Read Modern Chicago and American poetry from Chicago Poet Janet Kuypers

Zach Makes Me Think About These Things (twitter-length poem)

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

Watch this YouTube video
read live 1/16/12 at Waiting4the Bus’ Café Ballou open mike in Chicago
(from the Samsung)

Watch this YouTube video
read live 1/16/12 at Waiting4the Bus’ Café Ballou open mike in Chicago
(from the Sony)

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

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Everyone Else”, “Surviving the Apocalypse”, “Know You”, “Quenching Anybody’s Thirst”, “Worth Something”, “Everyone Has a Choice”, and “Zach Makes Me Think About These Things” from the Down in the Dirt 6/22 v195 issue/book “Bri dge” on 6/1/22, the 1st Wednesday of the month from 1:00-3:00 PM CST in honor of the “Community Poetry” reading (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry

Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Everyone Else”, “Surviving the Apocalypse”, “Know You”, “Quenching Anybody’s Thirst”, “Worth Something”, “Everyone Has a Choice”, and “Zach Makes Me Think About These Things” from the Down in the Dirt 6/22 v195 issue/book “Bri dge” on 6/1/22, 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

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Everyone Else”, “Surviving the Apocalypse”, “Know You”, “Quenching Anybody’s Thirst”, “Worth Something”, “Everyone Has a Choice”, “Zach Makes Me Think About These Things”, “Been a World Leader”, and “Enough’s Enough” from section 2 of the from the Down in the Dirt 5-8/22 issue collection book “The Final Frontier” on 10/5/22 on the 1st Wednesday of the month (1:00-3:00 PM CST) in honor of ‘Community Poetry’ (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Everyone Else”, “Surviving the Apocalypse”, “Know You”, “Quenching Anybody’s Thirst”, “Worth Something”, “Everyone Has a Choice”, “Zach Makes Me Think About These Things”, “Been a World Leader”, and “Enough’s Enough” from section 2 of the Down in the Dirt 5-8/22 issue collection book “The Final Frontier” on 10/5/22 on the 1st Wednesday of the month (1:00-3:00 PM CST) in honor of ‘Community Poetry’ (filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypers #janetkuypersbookreading

Zap My Will poem highlighted on Twitter and Instagram and Tumblr

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her 2019 poems “Zap My Will” (then showing the Instagram image highlighting it), “Dreams 2/3/19”, and her haiku “after” (then showing the Instagram image for it), live 5/18/19 at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” (Panasonic Lumix 2500).

See YouTube video live 6/30/19 of Janet Kuypers reading portions of her 2019 Instagram poem “Zap My Will” at “Spoken and Heard” in Austin (from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video live 6/30/19 of Janet Kuypers reading portions of her 2019 Instagram poem “Zap My Will” at “Spoken and Heard” in Austin (from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; Sepia).

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Zap My Will” (+ image) and her Twitter-length Periodic Table poem “Ruthenium for Free” from the v320 4/22 cc&d book “Seaweed Garden”, then her poem “Listen to Life” (+ image) from the Scars Publi cations 2022 collection book “Regarding Utopia” to start hrt “Poetic License global open mic 4/3/22” 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

Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Zap My Will” (+ image) and her Twitter-length Periodic Table poem “Ruthenium for Free” from the v320 4/22 cc&d book “Seaweed Garden”, then her poem “Listen to Life” (+ image) from the Scars Publi cations 2022 collection book “Regarding Utopia” to start her “Poetic License global open mic 4/3/22” 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

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Zap My Will” (+ image), “Ruthenium for Free” (+ image), and “Ruthenium” from the cc&d 1-4/22 issue collection book “Unfinished Business”, then her poems “Boron’s Birth” (+ image), “Boron nitride stretching” (+ image), “Lithium to Calm my Nerves”, “Lithium”, and “Nitrogen with an icy heart” (+ image) from the Down in the Dirt 1-4/22 Down in the Dirt issue collection book “The Ice that Was” on 8/3/22 on the 1st Wednesday of the month (1:00-3:00 PM CST) in honor of ‘Community Poetry’ (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperspoetry

Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Zap My Will” (+ image), “Ruthenium for Free” (+ image), and “Ruthenium” from the cc&d 1-4/22 issue collection book “Unfinished Business”, then her poems “Boron’s Birth” (+ image), “Boron nitride stretching” (+ image), “Lithium to Calm my Nerves”, “Lithium”, and “Nitrogen with an icy heart” (+ image) from the Down in the Dirt 1-4/22 Down in the Dirt issue collection book “The Ice that Was” on 8/3/22 on the 1st Wednesday of the month (1:00-3:00 PM CST) in honor of ‘Community Poetry’ (streamed from a Samsung S9 camera; posted on Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

Zealots Intentions

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

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

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

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

See a YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Once Again Regain our Humanity”, “Uprising for Revolution”, “Overturn the Futility”, and “Zealots Intentions” from the Scars Publi cations cc&d 9-12 2020 issue collection book “Roll th e Bones” 3/3/21, during the usual time for Austin’s “Community Poetry” open mic (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersinstagram

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

Zeal was Unbridled poem on Instagram and Twitter

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Escaping the Atmosphere Any Way we Can” (written on Wernher von Braun’s birthday, 3/23), “Zeal was Unbridled” (written the calendar day, 3/19, Adolf Hitler signed the Nero Decree), and “We Didn’t Start the Fire” (written on the anniversary of the Reichstag fire, 2/27) live 4/20/19 at “Poetry Aloud” (Panasonic Lumix T56).

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

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

See YouTube video 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).

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).

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 v169 “Going Off-Grid” of the Down in the Dirt February-Aril 2020 issue collection book “Founda tions” for “The 2020 #poetrybomb” (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See Facebook streaming video live from 4/26/20 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Quickly, Life Can Turn”, “Each Trigger Pull”, “Vanishing Psycho in the Rear Window”, “Value of π”, “Zeal was Unbridled”, and “Xenogeny” from the v169 “Going Off-Grid” of the the Down in the Dirt magazine February-Aril 2020 issue collection book “Founda tions” for “The 2020 #poetrybomb” (Samsung S9).

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 v169 “Going Off-Grid” section of the Down in the Dirt 2-4 2020 collection book “Founda tions” 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).

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 v169 “Going Off-Grid” section of the Down in the Dirt 2-4 2020 collection book “Founda tions” 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).

See a YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Xenon & PTSD, to Fight that Spiral”, “Earth was Alive and Dying”, “Xenogeny”, “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed”, “Fantastic Car Crash”, “Quiet as a Painting”, “Death takes many forms.”, “Zeal was Unbridled”, and “And I’m Wondering” from the 2020 Scars Publi cations poetry and art collection book anthology “inside the box” 12/2/20, during the usual time for Austin’s “Community Poetry” open mic (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera, and posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Xenon & PTSD, to Fight that Spiral”, “Earth was Alive and Dying”, “Xenogeny”, “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed”, “Fantastic Car Crash”, “Quiet as a Painting”, “Death takes many forms.”, “Zeal was Unbridled”, and “And I’m Wondering” from the 2020 Scars Publi cations poetry and art collection book anthology “inside the box” 12/2/20, during the usual time for Austin’s “Community Poetry” open mic (this video was filmed and streamed with a Samsung S9 camera). #janetkuypers

Zenith of the Night Sky

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

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

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers in her 2/4/17 show “Exalted Love” at “Greatest Love” in Austin reading her poems “Mapping the Way to True Love”, “Years, Centuries, Eons”, “Zenith of the Night Sky”, and “just one book” with music (this video was filmed from a Canon Power Shot SX60 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperspoetryshow

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers in her 2/4/17 show “Exalted Love” at “Greatest Love” in Austin reading her poems “Mapping the Way to True Love”, “Years, Centuries, Eons”, “Zenith of the Night Sky”, and “just one book” with music (this video was filmed from a Canon Power Shot SX700 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperspoetryshow

