Mercury Cafe feature, 2/16/08

poetry readings from the feature on February 16^th, 2008

Because Kuypers has recently been a feature at Mercury Cafe (11/30/'07, in a show called the Messenger), she is reading a 10 minute poetry set at the Mercury Cafe two year anniversary Mega poetry celebration on Saturday, Feb. 16^th from 1:00 P.M. through 8:00 P.M. at Mercury Cafe (1505 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago). Kuypers’ performance is scheduled for 5:30, closer to the culmination of this poetry celebration at Mercury Cafe, which contained writing from the 1980, the 1990s and the 2000s.

Kuypers also released a chapbook of all of the slated poems she would read for in this feature, called 1989-2007 Mega Poetry.

enjoy the full video

Enjoy the full Internet Archive video (14:16) of Janet Kuypers performing her poems “addict”, “The Cycle”, “Brewing the Coffee and Remembering Summer”, “Robert”, “Falling From the Sky”, & “Terrorism Intelligence” live @ Chicago’s Mercury Cafe on 2/16/08 in her “1989-2007 Mega Poetry” feature. #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry

Enjoy the full YouTube video (14:16) of Janet Kuypers performing her poems “addict”, “The Cycle”, “Brewing the Coffee and Remembering Summer”, “Robert”, “Falling From the Sky”, & “Terrorism Intelligence” live @ Chicago’s Mercury Cafe on 2/16/08 in her “1989-2007 Mega Poetry” feature (Facebook, Twitter, Link ed in, Pinterest, Instagram, & Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry

...on to the poems:
(in the order they were read during the show)

“addict.”

(2:24, live 2/16/08) on CD 4
of the CD set Live:

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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “addict”, live at Mercury Cafe in Chicago 2/16/08 in her show “1989-2007 Mega Poetry” (2:29).

“addict” (written in 1992)

download the chapbook

Kuypers reading at Mercury Cafe

The Cycle

(2:31, live 2/16/08) on CD 4
of the CD set Live:

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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “The Cycle”, live at Mercury Cafe in Chicago 2/16/08 in her show “1989-2007 Mega Poetry” (2:36).

“The Cycle” (written in 19991

download the chapbook 1989-2007 Mega Poetry

Brewing the Coffee
and Remembering Summer

(3:04, live 2/16/08) on CD 4
of the CD set Live:

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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Brewing the Coffee and Remembering Summer”, live at Mercury Cafe in Chicago 2/16/08 in her show “1989-2007 Mega Poetry” (3:11).

“Brewing the Coffee and Remembering Summer” (written in 1991)

download the chapbook 1989-2007 Mega Poetry

Kuypers reading at Mercury Cafe

Robert

(1:57, live 2/16/08) on CD 4
of the CD set Live:

(low-res Macintosh AIF file)

(low-res Linux/Unix AU file)

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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Robert”, live at Mercury Cafe in Chicago 2/16/08 in her show “1989-2007 Mega Poetry” (2:02).

“Robert” (written in 1989)

download the chapbook 1989-2007 Mega Poetry

Falling From the Sky

(2:27, live 2/16/08) on CD 4
of the CD set Live:

(low-res Macintosh AIF file)

(low-res Linux/Unix AU file)

(low-res WAV file)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Falling From the Sky”, live at Mercury Cafe in Chicago 2/16/08 in her show “1989-2007 Mega Poetry” (2:31).

Watch this YouTube video
(:56) in Longmont, Colorado 06/16/0
before jumping out of an airplane

“Falling From the Sky” (written in 2007)

download the chapbook 1989-2007 Mega Poetry

Kuypers reading at Mercury Cafe

Terrorism Intelligence

(1:44, live 2/16/08) on CD 4
of the CD set Live:

(low-res Macintosh AIF file)

(low-res Linux/Unix AU file)

(low-res WAV file)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Terrorism Intelligence”, live at Mercury Cafe in Chicago 2/16/08 in her show “1989-2007 Mega Poetry” (1:44).

“Terrorism Intelligence” (written in 2005)

(vocals only track, :27, recorded 10/14/05)

download the chapbook 1989-2007 Mega Poetry