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Vacant Spaces (dreams 4/10/20)
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Vacant Spaces (dreams 4/10/20)” and her Periodic Table Twitter Verse poem “Boron nitride stretching” live 8/27/20 during the Virtual Austin Poetry Society New World Poetry open mic (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).
video See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Vacant Spaces (dreams 4/10/20)” and her Periodic Table Twitter Verse poem “Boron nitride stretching” live 8/27/20 during the Virtual Austin Poetry Society New World Poetry open mic (from a Samsung S9 camera).


Vaccinated from What Happens in Wuhan
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Vaccinated from What Happens in Wuhan” as the intro poem to “Poetic License open mic 3/1/20”, hosting “Poetic License” monthly at Austin’s “Recycled Reads”, followed by John reading Janet Kuypers’ poem “Each Trigger Pull” from the Down in the Dirt 3/20 v169 issue/book “Going Off-Grid” (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; also posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Vaccinated from What Happens in Wuhan” as the intro poem to “Poetic License open mic 3/1/20”, hosting “Poetic License” monthly at Austin’s “Recycled Reads”, followed by John reading Janet Kuypers’ poem “Each Trigger Pull” from the Down in the Dirt 3/20 v169 issue/book “Going Off-Grid” (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; also posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).
video Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Vaccinated from What Happens in Wuhan”, “Niobium 92 & Solar System Secrets (+ sharing its online image)”, and “from Looking for a Worthy Adversary” from the v319 3/22 cc&d book “Barn Cats” to start the “Poetic License virtual open mic 3/6/22 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 #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperspoeticlicense
video Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Vaccinated from What Happens in Wuhan”, “Niobium 92 & Solar System Secrets (+ sharing its online image)”, and “from Looking for a Worthy Adversary” from the v319 3/22 cc&d book “Barn Cats” to start the “Poetic License virtual open mic 3/6/22 she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (this video was filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera with a lava lamp filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperspoeticlicense
video 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
video 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
video 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 Maskfeature and chapbook (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersbookreading
video 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 Maskfeature 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
video 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
video 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
video See this YouTube video (posted 8/17/22, a Wednesday like The Café open mic dates) of Janet Kuypers reading her Poetic License 3/6/22 open mic chapbook poems “Vaccinated from What Happens in Wuhan” and “from Looking for a Worthy Adversary” from the v197 7/22 Down in the Dirt issue/book “History, Banners and Flags” when visiting Chicago 6/24/22 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). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoem #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem #janetkuypersthecafegallery
video See this YouTube video (posted 8/16/22, a Tuesday like The Café Gallery open mic dates) of Janet Kuypers reading her Poetic License 3/6/22 open mic chapbook poems “Vaccinated from What Happens in Wuhan” and “from Looking for a Worthy Adversary” from the v197 7/22 Down in the Dirt issue/book “History, Banners and Flags” when visiting Chicago 6/24/22 for The Café Gallery Book Reading series (video from a Samsung S9 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersthecafegallery
video Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Vaccinated from What Happens in Wuhan” and “from Looking for a Worthy Adversary” from the cc&d 1-4/22 issue collection book “Unfinished Business” on 8/3/22 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; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading
video Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Vaccinated from What Happens in Wuhan” and “from Looking for a Worthy Adversary” from the cc&d 1-4/22 issue collection book “Unfinished Business” on 8/3/22 on the 1st Wednesday of the month (1:00-3:00 PM CST) in honor of ‘Community Poetry’ (this video was filmed and streamed from a Samsung S9 camera; posted on Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading
video Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her Poetic License 3/6/22 open mic chapbook poems “Vaccinated from What Happens in Wuhan” and “from Looking for a Worthy Adversary” from the Down in the Dirt 5-8/22 issue collection book “The Final Frontier” on 11/2/22 on the 1st Wednesday of the month in honor of ‘Community Poetry’ (filmed from a Panasonic video Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading
This Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera was also released with a Hue Cycling, and posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading



Vacuum of Space
video 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).
video 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).
video See this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Exude More in Black”, “Every Heartbeat”,“Entering the Lake of Fire”, “Just Made the Choice”, “Noble Cause”, “Polymath in the Making”, “ Vacuum of Space”, and “Enticing Whirling Darkness” from the cc&d October 2021 v314 issue/paperback book “Nihilism for Dummies” 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
video See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Exude More in Black”, “Every Heartbeat”,“Entering the Lake of Fire”, “Just Made the Choice”, “Noble Cause”, “Polymath in the Making”, “ Vacuum of Space”, and “Enticing Whirling Darkness” from the cc&d October 2021 v314 issue/paperback book “Nihilism for Dummies” 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
video Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Entering the Lake of Fire”, “Vacuum of Space”, and “Until I Get a Chance” from the Scars Publications 9-12/21 cc&d issue collection book “The World Outside as the ending poems for thePoetic 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). #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoeticlicense
video Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Entering the Lake of Fire”, “Vacuum of Space”, and “Until I Get a Chance” from the Scars Publications 9-12/21 cc&d issue collection book “The World Outside” as the ending poems for 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
video 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
video 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
video 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
video 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


Vagary to not only Dream
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Evening Sea of Sacred Poetry”, “Vagary to not only Dream”, and “Known for my Poetry” 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 (video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).
video See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Evening Sea of Sacred Poetry”, “Vagary to not only Dream”, and “Known for my Poetry” 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).
video Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Vagary to not only Dream”, “Van can See the Blood (dreams 9/28/19)”, and “Versus Eating Death Daily” 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
video Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Vagary to not only Dream”, “Van can See the Blood (dreams 9/28/19)”, and “Versus Eating Death Daily” 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
video Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Dear Diary”, “Evening Sea of Sacred Poetry”, “Vagary to not only Dream”, and “Van can See the Blood (dreams 9/28/19)” 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
video Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Dear Diary”, “Evening Sea of Sacred Poetry”, “Vagary to not only Dream”, and “Van can See the Blood (dreams 9/28/19)” 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


Vaguely Crafted Verses
video See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her bonus July poem “Vaguely Crafted Verses” (written 7/2, on the calendar date Nostradamus died), read from the Janet Kuypers poetry book Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)” on 7/2/20 (the event date) as a prequel teaser to the “Poetic License open mic 7/5/20 home edition” (from a Samsung S9 camera). #janetkuyperspoeticlicense
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Magnificent Desolation”, “Kill Us for Our Beliefs”, and “Vaguely Crafted Verses” 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 (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoeticlicense
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Magnificent Desolation”, “Kill Us for Our Beliefs”, and “Vaguely Crafted Verses” 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 (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera w/ Sepia, on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoeticlicense
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Magnificent Desolation”, “Kill Us for Our Beliefs”, and “Vaguely Crafted Verses” 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 (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 and Threshold; onFacebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoeticlicense
video See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Magnificent Desolation”, “Kill Us for Our Beliefs”, and “Vaguely Crafted Verses” 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 (filmed from a Samsung S9 camera). #janetkuyperspoeticlicense
video 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 v299So 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).
video 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 v299So 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).


Vain
video See YouTube video from 4/26/20 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Vain” and “Know Completeness” from the v169Going Off-Grid” of the Down in the Dirt February-Aril 2020 issue collection book “Foundations” for “The 2020 #poetrybomb” (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).
video See Facebook streaming video live from 4/26/20 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Vain” and “Know Completeness” from the v169Going Off-Grid” of the Down in the Dirt magazine February-Aril 2020 issue collection book “Foundations” for “The 2020 #poetrybomb” (Samsung S9 camera).
video See a YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Vain”, “Know Completeness”, “Quickly, Life Can Turn”, “Each Trigger Pull”, “Vanishing Psycho in the Rear Window”, “Value of π”, “Zeal was Unbridled”, and “Xenogeny” from the v169Going Off-Grid” section of the Down in the Dirt 2-4 2020 collection book “Foundations” for The Café Gallery 9/22/20 Book Reading in The Café Gallery 2020 book reading series (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).
video See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Vain”, “Know Completeness”, “Quickly, Life Can Turn”, “Each Trigger Pull”, “Vanishing Psycho in the Rear Window”, “Value of π”, “Zeal was Unbridled”, and “Xenogeny” from the v169Going Off-Grid” section of the Down in the Dirt 2-4 2020 collection book “Foundations” for The Café Gallery 9/22/20 Book Reading in The Café Gallery 2020 book reading series (this video was filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera).


Valentine’s Day, Every Day
video 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
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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).
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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).
video 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).
video 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).
video 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).
video 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).
video See YouTube video 8/17/19 of Janet Kuypers reading her “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” poems “Valentine’s Day, Every Day”, “Each Trigger Pull”, “Quilled for Poets” and “Karma and Lollipops” (that were all read during her “Journeys” feature at Thirsty Thursday 8/15/19 in Dripping Springs)as she was guest-hosting the Austin “Open Mic Showcase” at Recycled Reads (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).
video See YouTube video 8/17/19 of Janet Kuypers reading her “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” poems “Valentine’s Day, Every Day”, “Each Trigger Pull”, “Quilled for Poets” and “Karma and Lollipops” (that were all read during her “Journeys” feature at Thirsty Thursday 8/15/19 in Dripping Springs)as she was guest-hosting the Austin “Open Mic Showcase” at Recycled Reads (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).
video 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).
video 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).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her new poem “Do the Dead Still Live",”, then her poems “Valentine’s Day, Every Day” (for Valentine’s Day, 2/14) and “Queasy Feeling” (for World Sword Swallowing Day, 2/24), both read from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”, live 2/8/20 @ “Poetry Aloud” (video from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her new poem “Do the Dead Still Live",”, then her poems “Valentine’s Day, Every Day” (for Valentine’s Day, 2/14) and “Queasy Feeling” (for World Sword Swallowing Day, 2/24), both read from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”, live 2/8/20 @ “Poetry Aloud” (video from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “(less than) Two Minutes with Ayn Rand”, “Valentine’s Day, Every Day”, and “We Didn’t Start the Fire”, read from the 2/20 v294 cc&d issue/book “Mask” that also all appear in the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”, live 2/5/20 in her February 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).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “(less than) Two Minutes with Ayn Rand”, “Valentine’s Day, Every Day”, and “We Didn’t Start the Fire”, read from the 2/20 v294 cc&d issue/book “Mask” that also all appear in the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”, live 2/5/20 in her February 2020 Book Release Reading through Community Poetry! at Half Price Books in Austin (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera with a Sepia Tone filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Valentine’s Day, every Day” from the 2/20 v294 cc&d issue/book “Mask”, then her poems “Barbie” and “Lessons from the Simpsons”, both read from her cc&d volume 2 poetry collection book “a Wake-Up Call from Tradition”, live 2/15/20 at the Austin “Open Mic Showcase” at Recycled Reads (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera & posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Valentine’s Day, every Day” from the 2/20 v294 cc&d issue/book “Mask”, then her poems “Barbie” and “Lessons from the Simpsons”, both read from her cc&d volume 2 poetry collection book “a Wake-Up Call from Tradition”, live 2/15/20 at the Austin “Open Mic Showcase” at Recycled Reads (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera & posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr).
video 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 v294Mask” 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).
video 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 v294Mask” 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).


Valkyrie attempts
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Valkyrie attempts(for the 10/14/1944 date of the suicide of Erwin Rommel) and “Kill with Impunity(for the 10/7/1900 birthday of Heinrich Himmler) from the Down in the Dirt 10/20 v176 book “The End of the World” live 9/29/20 during the Spoken Word Paris/Online (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).
video See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Valkyrie attempts” and “Kill with Impunity” from the Down in the Dirt 10/20 v176 book “The End of the World” live 9/29/20 during the Spoken Word Paris / Spoken Word Online (video streamed from a Samsung S9 camera).
video 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).
video 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).
video 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
video 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


Value from Nothingness (a two-tweet poem)
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video Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her v202 12/22 Down in the Dirt, issue/book “The Cool Cold” poems “Aluminum” (the first poem also appearing in the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Periodic Table Poetry”), “Value from Nothingness”, “Utopia Planitia, Titan and the Kuiper Belt”, and “X-ing out lives” (that is also slated for appearance in the CyberWit.net 2023 Janet Kuypers poetry book “Testament”) on 12/7/22, the 1st Wednesday of the month (1:00-3:00 PM CST) in honor of ‘Community Poetry’ (from a video Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). This was also released from a Samsung S9 camera, and posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, & Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersfeminism #janetkuyperswomensrights #janetkuypers #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersequalityforwomen #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem
video Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “uncuffed and printed”, “Value from Nothingness”, and “Utopia Planitia, Titan and the Kuiper Belt” from the book “The Paths Less Traveled” for the 4/5/23 ‘Community Poetry’ honorary book reading (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, video & Tumblr) This was also a Facebook live video stream, filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, & Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading


