, read 6/2/21 during the usual time for Austin’s “Community Poetry” feature reading (this video was filmed and streamed from a Samsung S9 camera). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

See this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “On the Surface”, “Beryllium Shimmers”, “Over the Lives”, “Elaborate Exaltation”, “Quesadich in our Underworld”, and “Extra Blade” from the v184 May 2021 Down in the Dirt book “Sprung from Grief”, read 6/2/21 during the usual first Wednesdays time for Austin’s “Community Poetry” feature reading (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “On the Surface”, “Beryllium Shimmers”, “Over the Lives”, “Elaborate Exaltation”, “Quesadich in our Underworld”, “Extra Blade”, “Learning More (2020 edit)”, “Vortex Sucks Us In”, and “Bronze Sculptures will Crumble to Pieces” from the Down in the Dirt May-August 2021 issue collection book “Lockdown’s Over” 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 #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem

See this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “On the Surface”, “Beryllium Shimmers”, “Over the Lives”, “Elaborate Exaltation”, “Quesadich in our Underworld”, “Extra Blade”, “Learning More (2020 edit)”, “Vortex Sucks Us In”, and “Bronze Sculptures will Crumble to Pieces” from the Down in the Dirt May-August 2021 issue collection book “Lockdown’s Over” 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 (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Beryllium Shimmers”, “Over the Lives”, “Elaborate Exaltation”, “On the Surface”, “Einsteinium’s Mysteries”, “Scandium, Held Tightly”, “Lithium Desperation”, “Helium Rising”, “Manganese Growing”, “Manganese can cure us all”, “Just a Little Crazy”, and “Katie” from the Scars Publications 2021 collection book “Regarding Utopia” 1/5/22 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 #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Beryllium Shimmers”, “Over the Lives”, “Elaborate Exaltation”, “On the Surface”, “Einsteinium’s Mysteries”, “Scandium, Held Tightly”, “Lithium Desperation”, “Helium Rising”, “Manganese Growing”, “Manganese can cure us all”, “Just a Little Crazy”, and “Katie” from the Scars Publications 2021 collection book “Regarding Utopia” 1/5/22 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 and streamed live from a Samsung S9 camera with a lava flow filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

on the way to a NOLA funeral

On This Day

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her Instagram poem “You Do What You’re Told” (then shows her Twitter and Instagram image from the poem), then her 2019 poem “Vibrations Echo” that will be in her upcoming (August 2919) poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, twitterverse, Instagram & poetry”, and “On This Day” (written on her birthday) 6/29/19 while she hosted “Poetry Aloud” (from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her Instagram poem “You Do What You’re Told” (then shows her Twitter and Instagram image from the poem), then her 2019 poem “Vibrations Echo” that will be in her upcoming (August 2919) poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, twitterverse, Instagram & poetry”, and “On This Day” (written on her birthday) 6/29/19 while she hosted “Poetry Aloud” (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video of open mic host Janet Kuypers reading her 2019 poems “Only Nineteen” (written for wedding anniversary which will also appear in the August 2019 release of the Janet Kuypers poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”), and “On This Day” (written on her birthday and will appear in her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”, while hosting “Poetic License” at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” 7/7/19 (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video of open mic host Janet Kuypers reading her 2019 poems “Only Nineteen” (written for wedding anniversary which will also appear in the August 2019 release of the Janet Kuypers poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”), and “On This Day” (written on her birthday and will appear in her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”, while hosting “Poetic License” at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” 7/7/19 (from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video live 10/19/19 at Austin’s “Open Mic Showcase”, where Janet Kuypers read poems from a variety of books in multiple rounds to the live audience at the bookstore. In round 1, Janet Kuypers reads her poem “On This Day” from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”, then her poem “Eight to Sixteen” (for her “Nerves of a Poet” feature) from her poetry book “a year long Journey”, and then her Periodic Table poem “Einsteinium” from The Cafe Gallery poetry book “the Chosen Few”. In round 2, Janet Kuypers reads her poem “Empty Chocolate Counter” from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”, then her poem “Lord have Mercy” (for her “Nerves of a Poet” feature) from her poetry book “a year long Journey”, and then her poem “Andrew Hettinger” from the cc&d 2019 re-release of the May 2008 v184 book “That was the Time”, In round 3, Janet Kuypers reads her poem “Vatican Turned into a Whorehouse” from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”, then her poem “Star Trek, Star Wars, and Storm Troopers” from her poetry book “a year long Journey”, and then her poem “Chess Game Again” from the cc&d 2019 re-release of the May 2008 v184 book “That was the Time”, then her bonus poem “Every Day is Sweetest Day”, written that morning, on Sweetest Day, 10/19/19. In round 4, Janet Kuypers reads her poem “Vanquished by the Sleeping Giant” from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”, then her poem “Young Dreams from a Potential Legend” (for her “Bases Loaded” feature) from her poetry book “a year long Journey”, and then her poem “All These Reminders” from the cc&d 2019 re-release of the May 2008 v184 book “That was the Time”. In round 5, Janet Kuypers reads her poem “Uphill Battles lead to Changing It Up” from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”, then her poem “Violent Affair” (for her “Nerves of a Poet” feature) from her poetry book “a year long Journey”, and then her poem “She Told Me Her Dreams (one)” from the cc&d 2019 re-release of the May 2008 v184 book “That was the Time”. In round 6, Janet Kuypers reads her poem “Knowing Panic Becomes a Picnic” from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”, then her poems “People’s Rights Misunderstood”, and “New Vacuum Cleaner” from the cc&d 2019 re-release of the May 1996 v79 book “Poetry and Prose” (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera); on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr. This video was also filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera); on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr.

See this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Eternal Never Ending Now”, “On This Day”, “jar for my beating heart”, and “Universe’s Lost Love” from the cc&d June 2021 v310 28-year anniversary issue/paperback book “Falling”, read 6/2/21 during the usual first Wednesdays time for Austin’s “Community Poetry” feature reading (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersinstagram

See this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Eternal Never Ending Now”, “On This Day”, “jar for my beating heart”, and “Universe’s Lost Love” from the cc&d June 2021 v310 28-year anniversary issue/paperback book “Falling”, read 6/2/21 during the usual time for Austin’s “Community Poetry” feature reading (this video, filmed and streamed from a Samsung S9 camera). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

See this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Eternal Never Ending Now”, “On This Day”, and “Uncharted Land” 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

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Eternal Never Ending Now”, “On This Day”, and “Uncharted Land” 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

Onto a Page

See a YouTube video of Janet Kuypers in her 15-minute podcast recording for WZRD 88.3 Chicago FM Radio, reading her poems from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)” — reflecting summer poetry within the book, including her poems “Effigy” (written 8/28, the 1955 day Black teenager Emmett Till was brutally murdered in a lynching, galvanizing the civil rights movement, the 1957 day U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond filibustered to prevent the voting on the Civil Rights Act of 1957, and the 1963 day of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, with Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.’s I Have a Dream speech), “Beauty in the Eyes of Einstein” (for the 9/1/79 date the Pioneer spacecraft visits Saturn), “Extension of Violence, Cute as a Button” (written 9/1, the 1901 date Vice-President Teddy Roosevelt used the phrase, “Speak softly and carry a big stick”), “Engineering with Creativity” (written 9/3, on National Skyscraper Day), “Onto a Page” (for 9/6, National Read a Book Day), and “The State of the Nation (2016 edit)”, (for 9/17, Constitution Day), recorded 8/9/20 for future WZRD Radio airplay via the mp3 podcast (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers in her 15-minute podcast recording for WZRD 88.3 Chicago FM Radio, reading her poems from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)” — reflecting August and September event poetry within the book, including her poems “Effigy”, “Beauty in the Eyes of Einstein”, “Extension of Violence, Cute as a Button”, “Engineering with Creativity”, “Onto a Page”, and “The State of the Nation (2016 edit)”, recorded 8/3/20 for future WZRD Radio airplay (video filmed from a Samsung S9 camera).

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Onto a Page”, and “Open Book (jacket of stories)” (both for 9/4, National Read a Book Day) from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)” 9/1/20 during the Spoken Word Paris/Spoken Word Online open mic (video streamed from a Samsung S9 camera).

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Onto a Page”, and “Explore your Imagination” from the Down in the Dirt 9/20 v175 book “In the Singularity” during the “Poetic License open mic 9/6/20 home edition” she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (from a Samsung S9 camera). #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Boron from the Big Bang”, “Extension of Violence, Cute as a Button”, “Engineering with Creativity”, “One With Wildlife”, “Onto a Page”, “Explore your Imagination”, “You’ve Tucked us Women Away”, and “Keep Looking for Hope” from the v175 “In the Singularity” installment of the Down in the Dirt issue collection book “Late Frost” 1/6/21, during the usual time for Austin’s “Community Poetry” open mic (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 “Boron from the Big Bang”, “Extension of Violence, Cute as a Button”, “Engineering with Creativity”, “One With Wildlife”, “Onto a Page”, “Explore your Imagination”, “You’ve Tucked us Women Away”, and “Keep Looking for Hope” from the v175 “In the Singularity” installment of the Down in the Dirt issue collection book “Late Frost” 1/6/21, 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

Open Book

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers in her 9/2/15 show “Like a Lamb to the Slaughter” feature at Poetry At The Gallery Cabaret in Chicago (Canon fs200), with Entering the Lake of Fire, unless it happens to you, Open Book, electromagnetism, an edited version of the poem Everything was Alive and Dying, Death Takes Many Forms, and Under the Sea.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers in her 9/2/15 show “Like a Lamb to the Slaughter” in her feature at Poetry At The Gallery Cabaret in Chicago (Canon Power Shot), with her poems Entering the Lake of Fire, unless it happens to you, Open Book, electromagnetism, an edited version of her poem Everything was Alive and Dying, Death Takes Many Forms, and Under the Sea.

Get this poem in the free chapbook Like a Lamb to the Slaughter with all of the poems read 9/2/15 at Poetry at the Gallery Cabaret show in Chicago.

See YouTube video 9/24/16 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Open Book”, “Key To Survival” and “Universe... Now In Color” live in downtown Austin’s one-time only reading at Brave New Books (Canon Power Shot camera).

See YouTube video 9/24/16 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Open Book”, “Key To Survival” and “Universe... Now In Color” live in downtown Austin’s one-time only reading at Brave New Books (filmed from a Sony camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers in her 2/1/17 25 minute poetry reading at Austin’s Half Price Books, with her poems “old school and high-tech monuments”, “extinct on planet earth”, “Other Souls”, “Open Book”, “Mapping the Way to True Love”, “Years, Centuries, Eons”, “Zenith of the Night Sky”, and “just one book” (this video was filmed from a Canon Power Shot SX700 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers in her 2/1/17 25 minute poetry reading at Austin’s Half Price Books, with her poems “old school and high-tech monuments”, “extinct on planet earth”, “Other Souls”, “Open Book”, “Mapping the Way to True Love”, “Years, Centuries, Eons”, “Zenith of the Night Sky”, and “just one book” (this video was filmed from a Canon Power Shot SX60 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ July 2017 Book Release Reading 7/5/17 of cc&d’s book “Salvaging America” poems “unless”, “Electromagnetism”, “Open Book”, “Everything is my Home”, and “Orders” in Half Price Books Community Poetry (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypershaiku #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersinstagram

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ July 2017 Book Release Reading 7/5/17 of cc&d’s book “Salvaging America” poems “unless”, “Electromagnetism”, “Open Book”, “Everything is my Home”, and “Orders” in Half Price Books Community Poetry (this video was filmed from a Sony camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypershaiku #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “PDQ in Tin Foil (2015 edit)” from her show “Poetic Shades of Chocolate”, then her poems, “Open Book” and “Electromagnetism” from her show “Like a Lamb to the Slaughter”, all read from her 2014-2015 Chicago poetry performance art book “a year long Journey” at “Poetry Aloud” open mic 11/10/18 (video filmed live from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “PDQ in Tin Foil (2015 edit)” from her show “Poetic Shades of Chocolate”, then her poems, “Open Book” and “Electromagnetism” from her show “Like a Lamb to the Slaughter”, all read from her 2014-2015 Chicago poetry performance art book “a year long Journey” at “Poetry Aloud” open mic 11/10/18 (video filmed live from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Onto a Page”, and “Open Book (jacket of stories)” (both for 9/4, National Read a Book Day) from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)” 9/1/20 during the Spoken Word Paris/Spoken Word Online open mic (video streamed from a Samsung S9 camera).

Opened the Door for All

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

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “ever since my childhood”, “Opened the Door for All”, “Just too High for Just one Man”, “Evolving with Mutant Genes”, and “Yes, For Our Future Too” from the Down in the Dirt 11/20 v177 book “Pipe Dreams” live 11/4/20 in honor of “Community Poetry” (this video filmed and streamed with a Samsung S9 camera).

See the YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “ever since my childhood”, “Opened the Door for All”, “Just too High for Just one Man”, “Evolving with Mutant Genes”, and “Yes, For Our Future Too” from the Down in the Dirt 11/20 v177 book “Pipe Dreams”; live 11/4/20 in honor of “Community Poetry” (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See the YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “ever since my childhood”, “Oh, the book is Better than the Movie”, “Vessel to Spread the Word”, “Otherwise Reigned Supreme”, “Opened the Door for All”, “Just too High for Just one Man”, “Evolving with Mutant Genes”, and “Yes, For Our Future Too” from the v177 book “Pipe Dreams” installment of the Down in the Dirt issue collection book “Late Frost” for The Café Gallery 1/19/21 Book Reading in The Café Gallery Book Reading series (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera, and 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 “ever since my childhood”, “Oh, the book is Better than the Movie”, “Vessel to Spread the Word”, “Otherwise Reigned Supreme”, “Opened the Door for All”, “Just too High for Just one Man”, “Evolving with Mutant Genes”, and “Yes, For Our Future Too” from the v177 book “Pipe Dreams” installment of the Down in the Dirt issue collection book “Late Frost” for The Café Gallery 1/19/21 Book Reading in The Café Gallery Book Reading series (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 “Keep Your Chin Up”, “Opened the Door for All”, “Just so Others can Feel”, “Over Hazardous Land”, and “Ethical Thing to Do” from the cc&d November 2021 v315 issue/paperback book “Down and Inside” 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

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Keep Your Chin Up”, “Opened the Door for All”, “Just so Others can Feel”, “Over Hazardous Land”, and “Ethical Thing to Do” from the cc&d November 2021 v315 issue/paperback book “Down and Inside” 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; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Opened the Door for All” from the Scars Publications November 2021 cc&d v315 issue/book “Down and Inside”, then reading her poems “Judged on Looks” and “People Forget Politics” from the Scars Publications November 2021 Down in the Dirt v189 book “A Door Is A Door Is A Door” during the “Poetic License virtual open mic 11/7/21” she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoem #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Opened the Door for All” from the Scars Publications November 2021 cc&d v315 issue/book “Down and Inside”, then reading her poems “Judged on Looks” and “People Forget Politics” from the Scars Publications November 2021 Down in the Dirt v189 book “A Door Is A Door Is A Door” during the “Poetic License virtual open mic 11/7/21” she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (this video was filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera and given a Triangle filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoem #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Opened the Door for All” from the Scars Publications November 2021 cc&d v315 issue/book “Down and Inside”, then reading her poems “Judged on Looks” and “People Forget Politics” from the Scars Publications November 2021 Down in the Dirt v189 book “A Door Is A Door Is A Door” during the “Poetic License virtual open mic 11/7/21” she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoem #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Opened the Door for All” from the Scars Publications November 2021 cc&d v315 issue/book “Down and Inside”, then reading her poems “Judged on Looks” and “People Forget Politics” from the Scars Publications November 2021 Down in the Dirt v189 book “A Door Is A Door Is A Door” during the “Poetic License virtual open mic 11/7/21” she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (this video was filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoem #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Keep Your Chin Up”, “Opened the Door for All”, “Just so Others can Feel”, “Over Hazardous Lands”, and “Ethical Thing to Do” from the Scars Publications 9-12/21 cc&d issue collection book anthology “The World Outside” 3/2/22 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 from a Samsung S9 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Opened the Door for All” from the Scars Publications 9-12/21 cc&d issue collection book anthology “The World Outside” 3/2/22 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 Samsung S9 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Escaping Rapeugees”, “Objectifiable 2021”, “Killing, Loving, and the Power of Women”, “from In the Air”, “Opened the Door for All”, “Meitnerium: For All We Women Must Do”, “Extension of “Him””, “Keep Looking Happy”, “Vacuum of Space”, “Voluptuous, and Intelligent Too”, “Unmarried Women and Dead Bodies Everywhere”, “the Measuring Scale”, and “Oh, She Was a Woman” from the CyberWit.net Janet Kuypers poetry book “Shattering the Glass Ceiling” during the “Beach Poets bonus week with Janet Kuypers feature” 6/26/22 in Chicago (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersfeature#janetkuypersfeminism #shatteringtheglassceiling #janetkuyperswomensrights #janetkuypersequalityforwomen #janetkuypersshatteringtheglassceiling

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poetry from the CyberWit.net Janet Kuypers poetry book “Shattering the Glass Ceiling” during the “Beach Poets bonus week with Janet Kuypers feature” 6/26/22 in Chicago (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera with a Hue Cycling filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersfeature#janetkuypersfeminism #shatteringtheglassceiling #janetkuyperswomensrights #janetkuypersequalityforwomen #janetkuypersshatteringtheglassceiling

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poetry from the CyberWit.net Janet Kuypers poetry book “Shattering the Glass Ceiling” during the “Beach Poets bonus week with Janet Kuypers feature” 6/26/22 in Chicago (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersfeature#janetkuypersfeminism #shatteringtheglassceiling #janetkuyperswomensrights #janetkuypersequalityforwomen #janetkuypersshatteringtheglassceiling

Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poetry from the CyberWit.net Janet Kuypers poetry book “Shattering the Glass Ceiling” during the “Beach Poets bonus week with Janet Kuypers feature” 6/26/22 in Chicago (this video was filmed and streamed from a Samsung S9 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersfeature #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem

open flame for the celebration

See YouTube video 12/3/16 with Janet Kuypers in her show “Akitu” at Expressions: Festive Seasons in Austin reading her poems “open flame for the celebration”, “Every Soul Celebrates”, “endings bring light”, and “Everyone Celebrates Together” to live electric bass w/ bow (this video was filmed from a Sony camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperspoetryshow

See YouTube video 12/3/16 with Janet Kuypers in her show “Akitu” at Expressions: Festive Seasons in Austin reading her poems “open flame for the celebration”, “Every Soul Celebrates”, “endings bring light”, and “Everyone Celebrates Together” to live electric bass w/ bow (this video was filmed from a Canon PowerShot camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetryshow

View or download the free PDF chapbook Akitu with “open flame for the celebration” “Every Soul Celebrates”, “endings bring light”, & “Everyone Celebrates Together”.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ December 2017 Book Release Readings 12/6/17 from the cc&d 12/17 book “Flawed Cadaver”, with her Akitu poems “open flame for the celebration”, “Every Soul Celebrates”, “endings bring light”, and “Everyone Celebrates Together” in Community Poetry (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoetryshow

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ December 2017 Book Release Readings 12/6/17 from the cc&d 12/17 book “Flawed Cadaver”, with her Akitu poems “open flame for the celebration”, “Every Soul Celebrates”, “endings bring light”, and “Everyone Celebrates Together” in Community Poetry (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoetryshow

See YouTube video 12/16/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “open flame for the celebration”, “Every Soul Celebrates”, “Evolving, Connecting and Confounding”, and “Utopia Never Happened” from her book “(pheromemes) 2015-2017 show poems” @ the AIPF booth during the Awesmic City Expo (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See YouTube video 12/16/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “open flame for the celebration”, “Every Soul Celebrates”, “Evolving, Connecting and Confounding”, and “Utopia Never Happened” from her book “(pheromemes) 2015-2017 show poems” @ the AIPF booth during the Awesmic City Expo (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “open flame for the celebration” first performed in her ”Akitu” poetry feature and read from her poetry book “(pheromemes) 2015-2017 show poems”, then her poem “Returning to Georgetown” originally from her poetry feature “Under my Skin” and read from her poetry performance art collection book “Chapter 48 (v2)”, then her 2019 poem “Fighting for Freedom on Christmas” (written on and in honor of George Washington’s birthday) 2/23/19 while she hosted “Poetry Aloud” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “open flame for the celebration” first performed in her ”Akitu” poetry feature and read from her poetry book “(pheromemes) 2015-2017 show poems”, then her poem “Returning to Georgetown” originally from her poetry feature “Under my Skin” and read from her poetry performance art collection book “Chapter 48 (v2)”, then her 2019 poem “Fighting for Freedom on Christmas” (written on and in honor of George Washington’s birthday) 2/23/19 while she hosted “Poetry Aloud” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Zucchini Versus Sausage: Different Choices Today”, “Open Flame of the Celebration”, and “Spring”, read from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”, live 3/4/20 in her March 2020 Book Release Reading through “Community Poetry” at Half Price Books in Austin (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Zucchini Versus Sausage: Different Choices Today”, “Open Flame of the Celebration”, and “Spring”, read from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”, live 3/4/20 in her March 2020 Book Release Reading through “Community Poetry” at Half Price Books in Austin (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram (twice) and Tumblr).

opening (haiku, on Twitter)

Visit the Kuypers Twitter page for short poems— join http://twitter.com/janetkuypers.

See YouTube video (S) of Kottyn Campbell reading the Janet Kuypers haiku opening in the “Partial Nudity” book release show 6/18/14 at Chicago’s the Café Gallery

See YouTube video (C) of Kottyn Campbell reading the Janet Kuypers haiku opening in the “Partial Nudity” book release show 6/18/14 at Chicago’s the Café Gallery

See Vine video of Janet Kuypers performing her poem opening (originally in her books Partial Nudity and 100 Haikus) live 12/17/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (Canon)

See Vine video of Janet Kuypers performing her poem opening (originally in her books 100 Haikus and Partial Nudity) live 12/17/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (Sony, posterize)

See Vine video of Janet Kuypers performing her poem opening from the cc&d magazine v265 book the Blind Eye 10/8/16 (filmed from a Samsung S7).

See YouTube video from 10/23/16 of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “opening” from the cc&d book “the Blind Eye” live at Austin’s open mic Kick Butt Poetry (this video filmed from a Canon Power Shot camera).

See YouTube video of Thom’s intro to Austin’s open mic Kick Butt Poetry, with Janet Kuypers reading her poems “greatest” and “opening” from the cc&d book “the Blind Eye” live 10/23/16 (w/ a Canon Power Shot camera).

See a Vine video of Janet Kuypers reading her Twitter-length haiku “opening” from Scars Publications’ Down in the Dirt v140 issue book “the Bridge” as a looping JKPoetryVine video 12/15/16 (this video filmed in Austin TX from a Samsung Galaxy S7).

See a Vine video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku opening from Scars Publications’ Jul./Dec. 2016 cc&d Issue book “After the Blues” as a looping JKPoetryVine video 1/14/17 (in Austin Texas, from a Samsung Galaxy S7).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers 12/17/17 reading every poem in her “100 Haikus” book reading at the AIPF booth / 2017 Awesmic City Expo, including much, out, can’t get you, of his thirst, know, pleading, coincidence?, found haiku, close, defenses, destroy, floor, hold, forever, jumped, study, Even with no Wish Bone, addiction, stagger, everyone, last, bruised, organs, choke, ends, explosions, fit, fought, heaviness, extinct, feel, escape, opening, pant, strike, civil, found, need, kill, kindness, run, pet, John’s Mind, humans, mirror, elusive, keep, greatest, instead, Arsenic and Syphilis, life (Periodic Table haiku), life (2000), timing, Two Not Mute Haikus, He’s An Escapist, Ending a Relationship, nightmares, knife, free, years, groove, errors, job, jobless, out there, gone, console, form, knowing, oil, cage, evil, faith, guide, behind, sort, barbed, difference, predator, blood, easy, existence, judge, fog, upturn, Translation (2014 haiku), sting, enemies, Deity Discipline (stretched haiku), Ants and Crosses, energy, knees, force, you, this is only a test, misogyny, ourselves, key, scorches (Lumix 2500).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers 12/17/17 reading every poem in her “100 Haikus” book reading at the AIPF booth / 2017 Awesmic City Expo, including much, out, can’t get you, of his thirst, know, pleading, coincidence?, found haiku, close, defenses, destroy, floor, hold, forever, jumped, study, Even with no Wish Bone, addiction, stagger, everyone, last, bruised, organs, choke, ends, explosions, fit, fought, heaviness, extinct, feel, escape, opening, pant, strike, civil, found, need, kill, kindness, run, pet, John’s Mind, humans, mirror, elusive, keep, greatest, instead, Arsenic and Syphilis, life (Periodic Table haiku), life (2000), timing, Two Not Mute Haikus, He’s An Escapist, Ending a Relationship, nightmares, knife, free, years, groove, errors, job, jobless, out there, gone, console, form, knowing, oil, cage, evil, faith, guide, behind, sort, barbed, difference, predator, blood, easy, existence, judge, fog, upturn, Translation (2014 haiku), sting, enemies, Deity Discipline (stretched haiku), Ants and Crosses, energy, knees, force, you, this is only a test, misogyny, ourselves, key, scorches (Lumix T56).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers 11/6/19 reading every poem in her “100 Haikus” section (plus bonus haiku) in her poetry book “Partial Nudity” during her November 2018 Book Release Reading through Community Poetry! at Half Price Books, including much, out, can’t get you, of his thirst, know, pleading, coincidence?, found haiku, close, defenses, destroy, floor, hold, forever, jumped, study, Even with no Wish Bone, addiction, stagger, everyone, last, bruised, organs, choke, ends, explosions, fit, fought, heaviness, extinct, feel, escape, opening, pant, strike, civil, found, need, kill, kindness, run, pet, John’s Mind, humans, mirror, elusive, keep, greatest, instead, Arsenic and Syphilis, life (Periodic Table haiku), life (2000), timing, Two Not Mute Haikus, He’s An Escapist, Ending a Relationship, nightmares, knife, free, years, groove, errors, job, jobless, out there, gone, console, form, knowing, oil, cage, evil, faith, guide, behind, sort, barbed, difference, predator, blood, easy, existence, judge, fog, upturn, Translation (2014 haiku), sting, enemies, Deity Discipline (stretched haiku), Ants and Crosses, energy, knees, force, you, this is only a test, misogyny, ourselves, key, scorches, only, bear, census, clogged, end, falling, relegated, “Jimbo”, eventually, progress, labor, mister, over, rescue, octopi and brains, octopi and dogs, universe, and love (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera); this video was posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers 11/6/19 reading every poem in her “100 Haikus” section (plus bonus haiku) in her poetry book “Partial Nudity” during her November 2018 Book Release Reading through Community Poetry! at Half Price Books, including much, out, can’t get you, of his thirst, know, pleading, coincidence?, found haiku, close, defenses, destroy, floor, hold, forever, jumped, study, Even with no Wish Bone, addiction, stagger, everyone, last, bruised, organs, choke, ends, explosions, fit, fought, heaviness, extinct, feel, escape, opening, pant, strike, civil, found, need, kill, kindness, run, pet, John’s Mind, humans, mirror, elusive, keep, greatest, instead, Arsenic and Syphilis, life (Periodic Table haiku), life (2000), timing, Two Not Mute Haikus, He’s An Escapist, Ending a Relationship, nightmares, knife, free, years, groove, errors, job, jobless, out there, gone, console, form, knowing, oil, cage, evil, faith, guide, behind, sort, barbed, difference, predator, blood, easy, existence, judge, fog, upturn, Translation (2014 haiku), sting, enemies, Deity Discipline (stretched haiku), Ants and Crosses, energy, knees, force, you, this is only a test, misogyny, ourselves, key, scorches, only, bear, census, clogged, end, falling, relegated, “Jimbo”, eventually, progress, labor, mister, over, rescue, octopi and brains, octopi and dogs, universe, and love (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera with a Sepia Tone filter); this video was posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr.

Opening Our Own Doors (twitter-length poem)

Visit the Kuypers Twitter page for short poems— join http://twitter.com/janetkuypers.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her second set of poetry at her “Unread” Beach Poets feature 7#26/15 in Chicago (this video was filmed from a Canon fs200 camera), w/ the poems lava (lamp) at a rolling boil, low-end lipo, Octopi Target McDonald’s, organic sex toy, Basic Investment Question, Pinchy, Opening Our Own Doors, Saving Yourself, Protect Ourselves from Ourselves, Uneven Ground Beneath my Feet, and Evaluation.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her second set of poetry at her “Unread” Beach Poets feature 7#26/15 in Chicago, w/ the poems lava (lamp) at a rolling boil, low-end lipo, Octopi Target McDonald’s, organic sex toy, Basic Investment Question, Pinchy, Opening Our Own Doors, Saving Yourself, Protect Ourselves from Ourselves, Uneven Ground Beneath my Feet, and Evaluation (this video was filmed from a Canon Power Shot camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ November 2017 Book Release Reading 11/1/17, where she reads from her book “Twitterati” her poems “Poverty in America”, “Oklahoma water-surfing”, “Zach makes me Think about these Things”, “Mechanical Soldiers”, “Fingers Black”, “You Cannot Burn Me”, “Opening Our Own Doors”, “Guantanamo Bay”, “Even if the Pope Claims It”, “Quenching Anybody’s Thirst”, “From Words to Wars”, “Money Became an Abstract”, “Where does the Love Go”, “Spent”, and “Cast in Stone” in “Community Poetry @ Half Price Books” (filmed from a Sony camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoetryshow

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ November 2017 Book Release Reading 11/1/17, where she reads from her book “Twitterati” her poems “Poverty in America”, “Oklahoma water-surfing”, “Zach makes me Think about these Things”, “Mechanical Soldiers”, “Fingers Black”, “You Cannot Burn Me”, “Opening Our Own Doors”, “Guantanamo Bay”, “Even if the Pope Claims It”, “Quenching Anybody’s Thirst”, “From Words to Wars”, “Money Became an Abstract”, “Where does the Love Go”, “Spent”, and “Cast in Stone” in “Community Poetry @ Half Price Books” (video from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

Opens the Way poem on Instagram and Twitter

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her Periodic Table poems “Molybdenum” from her 4/18/13 “In Homage” poetry feature and read from her v5 cc&d poetry anthology “On the Edge”, then her poem “One oh One Destruction Instructions: Self-Destructive” originally from her poetry feature “Destruction Instructions” and read from her poetry performance art collection book “A Year-Long Journey”, and “Opens the Way” live 2/16/19 at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her Periodic Table poems “Molybdenum” from her 4/18/13 “In Homage” poetry feature and read from her v5 cc&d poetry book “On the Edge”, then her poem “One oh One Destruction Instructions: Self-Destructive” originally from her poetry feature “Destruction Instructions” and read from her poetry performance art collection book “A Year-Long Journey”, and “Opens the Way” live 2/16/19 at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

See YouTube video 8/17/19 of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Opens the Way” from the cc&d v291 7-8/19 book “Of This I am Certain” and from her 2019 book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” as the intro poem for her guest-hosting the Austin “Open Mic Showcase” at Recycled Reads, then also read her poem “Poetry on a Stick” from the Down in the Dirt 2019 issue collection book “The Flickering Light” (from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video 8/17/19 of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Opens the Way” from the cc&d v291 7-8/19 book “Of This I am Certain” and from her 2019 book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” as the intro poem for her guest-hosting the Austin “Open Mic Showcase” at Recycled Reads, then also read her poem “Poetry on a Stick” from the Down in the Dirt 2019 issue collection book “The Flickering Light” (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ “Beach Poets bonus feature at the Armadillo’s Pillow” reading poetry from 2 books, including her poem “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed” from her 2019 poetry books “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” and “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”, then her poems “nonetheless”, “brittle”, “brain”, “Quiver in Thought”, “Opens the Way”, “Became a Circus”, and “Listen to Life”, all read from her 2019 poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”, then her haiku and poems “know”, “extinct”, “This is Only a Test”, “elusive”, “Vase of Tulips”, “That Dress”, “Escape to Peace”, and “Uncharted Land” from her 20019 poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” as the feature to the “Beach Poets 9/1/19 with Janet Kuypers” in Chicago (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ “Beach Poets bonus feature at the Armadillo’s Pillow” reading poetry from 2 books, including her poem “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed” from her 2019 poetry books “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” and “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”, then her poems “nonetheless”, “brittle”, “brain”, “Quiver in Thought”, “Opens the Way”, “Became a Circus”, and “Listen to Life”, all read from her 2019 poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”, then her haiku and poems “know”, “extinct”, “This is Only a Test”, “elusive”, “Vase of Tulips”, “That Dress”, “Escape to Peace”, and “Uncharted Land” from her 20019 poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” as the feature to the “Beach Poets 9/1/19 with Janet Kuypers” in Chicago (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; Sepia).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ “Beach Poets bonus feature at the Armadillo’s Pillow” reading poetry from 2 books, including her poem “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed” from her 2019 poetry books “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” and “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”, then her poems “nonetheless”, “brittle”, “brain”, “Quiver in Thought”, “Opens the Way”, “Became a Circus”, and “Listen to Life”, all read from her 2019 poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”, then her haiku and poems “know”, “extinct”, “This is Only a Test”, “elusive”, “Vase of Tulips”, and “That Dress” from her 20019 poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” as the feature to the “Beach Poets 9/1/19 with Janet Kuypers” in Chicago (this video was filmed live from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ “Beach Poets bonus feature at the Armadillo’s Pillow” reading poetry from 2 books, including her poem “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed” from her 2019 poetry books “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” and “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”, then her poems “nonetheless”, “brittle”, “brain”, “Quiver in Thought”, “Opens the Way”, “Became a Circus”, and “Listen to Life”, all read from her 2019 poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”, then her haiku and poems “know”, “extinct”, “This is Only a Test”, “elusive”, “Vase of Tulips”, and “That Dress” from her 20019 poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” as the feature to the “Beach Poets 9/1/19 with Janet Kuypers” in Chicago (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; Posterize filter).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Opens the Way”, and “Genesis Four: Cain and Abel, and Sin from Killing”, read from the Scars Publications 7-12 2019 cc&d issue collection book “Imagery of Place”, 1/11/20 at Georgetown’s “Poetry Aloud” (video from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Opens the Way”, and “Genesis Four: Cain and Abel, and Sin from Killing”, read from the Scars Publications 7-12 2019 cc&d issue collection book “Imagery of Place”, 1/11/20 at Georgetown’s “Poetry Aloud” (video from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her “the 2020 Poetry Review Date Book” poems “mirror”, “Opens the Way”, and “Ominous Day” during the “Poetic License open mic 5/3/20 home edition” she hosted in Austin, but globally through a Facebook event page (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera, and was posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See Facebook live video of Janet Kuypers reading her “the 2020 Poetry Review Date Book” poems “mirror”, “Opens the Way”, and “Ominous Day” during the “Poetic License open mic 5/3/20 home edition” she hosted in Austin, but globally through a Facebook event page (from a Samsung S9 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Opens the Way”, “Other People’s Worlds”, and “I Want Love”, her prose “Dandelions for a Passing Stranger” and “Scars”, her poems “the State of the Nation”, “People’s Rights Misunderstood”, and “The Carpet Factory, The Shoes”, in set 1 from the cc&d July-December 2018 expanded issue collection book “Among the Debris” during the “Poetic License open mic 6/7/20 home edition” she hosted in Austin, but globally through a Facebook event page (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera, and was posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Opens the Way”, “Other People’s Worlds”, and “I Want Love”, her prose “Dandelions for a Passing Stranger” and “Scars”, her poems “the State of the Nation”, “People’s Rights Misunderstood”, and “The Carpet Factory, The Shoes”, in set 1 from the cc&d July-December 2018 expanded issue collection book “Among the Debris” during the “Poetic License open mic 6/7/20 home edition” she hosted in Austin through a Facebook event page (video filmed from a Samsung S9 camera).

operation diligence

See YouTube video 9/11/15 of Janet Kuypers at the Chicago’s Roots Room reading her poems operation diligence and Looking fora Worthy Adversary, then singing her original song What we Need in Life, then reading her poem I dreamt about you last night, then covering the 1925 song (a capella) Brother, Can you Spare a Dime, & finishing with her poem Under the Sea (Canon fs200, cropped/saturated w/ sci-fi filter).

