Beach Poets 07/13/08
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Beach Poets was created by award-winning poet and playwright, Cathleen Schandelmeier and was originally held at North Ave. Beach and earned Schandelmeier the title “Poet Laureate of North Ave. Beach” by the Chicago Tribune in 1996. Presently located at Loyola Beach, on Greenleaf and the lake (two blocks south of Touhy), Beach Poets takes place from 4:00 pm-6:00 pm every Sunday afternoon in the summer. When going to the Beach Poets open mic (though there isn’t a mic on the beach...) and features, look for the Beach Poets tent South of the Heartland’s “Stand in the Sand” and bring poetry (your own or someone else’s) for the round-robin open mic. Children and pets are always welcome (Kuypers even cleaned up some of the language in her poetry for children present at the feature), so everyone in Chicago was told to bring the bug spray and the SPF lotion for this fun Sunday at the beach! It was actually a really nice day at the beach for this performance, even though there was the usual wind form the lake (Kuypers was planning to wear a hula shirt of straw, but the wind was so strong that it because just a bit too revealing and she had to settle for shorts). But there was a good turnout at this feature, as Kuypers was the first feature of this event. Enjoy the selection of pieces that were read in this live performance on the beach... |
a chapbook was even released of chosen writings for this feature... which you can download for free right now! Poems on the Beach |
enjoy the full video of the performance!
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 07/13/08, Beach poetsWatch the video for the entire performance  (25:19)This film is from the Internet Archive |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers in her “Poems on the Beach” feature 7/13/08 live at Chicago’s Beach Poets (this video was posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperspoetryshow |
Kuypers usually looks for pieces about anything from the beach (and water), and this was usually her theme for past features with Beach Poets. But for this feature Kuypers even delved into much older writings of hers for a broad variety of pieces with varying styles and topics (and emotions) for this collection. So... on to the show:
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Alexi
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Order the LIVE track on CD 4 of the CD set Live:  live recording, 1:48
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07/13/08, Beach poetsWatch the entire performance video, which contains this poem (25:19)This film is from the Internet Archive |
download the free chapbook w/ this poem called Poems on the Beach |
| the original writing Alexi (written in 1989) |
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A New Patient
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Order the LIVE track on CD 4 of the CD set Live: live recording, 2:01
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07/13/08, Beach poets Watch the entire performance video, which contains this poem (25:19)This film is from the Internet Archive |
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download the free chapbook w/ this poem called Poems on the Beach |
| the original writing A New Patient (written in 1998) |
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Cashews
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Order the LIVE track on CD 5 of the CD set Live: live recording, 1:32
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07/13/08, Beach poets Watch the entire performance video, which contains this poem (25:19)This film is from the Internet Archive |
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download the free chapbook w/ this poem called Poems on the Beach |
| the original writing Cashews (written in 1995) |
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Catching a Muscovy
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Order the LIVE track on CD 5 of the CD set Live: live recording, 1:25
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07/13/08, Beach poets Watch the entire performance video, which contains this poem (25:19)This film is from the Internet Archive |
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download the free chapbook w/ this poem called Poems on the Beach |
| the original writing Catching a Muscovy (written in 1996) |
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a Man Calls a Woman
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Order the LIVE track on CD 5 of the CD set Live: live recording, 1:40
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07/13/08, Beach poets Watch the entire performance video, which contains this poem (25:19)This film is from the Internet Archive |
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download the free chapbook w/ this poem called Poems on the Beach |
| the original writing a Man Calls a Woman (written in 1997) |
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Changing the Locks
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Order the LIVE track on CD 5 of the CD set Live: live recording, 1:37
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07/13/08, Beach poets Watch the entire performance video, which contains this poem (25:19)This film is from the Internet Archive |
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download the free chapbook w/ this poem called Poems on the Beach |
| the original writing Changing the Locks (written in 1996) |
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Childhood Memories Five
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Order the LIVE track on CD 5 of the CD set Live: live recording, 1:40
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07/13/08, Beach poets Watch the entire performance video, which contains this poem (25:19)This film is from the Internet Archive |
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download the free chapbook w/ this poem called Poems on the Beach |
| the original writing Childhood Memories Five (written in 1994) |