Value of π / Value of Pi
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Zircon, Gemstones, Baubles and Bling” (written on and for National Jewel Day), “Value of π” (written on and for Pi Day, 3/14), and “Vortexes Indenting our World” (written 3/15, the day after Albert Einstein’s birthday) live 3/16/19 at “Poetry Aloud” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Zircon, Gemstones, Baubles and Bling” (written on and for National Jewel Day), “Value of π” (written on and for Pi Day, 3/14), and “Vortexes Indenting our World” (written 3/15, the day after Albert Einstein’s birthday) live 3/16/19 at “Poetry Aloud” (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera, then given a Posterize filter).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Zircon, Gemstones, Baubles and Bling” (written on and for National Jewel Day), “Value of π” (written on and for Pi Day, 3/14), and “Vortexes Indenting our World” (written 3/15, the day after Albert Einstein’s birthday) live 3/16/19 at “Poetry Aloud” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Zircon, Gemstones, Baubles and Bling” (written on and for National Jewel Day), “Value of π” (written on and for Pi Day, 3/14), and “Vortexes Indenting our World” (written 3/15, the day after Albert Einstein’s birthday) live 3/16/19 at “Poetry Aloud” (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera, then given a Sepia Tone filter).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Value of π” (written on 3/14, on & for π day) and “Eliminating the Endangered Species List” (written on 3/16, on & for National Panda Day), both read from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”, then her prose poem “Exactly Where She Belonged (dreams 2/29/20)”, 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; also posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr.
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Value of π” (written on 3/14, on & for π day) and “Eliminating the Endangered Species List” (written on 3/16, on & for National Panda Day), both read from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”, then her prose poem “Exactly Where She Belonged (dreams 2/29/20)”, 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; also posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr.
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Vanishing Psycho in the Rear Window”, “Value of Pi”, “Zeal was Unbridled”, and “Xenogeny”, read from the v169 2/20 Down in the Dirt issue/book “Going Off-Grid”, live 3/4/20 in her March 2020 Book Release Reading through “Community Poetry” at Half Price Books in Austin (video from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Vanishing Psycho in the Rear Window”, “Value of Pi”, “Zeal was Unbridled”, and “Xenogeny”, read from the v169 2/20 Down in the Dirt issue/book “Going Off-Grid”, live 3/4/20 in her March 2020 Book Release Reading through “Community Poetry” at Half Price Books in Austin (video from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).
video See YouTube video from 4/26/20 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Quickly, Life Can Turn”, “Each Trigger Pull”, “Vanishing Psycho in the Rear Window”, “Value of π”, “Zeal was Unbridled”, and “Xenogeny” from the v169Going Off-Grid” of the Down in the Dirt February-Aril 2020 issue collection book “Foundations” for “The 2020 #poetrybomb” (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).
video See Facebook streaming video live from 4/26/20 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Quickly, Life Can Turn”, “Each Trigger Pull”, “Vanishing Psycho in the Rear Window”, “Value of π”, “Zeal was Unbridled”, and “Xenogeny” from the v169Going Off-Grid” of the Down in the Dirt magazine February-Aril 2020 issue collection book “Foundations” for “The 2020 #poetrybomb” (Samsung S9).
video See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Vain”, “Know Completeness”, “Quickly, Life Can Turn”, “Each Trigger Pull”, “Vanishing Psycho in the Rear Window”, “Value of π”, “Zeal was Unbridled”, and “Xenogeny” from the v169Going Off-Grid” section of the Down in the Dirt 2-4 2020 collection book “Foundations” for The Café Gallery 9/22/20 Book Reading in The Café Gallery 2020 book reading series (this video was filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera).
video See a YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Vain”, “Know Completeness”, “Quickly, Life Can Turn”, “Each Trigger Pull”, “Vanishing Psycho in the Rear Window”, “Value of π”, “Zeal was Unbridled”, and “Xenogeny” from the v169Going Off-Grid” section of the Down in the Dirt 2-4 2020 collection book “Foundations” for The Café Gallery 9/22/20 Book Reading in The Café Gallery 2020 book reading series (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).


Value of What Money Does
video 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).
video 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).
video 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
video 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
video 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 v174Drowning 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).
video 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 v174Drowning 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).


Vampires and Blood-Sucking Mosquitos Alike
video 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).
video 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 (video filmed & streamed live from a Samsung S9 camera).
video 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).
video 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 on a Samsung S9 camera).
video See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Vampires and Blood-Sucking Mosquitos Alike” from the Scars Publications cc&d 9-12 2020 issue collection book anthology “Roll the Bones” at Johnny Carino’s for The Café Gallery 2/24/21 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
video See a YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Vampires and Blood-Sucking Mosquitos Alike” from the Scars Publications cc&d 9-12 2020 issue collection book anthology “Roll the Bones” at Johnny Carino’s for The Café Gallery 2/24/21 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


Vanadium (from the “Periodic Table of Poetry” series)
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the 5/10/13 Science vs. Mysticism Janet Kuypers chapbook
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video See this YouTube video of poems read from Janet Kuypers’ Periodic Table of Poetry series back and forth with poems by Buddha309 in Science vs. Mysticism, live in Chicago 5/10/13 at Poetry Love Letters (video from a Sony camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersperiodictablepoetry
video See this YouTube video of poems read from Janet Kuypers’ Periodic Table of Poetry series back and forth with poems by Buddha309 in Science vs. Mysticism, live in Chicago 5/10/13 at Poetry Love Letters (video from a Canon camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersperiodictablepoetry
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her Periodic Table poems “Gold”, “Nitrogen in my veins”, and “Vanadium” from the cc&d v5 boss lady poetry collection book “On the Edge” live 10/7/18 at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her Periodic Table poems “Gold”, “Nitrogen in my veins”, and “Vanadium” from the cc&d v5 boss lady poetry collection book “On the Edge” live 10/7/18 at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her Periodic Table poem “Vanadium” (element V, #23) from her poetry book “The Periodic Table of Poetry”, then her 2019 poems “Village is Complete with a Community” and “Only Remember Fragments”, live 3/23/19 at Georgetown’s “Poetry Aloud” (video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her Periodic Table poem “Vanadium” (element V, #23) from her poetry book “The Periodic Table of Poetry”, then her 2019 poems “Village is Complete with a Community” and “Only Remember Fragments”, live 3/23/19 at Georgetown’s “Poetry Aloud” (video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).
video Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her “Instant Karma” book poems “Vanadium” (+ element image & show image, which also appears in the book “Periodic Table Poetry”) & “Vanadium: Beauty with Mettle” (+ show images 1 & 2, which also appear in the book “Twitter Verse Periodic Table Poetry”) as a bonus reading during her videoPoetic License 2/4/24 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).
Also enjoy this as a Facebook live video stream (filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera and given a Starburst filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperspoeticlicense


Vanadium: Beauty with Mettle poem on Facebook and Twitter
video 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).
video 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; Posterize).
video 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).
video 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; Sepia).
video Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems Scandium, Held Tightly”, “Titanium for Spies”, “Vanadium: Beauty with Mettle”, “Chromium Shine”, “Manganese Growing”, “Manganese can cure us all”, “Iron, Filtered In”, “Iron Leaking out of Earth”, “Iron Bloodied Eyelids”, “Cobalt Goblins”, “Nickel the Demon”, “Copper in your Mouth”, and “Zinc as Philosopher’s Wool” from the Scars Publications 2021 book release “Twitter Verse Periodic Table Poetry” 4/24/22 for the 2022 Poetry Bomb (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem
video Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems Scandium, Held Tightly”, “Titanium for Spies”, “Vanadium: Beauty with Mettle”, “Manganese Growing”, “Iron Bloodied Eyelids”, “Iron, Filtered In”, “Iron Leaking out of Earth”, “Nickel the Demon”, “Copper in your Mouth”, and “Zinc as Philosopher’s Wool” from the Scars Publications 2021 book release “Twitter Verse Periodic Table Poetry” 4/24/22 for the 2022 Poetry Bomb (filmed and streamed live from a Samsung S9 camera with a Color Tear filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem
video Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her “Instant Karma” book poems “Vanadium” (+ element image & show image, which also appears in the book “Periodic Table Poetry”) & “Vanadium: Beauty with Mettle” (+ show images 1 & 2, which also appear in the book “Twitter Verse Periodic Table Poetry”) as a bonus reading during her videoPoetic License 2/4/24 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).
Also enjoy this as a Facebook live video stream (filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera and given a Starburst filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperspoeticlicense


Van can See the Blood
video Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Vagary to not only Dream”, “Van can See the Blood (dreams 9/28/19)”, and “Versus Eating Death Daily” 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
video Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Vagary to not only Dream”, “Van can See the Blood (dreams 9/28/19)”, and “Versus Eating Death Daily” 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
video Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Dear Diary”, “Evening Sea of Sacred Poetry”, “Vagary to not only Dream”, and “Van can See the Blood (dreams 9/28/19)” 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
video Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Dear Diary”, “Evening Sea of Sacred Poetry”, “Vagary to not only Dream”, and “Van can See the Blood (dreams 9/28/19)” 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


Vanishing Psycho in the Rear Window
video 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 camera).
video 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 camera).
video See YouTube video ofJanet Kuypers reading her poem “Who What Where When Why” 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 “Vanishing Psycho in the Rear Window” (written 3/12, on National Alfred Hitchcock Day) read from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”, then her poem “Eighteen and Eight, Plus Eighteen: Where We’ve Been and What We’ve Seen” 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).
video See YouTube video ofJanet Kuypers reading her poem “Who What Where When Why” 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 “Vanishing Psycho in the Rear Window” (written 3/12, on National Alfred Hitchcock Day) read from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”, then her poem “Eighteen and Eight, Plus Eighteen: Where We’ve Been and What We’ve Seen” 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 (video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; Sepia Tone).
video See YouTube video ofJanet Kuypers reading her poem “Vanishing Psycho in the Rear Window” (written 3/12, on National Alfred Hitchcock Day) read from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”, then her poem “Eighteen and Eight, Plus Eighteen: Where We’ve Been and What We’ve Seen” 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 T56 camera).
video See YouTube video ofJanet Kuypers reading her poem “Vanishing Psycho in the Rear Window” (written 3/12, on National Alfred Hitchcock Day) read from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”, then her poem “Eighteen and Eight, Plus Eighteen: Where We’ve Been and What We’ve Seen” 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 T56 camera; Hue Cycling filter).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Vanishing Psycho in the Rear Window”, “Value of Pi”, “Zeal was Unbridled”, and “Xenogeny”, read from the v169 2/20 Down in the Dirt issue/book “Going Off-Grid”, live 3/4/20 in her March 2020 Book Release Reading through “Community Poetry” at Half Price Books in Austin (video from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Vanishing Psycho in the Rear Window”, “Value of Pi”, “Zeal was Unbridled”, and “Xenogeny”, read from the v169 2/20 Down in the Dirt issue/book “Going Off-Grid”, live 3/4/20 in her March 2020 Book Release Reading through “Community Poetry” at Half Price Books in Austin (video from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).
video See YouTube video from 4/26/20 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Quickly, Life Can Turn”, “Each Trigger Pull”, “Vanishing Psycho in the Rear Window”, “Value of π”, “Zeal was Unbridled”, and “Xenogeny” from the v169Going Off-Grid” of the Down in the Dirt February-Aril 2020 issue collection book “Foundations” for “The 2020 #poetrybomb” (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).
video See Facebook streaming video live from 4/26/20 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Quickly, Life Can Turn”, “Each Trigger Pull”, “Vanishing Psycho in the Rear Window”, “Value of π”, “Zeal was Unbridled”, and “Xenogeny” from the v169Going Off-Grid” of the Down in the Dirt magazine February-Aril 2020 issue collection book “Foundations” for “The 2020 #poetrybomb” (Samsung S9).
video See a YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Vain”, “Know Completeness”, “Quickly, Life Can Turn”, “Each Trigger Pull”, “Vanishing Psycho in the Rear Window”, “Value of π”, “Zeal was Unbridled”, and “Xenogeny” from the v169Going Off-Grid” section of the Down in the Dirt 2-4 2020 collection book “Foundations” for The Café Gallery 9/22/20 Book Reading in The Café Gallery 2020 book reading series (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).
video See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Vain”, “Know Completeness”, “Quickly, Life Can Turn”, “Each Trigger Pull”, “Vanishing Psycho in the Rear Window”, “Value of π”, “Zeal was Unbridled”, and “Xenogeny” from the v169Going Off-Grid” section of the Down in the Dirt 2-4 2020 collection book “Foundations” for The Café Gallery 9/22/20 Book Reading in The Café Gallery 2020 book reading series (this video was filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera).
video See this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Vanishing Psycho in the Rear Window” (written on National Alfred Hitchcock day and read because one of the poets at the Zoom meeting had Alfred Hitchcock artwork on display behind her) 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 #janetkuyperspoem #janetkuyperspoeticlicense
video See this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Vanishing Psycho in the Rear Window” (written on National Alfred Hitchcock day and read because one of the poets at the Zoom meeting had Alfred Hitchcock artwork on display behind her) 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 #janetkuyperspoem #janetkuyperspoeticlicense


