“Count Me In”
Periodic Table of Poetry readings
in Janet Kuypers’ 20121117 featuure
at Blue Bettie’s Poetry Reading in Chicago

    At the grand opening of Blue Bettie’s Boutique in Chicago, Vittorio (“Vito”) Carli hosted the Blue Bettie’s Poetry Reading in Chicago 11/17/12, and Janet Kuypers was the first feature of a set of poetry. In her 2012 fashion, Kuypers chose to read previously unread poems from her Periodic Table of Poetry (in her effort to write a poem for every element in the Periodic Table, to later become a book).

    During this low-key, no-microphone performance, her feature was recovered with two video cameras (Canon and Sony), and Scars Publications even released an online PDF file chapbook of “Count Me In”.

    Follow the links below to see the readings of her Periodic Table of Poetry poems in “Count Me In”..

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Janet Kuypers’ entire feature
Count Me In
with her poems from Periodic Table of Poetry

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of poems read from Janet Kuypers’ “Periodic Table of Poetry” series, live in Chicago 11/17/12 (Canon) at Blue Bettie’s Poetry Reading

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of poems read from Janet Kuypers’ “Periodic Table of Poetry” series, live in Chicago 11/17/12 (Sony) at Blue Bettie’s Poetry Reading

on to the individual poems...

Janet Kuypers reading her poem
of #029 in the Periodic Table,
Copper

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Janet Kuypers reading her poem
of #015 in the Periodic Table,
Phosphorus

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Janet Kuypers reading her poem
of #011 in the Periodic Table,
Sodium

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Janet Kuypers reading her poem
of #036 in the Periodic Table,
Krypton

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Janet Kuypers reading her poem
of #046 in the Periodic Table,
Palladium

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Janet Kuypers reading her poem
of #028 in the Periodic Table,
Nickel

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Watch this YouTube video
of this “Periodic Table of Poetry” poem read live in Chicago 11/17/12 (Canon) at Blue Bettie’s Poetry Reading

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of this “Periodic Table of Poetry” poem read live in Chicago 11/17/12 (Sony) at Blue Bettie’s Poetry Reading

Saturday, November 17^st 2012 (11/17/12), starting at 5:00 PM at Blue Bettie Poetry Reading
    Located at Blue Bettie’s Boutique, 1626 W. 21st street (Chicago, 60608), the Blue Bettie Poetry Reading (hosted by Vittorio “Vito” Carli) hosted an open mic and mini features by Janet Kuypers, Laura Arellano, Don Byron, Dave Gecic, G.P.A., Susan Hernandez, and Ivan Ramos... Kuypers read shorter Periodic Table of Poetry poems in her mini feture “Count Me In”, with poems that are related to some of the elements in the Periodic Table at this event.
    In perparation for this feature (and her solo feature at the Café Gallery the next Wednesday, 11/21/12), she also recently read poems previously performed at past features (since that is the only place she plans to “introduce” any poem from the Periodic Table of Poetry via public reaings) at the Café Gallery on 11/7/12 (with “Carbon”, “Oxygen” and “Lithium”), and at at “Poetry Love Letters” 11/9/12 (with “Hydrogen” and “Tungsten”).
    These shorter “Periodic Table of Poetry” poems were accompanied with a melody from the 2011 “Hotel Muic” series from the HA!Man of South Africa (Francois Le Roux), and this set included a poem that was originally intended for her (cut short) Evanston IL Perla Café feature 8/25/12 (Krypton), as well as a poem from her original set in her “Periodic Poetry” show 11/21/12 at the Café Gallery (Copper).

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