The Darkness Within
welcome to volume 217 (the March 2024 issue)
of
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Janet K., Editor



Table of Contents

before the Table of Contents Saint Francis in Meditation
1635-39 painting by Francisco de Zurbarán
AUTHOR TITLE
Daniel Christensen Salt
Ken Kapp At Comedy Off-Center
Mark Connelly Tour of Duty
Mukut Borpujari Sunday
The Krishnachura Tree
Stoic
The Rebel
Antaeus The Littlest Flag You Ever Saw.
Bio
Frank Talaber Making Snow Angels
Bio
Scars Publications Denali (Alaska mountain)
(Copyright © 2002-2024 Janet Kuypers)
Sarah Das Gupta The Other Side
Ukraine
Bio
Charlotte Jung Ukraine art
Janet Kuypers Ukraine, Rights, Freedom, and Peace (+ images 1, 2, & 3)
Bio
W.L. Peterson Bodies on Route 66
Scars Publications part of a historic Route 66 sign (53)
Tucumcari, New Mexico (Copyright © 6/18/21-2024 Janet Kuypers)
Diane Funston Family Gold
Bio
J.B. Polk A not-so-run-of-the-mill hero
Bio
Jonathan Chibuike Ukah In Carlisle
Dan Nicholas The Conduit
Alejandro Fernandez The Blackened Emerald
Scars Publications helicopter over the Bay of Bengal (10)
Visakhapatnam, India (Copyright © 1/23/15-2024 Janet Kuypers)
Kenneth Schofer Eat Dirt Cheap
Daniel de Culla Costume dance in Moradillo photography
Bio
Vahida Berberovic Graduation visit
Clarence Allan Ebert Did You Ever Have One Of Those
Unfuckinbelievable Days?

Bio
Ian Douglas Robertson The Workaholic
Bio
Edward Michael O’Durr Supranowicz Wild Night 2 art
Jasper de Villiers the creature
Create your own boy
Kendra Taylor He couldn’t remember his way home. + image
Janet Kuypers Touching Cobalt
(+ show images 1 & 2, jump image, + “Mega Reading” show images 1 & 2)
video Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her v217 3/24 Down in the Dirt issue/book “The Darkness Within” poems “Touching Cobalt” (+ showing Mega Reading 4/13/13 show images 1 & 2; also in the book “Periodic Table Poetry”) & “Cobalt Goblins” (+ showing WZRD 88.3fm Radio 9/7/19 images 1 & 2; also in the book “Twitter Verse Periodic Table Poetry”) as a bonus reading during her “Poetic License 3/3/24 global open mic” in a video Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). Also enjoy this as a Facebook live video stream that was filmed & streamed live from a Samsung S9 camera and given THE REAL GLITCH filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperspoeticlicense


Bio
James Bates Cobalt
Bio
Janet Kuypers Cobalt Goblins
(+ 2022 Poetry Bomb images 1 & 2 + WZRD 88.3fm Radio images 1 & 2)
video Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her v217 3/24 Down in the Dirt issue/book “The Darkness Within” poems “Touching Cobalt” (+ showing Mega Reading 4/13/13 show images 1 & 2; also in the book “Periodic Table Poetry”) & “Cobalt Goblins” (+ showing WZRD 88.3fm Radio 9/7/19 images 1 & 2; also in the book “Twitter Verse Periodic Table Poetry”) as a bonus reading during her “Poetic License 3/3/24 global open mic” in a video Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). Also enjoy this as a Facebook live video stream that was filmed & streamed live from a Samsung S9 camera and given THE REAL GLITCH filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperspoeticlicense


Bio
Roger G. Singer long stem grass
Caitlyn M. Russell The Darkness Within
Bio
Cailey Tin the dark seen in at daylight didd art
Bio
Fabiana Elisa Martínezn Bills
Isabel G. de Diego Bench photography
McKenna Ashlyn Fears of a Setting Sun
Marc McMahon So My Soul Speaks
Bio
Raha.M Image 3 art
Bill Tope I’ve Got a Secret
David J Tate A Deer in the Kitchen Sink
P. L. Grimaldi English Eyes
J.B. Cornelius House of Faro
Bio
Christopher Porter Banford Station
Christopher Strople Tracks art
Jerome Berglund Unititled 01 photography
Bio
Christine Benton Criswell No Different from the Frog
Bio
Lee Hammerschmidt Blowin’ Out of my head drawing
Bio
Mark Pearce The Journals of Abigail and Louisa May
Bio
Michael Daniel Silent Narrator
Rite of Passage
Janet Kuypers Decorating the Lockers (+ image)
video Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her v217 3/24 Down in the Dirt issue/book “The Darkness Within” poems “Decorating the Lockers” (+ 11/5/08 show image), “Wedding Lost” (+ 11/5/08 show image), & videoLoved You the Most” (+ 5/3/02 show image) during her “Poetic License 3/3/24 global open mic” she hosted through a Zoom meeting & a Facebook event page (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera, and posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).
Also enjoy this as a Facebook live video stream that was filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera with THE REAL GLITCH filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr. #janetkuypers #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperspoeticlicense


The Deep End (+ image)
Farmer (+ image)

Wedding Lost (+ image)
video Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her v217 3/24 Down in the Dirt issue/book “The Darkness Within” poems “Decorating the Lockers” (+ 11/5/08 show image), “Wedding Lost” (+ 11/5/08 show image), & videoLoved You the Most” (+ 5/3/02 show image) during her “Poetic License 3/3/24 global open mic” she hosted through a Zoom meeting & a Facebook event page (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera, and posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).
Also enjoy this as a Facebook live video stream that was filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera with THE REAL GLITCH filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr. #janetkuypers #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperspoeticlicense


Chances One: Yes, It’s Yes (+ image)

Loved You the Most (+ image)
video Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her v217 3/24 Down in the Dirt issue/book “The Darkness Within” poems “Decorating the Lockers” (+ 11/5/08 show image), “Wedding Lost” (+ 11/5/08 show image), & videoLoved You the Most” (+ 5/3/02 show image) during her “Poetic License 3/3/24 global open mic” she hosted through a Zoom meeting & a Facebook event page (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera, and posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).
Also enjoy this as a Facebook live video stream that was filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera with THE REAL GLITCH filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr. #janetkuypers #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperspoeticlicense


Sorry Flowers (+ image)
Bio

 
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