Vanishing Scars
video See YouTube video 2/12/16 of Janet Kuypers reading her 2 poems w/ John on guitar, eyes and jihadists and astrophysics, and then her poem Vanishing Scars at the Poetry Plus open mic at Cianfrani’s on the Square in Georgetown TX (from a Canon Power Shot camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry
video See YouTube video 2/12/16 of Janet Kuypers reading her 2 poems w/ John on guitar, eyes and jihadists and astrophysics, and then her poem Vanishing Scars at the Poetry Plus open mic at Cianfrani’s on the Square in Georgetown TX (from a Nikon Coolpix S7000 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry
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See YouTube video 10/1/16 of the poem by Janet KuypersVanishing Scars” 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).
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See YouTube video 10/1/16 of the poem by Janet KuypersVanishing Scars” at the “Expressions 2016: the Metaphor of Costumes” open mic Janet hosted at the Bahá’í Faith Center in Austin TX (from a Canon Power Shot camera).
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See YouTube video of the intro to the Janet Kuypers 3/1/17 poetry Book Release & Book Reading at Austin’s Half Price Books, with the beginning of her poem “Vanishing Scars” (filmed from a Canon Power Shot SX700 camera).
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See YouTube video of the intro to the Janet Kuypers 3/1/17 poetry Book Release & Book Reading at Austin’s Half Price Books, with the beginning of her poem “Vanishing Scars” (filmed from a Canon Power Shot SX700 camera, then given a Cinematic Overlay).
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See YouTube video of the intro to the Janet Kuypers 3/1/17 poetry Book Release & Book Reading at Austin’s Half Price Books, with the beginning of her poem “Vanishing Scars” (filmed from a Canon Power Shot SX700 camera, then given a Posterize filter).
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See YouTube video of the intro to the Janet Kuypers 3/1/17 poetry Book Release & Book Reading at Austin’s Half Price Books, with the beginning of her poem “Vanishing Scars” (filmed from a Canon Power Shot SX700 camera, then given a Threshold filter).
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with “Smelling Sulphur on Nine One One”, “newspaper ink’s the blood of a dying species”, “Quieted Soul”, “Pluto, Plutonium & Death”, “Vanishing Scars”, “Fuming in the Morning”, “X-rays and Broken Hearts”,, “Koi Ponds and Concrete”, “of independence or freedom”, “8 ball answers all”, “violent affair”, “holding my skin together”, “one summer traveled”, “Each Half is the Enemy”, “explaining what condoms are for”, and “Jumping from the Skyline to the Clouds”.
video See YouTube video of Janet KuypersJune 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
video See YouTube video of Janet KuypersJune 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.
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See YouTube video 8/5/17 (L) of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Vanishing Scars” from her book “(pheromemes) 2015-2017 poems” after her poetry show “Finding Peace”.
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See YouTube video 8/5/17 (S) of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Vanishing Scars” from her book “(pheromemes) 2015-2017 poems” after her poetry show “Finding Peace”.
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Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Vanishing Scars” from her book “(pheromemes) 2015-2017 poems”, when her poem “Scars 1997” from her poetry performance art book “Chapter 38 v2”, then her new poem “Metamorphosis” live 1/26/18 at Georgetown’s “Poetry Aloud” open mic (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).
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Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Vanishing Scars” from her book “(pheromemes) 2015-2017 poems”, when her poem “Scars 1997” from her poetry performance art book “Chapter 38 v2”, then her new poem “Metamorphosis” live 1/26/18 at Georgetown’s “Poetry Aloud” open mic (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Vanishing Scars” for William Stafford and to highlight her book “(pheromemes) 2015-2017 poems”, then her poem “Dance Among the Ashes” from her 2019 book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”, then her new poem “Española Lore”, live 1/26/20 at Georgetown’s “Poetry Aloud” (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Vanishing Scars” for William Stafford and to highlight her book “(pheromemes) 2015-2017 poems”, then her poem “Dance Among the Ashes” from her 2019 book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”, then her new poem “Española Lore”, live 1/26/20 at Georgetown’s “Poetry Aloud” (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).
video See a YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Vanishing Scars” from the cyberwit.net 137-page 5½" x 8½" Janet Kuypers book “Eternal Never Ending Now” at Johnny Carino’s for “The Café Gallery 3/10/21 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 #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersthecafegallery
video See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Vanishing Scars” from the cyberwit.net 137-page 5½" x 8½" Janet Kuypers book “Eternal Never Ending Now” at Johnny Carino’s for “The Café Gallery 3/10/21 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


Vanity Plates saying NO WAR
video 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
video 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
video 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).
video 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).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Vanity Plates saying NO WAR” and “Lost Cross” from the cc&d 9-12 2020 issue collection book “Roll the Bones” during 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
video See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Vanity Plates saying NO WAR” and “Lost Cross” from the cc&d 9-12 2020 issue collection book “Roll the Bones” during the “Poetic License virtual open mic 12/6/20” she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (this video was filmed and streamed live from a Samsung S9 camera). #janetkuyperspoeticlicense


Vanquished by the Sleeping Giant
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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).
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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).
video 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” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera); on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr.
video 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” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera); on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr.
video 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).
video 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 (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 v172Existential 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).
video 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 v172Existential 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 (filmed live and streamed from a Samsung S9 camera).


Vanquished by the Sleeping Giant (The Universe is in your Hands edit)

Vase of Tulips on Twitter and Instagram and Tumblr
video 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).
video 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).
video 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).
video 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).
video 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).
video 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).
JanetJanet 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”.
JanetJanet 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.
video 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).
Janet 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).
video 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 v171Seasons” 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).
video 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 v171Seasons” 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).


Vastness of Just the right Moon
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Earthly Gravitational Bond to the Moon” (written 7/8/19, the 2011 launch date of the Last Space Shuttle Mission, + showing the Twitter, Instagram, and tumblr image for the poem) “Vastness of Just the Right Moon” (written 7/9/19, the day Saturn is closest and brightest to Earth because Saturn was opposite the Sun as seen from the Earth), and her facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Tumblr poem “Enshrined”, on the moonlight theme 7/18/19 at “Thirsty Thursday” in Dripping Springs (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Earthly Gravitational Bond to the Moon” (written 7/8/19, the 2011 launch date of the Last Space Shuttle Mission, + showing the Twitter, Instagram, and tumblr image for the poem) “Vastness of Just the Right Moon” (written 7/9/19, the day Saturn is closest and brightest to Earth because Saturn was opposite the Sun as seen from the Earth), and her facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Tumblr poem “Enshrined”, on the moonlight theme 7/18/19 at “Thirsty Thursday” in Dripping Springs (Panasonic Lumix 2500; Hue C.).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Earthly Gravitational Bond to the Moon” (written 7/8/19, the 2011 launch date of the Last Space Shuttle Mission, + showing the Twitter, Instagram, and tumblr image for the poem) “Vastness of Just the Right Moon” (written 7/9/19, the day Saturn is closest and brightest to Earth because Saturn was opposite the Sun as seen from the Earth), and her facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Tumblr poem “Enshrined”, on the moonlight theme 7/18/19 at “Thirsty Thursday” in Dripping Springs (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Earthly Gravitational Bond to the Moon” (written 7/8/19, the 2011 launch date of the Last Space Shuttle Mission, + showing the Twitter, Instagram, and tumblr image for the poem) “Vastness of Just the Right Moon” (written 7/9/19, the day Saturn is closest and brightest to Earth because Saturn was opposite the Sun as seen from the Earth), and her facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Tumblr poem “Enshrined”, on the moonlight theme 7/18/19 at “Thirsty Thursday” in Dripping Springs (Panasonic Lumix T56; Hue C.).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Vastness of Just the Right Moon” (written 7/9/19, the day Saturn is closest and brightest to Earth because Saturn was opposite the Sun as seen from the Earth), “Vexing” (written on the anniversary of the day in 1878 the last witchcraft trial held in the United States), and “Voice and Word” (written on the calendar day George Michael was born, and the later calendar day Michael Jackson passed away) 7/20/19 at “Recycled Reads” (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Vastness of Just the Right Moon” (written 7/9/19, the day Saturn is closest and brightest to Earth because Saturn was opposite the Sun as seen from the Earth), “Vexing” (written on the anniversary of the day in 1878 the last witchcraft trial held in the United States), and “Voice and Word” (written on the calendar day George Michael was born, and the later calendar day Michael Jackson passed away) 7/20/19 at “Recycled Reads” (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers 3 poetry readings for Community Poetry at Half Price Books 10/2/19. In part 1, Janet Kuypers reads her poem “Ends of the Earth”, then her poems based on The Bible: “Genesis One”, “Genesis Two and Three”, and “Genesis Four: Cain and Abel, and sin from killing”, then her poem “Listen to Life”, all read from the cc&d v292 (Sept.-Oct. 2019 issue) perfect-bound paperback ISBN# book “In The Fall”. In part 2, Janet Kuypers reads her poems “Someone Give Me the Answers” and “Their Crutches” from the 3/18/03 poetry show “Death Comes In Threes”, then her poems #8220;Touch (2019 edit)” and Explosive Energy”, all read from the Down in the Dirt v166 (Sept.-Oct. 2019 issue) perfect-bound paperback ISBN# book “Climate Change” - then she read her poems “Volumes of Philosophical Masterpieces”, “Just the Right Words”, “Vastness of Just the Right Moon”, and her two Notre Dame poems “Xystus to Foundation” and “Xyresic Flames”, all read from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”. In part 3, Janet Kuypers reads her poems “”, “Eat Your Words”, “Xenon and PTSD, to Fight that Spiral”, and “Kept my Eye on You”, all read from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers 3 poetry readings for Community Poetry at Half Price Books 10/2/19. In part 1, Janet Kuypers reads her poem “Ends of the Earth”, then her poems based on The Bible: “Genesis One”, “Genesis Two and Three”, and “Genesis Four: Cain and Abel, and sin from killing”, then her poem “Listen to Life”, all read from the cc&d v292 (Sept.-Oct. 2019 issue) perfect-bound paperback ISBN# book “In The Fall”. In part 2, Janet Kuypers reads her poems “Someone Give Me the Answers” and “Their Crutches” from the 3/18/03 poetry show “Death Comes In Threes”, then her poems #8220;Touch (2019 edit)” and Explosive Energy”, all read from the Down in the Dirt v166 (Sept.-Oct. 2019 issue) perfect-bound paperback ISBN# book “Climate Change” - then she read her poems “Volumes of Philosophical Masterpieces”, “Just the Right Words”, “Vastness of Just the Right Moon”, and her two Notre Dame poems “Xystus to Foundation” and “Xyresic Flames”, all read from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”. In part 3, Janet Kuypers reads her poems “”, “Eat Your Words”, “Xenon and PTSD, to Fight that Spiral”, and “Kept my Eye on You”, all read from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr).
video See this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Vastness of Just the right Moon” and “Zeus and Jupiter’s Children” from the v185 7/21 Down in the Dirt book “Desert Bloom”, read 7/7/21 during the usual time for Austin’s “Community Poetry” feature reading (video from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypersbookreading
video See this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Vastness of Just the right Moon” and “Zeus and Jupiter’s Children” from the v185 7/21 Down in the Dirt book “Desert Bloom”, read 7/7/21 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). #janetkuypersbookreading
video Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Europa and Ganymede Calling”, “Unraveling Two More Moons”, “Vastness of Just the right Moon”, and “Zeus and Jupiter’s Children” from the Down in the Dirt magazine May-August 2021 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
video Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Europa and Ganymede Calling”, “Unraveling Two More Moons”, “Vastness of Just the right Moon”, & “Zeus and Jupiter’s Children” from the Down in the Dirt 5-8/21 issue collection bookLockdown’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


Vatican Turned into a Whorehouse
video 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” (video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera); on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr.
video 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” (video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera); on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr.
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her cc&d 5/20 “Imagination” book poems “Vexing”, “Just Names”, “Vatican Turned into a Whorehouse”, and “Journals Extinguished” during the “Poetic License open mic 5/3/20 home edition” she hosted in Austin, but globally through a Facebook event page (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).
Janet See Facebook live video of Janet Kuypers reading her cc&d 5/20 “Imagination” book poems “Vexing”, “Just Names”, “Vatican Turned into a Whorehouse”, and “Journals Extinguished” 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).
video See a YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Vexing”, “Just Names”, “Vatican Turned into a Whorehouse”, and “Journals Extinguished” from the v297Imagination” 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).
video See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Vexing”, “Just Names”, “Vatican Turned into a Whorehouse”, and “Journals Extinguished” from the v297Imagination” section of the cc&d 5-8 2020 collection book “One with the Mountain” live 8/5/20 (video filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera).


