Below are videos from a November 20, 2011 (11/20/11, or 20111120) evening of poetry
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| before her feature during the open mike (hosted by John Yotko), Janet Kuypers reads her poem Made Any Difference |
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Rather read it? Then read “Made Any Difference” |
  See YouTube videoof Janet Kuypers performing her poem “Made Any Difference” as a song, sung in her show “hmmm” live 11/20/11 at the Café open mike in Chicago. |
| the entire Janet Kuypers feature performance “hmmm” |
See YouTube video of the entire Janet Kuypers show “hmmm” live 11/20/11 at the Café open mike in Chicago. |
Below are the pieces performed (in the order they were performed):
| Janet Kuypers reading her poem Here Is Me (with background music by John) |
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Rather read it? Then read “Here Is Me” |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers performing her poem “Here Is Me” (with background music by John), read in her show “hmmm” live 11/20/11 at the Café open mike in Chicago. |
| Janet Kuypers reading her poem Upstage Everyone Else (with background music by the HA!man of South Africa) |
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Rather read it? Then read “Upstage Everyone Else” |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers performing her poem “Upstage Everyone Else” (with background music by the HA!man of South Africa), read in her show “hmmm” live 11/20/11 at the Café open mike in Chicago. |
| Janet Kuypers reading her poem Painted Buddhas (with background music by John) |
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Rather read it? Then read “Painted Buddhas” |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers performing her poem “Painted Buddhas” (with background music by John), read in her show “hmmm” live 11/20/11 at the Café open mike in Chicago. |
| Janet Kuypers reading her short prose Letter 09/06/06 (with background music by the HA!man of South Africa) |
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Rather read it? Then read “Letter 09/06/06” |
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers performing her prose “Letter 09/06/06” (with background music by the HA!man of South Africa), read in her show “hmmm” live 11/20/11 at the Café open mike in Chicago. |
| Janet Kuypers reading her poem Became a Jungle (with rainforest noises in the background) |
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Rather read it? Then read “Became a Jungle” |
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers performing her poem “Became a Jungle” (with rainforest noises in the background), read in her show “hmmm” live 11/20/11 at the Café open mike in Chicago. |
| Janet Kuypers reading her poem Refuse in a Single Church (with background music by the HA!man of South Africa) |
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Rather read it? Then read “Refuse in a Single Church” |
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers performing her poem “Refuse in a Single Church” (with background music by the HA!man of South Africa), read in her show “hmmm” live 11/20/11 at the Café open mike in Chicago. |
| Janet Kuypers reading her poem Beauty in the Eyes of Einstein (with background music by John) |
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Rather read it? Then read “Beauty in the Eyes of Einstein” |
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers performing her poem “Beauty in the Eyes of Einstein” (with background music by John), read in her show “hmmm” live 11/20/11 at the Café open mike in Chicago. |
| Janet Kuypers reading her short prose In The Projects (with background music by the HA!man of South Africa) |
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Rather read it? Then read “In The Projects” |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers performing her poem “In The Projects” (with background music by the HA!man of South Africa), read in her show “hmmm” live 11/20/11 at the Café open mike in Chicago. |
| Janet Kuypers reading her poem Eternal Struggle (with background music by John) |
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Rather read it? Then read “Eternal Struggle” |
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers performing her poem “Eternal Struggle” (with background music by John), read in her show “hmmm” live 11/20/11 at the Café open mike in Chicago. |
| Janet Kuypers reading her poem That’s from the Barbed Wire (with background music by John) |
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Rather read it? Then read “That’s from the Barbed Wire” |
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers performing her poem “That’s from the Barbed Wire” (with background music by John), read in her show “hmmm” live 11/20/11 at the Café open mike in Chicago. |
| Janet Kuypers reading her poem Carrying Me Through (with background music by John) |
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Rather read it? Then read “Carrying Me Through” |
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers performing her poem “Carrying Me Through” (with background music by John), read in her show “hmmm” live 11/20/11 at the Café open mike in Chicago. |
| Janet Kuypers reading her poem You’ve Killed Me (with background music by John) |
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Rather read it? Then read “You’ve Killed Me” |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers performing her poem “You’ve Killed Me” (with background music by John), read in her show “hmmm” live 11/20/11 at the Café open mike in Chicago. |
| Janet Kuypers reading her poem On a High Horse Like This (with background music by the HA!man of South Africa) |
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Rather read it? Then read “On a High Horse Like This” |
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers performing her poem “On a High Horse Like This” (with background music by the HA!man of South Africa), read in her show “hmmm” live 11/20/11 at the Café open mike in Chicago. |
| Janet Kuypers singing her poem Made Any Difference (with music by John) |
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Rather read it? Then read “Made Any Difference” |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers performing her poem “Made Any Difference” (with music by John), sung in her show “hmmm” live 11/20/11 at the Café open mike in Chicago. |
Added Bonus...
| Bob Rashkow reads his cc&d 3/12 poem Twin Peaks |
See YouTube video read live 11/20/11, at the Café open mike she hosts in Chicago. |
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There is also a 3 CD set of performances from J. Kuypers at the Cafe, collected into this release. This 3 CD set of live performances are included in Live at the Cafe includes not only recordings from 2003, 2004 and 2005, but it also contains recordings of two performance art shows — A Night of Firsts from 13/22/04, and Stripped from 11/20/05. Bonus tracks in this 3 CD set even include live recordings from Coffee Chicago, Molly Malone s, and even recordings from the Chicago Poetry Fest on both years, 2004 and 2005! You can order a copy of this all original music and poetry at many online locations. |
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