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Climbing Trees
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Order the LIVE track on CD 5 of the CD set Live: live recording, 1:12
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07/13/08, Beach poets Watch the entire performance video, which contains this poem (25:19)This film is from the Internet Archive |
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download the free chapbook w/ this poem called Poems on the Beach |
| the original writing Climbing Trees (written in 1997) |
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Conscious Of It
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Order the LIVE track on CD 5 of the CD set Live: live recording, 1:29
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07/13/08, Beach poets Watch the entire performance video, which contains this poem (25:19)This film is from the Internet Archive |
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download the free chapbook w/ this poem called Poems on the Beach |
| the original writing Conscious Of It (written in 1998) |
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False Suicide
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Order the LIVE track on CD 5 of the CD set Live: live recording, 1:37
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07/13/08, Beach poets Watch the entire performance video, which contains this poem (25:19)This film is from the Internet Archive |
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download the free chapbook w/ this poem called Poems on the Beach |
| the original writing False Suicide (written in 1996) |
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Hiding Vices
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Order the LIVE track on CD 5 of the CD set Live: live recording, 1:17
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07/13/08, Beach poets Watch the entire performance video, which contains this poem (25:19)This film is from the Internet Archive |
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download the free chapbook w/ this poem called Poems on the Beach |
| the original writing Hiding Vices (written in 1996) |
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Pocket Knife
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Order the LIVE track on CD 5 of the CD set Live: live recording, 1:11
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07/13/08, Beach poets Watch the entire performance video, which contains this poem (25:19)This film is from the Internet Archive |
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download the free chapbook w/ this poem called Poems on the Beach |
| the original writing Pocket Knife (written in 1988) |
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Quite Happy Looking
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Order the LIVE track on CD 5 of the CD set Live: live recording, :53
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07/13/08, Beach poets Watch the entire performance video, which contains this poem (25:19)This film is from the Internet Archive |
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download the free chapbook w/ this poem called Poems on the Beach |
| the original writing Quite Happy Looking (written in 1989) |
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Raking Leaves
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Order the LIVE track on CD 5 of the CD set Live: live recording, 1:09
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07/13/08, Beach poets Watch the entire performance video, which contains this poem (25:19)This film is from the Internet Archive |
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download the free chapbook w/ this poem called Poems on the Beach |
| the original writing Raking Leaves (written in 1994) |
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Twin
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Order the LIVE track on CD 5 of the CD set Live: live recording, 1:17
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07/13/08, Beach poets Watch the entire performance video, which contains this poem (25:19)This film is from the Internet Archive |
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download the free chapbook w/ this poem called Poems on the Beach |
| the original writing Twin (written in 1994) |
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Masquerade
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Order the LIVE track on CD 5 of the CD set Live: live recording, :42
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07/13/08, Beach poets Watch the entire performance video, which contains this poem (25:19)This film is from the Internet Archive |
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download the free chapbook w/ this poem called Poems on the Beach |
| the original writing Masquerade (written in 1988) |
BONUS:  (:39, listen to the vocals track, recorded 03/18/06) |
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They Called It Trust
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Order the LIVE track on CD 5 of the CD set Live: live recording, :48
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07/13/08, Beach poets Watch the entire performance video, which contains this poem (25:19)This film is from the Internet Archive |
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download the free chapbook w/ this poem called Poems on the Beach |
| the original writing They Called It Trust (written in 1991) |
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They Tried
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Order the LIVE track on CD 5 of the CD set Live: live recording, 1:46
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07/13/08, Beach poets Watch the entire performance video, which contains this poem (25:19)This film is from the Internet Archive |
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download the free chapbook w/ this poem called Poems on the Beach |
| the original writing They Tried (written in 1988) |
| BONUS: :55, vocals track, recorded 05/15/07 |