Vaulted to Silhouette the Sky
video 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
video 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
video Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Queen, Decapitated”, “Vaulted to Silhouette the Sky”, “Key to a Storyline”, and “Explorers at Heart” from the Down in the Dirt 12/21 v190 book “Lifeboat” 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
video Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Queen, Decapitated”, “Vaulted to Silhouette the Sky”, “Key to a Storyline”, and “Explorers at Heart” from the Down in the Dirt 12/21 v190 book “Lifeboat” 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
video Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems poems Emperor Assassinations and Partisan Politics”, “Queen, Decapitated”, and “Vaulted to Silhouette the Sky” 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 from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry
video Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems Emperor Assassinations and Partisan Politics”, “Queen, Decapitated”, and “Vaulted to Silhouette the Sky” 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 (video 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


Vegetarians, One Meal at a Time poem based on a Twitter post, and referenced in a twitter and Instagram post
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Vegetarians, One Meal at a Time” from her poetry collection book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” 9/2/19 while outside the Brat Stop restaurant in Kenosha, WI (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Vegetarians, One Meal at a Time” from her poetry collection book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” 9/2/19 while outside the Brat Stop restaurant in Kenosha, WI (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera, and then it was given a Cyan filter).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Vegetarians, One Meal at a Time” from her poetry collection book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” 9/2/19 while outside the Brat Stop restaurant in Kenosha, WI (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera, and then it was given a Posterize filter).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Vegetarians, One Meal at a Time” from her poetry collection book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” 9/2/19 while outside the Brat Stop restaurant in Kenosha, WI (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera, and then it was given a Sepia Tone filter).
video Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Qualms with a Headache”, “Kind of like a City”, “Volumes of Philosophical Masterpieces”, the haiku “nature I”, and the poem “Vegetarians, One Meal at a Time” from the Scars Publications 1/22 Down in the Dirt v191 book “Impeccable Warriors” 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 from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading
video Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Qualms with a Headache”, “Kind of like a City”, “Volumes of Philosophical Masterpieces”, the haiku “nature I”, and the poem “Vegetarians, One Meal at a Time” from the Scars Publications 1/22 Down in the Dirt v191 book “Impeccable Warriors” 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


Vegetarian Stands by the Meat Sale
This poem was nominated in the Partial Nudity 2014 release for the (40 year) Pushcart Prize
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Vegetarian Stands by the Meat Sale” in Nashville TN in the Tag Team feature reading
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of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Vegetarian Stands by the Meat Sale from the Jan./Feb. 2014 issue of Down in the Dirt magazine, titled I Pull the Strings, live 2/26/14 at the open mic she hosts the Café Gallery (every other Wednesday at Gallery Cabaret) in Chicago (C)
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Vegetarian Stands by the Meat Sale from the Jan./Feb. 2014 issue of Down in the Dirt magazine, titled I Pull the Strings, live 2/26/14 at the open mic she hosts the Café Gallery (every other Wednesday at Gallery Cabaret) in Chicago (posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoem #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem #janetkuypersthecafegallery
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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).
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Vegetarian Stands by the Meat Sale”, “Floating Away with the Tide” and “erasure poem: corner stone for slavery” @ Austin’s Recycled Reads 3/18/17 (this video was filmed from a Canon Power Shot SX60 camera).
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video 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
video 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
video 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 Eternal Bever Ending NowProtecting 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
video 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
video 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


Veins Burn Blue with Greatness
video 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
video 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
video 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
video 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).
video Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “All Men Have Secrets” (+ showing the Dutch translation of the poem) and “Right There, By Your Heart (verses 2 & 6)” (+ showing the Slovak translation of the poem) from the v327 11/22 cc&d issue/book “Plurality of Nothing” (that also appears in the CyberWit.net Janet Kuypers poetry book “Shattering the Glass Ceiling”) and her poem “Veins Burn Blue with Greatness” from the v327 11/22 cc&d issue/book “Plurality of Nothing” (that also appears in the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)”) 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 #janetkuyperswomensrights #janetkuypersshatteringtheglassceiling #janetkuypersequalityforwomen
video Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “All Men Have Secrets” (+ showing the Dutch translation of the poem) and “Right There, By Your Heart (verses 2 & 6)” (+ showing the Slovak translation of the poem) from the v327 11/22 cc&d issue/book “Plurality of Nothing” (that also appears in the CyberWit.net Janet Kuypers poetry book “Shattering the Glass Ceiling”) and her poem “Veins Burn Blue with Greatness” from the v327 11/22 cc&d issue/book “Plurality of Nothing” (that also appears in the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)”) on 11/2/22 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; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperswomensrights #janetkuypersshatteringtheglassceiling
video Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her cc&dUnable To Escape It” book poems “All Men Have Secrets” (+ showing the Dutch translation) and “from Right There, By Your Heart” (+ showing the Slovak translation) that both also appear in the CyberWit 2022 book “Shattering the Glass Ceiling”, then her poem “Veins Burn Blue with Greatness” that are also in the book “Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: September-December)” 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). video This was also a Facebook live video stream, filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera, on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr. #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperswomensrights #janetkuypersshatteringtheglassceiling


Venezuela was Mowed Down by Tanks poem linked on Twitter and Instagram and Tumblr
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Dreams 12/3/12” from the v5 cc&d boss lady poetry collection book “On the Edge”, then her 2019 poems “Venezuela was Mowed Down by Tanks” & “Freedoms of Speech we can Agree With” (all followed by her reading the quote, “We don’t read and write poetry because it is cute. We read and write poetry because we are human beings,” from “Dead Poets Society” and said by Robin Williams as John Keating) 5/5/19 at “Recycled Reads” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Dreams 12/3/12” from the v5 cc&d boss lady poetry collection book “On the Edge”, then her 2019 poems “Venezuela was Mowed Down by Tanks” & “Freedoms of Speech we can Agree With” (all followed by her reading the quote, “We don’t read and write poetry because it is cute. We read and write poetry because we are human beings,” from “Dead Poets Society” and said by Robin Williams as John Keating) 5/5/19 at “Recycled Reads” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).
video 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).
video 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).
video 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).
video 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).
video See this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Venezuela was Mowed Down by Tanks”, “Bolt of Lightning”, “Unchecked Electricity”, “Precariously Balance”, “Ever Felt Safe”, “Exude more in Black”, and “Xtc from Found “Candy””, from the May 2021 v183 issue of Down in the Dirt’s paperback book “Alone Time”, read 5/5/21 during the usual 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
video See this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Venezuela was Mowed Down by Tanks”, “Bolt of Lightning”, “Unchecked Electricity”, “Precariously Balance”, “Ever Felt Safe”, “Exude more in Black”, and “Xtc from Found “Candy””, from the May 2021 v183 issue of Down in the Dirt’s paperback book “Alone Time”, read 5/5/21 during the usual time for Austin’s “Community Poetry” feature reading (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).  #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersinstagram
video See this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Venezuela was Mowed Down by Tanks”, “Bolt of Lightning”, and “Unchecked Electricity” from the Down in the Dirt magazine May-August 2021 issue collection book “Lockdown’s Over” during the “Poetic License virtual open mic 10/3/21” 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 #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoeticlicense
video See this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Venezuela was Mowed Down by Tanks”, “Bolt of Lightning”, and “Unchecked Electricity” from the Down in the Dirt magazine May-August 2021 issue collection book “Lockdown’s Over” during the “Poetic License virtual open mic 10/3/21” she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (video from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera with a Hue Cycling filter; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoeticlicense
video See this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Venezuela was Mowed Down by Tanks”, “Bolt of Lightning”, and “Unchecked Electricity” from the Down in the Dirt magazine May-August 2021 issue collection book “Lockdown’s Over” during the “Poetic License virtual open mic 10/3/21” she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (video from a Samsung S9 camera with a triangle filter; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoeticlicense
video Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Venezuela was Mowed Down by Tanks”, “Bolt of Lightning”, and “Unchecked Electricity” from the Down in the Dirt magazine May-August 2021 issue collection book “Lockdown’s Over” during the “Poetic License virtual open mic 10/3/21” 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


Vengeful Phone (twitter-length poem)
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video See YouTube video 11/17/18 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “from Orpheus to Nuking the Moon” from her “Astronomy 101” show, then her poem “Vengeful Phone” from her “Overheard Conversations” show, and “Quitting is Always an Option” from her “Listening In” show, all read from her book “Chapter 48 (v2)” @ “Recycled Reads” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry
video See YouTube video 11/17/18 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “from Orpheus to Nuking the Moon” from her “Astronomy 101” show, then her poem “Vengeful Phone” from her “Overheard Conversations” show, and “Quitting is Always an Option” from her “Listening In” show, all read from her book “Chapter 48 (v2)” @ “Recycled Reads” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Vengeful Phone” from the v5 cc&d boss lady poetry collection book “On the Edge”, then her 2019 poems “Even if Only (dreams 4/15/19)” and “from Looking for a Worthy Adversary” (edited on World Theater day) at “Recycled Reads” 4/20/19 (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).
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Vent
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video 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).
video 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
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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)
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See YouTube video 6/26/16 of Janet Kuypers’ 3 poems, Vent, Each Half is the Enemy, and her Periodic Table poem Vanadium at the Austin open mic Kick Butt Poetry: Spoken & Heard (w/ a Canon Power Shot camera).
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video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Being God”, then singing her poem/song “Made Any Difference” to John’s song with him on guitar, then reading her poem “Vent” live 4/23/18 at the Austin Buzz Mill open mic (Panasonic Lumix T56).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Being God”, then singing her poem/song “Made Any Difference” to John’s song with him on guitar, then reading her poem “Vent” live 4/23/18 at the Austin Buzz Mill open mic (video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera, and then it was given a Sepia Tone filter).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Being God”, then singing her poem/song “Made Any Difference” to John’s song with him on guitar, then reading her poem “Vent” live 4/23/18 at the Austin Buzz Mill open mic (video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera, and then it was given a Threshold filter).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Being God”, then singing her poem/song “Made Any Difference” to John’s song with him on guitar, then reading her poem “Vent” 4/23/18 at Austin’s Buzz Mill open mic (Panasonic Lumix 2500).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Being God”, then singing her poem/song “Made Any Difference” to John’s song with him on guitar, then reading her poem “Vent” live 4/23/18 at the Austin Buzz Mill open mic (video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera, and given an Edge Detection filter).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Being God”, then singing her poem/song “Made Any Difference” to John’s song with him on guitar, then reading her poem “Vent” live 4/23/18 at the Austin Buzz Mill open mic (video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera, with a Posterize filter).


Venture to the Unknown
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video See YouTube video from 4/29/18 of Janet Kuypers reading her prose “Type “A” Person”, then her poems “Venture to the Unknown” and “I’m Thinking About Myself Too Much” from her performance art collection book “Chapter 38 v1” toward the end of the Austin 2018 Poetry Bomb at the Baylor Street Art Wall (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoetrybomb


Verge on Meditation
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video See YouTube video of Janet KuypersSeptember 2017 Book Release Reading 9/6/17 from her book “(pheromemes) 2015-2017 poems”, with “Verge on Meditation”, “Elusive Imaginary Creature”, “Newspaper Ink’s the Blood of a Dying Species”, “Your Imaginary Soul Weighs 21 Grams”, “The Truth is Out There”, & “Visions Were Justified” in Community Poetry (video filmed from a Canon camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading
video See YouTube video of Janet KuypersSeptember 2017 Book Release Reading 9/6/17 from her book “(pheromemes) 2015-2017 poems”, with “Verge on Meditation”, “Elusive Imaginary Creature”, “Newspaper Ink’s the Blood of a Dying Species”, “Your Imaginary Soul Weighs 21 Grams”, “The Truth is Out There”, & “Visions Were Justified” in Community Poetry (video was filmed from a Sony camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading
video See YouTube video of Janet KuypersNovember 2017 Book Release Reading 11/1/17, where she read her Down in the Dirt 11/17 book “Monsters” haiku poems “knife”, “easy”, and “ghosts”, and her poems “Ernesto” “Just Thinking About It”, “Political Merry-Go-Round” and “Verge on Meditation” in Community Poetry @ Half Price Books (this video was filmed from a Sony camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoetryshow
video See YouTube video of Janet KuypersNovember 2017 Book Release Reading 11/1/17, where she read her Down in the Dirt 11/17 book “Monsters” haiku poems “knife”, “easy”, and “ghosts”, and her poems “Ernesto” “Just Thinking About It”, “Political Merry-Go-Round” and “Verge on Meditation” in Community Poetry @ Half Price Books (this video was filmed from a Lumix camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoetryshow
video Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ “April 2018 Book Release Reading” 4/4/18, where she read her Down in the Dirt magazine 9-12 2017 issue collection book “the Light in the Sky” poems “Verge on Meditation”, “Salesman”, and “Just by Holding his Hand” at the only “Community Poetry @ Half Price Books” event, which she hosted during National Poetry Month (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoetryshow
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video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ “April 2018 Book Release Reading” 4/4/18, where she read her Down in the Dirt magazine 9-12 2017 issue collection book “the Light in the Sky” poems “Verge on Meditation”, “Salesman”, and “Just by Holding his Hand” at the only “Community Poetry @ Half Price Books” event, which she hosted during National Poetry Month (filmed with a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera, with a posterize filter).
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Verdant Green
video 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).
video 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).
video 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” (this video was filed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).
video 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” (this video was filed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).
video 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).
video 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).
video Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Verdant Green”, “Journeys on a Train”, and “Eyes” from the “Performance Art” section (from the “Journeys” 8/15/19 “Thirsty Thursdays” Dripping Springs, TX feature) of the cc&d August 2021 v312 issue/paperback book “Secrets” at the beginning to start 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
video See this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Verdant Green”, “Journeys on a Train”, and “Eyes” from the “Performance Art” section (from the “Journeys” 8/15/19 “Thirsty Thursdays” Dripping Springs, TX feature) of the cc&d August 2021 v312 issue/paperback book “Secrets” at the beginning to start 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
video See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Verdant Green”, “Journeys on a Train”, and “Eyes” from the “Performance Art” section (from the “Journeys” 8/15/19 “Thirsty Thursdays” Dripping Springs, TX feature) of the cc&d August 2021 v312 issue/paperback book “Secrets” at the beginning to start 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
video Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Verdant Green”, “Journeys on a Train”, and “Eyes” from the “Performance Art” section (from the “Journeys” 8/15/19 “Thirsty Thursdays” Dripping Springs, TX feature) of the cc&d August 2021 v312 issue/paperback book Secrets” at the beginning to start 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 Samsung S9 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoeticlicense
video Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Verdant Green”, “Journeys on a Train”, and “Eyes” from the cc&d 5-8/21 issue collection book “What If” 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
video Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Verdant Green”, “Journeys on a Train”, and “Eyes” from the cc&d May-August 2021 issue collection book “What If” 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


