Periodic Table of Poetry readings
for an hour long feature with accompanying
background music from the HA!Man of South Africa

in the only 2013 Chicago show from Francois Le Roux
at the resident of Cathleen Schadelmeier-Bartels

    In one of Janet Kuypers’ installments of Periodic Table of Poetry poem readings (in her effort to write a poem for every element in the Periodic Table, to later become a book), Janet Kuypers joined never-before-performed Periodic Table poems with background music from the HA!Man of South Africa in a feature at Cathleen Schandelmeier-Bartels’ residence, as an “Opening Act” for the only Chicago performance night in 2013 for the HA!Man of South Africa.

    Because Kuypers use otherwise unreleased music from the HA!Man of South Africa, the vast majority of the music pieces in this outdoors performance were from his 2011 Hotel Music tracks (though one track, “Alex”, was not).

    The vast majority of the Periodic Table of Poetry poems in Kuypers’ ““Opening Act”” were slated for performance that night (although Kuypers allowed a “requests” segment at the end of her feature, where people asked for a number of older Periodic Table poems for Kuypers to perform with music from the HA!Man of South Africa), so the morning of the live show, cc&d magazine (through Scars Publications) released a free PDF file chapbook (titled “Opening Act”, of writings from the Periodic Table portion of the show) There were three bonus poems Kuypers wrote in September 2013 people could choose from for performance (all three of them appear in the chapbook, but only one of them was performed in the life show). Any of the last requested poems also do not appear int he chapbook.

    This feature was filmed with both Canon and Sony cameras (through the Sony video camera did not film the last two request poems performed that evening).

    Interested in photos from this event? Check out the facebook photo album, or see the live images from this poetry feature.

    Follow the links below to see the readings of her Periodic Table of Poetry poems in “Opening Act”.

On to the show...

Janet Kuypers’ entire feature, in her Chicago
“Opening Act”
of her poems from Periodic Table of Poetry
w/ the HA!Man of South Africa background music

Watch YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading 11 Periodic Table poems in her show “Opening Act” with music from the HA!Man of South Africa in Chicago (Canon camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypers #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem #janetkuypersperiodictablepoetry

Watch YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading 9 Periodic Table poems in her show “Opening Act” with music from the HA!Man of South Africa in Chicago (Sony camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypers #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem #janetkuypersperiodictablepoetry

Download this poem in the free PDF file
Opening Act chapbook,
w/ Periodic Table of Poetry poems.

And on to the individual poems...
(listed in the order they were performed)

Janet Kuypers reading her bonus poem
of #99 in the Periodic Table (Es),
Beauty in the Eyes of Einsteinium
With background music from the HA!Man of South Africa, with Quiet Stream

Rather read it? Then read
Beauty in the Eyes of Einsteinium

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading this Periodic Table poem Beauty in the Eyes of Einsteinium in her Opening Act feature (with music by the HA!Man of South Africa, with “Quiet Stream”), live in Chicago 10/4/13 (C)

Janet Kuypers reading her bonus poem
of #15 in the Periodic Table (P),
White Phosphorus
With background music from the HA!Man of South Africa, with on a gallop

Rather read it? Then read White Phosphorus

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading this Periodic Table poem White Phosphorus in her Opening Act feature (with music by the HA!Man of South Africa, with “on a gallop”), live in Chicago 10/4/13 (C)

Janet Kuypers reading her poem
of #22 in the Periodic Table (Ti),
Titanium
With background music from the HA!Man of South Africa, with very short hymn

Rather read it? Then read Titanium

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading this Periodic Table poem Titanium in her Opening Act feature (with music by the HA!Man of South Africa, with “very short hymn”), live in Chicago 10/4/13 (C)

Janet Kuypers reading her poem
of #37 in the Periodic Table (Rb),
Rubidium
With background music from the HA!Man of South Africa, with burnt forest

Rather read it? Then read Rubidium

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading this Periodic Table poem Rubidium in her Opening Act feature (with music by the HA!Man of South Africa, with “burnt forest”), live in Chicago 10/4/13 (C)

Janet Kuypers reading her poem
of #31 in the Periodic Table (Ga),
Gallium
With background music from the HA!Man of South Africa, with azzuu

Rather read it? Then read Gallium

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading this Periodic Table poem Gallium in her Opening Act feature (with music by the HA!Man of South Africa, with “azzuu”), live in Chicago 10/4/13 (C)