See YouTube video 9/11/15 of Janet Kuypers at the Chicago’s Roots Room reading her poems operation diligence and Looking fora Worthy Adversary, then singing her original song What we Need in Life, then reading her poem I dreamt about you last night, then covering the 1925 song (a cappella) Brother, Can you Spare a Dime, & finishing with her poem Under the Sea (Canon fs200, cropped & saturated).

See YouTube video of “the Thom Experience”, where Thom goes on stage, asking others to join him, and in the middle of his open performance space Janet Kuypers read her poem “operation diligence” 7/31/16 at the Austin music open mic Kick Butt Poetry (this Sony camera is of only the poem reading).

See YouTube video of “the Thom Experience”, where Thom goes on stage, asking others to join him, and in the middle of his open performance space Janet Kuypers read her poem “operation diligence” 7/31/16 at the Austin music open mic Kick Butt Poetry (filmed with a Canon Power Shot camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “True Happiness in the New Millennium” from the Down in the Dirt 7-12 2019 issue collection book “Legacy”, then her poems “Other People’s Worlds” and “Opens the Way”, read from the cc&d 7-12 2019 issue collection book “Imagery of Place”, 1/18/20 at Austin’s “Open Mic Showcase” at Recycled Reads (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “True Happiness in the New Millennium” from the Down in the Dirt 7-12 2019 issue collection book “Legacy”, then her poems “Other People’s Worlds” and “Opens the Way”, read from the cc&d 7-12 2019 issue collection book “Imagery of Place”, 1/18/20 at Austin’s “Open Mic Showcase” at Recycled Reads (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

Opinions

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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Opinions (C, read from her book Twitterati, now globally on sale) live 10/22/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Opinions (S, read from her book Twitterati, now globally on sale) live 10/22/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “No Heat in my Heart”, “Three Minutes for Three Dollars”, “Hurt Less Then”, “Pinchy”, “Live in my Imagination”, “Opinions”, “ Somewhere Else”, “Rushed”, “Bar Poem 20100423”, “Just Let It Glide Over Me”, “Bitter Suburbs”, “Teaching Our Children”, “Be Free of You”, and “Out of the Space Program” from the the Scars Publications 2010 poetry book “She’s an Open Book” 6/5/20 as a prequel to the “Poetic License open mic 6/7/20 home edition” she hosted and shared on a Facebook event page (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “No Heat in my Heart”, “Three Minutes for Three Dollars”, “Hurt Less Then”, “Pinchy”, “Live in my Imagination”, “Opinions”, “ Somewhere Else”, “Rushed”, “Bar Poem 20100423”, “Just Let It Glide Over Me”, “Bitter Suburbs”, “Teaching Our Children”, “Be Free of You”, and “Out of the Space Program” from the the Scars Publications 2010 poetry book “She’s an Open Book” 6/5/20 as a prequel to the “Poetic License open mic 6/7/20 home edition” she hosted and shared on a Facebook event page (filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera).

Opportunity from Freedom

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Opportunity from Freedom” (written 8/11 on Robert G. Ingersoll’s 1833 birthday), “Just Who May Try to Stop Us” (written 8/20, on National Aviation Day), and “Just to Craft” (written 8/21, on National Poets Day) from the cc&d August 2020 book “Death Waits Outside” during the “Poetic License open mic 8/2/20 home edition” 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, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Opportunity from Freedom”, “Just Who May Try to Stop Us”, and “Just to Craft” from the cc&d August 2020 book “Death Waits Outside” during the “Poetic License open mic 8/2/20 home edition” she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (filmed from a Samsung S9 camera). #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

See a YouTube video of Janet Kuypers in her 30+ minute podcast recording for WZRD 88.3 Chicago FM Radio, reading her poems from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)” — reflecting summer poetry within the book, including her poems “Just One Book” (for 8/9; Book Lovers Day), “Opportunity from Freedom” (written 8/11, the 1833 birthday of Robert G. Ingersoll), her haiku poem “Use Your Mind” and her poem “Just Who May Try to Stop Us” (written 8/20, National Aviation Day), “Just to Craft” (written 8/21, on National Poets Day), “Value of What Money Does” (written 8/24, the 1967 date when, led by Abbie Hoffman, the Youth International Party disrupted New York Stock Exchange by throwing dollar bills on the trading floor), “Eleven and Two, plus Eight” (for 8/24, Pluto Demoted Day), “Ominous Day” (for the 8/24 79 A.D. date of the Mount Vesuvius eruption), “Keep Looking Happy” (written 8/26, the the 1920 day the U.S. 19th Amendment was certified, given women the right to vote), “Effigy” (written 8/28, the 1955 day Black teenager Emmett Till was brutally murdered in a lynching, galvanizing the civil rights movement, the 1957 day U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond filibustered to prevent the voting on the Civil Rights Act of 1957, and the 1963 day of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, with Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.’s I Have a Dream speech), “Everyone is to Blame” (written 8/31, the day in 1888 Mary Ann Burton was murdered, the first known murder by Jack the Ripper; the 1987 day Princess Diana died in a car crash, in front of paparazzi), “Beauty in the Eyes of Einstein” (for the 9/1/79 date the Pioneer spacecraft visits Saturn), “No One Will Forget” (for the 9/3/44 date Diarist Anne Frank and her family are placed on the last 3-day train from the Westerbork transit camp to theAuschwitz concentration camp), “One With Wildlife” (written 9/4, on National Wildlife Day), “Visiting and Seeing the Signs” (for Grandparents Day, the 1st Sunday after Labor Day), and “The State of the Nation (2016 edit)”, (for 9/17, Constitution Day), recorded 8/3/20 for future WZRD Radio airplay (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers in her 30+ minute podcast recording for WZRD 88.3 Chicago FM Radio, reading her poems from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)” — reflecting summer poetry within the book, including her poems “Just One Book”, “Opportunity from Freedom”, “Use Your Mind”, “Just Who May Try to Stop Us”, “Just to Craft”, “Value of What Money Does”, “Eleven and Two, plus Eight”, “Ominous Day”, “Keep Looking Happy”, “Effigy”, “Everyone is to Blame”, “Beauty in the Eyes of Einstein”, “No One Will Forget”, “One With Wildlife”, “Visiting and Seeing the Signs”, and “The State of the Nation (2016 edit)”, recorded 8/3/20 for future WZRD Radio airplay (this video was filmed from a Samsung S9 camera).

See a YouTube video of Janet Kuypers in her 15-minute podcast recording for WZRD 88.3 Chicago FM Radio, reading her poems from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)” — reflecting summer poetry within the book, including her poems “Opportunity from Freedom” (written 8/11, the 1833 birthday of Robert G. Ingersoll), “Following in the Footsteps of Genius” (written 8/13, International Left Handers Day), “Once You Found Fame” (written 8/15, the 1914 date a servant of American architect Frank Lloyd Wright murders seven people and sets fire to the living quarters of Wright’s Wisconsin home, Taliesin), “foretell” (written 8/18, the 1783 day the great meteor over Great Britain/British Isles; an unknown object that split into several pieces), “Just Who May Try to Stop Us” (written 8/20, on National Aviation Day), “Just to Craft” (written 8/21, on National Poets Day), “Keep Looking Happy” (written 8/26, the the 1920 day the U.S. 19th Amendment was certified, given women the right to vote), and “Eleven and Two, plus Eight” (for 8/24, Pluto Demoted Day), recorded 8/9/20 for future WZRD Radio airplay via the mp3 podcast (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers in her 15-minute podcast recording for WZRD 88.3 Chicago FM Radio, reading her poems from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)” — reflecting August event poetry within the book, including her poems “Opportunity from Freedom”, “Following in the Footsteps of Genius”, “Once You Found Fame”, “foretell”, “Just Who May Try to Stop Us”, “Just to Craft”, “Keep Looking Happy”, and “Eleven and Two, plus Eight”, recorded 8/3/20 for future WZRD Radio airplay (Samsung S9 camera).

See a YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Opportunity from Freedom”, “Just Who May Try to Stop Us”, “Just to Craft”, “Effigy”, “Keep Looking Happy”, and “Violent Endeavour” from the v300 “Death Waits Outside” section of the cc&d 5-8 2020 collection book “One with the Mountain” live 8/5/20 (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Opportunity from Freedom”, “Just Who May Try to Stop Us”, “Just to Craft”, “Effigy”, “Keep Looking Happy”, and “Violent Endeavour” from the v300 “Death Waits Outside” section of the cc&d 5-8 2020 collection book “One with the Mountain” live 8/5/20 (Samsung S9 camera).

Opportunity to Share Globally

See YouTube video of open mic host Janet Kuypers reading her 2019 poems “Opportunity to Share Globally”, and “Such a Surreal, Ephemeral Feel”, at the ending of the first “Poetic License” open mic she hosted at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” 6/2/19 (video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video of open mic host Janet Kuypers reading her 2019 poems “Opportunity to Share Globally”, and “Such a Surreal, Ephemeral Feel”, at the ending of the first “Poetic License” open mic she hosted at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” 6/2/19 (video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her cc&d 4/20 v296 Amazon book “Aesthetic” poems “Zynski’s Manifesto”, “Journalists Revealing the World”, “Opportunity to Share Globally”, “Burning Building (Day of Silence edit)”, “Earth was Alive and Dying”, and “Eat your vegetables, be a proper girl” during the “Poetic License open mic 4/5/20 home edition” she hosted in Austin, but globally through a Facebook event page (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera, and was posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her cc&d 4/20 v296 Amazon book “Aesthetic” poems “Zynski’s Manifesto”, “Journalists Revealing the World”, “Opportunity to Share Globally”, “Burning Building (Day of Silence edit)”, “Earth was Alive and Dying”, and “Eat your vegetables, be a proper girl” during the “Poetic License open mic 4/5/20 home edition” she hosted in Austin, but globally through a Facebook event page (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix t56 camera, and was posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See YouTube video from 4/26/20 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Hide from the World”, “Zynski’s Manifesto”, “Journalists Revealing the World”, “Opportunity to Share Globally”, “Burning Building (Day of Silence edit)”, “Earth was Alive and Dying”, and “Knowing Panic Becomes a Picnic” from the v296 “Aesthetic” section of the cc&d magazine February-April 2020 issue collection book “Aiming at Immortality” for “The 2020 #poetrybomb” (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See Facebook streaming video live from 4/26/20 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Hide from the World”, “Zynski’s Manifesto”, “Journalists Revealing the World”, “Opportunity to Share Globally”, “Burning Building (Day of Silence edit)”, “Earth was Alive and Dying”, and “Knowing Panic Becomes a Picnic” from the v296 “Aesthetic” section of the cc&d magazine February-April 2020 issue collection book “Aiming at Immortality” for “The 2020 #poetrybomb” (this video was filmed from a Samsung S9 camera).

See YouTube video from 4/26/20 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Opportunity to Share Globally”, “Just Read a Book”, “destroy”, “Burning Building (Day of Silence edit)”, and “Exude more in Black” from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” for “The 2020 #poetrybomb” (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See Facebook streaming video live from 4/26/20 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Opportunity to Share Globally”, “Just Read a Book”, “destroy”, “Burning Building (Day of Silence edit)”, and “Exude more in Black” from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” for “The 2020 #poetrybomb” (Samsung S9).

Opposite (Twitter-length poem)

See YouTube video 9/4/16 of Janet Kuypers saying her poem “Opposite” in conversation, then reading her poems “Marilyn Monroe Falling Through the Cracks”, “This May Sound (edited)”, and “Childhood Memories Four” at the Austin open mic Kick Butt Poetry (video filmed from a Canon Power Shot camera).

See YouTube video 9/4/16 of Janet Kuypers saying her poem “Opposite” in conversation, then reading her poems “Marilyn Monroe Falling Through the Cracks”, “This May Sound (edited)”, and “Childhood Memories Four” at the Austin open mic Kick Butt Poetry (this video wail filmed from a Sony camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers saying her poem “Opposite” in conversation, then reading her poem “Etiquette for Tattooing Thigh “Bracelets”” (from her book “Part of My Pain”) 9/10/16 at “Poetry Aloud” open mic at the Georgetown Public Library (Canon Power Shot).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers saying her poem “Opposite” in conversation, then reading her poem “Etiquette for Tattooing Thigh “Bracelets”” (from her book “Part of My Pain”) 9/10/16 at “Poetry Aloud” open mic at the Georgetown Public Library (from a Sony).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ September 2017 Book Release Reading 9/6/17 of Down in the Dirt’s book “Random Thoughts” haiku poems “oceans”, “gone”, “bruised”, “out there”, “judge”, “escape”, “ever get it back”, “opposite”, and “need”, and then her poems “Oh, She Was a Woman” in Community Poetry @ Half Price Books (this video was filmed from a Sony camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ September 2017 Book Release Reading 9/6/17 of Down in the Dirt’s book “Random Thoughts” haiku poems “oceans”, “gone”, “bruised”, “out there”, “judge”, “escape”, “ever get it back”, “opposite”, and “need”, and then her poems “Oh, She Was a Woman” in Community Poetry @ Half Price Books (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ “December 2017 Book Release Reading” 12/6/17, where she reads from the book “Negative Space” her haiku and short poems “coincidence?”, “translation (2014 haiku)”, “oceans”, “behind”, “out there”, “opposite”, and “addiction”, her micro prose “Driving By His House”, and her poems “Earth was Crying”, “Your Imaginary Soul Weighs 21 Grams”, “Just by Holding His Hand”, and “Only an Observer” in “Community Poetry @ Half Price Books” (Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ “December 2017 Book Release Reading” 12/6/17, where she reads from the book “Negative Space” her haiku and short poems “coincidence?”, “translation (2014 haiku)”, “oceans”, “behind”, “out there”, “opposite”, and “addiction”, her micro prose “Driving By His House”, and her poems “Earth was Crying”, “Your Imaginary Soul Weighs 21 Grams”, “Just by Holding His Hand”, and “Only an Observer” in “Community Poetry @ Half Price Books” (Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ May 2018 Book Release Reading 5/2/18, where she read her “Who What Where When Why” performance art poems “Who What Where When Why” “Ocean’s Call to Dive”, “Underwater and Swimming” and “On the Bridge” from the cc&d 5/18 book “About the Arts” at “Community Poetry @ Half Price Books” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ May 2018 Book Release Reading 5/2/18, where she read her “Who What Where When Why” performance art poems “Who What Where When Why” “Ocean’s Call to Dive”, “Underwater and Swimming” and “On the Bridge” from the cc&d 5/18 book “About the Arts” at “Community Poetry @ Half Price Books” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Opposite” and “Ever Get it Back”, all read from her poetry collection book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” 9/2/19 at the 7' tall Mike Ditka bobblehead statue on display in Millennium Park in Chicago (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Opposite” and “Ever Get it Back”, all read from her poetry collection book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” 9/2/19 at the 7' tall Mike Ditka bobblehead statue on display in Millennium Park in Chicago (from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera & given a Sepia Tone filter).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “From Hydrogen to Nothing” for National Nothing Day (1/16), “Opposite” for National Opposite Day (1/20), and “Ocean’s Call to Dive” for National Penguin Day (1/20) from her book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” live 1/18/20 the Austin “Open Mic Showcase” at Recycled Reads (w/ a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “From Hydrogen to Nothing” for National Nothing Day (1/16), “Opposite” for National Opposite Day (1/20), and “Ocean’s Call to Dive” for National Penguin Day (1/20) from her book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” live 1/18/20 the Austin “Open Mic Showcase” at Recycled Reads (w/ a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See YouTube video from 4/26/20 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Queasy Feeling”, “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed”, “Valentine’s Day, Every Day”, “Opposite”, “We Didn’t Start the Fire”, “(Less Than) Two Minutes With Ayn Rand”, and her prose “Valentine’s Day Over 25 Days Away” from the v294 “Mask” section of the cc&d magazine February-April 2020 issue collection book “Aiming at Immortality” for the “2020 #poetrybomb” (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See Facebook streaming video live from 4/26/20 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Queasy Feeling”, “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed”, “Valentine’s Day, Every Day”, “Opposite”, “We Didn’t Start the Fire”, “(Less Than) Two Minutes With Ayn Rand”, and her prose “Valentine’s Day Over 25 Days Away” from the v294 “Mask” section of the cc&d magazine February-April 2020 issue collection book “Aiming at Immortality” for the “2020 #poetrybomb” (filmed from a Samsung S9 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

Oppression on Every Front

See YouTube 8/13/19 video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Oppression on Every Front” (written 3/20 for Atheist Pride Day), read from her poetry collection book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” outside in Chicago south of Grand Central Station (video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube 8/13/19 video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Oppression on Every Front” (written 3/20 for Atheist Pride Day), read from her poetry collection book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” outside in Chicago south of Grand Central Station (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; Sepia Tone filter).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “March Forth”, “Equality for Women”, “Vortexes Indenting our World”, and “Oppression on Every Front”, read from the 2/20 v295 cc&d issue/book “Another Lifetime”, live 3/4/20 in her March 2020 Book Release Reading through “Community Poetry” at Half Price Books in Austin (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “March Forth”, “Equality for Women”, “Vortexes Indenting our World”, and “Oppression on Every Front”, read from the 2/20 v295 cc&d issue/book “Another Lifetime”, live 3/4/20 in her March 2020 Book Release Reading through “Community Poetry” at Half Price Books in Austin (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See YouTube video from 4/26/20 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “March Forth”, “Equality for Women”, “Vortexes Indenting our World”, “Once They were Moved to This Foreign Land”, and “Oppression on Every Front” from the v296 “Another Lifetime” section of the cc&d magazine February-April 2020 issue collection book “Aiming at Immortality” for the “2020 #poetrybomb” (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See Facebook streaming video live from 4/26/20 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “March Forth”, “Equality for Women”, “Vortexes Indenting our World”, “Once They were Moved to This Foreign Land”, and “Oppression on Every Front” from the v296 “Another Lifetime” section of the cc&d magazine February-April 2020 issue collection book “Aiming at Immortality” for the “2020 #poetrybomb” (Samsung S9 camera live film; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

Oppression: the Ultimate Killer

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her new poems “Once You’ve Made Up Your Mind” and “Oppression: the Ultimate Killer” to close her “Poetic License 11/6/22 global open mic” she close through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperswomensrights #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersequalityforwomen #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her new poems “Once You’ve Made Up Your Mind” and “Oppression: the Ultimate Killer” to close her “Poetic License 11/6/22 global open mic” she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (this video was filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperswomensrights #janetkuypersequalityforwomen #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

Enjoy this YouTube video live 3/23/22 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Flags at Half-Mast”, “Only Pose What I Know”, “Your Government’s Keeping Tabs”, “Elevating the Fetus Goes Against Religion”, “Once You’ve Made Up Your Mind”, “Overturning Against All”, “Oppression: the Ultimate Killer”, “X-ing out lives”, and “Evidence as Testament” (that were edited for this live performance) from her show “Fighting for Justice” live for Wednesday Night Poetry at Kollective Coffee+Tea in Hot Springs, AR (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). This YouTube video of the show was filmed from a Samsung S7 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr. This YouTube video of the show was filmed from a Samsung S9 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr. This Facebook live video stream was also released live during the show, filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersfeature #janetkuyperswomensrights #janetkuypersequalityforwomen

optimizing your odds

View or download the free PDF chapbook Beginning Anew with her 2017 poems “only choice is to build”, “our futures”, “Evolving, Connecting and Confounding”, and “optimizing your odds” performed in her 1/7/17 show.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers in her 1/7/17 show “Beginning Anew” at “New Year, New Poems” in Austin reading her poems “only choice is to build”, “our futures”, “Evolving, Connecting and Confounding”, and “optimizing your odds” to live guitar (this video was filmed from a Canon Power Shot camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers in her 1/7/17 show “Beginning Anew” at “New Year, New Poems” in Austin reading her poems “only choice is to build”, “our futures”, “Evolving, Connecting and Confounding”, and “optimizing your odds” to live guitar (this video was filmed from a Sony camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See YouTube video live 1/21/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “The Truth Is Out There”, “Barbie” and “optimizing your odds” at “Recycled Reads” open mic, at a book store affiliated with the Austin Public Library (this video was filmed from a Sony camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See YouTube video live 1/21/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “The Truth Is Out There”, “Barbie” and “optimizing your odds” at “Recycled Reads” open mic, at a book store affiliated with the Austin Public Library (this video was filmed from a Canon Power Shot camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See YouTube video from 4/9/17 of Janet Kuypers reading a portion of her short story “Crazy”, then reading her poems “Tall Man”, “There I Sit” and “Optimizing your Odds” at “Kick Butt Poetry” in Austin (from a Canon Power Shot SX700 camera).

See YouTube video from 4/9/17 of Janet Kuypers reading a portion of her short story “Crazy”, then reading her poems “Tall Man”, “There I Sit” and “Optimizing your Odds” at “Kick Butt Poetry” in Austin (this video was filmed from a Sony camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ August 2017 Book Release Reading 8/2/17 of cc&d’s book “While the Waves Crashed” poems “Only Choice is to Build”, “Our Futures”, “Evolving, Connecting and Confounding” and “optimizing your odds” in Community Poetry @ Half Price Books (Sony).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ August 2017 Book Release Reading 8/2/17 of cc&d’s book “While the Waves Crashed” poems “Only Choice is to Build”, “Our Futures”, “Evolving, Connecting and Confounding” and “optimizing your odds” in Community Poetry @ Half Price Books (Lumix).

Hear SoundCloud audio of Janet Kuypers sharing her poetry from her two books, “(pheromemes) 2015-2017 poems” and “(pheromemes) 2015-2017 show poems” (w/ her poems “Only Half the Story”, “Quieted Soul”, “Exempt from the Draft”, “Optimizing your Odds”, “Years, Centuries, Eons”, “Only an Observer”, and “Queen ISIS”) in her Chicago 88.3 FM WZRD Radio interview 8#26/17, Part 2.

See YouTube video of part 2 of the Janet Kuypers interview live on WZRD 88.3 FM Chicago Radio 8/24/17, with her reading poetry from her two books “(pheromemes) 2015-2017 poems” and “(pheromemes) 2015-2017 show poems”, including “Only Half the Story”, “Quieted Soul”, “Exempt from the Draft”, “Optimizing your Odds”, “Years, Centuries, Eons”, “Only an Observer”, and “Queen ISIS” (filmed from a Sony camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersinterview #janetkuypersradio #janetkuyperschicago

See YouTube video of part 2 of the Janet Kuypers interview live on WZRD 88.3 FM Chicago Radio 8/24/17, with her reading poetry from her two books “(pheromemes) 2015-2017 poems” and “(pheromemes) 2015-2017 show poems”, including “Only Half the Story”, “Quieted Soul”, “Exempt from the Draft”, “Optimizing your Odds”, “Years, Centuries, Eons”, “Only an Observer”, and “Queen ISIS” (filmed from a Lumix camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersinterview #janetkuypersradio #janetkuyperschicago

See live Facebook video of most of Janet Kuypers’ interview (part 2) live on WZRD 88.3 FM Chicago Radio 8/24/17, with her reading poetry from her two books “(pheromemes) 2015-2017 poems” and “(pheromemes) 2015-2017 show poems”, including “Quieted Soul”, “Exempt from the Draft”, “Optimizing your Odds”, “Years, Centuries, Eons”, “Only an Observer”, and “Queen ISIS”.

Orange Clouds and Blood-Red Sunsets

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Orange Clouds and Blood-Red Sunsets” (written on Nature Photography Day) “Vanquished by the Sleeping Giant” (written 6/16, the day in 1940 when a Communist government took over Lithuania), and “Learning More (2019 edit)” (edited on Father’s Day), live 6/16/19 at “Spoken and Heard” @ Kick Butt Coffee in Austin (PLT56).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Orange Clouds and Blood-Red Sunsets” (written on Nature Photography Day) “Vanquished by the Sleeping Giant” (written 6/16, the day in 1940 when a Communist government took over Lithuania), and “Learning More (2019 edit)” (edited on Father’s Day), live 6/16/19 at “Spoken and Heard” @ Kick Butt Coffee in Austin (P2500).

See YouTube video of “Janet Kuypers on Chicago’s WZRD Radio 9/7/19”, where, throughout her interview, Janet Kuypers read her poem “Our Color, Our Gender, our Creed” in both new books, but read from her book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” (starting ~9:40), then from her poem “Orange Clouds and Blood-Red Sunsets” (starting ~21:40), and “Ocean’s Call to Dive” (starting ~28:42) from her book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of “Janet Kuypers on Chicago’s WZRD Radio 9/7/19”, where, throughout her interview, Janet Kuypers read her poem “Our Color, Our Gender, our Creed” in both new books, but read from her book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” (starting ~9:40), then from her poem “Orange Clouds and Blood-Red Sunsets” (starting ~21:40), and “Ocean’s Call to Dive” (starting ~28:42) from her book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; Sepia Tone filter).

See YouTube video of “Janet Kuypers on Chicago’s WZRD Radio 9/7/19”, where, throughout her interview, Janet Kuypers read her poem “Our Color, Our Gender, our Creed” in both new books, but read from her book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” (starting ~9:40), then from her poem “Orange Clouds and Blood-Red Sunsets” (starting ~21:40), “Ocean’s Call to Dive” (starting ~28:42), “Eat your Vegetables, be a Proper Girl” (starting ~30:02), and “Bronze Sculptures will Crumble to Pieces” (starting ~31:21), from her book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”, plus from memory her Periodic Table bonus poem “Arsenic and Syphilis” (starting ~36:33) (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 video camera).

See YouTube video of “Janet Kuypers on Chicago’s WZRD Radio 9/7/19”, where, throughout her interview, Janet Kuypers read her poem “Our Color, Our Gender, our Creed” in both new books, but read from her book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” (starting ~9:40), then from her poem “Orange Clouds and Blood-Red Sunsets” (starting ~21:40), “Ocean’s Call to Dive” (starting ~28:42), “Eat your Vegetables, be a Proper Girl” (starting ~30:02), and “Bronze Sculptures will Crumble to Pieces” (starting ~31:21), from her book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”, plus from memory her Periodic Table bonus poem “Arsenic and Syphilis” (starting ~36:33) (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 video camera, and then it was given a Posterize filter).

Hear SoundCloud audio of the full “Janet Kuypers on Chicago’s WZRD Radio 9/7/19”. During her interview, Janet Kuypers read her poem “Our Color, Our Gender, our Creed” in both new books, but read from her book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” (starting ~9:40), then from her poem “Orange Clouds and Blood-Red Sunsets” (starting ~21:40), “Ocean’s Call to Dive” (starting ~28:42), “Eat your Vegetables, be a Proper Girl” (starting ~30:02), and “Bronze Sculptures will Crumble to Pieces” (starting ~31:21), from her book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”, plus from memory her Periodic Table bonus poem “Arsenic and Syphilis” (starting ~36:33). Then she read “Escape to Peace” (starting ~39:41) and “Vase of Tulips” (started ~41:52) from her book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”. Later in the interview she read her poems “Elaborate Exaltation” (started ~45:51), “Listen to Life” (started ~46:18), the haiku “nature I” (started ~46:44), “after” (started ~47:12), and “quarrel” (started ~47:31), from her book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”.

Hear SoundCloud audio of all of the poem readings from “Janet Kuypers on Chicago’s WZRD Radio 9/7/19”, where Janet Kuypers read her poems “Our Color, Our Gender, our Creed”, “Orange Clouds and Blood-Red Sunsets”, “Ocean’s Call to Dive”, “Eat your Vegetables, be a Proper Girl”, “Bronze Sculptures will Crumble to Pieces”, “Arsenic and Syphilis”, “Escape to Peace”, “Vase of Tulips”, “Elaborate Exaltation”, “Listen to Life”, “nature I”, “after”, & “quarrel” in 2 books.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Cesium for Certainty”, “Voluptuous, and Intelligent Too”, “Escape to Peace”, “Sledgehammers and Cheers”, “Orange Clouds and Blood-Red Sunsets”, “Kept my Eye on You”, “Vanquished by the Sleeping Giant”, and “Feeling of False Ownership” from the Down in the Dirt 6/20 book “Existential Threats” during the “Poetic License open mic 6/7/20 home edition” she hosted through a Facebook event page (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Cesium for Certainty”, “Voluptuous, and Intelligent Too”, “Escape to Peace”, “Sledgehammers and Cheers”, “Orange Clouds and Blood-Red Sunsets”, “Kept my Eye on You”, “Vanquished by the Sleeping Giant”, and “Feeling of False Ownership” from the Down in the Dirt 6/20 book “Existential Threats” during the “Poetic License open mic 6/7/20 home edition” she hosted through a Facebook event page (w/ a Samsung S9).

See a YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Cesium for Certainty”, “Voluptuous, and Intelligent Too”, “Escape to Peace”, “Sledgehammers and Cheers”, “Orange Clouds and Blood-Red Sunsets”, “Kept my Eye on You”, “Vanquished by the Sleeping Giant”, and “Feeling of False Ownership” from the v172 “Existential Threats” section of the Down in the Dirt 5-8 2020 collection book “Outside the Box” live 8/25/20 for The Café Gallery 2020 book reading series (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Cesium for Certainty”, “Voluptuous, and Intelligent Too”, “Escape to Peace”, “Sledgehammers and Cheers”, “Orange Clouds and Blood-Red Sunsets”, “Kept my Eye on You”, “Vanquished by the Sleeping Giant”, and “Feeling of False Ownership” from the v172 “Existential Threats section of the Down in the Dirt 5-8 2020 collection book “Outside the Box” live 8/25/20 for The Café Gallery 2020 book reading series (this video was filmed live and streamed from a Samsung S9 camera).

Orangello

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Orangello”, written on 9/1, on National No Rhyme (No Reason) Day and read from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)”, then her poem “Surmising the Semblance (dreams 4/14/20)” live 8/27/20 during the Virtual Austin Poetry Society New World Poetry open mic (this was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Orangello”, written on 9/1, on National No Rhyme (No Reason Day and read from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)”, then her poem “Surmising the Semblance (dreams 4/14/20)” live 8/27/20 during the Virtual Austin Poetry Society New World Poetry open mic (filmed and streamed from a Samsung S9 camera).

Order in the Chaos

See YouTube video where John read an essay of his about fascism from a past issue of cc&d magazine online at http://scars.tv, then Janet Kuypers reading her 2019 poems “Order in the Chaos” and her Facebook/Twitter/Instagram/Tumblr poem “Kept my Eye on You” (that was written 6/29 on National Camera Day, and then she showed her image of it), bot of which will appear in the August 2019 release of the Janet Kuypers poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”, her 2019 poem “Bronze Sculptures will Crumble to Pieces” (written 6/24 for Celebration of the Senses Day), and then sings with John the Depeche Mode song “The Bottom Line” with altered chorus words that were sung at her wedding, while hosting “Poetic License” at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” 7/7/19 (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video where John read an essay of his about fascism from a past issue of cc&d magazine online at http://scars.tv, then Janet Kuypers reading her 2019 poems “Order in the Chaos” and her Facebook/Twitter/Instagram/Tumblr poem “Kept my Eye on You” (that was written 6/29 on National Camera Day, and then she showed her image of it), bot of which will appear in the August 2019 release of the Janet Kuypers poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”, her 2019 poem “Bronze Sculptures will Crumble to Pieces” (written 6/24 for Celebration of the Senses Day), and then sings with John the Depeche Mode song “The Bottom Line” with altered chorus words that were sung at her wedding, while hosting “Poetic License” at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” 7/7/19 (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Order in the Chaos” from her book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”, her her Twitter Verse Periodic Table Poem “Iron, Filtered In” (#26, Fe), and her poem “Karma and Lollipops” from her book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” at Austinn’s Open Mic Showcase 9/21/19 at Recycles Reads (from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Order in the Chaos” from her book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”, her her Twitter Verse Periodic Table Poem “Iron, Filtered In” (#26, Fe), and her poem “Karma and Lollipops” from her book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” at Austinn’s Open Mic Showcase 9/21/19 at Recycles Reads (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; Sepia).