Versatile Females in Athletics
video See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her bonus June poem “Versatile Females in Athletics” (written 7/6, the calendar day the youngest woman in history won Wimbledon), read from the Janet Kuypers poetry book Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)” on 7/6/20 (on the 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
video See this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Versatile Females in Athletics” from the v185 7/21 Down in the Dirt book “Desert Bloom”, read 7/7/21 during the usual time for Austin’s “Community Poetry” feature reading (video from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).  #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoem #janetkuypersbookreading
video See this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Versatile Females in Athletics” from the v185 7/21 Down in the Dirt book “Desert Bloom”, read 7/7/21 during the usual time for Austin’s “Community Poetry” feature reading (video from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).  #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoem #janetkuypersbookreading
video Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Einsteinium’s Mysteries”, “Hydrogen: One On One”, “Lithium Desperation”, “Helium Rising”, and “Versatile Females in Athletics” 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 time for the “Community Poetry” open mic (from a Samsung S9 camera; bubble filter). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading
video Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Einsteinium’s Mysteries”, “Hydrogen: One On One”, “Lithium Desperation”, “Helium Rising”, and “Versatile Females in Athletics” 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


Verses on Display
video See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Noble Cause” and “Verses on Display” from the Janet Kuypers poetry book Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)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 and streamed live from a Samsung S9 camera).
video 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 videoPoetic 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


Versus Eating Death Daily
video 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).
video 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).
video Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Vagary to not only Dream”, “Van can See the Blood (dreams 9/28/19)”, and “Versus Eating Death Daily” 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
video Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Vagary to not only Dream”, “Van can See the Blood (dreams 9/28/19)”, and “Versus Eating Death Daily” 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
video 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
video 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


Vessel to Spread the Word
video 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
video 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
video 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
video 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
video 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
video 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


Vexing
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Vastness of Just the Right Moon” (written 7/9/19, the day Saturn is closest and brightest to Earth because Saturn was opposite the Sun as seen from the Earth), “Vexing” (written on the anniversary of the day in 1878 the last witchcraft trial held in the United States), and “Voice and Word” (written on the calendar day George Michael was born, and the later calendar day Michael Jackson passed away) 7/20/19 at “Recycled Reads” (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Vastness of Just the Right Moon” (written 7/9/19, the day Saturn is closest and brightest to Earth because Saturn was opposite the Sun as seen from the Earth), “Vexing” (written on the anniversary of the day in 1878 the last witchcraft trial held in the United States), and “Voice and Word” (written on the calendar day George Michael was born, and the later calendar day Michael Jackson passed away) 7/20/19 at “Recycled Reads” (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her cc&d 5/20 “Imagination” book poems “Vexing”, “Just Names”, “Vatican Turned into a Whorehouse”, and “Journals Extinguished” during the “Poetic License open mic 5/3/20 home edition” she hosted in Austin, but globally through a Facebook event page (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).
Janet See Facebook live video of Janet Kuypers reading her cc&d 5/20 “Imagination” book poems “Vexing”, “Just Names”, “Vatican Turned into a Whorehouse”, and “Journals Extinguished” 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).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Vexing” (written on 5/14, the day in 1878 of the start of the last Salem, MA witch trial) from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” 5/14/20 as a bonus May reading for the “Poetic License open mic 5/3/20 home edition” (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera, and was posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).
Janet See Facebook streaming live video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Vexing” (written on 5/14, the day in 1878 of the start of the last Salem, MA witch trial) from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” 5/14/20 as a bonus May reading for the “Poetic License open mic 5/3/20 home edition” (filmed w/ a Samsung S9 camera).
video See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Vexing”, “Just Names”, “Vatican Turned into a Whorehouse”, and “Journals Extinguished” from the v297Imagination” section of the cc&d 5-8 2020 collection book “One with the Mountain” live 8/5/20 (video filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera).
video See a YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Vexing”, “Just Names”, “Vatican Turned into a Whorehouse”, and “Journals Extinguished” from the v297Imagination” 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).


Vibrations Echo
video 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).
video 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).
video See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her micro-prose “Tanya’s Story”, then her poems “Zircon, Gemstones, Baubles and Bling”, “Escaping the Atmosphere Any Way we Can”, “Zucchini Versus Sausage: different choices today”, “Vibrations Echo”, “Unlocking History, One Asteroid at a Time”, and “Glacial Ice” from the 3/21 Down in the Dirt v181 book “Prayers and Bullets” 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
video See a YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her micro-prose “Tanya’s Story”, then her poems “Zircon, Gemstones, Baubles and Bling”, “Escaping the Atmosphere Any Way we Can”, “Zucchini Versus Sausage: different choices today”, “Vibrations Echo”, “Unlocking History, One Asteroid at a Time”, and “Glacial Ice” from the 3/21 Down in the Dirt v181 book “Prayers and Bullets” 3/3/21, 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 #janetkuypersinstagram
video See this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her micro-prose “Tanya’s Story”, then her poem “Vibrations Echo” from the “Prayers and Bullets” section of the Scars Publications 1-4 2021 Down in the Dirt issue collection book “Excerpts from the Plague Years” 5/27/21 at Austin Poetry Society’s “New World Poetry” open mic (this video was filmed and streamed from a Samsung S9 camera). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading
video See this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her micro-prose “Tanya’s Story”, then her poem “Vibrations Echo” from the “Prayers and Bullets” section of the Scars Publications 1-4 2021 Down in the Dirt issue collection book “Excerpts from the Plague Years” 5/27/21 at Austin Poetry Society’s “New World 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


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video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers in her 9/2/17 show “Energy with poetry and Music” “Expressions Poetry with Music!” in Austin performing her songs/poems “Victim” (done as a Chicago Industrial song), “There I Sit” to blues music, “Tight Top Affair” w/ an electric guitar, & “Knew I Had to be Ready” (this video was filmed from a Sony camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersmusic #janetkuyperssinging #janetkuypersfeature
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers in her 9/2/17 show “Energy with poetry and Music” at “Expressions Poetry with Music!” in Austin performing her songs/poems “Victim” (done as a Chicago Industrial song), “There I Sit” to blues music, “Tight Top Affair” w/ an electric guitar, & “Knew I Had to be Ready” (on a Panasonic Lumix camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersmusic #janetkuyperssinging #janetkuypersfeature
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video video See YouTube video 10/1/17 of Janet Kuypers singing her song “Victim” as an industrial song with John on electric guitar (and added percussions), then her reading her poem “Your Imaginary Soul Weighs 21 Grams” from the cc&d 10/17 book “Forbidden” before inviting contributors to read their poems from the book, at “Kick Butt Poetry” in Austin (Lumix).
video not yet rated See YouTube video 10/1/17 of Janet Kuypers singing her song “Victim” as an industrial song with John on electric guitar (and added percussions), then her reading her poem “Your Imaginary Soul Weighs 21 Grams” from the cc&d 10/17 book “Forbidden” before inviting contributors to read their poems from the book, at “Kick Butt Poetry” in Austin (Sony).
video See YouTube video of Janet KuypersApril 2018 Book Release Reading 4/4/18, where she read her “Energy with Poetry and Musicperformance art poems & songs (all performed as poetry readings) “There I Sit” “Victim”, “Knew I Had to be Ready” and “Tight Rope Affair” from the cc&d 4/18 book “War of Water” as she hosted “Community Poetry @ Half Price Books” during National Poetry Month (Panasonic Lumix T56; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoetryshow
video See YouTube video of Janet KuypersApril 2018 Book Release Reading 4/4/18, where she read her “Energy with Poetry and Musicperformance art poems & songs (all performed as poetry readings) “There I Sit” “Victim”, “Knew I Had to be Ready” and “Tight Rope Affair” from the cc&d 4/18 book “War of Water” as she hosted “Community Poetry @ Half Price Books” during National Poetry Month (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera, w/ an Edge Detection filter).
video See YouTube video of Janet KuypersApril 2018 Book Release Reading 4/4/18, where she read her “Energy with Poetry and Musicperformance art poems & songs (all performed as poetry readings) “There I Sit” “Victim”, “Knew I Had to be Ready” and “Tight Rope Affair” from the cc&d 4/18 book “War of Water” as she hosted “Community Poetry @ Half Price Books” during National Poetry Month (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera, w/ a Posterize filter).
video See YouTube video of Janet KuypersApril 2018 Book Release Reading 4/4/18, where she read her “Energy with Poetry and Musicperformance art poems & songs (all performed as poetry readings) “There I Sit” “Victim”, “Knew I Had to be Ready” and “Tight Rope Affair” from the cc&d 4/18 book “War of Water” as she hosted “Community Poetry @ Half Price Books” during National Poetry Month (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera, w/ a Threshold filter).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers at her 5/2/18 “May 2018 Book Release Reading” Austin feature reading, reading from the cc&d January-April 2018 issue collection book “Not a Trace” haiku “He’s an Escapist”, then her poems “There I Sit”, “Victim”, “Knew I Had to be Ready”, and “Tight Rope Affair” from her show “Energy with Poetry and Music” for “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 #janetkuypersbookreading
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers at her 5/2/18 “May 2018 Book Release Reading” Austin feature reading, reading from the cc&d January-April 2018 issue collection book “Not a Trace” haiku “He’s an Escapist”, then her poems “There I Sit”, “Victim”, “Knew I Had to be Ready”, and “Tight Rope Affair” from her show “Energy with Poetry and Music” for “Community Poetry @ Half Price Books” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading
video video See YouTube video 10/22/17 of John reading his poem “This City (Chicago)”, then played electric guitar (with his recorded electric bass and his sampled percussion) with Janet Kuypers singing her song “Victim” as an industrial song, live at the finalFort to Famous” open mic in Austin’s The Buzz Mill (video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).
video not yet rated See YouTube video 10/22/17 of John reading his poem “This City (Chicago)”, then played electric guitar (with his recorded electric bass and his sampled percussion) with Janet Kuypers singing her song “Victim” as an industrial song, live at the finalFort to Famous” open mic in Austin’s The Buzz Mill (video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers singing her poem “Victim” originally read in her show “Energy with Poetry and Music and read from her poetry performance art collection book “Chapter 48 (v2)”, then her 2019 poems “Evil is Tricky”, and “Equality Manifesto” (written on the same calendar date as the publication date of The Communist Manifesto, 4//26) live 3/16/19 at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers singing her poem “Victim” originally read in her show “Energy with Poetry and Music and read from her poetry performance art collection book “Chapter 48 (v2)”, then her 2019 poems “Evil is Tricky”, and “Equality Manifesto” (written on the same calendar date as the publication date of The Communist Manifesto, 4//26) live 3/16/19 at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).


Victims of Violence for Lending a Hand
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers, while hosting the Poetry Aloud open mic 4/27/19 in Georgetown TX, reads her poems “Xanthoxenite in St. Mary Lake” (originally written about the Notre Dame) and “Victims of Violence for Lending a Hand” (written on and for Victims of Violence Wholly Day), then her poem “Before Taking Over the Controls (2015 edit)”, 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).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers, while hosting the Poetry Aloud open mic 4/27/19 in Georgetown TX, reads her poems “Xanthoxenite in St. Mary Lake” (originally written about the Notre Dame) and “Victims of Violence for Lending a Hand” (written on and for Victims of Violence Wholly Day), then her poem “Before Taking Over the Controls (2015 edit)”, 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, and was given a Sepia Tone filter).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Victims of Violence for Lending a Hand” for Victims of Violence Wholly/Holy Day on April 4th, “Red Matter” for First Contact Day on April 5th, verse II ‘the Martyr’ of “I Never Took a Life Until I Took My Own, part II: “the martyr”” for the day Kurt Cobain killed himself on April 5th, and “Quote Unquote Holiday for us Beer Drinkers” for National Beer day on April 7th, April event poems read from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” during her “Poetic License open mic 4/5/20 home edition” she hosted in Austin, but globally through a Facebook event page (video from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Victims of Violence for Lending a Hand” for Victims of Violence Wholly/Holy Day on April 4th, “Red Matter” for First Contact Day on April 5th, verse II ‘the Martyr’ of “I Never Took a Life Until I Took My Own, part II: “the martyr”” for the day Kurt Cobain killed himself on April 5th, and “Quote Unquote Holiday for us Beer Drinkers” for National Beer day on April 7th, April event poems read from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” during her “Poetic License open mic 4/5/20 home edition” she hosted in Austin, but globally through a Facebook event page (video from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).
video See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Victims of Violence for Lending a Hand”, “Quote Unquote Holiday for us Beer Drinkers”, “Xystus to Foundation”, and “Even if Only (dreams 4/15/19)” from the April 2021 v182 issue of Down in the Dirt’s paperback book “i am not alone” 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
video See a YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Victims of Violence for Lending a Hand”, “Quote Unquote Holiday for us Beer Drinkers”, “Xystus to Foundation”, and “Even if Only (dreams 4/15/19)” from the April 2021 v182 issue of Down in the Dirt’s paperback book “i am not alone” 4/7/21, during the usual 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
video Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Victims of Violence for Lending a Hand”, “Quote Unquote Holiday for us Beer Drinkers”, and “Even if Only (dreams 4/15/19)” from the Scars Publications 1-4 2021 Down in the Dirt issue collection book “Excerpts from the Plague Years” 7/20/21 for “The Café Gallery 7/20/21 Book Reading” in 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
video See this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Victims of Violence for Lending a Hand”, “Quote Unquote Holiday for us Beer Drinkers”, and “Even if Only (dreams 4/15/19)” from the Scars Publications 1-4 2021 Down in the Dirt issue collection book “Excerpts from the Plague Years” 7/20/21 for “The Café Gallery 7/20/21 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


Victory Day, after Midnight

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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her 2019 poems “Qualms with a Headache”, “Understanding Terrorism’s Interior”, and “Victory Day, After Midnight” (written on Victory Day), live 5/18/19 at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her 2019 poems “Qualms with a Headache”, “Understanding Terrorism’s Interior”, and “Victory Day, After Midnight” (written on Victory Day), live 5/18/19 at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).
video 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).
Janet 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).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Victory Day, After Midnight” on the day victory was officially declared in World War Two (on May 8th), from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” 5/8/20 as a “Poetic Licensehome edition bonus reading through a Facebook event page (video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera, and was posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).
Janet See Facebook live video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Victory Day, After Midnight” on the day victory was officially declared in World War Two (on May 8th), from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” 5/8/20 as a “Poetic Licensehome edition bonus reading (video filmed from a Samsung S9 camera).
video 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 v171Seasons” 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).
video 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 v171Seasons” 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).


