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I Dreamt About You Last Night, 2005
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CD Rough Mixes, by Pointless Orchestra
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Live at Cafe Aloha (Janet Kuypers/Jason Pettus show)
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now available in a 3 CD set
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(1:51) live at Beach Poets 08/14/05
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(4:07) recorded on the Pacific Ocean
12/07 near the Galapagos Islands
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off the CD Chaos In Motion
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read live 12/18/11, at the Café weekly poetry open mic she hosts in Chicago (with music and video shown from the HA!man of South Africa)
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of ther reading many poems 12/18/11 at the Café in Chicago (music by the HA!man of South Africa, vocals by Suzanne Hettinger, guitar by John Yotko) including this writing
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read live 12/18/11, at the Café weekly poetry open mic she hosts in Chicago (with music and video shown from the HA!man of South Africa), from the Samsung Camera
the poetry “Oh.” audio CD”
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of Kuypers reading PART of this poem (video cut off) at Chicago’s Poetry Love Letters
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of Kuypers reading the poems “Touching Cobalt” and PART of the poem “I Dreamt About You Last Night” (video cut off) at Chicago’s Poetry Love Letters
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of Kuypers reading this poem 4/24/13 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (Canon)
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of Kuypers reading this poem 4/24/13 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (Sony)
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of Kuypers hosting the open mic 4/24/13 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago, plus her poem “I Dreamt About You Last Night”
video See YouTube video 9/11/15 of Janet Kuypers at the Chicago’s Roots Room reading her poems operation diligence and Looking fora Worthy Adversary, then singing her original song What we Need in Life, then reading her poem I dreamt about you last night, then covering the 1925 song (a cappella) Brother, Can you Spare a Dime, & finishing with her poem Under the Sea (Canon fs200, cropped & saturated).
video See YouTube video 9/11/15 of Janet Kuypers at the Chicago’s Roots Room reading her poems operation diligence and Looking fora Worthy Adversary, then singing her original song What we Need in Life, then reading her poem I dreamt about you last night, then covering the 1925 song (a capella) Brother, Can you Spare a Dime, & finishing with her poem Under the Sea (Canon fs200, cropped/saturated w/ sci-fi filter).


I Know It’s Not Going To Happen, 2005
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the poetry 2 CD setCHAOTIC ELEMENTS
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I Remember
the poetry 5 CD THE CHAOTIC COLLECTION Order this iTunes track: Janet Kuypers - The Chaotic Collection #01-05 - I Remember from “the Chaotic Collection”, ...Or order the entire 5 CD set from the iTunes CD: Janet Kuypers - Chaotic Elements
Listen: (26:52) mp3 file to this recording from Fusion
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video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers introducing the 10/18/11 weekly poetry open mic at the Café in Chicago, including her reading part of her prose “I Remember”, with AIDS talk
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading majority of her prose poem “I Remember” read from her poetry book “Close Cover Before Striking” 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 majority of her prose poem “I Remember” read from her poetry book “Close Cover Before Striking” live 2/15/20 at the Austin “Open Mic Showcase” at Recycled Reads (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr).


Ice Cream Stain 2010
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Published in her book Close Cover Before Striking, read (for future audio CD release) 06/28/11 on WZRD radio, from the main camera
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Published in her book Close Cover Before Striking, read (for future audio CD release) 06/28/11 on WZRD radio, from the mini camera
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video 06/26/11 of the majority of the WZRD radio show with her reading poetry (including this poem) from the main camera
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In a Cardboard Box 2010
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Published in her book Close Cover Before Striking, read (for future audio CD release) 06/28/11 on WZRD radio, from the main camera
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Published in her book Close Cover Before Striking, read (for future audio CD release) 06/28/11 on WZRD radio, from the mini camera
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In the Air, 2005
the poetry audio CD set“HopeChest in the Attic”
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13 Years of Poetry & Prose
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the poetry 5 CD THE CHAOTIC COLLECTION
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Listen mp3 file to the DMJ Art Connection,
off the CD Manic Depressive or Something
Listen to parts in the CD recording of this piece
from the CD (used for the show) Changing Gears:
in the mountains: mp3 file
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(2:27) at the Denver airport 06/17/07 in Denver, Colorado
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(1:53) 07/17/07 from
Living in a Big World
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of the most popular video Kuypers has ever released (1:54), 07/17/07 from Living in a Big World
this is the lead video (of many Kuypers videos) on
World News Network
World News Network
trip atlas See the above YouTube video from camera #1 on
dipity’s “the Painted Tower

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(3:47) Live at Beach Poets 08/14/05
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(6:54) recorded on the Pacific Ocean 12/07 near the Galapagos Islands
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(:30) the part about mountains, live 06/17/03, Changing Gears
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(:34) the part referencing Fort Myers Florida, live 06/17/03, Changing Gears
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Listen mp3 file to this live recording, performed at Cafe Aloha 04/23/02.
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12/04/10 from the TV camera in Lake Villa at Swing State, live in her show the Stories of Women
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(12/4/10 in Lake Villa at Swing State, live in her “Visual Nonsense” show the Stories of Women
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with this & more from the TV monitor in the the Stories of Women show, in Visual Nonsense, live in Lake Villa 12/04/10 at Swing State
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in the Projects
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Live at One Acts (camera #1, 07/06/09
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Live at One Acts (camera #2, 07/06/09
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read live in the show “hmmm” 11/20/11 at the Café open mic in Chicago
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of the entire Janet Kuypers show “hmm” live 11/20/11 at the Café open mic in Chicago


Instead of Feeling Nervous, 2005
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(5:57) studio session “etc.” book reading for audio CD 08/14/07
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Is it just me, 2005
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C Ra McGuirt reading live at the 2009 Cana-Dixie Union 05/09/09, Memphis


I’ve Done That, So Have You, 2005
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performed for C Ra McGuirt (Penny Dreadful Press) in Nashville 12/20/08


Isn’t That What It’s All About
2012 translation of Isn’t That What It’s All About - in Slovak: “Nie je to to, o čom to všetko je”
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from Death Comes In Threes, live 03/18/03 in Chicago











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