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

Orders

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers in her 7/2/16 show “Voting for Change” at Expressions 2016: Poets Parliament! in Austin reading her poems True Happiness in the New Millennium (2016 edit), Orders, The State of the Nation (2016 edit), Everything was Alive and Dying (2016 political edit), and a Great American (2016 edit) (this video was filmed from a Canon fs200 video camera for simultaneous television broadcast on stage; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersfeature

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers in her 7/2/16 show “Voting for Change” at Expressions 2016: Poets Parliament! in Austin reading her poems True Happiness in the New Millennium (2016 edit), Orders, The State of the Nation (2016 edit), Everything was Alive and Dying (2016 political edit), and a Great American (2016 edit) (this video was filmed from a Canon Power Shot camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetryshow

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers in her 7/2/16 show “Voting for Change” at Expressions 2016: Poets Parliament! in Austin reading her poems True Happiness in the New Millennium (2016 edit), Orders, The State of the Nation (2016 edit), Everything was Alive and Dying (2016 political edit), and a Great American (2016 edit) (this video was filmed from a Sony camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetryshow

Download all of the show poems in the free PDF file download chapbook Voting for Change containing the poems True Happiness in the New Millennium (2016 edit), Orders, The State of the Nation (2016 edit), Everything was Alive and Dying (2016 political edit), and a Great American (2016 edit)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ July 2017 Book Release Reading 7/5/17 of cc&d’s book “Salvaging America” poems “unless”, “Electromagnetism”, “Open Book”, “Everything is my Home”, and “Orders” in Half Price Books Community Poetry (this video was filmed from a Sony camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypershaiku #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ July 2017 Book Release Reading 7/5/17 of cc&d’s book “Salvaging America” poems “unless”, “Electromagnetism”, “Open Book”, “Everything is my Home”, and “Orders” in Half Price Books Community Poetry (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypershaiku #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersinstagram

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Orders”, “Salesman” and “Ultimate Connectivity: disconnect to reconnect” from her book “(pheromemes) 2015-2017 show poems” at Georgetown’s “Poetry Aloud” open mic 9/9/17 (from a Sony camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Orders”, “Salesman” and “Ultimate Connectivity: disconnect to reconnect” from her book “(pheromemes) 2015-2017 show poems” at Georgetown’s “Poetry Aloud” open mic 9/9/17 (from a Lumix camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers at her 2/7/18 “Community Poetry @ Half Price Books” Austin feature reading, reading from “Renegade Winter” her haiku “enemy” and her poems “a Happy Ending to Everything” and “a Crack in the Glass”, then from the poetry from the cc&d September-December 2017 issue collection book “Language of Untamed Spirit” she read her poems “erasure poem: The Meaning of Art” and “Dilemmas in Gift Giving”, then she read from the poetry and prose collection anthology “On a Rainy Day” she read her poems “Smelling Sulfur on 9/11”, “Orders”, and “the Battle at Hand” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers at her 2/7/18 “Community Poetry @ Half Price Books” Austin feature reading, reading from “Renegade Winter” her haiku “enemy” and her poems “a Happy Ending to Everything” and “a Crack in the Glass”, then from the poetry from the cc&d September-December 2017 issue collection book “Language of Untamed Spirit” she read her poems “erasure poem: The Meaning of Art” and “Dilemmas in Gift Giving”, then she read from the poetry and prose collection anthology “On a Rainy Day” she read her poems “Smelling Sulfur on 9/11”, “Orders”, and “the Battle at Hand” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

organic sex toy

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her second set of poetry at her “Unread” Beach Poets feature 7#26/15 in Chicago (this video was filmed from a Canon fs200 camera), w/ the poems lava (lamp) at a rolling boil, low-end lipo, Octopi Target McDonald’s, organic sex toy, Basic Investment Question, Pinchy, Opening Our Own Doors, Saving Yourself, Protect Ourselves from Ourselves, Uneven Ground Beneath my Feet, and Evaluation.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her second set of poetry at her “Unread” Beach Poets feature 7#26/15 in Chicago, w/ the poems lava (lamp) at a rolling boil, low-end lipo, Octopi Target McDonald’s, organic sex toy, Basic Investment Question, Pinchy, Opening Our Own Doors, Saving Yourself, Protect Ourselves from Ourselves, Uneven Ground Beneath my Feet, and Evaluation (this video was filmed from a Canon Power Shot camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers

organs (haiku, on Twitter)

Visit the Kuypers Twitter page for short poems— join http://twitter.com/janetkuypers.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading (C) her poem organs from her “Partial Nudity” book release feature live 6/18/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading (S) her poem organs from her “Partial Nudity” book release feature live 6/18/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers 12/17/17 reading every poem in her “100 Haikus” book reading at the AIPF booth / 2017 Awesmic City Expo, including much, out, can’t get you, of his thirst, know, pleading, coincidence?, found haiku, close, defenses, destroy, floor, hold, forever, jumped, study, Even with no Wish Bone, addiction, stagger, everyone, last, bruised, organs, choke, ends, explosions, fit, fought, heaviness, extinct, feel, escape, opening, pant, strike, civil, found, need, kill, kindness, run, pet, John’s Mind, humans, mirror, elusive, keep, greatest, instead, Arsenic and Syphilis, life (Periodic Table haiku), life (2000), timing, Two Not Mute Haikus, He’s An Escapist, Ending a Relationship, nightmares, knife, free, years, groove, errors, job, jobless, out there, gone, console, form, knowing, oil, cage, evil, faith, guide, behind, sort, barbed, difference, predator, blood, easy, existence, judge, fog, upturn, Translation (2014 haiku), sting, enemies, Deity Discipline (stretched haiku), Ants and Crosses, energy, knees, force, you, this is only a test, misogyny, ourselves, key, scorches (Lumix 2500).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers 12/17/17 reading every poem in her “100 Haikus” book reading at the AIPF booth / 2017 Awesmic City Expo, including much, out, can’t get you, of his thirst, know, pleading, coincidence?, found haiku, close, defenses, destroy, floor, hold, forever, jumped, study, Even with no Wish Bone, addiction, stagger, everyone, last, bruised, organs, choke, ends, explosions, fit, fought, heaviness, extinct, feel, escape, opening, pant, strike, civil, found, need, kill, kindness, run, pet, John’s Mind, humans, mirror, elusive, keep, greatest, instead, Arsenic and Syphilis, life (Periodic Table haiku), life (2000), timing, Two Not Mute Haikus, He’s An Escapist, Ending a Relationship, nightmares, knife, free, years, groove, errors, job, jobless, out there, gone, console, form, knowing, oil, cage, evil, faith, guide, behind, sort, barbed, difference, predator, blood, easy, existence, judge, fog, upturn, Translation (2014 haiku), sting, enemies, Deity Discipline (stretched haiku), Ants and Crosses, energy, knees, force, you, this is only a test, misogyny, ourselves, key, scorches (Lumix T56).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers 11/6/19 reading every poem in her “100 Haikus” section (plus bonus haiku) in her poetry book “Partial Nudity” during her November 2018 Book Release Reading through Community Poetry! at Half Price Books, including much, out, can’t get you, of his thirst, know, pleading, coincidence?, found haiku, close, defenses, destroy, floor, hold, forever, jumped, study, Even with no Wish Bone, addiction, stagger, everyone, last, bruised, organs, choke, ends, explosions, fit, fought, heaviness, extinct, feel, escape, opening, pant, strike, civil, found, need, kill, kindness, run, pet, John’s Mind, humans, mirror, elusive, keep, greatest, instead, Arsenic and Syphilis, life (Periodic Table haiku), life (2000), timing, Two Not Mute Haikus, He’s An Escapist, Ending a Relationship, nightmares, knife, free, years, groove, errors, job, jobless, out there, gone, console, form, knowing, oil, cage, evil, faith, guide, behind, sort, barbed, difference, predator, blood, easy, existence, judge, fog, upturn, Translation (2014 haiku), sting, enemies, Deity Discipline (stretched haiku), Ants and Crosses, energy, knees, force, you, this is only a test, misogyny, ourselves, key, scorches, only, bear, census, clogged, end, falling, relegated, “Jimbo”, eventually, progress, labor, mister, over, rescue, octopi and brains, octopi and dogs, universe, and love (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera); this video was posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers 11/6/19 reading every poem in her “100 Haikus” section (plus bonus haiku) in her poetry book “Partial Nudity” during her November 2018 Book Release Reading through Community Poetry! at Half Price Books, including much, out, can’t get you, of his thirst, know, pleading, coincidence?, found haiku, close, defenses, destroy, floor, hold, forever, jumped, study, Even with no Wish Bone, addiction, stagger, everyone, last, bruised, organs, choke, ends, explosions, fit, fought, heaviness, extinct, feel, escape, opening, pant, strike, civil, found, need, kill, kindness, run, pet, John’s Mind, humans, mirror, elusive, keep, greatest, instead, Arsenic and Syphilis, life (Periodic Table haiku), life (2000), timing, Two Not Mute Haikus, He’s An Escapist, Ending a Relationship, nightmares, knife, free, years, groove, errors, job, jobless, out there, gone, console, form, knowing, oil, cage, evil, faith, guide, behind, sort, barbed, difference, predator, blood, easy, existence, judge, fog, upturn, Translation (2014 haiku), sting, enemies, Deity Discipline (stretched haiku), Ants and Crosses, energy, knees, force, you, this is only a test, misogyny, ourselves, key, scorches, only, bear, census, clogged, end, falling, relegated, “Jimbo”, eventually, progress, labor, mister, over, rescue, octopi and brains, octopi and dogs, universe, and love (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera with a Sepia Tone filter); this video was posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr.

Oriental

See YouTube video Live at the 2009 Poetry Game Show, live in Chicago 04/14/09

Or see the complete feature video with Kuypers & 6 readers, w/ 15 poems & prose poems live at the 2009 Poetry Game Show 04/14/09 in Chicago. This video is w/ the Internet Archive

Or view the the 2009 Poetry Game Show mpeg video (from another camera) at the Internet Archive

Watch the YouTube video of this poem 08/28/11, first in in her book Contents Under Pressure, read on WZRD radio, from the Canon camera

See feature-length YouTube video 08/26/11 of the majority of the WZRD radio show with her reading poetry (incliding this writing) from the Canon camera

See YouTube video 6/18/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku “escape” and her poems “Learning More”, “Oriental” and “Elusive Imaginary Creature” for Austin “Kick Butt Poetry” open mic (from a Lumix camera).

See YouTube video 6/18/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku “escape” and her poems “Learning More”, “Oriental” and “Elusive Imaginary Creature” for Austin “Kick Butt Poetry” open mic (from a Sony camera).

Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Oriental” (plus sharing a Chinese translation) and “No One Reports for Women” from the v324 9/22 cc&d issue/book “Open Your Eyes” (that also appears in the CyberWit.net Janet Kuypers poetry book “Shattering the Glass Ceiling”) on 9/7/22 on the 1st Wednesday of the month (1:00-3:00 PM CST) in honor of ‘Community Poetry’ (this video was filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera; posted onFacebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuypersequalityforwomen #janetkuypersfeminism #janetkuyperswomensrights #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Oriental” (plus sharing a Chinese translation) and “No One Reports for Women” from the v324 9/22 cc&d issue/book “Open Your Eyes” (that also appears in the CyberWit.net Janet Kuypers poetry book “Shattering the Glass Ceiling”) on 9/7/22 on the 1st Wednesday of the month (1:00-3:00 PM CST) in honor of ‘Community Poetry’ (video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuypersequalityforwomen #janetkuypersfeminism #janetkuyperswomensrights #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Oriental” from the v324 9/22 cc&d issue/book “Open Your Eyes” (that also appears in the CyberWit.net Janet Kuypers poetry book “Shattering the Glass Ceiling”), then her Twitter Verse Periodic Table poem “Indium, trying to get through” (+ showing the image for this poem) from the v324 9/22 cc&d issue/book “Open Your Eyes” (that also appears in the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Twitter Verse Periodic Table Poetry”), plus her poem “Journalisming the Story of Equal Rights” to start her “Poetic License 9/4/22 global open mic” she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (this video was filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperswomensrights #janetkuypersshatteringtheglassceiling#janetkuypersequalityforwomen #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Oriental” from the v324 9/22 cc&d issue/book “Open Your Eyes” (that also appears in the CyberWit.net Janet Kuypers poetry book “Shattering the Glass Ceiling”), then her Twitter Verse Periodic Table poem “Indium, trying to get through” (+ showing the image for this poem) from the v324 9/22 cc&d issue/book “Open Your Eyes” (that also appears in the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Twitter Verse Periodic Table Poetry”), plus her poem “Journalisming the Story of Equal Rights” to start her “Poetic License 9/4/22 global open mic” she hosted in a Zoom meeting & a Facebook event page (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; @ Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperswomensrights #janetkuypersshatteringtheglassceiling #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem #janetkuypersequalityforwomen #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her Twitter Verse Periodic Table poem “Neon” from the v200 10/22 Down in the Dirt book “How to Become an Octopus” (that also appears in the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Periodic Table Poetry”), then her poems “Oriental” (+ sharing the Chinese translation of the poem), “Unmarried Women and Dead Bodies Everywhere” (+ showing the Hindi translation of the poem), “Diane Talking About her Trip to Mexico City” (+ showing her Spanish translation of the poem), and “I Wanted Pain” (+ showing her Dutch translation of the poem) from the v200 10/22 Down in the Dirt book “How to Become an Octopus” (that also appears in the CyberWit.net Janet Kuypers poetry book “Shattering the Glass Ceiling”) on 10/5/22 on the 1st Wednesday of the month (1:00-3:00 PM CST) in honor of ‘Community Poetry’ (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperswomensrights #janetkuypersshatteringtheglassceiling #janetkuypersequalityforwomen

Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her Twitter Verse Periodic Table poem “Neon” from the v200 10/22 Down in the Dirt book “How to Become an Octopus” (that also appears in the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Periodic Table Poetry”), then her poems “Oriental” (+ sharing the Chinese translation of the poem), “Unmarried Women and Dead Bodies Everywhere” (+ showing the Hindi translation of the poem), “Diane Talking About her Trip to Mexico City” (+ showing her Spanish translation of the poem), and “I Wanted Pain” (+ showing her Dutch translation of the poem) from the v200 10/22 Down in the Dirt book “How to Become an Octopus” (that also appears in the CyberWit.net Janet Kuypers poetry book “Shattering the Glass Ceiling”) on 10/5/22 on the 1st Wednesday of the month (1:00-3:00 PM CST) in honor of ‘Community Poetry’ (filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypers #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperswomensrights #janetkuypersshatteringtheglassceiling

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her cc&d 9-12/22 book “Unable To Escape It” poems “Oriental” + showing its Chinese translation and “No One Reports for Women” (which is also in her CyberWit book “Shattering the Glass Ceiling”), “Out to the Horizon”, “jar for my beating heart”, and “Indium, trying to get through” + its image (which is also in her book “Twitter Verse Periodic Table Poetry”) on 1/4/23, the 1st Wednesday of the month (1:00-3:00 PM CST) in honor of ‘Community Poetry’ (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). This YouTube video was also released w/ a Hue Cycling filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersshatteringtheglassceiling

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her cc&d 9-12/22 book “Unable To Escape It” poems “Oriental” + showing its Chinese translation and “No One Reports for Women” (which is also in her CyberWit book “Shattering the Glass Ceiling”), “Out to the Horizon”, and “jar for my beating heart” on 1/4/23, the 1st Wednesday of the month (1:00-3:00 PM CST) in honor of ‘Community Poetry’ (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). This YouTube video was also released with a Hue Cycling filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr. #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersequalityforwomen #janetkuypersshatteringtheglassceiling

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Oriental” (+ showing its Chinese translation), “unmarried women and dead bodies everywhere” (+ showing its Hindi translation), “All Men Have Secrets” (+ showing its Dutch translation), “I Wanted Pain” (+ showing its Dutch translation), and “the Martyr and the Saint” (+ showing its Dutch translation) from the books “The Paths Less Traveled” and “Shattering the Glass Ceiling” for the 2/1/23 ‘Community Poetry’ honorary book reading (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). This YouTube video was also filmed from a Samsung S7 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperswomensrights #janetkuypersequalityforwomen #janetkuypersshatteringtheglassceiling

Original Sin and Unholy Ways

Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Under Our Own Feet”, “(from) Visiting Pristine Places on the Planet”, “Other Side”, “Ornaments from my Childhood”, “Knew the Word”, “Until I Get a Chance”, and “Original Sin and Unholy Ways” from the cc&d 12/21 v316 book “Man on the Street” 12/1/21 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 & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera with a bubble filter). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Under Our Own Feet”, “(from) Visiting Pristine Places on the Planet”, “Other Side”, “Ornaments from my Childhood”, “Knew the Word”, “Until I Get a Chance”, and “Original Sin and Unholy Ways” from the cc&d 12/21 v316 book “Man on the Street” 12/1/21 on the 1st Wednesday of the month from 1:00-3:00 PM CST during the usual time for the “Community Poetry” open mic (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Original Sin and Unholy Ways” from the Scars Publications 9-12/21 cc&d issue collection book anthology “The World Outside”, then her poems “Nitrogen”, “Nitrogen in my veins”, and “Scandium, Held Tightly” from the Scars Publications 9-12/21 Down in the Dirt issue collection book “Stardust in Hand” 4/6/22 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 (this video was filmed and streamed live from a Samsung S9 camera with a Lava Lamp filter). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem #janetkuypersbookreading

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Original Sin and Unholy Ways” from the Scars Publications 9-12/21 cc&d issue collection book anthology “The World Outside”, then her poems “Nitrogen”, “Nitrogen in my veins”, and “Scandium, Held Tightly” from the Scars Publications 9-12/21 Down in the Dirt issue collection book “Stardust in Hand” 4/6/22 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 (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoetry

Original Snowbirds

See YouTube video live 3/1/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Original Snowbirds” during her “3/1/17 Book Release Reading” at Half Price Books Community Poetry (this video was filmed from a Canon Power Shot SX60 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoem

See YouTube video live 3/1/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Original Snowbirds” at Half Price Books Community Poetry (filmed from a Canon Power Shot SX60 camera, then given a Posterize filter).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers in her 3/4/17 poetry show “Exploring Spring” at “Spring Awakenings” in Austin reading her poems “Spring”, “Entering the War Room”, “Job that Only Paid the Bills”, “Killing the Survivor Bug”, “Springtime”, and “Original Snowbirds” with video for the music, &s accompanying bird sounds (this video was filmed from a Canon Power Shot SX700 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetryshow

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers in her 3/4/17 poetry show “Exploring Spring” at “Spring Awakenings” in Austin reading her poems “Spring”, “Entering the War Room”, “Job that Only Paid the Bills”, “Killing the Survivor Bug”, “Springtime”, and “Original Snowbirds” with video for the music, &s accompanying bird sounds (this video was filmed from a Canon Power Shot SX60 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetryshow

View or download the free PDF chapbook Exploring Spring of her poems “Spring”, “Entering the War Room”, “Job that Only Paid the Bills”, “Killing the Survivor Bug”, “Springtime”, and “Original Snowbirds” performed in her 3/4/17 show.

See YouTube video 3/5/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her 3 poems “Scars 1997”, “Gift of Motherhood II”, and “Original Snowbirds” live at “Kick Butt Poetry” in Austin (this video was filmed from a Canon Power Shot SX60 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry

See YouTube video 3/5/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her 3 poems “Scars 1997”, “Gift of Motherhood II”, and “Original Snowbirds” live at “Kick Butt Poetry” in Austin (this video was filmed from a Canon Power Shot SX700 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry

See YouTube video from 3/11/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Original Snowbirds” and “Ultimate Connectivity: a bird in the hand” at “Poetry Aloud” open mic at the Georgetown Public Library (this video was filmed from a Canon Power Shot SX60 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See YouTube video from 3/11/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Original Snowbirds” and “Ultimate Connectivity: a bird in the hand” at “Poetry Aloud” open mic at the Georgetown Public Library (this video was filmed from a Canon Power Shot SX700 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

Hear SoundCloud audio of Janet Kuypers sharing her poetry from her two books, “(pheromemes) 2015-2017 poems” and “(pheromemes) 2015-2017 show poems” (w/ her poems “Ultimate Connectivity: a bird in the hand”, “Original Snowbirds”, “Earth was Crying”, “Just Thinking About It”, “Political Merry-Go-Round”, “Ernesto”, “Endings Bring Light”, and “Everyone Celebrates Together”) in her Chicago 88.3 FM WZRD Radio interview 8#26/17, Part 1.

See YouTube video of part 1 of the Janet Kuypers interview on WZRD 88.3 FM Chicago Radio 8/24/17, with her reading poetry from her two books “(pheromemes) 2015-2017 poems” and “(pheromemes) 2015-2017 show poems”, including “Ultimate Connectivity: a bird in the hand”, “Original Snowbirds”, “Earth was Crying”, “Just Thinking About It”, “Political Merry-Go-Round”, “Ernesto”, “Endings Bring Light”, and “Everyone Celebrates Together” (this video was filmed from a Sony camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersinterview #janetkuypersradio #janetkuyperschicago

See YouTube video of part 1 of the Janet Kuypers interview on WZRD 88.3 FM Chicago Radio 8/24/17, with her reading poetry from her two books “(pheromemes) 2015-2017 poems” and “(pheromemes) 2015-2017 show poems”, including “Ultimate Connectivity: a bird in the hand”, “Original Snowbirds”, “Earth was Crying”, “Just Thinking About It”, “Political Merry-Go-Round”, “Ernesto”, “Endings Bring Light”, and “Everyone Celebrates Together” (this video was filmed from a Lumix camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersinterview #janetkuypersradio #janetkuyperschicago

See YouTube video 8/22/17 of the Janet Kuypers show “This Just In”, with her poems “Protecting Peace can Put you in Prison”, “Original Snowbirds”, “Ultimate Connectivity: a bird in the hand”, “erasure poem: A Poetic History”, “Just One Book”, “Newspaper Ink’s the Blood of a Dying Species”, “Elusive Imaginary Creature”, “Your Imaginary Soul Weighs 21 Grams”, “Yearning to Break Free” and “Just By Holding His Hand (extreme 2016 sestina variation)” (this video was filmed from a Sony camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoetryshow

See YouTube video 8/22/17 of the Janet Kuypers show “This Just In”, with her poems “Protecting Peace can Put you in Prison”, “Original Snowbirds”, “Ultimate Connectivity: a bird in the hand”, “erasure poem: A Poetic History”, “Just One Book”, “Newspaper Ink’s the Blood of a Dying Species”, “Elusive Imaginary Creature”, “Your Imaginary Soul Weighs 21 Grams”, “Yearning to Break Free” and “Just By Holding His Hand (extreme 2016 sestina variation)” (video from a Panasonic Lumix camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoetryshow

See YouTube video 9/21/17 of Janet Kuypers in her show “Seasons Change”, with her poems “True Happiness in the New Millennium (2017 Dripping Springs edit)”, “Knew I Had to be Ready”, “Original Snowbirds” (in her book “(pheromemes) 2015-2017 show poems”), “Autumn (2017 Dripping Springs / Bahá’í Faith Center edit)”, “Marry you in Autumn”, “Sepia Leaves”, “Quell the Vibrancy”, “Seasons 1998”, and “Death Takes Many Forms” (this video was filmed from a Sony camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperspoetryshow

See YouTube video 9/21/17 of Janet Kuypers in her show “Seasons Change”, with her poems “True Happiness in the New Millennium (2017 Dripping Springs edit)”, “Knew I Had to be Ready”, “Original Snowbirds” (in her book “(pheromemes) 2015-2017 show poems”), “Autumn (2017 Dripping Springs / Bahá’í Faith Center edit)”, “Marry you in Autumn”, “Sepia Leaves”, “Quell the Vibrancy”, “Seasons 1998”, and “Death Takes Many Forms” (video filmed from a Lumix camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperspoetryshow

Download all of these songs & poems in the free PDF file chapbook “Seasons Change” with “True Happiness in the New Millennium (2017 Dripping Springs edit)”, “Knew I Had to be Ready”, “Original Snowbirds”, “Autumn (2017 Dripping Springs / Bahá’í Faith Center edit)”, “Marry you in Autumn”, “Sepia Leaves”, “Quell the Vibrancy”, “Seasons 1998”, and “Death Takes Many Forms”.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers Chicago poet reading her poem “Enough’s Enough” from her “Janet with HA!” show, her poem “Original Snowbirds” from her “This Just In” show, and her poem “Only Choice is to Build” from her “Life and Death and Everything Between” show, all read from her book “Chapter 48 (v2)”, live 9/15/18 at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” (PLT56).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers Chicago poet reading her poem “Enough’s Enough” from her “Janet with HA!” show, her poem “Original Snowbirds” from her “This Just In” show, and her poem “Only Choice is to Build” from her “Life and Death and Everything Between” show, all read from her book “Chapter 48 (v2)”, live 9/15/18 at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” (PL2500).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “run faster”, “Why I’ll Never Get Married”, “Communication (2020 edit)”, “ways to spend your money” (done in an alternate voice), “Vegetarian Stands by the Meat Sale”, “Original Snowbirds”, and “Protecting Peace can Put you in Prison” from the the cyberwit.net 137-page 5½" x 8½" poetry book “Eternal Never Ending Now” during 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). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “run faster”, “Why I’ll Never Get Married”, “Communication (2020 edit)”, “ways to spend your money” (done in an alternate voice), “Vegetarian Stands by the Meat Sale”, “Original Snowbirds”, and “Protecting Peace can Put you in Prison” from the the cyberwit.net 137-page 5½" x 8½" poetry book “Eternal Never Ending Now” during 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 T56 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperspoeticlicense #janetkuypersinstagram

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “run faster”, “Why I’ll Never Get Married”, “Communication (2020 edit)”, “ways to spend your money” (done in an alternate voice), “Vegetarian Stands by the Meat Sale”, “Original Snowbirds”, and “Protecting Peace can Put you in Prison” from the the cyberwit.net 137-page 5½" x 8½" poetry book “Eternal Never Ending Now” during 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

origin, from the macro to the micro

See YouTube video 2/25/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Your Imaginary Soul Weighs 21 Grams” and “origin, from the macro to the micro” for “Poetry Aloud” at the Georgetown Public Library (this video was filmed from a Canon Power Shot SX60 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See YouTube video 2/25/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Your Imaginary Soul Weighs 21 Grams” and “origin, from the macro to the micro” for “Poetry Aloud” at the Georgetown Public Library (this video was filmed from a Canon Power Shot SX700 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ October 2017 Book Release Reading 10/4/17 of Down in the Dirt’s book “a Finch in the Window” poems “origin, from the macro to the micro”, “violence and peace both work”, “Masquerade” “Curium”, “This Halloween”, “This Halloween Again” and “Salesman” in Community Poetry @ Half Price Books (this video was filmed from a Sony camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ October 2017 Book Release Reading 10/4/17 of Down in the Dirt’s book “a Finch in the Window” poems “origin, from the macro to the micro”, “violence and peace both work”, “Masquerade” “Curium”, “This Halloween”, “This Halloween Again” and “Salesman” in Community Poetry @ Half Price Books (this video was filmed from a Lumix camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ “December 2017 Book Release Reading” 12/6/17, where she reads from her book &“(pheromemes) 2015-2017 poems” her poems “Jumping from the Mausoleum”, “origin, from the macro to the micro”, and “Queen of Multimedia for a reason”, in “Community Poetry @ Half Price Books” (video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ “December 2017 Book Release Reading” 12/6/17, where she reads from her book &“(pheromemes) 2015-2017 poems” her poems “Jumping from the Mausoleum”, “origin, from the macro to the micro”, and “Queen of Multimedia for a reason”, in “Community Poetry @ Half Price Books” (video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

Orion

Listen to studio or live tracks from the CD & performance art show How Do I Get There?

See YouTube video live at the show How Do I Get There 02/15/05, Chicago

see the entire performance of How Do I Get There? 02/15/05 in Chicago live, via the Internet Archive

See YouTube video of this poem read live at the 07/19/11 mini-feature night at the Café in Chicago at her feature Astronomy 101

Enjoy this YouTube video 7/19/11 of Janet Kuypers performing her poetry in her feature Astronomy 101 @ Chicago’s the Café (this video post appears on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersfeature

Download this writing in the free 07/19/11 PDF feature chapbook Astronomy 101

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “High Roller” and “Orion” from her poetry show “How Do I Get There?”, then her poem “The Hand” from her chapbook “Chapter 18”, all from her performance art poetry collection book “Chapter 38 v1” live at Recycled Reads 7/21/18 (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “High Roller” and “Orion” from her poetry show “How Do I Get There?”, then her poem “The Hand” from her chapbook “Chapter 18”, all from her performance art poetry collection book “Chapter 38 v1” live at Recycled Reads 7/21/18 (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

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 (filmed from a 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 (from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted 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 her poems “Where We’ve Been and What We’ve Seen”, “Moonlight”, “Orion”, “Envision it in the Night Sky”, and “Universe... Now in Color” in the “Night Sky” section, and her poems “Beauty in the Eyes of Einstein”, and “And I’m wondering” in the Public Access Poetry section, of the cc&d July-December 2018 expanded issue collection book “Among the Debris” for The Café Gallery 9/8/20 Book Reading in The Café Gallery 2020 book reading series (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Where We’ve Been and What We’ve Seen”, “Moonlight”, “Orion”, “Envision it in the Night Sky”, and “Universe... Now in Color” in the “Night Sky” section, and her poems “Beauty in the Eyes of Einstein”, and “And I’m wondering” in the Public Access Poetry section, of the cc&d July-December 2018 expanded issue collection book “Among the Debris” during The Café Gallery 9/8/20 Book Reading in The Café Gallery 2020 book reading series (streamed live from a Samsung S9 camera).

or my happiness, or my life

See YouTube video 1/22/16 of Janet Kuypers reading her 2 new poems One who Has Too Much & or my happiness, or my life, and Holding Hands (from her book Let me see you Stripped) at the Round Rock Poetry Plus open mic at Cianfrani’s (this video was filmed from a Nikon Cool Pix S7000 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See YouTube video 1/22/16 of Janet Kuypers reading her 2 new poems One who Has Too Much & or my happiness, or my life, and Holding Hands (from her book Let me see you Stripped) at the Round Rock Poetry Plus open mic at Cianfrani’s (this video was filmed from a Canon Power Shot camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers 9/23/17 reading her poem “Knew I Had to be Ready”, then her poems “or my happiness, or my life” and “Life got in the Way” from her book “(pheromemes) 2015-2017 poems” at Georgetown Public Library’s “Poetry Aloud” (Lumix).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers 9/23/17 reading her poem “Knew I Had to be Ready”, then her poems “or my happiness, or my life” and “Life got in the Way” from her book “(pheromemes) 2015-2017 poems” at Georgetown Public Library’s “Poetry Aloud” (Sony).

Ornaments from my Childhood

See a YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Until all the Pieces Connect” (written 12/6, on and for the day of the 1893 birth of English poet Sylvia Townsend Warner, which is also the 1746 birth of Scottish poet and songwriter Lady Grizel Bailli), “Europa and Ganymede Calling” (written 12/6, on and for the 2017 date of plate tectonics discovery on Jupiter’s moon Europa), “Other Side” and “Broke the Reflection” (for the 12/7 date Pearl Harbor was attacked), “Letter 09/16/06” (for 12/7, Letter Writing Day), “Childhood Memories Six” (for 12/8, the 1980 date John Lennon was assassinated), and “Ornaments from my Childhood” (written 12/7, on and for National Christmas Tree Day), from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)” for The Café Gallery 12/8/20 Book Reading in The Café Gallery 2020 book reading series (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypersthecafegallery

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Until all the Pieces Connect”, “Europa and Ganymede Calling”, “Other Side”, “Broke the Reflection”, “Letter 09/16/06”, “Childhood Memories Six”, and “Ornaments from my Childhood”, from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)” for The Café Gallery 12/8/20 Book Reading in The Café Gallery 2020 book reading series (this video was filmed and streamed from a Samsung S9 camera). #janetkuypersthecafegallery

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Under Our Own Feet”, “(from) Visiting Pristine Places on the Planet”, “Other Side”, “Ornaments from my Childhood”, “Knew the Word”, “Until I Get a Chance”, and “Original Sin and Unholy Ways” from the cc&d 12/21 v316 book “Man on the Street” 12/1/21 on the 1st Wednesday of the month from 1:00-3:00 PM CST during the usual time for the “Community Poetry” open mic (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Under Our Own Feet”, “(from) Visiting Pristine Places on the Planet”, “Other Side”, “Ornaments from my Childhood”, “Knew the Word”, “Until I Get a Chance”, and “Original Sin and Unholy Ways” from the cc&d 12/21 v316 book “Man on the Street” 12/1/21 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 & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera with a bubble filter). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Under Our Own Feet”, “(from) Visiting Pristine Places on the Planet”, “Other Side”, “Ornaments from my Childhood”, and “Knew the Word” from the 9-12/21 cc&d book “The World Outside” 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 (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 “Under Our Own Feet”, “(from) Visiting Pristine Places on the Planet”, “Other Side”, “Ornaments from my Childhood”, and “Knew the Word” from the 9-12/21 cc&d book “The World Outside” 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 from a Samsung S9 camera with a b&w Old Film filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypers

Oscar the Grouch and the Recycle Nazi

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Oscar the Grouch and the Recycle Nazi” and “Kept Religion out of Politics” from the cc&d 10/20 v302 book “Wildflowers” during the “Poetic License virtual open mic 10/4/2” she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Oscar the Grouch and the Recycle Nazi” and “Kept Religion out of Politics” from the cc&d 10/20 v302 book “Wildflowers” during the “Poetic License virtual open mic 10/4/2” she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (from a Samsung S9 camera). #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

See a YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Burned into these Nightmares with a Pen” (written 10/20, on and for the National Day on Writing), “Moonlight”” (for 10/20, Observe the Moon night), “Polymath in the Making” (written 10/21, on and for Celebration of the Mind Day), “Oscar the Grouch and the Recycle Nazi” (written 10/22, on and for Clean Up the Earth Day), “Kept Religion out of Politics” (written 10/28 on and for the Separation of Church and State Day), “Enticing Whirling Darkness” (written 10/27, on and for the birthdate of Sylvia Plath), “Quest Beyond an Icy Tail” (written 10/29, on and for the 1808 birthday of Roman astronomer Caterina Scarpellini), “Veins Burn Blue with Greatness” (written 10/29, on and for the birthday in 1825 of the last Queen of Romania, Marie Alexandra Victoria), “Jails Almost Broke Me” (written 10/30, on and for the the 1885 birthdate of poet Ezra Pound), “This Halloween” (for Halloween), and “Who I Was Supposed to Be (dreams 10/31/19)” (written 10/31, on Halloween) from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)” for The Café Gallery 10/27/20 Book Reading in The Café Gallery 2020 book reading series (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypersthecafegallery

See a YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Burned into these Nightmares with a Pen”, “Moonlight”, “Polymath in the Making”, “Oscar the Grouch and the Recycle Nazi”, “Kept Religion out of Politics”, “Enticing Whirling Darkness”, “Quest Beyond an Icy Tail”, “Veins Burn Blue with Greatness”, “Jails Almost Broke Me”, “This Halloween”, and “Who I Was Supposed to Be (dreams 10/31/19)” from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)” for The Café Gallery 10/27/20 Book Reading in The Café Gallery 2020 book reading series (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera w/ a Posterize filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypersthecafegallery

See a YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Burned into these Nightmares with a Pen”, “Moonlight”, “Polymath in the Making”, “Oscar the Grouch and the Recycle Nazi”, “Kept Religion out of Politics”, “Enticing Whirling Darkness”, “Quest Beyond an Icy Tail”, “Veins Burn Blue with Greatness”, “Jails Almost Broke Me”, “This Halloween”, and “Who I Was Supposed to Be (dreams 10/31/19)” from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)” for The Café Gallery 10/27/20 Book Reading in The Café Gallery 2020 book reading series(filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera w/ a Threshold filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypersthecafegallery

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Burned into these Nightmares with a Pen”, “Moonlight”, “Polymath in the Making”, “Oscar the Grouch and the Recycle Nazi”, “Kept Religion out of Politics”, “Enticing Whirling Darkness”, “Quest Beyond an Icy Tail”, “Veins Burn Blue with Greatness”, “Jails Almost Broke Me”, “This Halloween”, and “Who I Was Supposed to Be (dreams 10/31/19)” from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)” for The Café Gallery 10/27/20 Book Reading in The Café Gallery 2020 book reading series (this video was filmed and streamed live from a Samsung S9 camera).