Video Killed the Radio Star
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her 2019 poems “Quiver in Thought”, “Unlocking History, One Asteroid at a Time” (written on the date of the discovery of the 2nd asteroid), and “Video Killed the Radio Star”, live 5/18/19 at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” (video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her 2019 poems “Quiver in Thought”, “Unlocking History, One Asteroid at a Time” (written on the date of the discovery of the 2nd asteroid), and “Video Killed the Radio Star”, live 5/18/19 at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems (less than) “Video Killed the Radio Star” (for World Radio Da, 2/14), “The Fourteenth” and “Violations in the Name of Love” (for Valentine’s Day, 2/14), all read from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”, live 2/8/20 @ “Poetry Aloud” (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera, on Facebook Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems (less than) “Video Killed the Radio Star” (for World Radio Da, 2/14), “The Fourteenth” and “Violations in the Name of Love” (for Valentine’s Day, 2/14), all read from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”, live 2/8/20 @ “Poetry Aloud” (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera, on Facebook Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).
video Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Understanding Terrorism’s Interior”, “Video Killed the Radio Star”, and “Carbon Copy” (+ image) from the Scars Publications 2/22 v318 issue of cc&d, “The Great White” 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 an old b&w film filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem
video Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Understanding Terrorism’s Interior”, “Video Killed the Radio Star”, and “Carbon Copy” (+ image) from the Scars Publications 2/22 v318 issue of cc&d, “The Great White” 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 #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem
video Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Know What Planet She’s From”, “Understanding Terrorism’s Interior”, and “Video Killed the Radio Star” from the Scars Publications 2/22 v318 issue of cc&d, “The Great White to start the “Poetic License virtual open mic 2/6/22” she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (this video was filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera with a lava flow filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoeticlicense
video Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Know What Planet She’s From”, “Understanding Terrorism’s Interior”, and “Video Killed the Radio Star” from the Scars Publications 2/22 v318 issue of cc&d, “The Great White” to start the “Poetic License virtual open mic 2/6/22 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
video Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Know What Planet She’s From”, “Understanding Terrorism’s Interior”, “Video Killed the Radio Star”, and “Carbon Copy” (+ shared the image from the online release of the poem) from the cc&d 1-4/22 issue collection book “Unfinished Business” on 7/6/22, the 1st Wednesday of the month from 1:00-3:00 PM CST in honor of the “Community Poetry” reading (this video was 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
video Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Know What Planet She’s From”, “Understanding Terrorism’s Interior”, “Video Killed the Radio Star”, and “Carbon Copy” (+ shared the image from the online release of the poem) from the cc&d 1-4/22 issue collection book “Unfinished Business” on 7/6/22, the 1st Wednesday of the month from 1:00-3:00 PM CST in honor of the “Community Poetry” reading (video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry


Village is Complete with a Community
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her Periodic Table poem “Vanadium” (element V, #23) from her poetry book “The Periodic Table of Poetry”, then her 2019 poems “Village is Complete with a Community” and “Only Remember Fragments”, live 3/23/19 at Georgetown’s “Poetry Aloud” (video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her Periodic Table poem “Vanadium” (element V, #23) from her poetry book “The Periodic Table of Poetry”, then her 2019 poems “Village is Complete with a Community” and “Only Remember Fragments”, live 3/23/19 at Georgetown’s “Poetry Aloud” (video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).
video 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
video 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
video 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
video 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


Videotaping Accident Recollections

Viewing the Woman in a 19th Century Photograph
video 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).
video 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).
the “Obey” 6/4/16 chapbook
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Obey
6/4/16 at Expressions 2016: June is a Woman! show in Austin
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers saying her twitter-length poem “Juxtaposition, or Irony?” in conversation, then reading her poems “Protect Ourselves from Ourselves” and “Viewing the Woman in a 19th Century Photograph” 9/10/16 at “Poetry Aloud” open mic at the Georgetown Public Library (Cps).
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers saying her twitter-length poem “Juxtaposition, or Irony?” in conversation, then reading her poems “Protect Ourselves from Ourselves” and “Viewing the Woman in a 19th Century Photograph” 9/10/16 at “Poetry Aloud” open mic at the Georgetown Public Library (Sony).
video See YouTube video of Janet KuypersBook 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
video See YouTube video of Janet KuypersBook 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).
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Quiver with no Home” from her book “(pheromemes) 2015-2017 poems”, then her poem “Viewing the Woman in a 19th Century Photograph” from her second new book “(pheromemes) 2015-2017 show poems” 9/21/17 at Dripping Springs’ Thirsty Thursday (filmed from a Sony camera).
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Quiver with no Home” from her book “(pheromemes) 2015-2017 poems”, then her poem “Viewing the Woman in a 19th Century Photograph” from her second new book “(pheromemes) 2015-2017 show poems” 9/21/17 at Dripping Springs’ Thirsty Thursday (Panasonic Lumix camera).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ “December 2017 Book Release Reading” 12/6/17, where she reads from the Scars book “On a Rainy Day” her poems “Newspaper Ink’s the Blood of a Dying Species” and “Viewing the Woman in a 19th Century Photograph”, plus her haiku poems “census”, “gone”, and “enjoy” 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
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ “December 2017 Book Release Reading” 12/6/17, where she reads from the Scars book “On a Rainy Day” her poems “Newspaper Ink’s the Blood of a Dying Species” and “Viewing the Woman in a 19th Century Photograph”, plus her haiku poems “census”, “gone”, and “enjoy” 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). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry


Vintages, Tapestries, and Memories
video Enjoy this YouTube video from 4/29/23 of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Vintages, Tapestries, and Memories” for its appearance in and from the “2023 Animal Tales” book anthology 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, video 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. #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersfeature #janetkuypersveglife
video Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her v339 11/23 cc&d issue/book “Pieces of the Past” poems “Domestic Violence in America, Nashville, Tennessee (stick)” (+ show images 1, 2 & 3) & “Journal 20150116 8:07AM IST” (w/ these two pieces in her CyberWit book “Shattering the Glass Ceiling”, + her journal also in the book “Bon Voyage!” on travel to India), & her Animal Tales 2023 poem “Vintages, Tapestries, and Memories” (+ show images 1 & 2) to start her “Poetic License 11/5/23 global open micvideo she hosted in a Zoom meeting & 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 (video filmed & streamed live from a Samsung S9 camera with THE REAL GLITCH filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersshatteringtheglassceiling #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperswomensrights #janetkuyperspoeticlicense


violation (haiku, on Twitter and Instagram)
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See YouTube video 2/19/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku poem “violation” in the intro performance to “Kick Butt Poetry” in Austin (on a Canon Power Shot SX700 camera).
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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).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers at her 1/3/18 “January 2018 Book Release Reading” feature through “Community Poetry @ Half Price Books”, reading her poems “Years, Centuries, Eons”, “violation”, “Your Imaginary Soul Weighs 21 Grams”, “unbounded”, and “quarrel” from the cc&d 9/12 2017 issue collection book anthology “Language of Untamed Spirit”, before reading her 3 haiku poems “eventually”, “enemies” and “blood” from the 2017 Scars Publications poetry and prose collection book anthology “On a Rainy Day” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers at her 1/3/18 “January 2018 Book Release Reading” feature through “Community Poetry @ Half Price Books”, reading her poems “Years, Centuries, Eons”, “violation”, “Your Imaginary Soul Weighs 21 Grams”, “unbounded”, and “quarrel” from the cc&d 9/12 2017 issue collection book anthology “Language of Untamed Spirit”, before reading her 3 haiku poems “eventually”, “enemies” and “blood” from the 2017 Scars Publications poetry and prose collection book anthology “On a Rainy Day” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).
video 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).
video 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 Toned).


Violations in the name of love
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See YouTube video of Chicago poet Janet Kuypers reading her 2 new poems “Violations tested” and “Violations in the name of love” then her intro poem “Questioning Atoms through Inference” to her book “The Periodic Table of Poetry” (read from the book) 2/10/18 at Georgetown’s “Poetry Aloud” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).
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See YouTube video of Chicago poet Janet Kuypers reading her 2 new poems “Violations tested” and “Violations in the name of love” then her intro poem “Questioning Atoms through Inference” to her book “The Periodic Table of Poetry” (read from the book) 2/10/18 at Georgetown’s “Poetry Aloud” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).
video not yet rated See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “the Way you Tease me” from her book “Chapter 38 (v2)”, “Tin” from her book “The Periodic Table of Poetry”, and her new poem “Violations in the name of love” live 4/8/18 at “Spoken and Heard” @ Kick Butt Coffee (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).
video video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “the Way you Tease me” from her book “Chapter 38 (v2)”, “Tin” from her book “The Periodic Table of Poetry”, and her new poem “Violations in the name of love” live 4/8/18 at “Spoken and Heard” @ Kick Butt Coffee (Panasonic Lumix T56; Edge Detection).
video not yet rated See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “the Way you Tease me” from her book “Chapter 38 (v2)”, “Tin” from her book “The Periodic Table of Poetry”, and her new poem “Violations in the name of love” live 4/8/18 at “Spoken and Heard” @ Kick Butt Coffee (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; Sepia Tone).
video video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “the Way you Tease me” from her book “Chapter 38 (v2)”, “Tin” from her book “The Periodic Table of Poetry”, and her new poem “Violations in the name of love” live 4/8/18 at “Spoken and Heard” @ Kick Butt Coffee (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; Threshold).
video not yet rated See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “the Way you Tease me” from her book “Chapter 38 (v2)”, “Tin” from her book “The Periodic Table of Poetry”, and her new poem “Violations in the name of love” live 4/8/18 at “Spoken and Heard” @ Kick Butt Coffee (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).
video video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “the Way you Tease me” from her book “Chapter 38 (v2)”, “Tin” from her book “The Periodic Table of Poetry”, and her new poem “Violations in the name of love” live 4/8/18 at “Spoken and Heard” @ Kick Butt Coffee (Panasonic Lumix 2500; Edge Detection).
video not yet rated See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “the Way you Tease me” from her book “Chapter 38 (v2)”, “Tin” from her book “The Periodic Table of Poetry”, and her new poem “Violations in the name of love” live 4/8/18 at “Spoken and Heard” @ Kick Butt Coffee (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; Hue Cycling).
video video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “the Way you Tease me” from her book “Chapter 38 (v2)”, “Tin” from her book “The Periodic Table of Poetry”, and her new poem “Violations in the name of love” live 4/8/18 at “Spoken and Heard” @ Kick Butt Coffee (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; Threshold).
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See YouTube video of Chicago poet Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Violations tested”, “Violations in the name of love”, and “Hunting for Life” from the Down in the Dirt 6/ v158) magazine issue/book “The Painting” 6/4/18 at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” open mic (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).
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See YouTube video of Chicago poet Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Violations tested”, “Violations in the name of love”, and “Hunting for Life” from the Down in the Dirt 6/ v158) magazine issue/book “The Painting” 6/4/18 at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” open mic (from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).
video See YouTube video of Janet KuypersJune 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
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See YouTube video of Janet KuypersJune 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
video 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).
video 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).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems (less than) “Video Killed the Radio Star” (for World Radio Da, 2/14), “The Fourteenth” and “Violations in the Name of Love” (for Valentine’s Day, 2/14), all read from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”, live 2/8/20 @ “Poetry Aloud” (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera, on Facebook Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems (less than) “Video Killed the Radio Star” (for World Radio Da, 2/14), “The Fourteenth” and “Violations in the Name of Love” (for Valentine’s Day, 2/14), all read from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”, live 2/8/20 @ “Poetry Aloud” (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera, on Facebook Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).