View or download the free PDF chapbook
Exalted Love
with her 2017 poems “Mapping the Way to True Love”, “Years, Centuries, Eons”, “Zenith of the Night Sky”, and “just one book” performed in her 2/4/17 show.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku “eminence” that led into her two poems “Zenith of the Night Sky” and “Unique Noise” 2/11/17 at the “Poetry Aloud” open mic at the Georgetown Public Library (filmed from a Canon Power Shot SX700 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku “eminence” that led into her two poems “Zenith of the Night Sky” and “Unique Noise” 2/11/17 at the “Poetry Aloud” open mic at the Georgetown Public Library (this video was filmed from a Sony camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Falling From the Sky” and “Keeping a Record of Going Too Far” from her book “Revealed”, plus her poem “Zenith of the Night Sky” @ Austin’s Recycled Reads 3/18/17 (filmed from a Canon Power Shot SX700 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Ultimate Connectivity: aches and pains”, “Ultimate Connectivity: how coffee can be relaxing”, “Ultimate Connectivity: swimming with the fishes”, “Ultimate Connectivity: forgetting fear and feeling free” and “Zenith of the Night Sky” from her book “(pheromemes) 2015-2017 show poems” 8/23/17 at Kenosha (WI) Beach (video filmed from a Sony camera, with intro in a Hue Cycling filter and reading in a Posterize filter).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers at her 4/4/18 “Community Poetry @ Half Price Books” Austin feature reading, reading from the cc&d September-December 2017 issue collection book “Language of Untamed Spirit” her poem “Zenith of the Night Sky”, her haiku “eminence”, her short prose “Driving by His House”, and her poem “erasure poem: a Poetic History” 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). #janetkuyperspoetry

Zeus and Jupiter’s Children

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Tumblr poem “Just a Little Crazy”, and her poems “Zeus and Jupiter’s Children” (written on 7/15/19, the day in 1994 that the Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 collided into Jupiter), and “Kuiper Belt Ferryman” (for New Horizons space probe photographing Pluto and Charon 7/13/15) live 7/20/19 at “Poetry Aloud” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Tumblr poem “Just a Little Crazy”, and her poems “Zeus and Jupiter’s Children” (written on 7/15/19, the day in 1994 that the Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 collided into Jupiter), and “Unraveling Two More Moons” (written 7/14/19, the day in 1965 of the Mariner 4 flyby of Mars taking the first close-up photos of another planet, and learning about the Mars moons Phobos and Deimos) live 7/20/19 at “Recycled Reads” (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Tumblr poem “Just a Little Crazy”, and her poems “Zeus and Jupiter’s Children” (written on 7/15/19, the day in 1994 that the Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 collided into Jupiter), and “Unraveling Two More Moons” (written 7/14/19, the day in 1965 of the Mariner 4 flyby of Mars taking the first close-up photos of another planet, and learning about the Mars moons Phobos and Deimos) live 7/20/19 at “Recycled Reads” (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; Sepia Tone).

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her bonus July poem “Zeus and Jupiter’s Children” (written 7/15, on the day in 1994 that the Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 collided into Jupiter), read from the Janet Kuypers poetry book

“Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)” on 7/15/20 (on this event date) as a bonus reading for the “Poetic License open mic 7/5/20 home edition” (this video was filmed from a Samsung S9 camera). #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

See a YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Earthly Gravitational Bond to the Moon” (written 7/8/19, the launch date in 2011 of the Last Space Shuttle Mission), “Unraveling Two More Moons” (written 7/14, for the day in 1965 of the Mariner 4 flyby of Mars taking the first close-up photos of another planet, and learning about the Mars moons Phobos and Deimos), and “Zeus and Jupiter’s Children” (written 7/15, on the day in 1994 that the Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 collided into Jupiter), read from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)” on 7/18/20 during the Zoom meeting for the Open Mic Showcase (on a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Earthly Gravitational Bond to the Moon” (written 7/8/19, the launch date in 2011 of the Last Space Shuttle Mission), “Unraveling Two More Moons” (written 7/14, for the day in 1965 of the Mariner 4 flyby of Mars taking the first close-up photos of another planet, and learning about the Mars moons Phobos and Deimos), and “Zeus and Jupiter’s Children” (written 7/15, on the day in 1994 that the Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 collided into Jupiter), read from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)” on 7/18/20 during the Zoom meeting for the Open Mic Showcase (this video was filmed from a Samsung S9 camera).