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Judging the Chicago Seven”, “Kept Religion out of Politics”, “Oscar the Grouch and the Recycle Nazi”, and “Because of Fire” as her closing poems from the “Wildflowers” section of the Scars Publications cc&d 9-12 2020 issue collection book anthology “Roll the Bones” for “The Café Gallery 3/2/21 Book Reading” in The Café Gallery Book Reading series 2020+ (this video was filmed and streamed from a Samsung S9 camera).   #janetkuypers   #janetkuyperspoetry   #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersthecafegallery

See a YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Judging the Chicago Seven”, “Kept Religion out of Politics”, “Oscar the Grouch and the Recycle Nazi”, and “Because of Fire” from the Scars Publications cc&d 9-12 2020 issue collection book anthology “Roll the Bones” for “The Café Gallery 3/2/21 Book Reading” in The Café Gallery Book Reading series (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera, and posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).  #janetkuypers   #janetkuyperspoetry   #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersthecafegallery

Osmium (from the “Periodic Table of Poetry” series)
also see this poem at Artvilla

Watch the YouTube video of this Kuypers reading the poem live 1#26/13 on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio (Canon), with music from the HA!Man of South Africa (2011 Hotel music “the Ice is Melting”)

Enjoy this feature-length YouTube video live 1/26/13 of Kuypers reading her Periodic Table poetry in “Periodic Prep for Radio Poetry” on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio, read to music from the HA!Man of South Africa’s 2011 Hotel music the Ice is Melting (this video was filmed from a Canon camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem

See YouTube video 1#26/13 of Kuypers reading 8 Periodic Table poems (including this poem) on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio (Samsung), with the HA!Man of South Africa’s 2011 Hotel music the Ice is Melting playing

See YouTube video of this “Periodic Table of Poetry” poem read live in Chicago 1/30/13 (Canon) at her feature Poetry Saloonat Noon

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her “Periodic Table” poems live in her Chicago 1/30/13 feature Poetry Saloon at Noon, with background music from the HA!Man of South Africa’s “Wayward Waltz of the Fractured Wind” (filmed from a Canon camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem

Download this poem in the free chapbook the Poetry Saloon at Noon, containing all of the Periodic Table of Poetry poems that were performed in this show, all together in one chapbook.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her Periodic Table poem “Astatine” from her “Astatine in a Fantastic Car Crash” chapbook and reading, then her poems “Osmium” and “Titanium” from her 1/30/13 poetry feature for Poetry Saloonat Noon, all read from her v5 cc&d poetry book “On the Edge” 1/19/19 at “Recycled Reads” (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her Periodic Table poem “Astatine” from her “Astatine in a Fantastic Car Crash” chapbook and reading, then her poems “Osmium” and “Titanium” from her 1/30/13 poetry feature for Poetry Saloonat Noon, all read from her v5 cc&d poetry book “On the Edge” 1/19/19 at “Recycled Reads” (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

Osmium when capitalism prevails
Twitter-length poem on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Tumblr

Enjoy this YouTube video from 3/30/22 of Janet Kuypers during her “Poetry & Open Mic at The Gallery Cabaret 3/30/22” feature night in Chicago, where she read 36 of her Twitter-length Periodic Table poems (including this one) as her select “Twitter Verse periodic Table Poetry” poems from her book “Twitter Verse periodic Table Poetry” in her “Twitter Verse periodic Table Poetry” feature (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem

Enjoy this Facebook live video stream from 3/30/22 of Janet Kuypers during her “Poetry & Open Mic at The Gallery Cabaret 3/30/22” feature night in Chicago, where she read 36 of her Twitter-length Periodic Table poems (including this one) as her select “Twitter Verse periodic Table Poetry” poems from her book “Twitter Verse periodic Table Poetry” in her “Twitter Verse periodic Table Poetry” feature (this video was filmed & streamed live from a Samsung S9 camera with a Lava Lamp filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her Twitter Verse Periodic Table poems “Rhenium: the little element that could”, “Osmium when capitalism prevails”, “Iridium blankets the earth”, “Astatine’s rarity may save us from cancer”, “Francium, of the feline persuasion”, “Radium’s Faint Light”, “Actinium & the next-gen for cancer”, “Protactinium, and voilà... rocks?”, “Curium’s radioactive glitter”, “Berkelium can recycle radioactivity”, “Californium’s a double-edged sword”, “Californium-252: communication, thanks to nuclear”, “Einsteinium from flying through mushroom clouds”, “Nobelium is fought for in transfermium wars”, “Nobelium: war or peace”, “Lawrencium: were we wrong?”, “Rutherfordium, blinked out of existence”, “Meitnerium: For All We Women Must Do”, “Roentgenium, too scarce to waste”, “Copernicium makes the worlds go ‘round”, “Flerovium, doubly magic?”, “Livermorium, vanishing in our grasp”, and “Tennessine is what I get...” (+ showing the images that accompany poems) from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Twitter Verse Periodic Table Poetry” on 11/2/22 on the 1st Wednesday of the month (1:00-3:00 PM CST) in honor of ‘Community Poetry’ (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem Also enjoy this as a Facebook live video stream (filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem

Other Horizons

See YouTube video performed for C Ra McGuirt (Penny Dreadful Press) in Nashville 12/20/08

See YouTube video (:50) read live 02/08/11 from the ISBN# & ISSN# book Dark Matter: the Mind of Janet Kuypers, at the Café on 02/08/11

See YouTube video of the intro at the the Café Chicago open mic 02/08/11 & a number of poems from books and magazines

Other People’s Worlds

See YouTube video of Chicago poet Janet Kuypers reading her poems “You’ve Left Me on Siesta Beach” from her interview/journal/poetry book “In Depth”, then her new poems “Other People’s Worlds” and “Language” live 1#26/18 at Georgetown’s “Poetry Aloud” open mic (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video of Chicago poet Janet Kuypers reading her poems “You’ve Left Me on Siesta Beach” from her interview/journal/poetry book “In Depth”, then her new poems “Other People’s Worlds” and “Language” live 1#26/18 at Georgetown’s “Poetry Aloud” open mic (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers, in 3 parts, reading her poetry 10/12/19 at the Georgetown “Poetry Aloud” open mic at the Georgetown Public Library. In part 1, read her poem “Check Your Clock” from her poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”, her poem “Other People’s Worlds” from the cc&d v291 7-8/19 book “Of This I am Certain”, then her poem “Queueing in Line and Shaping Your Life” read from the cc&d v292 (Sept.-Oct. 2019 issue) perfect-bound paperback ISBN# book “In The Fall”, both of those last two poems also read from her poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”, then her poem “Know What Planet She’s From” from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”. In part 2, she read her prose poem “Dandelions for a Passing Stranger” read from the cc&d 2019 reprints of the May 1996 v79 issue book “Poetry and Prose”, then her poem “Ominous Day” from the cc&d v290 May-June 2019 26-year anniversary issue/book “a Rose in the Dark” that also appears in (and is co-read from) her poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”, then her poem “Etching, Scribbling, Drawing” from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”. In part 3, she reads her poem “Kind of Like a City” from her poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”, then her poem “Zircon, Gemstones, Baubles, and Bling”from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera, and it was also posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers, in 3 parts, reading her poetry 10/12/19 at the Georgetown “Poetry Aloud” open mic at the Georgetown Public Library. In part 1, read her poem “Check Your Clock” from her poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”, her poem “Other People’s Worlds” from the cc&d v291 7-8/19 book “Of This I am Certain”, then her poem “Queueing in Line and Shaping Your Life” read from the cc&d v292 (Sept.-Oct. 2019 issue) perfect-bound paperback ISBN# book “In The Fall”, both of those last two poems also read from her poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”, then her poem “Know What Planet She’s From” from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”. In part 2, she read her prose poem “Dandelions for a Passing Stranger” read from the cc&d 2019 reprints of the May 1996 v79 issue book “Poetry and Prose”, then her poem “Ominous Day” from the cc&d v290 May-June 2019 26-year anniversary issue/book “a Rose in the Dark” that also appears in (and is co-read from) her poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”, then her poem “Etching, Scribbling, Drawing” from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”. In part 3, she reads her poem “Kind of Like a City” from her poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”, then her poem “Zircon, Gemstones, Baubles, and Bling”from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera, and it was also posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Like Nothing Ever Happened”, “For Far Too Many Years”, “Other People’s Worlds”, “left living”, “our differences”, “Prescribe Them Something, Anything”, and “choke”, all read from the Scars Publications 2019 collection book “Burning Bridges”, during her January 2020 Book Release Reading through Community Poetry! at Half Price Books (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Like Nothing Ever Happened”, “For Far Too Many Years”, “Other People’s Worlds”, “left living”, “our differences”, “Prescribe Them Something, Anything”, and “choke”, all read from the Scars Publications 2019 collection book “Burning Bridges”, during her January 2020 Book Release Reading through Community Poetry! at Half Price Books (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “True Happiness in the New Millennium” from the Down in the Dirt 7-12 2019 issue collection book “Legacy”, then her poems “Other People’s Worlds” and “Opens the Way”, read from the cc&d 7-12 2019 issue collection book “Imagery of Place”, 1/18/20 at Austin’s “Open Mic Showcase” at Recycled Reads (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “True Happiness in the New Millennium” from the Down in the Dirt 7-12 2019 issue collection book “Legacy”, then her poems “Other People’s Worlds” and “Opens the Way”, read from the cc&d 7-12 2019 issue collection book “Imagery of Place”, 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 “Nomad’s Choir” vol. 28 issue 1 poem “Other people’s Worlds” that also appears in the Scars Publications 7-12 2019 cc&d expanded issue collection book “Among the Debris”, then her new poem “Until I Choose Life”, live 1/25/20 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 “Nomad’s Choir” vol. 28 issue 1 poem “Other people’s Worlds” that also appears in the Scars Publications 7-12 2019 cc&d expanded issue collection book “Among the Debris”, then her new poem “Until I Choose Life”, live 1/25/20 at Georgetown’s “Poetry Aloud” (Posterized Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Ultimate Connectivity: a bird in the hand” rom her chapbook “Public Access Poetry” but read from the Scars Publications 7-12 2019 cc&d expanded issue collection book “Among the Debris”, then her “Nomad’s Choir” vol. 28 issue 1 poem “Other people’s Worlds” that also appears in the Scars Publications 7-12 2019 cc&d expanded issue collection book “Among the Debris”, then her new poem “Until I Choose Life”, live 1/25/20 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 poem “Ultimate Connectivity: a bird in the hand” rom her chapbook “Public Access Poetry” but read from the Scars Publications 7-12 2019 cc&d expanded issue collection book “Among the Debris”, then her “Nomad’s Choir” vol. 28 issue 1 poem “Other people’s Worlds” that also appears in the Scars Publications 7-12 2019 cc&d expanded issue collection book “Among the Debris”, then her new poem “Until I Choose Life”, live 1/25/20 at Georgetown’s “Poetry Aloud” (Sepia Toned Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Opens the Way”, “Other People’s Worlds”, and “I Want Love”, her prose “Dandelions for a Passing Stranger” and “Scars”, her poems “the State of the Nation”, “People’s Rights Misunderstood”, and “The Carpet Factory, The Shoes”, in set 1 from the cc&d July-December 2018 expanded issue collection book “Among the Debris” during the “Poetic License open mic 6/7/20 home edition” she hosted in Austin, but globally through a Facebook event page (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera, and was posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Opens the Way”, “Other People’s Worlds”, and “I Want Love”, her prose “Dandelions for a Passing Stranger” and “Scars”, her poems “the State of the Nation”, “People’s Rights Misunderstood”, and “The Carpet Factory, The Shoes”, in set 1 from the cc&d July-December 2018 expanded issue collection book “Among the Debris” during the “Poetic License open mic 6/7/20 home edition” she hosted in Austin through a Facebook event page (video filmed from a Samsung S9 camera).

Other Side

See a YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Until all the Pieces Connect” (written 12/6, on and for the day of the 1893 birth of English poet Sylvia Townsend Warner, which is also the 1746 birth of Scottish poet and songwriter Lady Grizel Bailli), “Europa and Ganymede Calling” (written 12/6, on and for the 2017 date of plate tectonics discovery on Jupiter’s moon Europa), “Other Side” and “Broke the Reflection” (for the 12/7 date Pearl Harbor was attacked), “Letter 09/16/06” (for 12/7, Letter Writing Day), “Childhood Memories Six” (for 12/8, the 1980 date John Lennon was assassinated), and “Ornaments from my Childhood” (written 12/7, on and for National Christmas Tree Day), from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)” for The Café Gallery 12/8/20 Book Reading in The Café Gallery 2020 book reading series (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypersthecafegallery

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Until all the Pieces Connect”, “Europa and Ganymede Calling”, “Other Side”, “Broke the Reflection”, “Letter 09/16/06”, “Childhood Memories Six”, and “Ornaments from my Childhood”, from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)” for The Café Gallery 12/8/20 Book Reading in The Café Gallery 2020 book reading series (this video was filmed and streamed from a Samsung S9 camera). #janetkuypersthecafegallery

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Under Our Own Feet”, “(from) Visiting Pristine Places on the Planet”, “Other Side”, “Ornaments from my Childhood”, and “Knew the Word” from the 9-12/21 cc&d book “The World Outside” 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 (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 “Under Our Own Feet”, “(from) Visiting Pristine Places on the Planet”, “Other Side”, “Ornaments from my Childhood”, and “Knew the Word” from the 9-12/21 cc&d book “The World Outside” 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 from a Samsung S9 camera with a b&w Old Film filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypers

Others Kill For Us

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her 2019 poems “Others Kill for Us”, “Burning Building (2019 Day of Silence edit)”, and her 2019 Instagram poem “Dance Among the Ashes” (then showing the Instagram image for it), live 6/15/19 at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her 2019 poems “Others Kill for Us”, “Burning Building (2019 Day of Silence edit)”, and her 2019 Instagram poem “Dance Among the Ashes” (then showing the Instagram image for it), live 6/15/19 at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” (Panasonic Lumix T56; Sepia).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers 9/15/19 reading her poems “Even if Only (dreams 4/15/19)” and “Others Kill for Us” from her 2019 book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”, then her Twitter Verse Periodic Table poem “Iron Bloodied Eyelids”, live at Georgetown’s “Poetry Aloud” open mic (from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera, on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram & Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers 9/15/19 reading her poems “Even if Only (dreams 4/15/19)” and “Others Kill for Us” from her 2019 book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”, then her Twitter Verse Periodic Table poem “Iron Bloodied Eyelids”, live at Georgetown’s “Poetry Aloud” open mic (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera, on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram & Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Such a Surreal, Ephemeral Feel”, “Unrestrained Opportunity, and Fighting for Freedom”, “Unprovable Stories”, “Others Kill For Us”, and “Filed under Fiction” from the cc&d June 2020 27-year anniversary book “Ticket to Paradise” during the “Poetic License open mic 6/7/20 home edition” she hosted in Austin, but globally through a Facebook event page (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Such a Surreal, Ephemeral Feel”, “Unrestrained Opportunity, and Fighting for Freedom”, “Unprovable Stories”, “Others Kill For Us”, and “Filed under Fiction” from the cc&d June 2020 27-year anniversary book “Ticket to Paradise” during the “Poetic License open mic 6/7/20 home edition” she hosted in Austin, through a Facebook event page (from a Samsung S9 camera).

See a YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Such a Surreal, Ephemeral Feel”, “Unrestrained Opportunity, and Fighting for Freedom”, “Unprovable Stories”, “Others Kill For Us”, and “filed under fiction” from the v298 “Ticket to Paradise” section of the cc&d 5-8 2020 collection book “One with the Mountain” live 8/5/20 (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Such a Surreal, Ephemeral Feel”, “Unrestrained Opportunity, and Fighting for Freedom”, “Unprovable Stories”, “Others Kill For Us”, and “filed under fiction” from the v298 “Ticket to Paradise” section of the cc&d 5-8 2020 collection book “One with the Mountain” live 8/5/20 (video filmed from a Samsung S9 camera).

Other Souls

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her 3 poems True Happiness in the New Millennium, Just Desperation and Other Souls at the 5 year anniv. of the open mic Elizabeth’s Crazy Little Thing in Wicker Park, Chicago (Cps)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her 3 poems True Happiness in the New Millennium, Just Desperation and Other Souls at the 5 year anniv. of the open mic Elizabeth’s Crazy Little Thing in Wicker Park, Chicago (Cfs)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers (wrapped in VHS tape) in her 8/14/15 show “Farewell Chicago” in her final scheduled feature at Poetry’s “Love Letter” (while living in Chicago) in Chicago (Canon fs200), with her poems Chicago, Breaking Their Heart, change (2015 edit), Planting Palm Tree Seeds, Shared Air, Other Souls, and ever leave me.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers (wrapped in VHS tape) in her 8/14/15 show “Farewell Chicago” in her final scheduled feature at Poetry’s “Love Letter” (while living in Chicago) in Chicago (Canon Power Shot), with her poems Chicago, Breaking Their Heart, change (2015 edit), Planting Palm Tree Seeds, Shared Air, Other Souls, and ever leave me.

Download poems in the free chapbook Farewell Chicago of this & other poems read 8/14/15 at a live Chicago show

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading 4 poems 8/31/15 at the Chicago open mic Weeds (Canon Power Shot), with an edited version of her poem Communication, plus her poems Death Takes Many Forms, True Happiness in the New Millennium, and Other Souls.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading 4 poems 8/31/15 at the Chicago open mic Weeds (Canon fs200), with an edited version of her poem Communication, plus her poems Death Takes Many Forms, True Happiness in the New Millennium, and Other Souls.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers in her 2/1/17 25 minute poetry reading at Austin’s Half Price Books, with her poems “old school and high-tech monuments”, “extinct on planet earth”, “Other Souls”, “Open Book”, “Mapping the Way to True Love”, “Years, Centuries, Eons”, “Zenith of the Night Sky”, and “just one book” (this video was filmed from a Canon Power Shot SX60 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers in her 2/1/17 25 minute poetry reading at Austin’s Half Price Books, with her poems “old school and high-tech monuments”, “extinct on planet earth”, “Other Souls”, “Open Book”, “Mapping the Way to True Love”, “Years, Centuries, Eons”, “Zenith of the Night Sky”, and “just one book” (this video was filmed from a Canon Power Shot SX700 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Protecting Peace can Put you in Prison” from her interview/journal/poetry book “In Depth”, “Other Souls” from her poetry performance art collection book “Chapter 48 (v 2)”, and “I’m Not Sick, But I’m Not Well” from her poetry performance art collection book “Chapter 48 (v1)” 9/24/18 at the Chicago open mic Weeds (video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Protecting Peace can Put you in Prison” from her interview/journal/poetry book “In Depth”, “Other Souls” from her poetry performance art collection book “Chapter 48 (v 2)”, and “I’m Not Sick, But I’m Not Well” from her poetry performance art collection book “Chapter 48 (v1)” 9/24/18 at the Chicago open mic Weeds (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; Edge Detection).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Protecting Peace can Put you in Prison” from her interview/journal/poetry book “In Depth”, “Other Souls” from her poetry performance art collection book “Chapter 48 (v 2)”, and “I’m Not Sick, But I’m Not Well” from her poetry performance art collection book “Chapter 48 (v1)” 9/24/18 at the Chicago open mic Weeds (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; Hue Cycling filter).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Protecting Peace can Put you in Prison” from her interview/journal/poetry book “In Depth”, “Other Souls” from her poetry performance art collection book “Chapter 48 (v 2)”, and “I’m Not Sick, But I’m Not Well” from her poetry performance art collection book “Chapter 48 (v1)” 9/24/18 at the Chicago open mic Weeds (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; Threshold filter).

See YouTube video live 9#26/18 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Ocean’s Call to Dive”, “Jumping, Flying”, “True Happiness in the New Millennium (2017 Dripping Springs edit)”, “Poem About This”, “For Far Too Many Years”, “Everything was Alive and Dying (2016 cruelty to animals edition)”, “Everything was Alive and Dying (2016 political edit)”, “Juxtaposition, or Irony?”, “Quieted Soul”, “The Page”, “Other Souls”, “yearning to break free”, and “I’m not sick but I’m not well (Future Imperfect edit)”, from her show “to the Bottom of the Earth and Back” with chapbook “to the Bottom of the Earth and Back” performed during the feature performance at In One Ear in Chicago (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video live 9#26/18 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Ocean’s Call to Dive”, “Jumping, Flying”, “True Happiness in the New Millennium (2017 Dripping Springs edit)”, “Poem About This”, “For Far Too Many Years”, “Everything was Alive and Dying (2016 cruelty to animals edition)”, “Everything was Alive and Dying (2016 political edit)”, “Juxtaposition, or Irony?”, “Quieted Soul”, “The Page”, “Other Souls”, “yearning to break free”, and “I’m not sick but I’m not well (Future Imperfect edit)”, from her show “to the Bottom of the Earth and Back” with chapbook “to the Bottom of the Earth and Back” performed during the feature performance at In One Ear in Chicago (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; B&W).

See YouTube video live 9#26/18 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Ocean’s Call to Dive”, “Jumping, Flying”, “True Happiness in the New Millennium (2017 Dripping Springs edit)”, “Poem About This”, “For Far Too Many Years”, “Everything was Alive and Dying (2016 cruelty to animals edition)”, “Everything was Alive and Dying (2016 political edit)”, “Juxtaposition, or Irony?”, “Quieted Soul”, “The Page”, “Other Souls”, “yearning to break free”, and “I’m not sick but I’m not well (Future Imperfect edit)”, from her show “to the Bottom of the Earth and Back” with chapbook “to the Bottom of the Earth and Back” performed during the feature performance at In One Ear in Chicago (Panasonic Lumix T56; Sepia Tone).

See YouTube video live 9#26/18 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Ocean’s Call to Dive”, “Jumping, Flying”, “True Happiness in the New Millennium (2017 Dripping Springs edit)”, “Poem About This”, “For Far Too Many Years”, “Everything was Alive and Dying (2016 cruelty to animals edition)”, “Everything was Alive and Dying (2016 political edit)”, “Juxtaposition, or Irony?”, “Quieted Soul”, “The Page”, “Other Souls”, “yearning to break free”, and “I’m not sick but I’m not well (Future Imperfect edit)”, from her show “to the Bottom of the Earth and Back” with chapbook “to the Bottom of the Earth and Back” performed during the feature performance at In One Ear in Chicago (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video live 9#26/18 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Ocean’s Call to Dive”, “Jumping, Flying”, “True Happiness in the New Millennium (2017 Dripping Springs edit)”, “Poem About This”, “For Far Too Many Years”, “Everything was Alive and Dying (2016 cruelty to animals edition)”, “Everything was Alive and Dying (2016 political edit)”, “Juxtaposition, or Irony?”, “Quieted Soul”, “The Page”, “Other Souls”, “yearning to break free”, and “I’m not sick but I’m not well (Future Imperfect edit)”, from her show “to the Bottom of the Earth and Back” with chapbook “to the Bottom of the Earth and Back” performed during the feature performance at In One Ear in Chicago (Panasonic Lumix 2500; Threshold).

See YouTube video live 9#26/18 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Ocean’s Call to Dive”, “Jumping, Flying”, “True Happiness in the New Millennium (2017 Dripping Springs edit)”, “Poem About This”, “For Far Too Many Years”, “Everything was Alive and Dying (2016 cruelty to animals edition)”, “Everything was Alive and Dying (2016 political edit)”, “Juxtaposition, or Irony?”, “Quieted Soul”, “The Page”, “Other Souls”, “yearning to break free”, and “I’m not sick but I’m not well (Future Imperfect edit)”, from her show “to the Bottom of the Earth and Back” with chapbook “to the Bottom of the Earth and Back” performed during the feature performance at In One Ear in Chicago (Panasonic Lumix 2500;n Edge Det.).

Otherwise Forget Life

See the YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Until I Get a Chance” (written 12/27, on and for the 1571 birthday of Johannes Kepler), “Jupiter Revealing Neptune” (written 12/28, on and for the 1612 date Galileo first found Neptune), and “Otherwise Forget Life” (written 12/29, on and for the 1972 date of the last weekly release of Life magazine) from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)” for The Café Gallery 12/29/20 Book Reading in The Café Gallery Book Reading series (this video was filmed from a 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 “Until I Get a Chance”, “Jupiter Revealing Neptune”, and “Otherwise Forget Life” from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)” for The Café Gallery 12/29/20 Book Reading in The Café Gallery Book Reading series (this video was filmed and streamed from a Samsung S9 camera). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersthecafegallery

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her v215 1/24 Down in the Dirt issue/book “Oasis” poems “Otherwise Forget Life” & “Verses on Display”, then her poem “Chromium” (which is also in the book “Periodic Table Poetry”, + show image 2) & “Chromium Shine” (which is also in the book “Twitter Verse Periodic Table Poetry”, and show images 1, 2, & 3) during her “Poetic License 1/7/24 global open mic” she hosted through a Zoom meeting & a Facebook event page (this “Poetic License” video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera, and posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). Also enjoy this as a Facebook live video stream (that was filmed & streamed live from a Samsung S9 camera with a Paper Tear filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

Otherwise Never-ending Saver of Life

Otherwise Reigned Supreme

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Oh, the book is Better than the Movie”, “Vessel to Spread the Word”, and “Otherwise Reigned Supreme” from the Down in the Dirt 11/20 v177 book “Pipe Dreams”, then her short poem “Eleven Days” from the cc&d 11/20 v303 book “What He’s Trying to Paint” to close the “Poetic License virtual open mic 11/1/20” she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page in front of the New Orleans Public Library (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Oh, the book is Better than the Movie”, “Vessel to Spread the Word”, and “Otherwise Reigned Supreme” from the Down in the Dirt 11/20 v177 book “Pipe Dreams”, then her short poem “Eleven Days” from the cc&d 11/20 v303 book “What He’s Trying to Paint” to close the “Poetic License virtual open mic 11/1/20” she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page in front of the New Orleans Public Library (video filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera). #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

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

See the YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “ever since my childhood”, “Oh, the book is Better than the Movie”, “Vessel to Spread the Word”, “Otherwise Reigned Supreme”, “Opened the Door for All”, “Just too High for Just one Man”, “Evolving with Mutant Genes”, and “Yes, For Our Future Too” from the v177 book “Pipe Dreams” installment of the Down in the Dirt issue collection book “Late Frost” for The Café Gallery 1/19/21 Book Reading in The Café Gallery Book Reading series (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera, and 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 “ever since my childhood”, “Oh, the book is Better than the Movie”, “Vessel to Spread the Word”, “Otherwise Reigned Supreme”, “Opened the Door for All”, “Just too High for Just one Man”, “Evolving with Mutant Genes”, and “Yes, For Our Future Too” from the v177 book “Pipe Dreams” installment of the Down in the Dirt issue collection book “Late Frost” for The Café Gallery 1/19/21 Book Reading in The Café Gallery Book Reading series (this video was filmed and streamed from a Samsung S9 camera).   #janetkuypers   #janetkuyperspoetry   #janetkuypersbookreading   #janetkuypersthecafegallery

Our Anniversary

See YouTube video live at Cana-Dixie to Chi-town 12/15/09

Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her new poems “Valentine’s Day, Every Day”, “Underscore for the Battles”, and “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed” live 2/16 at “Poetry Aloud” (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her new poems “Valentine’s Day, Every Day”, “Underscore for the Battles”, and “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed” live 2/16/19 at “Poetry Aloud” (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera, and given an Edge Detection filter).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her new poems “Valentine’s Day, Every Day”, “Underscore for the Battles”, and “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed” live 2/16/19 at “Poetry Aloud” (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera, and then given a Posterize filter).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her new poems “Valentine’s Day, Every Day”, “Underscore for the Battles”, and “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed” live 2/16/19 at “Poetry Aloud” (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera, and then given Threshold filter).

See YouTube video of Chicago poet Janet Kuypers reading her micro-prose “Fireflies” from her “Getting Wire” show and read from her poetry performance art book “Chapter 48 (v 1)”, and then her poems “Didn’t Think Anything of It” and “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed” 3/3/19 @ “Recycled Reads” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading/font>

See YouTube video of Chicago poet Janet Kuypers reading her micro-prose “Fireflies” from her “Getting Wire” show and read from her poetry performance art book “Chapter 48 (v 1)”, and then her poems “Didn’t Think Anything of It” and “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed” 3/3/19 @ “Recycled Reads” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56; Posterize filter).

See YouTube video of Chicago poet Janet Kuypers reading her micro-prose “Fireflies” from her “Getting Wire” show and read from her poetry performance art book “Chapter 48 (v 1)”, and then her poems “Didn’t Think Anything of It” and “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed” 3/3/19 @ “Recycled Reads” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

See YouTube video of Chicago poet Janet Kuypers reading her micro-prose “Fireflies” from her “Getting Wire” show and read from her poetry performance art book “Chapter 48 (v 1)”, and then her poems “Didn’t Think Anything of It” and “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed” 3/3/19 @ “Recycled Reads” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500; Sepia Tonefilter).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed” (written 1/21 on Martin Luther King Jr. day) that will appear in her August 2019 poetry collection book “(pheromones) haiku, Twitterverse, Instagram & poetry”, then her cc&d v79 reprint Letters to the Editor poem “People’s Rights Misunderstood”, then her “(pheromones) haiku, Twitterverse, Instagram & poetry” poem “For Far Too Many Years”, read also because the cc&d 1-6 2019 issue and chapbooks collection book “a Revolution of Modern Life”, live 6/30/19 at “Spoken and Heard” @ Kick Butt Coffee in Austin (video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed” (written 1/21 on Martin Luther King Jr. day) that will appear in her August 2019 poetry collection book “(pheromones) haiku, Twitterverse, Instagram & poetry”, then her cc&d v79 reprint Letters to the Editor poem “People’s Rights Misunderstood”, then her “(pheromones) haiku, Twitterverse, Instagram & poetry” poem “For Far Too Many Years”, read also because the cc&d 1-6 2019 issue and chapbooks collection book “a Revolution of Modern Life”, live 6/30/19 at “Spoken and Heard” @ Kick Butt Coffee in Austin (a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; Sepia Tone).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed” (written 1/21 on Martin Luther King Jr. day) that will appear in her August 2019 poetry collection book “(pheromones) haiku, Twitterverse, Instagram & poetry”, then her cc&d v79 reprint Letters to the Editor poem “People’s Rights Misunderstood”, then her “(pheromones) haiku, Twitterverse, Instagram & poetry” poem “For Far Too Many Years”, read also because the cc&d 1-6 2019 issue and chapbooks collection book “a Revolution of Modern Life”, live 6/30/19 at “Spoken and Heard” @ Kick Butt Coffee in Austin (video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed” (written 1/21 on Martin Luther King Jr. day) that will appear in her August 2019 poetry collection book “(pheromones) haiku, Twitterverse, Instagram & poetry”, then her cc&d v79 reprint Letters to the Editor poem “People’s Rights Misunderstood”, then her “(pheromones) haiku, Twitterverse, Instagram & poetry” poem “For Far Too Many Years”, read also because the cc&d 1-6 2019 issue and chapbooks collection book “a Revolution of Modern Life”, live 6/30/19 at “Spoken and Heard” @ Kick Butt Coffee in Austin (a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; Sepia Tone).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed” (written on and for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day), “Last Before Extinction” (for Endangered Species Day), and “One by One, the Beech Trees Fell” (for D-Day), all from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”, 7/28/19 at Austin’s “Spoken and Heard” (video from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed” (written on and for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day), “Last Before Extinction” (for Endangered Species Day), and “One by One, the Beech Trees Fell” (for D-Day), all from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”, 7/28/19 at Austin’s “Spoken and Heard” (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; Sepia Tone).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed” (written on and for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day), “Last Before Extinction” (for Endangered Species Day), and “One by One, the Beech Trees Fell” (for D-Day), all from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”, 7/28/19 at Austin’s “Spoken and Heard” (from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed” (written on and for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day), “Last Before Extinction” (for Endangered Species Day), and “One by One, the Beech Trees Fell” (for D-Day), all from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”, 7/28/19 at Austin’s “Spoken and Heard” (video Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; Sepia Tone).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her 2019 poem “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed” (written on and for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day) for her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” and from her poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” at her hosting her the “Poetic License” open mic at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” 8/4/19 (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her 2019 poem “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed” (written on and for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day) for her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” and from her poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” at her hosting her the “Poetic License” open mic at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” 8/4/19 (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; Sepia).

See YouTube video 8/13/19 of Janet Kuypers during her “Poetry at the Gallery Cabaret 8/13/19”, where she read her poem “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed” which appears in both of her 2019 books, then her “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” poems “We Didn’t Start the Fire”, “Vortexes Indenting our World”, and “March Forth”. Then she read her new poem “Journeys on a Train” poem about the Chicago L train, and then her “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” book poems “haiku (poet)”, “Popular and Useless”, “Quickly Judged”, “Metamorphosis”, “Old Stomping Grounds”, and “Eternal Never Ending Now”, during Poetry at The Gallery Cabaret (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video 8/13/19 of Janet Kuypers during her “Poetry at the Gallery Cabaret 8/13/19”, where she read her poem “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed” which appears in both of her 2019 books, then her “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” poems “We Didn’t Start the Fire”, “Vortexes Indenting our World”, and “March Forth”. Then she read her new poem “Journeys on a Train” poem about the Chicago L train, and then her “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” book poems “haiku (poet)”, “Popular and Useless”, “Quickly Judged”, “Metamorphosis”, “Old Stomping Grounds”, and “Eternal Never Ending Now”, during Poetry at The Gallery Cabaret (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers in her “Journeys” poetry book feature for “Thirsty Thursday 8/15/19 in Dripping Springs”, TX, with her poem “Journeys on a Train” as the intro poem to her feature, then her poems “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed”, “Valentine’s Day, Every Day”, “Each Trigger Pull”, “Quilled for Poets”, and “Karma and Lollipops” from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” in part one of her feature. Then she read her poems “haiku (poet)”, “unbounded”, “oceans”, “eyes”, “Ends of the Earth”, “Xystus to Foundation”, and “Eternal Never Ending Now” from her poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”, then she closes her feature with her poem “Verdant Green” (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers in her “Journeys” poetry book feature for “Thirsty Thursday 8/15/19 in Dripping Springs”, TX, with her poem “Journeys on a Train” as the intro poem to her feature, then her poems “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed”, “Valentine’s Day, Every Day”, “Each Trigger Pull”, “Quilled for Poets”, and “Karma and Lollipops” from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” in part one of her feature. Then she read her poems “haiku (poet)”, “unbounded”, “oceans”, “eyes”, “Ends of the Earth”, “Xystus to Foundation”, and “Eternal Never Ending Now” from her poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”, then she closes her feature with her poem “Verdant Green” (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers in part one her “Journeys” poetry book feature for “Thirsty Thursday 8/15/19 in Dripping Springs”, TX, with her poem “Journeys on a Train” as the intro poem to her feature, then her poems “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed”, “Valentine’s Day, Every Day”, “Each Trigger Pull”, “Quilled for Poets”, and “Karma and Lollipops” from her book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers in part one her “Journeys” poetry book feature for “Thirsty Thursday 8/15/19 in Dripping Springs”, TX, with her poem “Journeys on a Train” as the intro poem to her feature, then her poems “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed”, “Valentine’s Day, Every Day”, “Each Trigger Pull”, “Quilled for Poets”, and “Karma and Lollipops” from her book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ “Beach Poets bonus feature at the Armadillo’s Pillow” reading poetry from 2 books, including her poem “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed” from her 2019 poetry books “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” and “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”, then her poems “nonetheless”, “brittle”, “brain”, “Quiver in Thought”, “Opens the Way”, “Became a Circus”, and “Listen to Life”, all read from her 2019 poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”, then her haiku and poems “know”, “extinct”, “This is Only a Test”, “elusive”, “Vase of Tulips”, “That Dress”, “Escape to Peace”, and “Uncharted Land” from her 20019 poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” as the feature to the “Beach Poets 9/1/19 with Janet Kuypers” in Chicago (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ “Beach Poets bonus feature at the Armadillo’s Pillow” reading poetry from 2 books, including her poem “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed” from her 2019 poetry books “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” and “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”, then her poems “nonetheless”, “brittle”, “brain”, “Quiver in Thought”, “Opens the Way”, “Became a Circus”, and “Listen to Life”, all read from her 2019 poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”, then her haiku and poems “know”, “extinct”, “This is Only a Test”, “elusive”, “Vase of Tulips”, “That Dress”, “Escape to Peace”, and “Uncharted Land” from her 20019 poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” as the feature to the “Beach Poets 9/1/19 with Janet Kuypers” in Chicago (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; Sepia).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ “Beach Poets bonus feature at the Armadillo’s Pillow” reading poetry from 2 books, including her poem “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed” from her 2019 poetry books “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” and “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”, then her poems “nonetheless”, “brittle”, “brain”, “Quiver in Thought”, “Opens the Way”, “Became a Circus”, and “Listen to Life”, all read from her 2019 poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”, then her haiku and poems “know”, “extinct”, “This is Only a Test”, “elusive”, “Vase of Tulips”, and “That Dress” from her 20019 poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” as the feature to the “Beach Poets 9/1/19 with Janet Kuypers” in Chicago (this video was filmed live from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ “Beach Poets bonus feature at the Armadillo’s Pillow” reading poetry from 2 books, including her poem “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed” from her 2019 poetry books “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” and “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”, then her poems “nonetheless”, “brittle”, “brain”, “Quiver in Thought”, “Opens the Way”, “Became a Circus”, and “Listen to Life”, all read from her 2019 poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”, then her haiku and poems “know”, “extinct”, “This is Only a Test”, “elusive”, “Vase of Tulips”, and “That Dress” from her 20019 poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” as the feature to the “Beach Poets 9/1/19 with Janet Kuypers” in Chicago (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera, & given a Posterize filter).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ “Janet Kuypers feature 9/6/19 at Chicago’s In one Ear” show sharing poetry from 2 book, reading her poem “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed” which appears in both of her books, then her “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” book poems “Ever Get It Back”, and “oceans”, then her “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” book poem “Quilled for Poets”, then her “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” book poems “”, “One Year After, the Icing on the Cake”, and “Eyes”, then her “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” book poem “Unrestrained Opportunity, and Fighting for Freedom”, then her “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” book poem “Eighteen and Eight Plus Eighteen: Where We’ve Been and What We’ve Seen”, then her “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” book poem “Last Before Extinction”, then her “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” book poem “Bolt of Lightning”, then her “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” book poems “Feeling of False Ownership”, “Kept my Eye on You”, and “You are Born to Do”, then her “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” book poems “Object to Slavery while Protecting Slave Labor” and “Eternal Never Ending Now” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera); this video was posted on Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ “Janet Kuypers feature 9/6/19 at Chicago’s In one Ear” show sharing poetry from 2 book, reading her poem “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed” which appears in both of her books, then her “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” book poems “Ever Get It Back”, and “oceans”, then her “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” book poem “Quilled for Poets”, then her “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” book poems “”, “One Year After, the Icing on the Cake”, and “Eyes”, then her “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” book poem “Unrestrained Opportunity, and Fighting for Freedom”, then her “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” book poem “Eighteen and Eight Plus Eighteen: Where We’ve Been and What We’ve Seen”, then her “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” book poem “Last Before Extinction”, then her “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” book poem “Bolt of Lightning”, then her “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” book poems “Feeling of False Ownership”, “Kept my Eye on You”, and “You are Born to Do”, then her “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” book poems “Object to Slavery while Protecting Slave Labor” and “Eternal Never Ending Now” (video from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera, with a Posterize filter); this video was posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ “Janet Kuypers feature 9/6/19 at Chicago’s In one Ear” show sharing poetry from 2 book, reading her poem “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed” which appears in both of her books, then her “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” book poems “Ever Get It Back”, and “oceans”, then her “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” book poem “Quilled for Poets”, then her “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” book poems “”, “One Year After, the Icing on the Cake”, and “Eyes”, then her “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” book poem “Unrestrained Opportunity, and Fighting for Freedom”, then her “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” book poem “Eighteen and Eight Plus Eighteen: Where We’ve Been and What We’ve Seen”, then her “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” book poem “Last Before Extinction”, then her “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” book poem “Bolt of Lightning”, then her “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” book poems “Feeling of False Ownership”, “Kept my Eye on You”, and “You are Born to Do”, then her “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” book poems “Object to Slavery while Protecting Slave Labor” and “Eternal Never Ending Now” (video from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera, with a Sepia Tone filter); this video was posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ “Janet Kuypers feature 9/6/19 at Chicago’s In one Ear” show sharing poetry from 2 book, reading her poem “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed” which appears in both of her books, then her “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” book poems “Ever Get It Back”, and “oceans”, then her “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” book poem “Quilled for Poets”, then her “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” book poems “”, “One Year After, the Icing on the Cake”, and “Eyes”, then her “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” book poem “Unrestrained Opportunity, and Fighting for Freedom”, then her “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” book poem “Eighteen and Eight Plus Eighteen: Where We’ve Been and What We’ve Seen”, then her “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” book poem “Last Before Extinction”, then her “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” book poem “Bolt of Lightning”, then her “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” book poems “Feeling of False Ownership”, “Kept my Eye on You”, and “You are Born to Do”, then her “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” book poems “Object to Slavery while Protecting Slave Labor” and “Eternal Never Ending Now” (video from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera, with a Threshold filter); this video was posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr.