Violations tested (3 tweet poem, on Twitter)
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See YouTube video of Chicago poet Janet Kuypers reading her 2 new poems “Violations tested” and “Violations in the name of love” then her intro poem “Questioning Atoms through Inference” to her book “The Periodic Table of Poetry” (read from the book) 2/10/18 at Georgetown’s “Poetry Aloud” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).
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See YouTube video of Chicago poet Janet Kuypers reading her 2 new poems “Violations tested” and “Violations in the name of love” then her intro poem “Questioning Atoms through Inference” to her book “The Periodic Table of Poetry” (read from the book) 2/10/18 at Georgetown’s “Poetry Aloud” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).
video See YouTube video 2/25/18 of Janet Kuypers reading her 2 poems, “Violations tested”, & “Holding My Hand”, + her prose “How Are You” at the Austin open mic Kick Butt Poetry: Spoken & Heard (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers
video See YouTube video 2/25/18 of Janet Kuypers reading her 2 poems, “Violations tested”, & “Holding My Hand”, + her prose “How Are You” at the Austin open mic Kick Butt Poetry: Spoken & Heard (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers
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See YouTube video of Chicago poet Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Violations tested”, “Violations in the name of love”, and “Hunting for Life” from the Down in the Dirt 6/ v158) magazine issue/book “The Painting” 6/4/18 at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” open mic (from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).
video See YouTube video of Janet KuypersJune 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
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See YouTube video of Janet KuypersJune 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
video 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” (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).
video 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” (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).
video 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” (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera, with a Hue Cycling filter).
video 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).
video 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).
video 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).
video See YouTube video of Janet KuypersNovember 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).
video See YouTube video of Janet KuypersNovember 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).
video See YouTube video of Janet KuypersApril 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
video See YouTube video of Janet KuypersApril 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
video See YouTube video of Janet KuypersMay 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
video See YouTube video of Janet KuypersMay 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
video 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).
video 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).


violence and peace both work
video See YouTube video 2/25/17 of Janet Kuypers saying her haiku “universe”, then reading her poems “elusive imaginary creature” and “violence and peace both work” 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). #janetkuypers
video See YouTube video 2/25/17 of Janet Kuypers saying her haiku “universe”, then reading her poems “elusive imaginary creature” and “violence and peace both work” 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). #janetkuypers
video See YouTube video of Janet KuypersOctober 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
video See YouTube video of Janet KuypersOctober 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
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Violence There
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See YouTube video 5/13/16 of Janet Kuypers reading her 2 new poems Violence There & Quibbling over Religion, and Being God at Georgetown’s Poetry Plus open mic at Cianfrani’s (from a Canon Power Shot camera).
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See YouTube video 5/13/16 of Janet Kuypers reading her 2 new poems Violence There & Quibbling over Religion, and Being God at Georgetown’s Poetry Plus open mic at Cianfrani’s (from a Sony camera).
video See YouTube video of Janet KuypersJune 2017 Book Release Reading 6/7/17 of Down in the Dirt’s book “Embracing Shadows” poems “Violence There” and “Quibbling over Religion”, then cc&d’s book “Respect our Existence or Expect our Resistance” poem “Saving Fingers & Scooping Ice Cream” (+ Thom’s poem) in 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
video See YouTube video of Janet KuypersJune 2017 Book Release Reading 6/7/17 of Down in the Dirt’s book “Embracing Shadows” poems “Violence There” and “Quibbling over Religion”, then cc&d’s book “Respect our Existence or Expect our Resistance” poem “Saving Fingers & Scooping Ice Cream” (+ Thom’s poem) in Community Poetry at Half Price Books (this video was filmed from a Sony camera and given a heatwave filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading
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See YouTube video 10/15/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “I’m Thinking About Myself Too Much”, “Violence There” (from her book “(pheromemes) 2015-2017 poems”) and “Earth was Alive and Dying” at “Kick Butt Poetry” in Austin (from a Panasonic Lumix camera).
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See YouTube video 10/15/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “I’m Thinking About Myself Too Much”, “Violence There” (from her book “(pheromemes) 2015-2017 poems”) and “Earth was Alive and Dying” at “Kick Butt Poetry” in Austin (video filmed from a Sony camera).
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers 11/14/17 reading her poems “Jumping from the Mausoleum”, “Violence There”, and “Quibbling over Religion” from her book “(pheromemes) 2015-2017 poems” outside the Biblioteca Nacional de la República Argentina in Buenos Aires (this video was filmed from a Sony camera).
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers 11/14/17 reading her poems “Jumping from the Mausoleum”, “Violence There”, and “Quibbling over Religion” from her book “(pheromemes) 2015-2017 poems” outside the Biblioteca Nacional de la República Argentina in Buenos Aires (filmed from a Sony camera; given a Posterize filter).
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers 11/14/17 reading her poems “Jumping from the Mausoleum”, “Violence There”, and “Quibbling over Religion” from her book “(pheromemes) 2015-2017 poems” outside the Biblioteca Nacional de la República Argentina in Buenos Aires (filmed from a Sony camera; given a Sepia Tone filter).
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers 11/14/17 reading her poems “Jumping from the Mausoleum”, “Violence There”, and “Quibbling over Religion” from her book “(pheromemes) 2015-2017 poems” outside the Biblioteca Nacional de la República Argentina in Buenos Aires (filmed from a Sony camera; given a Threshold filter).


violent affair
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of Janet Kuypers’ poem Violent Affair (Cfs) from the cc&d magazine 2015 issue collection book Salvation (issues and chapbooks edition) live 7/22/15 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago
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of Janet Kuypers’ poem Violent Affair (Cps) from the cc&d magazine 2015 issue collection book Salvation (issues and chapbooks edition) live 7/22/15 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago
video See YouTube video of Janet KuypersNovember 2018 Book Release Reading 11/7/18, where she read her “Nerves of a Poet” poems “Jabbed into an Open Nerve”, “bruised”, “Eight to Sixteen”, “Lord Have Mercy”, “Violent Affair”, “fog”, “pant”, and “translation (2014 haiku)”, 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).
video See YouTube video of Janet KuypersNovember 2018 Book Release Reading 11/7/18, where she read her “Nerves of a Poet” poems “Jabbed into an Open Nerve”, “bruised”, “Eight to Sixteen”, “Lord Have Mercy”, “Violent Affair”, “fog”, “pant”, and “translation (2014 haiku)”, 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; Posterize).
video 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” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera); on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr.
video 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” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera); on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr.


Violent Endeavour
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading the first poem she ever wrote from memory, “Under the Sea”, then reading 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), “Keep Looking Happy” (written 8/26, the the 1920 day the U.S. 19th Amendment was certified, given women the right to vote), and “Violent Endeavour” (written for when the first space probe entered another planet’s atmosphere, the Soviet Venera 4 to Venus) 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 (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoeticlicense
video See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading the first poem she ever wrote from memory, “Under the Sea”, then reading her poems “Effigy”, “Keep Looking Happy”, and “Violent Endeavour” 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 Samsung S9 camera). #janetkuyperspoeticlicense
video 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 v300Death 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).
video 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 v300Death Waits Outside” section of the cc&d 5-8 2020 collection book “One with the Mountain” live 8/5/20 (Samsung S9 camera).
video 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).
video 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).
video See a YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Hide from the World”, “Knowing Panic Becomes a Picnic”, “filed under fiction”, “Everyone Will React”, “Violent Endeavour”, and “Rushed” from the 2020 Scars Publications poetry and art collection book anthology “Vote Early, Read Often” 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
video See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Hide from the World”, “Knowing Panic Becomes a Picnic”, “filed under fiction”, “Everyone Will React”, “Violent Endeavour”, and “Rushed” from the 2020 Scars Publications poetry and art collection book anthology “Vote Early, Read Often” 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


Viruses: Entirely Human After All
video See this YouTube video 4/25/21 of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Viruses: Entirely Human After All” for the 2021 Poetry Bomb at the Alamo (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoem #janetkuyperspoetrybomb
video See this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Viruses: Entirely Human After All” for the 2021 Poetry Bomb 4/25/21 at the Alamo (this video was filmed and streamed live from a Samsung S9 camera). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoem #janetkuyperspoetrybomb
video See this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Bronze Sculptures will Crumble to Pieces” from the v184 6/21 Down in the Dirt book “Sprung from Grief”, then her poem “Viruses: Entirely Human After All”, then her Twitter-length Periodic Table poemDeuterium: How Sweet It Is” during 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
video See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Bronze Sculptures will Crumble to Pieces” from the v184 6/21 Down in the Dirt book “Sprung from Grief”, then her poem “Viruses: Entirely Human After All”, then her Twitter-length Periodic Table poemDeuterium: How Sweet It Is” during 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
video 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
video 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
video 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
video 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


Visakhapatnam (haiku, on Twitter)
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w/ poems read to music on 3/14/15 at the Art Colony in Chicago
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of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku Visakhapatnam from her book Bon Voyage! live 7/25/15 on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio (Cfs200, FlCrSat)
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of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku Visakhapatnam from her book Bon Voyage! live 7/25/15 on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio (Cfs)
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Visions were Justified
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ 3 poems Visions were Justified, Excuses for Skipping Work and Earth was Crying at Georgetown’s Poetry Plus open mic at Cianfrani’s 3/11/16 (this video was filmed from a Canon Power Shot camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ 3 poems Visions were Justified, Excuses for Skipping Work and Earth was Crying at Georgetown’s Poetry Plus open mic at Cianfrani’s 3/11/16 (this video was filmed from a Nikon CooPix S7000 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).
video See YouTube video of Janet KuypersSeptember 2017 Book Release Reading 9/6/17 from her book “(pheromemes) 2015-2017 poems”, with “Verge on Meditation”, “Elusive Imaginary Creature”, “Newspaper Ink’s the Blood of a Dying Species”, “Your Imaginary Soul Weighs 21 Grams”, “The Truth is Out There”, & “Visions Were Justified” in Community Poetry (video filmed from a Canon camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading
video See YouTube video of Janet KuypersSeptember 2017 Book Release Reading 9/6/17 from her book “(pheromemes) 2015-2017 poems”, with “Verge on Meditation”, “Elusive Imaginary Creature”, “Newspaper Ink’s the Blood of a Dying Species”, “Your Imaginary Soul Weighs 21 Grams”, “The Truth is Out There”, & “Visions Were Justified” in Community Poetry (video was filmed from a Sony camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading


Visiting and Seeing the Signs
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Journals Extinguished” (written on and for the day in 1824 of the burning of Lord Byron’s journals), “Volumes in Flames while the Spirit Lives” (written on the anniversary of the day Nazis in Germany staged massive public book burnings of “un-German” books), and “Visiting and Seeing the Signs” 5/18/19 while she hosted “Poetry Aloud(from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Journals Extinguished” (written on and for the day in 1824 of the burning of Lord Byron’s journals), “Volumes in Flames while the Spirit Lives” (written on the anniversary of the day Nazis in Germany staged massive public book burnings of “un-German” books), and “Visiting and Seeing the Signs” 5/18/19 while she hosted “Poetry Aloud(from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).
video 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).
video 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).
video 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
video 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
video 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
video 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


Visiting Pristine Places on the Planet
video 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).
video 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).
View the 12/2/17 show poems in the free PDF file chapbook
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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”.
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers 12/25/17 reading her poem “Christmas Eve”, then singing the WHAM! song “Last Christmas” with John on guitar, then reading her poem “Visiting Pristine Places on the Planet” at the “Buzz Mill” open mic in Austin (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers 12/25/17 reading her poem “Christmas Eve”, then singing the WHAM! song “Last Christmas” with John on guitar, then reading her poem “Visiting Pristine Places on the Planet” at the “Buzz Mill” open mic in Austin (Lumix 2500; Edge Detection).
video 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).
video 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).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers, while hosting the Poetry Aloud open mic 7/14/18 in Georgetown TX, read her poems “Terrorism Intelligence” and “The Cycle”, from her poetry performance art collection book “Chapter 38 v2”, and then her poem “Visiting Pristine Places on the Planet” from the cc&d book “Shining” at “Poetry Aloud” open mic to a live audience (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers, while hosting the Poetry Aloud open mic 7/14/18 in Georgetown TX, read her poems “Terrorism Intelligence” and “The Cycle”, from her poetry performance art collection book “Chapter 38 v2”, and then her poem “Visiting Pristine Places on the Planet” from the cc&d book “Shining” at “Poetry Aloud” open mic to a live audience (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).
video See YouTube video of Janet KuypersAugust 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).
video See YouTube video of Janet KuypersAugust 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).
video See YouTube video of Janet KuypersAugust 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.).
video See YouTube video of Janet KuypersAugust 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).
video See YouTube video of Janet KuypersAugust 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).
video See YouTube video of Janet KuypersAugust 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).
video 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).
video 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).
video 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).
video 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).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her prose “the Robot Zombie Witch Girl” revisited”, then starting the Chicago open mic she guest hosted, before reading her poem Visiting Pristine Places on the Planet 9/25/18 at Poetry at The Gallery Cabaret (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her prose “the Robot Zombie Witch Girl” revisited”, then starting the Chicago open mic she guest hosted, before reading her poem Visiting Pristine Places on the Planet 9/25/18 at Poetry at The Gallery Cabaret (from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).


