Mercury Cafe

poetry readings from the Fortune Featurette on June 20th, 2008

Janet Kuypers was the first impromptu feature at the Mercury Cafe (1505 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago) on June 20th of 2008, due to the inability of the original feature (Cathleen Schandelmeier) to attend this evening.

Kuypers originally planned to read 4 poems from her custom-made poetry fortune — remember those folded paper fortunes girls would make when they were little? Well, inside this enlarged paper fold-out “fortune” was 4 poems, all dealing with problems relating to relationships. But because of the space for this evening of poetry, Kuypers was asked to read additional poems. So, from her books she happened to have on hand (the poetry book etc. and the 2004 collection book Oeuvre) she found additional poems to read for the group. Enjoy these video and mp3 file clips from the performance below.

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

You Feel More
Order the LIVE track on CD 4
of the CD set Live: iTunes link to the CD set LIVE  (1:49, live)
See YouTube video (2:01) of Janet Kuypers reading her poem You Feel More at Mercury Cafe, live in her Chicago show Fortune Featurette 6/20/08.
Rather read it? Then read You Feel More

Who You Tell Your Dreams To
Order the LIVE track on CD 4
of the CD set Live: iTunes link to the CD set LIVE  (1:01, live)
See YouTube video (1:13) of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Who You Tell Your Dreams To at Mercury Cafe, live in her Chicago show Fortune Featurette 6/20/08.
Rather read it? Then read Who You Tell Your Dreams To

You and Me and Your Girlfriend
Order the LIVE track on CD 4
of the CD set Live: iTunes link to the CD set LIVE  (1:25, live)
See YouTube video (1:34) of Janet Kuypers reading her poem You and Me and Your Girlfriend at Mercury Cafe, live in her Chicago show Fortune Featurette 6/20/08.
Rather read it? Then read ou and Me and Your Girlfriend

Only a Year
Order the LIVE track on CD 4
of the CD set Live: iTunes link to the CD set LIVE  (2:06, live)
See YouTube video (2:15) of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Only a Year at Mercury Cafe, live in her Chicago show Fortune Featurette 6/20/08.
Rather read it? Then read Only a Year

the Kitchen
Order the LIVE track on CD 4
of the CD set Live: iTunes link to the CD set LIVE  (1:30, live)
See YouTube video (1:36) of Janet Kuypers reading her poem the Kitchen at Mercury Cafe, live in her Chicago show Fortune Featurette 6/20/08.

Rather read it? Then read the Kitchen

Private Lives Two
Order the LIVE track on CD 4
of the CD set Live: iTunes link to the CD set LIVE  (1:18, live)
See YouTube video (1:26) of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Private Lives Two (the elevated train, Chicago Illinois) at Mercury Cafe, live in her Chicago show Fortune Featurette 6/20/08.

Rather read it? Then read Private Lives Two (the elevated train, Chicago Illinois)

Before I Learned Better
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of the CD set Live: iTunes link to the CD set LIVE  (1:19, live)
See YouTube video (1:26) of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Before I Learned Better at Mercury Cafe, live in her Chicago show Fortune Featurette 6/20/08.
Rather read it? Then read Before I Learned Better

Making Sense out of the Insane
Order the LIVE track on CD 4
of the CD set Live: iTunes link to the CD set LIVE  (1:27, live)
See YouTube video (1:34) of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Making Sense out of the Insane at Mercury Cafe, live in her Chicago show Fortune Featurette 6/20/08.
Rather read it? Then read Making Sense out of the Insane

Pressure On Me Again
Order the LIVE track on CD 4
of the CD set Live: iTunes link to the CD set LIVE  >(1:00, live)
See YouTube video (1:06) of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Pressure On Me Again at Mercury Cafe, live in her Chicago show Fortune Featurette 6/20/08.
Rather read it? Then read Pressure On Me Again

Never Did The Same
Order the LIVE track on CD 4
of the CD set Live: iTunes link to the CD set LIVE  (:42, live)
See YouTube video (:47) of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Never Did The Same at Mercury Cafe, live in her Chicago show Fortune Featurette 6/20/08.

Rather read it? Then read Never Did The Same