See YouTube video of “Janet Kuypers on Chicago’s WZRD Radio 9/7/19”, where, throughout her interview, Janet Kuypers read her poem “Our Color, Our Gender, our Creed” in both new books, but read from her book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” (starting ~9:40), then from her poem “Orange Clouds and Blood-Red Sunsets” (starting ~21:40), and “Ocean’s Call to Dive” (starting ~28:42) from her book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of “Janet Kuypers on Chicago’s WZRD Radio 9/7/19”, where, throughout her interview, Janet Kuypers read her poem “Our Color, Our Gender, our Creed” in both new books, but read from her book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” (starting ~9:40), then from her poem “Orange Clouds and Blood-Red Sunsets” (starting ~21:40), and “Ocean’s Call to Dive” (starting ~28:42) from her book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; Sepia Tone filter).

See YouTube video of “Janet Kuypers on Chicago’s WZRD Radio 9/7/19”, where, throughout her interview, Janet Kuypers read her poem “Our Color, Our Gender, our Creed” in both new books, but read from her book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” (starting ~9:40), then from her poem “Orange Clouds and Blood-Red Sunsets” (starting ~21:40), “Ocean’s Call to Dive” (starting ~28:42), “Eat your Vegetables, be a Proper Girl” (starting ~30:02), and “Bronze Sculptures will Crumble to Pieces” (starting ~31:21), from her book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”, plus from memory her Periodic Table bonus poem “Arsenic and Syphilis” (starting ~36:33) (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 video camera).

See YouTube video of “Janet Kuypers on Chicago’s WZRD Radio 9/7/19”, where, throughout her interview, Janet Kuypers read her poem “Our Color, Our Gender, our Creed” in both new books, but read from her book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” (starting ~9:40), then from her poem “Orange Clouds and Blood-Red Sunsets” (starting ~21:40), “Ocean’s Call to Dive” (starting ~28:42), “Eat your Vegetables, be a Proper Girl” (starting ~30:02), and “Bronze Sculptures will Crumble to Pieces” (starting ~31:21), from her book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”, plus from memory her Periodic Table bonus poem “Arsenic and Syphilis” (starting ~36:33) (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 video camera, and then it was given a Posterize filter).

Hear SoundCloud audio of the full “Janet Kuypers on Chicago’s WZRD Radio 9/7/19”. During her interview, Janet Kuypers read her poem “Our Color, Our Gender, our Creed” in both new books, but read from her book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” (starting ~9:40), then from her poem “Orange Clouds and Blood-Red Sunsets” (starting ~21:40), “Ocean’s Call to Dive” (starting ~28:42), “Eat your Vegetables, be a Proper Girl” (starting ~30:02), and “Bronze Sculptures will Crumble to Pieces” (starting ~31:21), from her book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”, plus from memory her Periodic Table bonus poem “Arsenic and Syphilis” (starting ~36:33). Then she read “Escape to Peace” (starting ~39:41) and “Vase of Tulips” (started ~41:52) from her book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”. Later in the interview she read her poems “Elaborate Exaltation” (started ~45:51), “Listen to Life” (started ~46:18), the haiku “nature I” (started ~46:44), “after” (started ~47:12), and “quarrel” (started ~47:31), from her book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”.

Hear SoundCloud audio of all of the poem readings from “Janet Kuypers on Chicago’s WZRD Radio 9/7/19”, where Janet Kuypers read her poems “Our Color, Our Gender, our Creed”, “Orange Clouds and Blood-Red Sunsets”, “Ocean’s Call to Dive”, “Eat your Vegetables, be a Proper Girl”, “Bronze Sculptures will Crumble to Pieces”, “Arsenic and Syphilis”, “Escape to Peace”, “Vase of Tulips”, “Elaborate Exaltation”, “Listen to Life”, “nature I”, “after”, and “quarrel” from 2 new books.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed”, “Fantastic Car Crash”, and “Us, Actually Touching”, all read from her Scars Publications bonus cc&d chapbook “Public Access Poetry”, of poems that were performed during her appearance on a half-hour long Texas Nafas Poetry 2020 television show (that will air 3/1/20 on tv), live at the Poetry Aloud open mic at the Grace Heritage Center 12/14/19 (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed”, “Fantastic Car Crash”, and “Us, Actually Touching”, all read from her Scars Publications bonus cc&d chapbook “Public Access Poetry”, of poems that were performed during her appearance on a half-hour long Texas Nafas Poetry 2020 television show (that will air 3/1/20 on tv), live at the Poetry Aloud open mic at the Grace Heritage Center 12/14/19 (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed”, then her poems “Death Takes Many Forms (12/8/19 studio TV show recording)”, and “Us, Actually Touching”, originally from her Scars Publications bonus cc&d chapbook “Public Access Poetry” but appearing in and read from the Scars Publications 7-12 2019 cc&d expanded issue collection book “Among the Debris”, as one of the readings in her January 2020 Book Release Reading through Community Poetry! at Half Price Books in Austin (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed”, then her poems “Death Takes Many Forms (12/8/19 studio TV show recording)”, and “Us, Actually Touching”, originally from her Scars Publications bonus cc&d chapbook “Public Access Poetry” but appearing in and read from the Scars Publications 7-12 2019 cc&d expanded issue collection book “Among the Debris”, as one of the readings in her January 2020 Book Release Reading through Community Poetry! at Half Price Books in Austin (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See YouTube video when Janet Kuypers was featured in a half-hour Texas Nafas Poetry television show February 1st, 2020 (2/1/20, or 20200201), where, while being interviewed about her poetry, Janet Kuypers read her poems “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed”, “the Burning”, “Fantastic Car Crash”, “Everything Was Alive And Dying (12/8/19 studio TV show recording)”, “Us, Actually Touching”, “Beauty in the Eyes of Einstein”, and “And I’m Wondering” (this DVD of the entire TV show was also posted on Facebook Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

Download for free or read online the PDF chapbook “Public Access Poetry”, including her poems “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed”, “the Burning”, “Fantastic Car Crash”, “Everything Was Alive And Dying (12/8/19 studio TV show recording)”, “Us, Actually Touching”, “Beauty in the Eyes of Einstein”, “Death Takes Many Forms (12/8/19 studio TV show recording)” (bonus poem), “Ultimate Connectivity: a bird in the hand” (bonus poem), and “And I’m wondering”.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers watching her feature on a half-hour “Texas Nafas Poetry” TV show February 1st, 2020 (2/1/20, or 20200201), watching her interview and her poem readings of “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed”, “the Burning”, “Fantastic Car Crash”, “Everything Was Alive And Dying (12/8/19 studio TV show recording)”, “Us, Actually Touching”, “Beauty in the Eyes of Einstein”, and “And I’m Wondering” (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers watching her feature on a half-hour “Texas Nafas Poetry” TV show February 1st, 2020 (2/1/20, or 20200201), watching her interview and her poem readings of “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed”, “the Burning”, “Fantastic Car Crash”, “Everything Was Alive And Dying (12/8/19 studio TV show recording)”, “Us, Actually Touching”, “Beauty in the Eyes of Einstein”, and “And I’m Wondering” (from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed”, “Valentine’s Day, Every Day”, and “We Didn’t Start the Fire” from the cc&d 2/20 v294 issue/book “Mask” 2/2/20 during her Poetic License open mic 2/2/20, while hosting “Poetic License” monthly at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; also posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed”, “Valentine’s Day, Every Day”, and “We Didn’t Start the Fire” from the cc&d 2/20 v294 issue/book “Mask” 2/2/20 during her Poetic License open mic 2/2/20, while hosting “Poetic License” monthly at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; also posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Death takes many forms. (Concrete Mist edition)” and “Our Color, Our Gender, our Creed” from the recently-released Concrete Mist Press Anthology, followed by her cc&d 4/20 v296 Amazon book “Aesthetic” poem “Knowing Panic Becomes a Picnic”, at the beginning of the “Poetic License open mic 4/5/20 home edition” she hosted in Austin, but globally through a Facebook event page (rom a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See Facebook live video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Death takes many forms. (Concrete Mist edition)” and “Our Color, Our Gender, our Creed” from the recently-released Concrete Mist Press Anthology, followed by her cc&d 4/20 v296 Amazon book “Aesthetic” poem “Knowing Panic Becomes a Picnic”, at the beginning of the “Poetic License open mic 4/5/20 home edition” she hosted in Austin, but globally through a Facebook event page (from a Samsung S9 camera).

See YouTube video from 4/26/20 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Queasy Feeling”, “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed”, “Valentine’s Day, Every Day”, “Opposite”, “We Didn’t Start the Fire”, “(Less Than) Two Minutes With Ayn Rand”, and her prose “Valentine’s Day Over 25 Days Away” from the v294 “Mask” section of the cc&d magazine February-April 2020 issue collection book “Aiming at Immortality” for the “2020 #poetrybomb” (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See Facebook streaming video live from 4/26/20 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Queasy Feeling”, “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed”, “Valentine’s Day, Every Day”, “Opposite”, “We Didn’t Start the Fire”, “(Less Than) Two Minutes With Ayn Rand”, and her prose “Valentine’s Day Over 25 Days Away” from the v294 “Mask” section of the cc&d magazine February-April 2020 issue collection book “Aiming at Immortality” for the “2020 #poetrybomb” (filmed from a Samsung S9 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers watching the second airing of her half-hour “Texas Nafas Poetry” TV show 5/30/20, watching her interview and her poem readings of “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed”, “the Burning”, “Fantastic Car Crash”, “Everything Was Alive And Dying (12/8/19 studio TV show recording)”, “Us, Actually Touching”, “Beauty in the Eyes of Einstein”, and “And I’m Wondering” (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

For everyone outside of Austin, TX (and who cannot see Public Access TV in Austin), enjoy this live Facebook streaming video of the Texas Nafas Poetry show, interviewing poet Janet Kuypers (airing 5/30/20). During this TV show interview, Janet Kuypers read her poems “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed”, “the Burning”, “Fantastic Car Crash”, “Everything Was Alive And Dying (12/8/19 studio TV show recording)”, “Us, Actually Touching”, “Beauty in the Eyes of Einstein”, and “And I’m wondering”, all read from assorted Janet Kuypers poetry books.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed” from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” for public access television in her 2020 “Nafas” interview/poetry show, for “8 poems, 8 days, 8 invites” poems for The Russian Almanac #PeetMeNotLeave (posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers watching the second airing of her half-hour “Texas Nafas Poetry” TV show 11/19/20, watching her interview and her poem readings of “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed”, “the Burning”, “Fantastic Car Crash”, “Everything Was Alive And Dying (12/8/19 studio TV show recording)”, “Us, Actually Touching”, “Beauty in the Eyes of Einstein”, and “And I’m Wondering” (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperstv

For everyone outside of Austin, TX (and anyone who cannot see Public Access TV in Austin during the live re-broadcast), enjoy this live Facebook streaming video of the Texas Nafas Poetry show, interviewing poet Janet Kuypers that was re-broadcast 11/19/20. During this TV show interview, Janet Kuypers read her poems “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed”, “the Burning”, “Fantastic Car Crash”, “Everything Was Alive And Dying (12/8/19 studio TV show recording)”, “Us, Actually Touching”, “Beauty in the Eyes of Einstein”, and “And I’m wondering”, all read from assorted Janet Kuypers poetry books. #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperstv

See a YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Xenon & PTSD, to Fight that Spiral”, “Earth was Alive and Dying”, “Xenogeny”, “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed”, “Fantastic Car Crash”, “Quiet as a Painting”, “Death takes many forms.”, “Zeal was Unbridled”, and “And I’m Wondering” from the 2020 Scars Publications poetry and art collection book anthology “inside the box” 12/2/20, during the usual time for Austin’s “Community Poetry” open mic (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 “Xenon & PTSD, to Fight that Spiral”, “Earth was Alive and Dying”, “Xenogeny”, “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed”, “Fantastic Car Crash”, “Quiet as a Painting”, “Death takes many forms.”, “Zeal was Unbridled”, and “And I’m Wondering” from the 2020 Scars Publications poetry and art collection book anthology “inside the box” 12/2/20, during the usual time for Austin’s “Community Poetry” open mic (this video was filmed and streamed with a Samsung S9 camera). #janetkuypers

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading Thom Woodruff’s poem My Turkey is a Vegetarian from “the 2021 poetry review date book”, then her poems “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed” and “And I’m Wondering” from the 2020 the annual poetry and art collection book “inside the box” to close the “Poetic License virtual open mic 12/6/20” 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). #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading Thom Woodruff’s poem My Turkey is a Vegetarian from “the 2021 poetry review date book”, then her poems “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed” and “And I’m Wondering” from the 2020 the annual poetry and art collection book “inside the box” to close the “Poetic License virtual open mic 12/6/20” she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (video filmed and streamed from a Samsung S9 camera). #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers watching the fourth airing of her half-hour “Texas Nafas Poetry” TV show 1/7/21, watching her interview and her poem readings of “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed”, “the Burning”, “Fantastic Car Crash”, “Everything Was Alive And Dying (12/8/19 studio TV show recording)”, “Us, Actually Touching”, “Beauty in the Eyes of Einstein”, and “And I’m Wondering” (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuyperstv

For everyone outside of Austin, TX (and anyone who cannot see Public Access TV in Austin during the live re-broadcast), enjoy this live Facebook streaming video of the Texas Nafas Poetry show, interviewing poet Janet Kuypers that was re-broadcast 1/7/21. During this TV show interview, Janet Kuypers read her poems “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed”, “the Burning”, “Fantastic Car Crash”, “Everything Was Alive And Dying (12/8/19 studio TV show recording)”, “Us, Actually Touching”, “Beauty in the Eyes of Einstein”, and “And I’m wondering”, all read from assorted Janet Kuypers poetry books. #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperstv

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

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

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 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

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “And I’m Wondering” from her poetry book “Eternal Never Ending Now” and “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed” from her poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” 7/28/21 @ the “Wednesday Night Poetry” open mic at Kollective Coffee + Cafe in Hot Springs, AR, followed by John reading a poem (this video was filmed from a Panasonic 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “And I’m Wondering” from her poetry book “Eternal Never Ending Now” and “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed” from her poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” 7/28/21 @ the “Wednesday Night Poetry” open mic at Kollective Coffee + Cafe in Hot Springs, AR (this video was filmed and streamed from a Samsung S9 camera).

Enjoy the Facebook live video stream of the majority of the 10/18/21 television re-broadcast of the Janet Kuypers Texas Nafas TV show that aired on Austin Public Access TV at 1:00 PM CST, interviewing Janet Kuypers and her poem readings of “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed”, “the Burning”, “Fantastic Car Crash”, “Everything Was Alive And Dying (12/8/19 studio TV show recording)”, “Us, Actually Touching”, “Beauty in the Eyes of Einstein”, and “And I’m Wondering”.

Our Couple In Love

See YouTube video live at the Cafe in Chicago 12/15/09

See YouTube video 6/11/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “The Truth and Liars”, “Our Couple In Love” and “only choice is to build” at Georgetown’s “Poetry Aloud” open mic (from a Lumix camera).

See YouTube video 6/11/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “The Truth and Liars”, “Our Couple In Love” and “only choice is to build” at Georgetown’s “Poetry Aloud” open mic (from a Sony camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Floating Away with the Tide”, “Faith Comes Only”, “How You Know When You’re the Wrong Height”, “Our Couple in Love”, “Exhaling”, “Menu Poem”, “Translation”, “More Believable That Way”, and “All I Can Capture” from the the Scars Publications 2010 poetry book “She’s an Open Book” 6/5/20 as a prequel to the “Poetic License open mic 6/7/20 home edition” she hosted and shared on a Facebook event page (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Floating Away with the Tide”, “Faith Comes Only”, “How You Know When You’re the Wrong Height”, “Our Couple in Love”, “Exhaling”, “Menu Poem”, “Translation”, “More Believable That Way”, and “All I Can Capture” from the the Scars Publications 2010 poetry book “She’s an Open Book” 6/5/20 as a prequel to the “Poetic License open mic 6/7/20 home edition” she hosted and shared on a Facebook event page (filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera).

Our Demons Can Mark Us

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her 2019 Instagram poems “Know Completeness” (then showing the Instagram image highlighting it), her 2019 poem “Our Demons Can Mark Us”, and her 2019 Instagram poem “Over the Lives” (then showing the Instagram image for it), live 6/15/19 at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her 2019 Instagram poems “Know Completeness” (then showing the Instagram image highlighting it), her 2019 poem “Our Demons Can Mark Us”, and her 2019 Instagram poem “Over the Lives” (then showing the Instagram image for it), live 6/15/19 at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera, with a Sepia Tone filter).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Vortex Sucks Us In” (written on Flag Day) read from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”, “Our Demons can Mark Us” from her 2019 book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”, and her Twitter Verse Periodic Table poem “Bromine’s Assault” (#35, Br), during her Poetic License open mic 10/6/19, hosting “Poetic License” monthly at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” (video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera, and posted on Facebook; posted on Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Vortex Sucks Us In” (written on Flag Day) read from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”, “Our Demons can Mark Us” from her 2019 book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”, and her Twitter Verse Periodic Table poem “Bromine’s Assault” (#35, Br), during her Poetic License open mic 10/6/19, hosting “Poetic License” monthly at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera & Sepia Toned, and posted on Facebook; posted on Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading multiple poems in multiple reading rounds at the (tentatively) last “Poetry Aloud open mic 10/26/19” at the Georgetown Public Library, while Janet Kuypers guest-hosted. In the first round, she read her poem “Queueing in Line and Shaping Your Life” from her poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”. In round 2 she read her poems “Volumes of Philosophical Masterpieces”, “Didn’t Think Anything of It”, and “Join Me” from her poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”. In round 3 she read her poems “Jet Stream of Water: dreams 3/9/19”, “Understanding Terrorism’s Interior”, and “Just Let Me have my Space” from her poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”, then she read her poem she wrote AT this open mic (on 10/26/19), “Undulating Nexus”. In round 4 she read her Twitter Verse Periodic Table poems “Cadmium and Cancer” (#048, Cd), “Indium, trying to get through” (#49, In), “Tin Foil Hats on Tin Pan Alley” (#50, Sn), “Antimony: Sordid and Violent” (#51, Sb), and “Tellurium so High in the Sky” (#52, Te). In round 5 she read her poems “Venezuela was Mowed Down by Tanks”, “Our Demons can Mark Us”, “Bolt of Lightning”, “Unchecked Electricity”, and “Only Nineteen” from her poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 video camera, and this video was also posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading multiple poems in multiple reading rounds at the (tentatively) last “Poetry Aloud open mic 10/26/19” at the Georgetown Public Library, while Janet Kuypers guest-hosted. In the first round, she read her poem “Queueing in Line and Shaping Your Life” from her poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”. In round 2 she read her poems “Volumes of Philosophical Masterpieces”, “Didn’t Think Anything of It”, and “Join Me” from her poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”. In round 3 she read her poems “Jet Stream of Water: dreams 3/9/19”, “Understanding Terrorism’s Interior”, and “Just Let Me have my Space” from her poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”, then she read her poem she wrote AT this open mic (on 10/26/19), “Undulating Nexus”. In round 4 she read her Twitter Verse Periodic Table poems “Cadmium and Cancer” (#048, Cd), “Indium, trying to get through” (#49, In), “Tin Foil Hats on Tin Pan Alley” (#50, Sn), “Antimony: Sordid and Violent” (#51, Sb), and “Tellurium so High in the Sky” (#52, Te). In round 5 she read her poems “Venezuela was Mowed Down by Tanks”, “Our Demons can Mark Us”, “Bolt of Lightning”, “Unchecked Electricity”, and “Only Nineteen” from her poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 video camera & given a Sepia Tone filter, and posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading multiple poems in multiple reading rounds at the (tentatively) last “Poetry Aloud open mic 10/26/19” at the Georgetown Public Library, while Janet Kuypers guest-hosted. In the first round, she read her poems “Queueing in Line and Shaping Your Life”, “Dreams 2/3/19”, and “Xylograph: My Story Must be Free” from her poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”. In round 2 she read her poems “Volumes of Philosophical Masterpieces”, “Didn’t Think Anything of It”, and “Join Me” from her poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”. In round 3 she read her poems “Jet Stream of Water: dreams 3/9/19”, “Understanding Terrorism’s Interior”, and “Just Let Me have my Space” from her poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”, then she read her poem she wrote AT this open mic (on 10/26/19), “Undulating Nexus”. In round 4 she read her Twitter Verse Periodic Table poems “Cadmium and Cancer” (#048, Cd), “Indium, trying to get through” (#49, In), “Tin Foil Hats on Tin Pan Alley” (#50, Sn), “Antimony: Sordid and Violent” (#51, Sb), and “Tellurium so High in the Sky” (#52, Te). In round 5 she read her poems “Venezuela was Mowed Down by Tanks”, “Our Demons can Mark Us”, “Bolt of Lightning”, “Unchecked Electricity”, and “Only Nineteen” from her poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”. In round 6, she read her poem “Quesadich in our Underworld” from her poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 video camera, this video was also posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading multiple poems in multiple reading rounds at the (tentatively) last “Poetry Aloud open mic 10/26/19” at the Georgetown Public Library, while Janet Kuypers guest-hosted. In the first round, she read her poems “Queueing in Line and Shaping Your Life”, “Dreams 2/3/19”, and “Xylograph: My Story Must be Free” from her poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”. In round 2 she read her poems “Volumes of Philosophical Masterpieces”, “Didn’t Think Anything of It”, and “Join Me” from her poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”. In round 3 she read her poems “Jet Stream of Water: dreams 3/9/19”, “Understanding Terrorism’s Interior”, and “Just Let Me have my Space” from her poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”, then she read her poem she wrote AT this open mic (on 10/26/19), “Undulating Nexus”. In round 4 she read her Twitter Verse Periodic Table poems “Cadmium and Cancer” (#048, Cd), “Indium, trying to get through” (#49, In), “Tin Foil Hats on Tin Pan Alley” (#50, Sn), “Antimony: Sordid and Violent” (#51, Sb), and “Tellurium so High in the Sky” (#52, Te). In round 5 she read her poems “Venezuela was Mowed Down by Tanks”, “Our Demons can Mark Us”, “Bolt of Lightning”, “Unchecked Electricity”, and “Only Nineteen” from her poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”. In round 6, she read her poem “Quesadich in our Underworld” from her poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 video camera and given a Sepia Tone filter, and this video was also posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr).

See this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Our Demons Can Mark Us”, “Exploring Evolution”, and “Outsider” from the May 2021 v309 issue of cc&d’s paperback book “Excavation” during the “Poetic License virtual open mic 5/2/21” 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 #janetkuyperspoeticlicense #janetkuypersinstagram

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Our Demons Can Mark Us”, “Exploring Evolution”, and “Outsider” from the May 2021 v309 issue of cc&d’s paperback book “Excavation” during the “Poetic License virtual open mic 5/2/21” she hosted w/ a Zoom meeting & a Facebook event page (this video was filmed & streamed w/ a Samsung S9 camera). #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

See this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Our Excuses for Celebrating”, “Our Demons Can Mark Us”, “Freedoms of Speech we can Agree With”, and “Exploring Evolution” (cut off) from the “Excavation” section of the cc&d May-August 2021 issue collection book “What If” 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; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersinstagram

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Our Excuses for Celebrating”, “Our Demons Can Mark Us”, “Freedoms of Speech we can Agree With”, “Exploring Evolution”, and “Outsider” from the “Excavation” section of the cc&d May-August 2021 issue collection book “What If” 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

our differences (poem on on Twitter and instagram)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “our differences” 9/25/18 during the Chicago open mic she guest hosted for Poetry at The Gallery Cabaret (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; Posterize).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “our differences” 9/25/18 during the Chicago open mic she guest hosted for Poetry at The Gallery Cabaret (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ June 2019 Book Release Reading 6/5/19, where she read her poem “Outsider” for the Brian Lamont dedication (that will appear in her book “(pheromemes) haiku, twitterverse, Instagram & poetry”, released August 2019), then her Down in the Dirt v164 May-June 2019 issue/book “The Deep Woods” poem “Poetry on a Stick”, and her haiku poems “mirror”, “keyboard” and “our differences”, then her “Seeing Things Differently” show poems “Philosopher at the Blue Note”, “She was a Woman”, “Too Far”, and “Transcribing Dreams Three”, during Community Poetry @ Half Price Books (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, & Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ June 2019 Book Release Reading 6/5/19, where she read her poem “Outsider” for the Brian Lamont dedication (that will appear in her book “(pheromemes) haiku, twitterverse, Instagram & poetry”, released August 2019), then her Down in the Dirt v164 May-June 2019 issue/book “The Deep Woods” poem “Poetry on a Stick”, and her haiku poems “mirror”, “keyboard” and “our differences”, then her "“Seeing Things Differently” show poems “Philosopher at the Blue Note”, “She was a Woman”, “Too Far”, and “Transcribing Dreams Three”, during Community Poetry @ Half Price Books (this video was filed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ July 2019 Book Release Reading 7/3/19, where she read her poems “Quarrel Over the Constitution”, “Quartermaster General, Burying Bodies”, and her Twitter / Instagram / Tumblr poem “Just Names”, along with the online image for the poem (all of which will appear in her upcoming poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” for many holidays and annual events), plus her Twitter and instagram poem “every step”, her Twitter and instagram haiku “left living”, her haiku “mirror”, and her Twitter and instagram bonus line haiku “our differences”, from the Down in the Dirt 1-6 2019 issue and chapbooks collection book “The Flickering Light”, during Community Poetry at Half Price Books (video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ July 2019 Book Release Reading 7/3/19, where she read her poems “Quarrel Over the Constitution”, “Quartermaster General, Burying Bodies”, and her Twitter / Instagram / Tumblr poem “Just Names”, along with the online image for the poem (all of which will appear in her upcoming poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” for many holidays and annual events), plus her Twitter and instagram poem “every step”, her Twitter and instagram haiku “left living”, her haiku “mirror”, and her Twitter and instagram bonus line haiku “our differences”, from the Down in the Dirt 1-6 2019 issue and chapbooks collection book “The Flickering Light”, during Community Poetry at Half Price Books (video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Like Nothing Ever Happened”, “For Far Too Many Years”, “Other People’s Worlds”, “left living”, “our differences”, “Prescribe Them Something, Anything”, and “choke”, all read from the Scars Publications 2019 collection book “Burning Bridges”, during her January 2020 Book Release Reading through Community Poetry! at Half Price Books (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Like Nothing Ever Happened”, “For Far Too Many Years”, “Other People’s Worlds”, “left living”, “our differences”, “Prescribe Them Something, Anything”, and “choke”, all read from the Scars Publications 2019 collection book “Burning Bridges”, during her January 2020 Book Release Reading through Community Poetry! at Half Price Books (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

Our Excuses for Celebrating

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Missed the Clicks and Scratches” from the v5 cc&d boss lady poetry collection book “On the Edge”, then her 2019 poems “You are Born to Do” (written May 4th, for “May the Fourth be With You”, for Star Wars) & “Our Excuses for Celebrating” (written on and for Cinco de Mayo) 5/5/19 at “Recycled Reads” (Panasonic Lumix T56).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Missed the Clicks and Scratches” from the v5 cc&d boss lady poetry collection book “On the Edge”, then her 2019 poems “You are Born to Do” (written May 4th, for “May the Fourth be With You”, for Star Wars) & “Our Excuses for Celebrating” (written on and for Cinco de Mayo) 5/5/19 at “Recycled Reads” (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; Sepia Tone filter).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Our Excuses for Celebrating” (written on 5/5 for Cinco de Mayo), “Full Stop” and “Kinds of Interference” (highlighted for 5/4, May the fourth be with you), and “Overtake Me” (written 5/6 during National Anxiety and Depression Awareness Week), from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” as a bonus reading 5/5/20 the “Poetic License open mic 5/3/20 home edition” she hosted through a Facebook event page (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera, and was posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See Facebook live video of Janet Kuypers reads her poems “Our Excuses for Celebrating” (written on 5/5 for Cinco de Mayo), “Full Stop” and “Kinds of Interference” (highlighted for 5/4, May the fourth be with you), and “Overtake Me” (written 5/6 during National Anxiety and Depression Awareness Week) from her perfect-bound ISBN# collection book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” for the “Poetic License open mic 5/5/20 bonus reading” (filmed from a Samsung S9 camera).

See this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Our Excuses for Celebrating” from the cc&d May 2021 v309 issue “Excavation” at Circle Brewing Company for “The Café Gallery 5/5/21 Book Reading” in The Café Gallery Book Reading series 2020+ (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera, and posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoem #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersthecafegallery

See this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Our Excuses for Celebrating” from the cc&d May 2021 v309 issue “Excavation” at Circle Brewing Company for “The Café Gallery 5/5/21 Book Reading” in The Café Gallery Book Reading series 2020+ (this video was filmed and streamed from a Samsung S9 camera).   #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoem #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersthecafegallery

See this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Our Excuses for Celebrating”, “Our Demons Can Mark Us”, “Freedoms of Speech we can Agree With”, and “Exploring Evolution” (cut off) from the “Excavation” section of the cc&d May-August 2021 issue collection book “What If” 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; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersinstagram

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Our Excuses for Celebrating”, “Our Demons Can Mark Us”, “Freedoms of Speech we can Agree With”, “Exploring Evolution”, and “Outsider” from the “Excavation” section of the cc&d May-August 2021 issue collection book “What If” 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

our futures

View or download the free PDF chapbook Beginning Anew with her 2017 poems “only choice is to build”, “our futures”, “Evolving, Connecting and Confounding”, and “optimizing your odds” performed in her 1/7/17 show.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers in her 1/7/17 show “Beginning Anew” at “New Year, New Poems” in Austin reading her poems “only choice is to build”, “our futures”, “Evolving, Connecting and Confounding”, and “optimizing your odds” to live guitar (this video was filmed from a Canon Power Shot camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers in her 1/7/17 show “Beginning Anew” at “New Year, New Poems” in Austin reading her poems “only choice is to build”, “our futures”, “Evolving, Connecting and Confounding”, and “optimizing your odds” to live guitar (this video was filmed from a Sony camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See YouTube video from 1/8/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her 3 poems “only choice is to build”, “our futures” and “Evolving, Connecting and Confounding” into each other w/ John on acoustic guitar live at Austin’s Kick Butt Poetry (this video was filmed from a Canon Power Shot camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See YouTube video from 1/8/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her 3 poems “only choice is to build”, “our futures” and “Evolving, Connecting and Confounding” into each other w/ John on acoustic guitar live at Austin’s Kick Butt Poetry (this video was filmed from a Sony camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ August 2017 Book Release Reading 8/2/17 of cc&d’s book “While the Waves Crashed” poems “Only Choice is to Build”, “Our Futures”, “Evolving, Connecting and Confounding” and “optimizing your odds” in Community Poetry @ Half Price Books (Sony).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ August 2017 Book Release Reading 8/2/17 of cc&d’s book “While the Waves Crashed” poems “Only Choice is to Build”, “Our Futures”, “Evolving, Connecting and Confounding” and “optimizing your odds” in Community Poetry @ Half Price Books (Lumix).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ “December 2017 Book Release Reading” 12/6/17, where she reads from her book “(pheromemes) 2015-2017 show poems” her poems “our futures”, “Mapping the Way to True Love”, “Kick Someone Out”, “Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls”, “Xerostomia”, and “You Were Meant” in “Community Poetry @ Half Price Books” (from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ “December 2017 Book Release Reading” 12/6/17, where she reads from her book “(pheromemes) 2015-2017 show poems” her poems “our futures”, “Mapping the Way to True Love”, “Kick Someone Out”, “Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls”, “Xerostomia”, and “You Were Meant” in “Community Poetry @ Half Price Books” (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See YouTube video from 12/9/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Underwater and Swimming”, then her poems “our futures” & “Mapping the Way to True Love” from her book “(pheromemes) 2015-2017 show poems” at the “Poetry Aloud” open mic at the Georgetown Public Library (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video from 12/9/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Underwater and Swimming”, then her poems “our futures”; & “Mapping the Way to True Love” from her book “(pheromemes) 2015-2017 show poems” at the “Poetry Aloud” open mic at the Georgetown Public Library (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

our lady of humility’s hypocrisy (twitter-length poem)

Visit the Kuypers Twitter page for short poems— join http://twitter.com/janetkuypers.