Janet Kuypers reading her poem
of #62 in the Periodic Table (Sm),
Samarium
With background music from the HA!Man of South Africa, with jumping all up and down

Rather read it? Then read Samarium

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers (C) reading this Periodic Table poem Samarium in her Opening Act feature (with music by the HA!Man of South Africa, with “jumping all up and down”), live in Chicago 10/4/13

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers (S) reading this Periodic Table poem Samarium in her Opening Act feature (with music by the HA!Man of South Africa, with “jumping all up and down”), live in Chicago 10/4/13

Janet Kuypers reading her poem
of #63 in the Periodic Table (Eu),
Europium
With background music from the HA!Man of South Africa, with insectal reflection

Rather read it? Then read Europium

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading this Periodic Table poem Europium in her Opening Act feature (with music by the HA!Man of South Africa, with “insectal reflection”), live in Chicago 10/4/13 (C)

Janet Kuypers reading her poem
of #64 in the Periodic Table (Gd),
Gadolinium
With background music from the HA!Man of South Africa, with stroking flute

Rather read it? Then read Gadolinium

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading this Periodic Table poem Gadolinium in her Opening Act feature (with music by the HA!Man of South Africa, with “stroking flute”), live in Chicago 10/4/13 (C)

Then from the September 2013 open mic bonus Periodic Table readings, one poem was chosen to be performed...

Janet Kuypers reading her poem
of #16 in the Periodic Table (S),
Smelling Sulfur on Nine One One
With background music from the HA!Man of South Africa, with Alex

Rather read it? Then read
Smelling Sulfur on Nine One One

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading this Periodic Table poem Smelling Sulfur on Nine One One in her Opening Act feature (with music by the HA!Man of South Africa, with “Alex”), live in Chicago 10/4/13 (C)

Then during the final portion of the feature event, a final two Periodic Table poems were chosen to read upon request... (recorded only with the Canon camera)

Janet Kuypers reading her bonus poem
of #85 in the Periodic Table (At),
Astatine in a Fantastic Car Crash
With background music from the HA!Man of South Africa, with amongst hills

Rather read it? Then read
Astatine in a Fantastic Car Crash

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading this Periodic Table poem Astatine in a Fantastic Car Crash in her Opening Act feature (with music by the HA!Man of South Africa, with “amongst hills”), live in Chicago 10/4/13 (C)

Janet Kuypers reading her poem
of #13 in the Periodic Table (Al),
Alumium? Aluminium? Aluminum?
With background music from the HA!Man of South Africa, with amongst hills

Rather read it? Then read
Alumium? Aluminium? Aluminum?

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading this Periodic Table poem Alumium? Aluminium? Aluminum? in her Opening Act feature (with music by the HA!Man of South Africa, with “amongst hills”), live in Chicago 10/4/13 (C)

Bonus video

Enjoy video from the feature performance that evening...

the HA!Man of South Africa / Francois Le Roux feature

See YouTube video from the Francois Le Roux / the HA!Man of South Africa feature, live in Chicago 10/4/13 (C)

Near the end of the evening, guitarist John Yotko
joined Francois Le Roux to perform
an instrumental version of the
Mom’s Favorite Vase song “What we Need in Life”.

Francois Le Roux & John Y. performing an instrumental of “What we Need in Life”
(with Peter Bartels on drums)

Watch YouTube video (C) of Francois Le Roux & John Y. performing an instrumental of “What we Need in Life”, live in Chicago 10/4/13

On to the show...

And on to the individual poems... (listed in the order they were performed)

Then from the September 2013 open mic bonus Periodic Table readings, one poem was chosen to be performed...

Then during the final portion of the feature event, a final two Periodic Table poems were chosen to read upon request... (recorded only with the Canon camera)

Bonus video

Near the end of the evening, guitarist John Yotko joined Francois Le Roux to perform an instrumental version of the Mom’s Favorite Vase song “What we Need in Life”.

Thanks to John for taking photos from the performance — which are all posted in a facebook photo album — but you can see photos from the show below...

And on to the individual poems...
(listed in the order they were performed)

Near the end of the evening, guitarist John Yotko
joined Francois Le Roux to perform
an instrumental version of the
Mom’s Favorite Vase song “What we Need in Life”.