Voice and Word
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Vastness of Just the Right Moon” (written 7/9/19, the day Saturn is closest and brightest to Earth because Saturn was opposite the Sun as seen from the Earth), “Vexing” (written on the anniversary of the day in 1878 the last witchcraft trial held in the United States), and “Voice and Word” (written on the calendar day George Michael was born, and the later calendar day Michael Jackson passed away) 7/20/19 at “Recycled Reads” (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Vastness of Just the Right Moon” (written 7/9/19, the day Saturn is closest and brightest to Earth because Saturn was opposite the Sun as seen from the Earth), “Vexing” (written on the anniversary of the day in 1878 the last witchcraft trial held in the United States), and “Voice and Word” (written on the calendar day George Michael was born, and the later calendar day Michael Jackson passed away) 7/20/19 at “Recycled Reads” (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).
video See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Voice and Word” (written 6/25/19, on the calendar day George Michael was born, and the calendar day Michael Jackson passed away), read from the Janet Kuypers poetry book Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” on 6/25/20 (on this event date), and then sang the George Michael song “Heal the Pain” acapella, during the VAPS New World Poetry open mic (this video filmed from a Samsung S9 camera). #janetkuyperspoeticlicense
video See this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Learning More (2020 edit)”, “Vortex Sucks Us In”, “Uphill Battles lead to Changing it Up”, “Voice and Word”, and “Your Essence” 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 #janetkuypersinstagram
video See this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Learning More (2020 edit)”, “Vortex Sucks Us In”, “Uphill Battles lead to Changing it Up”, “Voice and Word”, and “Your Essence” 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
video See this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Uphill Battles lead to Changing it Up”, “Voice and Word”, and “Your Essence” from the Down in the Dirt magazine May-August 2021 issue collection book “Lockdown’s Over” at the end of 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
video Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her “Uphill Battles lead to Changing it Up”, “Voice and Word”, and “Your Essence” from the Down in the Dirt magazine May-August 2021 issue collection book “Lockdown’s Over” at the end of 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


Volcano Lava Along the Road

Volumes in Flames while the Spirit Lives
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Journals Extinguished” (written on and for the day in 1824 of the burning of Lord Byron’s journals), “Volumes in Flames while the Spirit Lives” (written on the anniversary of the day Nazis in Germany staged massive public book burnings of “un-German” books), and “Visiting and Seeing the Signs” 5/18/19 while she hosted “Poetry Aloud(from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Journals Extinguished” (written on and for the day in 1824 of the burning of Lord Byron’s journals), “Volumes in Flames while the Spirit Lives” (written on the anniversary of the day Nazis in Germany staged massive public book burnings of “un-German” books), and “Visiting and Seeing the Signs” 5/18/19 while she hosted “Poetry Aloud(from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Volumes in Flames while the Soul Flourishes” from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”, my poem “Amber Beads” from the Scars Publications 2019 reprint of the cc&d magazine v184 May 2008 issue-book “That was the Time”, and her poem “Such a Surreal, Ephemeral Feel” from her poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” during the 9/15/19 at “Spoken and Heard” open mic in Austin (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 video camera, then posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Volumes in Flames while the Soul Flourishes” from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”, my poem “Amber Beads” from the Scars Publications 2019 reprint of the cc&d magazine v184 May 2008 issue-book “That was the Time”, and her poem “Such a Surreal, Ephemeral Feel” from her poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” during the 9/15/19 at “Spoken and Heard” open mic in Austin (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 video camera, then posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr).
video 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).
Janet 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).
video 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 v171Seasons” 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).
video 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 v171Seasons” 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).


Volumes of Philosophical Masterpieces
video See YouTube video 2/23/19 of Janet Kuypers reading her 2019 poems “Volumes of Philosophical Masterpieces” and “Glacial Ice”, hosting “Poetry Aloud(video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).
video See YouTube video 2/23/19 of Janet Kuypers reading her 2019 poems “Volumes of Philosophical Masterpieces” and “Glacial Ice”, hosting “Poetry Aloud(video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers 3 poetry readings for Community Poetry at Half Price Books 10/2/19. In part 1, Janet Kuypers reads her poem “Ends of the Earth”, then her poems based on The Bible: “Genesis One”, “Genesis Two and Three”, and “Genesis Four: Cain and Abel, and sin from killing”, then her poem “Listen to Life”, all read from the cc&d v292 (Sept.-Oct. 2019 issue) perfect-bound paperback ISBN# book “In The Fall”. In part 2, Janet Kuypers reads her poems “Someone Give Me the Answers” and “Their Crutches” from the 3/18/03 poetry show “Death Comes In Threes”, then her poems #8220;Touch (2019 edit)” and Explosive Energy”, all read from the Down in the Dirt v166 (Sept.-Oct. 2019 issue) perfect-bound paperback ISBN# book “Climate Change” - then she read her poems “Volumes of Philosophical Masterpieces”, “Just the Right Words”, “Vastness of Just the Right Moon”, and her two Notre Dame poems “Xystus to Foundation” and “Xyresic Flames”, all read from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”. In part 3, Janet Kuypers reads her poems “”, “Eat Your Words”, “Xenon and PTSD, to Fight that Spiral”, and “Kept my Eye on You”, all read from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers 3 poetry readings for Community Poetry at Half Price Books 10/2/19. In part 1, Janet Kuypers reads her poem “Ends of the Earth”, then her poems based on The Bible: “Genesis One”, “Genesis Two and Three”, and “Genesis Four: Cain and Abel, and sin from killing”, then her poem “Listen to Life”, all read from the cc&d v292 (Sept.-Oct. 2019 issue) perfect-bound paperback ISBN# book “In The Fall”. In part 2, Janet Kuypers reads her poems “Someone Give Me the Answers” and “Their Crutches” from the 3/18/03 poetry show “Death Comes In Threes”, then her poems #8220;Touch (2019 edit)” and Explosive Energy”, all read from the Down in the Dirt v166 (Sept.-Oct. 2019 issue) perfect-bound paperback ISBN# book “Climate Change” - then she read her poems “Volumes of Philosophical Masterpieces”, “Just the Right Words”, “Vastness of Just the Right Moon”, and her two Notre Dame poems “Xystus to Foundation” and “Xyresic Flames”, all read from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”. In part 3, Janet Kuypers reads her poems “”, “Eat Your Words”, “Xenon and PTSD, to Fight that Spiral”, and “Kept my Eye on You”, all read from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr).
video 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).
video 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).
video 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).
video 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).
video Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Qualms with a Headache”, “Kind of like a City”, “Volumes of Philosophical Masterpieces”, the haiku “nature I”, and the poem “Vegetarians, One Meal at a Time” from the Scars Publications 1/22 Down in the Dirt v191 book “Impeccable Warriors” 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 from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading
video Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Qualms with a Headache”, “Kind of like a City”, “Volumes of Philosophical Masterpieces”, the haiku “nature I”, and the poem “Vegetarians, One Meal at a Time” from the Scars Publications 1/22 Down in the Dirt v191 book “Impeccable Warriors” 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
video Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Qualms with a Headache”, “Kind of like a City” (+ image), “Volumes of Philosophical Masterpieces”, and “Quilled for Poets” 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
video Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Qualms with a Headache”, “Kind of like a City” (+ image), “Volumes of Philosophical Masterpieces”, and “Quilled for Poets” 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


Voluptuous, and Intelligent Too
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her Instagram poem “Language” that will be in her upcoming (August 2919) poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, twitterverse, Instagram & poetry” and then showed her Instagram and Twitter image from the poem, “Unity for Humanity”, then her upcoming (August 2919) poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, twitterverse, Instagram & poetry” “Voluptuous, and Intelligent Too6/29/19 hosting “Poetry Aloud(Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her Instagram poem “Language” that will be in her upcoming (August 2919) poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, twitterverse, Instagram & poetry” and then showed her Instagram and Twitter image from the poem, “Unity for Humanity”, then her upcoming (August 2919) poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, twitterverse, Instagram & poetry” “Voluptuous, and Intelligent Too6/29/19 hosting “Poetry Aloud(Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).
video 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 (from a Samsung S9 camera).
video 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).
video See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Cesium for Certainty” and Outside the Box Voluptuous, and Intelligent Too” from the v172Existential Threats section of the Down in the Dirt 5-8 2020 collection book “Outside the Box” in a live book reading 8/5/20 (this video was filmed and streamed from a Samsung S9 camera).
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 v172Existential 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).
video 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 v172Existential 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).
video 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
video 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
video 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
video 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


Vortex Sucks Us In
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Vortex Sucks Us In” (that she wrote that day, starting for Flag Day 6/14, then morphing into friend Thom’s birthday get-together on the same day), live 6/14/19 at Full English Café (from an iPhone camera, with a Sepia Tone filter).
video See YouTube video live 6/30/19 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Xenogeny” (written for Lent), “Unprovable Stories” (written on Atheist Pride Day),and “Vortex Sucks Us In” (written on Flag Day), from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” at “Spoken and Heard” in Austin (video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).
video See YouTube video live 6/30/19 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Xenogeny” (written for Lent), “Unprovable Stories” (written on Atheist Pride Day),and “Vortex Sucks Us In” (written on Flag Day) from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” at “Spoken and Heard” in Austin (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).
video See YouTube video ofJanet 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).
video See YouTube video ofJanet 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).
video 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).
video 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).
video See this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Learning More (2020 edit)”, “Vortex Sucks Us In”, “Uphill Battles lead to Changing it Up”, “Voice and Word”, and “Your Essence” 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 #janetkuypersinstagram
video See this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Learning More (2020 edit)”, “Vortex Sucks Us In”, “Uphill Battles lead to Changing it Up”, “Voice and Word”, and “Your Essence” 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
video 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
video 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


Vortexes Indenting our World
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Zircon, Gemstones, Baubles and Bling” (written on and for National Jewel Day), “Value of π” (written on and for Pi Day, 3/14), and “Vortexes Indenting our World” (written 3/15, the day after Albert Einstein’s birthday) live 3/16/19 at “Poetry Aloud” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Zircon, Gemstones, Baubles and Bling” (written on and for National Jewel Day), “Value of π” (written on and for Pi Day, 3/14), and “Vortexes Indenting our World” (written 3/15, the day after Albert Einstein’s birthday) live 3/16/19 at “Poetry Aloud” (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera, then given a Posterize filter).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Zircon, Gemstones, Baubles and Bling” (written on and for National Jewel Day), “Value of π” (written on and for Pi Day, 3/14), and “Vortexes Indenting our World” (written 3/15, the day after Albert Einstein’s birthday) live 3/16/19 at “Poetry Aloud” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Zircon, Gemstones, Baubles and Bling” (written on and for National Jewel Day), “Value of π” (written on and for Pi Day, 3/14), and “Vortexes Indenting our World” (written 3/15, the day after Albert Einstein’s birthday) live 3/16/19 at “Poetry Aloud” (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera, then given a Sepia Tone filter).
video 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).
video 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).
video 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).
video 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).
video 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 v296Another 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).
video 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 v296Another 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).


Vote Changing: the System’s Solution
video Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her Twitter Verse Periodic Table poem “Iron Bloodied Eyelids” from the v101 11/22 Down in the Dirt issue/book “Reaching for the Stars” (that also appears in the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Twitter Verse Periodic Table Poetry”), then her poem “Gods want their life to end” from the v101 11/22 Down in the Dirt issue/book “Reaching for the Stars” (that are also slated to appear in the 2023 CyberWit.net Janet Kuypers poetry book “Testament”), then her new poem “Vote Changing: the System’s Solution” during her “Poetic License 11/6/22 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
video Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her Twitter Verse Periodic Table poem “Iron Bloodied Eyelids” from the v101 11/22 Down in the Dirt issue/book “Reaching for the Stars” (that also appears in the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Twitter Verse Periodic Table Poetry”), then her poem “Gods want their life to end” from the v101 11/22 Down in the Dirt issue/book “Reaching for the Stars” (that are also slated to appear in the 2023 CyberWit.net Janet Kuypers poetry book “Testament”), then her new poem “Vote Changing: the System’s Solution” during her “Poetic License 11/6/22 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
video Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her “I wrote this in the dark” book poems “Sulfur, Suddenly” + sharing its image (which is also in her book “Twitter Verse Periodic Table Poetry”), “Fighting for Freedom on Christmas” (which is also in the book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”) and her poems “Kerning, Ballots, and Women’s Rights” “Vote Changing: the System’s Solution” “Eliminate All Rapists” “Revelation One: One-Four” “Revelation One: Five-Eight” and “Revelation One: Eleven” (which are also in the CyberWit 2023 book “Testament”) for the 5/3/23 ‘Community Poetry’ honorary book reading (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). video
Also enjoy this as a Facebook live video stream that was filmed and streamed from a Samsung S9 camera, and posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperswomensrights #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem
video 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). video 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
video 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”, and “Eliminate All Rapists” 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 (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).
video Also enjoy this YouTube video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera with a Hue Cycling filter (on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersfeature #janetkuypersfeminism #janetkuyperswomensrights


Voyager
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “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) and “Voyager” (written for the August 25, 2012 date NASA’s Voyager 1 started the Interstellar Mission into the unknown), and her haiku poem “Use Your Mind” (written 8/20, on National Aviation Day) 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 (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoeticlicense
video See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Everyone is to Blame” and “Voyager”, and her haiku poem “Use Your Mind” 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 Samsung S9 camera). #janetkuyperspoeticlicense
video 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 v174Drowning 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).
video 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 v174Drowning 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).









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