Watch the YouTube video live at Striking with Nature and Humanity at Trunk Fest in Evanston IL feature 06/25/11

See the full YouTube video of Striking with Nature and Humanity at Trunk Fest, live 06/25/11, with this writing

Download the chapbook with this writing in Striking with Nature and Humanity

Watch the YouTube video of the lip cam of Kuypers hearing Rex read this in Chicago before her feature 07/03/11 at “Beach Poets”

See YouTube video live 10/21/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Finding Faith in a Grocery Store”, “Egg for a Week”, “Obama on the Subway”, “Our Lady Of Humility’s Hypocrisy”, “Ugly Babies Need the Most Love”, “Explaining What Condoms are For”, and “Ever Expanding Spaces” from her book “Twitterati” at “Recycled Reads” open mic (from a Panasonic Lumix camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

See YouTube video live 10/21/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Finding Faith in a Grocery Store”, “Egg for a Week”, “Obama on the Subway”, “Our Lady Of Humility’s Hypocrisy”, “Ugly Babies Need the Most Love”, “Explaining What Condoms are For”, and “Ever Expanding Spaces” from her book “Twitterati” at “Recycled Reads” open mic (Lumix; Hue Cycling).

See YouTube video live 10/21/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Finding Faith in a Grocery Store”, “Egg for a Week”, “Obama on the Subway”, “Our Lady Of Humility’s Hypocrisy”, “Ugly Babies Need the Most Love”, “Explaining What Condoms are For”, and “Ever Expanding Spaces” from her book “Twitterati” at “Recycled Reads” open mic (Lumix; Edge Det.).

See YouTube video live 10/21/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Finding Faith in a Grocery Store”, “Egg for a Week”, “Obama on the Subway”, “Our Lady Of Humility’s Hypocrisy”, “Ugly Babies Need the Most Love”, “Explaining What Condoms are For”, and “Ever Expanding Spaces” from her book “Twitterati” at “Recycled Reads” open mic (Lumix; Threshold).

See YouTube video live 10/21/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Finding Faith in a Grocery Store”, “Egg for a Week”, “Obama on the Subway”, “Our Lady Of Humility’s Hypocrisy”, “Ugly Babies Need the Most Love”, “Explaining What Condoms are For”, and “Ever Expanding Spaces” from her book “Twitterati” at “Recycled Reads” open mic (Lumix; Cartoon).

See YouTube video live 10/21/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Finding Faith in a Grocery Store”, “Egg for a Week”, “Obama on the Subway”, “Our Lady Of Humility’s Hypocrisy”, “Ugly Babies Need the Most Love”, “Explaining What Condoms are For”, and “Ever Expanding Spaces” from her book “Twitterati” at “Recycled Reads” open mic (Lumix; Sci-Fi).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Scars 1997”, “Just Out of Reach (Edges of their Ocean)”, and “Our Lady Of Humility’s Hypocrisy” from her performance art poetry book “Chapter 48 (v 1)” live 10/7/18 at “Recycled Reads” (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Scars 1997”, “Just Out of Reach (Edges of their Ocean)”, and “Our Lady Of Humility’s Hypocrisy” from her performance art poetry book “Chapter 48 (v 1)” live 10/7/18 at “Recycled Reads” (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

Our Lady of Mercy (twitter-length poem)

Visit the Kuypers Twitter page for short poems— join http://twitter.com/janetkuypers.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading (C) her twitter-length poem Our Lady of Mercy from cc&d magazine, in the book and Then he Moved live 8/27/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length poem Our Lady of Mercy from cc&d magazine, in the book and Then he Moved live 8/27/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (S)

See YouTube video 3/21/17 for World Poetry Day of Janet Kuypers’ set of “Short World Poems on World Poetry Day” at Austin’s Half Price Books, with her poems “Every Street Corner”, “Our Lady of Mercy”, “shoe prints on the toilet seat”, “unclean left hands”, “Get His Product to Town”, “Ever Consumed Goat”, “Moros y Christianos”, “middle eastern man in front of me”, “Obama on the Subway”, “Poverty in America”, “Flying to China”, “Building Houses out of Pallets” and “Everyone Has a Choice” (this video was filmed from a Canon Power Shot SX700 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry

See YouTube video 3/21/17 for World Poetry Day of Janet Kuypers’ set of “Short World Poems on World Poetry Day” at Austin’s Half Price Books, with her poems “Every Street Corner”, “Our Lady of Mercy”, “shoe prints on the toilet seat”, “unclean left hands”, “Get His Product to Town”, “Ever Consumed Goat”, “Moros y Christianos”, “middle eastern man in front of me”, “Obama on the Subway”, “Poverty in America”, “Flying to China”, “Building Houses out of Pallets” and “Everyone Has a Choice” (this video was filmed from a Canon Power Shot SX60 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry

Our Music

See YouTube video live at the Café in Chicago 04/27/10

...or see this YouTube video of this poem, her reading a Charlie Newman poem & the intro to the open mic @ the Café in Chicago 04/27/10

Our Population, Our Pain, and Our Growth

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Obfuscate the Truth” (written on the calendar day in 1925 marking the beginning of the Scopes Trial in Dayton, Tennessee of the so-called “Monkey Trial” of John T. Scopes, the teacher accused of teaching evolution in violation of the Butler Act), “Our Population, Our Pain, and our Growth” (written 7/11/19, World Population Day), and “Knowingly Live, Purposely Live” (written 7/12/19, on the birthday of Henry David Thoreau in 1817) live 7/20/19 at “Recycled Reads” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Obfuscate the Truth” (written on the calendar day in 1925 marking the beginning of the Scopes Trial in Dayton, Tennessee of the so-called “Monkey Trial” of John T. Scopes, the teacher accused of teaching evolution in violation of the Butler Act), “Our Population, Our Pain, and our Growth” (written 7/11/19, World Population Day), and “Knowingly Live, Purposely Live” (written 7/12/19, on the birthday of Henry David Thoreau in 1817) live 7/20/19 at “Recycled Reads” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her bonus July poem “Our Population, Our Pain, and Our Growth” (written 7/11, on World Population Day), read from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)” on 7/11/20 (on this event date) as a bonus reading for the “Poetic License open mic 7/5/20 home edition” (this video was filmed from a Samsung S9 camera). #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Obfuscate the Truth”, “Our Population, Our Pain, and Our Growth”, and “Knowingly Live, Purposely Live” from the Down in the Dirt 7/20 book “Gone Fishing” during the “Poetic License open mic 7/5/20 home edition” she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Obfuscate the Truth”, “Our Population, Our Pain, and Our Growth”, and “Knowingly Live, Purposely Live” from the Down in the Dirt 7/20 book “Gone Fishing” during the “Poetic License open mic 7/5/20 home edition” she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (Panasonic Lumix 2500 & Sepia; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Obfuscate the Truth”, “Our Population, Our Pain, and Our Growth”, and “Knowingly Live, Purposely Live” from the Down in the Dirt 7/20 book “Gone Fishing” during the “Poetic License open mic 7/5/20 home edition” she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (Panasonic Lumix 2500 & Threshold; on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Obfuscate the Truth”, “Our Population, Our Pain, and Our Growth”, and “Knowingly Live, Purposely Live” from the Down in the Dirt 7/20 book “Gone Fishing” during the “Poetic License open mic 7/5/20 home edition” she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (filmed from a Samsung S9 camera). #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

See a YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Until They Talked of Galvanism”, “Key Imprisonment and Poetry”, “Obfuscate the Truth”, “Our Population, Our Pain, and Our Growth”, and “Knowingly Live, Purposely Live” from the v173 “Gone Fishing section of the Down in the Dirt 5-8 2020 collection book “Outside the Box” live 8/18/20 for the “Builders Book Club” Tuesday nights reading series (video filmed fromn a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See a YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Until They Talked of Galvanism”, “Key Imprisonment and Poetry”, “Obfuscate the Truth”, “Our Population, Our Pain, and Our Growth”, and “Knowingly Live, Purposely Live” from the v173 “Gone Fishing section of the Down in the Dirt 5-8 2020 collection book “Outside the Box” live 8/18/20 for the “Builders Book Club” Tuesday nights reading series (video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 & Hue Cycling; on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See a YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Until They Talked of Galvanism”, “Key Imprisonment and Poetry”, “Obfuscate the Truth”, “Our Population, Our Pain, and Our Growth”, and “Knowingly Live, Purposely Live” from the v173 “Gone Fishing section of the Down in the Dirt 5-8 2020 collection book “Outside the Box” live 8/18/20 for the “Builders Book Club” Tuesday nights reading series (video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera & Sepia Tone; on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Until They Talked of Galvanism”, “Key Imprisonment and Poetry”, “Obfuscate the Truth”, “Our Population, Our Pain, and Our Growth”, and “Knowingly Live, Purposely Live” from the v173 “Gone Fishing section of the Down in the Dirt 5-8 2020 collection book “Outside the Box” live 8/18/20 for the “Builders Book Club” Tuesday nights reading series (video from a Samsung S9 camera).

ourselves (haiku, on Twitter)

Visit the Kuypers Twitter page for short poems— join http://twitter.com/janetkuypers.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku ourselves live 3#26/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (C)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku ourselves live 3#26/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (S)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers 12/17/17 reading every poem in her “100 Haikus” book reading at the AIPF booth / 2017 Awesmic City Expo, including much, out, can’t get you, of his thirst, know, pleading, coincidence?, found haiku, close, defenses, destroy, floor, hold, forever, jumped, study, Even with no Wish Bone, addiction, stagger, everyone, last, bruised, organs, choke, ends, explosions, fit, fought, heaviness, extinct, feel, escape, opening, pant, strike, civil, found, need, kill, kindness, run, pet, John’s Mind, humans, mirror, elusive, keep, greatest, instead, Arsenic and Syphilis, life (Periodic Table haiku), life (2000), timing, Two Not Mute Haikus, He’s An Escapist, Ending a Relationship, nightmares, knife, free, years, groove, errors, job, jobless, out there, gone, console, form, knowing, oil, cage, evil, faith, guide, behind, sort, barbed, difference, predator, blood, easy, existence, judge, fog, upturn, Translation (2014 haiku), sting, enemies, Deity Discipline (stretched haiku), Ants and Crosses, energy, knees, force, you, this is only a test, misogyny, ourselves, key, scorches (Lumix 2500).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers 12/17/17 reading every poem in her “100 Haikus” book reading at the AIPF booth / 2017 Awesmic City Expo, including much, out, can’t get you, of his thirst, know, pleading, coincidence?, found haiku, close, defenses, destroy, floor, hold, forever, jumped, study, Even with no Wish Bone, addiction, stagger, everyone, last, bruised, organs, choke, ends, explosions, fit, fought, heaviness, extinct, feel, escape, opening, pant, strike, civil, found, need, kill, kindness, run, pet, John’s Mind, humans, mirror, elusive, keep, greatest, instead, Arsenic and Syphilis, life (Periodic Table haiku), life (2000), timing, Two Not Mute Haikus, He’s An Escapist, Ending a Relationship, nightmares, knife, free, years, groove, errors, job, jobless, out there, gone, console, form, knowing, oil, cage, evil, faith, guide, behind, sort, barbed, difference, predator, blood, easy, existence, judge, fog, upturn, Translation (2014 haiku), sting, enemies, Deity Discipline (stretched haiku), Ants and Crosses, energy, knees, force, you, this is only a test, misogyny, ourselves, key, scorches (Lumix T56).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers 11/6/19 reading every poem in her “100 Haikus” section (plus bonus haiku) in her poetry book “Partial Nudity” during her November 2018 Book Release Reading through Community Poetry! at Half Price Books, including much, out, can’t get you, of his thirst, know, pleading, coincidence?, found haiku, close, defenses, destroy, floor, hold, forever, jumped, study, Even with no Wish Bone, addiction, stagger, everyone, last, bruised, organs, choke, ends, explosions, fit, fought, heaviness, extinct, feel, escape, opening, pant, strike, civil, found, need, kill, kindness, run, pet, John’s Mind, humans, mirror, elusive, keep, greatest, instead, Arsenic and Syphilis, life (Periodic Table haiku), life (2000), timing, Two Not Mute Haikus, He’s An Escapist, Ending a Relationship, nightmares, knife, free, years, groove, errors, job, jobless, out there, gone, console, form, knowing, oil, cage, evil, faith, guide, behind, sort, barbed, difference, predator, blood, easy, existence, judge, fog, upturn, Translation (2014 haiku), sting, enemies, Deity Discipline (stretched haiku), Ants and Crosses, energy, knees, force, you, this is only a test, misogyny, ourselves, key, scorches, only, bear, census, clogged, end, falling, relegated, “Jimbo”, eventually, progress, labor, mister, over, rescue, octopi and brains, octopi and dogs, universe, and love (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera); this video was posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers 11/6/19 reading every poem in her “100 Haikus” section (plus bonus haiku) in her poetry book “Partial Nudity” during her November 2018 Book Release Reading through Community Poetry! at Half Price Books, including much, out, can’t get you, of his thirst, know, pleading, coincidence?, found haiku, close, defenses, destroy, floor, hold, forever, jumped, study, Even with no Wish Bone, addiction, stagger, everyone, last, bruised, organs, choke, ends, explosions, fit, fought, heaviness, extinct, feel, escape, opening, pant, strike, civil, found, need, kill, kindness, run, pet, John’s Mind, humans, mirror, elusive, keep, greatest, instead, Arsenic and Syphilis, life (Periodic Table haiku), life (2000), timing, Two Not Mute Haikus, He’s An Escapist, Ending a Relationship, nightmares, knife, free, years, groove, errors, job, jobless, out there, gone, console, form, knowing, oil, cage, evil, faith, guide, behind, sort, barbed, difference, predator, blood, easy, existence, judge, fog, upturn, Translation (2014 haiku), sting, enemies, Deity Discipline (stretched haiku), Ants and Crosses, energy, knees, force, you, this is only a test, misogyny, ourselves, key, scorches, only, bear, census, clogged, end, falling, relegated, “Jimbo”, eventually, progress, labor, mister, over, rescue, octopi and brains, octopi and dogs, universe, and love (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera with a Sepia Tone filter); this video was posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers 11/6/19 reading every poem in her “100 Haikus” section (plus bonus haiku) in her poetry book “Partial Nudity” during her November 2018 Book Release Reading through Community Poetry! at Half Price Books, including much, out, can’t get you, of his thirst, know, pleading, coincidence?, found haiku, close, defenses, destroy, floor, hold, forever, jumped, study, Even with no Wish Bone, addiction, stagger, everyone, last, bruised, organs, choke, ends, explosions, fit, fought, heaviness, extinct, feel, escape, opening, pant, strike, civil, found, need, kill, kindness, run, pet, John’s Mind, humans, mirror, elusive, keep, greatest, instead, Arsenic and Syphilis, life (Periodic Table haiku), life (2000), timing, Two Not Mute Haikus, He’s An Escapist, Ending a Relationship, nightmares, knife, free, years, groove, errors, job, jobless, out there, gone, and console (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera); video posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers 11/6/19 reading every poem in her “100 Haikus” section (plus bonus haiku) in her poetry book “Partial Nudity” during her November 2018 Book Release Reading through Community Poetry! at Half Price Books, including much, out, can’t get you, of his thirst, know, pleading, coincidence?, found haiku, close, defenses, destroy, floor, hold, forever, jumped, study, Even with no Wish Bone, addiction, stagger, everyone, last, bruised, organs, choke, ends, explosions, fit, fought, heaviness, extinct, feel, escape, opening, pant, strike, civil, found, need, kill, kindness, run, pet, John’s Mind, humans, mirror, elusive, keep, greatest, instead, Arsenic and Syphilis, life (Periodic Table haiku), life (2000), timing, Two Not Mute Haikus, He’s An Escapist, Ending a Relationship, nightmares, knife, free, years, groove, errors, job, jobless, out there, gone, and console (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; Sepia Tone); posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr.

Our Ships Would No Longer Cross

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Our Ships Would No Longer Cross” on 7/28/22 during the APS (Austin Poetry Society) Open Mic zoom meeting (video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoem

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Our Ships Would No Longer Cross” on 7/28/22 during the APS (Austin Poetry Society) Open Mic zoom meeting (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoem

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Our Ships Would No Longer Cross” on 7/28/22 during the APS (Austin Poetry Society) Open Mic zoom meeting (this video was filmed from a Samsung S9 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoem

Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Our Ships Would No Longer Cross” on 7/28/22 during the APS (Austin Poetry Society) Open Mic zoom meeting (this video was filmed and streamed from a Samsung S9 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoem

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poetry, with with her poem “Tag Team Poets” flowing into the end of her poem “Our Ships Would No Longer Cross”, then, after being asked to continue to read, read her full poem “Our Ships Would No Longer Cross” as the first poet performing for C Ra McGuirt on his birthday 8/13/22 at a memorial in Nashville, TN after his passing away (this video was filmed from a Samsung S9 camera with a Hue Cycling filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poetry, with with her poem “Tag Team Poets” flowing into the end of her poem “Our Ships Would No Longer Cross”, then, after being asked to continue to read, read her full poem “Our Ships Would No Longer Cross” as the first poet performing for C Ra McGuirt on his birthday 8/13/22 at a memorial in Nashville, TN after his passing away (from a Samsung S9 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry

Enjoy this full YouTube video of the C Ra McGuirt wake/celebration of his life on his birthday 8/13/22 at Cafe Coco Cafe & Bistro in Nashville, TN, with (in order): Allen Welty-Green, Janet Kuypers, Brian Daly, Phillip Hart, Stuart Arkovitz, Klyd Watkins, Pat Crossett, Ross Massey, Steve Gans, Larry Simons, and Maxine Herbert.

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poetry performance, starting with the beginning of her poem “Those Were the Days of Our Lives (dreams 8/12/22)” flowing into her poem “Tag Team Poets” flowing into the end of her poem “Our Ships Would No Longer Cross”, then, after being asked to continue to read, read her full poem “Our Ships Would No Longer Cross” as the first poet performing for C Ra McGuirt on his birthday 8/13/22 at a memorial in Nashville, TN after his passing away (this video was filmed from an iPhone 10 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry

Enjoy this YouTube video (in honor of a 3/8/23 Wednesday The Café Gallery open mic date) of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Your Government’s Keeping Tabs”, “Our Ships Would No Longer Cross”, “Information Carries Weight” , and “Only Considering Women’s Rights” from the from the v204 2/23 Down in the Dirt issue/book “Web” that will also appear in the 2023 CyberWit.net book “TESTAMENT” for The Café Gallery Book Reading series (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). This YouTube video was also filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperswomensrights #janetkuypersequalityforwomen #janetkuypersthecafegallery

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her Down in the Dirt 1-4/23 issue collection book “Forbidden Library” poems “Your Government’s Keeping Tabs” and “Our Ships Would No Longer Cross” (both also in the 2023 CyberWit.net book “Testament”), + her new poem “Finally Found Home” to close her “Poetic License 6/4/23 global open mic” 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). Also enjoy this as a Facebook live video stream that was filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

Our Society, Glossed Over

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Our Society, Glossed Over”, then her poems “Earthrise” and (from) “from Orpheus to Nuking the Moon” (2 poems from her chapbook “Night Sky”) 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 poem “Our Society, Glossed Over”, then her poems “Earthrise” and (from) “from Orpheus to Nuking the Moon” (2 poems from her chapbook “Night Sky”) 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).

Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Chicago “The Café Gallery” poetry open mic host Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Our Society, Glossed Over” and “Knowing that Instant” from the Down in the Dirt magazine August 2021 v186 issue/paperback book “Three Things” 8/4/21 in front of the Gallery Cabaret in Chicago for “The Café Gallery 8/4/21 Book Reading” 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 Chicago “The Café Gallery” poetry open mic host Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Our Society, Glossed Over” and “Knowing that Instant” from the Down in the Dirt magazine August 2021 v186 issue/paperback book “Three Things” 8/4/21 in front of the Gallery Cabaret in Chicago for 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 “Gallium”, “Viruses: Entirely Human After All”, “Our Society, Glossed Over”, “Knowing that Instant”, “Do the Dead Still Live”, and “Exactly Where She Belonged (dreams2/29/20)” from the v186 8/21 Down in the Dirt book “Three Things” 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

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Gallium”, “Viruses: Entirely Human After All”, “Our Society, Glossed Over”, “Knowing that Instant”, “Do the Dead Still Live”, and “Exactly Where She Belonged (dreams2/29/20)” from the v186 8/21 Down in the Dirt book “Three Things” 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 YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Our Society, Glossed Over” and “Do the Dead Still Live” from the Scars Publications Down in the Dirt magazine May-August 2021 issue collection book “Lockdown’s Over”, then her poem “Ethical Thing to Do” from the Scars Publications November 2021 cc&d v315 issue/book “Down and Inside” as the ending poems for the “Poetic License virtual open mic 11/7/21” 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 #janetkuyperspoem #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Our Society, Glossed Over” and “Do the Dead Still Live” from the Scars Publications Down in the Dirt magazine May-August 2021 issue collection book “Lockdown’s Over”, then her poem “Ethical Thing to Do” from the Scars Publications November 2021 cc&d v315 issue/book “Down and Inside” as the ending poems for the “Poetic License virtual open mic 11/7/21” she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (this video was filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera and given a Triangle filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoem #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Our Society, Glossed Over” and “Do the Dead Still Live” from the Scars Publications Down in the Dirt magazine May-August 2021 issue collection book “Lockdown’s Over”, then her poem “Ethical Thing to Do” from the Scars Publications November 2021 cc&d v315 issue/book “Down and Inside” as the ending poems for the “Poetic License virtual open mic 11/7/21” 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 #janetkuyperspoem #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Our Society, Glossed Over” and “Do the Dead Still Live” from the Scars Publications Down in the Dirt magazine May-August 2021 issue collection book “Lockdown’s Over”, then her poem “Ethical Thing to Do” from the Scars Publications November 2021 cc&d v315 issue/book “Down and Inside” as the ending poems for the “Poetic License virtual open mic 11/7/21” she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (this video was filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoem #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Viruses: Entirely Human After All”, “Our Society, Glossed Over”, “One Lonesome Whale”, “Española Lore”, “Until I Choose Life”, and “Knowing that Instant” from the Down in the Dirt magazine 5-8/21 issue collection book “Lockdown’s Over” 12/1/21 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 & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera with a bubble filter). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Viruses: Entirely Human After All”, “Our Society, Glossed Over”, “One Lonesome Whale”, “Española Lore”, “Until I Choose Life”, and “Knowing that Instant” from the Down in the Dirt magazine 5-8/21 issue collection book “Lockdown’s Over” 12/1/21 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; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

Our Waste in Space

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Over Hazardous Land”, “Keep Our Country and Save Ourselves”, “Vanity Plates saying NO WAR”, and “Our Waste in Space” from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)” live 11/4/20 in honor of “Community Poetry” (video filmed and streamed live from a Samsung S9 camera).

See the YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Over Hazardous Land” (written 11/10, on and for the Marine Corps birthday), “Keep Our Country and Save Ourselves” (for Veterans Day11/11), “Vanity Plates saying NO WAR” (written 11/11, on and for the 1922 birthday of Kurt Vonnegut), and “Our Waste in Space” (written 11/12, the anniversary of the 1984 date of the first attempt to salvage errant satellites from space) from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)” live 11/4/20 in honor of “Community Poetry” (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

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

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

out (haiku, on Twitter)

Visit the Kuypers Twitter page for short poems— join http://twitter.com/janetkuypers.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku out live 4/9/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (Canon camera)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku out live 4/9/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (posterized)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers hosting the open mic and the Deborah Rosen feature 4/9/14 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago (where she reads this haiku)

See Vine video of Janet Kuypers’ haiku out from Scars Publications’ Down in the Dirt issues book the Intersection (S 11/22/15)

See YouTube video from 4/2/17 of Janet Kuypers joining Thom & others on stage and reading her 5 haiku poems “out”, “uphill” and “upside-down” in the intro to “Kick Butt Poetry” in Austin (Canon Power Shot SX700).

See YouTube video from 4/2/17 of Janet Kuypers joining Thom & others on stage and reading her 3 haiku poems “out”, “uphill” and “upside-down” in the intro performance to “Kick Butt Poetry” in Austin (from a Sony camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers 12/17/17 reading every poem in her “100 Haikus” book reading at the AIPF booth / 2017 Awesmic City Expo, including much, out, can’t get you, of his thirst, know, pleading, coincidence?, found haiku, close, defenses, destroy, floor, hold, forever, jumped, study, Even with no Wish Bone, addiction, stagger, everyone, last, bruised, organs, choke, ends, explosions, fit, fought, heaviness, extinct, feel, escape, opening, pant, strike, civil, found, need, kill, kindness, run, pet, John’s Mind, humans, mirror, elusive, keep, greatest, instead, Arsenic and Syphilis, life (Periodic Table haiku), life (2000), timing, Two Not Mute Haikus, He’s An Escapist, Ending a Relationship, nightmares, knife, free, years, groove, errors, job, jobless, out there, gone, console, form, knowing, oil, cage, evil, faith, guide, behind, sort, barbed, difference, predator, blood, easy, existence, judge, fog, upturn, Translation (2014 haiku), sting, enemies, Deity Discipline (stretched haiku), Ants and Crosses, energy, knees, force, you, this is only a test, misogyny, ourselves, key, scorches (Lumix 2500).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers 12/17/17 reading every poem in her “100 Haikus” book reading at the AIPF booth / 2017 Awesmic City Expo, including much, out, can’t get you, of his thirst, know, pleading, coincidence?, found haiku, close, defenses, destroy, floor, hold, forever, jumped, study, Even with no Wish Bone, addiction, stagger, everyone, last, bruised, organs, choke, ends, explosions, fit, fought, heaviness, extinct, feel, escape, opening, pant, strike, civil, found, need, kill, kindness, run, pet, John’s Mind, humans, mirror, elusive, keep, greatest, instead, Arsenic and Syphilis, life (Periodic Table haiku), life (2000), timing, Two Not Mute Haikus, He’s An Escapist, Ending a Relationship, nightmares, knife, free, years, groove, errors, job, jobless, out there, gone, console, form, knowing, oil, cage, evil, faith, guide, behind, sort, barbed, difference, predator, blood, easy, existence, judge, fog, upturn, Translation (2014 haiku), sting, enemies, Deity Discipline (stretched haiku), Ants and Crosses, energy, knees, force, you, this is only a test, misogyny, ourselves, key, scorches (Lumix T56).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers 11/6/19 reading every poem in her “100 Haikus” section (plus bonus haiku) in her poetry book “Partial Nudity” during her November 2018 Book Release Reading through Community Poetry! at Half Price Books, including much, out, can’t get you, of his thirst, know, pleading, coincidence?, found haiku, close, defenses, destroy, floor, hold, forever, jumped, study, Even with no Wish Bone, addiction, stagger, everyone, last, bruised, organs, choke, ends, explosions, fit, fought, heaviness, extinct, feel, escape, opening, pant, strike, civil, found, need, kill, kindness, run, pet, John’s Mind, humans, mirror, elusive, keep, greatest, instead, Arsenic and Syphilis, life (Periodic Table haiku), life (2000), timing, Two Not Mute Haikus, He’s An Escapist, Ending a Relationship, nightmares, knife, free, years, groove, errors, job, jobless, out there, gone, console, form, knowing, oil, cage, evil, faith, guide, behind, sort, barbed, difference, predator, blood, easy, existence, judge, fog, upturn, Translation (2014 haiku), sting, enemies, Deity Discipline (stretched haiku), Ants and Crosses, energy, knees, force, you, this is only a test, misogyny, ourselves, key, scorches, only, bear, census, clogged, end, falling, relegated, “Jimbo”, eventually, progress, labor, mister, over, rescue, octopi and brains, octopi and dogs, universe, and love (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera); this video was posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers 11/6/19 reading every poem in her “100 Haikus” section (plus bonus haiku) in her poetry book “Partial Nudity” during her November 2018 Book Release Reading through Community Poetry! at Half Price Books, including much, out, can’t get you, of his thirst, know, pleading, coincidence?, found haiku, close, defenses, destroy, floor, hold, forever, jumped, study, Even with no Wish Bone, addiction, stagger, everyone, last, bruised, organs, choke, ends, explosions, fit, fought, heaviness, extinct, feel, escape, opening, pant, strike, civil, found, need, kill, kindness, run, pet, John’s Mind, humans, mirror, elusive, keep, greatest, instead, Arsenic and Syphilis, life (Periodic Table haiku), life (2000), timing, Two Not Mute Haikus, He’s An Escapist, Ending a Relationship, nightmares, knife, free, years, groove, errors, job, jobless, out there, gone, console, form, knowing, oil, cage, evil, faith, guide, behind, sort, barbed, difference, predator, blood, easy, existence, judge, fog, upturn, Translation (2014 haiku), sting, enemies, Deity Discipline (stretched haiku), Ants and Crosses, energy, knees, force, you, this is only a test, misogyny, ourselves, key, scorches, only, bear, census, clogged, end, falling, relegated, “Jimbo”, eventually, progress, labor, mister, over, rescue, octopi and brains, octopi and dogs, universe, and love (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera with a Sepia Tone filter); this video was posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr.

Outer Space and the Sound of Silence

See YouTube video of the Janet Kuypers reading her poem Outer Space and the Sound of Silence in her 3/20/15 show “Resistance is Futile” at Ch Fi 2015 in Chicago (Canon fs200)

See YouTube video of the Janet Kuypers reading her poem Outer Space and the Sound of Silence in her 3/20/15 show “Resistance is Futile” at Ch Fi 2015 in Chicago (Canon Power Shot)

See YouTube video of the Janet Kuypers 3/20/15 show “Resistance is Futile” at Ch Fi 2015 in Chicago, of poems relating to Star Trek including this poem (filmed from a Canon fs200 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem

See YouTube video of the Janet Kuypers 3/20/15 show “Resistance is Futile” at Ch Fi 2015 in Chicago, of poems relating to Star Trek including this poem (filmed from a Canon Power Shot camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem

Download this poem in the free chapbook “Resistance is Futile”, of poems read on 3/21/15 at the Ch Fi 2015 convention in Chicago, with this poem.

Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “middle eastern man in front of me”, “Star Trek, Star Wars and Storm Troopers”, and “Outer Space and the Sound of Silence” from the v101 11/22 Down in the Dirt issue/book “Reaching for the Stars” on 11/2/22 on the 1st Wednesday of the month (1:00-3:00 PM CST) in honor of ‘Community Poetry’ (from a Samsung S9 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “middle eastern man in front of me”, “Star Trek, Star Wars and Storm Troopers”, and “Outer Space and the Sound of Silence” from the v101 11/22 Down in the Dirt issue/book “Reaching for the Stars” on 11/2/22 on the 1st Wednesday of the month (1:00-3:00 PM CST) for ‘Community Poetry’ (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her Down in the Dirt 9-12/22 issue collection book “The Paths Less Traveled” poems “Iron in my Eyes” (+ also showing its online image for the poem that also appears in her book “Periodic Table Poetry”), “Star Trek, Star Wars and Storm Troopers”, and “Outer Space and the Sound of Silence” to close her “Poetic License 3/5/23 global open mic” through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). This video was also released as a Facebook live video stream (filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

Out in the Middle of Nowhere

Out of my Element

Visit the Kuypers Twitter page for short poems— join http://twitter.com/janetkuypers.

Watch the YouTube video Live at Twitter Inside Chicago feature 05/21/10

See this YouTube video of the first third of the Janet Kuypers Chicago feature Twitter Inside 5/21/10 in Logan Square, with her poems “Keep Them Apart”, “Only For One Night”, “Got on the Road Again”, “Out of my Element”, “How He Failed”, and “Drinking Their Life Away” (this was posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetryshow

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ September 2018 Book Release Reading 9/5/18, where she read her poem “What Have I Won” from her interview/journal/poetry book “In Depth”, then she read her “Twitter Inside” show poems “Out of my Element”, “How He Failed”, “Drinking Their Life Away”, “Labeled Me Again”, “Prefer Things Soft”, “Became a Jungle”, “Now I’m Strong”, “Spit me Out”, and “Painted Buddhas”, and then she sang her song “My Love For You Will Stay the Same” from the poetry performance art collection book “Chapter48 (v1)”, in Community Poetry! at Half Price Books (from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ September 2018 Book Release Reading 9/5/18, where she read her poem “What Have I Won” from her interview/journal/poetry book “In Depth”, then she read her “Twitter Inside” show poems “Out of my Element”, “How He Failed”, “Drinking Their Life Away”, “Labeled Me Again”, “Prefer Things Soft”, “Became a Jungle”, “Now I’m Strong”, “Spit me Out”, and “Painted Buddhas”, and then she sang her song “My Love For You Will Stay the Same” from the poetry performance art collection book “Chapter48 (v1)”, in Community Poetry! at Half Price Books (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera Sepia Tone).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ September 2018 Book Release Reading 9/5/18, where she read her poem “What Have I Won” from her interview/journal/poetry book “In Depth”, then she read her “Twitter Inside” show poems “Out of my Element”, “How He Failed”, “Drinking Their Life Away”, “Labeled Me Again”, “Prefer Things Soft”, “Became a Jungle”, “Now I’m Strong”, “Spit me Out”, and “Painted Buddhas”, and then she sang her song “My Love For You Will Stay the Same” from the poetry performance art collection book “Chapter48 (v1)”, in Community Poetry! at Half Price Books (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ September 2018 Book Release Reading 9/5/18, where she read her poem “What Have I Won” from her interview/journal/poetry book “In Depth”, then she read her “Twitter Inside” show poems “Out of my Element”, “How He Failed”, “Drinking Their Life Away”, “Labeled Me Again”, “Prefer Things Soft”, “Became a Jungle”, “Now I’m Strong”, “Spit me Out”, and “Painted Buddhas”, and then she sang her song “My Love For You Will Stay the Same” from the poetry performance art collection book “Chapter48 (v1)”, in Community Poetry! at Half Price Books (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera, Posterize).

Out Of Place (Dreams 12/3/13)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Out Of Place (Dreams 12/3/13) live 12/4/13 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (C)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Out Of Place (Dreams 12/3/13) live 12/4/13 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (Posterized)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Out Of Place (Dreams 12/3/13) live 12/4/13 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (filmed with the Sony camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Out Of Place (Dreams 12/3/13) live 12/4/13 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (w/ Edge Detection filter, on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Out of Place (dreams 12/3/13) from the book Need to Know Basis (extended edition) live 1/7/15 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (Canon video camera)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers hosting the Café Gallery open mic & Patrick Hurley show 1/7/15 at Gallery Cabaret’ in Chicago, INCLDING THIS POEM

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Out Of Place (Dreams 12/3/13)” and “You Are a Force” on the release date of her v5 cc&d boss lady poetry collection book “On the Edge”, then her poem “The State of the Nation” from her interview/journal/poetry book “In Depth” at “Recycled Reads” 8/18/18 in Austin (trecorded live from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Out Of Place (Dreams 12/3/13)” and “You Are a Force” on the release date of her v5 cc&d boss lady poetry collection book “On the Edge”, then her poem “The State of the Nation” from her interview/journal/poetry book “In Depth” at “Recycled Reads” 8/18/18 in Austin (recorded live from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

out of the space program

See YouTube video of Wayne Allen Jones reading this 11/02/10, live at the Café in Chicago

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “No Heat in my Heart”, “Three Minutes for Three Dollars”, “Hurt Less Then”, “Pinchy”, “Live in my Imagination”, “Opinions”, “ Somewhere Else”, “Rushed”, “Bar Poem 20100423”, “Just Let It Glide Over Me”, “Bitter Suburbs”, “Teaching Our Children”, “Be Free of You”, and “Out of the Space Program” from the the Scars Publications 2010 poetry book “She’s an Open Book” 6/5/20 as a prequel to the “Poetic License open mic 6/7/20 home edition” she hosted and shared on a Facebook event page (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “No Heat in my Heart”, “Three Minutes for Three Dollars”, “Hurt Less Then”, “Pinchy”, “Live in my Imagination”, “Opinions”, “ Somewhere Else”, “Rushed”, “Bar Poem 20100423”, “Just Let It Glide Over Me”, “Bitter Suburbs”, “Teaching Our Children”, “Be Free of You”, and “Out of the Space Program” from the the Scars Publications 2010 poetry book “She’s an Open Book” 6/5/20 as a prequel to the “Poetic License open mic 6/7/20 home edition” she hosted and shared on a Facebook event page (filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera).