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). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

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

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 “Lockdo wn’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

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 book “Lockdo wn’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

Zinc (from the “Periodic Table of Poetry” series)
also see this poem at Artvilla

Watch the YouTube video
of this Kuypers reading the poem live 1/26/13 on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio (Canon),
with music from the HA!Man of South Africa
(2011 Hotel music “the Ice is Melting”)

Enjoy this feature-length YouTube video live 1/26/13 of Kuypers reading her Periodic Table poetry in “Periodic Prep for Radio Poetry” on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio, read to music from the HA!Man of South Africa’s 2011 Hotel music the Ice is Melting (this video was filmed from a Canon camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Link ed in, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem

See YouTube video
1/26/13 of Kuypers reading 8 Periodic Table poems (including this poem) on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio (Samsung), with the HA!Man of South Africa’s 2011 Hotel music the Ice is Melting playing

Watch this YouTube video
of this “Periodic Table of Poetry” poem read live in Chicago 1/30/13 (Canon) at her feature Poetry Saloon at Noon

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her “Periodic Table” poems live in her Chicago 1/30/13 feature Poetry Saloon at Noon, with background music from the HA!Man of South Africa’s “Wayward Waltz of the Fractured Wind” (filmed from a Canon camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Link ed in, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem

Download this poem in the free chapbook
the Poetry Saloon at Noon,
w/ the Periodic Table of Poetry poems
chapbook of poems in this show.

See YouTube video 1/19/19 of Janet Kuypers reading her Periodic Table poems “Chlorine”, “Zinc”, and “Sulfur” from her 1/30/13 feature Poetry Saloon at Noon, all read from her v5 cc&d book “On the Edge” at “Recycled Reads” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See YouTube video 1/19/19 of Janet Kuypers reading her Periodic Table poems “Chlorine”, “Zinc”, and “Sulfur” from her 1/30/13 feature Poetry Saloon at Noon, all read from her v5 cc&d book “On the Edge” at “Recycled Reads” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading from the Down in the Dirt 5-8/22 issue collection book “The Final Frontier” her Periodic Table poem “Zinc” (which also appears in the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Periodic Ta ble Poetry”), and her Twitter Verse Periodic Table poems “Zinc as Philosopher’s Wool” and “Fermium— bad and good?” (+ image) on 12/7/22, the 1st Wednesday of the month (1:00-3:00 PM CST) in honor of ‘Community Poetry’ (this video was filmed from a

Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linked in, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). This video was also filmed from a Samsung S9 camera, and posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

Zinc as Philosopher’s Wool poem on Facebook and Twitter

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her Twitter Verse Periodic Table Poems “Manganese Growing” (#25, Mn), “Iron Bloodied Eyelids” and “Iron, Filtered In” (#26, Fe), “Cobalt Goblins” (#27, Co), “Nickel the Demon” (#28, Ni), “Copper in your Mouth” (#29, Cu), “Zinc as Philosopher’s Wool” (#30, Zn), “Germanium: We Would Never Survive” (#32, Ge), “Arsenic is the Cure” (#33, As), “Selenium Mixing” (#34, Se), “Bromine’s Assault” (#35, Br), “Rubidium Deep Red Explosions” (#37, Rb), “Strontium Save Me” (#38, Sr), and “Yttrium, Seeping” (#39, Y) after the #8220;Janet Kuypers on Chicago’s WZRD Radio 9/7/19” (Panasonic Lumix T56).