Out of Wedding Dresses

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her 2019 poems “Bolt of Lightning”, “Overtake Me” (written during National Anxiety and Depression Week), and “Out of Wedding Dresses”, live 5/18/19 at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her 2019 poems “Bolt of Lightning”, “Overtake Me” (written during National Anxiety and Depression Week), and “Out of Wedding Dresses”, live 5/18/19 at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” (from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Violations Tested”, “Violations in the Name of Love”, and “Out of Wedding Dresses” for National Penguin Day (1/20) from her book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” live 1/18/20 the Austin “Open Mic Showcase” at Recycled Reads (from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Violations Tested”, “Violations in the Name of Love”, and “Out of Wedding Dresses” for National Penguin Day (1/20) from her book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” live 1/18/20 the Austin “Open Mic Showcase” at Recycled Reads (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Became a Circus” and “Out of Wedding Dresses” from the v321 5/22 cc&d book “The New Normal” 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 (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 “Became a Circus” and “Out of Wedding Dresses” from the v321 5/22 cc&d book “The New Normal” 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

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Memorial Day, 2019 edit” (+ image), “Became a Circus”, “Dance Among the Ashes” (+ image), “Zouk or Xibelani”, “Out of Wedding Dresses”, and “Human Construct of Time” from the cc&d 5-8/22 issue collection book “The Wall” on 9/7/22 on the 1st Wednesday of the month (1:00-3:00 PM CST) in honor of ‘Community Poetry’ (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Memorial Day, 2019 edit” (+ image), “Became a Circus”, “Dance Among the Ashes” (+ image), “Zouk or Xibelani”, “Out of Wedding Dresses”, and “Human Construct of Time” from the cc&d 5-8/22 issue collection book “The Wall” on 9/7/22 on the 1st Wednesday of the month (1:00-3:00 PM CST) in honor of ‘Community Poetry’ (this video was filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

Outside of the Door (dreams 5/27/22)

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Outside of the Door (dreams 5/27/22)”, “Only Recourse”, and her “Periodic Table Poetry” book poem “Technetium”, all in the v329 1/23 cc&d issue/book “Moving Forward” to start her “Poetic License 1/1/23 global open mic” she hosted in a Zoom meeting & a Facebook event page (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Outside of the Door (dreams 5/27/22)”, “Only Recourse”, and her “Periodic Table Poetry” book poem “Technetium”, all in the v329 1/23 cc&d issue/book “Moving Forward” to start her “Poetic License 1/1/23 global open mic” she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (this video was filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her cc&d January-April 2023 “a Mural of a Forest” book poems “Outside of the Door (dreams 5/27/22)” and “Only Recourse”, her #metoo Boss Lady’s Editorial “Exactly What I am Celebrating” (which are also in the CyberWit 2023 book “Testament”), her poem “Technetium’s Inner Glow” (which is also in her book “Twitter Verse Periodic Table Poetry”), & “Technetium” + sharing its image (which is also in her book “Periodic Table Poetry”) for the 5/3/23 ‘Community Poetry’ honorary book reading (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). Also enjoy this as a Facebook live video stream that was filmed and streamed from a Samsung S9 camera, & posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperswomensrights #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem

Outsider linked on Twitter and Instagram and Tumblr

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Outsider”, “Precariously Balance”, and “Ever Felt Safe”, all in honor of Brian Lamont/Grosz live 5/25/19 at “Spoken and Heard” @ Kick Butt Coffee in Austin (video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Outsider”, “Precariously Balance”, and “Ever Felt Safe”, all in honor of Brian Lamont/Grosz live 5/25/19 at “Spoken and Heard” @ Kick Butt Coffee in Austin (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; Sepia Tone filter).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Outsider”, “Precariously Balance”, and “Ever Felt Safe”, all in honor of Brian Lamont/Grosz live 5/25/19 at “Spoken and Heard” @ Kick Butt Coffee in Austin (video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Outsider”, “Precariously Balance”, and “Ever Felt Safe”, all in honor of Brian Lamont/Grosz live 5/25/19 at “Spoken and Heard” @ Kick Butt Coffee in Austin (from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; Sepia Tone filter).

See YouTube video 5/25/19 of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Outsider” live at “Poetry Aloud” in Georgetown, TX (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video 5/25/19 of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Outsider” live at “Poetry Aloud” in Georgetown, TX (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of open mic host Janet Kuypers reading her 2019 poems “Outsider” in honor or Brian Lamont, her instapoem “Hide from the World”, then her poem “Became a Circus”, during the first “Poetic License” open mic she hosted at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” 6/2/19 (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video of open mic host Janet Kuypers reading her 2019 poems “Outsider” in honor or Brian Lamont, her instapoem “Hide from the World”, then her poem “Became a Circus”, during the first “Poetic License” open mic she hosted at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” 6/2/19 (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers, attending Remembering Brian “Doc” Lamont, talking about Brian Lamont and reading her poem “Outsider”, as well as the start of her poem “Extra Blade” 6/13/19 at Austin’s The Grackle (this video was filmed from an iPhone).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers, attending Remembering Brian “Doc” Lamont, talking about Brian Lamont and reading her poem “Outsider”, as well as the start of her poem “Extra Blade” 6/13/19 at Austin’s The Grackle (from an iPhone recording with a Sepia Tone filter).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers, attending Remembering Brian “Doc” Lamont, talking about Brian Lamont and reading her poem “Outsider”, as well as the start of her poem “Extra Blade” 6/13/19 at Austin’s The Grackle (from an iPhone recording with an Edge Detection filtyer).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers, attending Remembering Brian “Doc” Lamont, talking about Brian Lamont and reading her poem “Outsider”, as well as the start of her poem “Extra Blade” 6/13/19 at Austin’s The Grackle (from an iPhone recording with a Threshold filter).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ June 2019 Book Release Reading 6/5/19, where she read her poem “Outsider” for the Brian Lamont dedication (that will appear in her book “(pheromemes) haiku, twitterverse, Instagram & poetry”, released August 2019), then her Down in the Dirt v164 May-June 2019 issue/book “The Deep Woods” poem “Poetry on a Stick”, and her haiku poems “mirror”, “keyboard” and “our differences”, then her “Seeing Things Differently” show poems “Philosopher at the Blue Note”, “She was a Woman”, “Too Far”, and “Transcribing Dreams Three”, during Community Poetry @ Half Price Books (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, & Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ June 2019 Book Release Reading 6/5/19, where she read her poem “Outsider” for the Brian Lamont dedication (that will appear in her book “(pheromemes) haiku, twitterverse, Instagram & poetry”, released August 2019), then her Down in the Dirt v164 May-June 2019 issue/book “The Deep Woods” poem “Poetry on a Stick”, and her haiku poems “mirror”, “keyboard” and “our differences”, then her "“Seeing Things Differently” show poems “Philosopher at the Blue Note”, “She was a Woman”, “Too Far”, and “Transcribing Dreams Three”, during Community Poetry @ Half Price Books (this video was filed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

See YouTube video of open mic host Janet Kuypers reading her 2019 poem “Outsider” written for Brian Lamont which will appear in the August 2019 release of the Janet Kuypers poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”, her poem “the State of the Nation” from the “Letters to the Editor’ section of the cc&d v79 May 1996 2019 release “Poetry and Prose”, and then sings the song “Brother, Can You Spare a Dime” during the “Poetic License” open mic she hosted at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” 7/7/19 (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video of open mic host Janet Kuypers reading her 2019 poem “Outsider” written for Brian Lamont which will appear in the August 2019 release of the Janet Kuypers poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”, her poem “the State of the Nation” from the “Letters to the Editor’ section of the cc&d v79 May 1996 2019 release “Poetry and Prose”, and then sings the song “Brother, Can You Spare a Dime” during the “Poetic License” open mic she hosted at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” 7/7/19 (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Our Demons Can Mark Us”, “Exploring Evolution”, and “Outsider” from the May 2021 v309 issue of cc&d’s paperback book “Excavation” during the “Poetic License virtual open mic 5/2/21” 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 #janetkuyperspoeticlicense #janetkuypersinstagram

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Our Demons Can Mark Us”, “Exploring Evolution”, and “Outsider” from the May 2021 v309 issue of cc&d’s paperback book “Excavation” during the “Poetic License virtual open mic 5/2/21” she hosted w/ a Zoom meeting & a Facebook event page (this video was filmed & streamed w/ a Samsung S9 camera). #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

Outsourcing the American Dream

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See YouTube video (6:57) from the Chicago performance art show {Stripped} live 6/7/05 This video was also published in World-Class-Poetry.com

see the entire performance of {Stripped} live 6/7/05 in Chicago, via the Internet Archive

Listen: (7:28) to this recording from Fusion

See YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem 10/10/12 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (Canon) from her book the one thing the government still has no control over

See YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem 10/10/12 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (Sony) from her book the one thing the government still has no control over

See YouTube video of Kuypers hosting the open mic 10/10/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago, plus this poem

outsourcing the American dream 2014 edit

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem outsourcing the American dream 2014 edit (in the chapbook “Attacking with Poetry”) 4/27/14 at Chicago’s 2014 Poetry Bomb in Lincoln Square (this video was filmed from a Canon camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoem #janetkuyperspoetrybomb

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem outsourcing the American dream 2014 edit (in the chapbook “Attacking with Poetry”) 4/27/14 (C) at Chicago’s 2014 Poetry Bomb (in Lincoln Square), Threshold

Outstretched Hands, Off to the Races

out there (haiku, on Twitter)

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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku out there live 9/27/14 on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio (Canon)

See YouTube video 9/27/14 of the Janet Kuypers “Partial Nudity” book release & interview on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio, where during her interview on the air she read her haiku and poetry “Arsenic and Syphilis”, “civil”, “mirror”, “instead”, “need”, “Eight People Outside”, “floor”, “of his thirst”, “hold”, “fought”, “strike”, “console”, “relegated”, “extinct”, “My New Grocery List”, “Couldn’t”, “ruminating”, “barbed”, “gone”, “out there”, “knife”, “pet”, “kindness”, “found”, “pleading”, “only”, “humans”, “stagger”, “addiction”, “At the Camp”, “Suicide (heat) Poem”, and “sting” (this video was filmed from a Canon camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersinterview #janetkuypersradio

Get this poem in the free chapbook “6 Second Poems”, w/ poems read on 9/27/14 WZRD 88.3 FM radio

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ July 2017 Book Release Reading 7/5/17 of Down in the Dirt’s book “On the Rocks” poems “Job of Being Homeless”, “Quiver with no Home”, “out there”, “census”, “judge”, “Nobody Finds Me” and “Cast in Stone” in Half Price Books Community Poetry (filmed from a Sony camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ July 2017 Book Release Reading 7/5/17 of Down in the Dirt’s book “On the Rocks” poems “Job of Being Homeless”, “Quiver with no Home”, “out there”, “census”, “judge”, “Nobody Finds Me” and “Cast in Stone” in Half Price Books Community Poetry (Panasonic Lumix camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ “December 2017 Book Release Reading” 12/6/17, where she reads from the book “Negative Space” her haiku and short poems “coincidence?”, “translation (2014 haiku)”, “oceans”, “behind”, “out there”, “opposite”, and “addiction”, her micro prose “Driving By His House”, and her poems “Earth was Crying”, “Your Imaginary Soul Weighs 21 Grams”, “Just by Holding His Hand”, and “Only an Observer” in “Community Poetry @ Half Price Books” (Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ “December 2017 Book Release Reading” 12/6/17, where she reads from the book “Negative Space” her haiku and short poems “coincidence?”, “translation (2014 haiku)”, “oceans”, “behind”, “out there”, “opposite”, and “addiction”, her micro prose “Driving By His House”, and her poems “Earth was Crying”, “Your Imaginary Soul Weighs 21 Grams”, “Just by Holding His Hand”, and “Only an Observer” in “Community Poetry @ Half Price Books” (Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers 12/17/17 reading every poem in her “100 Haikus” book reading at the AIPF booth / 2017 Awesmic City Expo, including much, out, can’t get you, of his thirst, know, pleading, coincidence?, found haiku, close, defenses, destroy, floor, hold, forever, jumped, study, Even with no Wish Bone, addiction, stagger, everyone, last, bruised, organs, choke, ends, explosions, fit, fought, heaviness, extinct, feel, escape, opening, pant, strike, civil, found, need, kill, kindness, run, pet, John’s Mind, humans, mirror, elusive, keep, greatest, instead, Arsenic and Syphilis, life (Periodic Table haiku), life (2000), timing, Two Not Mute Haikus, He’s An Escapist, Ending a Relationship, nightmares, knife, free, years, groove, errors, job, jobless, out there, gone, console, form, knowing, oil, cage, evil, faith, guide, behind, sort, barbed, difference, predator, blood, easy, existence, judge, fog, upturn, Translation (2014 haiku), sting, enemies, Deity Discipline (stretched haiku), Ants and Crosses, energy, knees, force, you, this is only a test, misogyny, ourselves, key, scorches (Lumix 2500).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers 12/17/17 reading every poem in her “100 Haikus” book reading at the AIPF booth / 2017 Awesmic City Expo, including much, out, can’t get you, of his thirst, know, pleading, coincidence?, found haiku, close, defenses, destroy, floor, hold, forever, jumped, study, Even with no Wish Bone, addiction, stagger, everyone, last, bruised, organs, choke, ends, explosions, fit, fought, heaviness, extinct, feel, escape, opening, pant, strike, civil, found, need, kill, kindness, run, pet, John’s Mind, humans, mirror, elusive, keep, greatest, instead, Arsenic and Syphilis, life (Periodic Table haiku), life (2000), timing, Two Not Mute Haikus, He’s An Escapist, Ending a Relationship, nightmares, knife, free, years, groove, errors, job, jobless, out there, gone, console, form, knowing, oil, cage, evil, faith, guide, behind, sort, barbed, difference, predator, blood, easy, existence, judge, fog, upturn, Translation (2014 haiku), sting, enemies, Deity Discipline (stretched haiku), Ants and Crosses, energy, knees, force, you, this is only a test, misogyny, ourselves, key, scorches (Lumix T56).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ November 2018 Book Release Reading 11/7/18, reading her “WZRD” poems “civil”, “mirror”, “instead”, “need”, “eight people outside”, “floor”, “of his thirst”, “hold”, “fought”, “strike”, “console”, “relegated”, “extinct”, “couldn’t”, “ruminating”, “barbed”, “gone”, “out there”, “knife”, “pet”, “kindness”, “found”, “pleading”, “only”, “humans”, “stagger”, “At the Camp”, “Suicide (heat) Poem”, and “sting”, all from the Janet Kuypers 2014-2015 Chicago poetry performance art book “a year long Journey”, during Community Poetry at Half Price Books (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ November 2018 Book Release Reading 11/7/18, reading her “WZRD” poems “civil”, “mirror”, “instead”, “need”, “eight people outside”, “floor”, “of his thirst”, “hold”, “fought”, “strike”, “console”, “relegated”, “extinct”, “couldn’t”, “ruminating”, “barbed”, “gone”, “out there”, “knife”, “pet”, “kindness”, “found”, “pleading”, “only”, “humans”, “stagger”, “At the Camp”, “Suicide (heat) Poem”, and “sting”, all from the Janet Kuypers 2014-2015 Chicago poetry performance art book “a year long Journey”, during Community Poetry at Half Price Books (video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; Sepia Tone).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers, while hosting the Poetry Aloud open mic 4/27/19 in Georgetown TX, reads her poems “Xyresic Flames” (originally written about the Notre Dame) and “United we Wonder”, then her haiku poems “civil”, “mirror”, “hold”, “gone”, “out there”, and “found”, read from her 2014-2016 Chicago poetry performance art book “A Year-Long Journey”, all read to a live audience for National Poetry Month (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers, while hosting the Poetry Aloud open mic 4/27/19 in Georgetown TX, reads her poems “Xyresic Flames” (originally written about the Notre Dame) and “United we Wonder”, then her haiku poems “civil”, “mirror”, “hold”, “gone”, “out there”, and “found”, read from her 2014-2016 Chicago poetry performance art book “A Year-Long Journey”, all read to a live audience for National Poetry Month (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers 11/6/19 reading every poem in her “100 Haikus” section (plus bonus haiku) in her poetry book “Partial Nudity” during her November 2018 Book Release Reading through Community Poetry! at Half Price Books, including much, out, can’t get you, of his thirst, know, pleading, coincidence?, found haiku, close, defenses, destroy, floor, hold, forever, jumped, study, Even with no Wish Bone, addiction, stagger, everyone, last, bruised, organs, choke, ends, explosions, fit, fought, heaviness, extinct, feel, escape, opening, pant, strike, civil, found, need, kill, kindness, run, pet, John’s Mind, humans, mirror, elusive, keep, greatest, instead, Arsenic and Syphilis, life (Periodic Table haiku), life (2000), timing, Two Not Mute Haikus, He’s An Escapist, Ending a Relationship, nightmares, knife, free, years, groove, errors, job, jobless, out there, gone, console, form, knowing, oil, cage, evil, faith, guide, behind, sort, barbed, difference, predator, blood, easy, existence, judge, fog, upturn, Translation (2014 haiku), sting, enemies, Deity Discipline (stretched haiku), Ants and Crosses, energy, knees, force, you, this is only a test, misogyny, ourselves, key, scorches, only, bear, census, clogged, end, falling, relegated, “Jimbo”, eventually, progress, labor, mister, over, rescue, octopi and brains, octopi and dogs, universe, and love (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera); this video was posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers 11/6/19 reading every poem in her “100 Haikus” section (plus bonus haiku) in her poetry book “Partial Nudity” during her November 2018 Book Release Reading through Community Poetry! at Half Price Books, including much, out, can’t get you, of his thirst, know, pleading, coincidence?, found haiku, close, defenses, destroy, floor, hold, forever, jumped, study, Even with no Wish Bone, addiction, stagger, everyone, last, bruised, organs, choke, ends, explosions, fit, fought, heaviness, extinct, feel, escape, opening, pant, strike, civil, found, need, kill, kindness, run, pet, John’s Mind, humans, mirror, elusive, keep, greatest, instead, Arsenic and Syphilis, life (Periodic Table haiku), life (2000), timing, Two Not Mute Haikus, He’s An Escapist, Ending a Relationship, nightmares, knife, free, years, groove, errors, job, jobless, out there, gone, console, form, knowing, oil, cage, evil, faith, guide, behind, sort, barbed, difference, predator, blood, easy, existence, judge, fog, upturn, Translation (2014 haiku), sting, enemies, Deity Discipline (stretched haiku), Ants and Crosses, energy, knees, force, you, this is only a test, misogyny, ourselves, key, scorches, only, bear, census, clogged, end, falling, relegated, “Jimbo”, eventually, progress, labor, mister, over, rescue, octopi and brains, octopi and dogs, universe, and love (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera with a Sepia Tone filter); this video was posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr.

Out to the Horizon

See this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Just one Day, Let a Girl Dream” from the cc&d 1-4 2021 issue collection book “What Lies on the Other Side”, then her poem “Out to the Horizon” (written as entry 101 to Joined Up Writing, the second installment, then her poem “Us, Actually Touching” from “the 2021 literary review date book”, as the finalé to close the “Poetic License virtual open mic 7/4/21” 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 #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Just one Day, Let a Girl Dream” from the cc&d 1-4 2021 issue collection book “What Lies on the Other Side”, then her poem “Out to the Horizon” (written as entry 101 to Joined Up Writing, the second installment, then her poem “Us, Actually Touching” from “the 2021 literary review date book”, as the finalé to close the “Poetic License virtual open mic 7/4/21” she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperspoeticlicense #janetkuypersbookreading

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Under the Sea” (the 1st poem she ever wrote) and “Out to the Horizon” (her most recent poem, that appears as poem 101 that she read from the U.K. book “Joined Up Writing, the second installment”) 7/28/21 @ the “Wednesday Night Poetry” open mic at Kollective Coffee + Cafe in Hot Springs, AR, followed by John reading a poem (this video was filmed from a Panasonic 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Under the Sea” (the 1st poem she ever wrote) and “Out to the Horizon” (her most recent poem, that appears as poem 101 that she read from the U.K. book “Joined Up Writing, the second installment”) 7/28/21 @ the “Wednesday Night Poetry” open mic at Kollective Coffee + Cafe in Hot Springs, AR (this video was filmed and streamed from a Samsung S9 camera).

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers on Chicago’s WZRD Radio 8/16/21, where, throughout her interview, Janet Kuypers read her poems “Burn It In (reaching the end edit)” starting ~5:55, “Sometimes the Light” starting ~14:22, “The Room of The Rape” starting ~17:26, “We All Want That” starting ~31:20, “True Happiness in the New Millennium (2016 edit)” starting ~37:30, “from Looking for a Worthy Adversary” starting ~41:00, and “Out to the Horizon” starting ~1:04:20)(this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersinterview #janetkuypersradio

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers on Chicago’s WZRD Radio 8/16/21, where, throughout her interview, Janet Kuypers read her poems “Burn It In (reaching the end edit)” starting ~5:55, “Sometimes the Light” starting ~14:22, “The Room of The Rape” starting ~17:26, “We All Want That” starting ~31:20, “True Happiness in the New Millennium (2016 edit)” starting ~37:30, “from Looking for a Worthy Adversary” starting ~41:00, and “Out to the Horizon” starting ~1:04:20 (filmed w/ a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera w/ a Hue Cycling filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersinterview #janetkuypersradio

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers on WZRD Chicago 88.3 FM 8/16/21 from WZRD, where, throughout her interview, Janet Kuypers read her poems “Burn It In (reaching the end edit)” starting ~5:55, “Sometimes the Light” starting ~14:22, “The Room of The Rape” starting ~17:26, “We All Want That” starting ~31:20, “True Happiness in the New Millennium (2016 edit)” starting ~37:30, “from Looking for a Worthy Adversary” starting ~41:00, and “Out to the Horizon” starting ~1:04:20 (this video was posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersinterview #janetkuypersradio

Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers on Chicago’s WZRD Radio 8/16/21, where, throughout her interview, Janet Kuypers read her poems “Burn It In (reaching the end edit)” (starting ~5:55), “Sometimes the Light” (starting ~14:22), “The Room of The Rape” (starting ~17:26), “We All Want That” (starting ~31:20), “True Happiness in the New Millennium (2016 edit)” (starting ~37:30), “from Looking for a Worthy Adversary” (starting ~41:00), and “Out to the Horizon” (starting ~1:04:20) (this video was filmed and streams live from a Samsung S7 camera). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersinterview #janetkuypersradio

Enjoy this YouTube video 3/30/22 of Janet Kuypers during her “Poetry & Open Mic at The Gallery Cabaret 3/30/22” feature night in Chicago, where she read her poems (including this one) in her “Taking off the Mask” feature and chapbook (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersbookreading

Enjoy this Facebook live video stream 3/30/22 of Janet Kuypers during her “Poetry & Open Mic at The Gallery Cabaret 3/30/22” feature night in Chicago, where she read her poems (including this one) in her “Taking off the Mask” feature and chapbook (this video was filmed & streamed live from a Samsung S9 camera with a Lava Lamp filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersbookreading

Enjoy this YouTube video 3/30/22 of Janet Kuypers during her “Poetry & Open Mic at The Gallery Cabaret 3/30/22” feature night in Chicago, where she read her poems “Vaccinated from What Happens in Wuhan”, “found pandemic haiku”, “Everyone’s Afraid”, “Out to the Horizon”, “jar for my beating heart”, “Because of Fire”, “Underground History”, “Quieting Anechoic Chamber”, “No One Reports for Women”, “like nothing ever happened”, “United We Wonder”, “Knew the Word”, and “Eighteen and Eight, Plus Eighteen: Where We’ve Been and What We’ve Seen” in her poetry feature “Taking off the Mask” (this video was filmed from a Samsung S7 camera and zoomed; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersbookreading

Enjoy this YouTube video 3/30/22 of Janet Kuypers during her “Poetry & Open Mic at The Gallery Cabaret 3/30/22” feature night in Chicago, where she read her poems “Vaccinated from What Happens in Wuhan”, “found pandemic haiku”, “Everyone’s Afraid”, “Out to the Horizon”, “jar for my beating heart”, “Because of Fire”, “Underground History”, “Quieting Anechoic Chamber”, “No One Reports for Women”, “like nothing ever happened”, “United We Wonder”, “Knew the Word”, and “Eighteen and Eight, Plus Eighteen: Where We’ve Been and What We’ve Seen” in her poetry feature “Taking off the Mask” (this video was filmed from a Samsung S7 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersbookreading

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Out to the Horizon” and “jar for my beating heart” from the v324 9/22 cc&d issue/book “Open Your Eyes” on 9/7/22 on the 1st Wednesday of the month (1:00-3:00 PM CST) in honor of ‘Community Poetry’ (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Out to the Horizon” and “jar for my beating heart” from the v324 9/22 cc&d issue/book “Open Your Eyes” on 9/7/22 on the 1st Wednesday of the month (1:00-3:00 PM CST) in honor of ‘Community Poetry’ (filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her cc&d 9-12/22 book “Unable To Escape It” poems “Oriental” + showing its Chinese translation and “No One Reports for Women” (which is also in her CyberWit book “Shattering the Glass Ceiling”), “Out to the Horizon”, “jar for my beating heart”, and “Indium, trying to get through” + its image (which is also in her book “Twitter Verse Periodic Table Poetry”) on 1/4/23, the 1st Wednesday of the month (1:00-3:00 PM CST) in honor of ‘Community Poetry’ (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). This YouTube video was also released w/ a Hue Cycling filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersshatteringtheglassceiling

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her cc&d 9-12/22 book “Unable To Escape It” poems “Oriental” + showing its Chinese translation and “No One Reports for Women” (which is also in her CyberWit book “Shattering the Glass Ceiling”), “Out to the Horizon”, and “jar for my beating heart” on 1/4/23, the 1st Wednesday of the month (1:00-3:00 PM CST) in honor of ‘Community Poetry’ (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). This YouTube video was also released with a Hue Cycling filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr. #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersequalityforwomen #janetkuypersshatteringtheglassceiling

over (haiku, on Twitter)

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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku over live 2/12/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (C)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku overlive 2/12/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (S)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers hosting the open mic and reading this poem 2/12/14 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers 11/6/19 reading every poem in her “100 Haikus” section (plus bonus haiku) in her poetry book “Partial Nudity” during her November 2018 Book Release Reading through Community Poetry! at Half Price Books, including much, out, can’t get you, of his thirst, know, pleading, coincidence?, found haiku, close, defenses, destroy, floor, hold, forever, jumped, study, Even with no Wish Bone, addiction, stagger, everyone, last, bruised, organs, choke, ends, explosions, fit, fought, heaviness, extinct, feel, escape, opening, pant, strike, civil, found, need, kill, kindness, run, pet, John’s Mind, humans, mirror, elusive, keep, greatest, instead, Arsenic and Syphilis, life (Periodic Table haiku), life (2000), timing, Two Not Mute Haikus, He’s An Escapist, Ending a Relationship, nightmares, knife, free, years, groove, errors, job, jobless, out there, gone, console, form, knowing, oil, cage, evil, faith, guide, behind, sort, barbed, difference, predator, blood, easy, existence, judge, fog, upturn, Translation (2014 haiku), sting, enemies, Deity Discipline (stretched haiku), Ants and Crosses, energy, knees, force, you, this is only a test, misogyny, ourselves, key, scorches, only, bear, census, clogged, end, falling, relegated, “Jimbo”, eventually, progress, labor, mister, over, rescue, octopi and brains, octopi and dogs, universe, and love (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera); this video was posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers 11/6/19 reading every poem in her “100 Haikus” section (plus bonus haiku) in her poetry book “Partial Nudity” during her November 2018 Book Release Reading through Community Poetry! at Half Price Books, including much, out, can’t get you, of his thirst, know, pleading, coincidence?, found haiku, close, defenses, destroy, floor, hold, forever, jumped, study, Even with no Wish Bone, addiction, stagger, everyone, last, bruised, organs, choke, ends, explosions, fit, fought, heaviness, extinct, feel, escape, opening, pant, strike, civil, found, need, kill, kindness, run, pet, John’s Mind, humans, mirror, elusive, keep, greatest, instead, Arsenic and Syphilis, life (Periodic Table haiku), life (2000), timing, Two Not Mute Haikus, He’s An Escapist, Ending a Relationship, nightmares, knife, free, years, groove, errors, job, jobless, out there, gone, console, form, knowing, oil, cage, evil, faith, guide, behind, sort, barbed, difference, predator, blood, easy, existence, judge, fog, upturn, Translation (2014 haiku), sting, enemies, Deity Discipline (stretched haiku), Ants and Crosses, energy, knees, force, you, this is only a test, misogyny, ourselves, key, scorches, only, bear, census, clogged, end, falling, relegated, “Jimbo”, eventually, progress, labor, mister, over, rescue, octopi and brains, octopi and dogs, universe, and love (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera with a Sepia Tone filter); this video was posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers 11/6/19 reading every poem in her “100 Haikus” section (plus bonus haiku) in her poetry book “Partial Nudity” during her November 2018 Book Release Reading through Community Poetry! at Half Price Books, including much, out, can’t get you, of his thirst, know, pleading, coincidence?, found haiku, close, defenses, destroy, floor, hold, forever, jumped, study, Even with no Wish Bone, addiction, stagger, everyone, last, bruised, organs, choke, ends, explosions, fit, fought, heaviness, extinct, feel, escape, opening, pant, strike, civil, found, need, kill, kindness, run, pet, John’s Mind, humans, mirror, elusive, keep, greatest, instead, Arsenic and Syphilis, life (Periodic Table haiku), life (2000), timing, Two Not Mute Haikus, He’s An Escapist, Ending a Relationship, nightmares, knife, free, years, groove, errors, job, jobless, out there, gone, and console (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera); video posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers 11/6/19 reading every poem in her “100 Haikus” section (plus bonus haiku) in her poetry book “Partial Nudity” during her November 2018 Book Release Reading through Community Poetry! at Half Price Books, including much, out, can’t get you, of his thirst, know, pleading, coincidence?, found haiku, close, defenses, destroy, floor, hold, forever, jumped, study, Even with no Wish Bone, addiction, stagger, everyone, last, bruised, organs, choke, ends, explosions, fit, fought, heaviness, extinct, feel, escape, opening, pant, strike, civil, found, need, kill, kindness, run, pet, John’s Mind, humans, mirror, elusive, keep, greatest, instead, Arsenic and Syphilis, life (Periodic Table haiku), life (2000), timing, Two Not Mute Haikus, He’s An Escapist, Ending a Relationship, nightmares, knife, free, years, groove, errors, job, jobless, out there, gone, and console (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera & Sepia Tone); posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr.

Over and Over Again

Watch the YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem 5/9/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago (W/ by live piano music from Gary) from the Sony

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Job of being Homeless” and “Over and Over Again” 9//16 at “Poetry Aloud” open mic at the Georgetown Public Library (video filmed from a Canon Power Shot camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Quiver with no Home” and “Guilt” 9/24/16 at “Poetry Aloud” open mic at the Georgetown Public Library (video filmed from a Sony camera).

Over a Year Away

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Over a Year Away”, then her poem “Waiting for a Sign (verses 1 and 3)” written and first performed in her “One Acts” show and read from her performance art poetry book “Chapter 48 (v 1)”, then she sang, with John on guitar, the George Michael song “Waiting for That Day” live 1/24/17 at “Thirsty Thursday” in Dripping Springs (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Over a Year Away”, then her poem “Waiting for a Sign (verses 1 and 3)” written and first performed in her “One Acts” show and read from her performance art poetry book “Chapter 48 (v 1)”, then she sang, with John on guitar, the George Michael song “Waiting for That Day” live 1/24/17 at “Thirsty Thursday” in Dripping Springs (video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video 8/24/19 of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Over a Year Away”, “Quantum of Evidence”, and “Eighteen and Eight, Plus Eighteen: Where We’ve Been and What We’ve Seen” from her 2019 book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” at Georgetown’s “Poetry Aloud” open mic (video from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video 8/24/19 of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Over a Year Away”, “Quantum of Evidence”, and “Eighteen and Eight, Plus Eighteen: Where We’ve Been and What We’ve Seen” from her 2019 book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” at Georgetown’s “Poetry Aloud” open mic (video from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Check Your Clock”, “Over a Year Away”, and “Metamorphosis” from the Scars Publications cc&d magazine 1/22 v317 book “The Way She Was” to start 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 “Check Your Clock”, “Over a Year Away”, and “Metamorphosis” from the Scars Publications cc&d magazine 1/22 v317 book “The Way She Was” to start 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 janertkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Check Your Clock”, “Over a Year Away”, and “Metamorphosis” from the 1-4/22 cc&d issue collection book “Unfinished Business” 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

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Check Your Clock”, “Over a Year Away”, and “Metamorphosis” from the 1-4/22 cc&d issue collection book “Unfinished Business” 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

Overdoing It

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Over Hazardous Land

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Over Hazardous Land”, “Keep Our Country and Save Ourselves”, “Vanity Plates saying NO WAR”, and “Our Waste in Space” from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)” live 11/4/20 in honor of “Community Poetry” (this video was filmed and streamed live from a Samsung S9 camera).

See the YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Over Hazardous Land” (written 11/10, on and for the Marine Corps birthday), “Keep Our Country and Save Ourselves” (for Veterans Day11/11), “Vanity Plates saying NO WAR” (written 11/11, on and for the 1922 birthday of Kurt Vonnegut), and “Our Waste in Space” (written 11/12, the anniversary of the 1984 date of the first attempt to salvage errant satellites from space) from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)” live 11/4/20 in honor of “Community Poetry” (this video was from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Keep Your Chin Up”, “Opened the Door for All”, “Just so Others can Feel”, “Over Hazardous Land”, and “Ethical Thing to Do” from the cc&d November 2021 v315 issue/paperback book “Down and Inside” 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

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Keep Your Chin Up”, “Opened the Door for All”, “Just so Others can Feel”, “Over Hazardous Land”, and “Ethical Thing to Do” from the cc&d November 2021 v315 issue/paperback book “Down and Inside” 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; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Keep Your Chin Up”, “Opened the Door for All”, “Just so Others can Feel”, “Over Hazardous Lands”, and “Ethical Thing to Do” from the Scars Publications 9-12/21 cc&d issue collection book anthology “The World Outside” 3/2/22 on the 1st Wednesday of the month from 1:00-3:00 PM CST during the usual time for “Community Poetry” (Samsung S9; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, & Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Over Hazardous Lands” from the Scars Publications Scars Publications 9-12/21 cc&d issue collection book anthology “The World Outside” 3/2/22 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 Samsung S9 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoem #janetkuypersbookreading

Overloaded with Liabilities

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Overloaded with Liabilities from cc&d mag, v245 live 10/16/13 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (Canon camera)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Overloaded with Liabilities from cc&d mag, v245 live 10/16/13 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (Sony camera)

Over my Skin with such Ease

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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ July 2019 Book Release Reading 7/3/19, where she read her poems “Apathy”, “Hard of Hearing”, “Getaway”, “Leaving”, “Meant to Be”, “New Vacuum Cleaner”, “Over my Skin with Such Ease”, “Sadness”, “Sunrise”, “to be Different”, “Surprise”, “Reason to Stand”, and “Where to Go”, all from the poetry insert section in the back of the re-release of cc&d v79 May 1996 retro-release titled “Poetry and Prose”, during Community Poetry at Half Price Books (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ July 2019 Book Release Reading 7/3/19, where she read her poems “Apathy”, “Hard of Hearing”, “Getaway”, “Leaving”, “Meant to Be”, “New Vacuum Cleaner”, “Over my Skin with Such Ease”, “Sadness”, “Sunrise”, “to be Different”, “Surprise”, “Reason to Stand”, and “Where to Go”, all from the poetry insert section in the back of the re-release of cc&d v79 May 1996 retro-release titled “Poetry and Prose”, during Community Poetry at Half Price Books (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera and given a Sepia Tone filter).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Apathy”, “Meant to Be”, “Hard of Hearing”, “Getaway”, “Leaving”, “Over my Skin with such Ease”, “Sadness”, “Sunrise”, “to be Different”, “New Vacuum Cleaner”, “Surprise”, “Where to Go”, and “Reason to Stand”, in set 2 from the cc&d July-December 2018 expanded issue collection book “Among the Debris” during the “Poetic License open mic 6/7/20 home edition” she hosted in Austin, but globally through a Facebook event page (this video was from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera, and was posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Apathy”, “Meant to Be”, “Hard of Hearing”, “Getaway”, “Leaving”, “Over my Skin with such Ease”, “Sadness”, “Sunrise”, “to be Different”, “New Vacuum Cleaner”, “Surprise”, “Where to Go”, and “Reason to Stand”, in set 2 from the cc&d July-December 2018 expanded issue collection book “Among the Debris” during the “Poetic License open mic 6/7/20 home edition” she hosted in Austin, but globally through a Facebook event page (video streamed from a Samsung S9 camera).