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 Publi cations 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

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 Publi cations 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

Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her two Twitter Verse Periodic Table poems “Zinc as Philosopher’s Wool” and “Fermium— bad and good?” (+ image for this poem) from the v198 8/22 Down in the Dirt book “My Name is Equality”, plus her new poems “X-ing out lives” and “Queueing as Defeatists, But Fighting for Freedom” during her “Poetic License 8/7/22 global open mic” she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (this video was filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperswomensrights #janetkuypersequalityforwomen #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her two Twitter Verse Periodic Table poems “Zinc as Philosopher’s Wool” and “Fermium— bad and good?” (+ image for this poem) from the v198 8/22 Down in the Dirt book “My Name is Equality”, plus her new poems “X-ing out lives” and “Queueing as Defeatists, But Fighting for Freedom” during her “Poetic License 8/7/22 global open mic” 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 #janetkuyperswomensrights #janetkuypersequalityforwomen #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

Zircon, Gemstones, Baubles and Bling

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).

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).

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).

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

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

See 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

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

See this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Zircon, Gemstones, Baubles and Bling”, “Zucchini Versus Sausage: different choices today” and “Glacial Ice” from the “Prayers and Bullets” section of the Scars Publi cations 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). #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

See this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Zircon, Gemstones, Baubles and Bling”, “Zucchini Versus Sausage: different choices today” and “Glacial Ice” from the “Prayers and Bullets” section of the Scars Publi cations 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

Zirconium (from the “Periodic Table of Poetry” series)
also see this poem at Artvilla

Download this poem in the free chapbook
the 7/22/12 Beach Poets chapbook,
w/ the Periodic Table of Poetry poems.

See YouTube video
of Kuypers reading this poem at her Beach Poets feature 7/22/12 in Chicago (from the Canon)

See YouTube video
of Kuypers reading 7 poems from her series “Periodic Table of Poetry” at her Beach Poets feature 7/22/12 in Chicago, including this poem (from the Canon)

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her v341 1/24 cc&d issue/book “The Cosmos is a Lonely Place” poems “Entering Courtroom 101” (+ show image 1), “Only Option is Fighting” (+ show image 2), + her “Periodic Ta ble Poetry” poem “Zirconium” (+ show image 1) and her “Twitter Verse Periodic Table Poetry”

poem “Zirconium Brilliance” (+ show image 1 & 2) to start her “Poetic License 1/7/24 global open mic” she hosted in a Zoom meeting & a Facebook event page (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Link ed in, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr.) Also enjoy this as a Facebook live video stream (filmed & streamed live from a Samsung S9 camera with a Paper Tear filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Link ed in, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

Zirconium Brilliance poem on Facebook and Twitter

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her Twitter Verse Periodic Table Poem “Zirconium Brilliance” (#40, Zr) in an outdoor amphitheater right before the first Nitzer Ebb industrial concert in Austin, TX 9/19/19, which is linked on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, and Tumblr (video filmed with an iPhone 10).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Quantum of Evidence” from her 2019 book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”, her poem “Zones of Comfort and Taking a Chance” from her 2019 book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”, and her Twitter Verse Periodic Table Poem “Zirconium Brilliance” (#40, Zr) at Austin’s Open Mic Showcase 9/21/19 at Recycles Reads (from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Gallium Anticipation”, “Germanium: We Would Never Survive”, “Arsenic is the Cure”, “Selenium Mixing”, “Bromine’s Assault”, “Rubidium Deep Red Explosions”, “Rubidium leads the way to a new state”, “Strontium and 3-D time”, “Strontium Save Me”, “Strontium shows Schrödinger’s cat”, “Yttrium, Seeping”, and “Zirconium Brilliance” from the Scars Publi cations 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

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Gallium Anticipation”, “Germanium: We Would Never Survive”, “Arsenic is the Cure”, “Selenium Mixing”, “Bromine’s Assault”, “Rubidium Deep Red Explosions”, “Rubidium leads the way to a new state”, “Strontium and 3-D time”, “Strontium Save Me”, “Strontium shows Schrödinger’s cat”, “Yttrium, Seeping”, and “Zirconium Brilliance” from the Scars Publi cations 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

Zones of Comfort and Taking a Chance

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers, while hosting the Poetry Aloud open mic 4/27/19 in Georgetown TX, starting the open mic by reading her poe, “Zones of Comfort and Taking a Chance” (originally written on National Take a Chance Day) to a live audience for National Poetry Month (video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers, while hosting the Poetry Aloud open mic 4/27/19 in Georgetown TX, starting the open mic by reading her poem “Zones of Comfort and Taking a Chance” (originally written on National Take a Chance Day) to a live audience for National Poetry Month (video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Quantum of Evidence” from her 2019 book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”, and her poem “Zones of Comfort and Taking a Chance” from her 2019 book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” at Austin’s Open Mic Showcase 9/21/19 at Recycles Reads (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Quantum of Evidence” from her 2019 book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”, and her poem “Zones of Comfort and Taking a Chance” from her 2019 book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” at Austin’s Open Mic Showcase 9/21/19 at Recycles Reads (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; Sepia Tone filter).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her Down in the Dirt 4/20 v170 Amazon book “Formative” poems “Xenon & PTSD, to Fight that Spiral”, “Quartermaster General, Burying Bodies”, “Quarrel over the Constitution”, “Eat Your Words”, “Zones of Comfort and Taking a Chance”, and “Karma and Lollipops” during the “Poetic License open mic 4/5/20 home edition” she hosted in Austin, but globally through a Facebook event page (video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her Down in the Dirt 4/20 v170 Amazon book “Formative” poems “Xenon & PTSD, to Fight that Spiral”, “Quartermaster General, Burying Bodies”, “Quarrel over the Constitution”, “Eat Your Words”, “Zones of Comfort and Taking a Chance”, and “Karma and Lollipops” during the “Poetic License open mic 4/5/20 home edition” she hosted in Austin, but globally through a Facebook event page (video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See YouTube video from 4/26/20 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Xenon & PTSD, to Fight that Spiral”, then “Quartermaster General, Burying Bodies”, “Quarrel over the Constitution”, “Eat Your Words”, “Zones of Comfort and Taking a Chance”, and “Karma and Lollipops” from the v170 “Formative” section of the Down in the Dirt magazine February-Aril 2020 issue collection book “Founda tions” for “The 2020 #poetrybomb” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See Facebook streaming video live from 4/26/20 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Xenon & PTSD, to Fight that Spiral”, then “Quartermaster General, Burying Bodies”, “Quarrel over the Constitution”, “Eat Your Words”, “Zones of Comfort and Taking a Chance”, and “Karma and Lollipops” from the v170 “Formative” section of the Down in the Dirt magazine February-Aril 2020 issue collection book “Founda tions” for “The 2020 #poetrybomb” (Samsung S9).

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Xenon & PTSD, to Fight that Spiral”, “Quartermaster General, Burying Bodies”, “Quarrel over the Constitution”, “Eat Your Words”, “Zones of Comfort and Taking a Chance”, “Karma and Lollipops” from the v170 “Formative” section of the Down in the Dirt 2-4 2020 collection book “Founda tions” for The Café Gallery 9/29/20 Book Reading in The Café Gallery 2020 book reading series (from a Samsung S9 camera).

See a YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Xenon & PTSD, to Fight that Spiral”, “Quartermaster General, Burying Bodies”, “Quarrel over the Constitution”, “Eat Your Words”, “Zones of Comfort and Taking a Chance”, “Karma and Lollipops” from the v170 “Formative” section of the Down in the Dirt 2-4 2020 collection book “Founda tions” for The Café Gallery 9/29/20 Book Reading in The Café Gallery 2020 book reading series (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

Zoo / Putting on a Show

See this YouTube video 5/2/18 of Janet Kuypers’ May 2018 Book Release Reading, where she first read her Down in the Dirt 5/18 book “The Church” poems “JY asks”, “zoo / putting on a show”, “You and I, Walking Through Georgetown”, and “Returning to Georgetown”, 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 #janetkuypersbookreading

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ May 2018 Book Release Reading 5/2/18, where she first read her Down in the Dirt 5/18 book “The Church” poems “JY asks”, “zoo / putting on a show”, “You and I, Walking Through Georgetown”, and “Returning to Georgetown”, in Community Poetry @ Half Price Books (from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera, with an Edge Detection filter).