Overtake Me

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her 2019 poems “Bolt of Lightning”, “Overtake Me” (written during National Anxiety and Depression Week), and “Out of Wedding Dresses”, live 5/18/19 at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” (from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her 2019 poems “Bolt of Lightning”, “Overtake Me” (written during National Anxiety and Depression Week), and “Out of Wedding Dresses”, live 5/18/19 at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her Down in the Dirt 5/20 book “Seasons” poems “Magnesium Burn”, “unsung”, “guard”, “Overtake Me”, “Victory Day, after Midnight”, “Volumes in Flames while the Spirit Lives”, “Vase of Tulips”, “Killing Women for Healing”, and “Unity for Humanity” during the “Poetic License open mic 5/3/20 home edition” she hosted through a Facebook event page (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See Facebook live video of Janet Kuypers reading her Down in the Dirt 5/20 book “Seasons” poems “Magnesium Burn”, “unsung”, “guard”, “Overtake Me”, “Victory Day, after Midnight”, “Volumes in Flames while the Spirit Lives”, “Vase of Tulips”, “Killing Women for Healing”, and “Unity for Humanity” during the “Poetic License open mic 5/3/20 home edition” she hosted in Austin, but globally through a Facebook event page (from a Samsung S9 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Our Excuses for Celebrating” (written on 5/5 for Cinco de Mayo), “Full Stop” and “Kinds of Interference” (highlighted for 5/4, May the fourth be with you), and “Overtake Me” (written 5/6 during National Anxiety and Depression Awareness Week), from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” as a bonus reading 5/5/20 the “Poetic License open mic 5/3/20 home edition” she hosted through a Facebook event page (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera, and was posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See Facebook live video of Janet Kuypers reads her poems “Our Excuses for Celebrating” (written on 5/5 for Cinco de Mayo), “Full Stop” and “Kinds of Interference” (highlighted for 5/4, May the fourth be with you), and “Overtake Me” (written 5/6 during National Anxiety and Depression Awareness Week) from her perfect-bound ISBN# collection book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” for the “Poetic License open mic 5/5/20 bonus reading” (filmed from a Samsung S9 camera).

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Magnesium Burn”, “Overtake Me”, “Victory Day, after Midnight”, “Volumes in Flames while the Spirit Lives”, “Vase of Tulips”, “Killing Women for Healing”, and “Unity for Humanity” from the v171 “Seasons” section of the Down in the Dirt 5-8 2020 collection book “Outside the Box” live 8/5/20 (streamed from a Samsung S9 camera).

See a YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Magnesium Burn”, “Overtake Me”, “Victory Day, after Midnight”, “Volumes in Flames while the Spirit Lives”, “Vase of Tulips”, “Killing Women for Healing”, and “Unity for Humanity” from the v171 “Seasons” section of the Down in the Dirt 5-8 2020 collection book “Outside the Box” live 8/5/20 (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

Overturning Against All

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Overturning Against All” and selections from her editorial “Exactly What I am Celebrating” (written after the overturning of Roe v. Wade) on 7/28/22 during the APS (Austin Poetry Society) Open Mic zoom meeting (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoem #janetkuypersfeminism #janetkuyperswomensrights

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Overturning Against All” and selections from her editorial “Exactly What I am Celebrating” (written after the overturning of Roe v. Wade) on 7/28/22 during the APS (Austin Poetry Society) Open Mic zoom meeting (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoem #janetkuypersfeminism #janetkuyperswomensrights

Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Overturning Against All” and selections from her editorial “Exactly What I am Celebrating” (written after the overturning of Roe v. Wade) on 7/28/22 during the APS (Austin Poetry Society) Open Mic zoom meeting (this video was filmed and streamed from a Samsung S9 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersfeminism #janetkuyperswomensrights

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Overturning Against All” and selections from her editorial “Exactly What I am Celebrating” (written after the overturning of Roe v. Wade) on 7/28/22 during the APS (Austin Poetry Society) Open Mic zoom meeting (this video was filmed from a Samsung S9 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoem #janetkuypersfeminism #janetkuyperswomensrights

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers in round 1 of her post-Roe v. Wade poems for the CyberWit 2023 Janet Kuypers poetry book “Testament”, reading her poems “Jihad Against Free Choice”, “Just Checking my Religions”, and “Overturning Against All” on 11/2/22 in honor of ‘Community Poetry’ (filmed from a Samsung S9 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperswomensrights #janetkuypersequalityforwomen

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers in round 1 of her post-Roe v. Wade poems for the CyberWit 2023 Janet Kuypers poetry book “Testament”, reading her poems “Jihad Against Free Choice”, “Just Checking my Religions”, and “Overturning Against All” on 11/2/22 on the 1st Wednesday of the month (1:00-3:00 PM CST) in honor of ‘Community Poetry’ (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperswomensrights #janetkuypersequalityforwomen

Enjoy this YouTube video live 3/23/22 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Flags at Half-Mast”, “Only Pose What I Know”, “Your Government’s Keeping Tabs”, “Elevating the Fetus Goes Against Religion”, “Once You’ve Made Up Your Mind”, “Overturning Against All”, “Oppression: the Ultimate Killer”, “X-ing out lives”, and “Evidence as Testament” (that were edited for this live performance) from her show “Fighting for Justice” live for Wednesday Night Poetry at Kollective Coffee+Tea in Hot Springs, AR (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). This YouTube video of the show was filmed from a Samsung S7 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr. This YouTube video of the show was filmed from a Samsung S9 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr. This Facebook live video stream was also released live during the show, filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersfeature #janetkuyperswomensrights #janetkuypersequalityforwomen

Enjoy this YouTube video from 8/9/22 of Janet Kuypers during her “Poetry Open Mic at The Gallery Cabaret with feature Janet Kuypers” feature night in Chicago, where she read her poem “Overturning Against All” from the v333 5/23 cc&d issue/book “Not Set in Stone” & the CyberWit 2023 Janet Kuypers book “Testament” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). Also enjoy this YouTube video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). Also enjoy this YouTube video filmed from a Samsung S9 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). This (now deleted) Facebook live video stream (filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr) before it was deleted, was liked & loved on its Facebook page & “Poetic of Heart” pages, loved on its “Fallen Angel Poetry” page, & liked on its “Poets of Merit & Expression”, & “Poets On Fire Worldwide” pages too. #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersfeminism #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperswomensrights #janetkuypersthecafegallery

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Overturning Against All” (+ show images from 3/29/23, 8/9/23, & 8/12/23) from the cc&d 5-8/23 issue collection book “It’s All About Impact” & the CyberWit 2023 book “Testament” as a bonus reading during her “Poetic License 11/5/23 global open mic” through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). Also enjoy this as a Facebook live video stream from a Samsung S9 camera with THE REAL GLITCH filter; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperswomensrights #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

Overturn the Futility

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 a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Key to a Storyline”, “Overturn the Futility”, “Vaulted to Silhouette the Sky”, “Usual Conquest Style”, “Exploit the Island”, “Lost Cross”, and “Dilemmas in Gift Giving” from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)” for The Café Gallery 12/23/20 Book Reading in The Café Gallery Book Reading series (this video was filmed and streamed from a Samsung S9 camera). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersthecafegallery

See the YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Key to a Storyline” (written 12/21, on and for National Short Story Day), “Overturn the Futility” (written 12/22, on and for the 1849 date Fyodor Dostoyevsky was supposed to be killed for crimes against the Czar), “Vaulted to Silhouette the Sky” (written 12/23, on and for the 583 date the Maya queen Yohl Ik’nal is crowned ruler of Palenque), “Usual Conquest Style” (written 12/24, on and for the 1777 date that Kiritimati, AKA Christmas Island, is discovered by James Cook), “Exploit the Island” (written 12/25, on and for the 1643 date that Christmas Island was discovered), “Lost Cross” (for Christmas), and “Dilemmas in Gift Giving” (for Christmas) from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)” for The Café Gallery 12/23/20 Book Reading in The Café Gallery Book Reading series (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #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

Over the Cracks (I Don’t Need You)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Over the Cracks (I Don’t Need You) in the second round at the final Austin installment (at her house) of the Poetry Plus open mic 7/22/16 (Canon Power Shot camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Over the Cracks (I Don’t Need You) in the second round at the final Austin installment (at her house) of the Poetry Plus open mic 7/22/16 (filmed w/ a Sony camera).

See YouTube video from 12/14/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “X-rays and broken hearts”, “Over the Cracks (I Don’t Need You)”, and “Your Imaginary Soul Weighs 21 Grams” from her book “(pheromemes) 2015-2017 poems” @ “the Hole in the Wall” in Austin for AIPF’s pre-party reading (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See YouTube video from 12/14/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “X-rays and broken hearts”, “Over the Cracks (I Don’t Need You)”, and “Your Imaginary Soul Weighs 21 Grams” from her book “(pheromemes) 2015-2017 poems” @ “the Hole in the Wall” in Austin for AIPF’s pre-party reading (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

Over Their Coffins

See YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem 12/5/12 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (Sony)

See YouTube video of Kuypers hosting the open mic 12/5/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago, plus her poetry

Over the Lives linked on Twitter and Instagram and Tumblr

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her 2019 Instagram poems “Know Completeness” (then showing the Instagram image highlighting it), her 2019 poem “Our Demons Can Mark Us”, and her 2019 Instagram poem “Over the Lives” (then showing the Instagram image for it), live 6/15/19 at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her 2019 Instagram poems “Know Completeness” (then showing the Instagram image highlighting it), her 2019 poem “Our Demons Can Mark Us”, and her 2019 Instagram poem “Over the Lives” (then showing the Instagram image for it), live 6/15/19 at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera, with a Sepia Tone filter).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her 2 haiku “unbounded” and “dreams”, and her poem “Over the Lives”, all read from her poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” live 12/29/19 at the “Spoken and Heard” open mic in Austin (video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her 2 haiku “unbounded” and “dreams”, and her poem “Over the Lives”, all read from her poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” live 12/29/19 at the “Spoken and Heard” open mic in Austin (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera w/ a Sepia Tone filter; on Facebook Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “On the Surface”, “Beryllium Shimmers”, “Over the Lives”, “Elaborate Exaltation”, “Quesadich in our Underworld”, and “Extra Blade” from the v184 5/21 Down in the Dirt book “Sprung from Grief”, read 6/2/21 during the usual time for Austin’s “Community Poetry” feature reading (this video was filmed and streamed from a Samsung S9 camera). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

See this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “On the Surface”, “Beryllium Shimmers”, “Over the Lives”, “Elaborate Exaltation”, “Quesadich in our Underworld”, and “Extra Blade” from the v184 May 2021 Down in the Dirt book “Sprung from Grief”, read 6/2/21 during the usual first Wednesdays time for Austin’s “Community Poetry” feature reading (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “On the Surface”, “Beryllium Shimmers”, “Over the Lives”, “Elaborate Exaltation”, “Quesadich in our Underworld”, “Extra Blade”, “Learning More (2020 edit)”, “Vortex Sucks Us In”, and “Bronze Sculptures will Crumble to Pieces” from the Down in the Dirt May-August 2021 issue collection book “Lockdown’s Over” 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 #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem

See this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “On the Surface”, “Beryllium Shimmers”, “Over the Lives”, “Elaborate Exaltation”, “Quesadich in our Underworld”, “Extra Blade”, “Learning More (2020 edit)”, “Vortex Sucks Us In”, and “Bronze Sculptures will Crumble to Pieces” from the Down in the Dirt May-August 2021 issue collection book “Lockdown’s Over” 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 (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Beryllium Shimmers”, “Over the Lives”, “Elaborate Exaltation”, “On the Surface”, “Einsteinium’s Mysteries”, “Scandium, Held Tightly”, “Lithium Desperation”, “Helium Rising”, “Manganese Growing”, “Manganese can cure us all”, “Just a Little Crazy”, and “Katie” from the Scars Publications 2021 collection book “Regarding Utopia” 1/5/22 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 #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Beryllium Shimmers”, “Over the Lives”, “Elaborate Exaltation”, “On the Surface”, “Einsteinium’s Mysteries”, “Scandium, Held Tightly”, “Lithium Desperation”, “Helium Rising”, “Manganese Growing”, “Manganese can cure us all”, “Just a Little Crazy”, and “Katie” from the Scars Publications 2021 collection book “Regarding Utopia” 1/5/22 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 and streamed live from a Samsung S9 camera with a lava flow filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

Overweight Reasons

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem (C) Overweight Reasons from her 2014 poetry book Partial Nudity at an 8/18/14 open mic at Chicago’s Waiting 4 the Bus

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem (S) Overweight Reasons from her 2014 poetry book Partial Nudity at an 8/18/14 open mic at Chicago’s Waiting 4 the Bus

Oxygen (from the “Periodic Table of Poetry” series)
also see this poem at Artvilla.
This is also highlighted in the Generationless Publications Janet Kuypers feature.
This poem was nominated in the Periodic Table of Poetry 2014 release for the Pushcart Prize

Download the free chapbook with this poem of the 2012 Poetry Bomb, with the Periodic Table of Poetry poems.

Download this poem in the free chapbook the 7/22/12 Beach Poets chapbook, w/ the Periodic Table of Poetry poems.

See YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem at her Beach Poets feature 7/22/12 in Chicago (from the Canon)

See YouTube video of Kuypers reading 7 poems from her series “Periodic Table of Poetry” at her Beach Poets feature 7/22/12 in Chicago, including this poem (from the Canon)

See YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem 11/7/12 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (Canon)

See YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem 11/7/12 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (Sony)

See YouTube video of Kuypers hosting the open mic 11/7/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago, plus this poem

Watch YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her Periodic Table poems “Oxygen”, “Touching Cobalt”, and “Meitnerium” from her book “The Periodic Table of Poetry” 1/20/18 at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

Watch YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her Periodic Table poems “Oxygen”, “Touching Cobalt”, and “Meitnerium” from her book “The Periodic Table of Poetry” 1/20/18 at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera, with a Threshold filter).

> Watch YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her Periodic Table poems “Oxygen”, “Touching Cobalt”, and “Meitnerium” from her book “The Periodic Table of Poetry” 1/20/18 at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera and given a Posterize filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

Watch YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her Periodic Table poems “Oxygen”, “Touching Cobalt”, and “Meitnerium” from her book “The Periodic Table of Poetry” 1/20/18 at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; Edge Detection filter).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Elephants Carry the World” and “Human Construct of Time” from the v5 cc&d boss lady poetry collection book “On the Edge”, then her “The Periodic Table of Poetry” poem “Oxygen” from her interview/journal/poetry book “In Depth” live at “Poetry Aloud” in Georgetown 8/25/18 (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Elephants Carry the World” and “Human Construct of Time” from the v5 cc&d boss lady poetry collection book “On the Edge”, then her “The Periodic Table of Poetry” poem “Oxygen” from her interview/journal/poetry book “In Depth” live at “Poetry Aloud” in Georgetown 8/25/18 (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her v203 1/23 Down in the Dirt issue/book “The Gravity Of Imagination” poems “Oxygen Feeds” + its image and “Oxygen Save Me” + its image (which is also in her book “Twitter Verse Periodic Table Poetry”), “Oxygen” (which is also in her book “Periodic Table Poetry”), “Oxygen makes superionic ice” + its image (which is also in her book “Twitter Verse Periodic Table Poetry”), and “Those Were the Days of Our Lives (dreams 8/12/22)” (that is also slated to appear in the her CyberWit 2023 poetry book “Testament”) on 1/4/23, the 1st Wednesday of the month (1:00-3:00 PM CST) in honor of ‘Community Poetry’ (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). This YouTube video was also filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr. #janetkuypers #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her January-April 2023 Down in the Dirt issue collection book “Forbidden Library” poems “Oxygen Feeds” (+ image), “Oxygen Save Me” (+ image), and “Oxygen makes superionic ice” (+ image) — all of which are also in her book “Twitter Verse Periodic Table Poetry”, plus her poem “Oxygen” (which is also in her book “Periodic Table Poetry”) to close her “Poetic License 5/7/23 global open mic” through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). You can also enjoy this as a Facebook live video stream, filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypers #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

oxygen bars (twitter-length poem)

See YouTube video of this poem performed live at the “Ruffled Feathers” open mike at Rewster’s Café in Chicago 5/14/12

See YouTube video of all of Kuypers’ performances (which includes this poem) at Chicago’s Ruffled Feathers open mike 5/14/12

Oxygen Feeds poem on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Tumblr

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers 8/7/19 reading her Periodic Table Twitter poems “Hydrogen: One On One”, “Hydrogen to Nothing”, “Hydrogen: One Against One”, “Hydrogen Three: Glow for Me”, “Hydrogen Cyanide Escape”, “Helium Rising”, “Helium Addict”, “Lithium Desperation”, “Beryllium Shimmers”, “Carbon Based Life Forms”, “Carbon Copy”, “Nitrogen Needs”, “Oxygen Save Me”, and “Oxygen Feeds” in front of a Buddha statue in Chicago (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers 8/7/19 reading her Periodic Table Twitter poems “Hydrogen: One On One”, “Hydrogen to Nothing”, “Hydrogen: One Against One”, “Hydrogen Three: Glow for Me”, “Hydrogen Cyanide Escape”, “Helium Rising”, “Helium Addict”, “Lithium Desperation”, “Beryllium Shimmers”, “Carbon Based Life Forms”, “Carbon Copy”, “Nitrogen Needs”, “Oxygen Save Me”, and “Oxygen Feeds” in front of a Buddha statue in Chicago (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera and was given a Hue Cycling filter).

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her Twitter-length Periodic Table poems “Carbon Copy”, “Carbon Based Life Forms”, “Carbon may have killed the dinosaurs after all”, “Nitrogen Needs”, “Elementary, the Coronavirus”, “Oxygen Save Me”, “Oxygen Feeds”, “Oxygen: the Price is Right”, “Oxygen makes superionic ice”, “Fluorine Crystalizes”, “Neon in the Air”, “Sodium: Worth your Weight”, and “Magnesium Burn” from the Scars Publications 2021 book release “Twitter Verse Periodic Table Poetry” 4/6/22 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 (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypers #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem

Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her Twitter-length Periodic Table poems “Carbon Copy”, “Carbon Based Life Forms”, “Carbon may have killed the dinosaurs after all”, “Nitrogen Needs”, “Elementary, the Coronavirus”, “Oxygen Save Me”, “Oxygen Feeds”, “Oxygen: the Price is Right”, “Oxygen makes superionic ice”, “Fluorine Crystalizes”, “Neon in the Air”, “Sodium: Worth your Weight”, and “Magnesium Burn” from the Scars Publications 2021 book release “Twitter Verse Periodic Table Poetry” 4/6/22 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 (filmed and streamed live from a Samsung S9 camera with a Lava Lamp filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypers #janetkuyperstwitter

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her v203 1/23 Down in the Dirt issue/book “The Gravity Of Imagination” poems “Oxygen Feeds” + its image and “Oxygen Save Me” + its image (which is also in her book “Twitter Verse Periodic Table Poetry”), “Oxygen” (which is also in her book “Periodic Table Poetry”), “Oxygen makes superionic ice” + its image (which is also in her book “Twitter Verse Periodic Table Poetry”), and “Those Were the Days of Our Lives (dreams 8/12/22)” (that is also slated to appear in the her CyberWit 2023 poetry book “Testament”) on 1/4/23, the 1st Wednesday of the month (1:00-3:00 PM CST) in honor of ‘Community Poetry’ (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). This YouTube video was also filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr. #janetkuypers #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her January-April 2023 Down in the Dirt issue collection book “Forbidden Library” poems “Oxygen Feeds” (+ image), “Oxygen Save Me” (+ image), and “Oxygen makes superionic ice” (+ image) — all of which are also in her book “Twitter Verse Periodic Table Poetry”, plus her poem “Oxygen” (which is also in her book “Periodic Table Poetry”) to close her “Poetic License 5/7/23 global open mic” through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). You can also enjoy this as a Facebook live video stream, filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypers #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

Oxygen makes superionic ice
Twitter-length poem on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Tumblr

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her Twitter-length Periodic Table poems “Carbon Copy”, “Carbon Based Life Forms”, “Carbon may have killed the dinosaurs after all”, “Nitrogen Needs”, “Elementary, the Coronavirus”, “Oxygen Save Me”, “Oxygen Feeds”, “Oxygen: the Price is Right”, “Oxygen makes superionic ice”, “Fluorine Crystalizes”, “Neon in the Air”, “Sodium: Worth your Weight”, and “Magnesium Burn” from the Scars Publications 2021 book release “Twitter Verse Periodic Table Poetry” 4/6/22 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 (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypers #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem

Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her Twitter-length Periodic Table poems “Carbon Copy”, “Carbon Based Life Forms”, “Carbon may have killed the dinosaurs after all”, “Nitrogen Needs”, “Elementary, the Coronavirus”, “Oxygen Save Me”, “Oxygen Feeds”, “Oxygen: the Price is Right”, “Oxygen makes superionic ice”, “Fluorine Crystalizes”, “Neon in the Air”, “Sodium: Worth your Weight”, and “Magnesium Burn” from the Scars Publications 2021 book release “Twitter Verse Periodic Table Poetry” 4/6/22 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 (filmed and streamed live from a Samsung S9 camera with a Lava Lamp filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypers #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her v203 1/23 Down in the Dirt issue/book “The Gravity Of Imagination” poems “Oxygen Feeds” + its image and “Oxygen Save Me” + its image (which is also in her book “Twitter Verse Periodic Table Poetry”), “Oxygen” (which is also in her book “Periodic Table Poetry”), “Oxygen makes superionic ice” + its image (which is also in her book “Twitter Verse Periodic Table Poetry”), and “Those Were the Days of Our Lives (dreams 8/12/22)” (that is also slated to appear in the her CyberWit 2023 poetry book “Testament”) on 1/4/23, the 1st Wednesday of the month (1:00-3:00 PM CST) in honor of ‘Community Poetry’ (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). This YouTube video was also filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr. #janetkuypers #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her January-April 2023 Down in the Dirt issue collection book “Forbidden Library” poems “Oxygen Feeds” (+ image), “Oxygen Save Me” (+ image), and “Oxygen makes superionic ice” (+ image) — all of which are also in her book “Twitter Verse Periodic Table Poetry”, plus her poem “Oxygen” (which is also in her book “Periodic Table Poetry”) to close her “Poetic License 5/7/23 global open mic” through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). You can also enjoy this as a Facebook live video stream, filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypers #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

Oxygen Save Me poem on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Tumblr

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers 8/7/19 reading her Periodic Table Twitter poems “Hydrogen: One On One”, “Hydrogen to Nothing”, “Hydrogen: One Against One”, “Hydrogen Three: Glow for Me”, “Hydrogen Cyanide Escape”, “Helium Rising”, “Helium Addict”, “Lithium Desperation”, “Beryllium Shimmers”, “Carbon Based Life Forms”, “Carbon Copy”, “Nitrogen Needs”, “Oxygen Save Me”, and “Oxygen Feeds” in front of a Buddha statue in Chicago (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers 8/7/19 reading her Periodic Table Twitter poems “Hydrogen: One On One”, “Hydrogen to Nothing”, “Hydrogen: One Against One”, “Hydrogen Three: Glow for Me”, “Hydrogen Cyanide Escape”, “Helium Rising”, “Helium Addict”, “Lithium Desperation”, “Beryllium Shimmers”, “Carbon Based Life Forms”, “Carbon Copy”, “Nitrogen Needs”, “Oxygen Save Me”, and “Oxygen Feeds” in front of a Buddha statue in Chicago (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera and was given a Hue Cycling filter).

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her Twitter-length Periodic Table poems “Carbon Copy”, “Carbon Based Life Forms”, “Carbon may have killed the dinosaurs after all”, “Nitrogen Needs”, “Elementary, the Coronavirus”, “Oxygen Save Me”, “Oxygen Feeds”, “Oxygen: the Price is Right”, “Oxygen makes superionic ice”, “Fluorine Crystalizes”, “Neon in the Air”, “Sodium: Worth your Weight”, and “Magnesium Burn” from the Scars Publications 2021 book release “Twitter Verse Periodic Table Poetry” 4/6/22 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 (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypers #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem

Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her Twitter-length Periodic Table poems “Carbon Copy”, “Carbon Based Life Forms”, “Carbon may have killed the dinosaurs after all”, “Nitrogen Needs”, “Elementary, the Coronavirus”, “Oxygen Save Me”, “Oxygen Feeds”, “Oxygen: the Price is Right”, “Oxygen makes superionic ice”, “Fluorine Crystalizes”, “Neon in the Air”, “Sodium: Worth your Weight”, and “Magnesium Burn” from the Scars Publications 2021 book release “Twitter Verse Periodic Table Poetry” 4/6/22 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 (filmed and streamed live from a Samsung S9 camera with a Lava Lamp filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypers #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her v203 1/23 Down in the Dirt issue/book “The Gravity Of Imagination” poems “Oxygen Feeds” + its image and “Oxygen Save Me” + its image (which is also in her book “Twitter Verse Periodic Table Poetry”), “Oxygen” (which is also in her book “Periodic Table Poetry”), “Oxygen makes superionic ice” + its image (which is also in her book “Twitter Verse Periodic Table Poetry”), and “Those Were the Days of Our Lives (dreams 8/12/22)” (that is also slated to appear in the her CyberWit 2023 poetry book “Testament”) on 1/4/23, the 1st Wednesday of the month (1:00-3:00 PM CST) in honor of ‘Community Poetry’ (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). This YouTube video was also filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr. #janetkuypers #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her January-April 2023 Down in the Dirt issue collection book “Forbidden Library” poems “Oxygen Feeds” (+ image), “Oxygen Save Me” (+ image), and “Oxygen makes superionic ice” (+ image) — all of which are also in her book “Twitter Verse Periodic Table Poetry”, plus her poem “Oxygen” (which is also in her book “Periodic Table Poetry”) to close her “Poetic License 5/7/23 global open mic” through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). You can also enjoy this as a Facebook live video stream, filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypers #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

Oxygen: The Price is Right poem on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Tumblr

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading Twitter Verse Periodic Table Poetry as the prelude to “Beach Poets 9/1/19 with Janet Kuypers”, including “Boron’s Birth” (#05, B), “Oxygen: The Price is Right” (#08, O), “Fluorine Crystalizes” (#09 F), “Neon in the Air” (#10 Ne), “Sodium: Worth your Weight” (#11 Na), “Magnesium Burn” (#012, Mg), “Aluminum Becomes Priceless” (#13, Al), “Silicon Complete”, “Silicon Implants”, and “Silicon: the Taco Meat Filling” (#14, Si), “Phosphorus Balances”, “Phosphorus: Strike That, Red”, and “Phosphorus: Willie Pete” (#15, P), “Sulfur, Suddenly” (#16, S), “Chlorine: the Good and the Bad” (#17, Cl), “Argon like my Exes” (#18, Ar), “Potassium and Chef Boyardee” (#19, K), “Calcium, Osteoporosis and Meat” (#20, Ca), “Scandium, Held Tightly” (#21, Sc), “Titanium for Spies” (#22, Ti), “Vanadium: Beauty with Mettle” (#23, V), and “Chromium Shine” (#24, Cr) to scientists and poets at the Armadillo’s Pillow bookstore in Chicago (filed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading Twitter Verse Periodic Table Poetry as the prelude to “Beach Poets 9/1/19 with Janet Kuypers”, including “Boron’s Birth” (#05, B), “Oxygen: The Price is Right” (#08, O), “Fluorine Crystalizes” (#09 F), “Neon in the Air” (#10 Ne), “Sodium: Worth your Weight” (#11 Na), “Magnesium Burn” (#012, Mg), “Aluminum Becomes Priceless” (#13, Al), “Silicon Complete”, “Silicon Implants”, and “Silicon: the Taco Meat Filling” (#14, Si), “Phosphorus Balances”, “Phosphorus: Strike That, Red”, and “Phosphorus: Willie Pete” (#15, P), “Sulfur, Suddenly” (#16, S), “Chlorine: the Good and the Bad” (#17, Cl), “Argon like my Exes” (#18, Ar), “Potassium and Chef Boyardee” (#19, K), “Calcium, Osteoporosis and Meat” (#20, Ca), “Scandium, Held Tightly” (#21, Sc), “Titanium for Spies” (#22, Ti), “Vanadium: Beauty with Mettle” (#23, V), and “Chromium Shine” (#24, Cr) to scientists and poets at the Armadillo’s Pillow bookstore in Chicago (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; Posterize).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading Twitter Verse Periodic Table Poetry as the prelude to “Beach Poets 9/1/19 with Janet Kuypers”, including “Boron’s Birth” (#05, B), “Oxygen: The Price is Right” (#08, O), “Fluorine Crystalizes” (#09 F), “Neon in the Air” (#10 Ne), “Sodium: Worth your Weight” (#11 Na), “Magnesium Burn” (#012, Mg), “Aluminum Becomes Priceless” (#13, Al), “Silicon Complete”, “Silicon Implants”, and “Silicon: the Taco Meat Filling” (#14, Si), “Phosphorus Balances”, “Phosphorus: Strike That, Red”, and “Phosphorus: Willie Pete” (#15, P), “Sulfur, Suddenly” (#16, S), “Chlorine: the Good and the Bad” (#17, Cl), “Argon like my Exes” (#18, Ar), “Potassium and Chef Boyardee” (#19, K), “Calcium, Osteoporosis and Meat” (#20, Ca), “Scandium, Held Tightly” (#21, Sc), “Titanium for Spies” (#22, Ti), “Vanadium: Beauty with Mettle” (#23, V), and “Chromium Shine” (#24, Cr) to scientists and poets at the Armadillo’s Pillow bookstore in Chicago (filed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading Twitter Verse Periodic Table Poetry as the prelude to “Beach Poets 9/1/19 with Janet Kuypers”, including “Boron’s Birth” (#05, B), “Oxygen: The Price is Right” (#08, O), “Fluorine Crystalizes” (#09 F), “Neon in the Air” (#10 Ne), “Sodium: Worth your Weight” (#11 Na), “Magnesium Burn” (#012, Mg), “Aluminum Becomes Priceless” (#13, Al), “Silicon Complete”, “Silicon Implants”, and “Silicon: the Taco Meat Filling” (#14, Si), “Phosphorus Balances”, “Phosphorus: Strike That, Red”, and “Phosphorus: Willie Pete” (#15, P), “Sulfur, Suddenly” (#16, S), “Chlorine: the Good and the Bad” (#17, Cl), “Argon like my Exes” (#18, Ar), “Potassium and Chef Boyardee” (#19, K), “Calcium, Osteoporosis and Meat” (#20, Ca), “Scandium, Held Tightly” (#21, Sc), “Titanium for Spies” (#22, Ti), “Vanadium: Beauty with Mettle” (#23, V), and “Chromium Shine” (#24, Cr) to scientists and poets at the Armadillo’s Pillow bookstore in Chicago (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; Sepia).

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her Twitter-length Periodic Table poems “Carbon Copy”, “Carbon Based Life Forms”, “Carbon may have killed the dinosaurs after all”, “Nitrogen Needs”, “Elementary, the Coronavirus”, “Oxygen Save Me”, “Oxygen Feeds”, “Oxygen: the Price is Right”, “Oxygen makes superionic ice”, “Fluorine Crystalizes”, “Neon in the Air”, “Sodium: Worth your Weight”, and “Magnesium Burn” from the Scars Publications 2021 book release “Twitter Verse Periodic Table Poetry” 4/6/22 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 (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypers #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem

Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her Twitter-length Periodic Table poems “Carbon Copy”, “Carbon Based Life Forms”, “Carbon may have killed the dinosaurs after all”, “Nitrogen Needs”, “Elementary, the Coronavirus”, “Oxygen Save Me”, “Oxygen Feeds”, “Oxygen: the Price is Right”, “Oxygen makes superionic ice”, “Fluorine Crystalizes”, “Neon in the Air”, “Sodium: Worth your Weight”, and “Magnesium Burn” from the Scars Publications 2021 book release “Twitter Verse Periodic Table Poetry” 4/6/22 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 (filmed and streamed live from a Samsung S9 camera with a Lava Lamp filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypers #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem

oxygen to flame the fire

See YouTube video of the 6/20/15 Janet Kuypers show “Poetic Shades of Chocolate” in 10 Shades of Chocolate in 10 Shades of Chocolate in Chicago, w/ the poems Under his Bed, oxygen to flame the fire, Fuming in the Morning, PDQ in Tin Foil 2015, melted marshmallow 2015, grandmother charged with murder 2015, Before Taking Over the Controls 2015, and Empty Chocolate Counter (this video was filmed from a Canon fs200 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersinstagram

See YouTube video of the 6/20/15 Janet Kuypers show “Poetic Shades of Chocolate” in 10 Shades of Chocolate in 10 Shades of Chocolate in Chicago, w/ the poems Under his Bed, oxygen to flame the fire, Fuming in the Morning, PDQ in Tin Foil 2015, melted marshmallow 2015, grandmother charged with murder 2015, Before Taking Over the Controls 2015, and Empty Chocolate Counter (this video was filmed from a Canon Power Shot camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetryshow

Download these poems in the free chapbook Poetic Shades of Chocolate w/ poems read 6/20/15 at 10 Shades of Chocolate show in Chicago

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ June 2017 Book Release Reading 6/7/17, where she read Down in the Dirt’s book “Study in Black” poems “One and Six” “feel”, “eventually” and “Translation”, then cc&d’s book “Things Found in Books” poems “Oxygen to Flame the Fire”, “Fuming in the Morning” & “Vanishing Scars” for “Community Poetry” @ Austin’s Half Price Books (video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ June 2017 Book Release Reading 6/7/17, where she read Down in the Dirt’s book “Study in Black” poems “One and Six” “feel”, “eventually” and “Translation”, then cc&d’s book “Things Found in Books” poems “Oxygen to Flame the Fire”, “Fuming in the Morning” & “Vanishing Scars” for “Community Poetry” @ Austin’s Half Price Books (video from a Sony camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her “Poetic Shades of Chocolate” poems “Fuming in the Morning”, “Oxygen to Flame the Fire”, and “Under His Bed”, all read from her 2014-2015 Chicago poetry performance art book “a year long Journey” at “Poetry Aloud” open mic 11/10/18 (from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her “Poetic Shades of Chocolate” poems “Fuming in the Morning”, “Oxygen to Flame the Fire”, and “Under His Bed”, all read from her 2014-2015 Chicago poetry performance art book “a year long Journey” at “Poetry Aloud” open mic 11/10/18 (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

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