Zoos, Big Brains and Opposable Thumbs

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her bonus June poem “Zoos, Big Brains and Opposable Thumbs” (written 7/1, on American Zoo Day), read from the Janet Kuypers poetry book

“Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)” on 7/1/20 (on this event date) as a prequel teaser to the the “Poetic License open mic 7/5/20 home edition (Samsung S9 camera). #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

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

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

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her Periodic Table Twitter Verse poem “Elementary, the Coronavirus” and her poem “Zoos, Big Brains and Opposable Thumbs” from the cc&d July 2020 book “So Much Moon” live 8/27/20 during the Virtual Austin Poetry Society New World Poetry open mic (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her Periodic Table Twitter Verse poem “Elementary, the Coronavirus” and her poem “Zoos, Big Brains and Opposable Thumbs” from the cc&d July 2020 book “So Much Moon” live 8/27/20 during the Virtual Austin Poetry Society New World Poetry open mic (video streamed from a Samsung S9 camera).

Zouk or Xibelani

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Xenogeny” (written during Lent), “Zynsky’s Manifesto” (written the calendar day Ted Kaczynski was arrested in 1996), and “Zouk or Xibelani” (written on International Dance Day) 5/18/19 while she hosted the “Poetry Aloud” open mic (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Quartermaster General, Burying Bodies” in honor of the April 12^th date the U.S. Civil War begins, “Quarrel over the Constitution” on Thomas Jefferson’s birthday April 13^th, “from Other Souls” for the April 14^th date the Titanic hit an iceberg, 3 poems in honor of Arbor Day on April 24^th: “nature I”, “Climbing Trees”, and “I’m Sure We Killed It”, the poem “Zouk or Xibelani” for the April 29^th International Dance Day, and “People’s Lives Were at Stake” representing the April 29^th Los Angeles riots, 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 filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Quartermaster General, Burying Bodies” in honor of the April 12^th date the U.S. Civil War begins, “Quarrel over the Constitution” on Thomas Jefferson’s birthday April 13^th, “from Other Souls” for the April 14^th date the Titanic hit an iceberg, 3 poems in honor of Arbor Day on April 24^th: “nature I”, “Climbing Trees”, and “I’m Sure We Killed It”, the poem “Zouk or Xibelani” for the April 29^th International Dance Day, and “People’s Lives Were at Stake” representing the April 29^th Los Angeles riots, 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 (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera with a Sepia Tone filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Memorial Day, 2019 edit” (+ image), “Dance Among the Ashes” (+ image), and “Zouk or Xibelani” from the v321 5/22 cc&d book “The New Normal”, then, after Zoom host John F. McMullen reads his poem in “The New Normal” Janet Kuypers followed it by reading her poem “Human Construct of Time” to start her “Poetic License global open mic 5/1/22” she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (this video was filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera with an Old b&w Film filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Memorial Day, 2019 edit” (+ image), “Dance Among the Ashes” (+ image), and “Zouk or Xibelani” from the v321 5/22 cc&d book “The New Normal”, then her poem “Human Construct of Time” to start her “Poetic License global open mic 5/1/22” she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers janertkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Memorial Day, 2019 edit” (+ image), “Became a Circus”, “Dance Among the Ashes” (+ image), “Zouk or Xibelani”, “Out of Wedding Dresses”, and “Human Construct of Time” from the cc&d 5-8/22 issue collection book “The Wall” on 9/7/22 on the 1st Wednesday of the month (1:00-3:00 PM CST) in honor of ‘Community Poetry’ (this video was filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Memorial Day, 2019 edit” (+ image), “Became a Circus”, “Dance Among the Ashes” (+ image), “Zouk or Xibelani”, “Out of Wedding Dresses”, and “Human Construct of Time” from the cc&d 5-8/22 issue collection book “The Wall” on 9/7/22 on the 1st Wednesday of the month (1:00-3:00 PM CST) in honor of ‘Community Poetry’ (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

Zucchini Versus Sausage: different choices today

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Zucchini Versus Sausage: Different Choices Today”, “Open Flame of the Celebration”, and “Spring”, read from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”, live 3/4/20 in her March 2020 Book Release Reading through “Community Poetry” at Half Price Books in Austin (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Zucchini Versus Sausage: Different Choices Today”, “Open Flame of the Celebration”, and “Spring”, read from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”, live 3/4/20 in her March 2020 Book Release Reading through “Community Poetry” at Half Price Books in Austin (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram (twice) and Tumblr).

Zynski’s Manifesto

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “This Halloween”, then her poem “The State of the Nation” from the cc&d 2019 re-release of the May 1996 v79 book “Poetry and Prose” in her first reading, then later reading her poems “Exude More in Black” “Zynsky’s Manifesto” from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” 10/27/19 at Austin’s “Spoken and Heard” open mic (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera, and posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “This Halloween”, then her poem “The State of the Nation” from the cc&d 2019 re-release of the May 1996 v79 book “Poetry and Prose” in her first reading, then later reading her poems “Exude More in Black” “Zynsky’s Manifesto” from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” 10/27/19 at Austin’s “Spoken and Heard” open mic (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her cc&d 4/20 v296 Amazon book “Aesthetic” poems “Zynski’s Manifesto”, “Journalists Revealing the World”, “Opportunity to Share Globally”, “Burning Building (Day of Silence edit)”, “Earth was Alive and Dying”, and “Eat your vegetables, be a proper girl” during the “Poetic License open mic 4/5/20 home edition” she hosted in Austin, but globally through a Facebook event page (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix t56 camera, and was posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her cc&d 4/20 v296 Amazon book “Aesthetic” poems “Zynski’s Manifesto”, “Journalists Revealing the World”, “Opportunity to Share Globally”, “Burning Building (Day of Silence edit)”, “Earth was Alive and Dying”, and “Eat your vegetables, be a proper girl” during the “Poetic License open mic 4/5/20 home edition” she hosted in Austin, but globally through a Facebook event page (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera, and was posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Ask Me if I’m a Truck (2019 April Fool’s Edit)” for April Fool’s Day on April 1^st, “Zynski’s Manifesto” for the day the Unabomber was arrested on April 3^rd, and “Journalists Revealing the World” for Hug a Newsperson day on April 4^th, 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 (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera, and also posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Ask Me if I’m a Truck (2019 April Fool’s Edit)” for April Fool’s Day on April 1^st, “Zynski’s Manifesto” for the day the Unabomber was arrested on April 3^rd, and “Journalists Revealing the World” for Hug a Newsperson day on April 4^th, 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 (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera, and also posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See YouTube video from 4/26/20 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Hide from the World”, “Zynski’s Manifesto”, “Journalists Revealing the World”, “Opportunity to Share Globally”, “Burning Building (Day of Silence edit)”, “Earth was Alive and Dying”, and “Knowing Panic Becomes a Picnic” from the v296 “Aesthetic” section of the cc&d magazine February-April 2020 issue collection book “Aiming a t Immortality” for “The 2020 #poetrybomb” (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See Facebook streaming video live from 4/26/20 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Hide from the World”, “Zynski’s Manifesto”, “Journalists Revealing the World”, “Opportunity to Share Globally”, “Burning Building (Day of Silence edit)”, “Earth was Alive and Dying”, and “Knowing Panic Becomes a Picnic” from the v296 “Aesthetic” section of the cc&d magazine February-April 2020 issue collection book “Aiming a t Immortality” for “The 2020 #poetrybomb” (this video was filmed from a Samsung S9 camera).

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