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Listen to the CD recording from the CD Rough Mixes, by Pointless Orchestra

Listen from Kiki, Jake & Haytstack off the CD an american portrait

See YouTube video live 11/05/08, finale feature in Chicago at St. Paul’s, a desanctified church

See complete St. Paul’s 11/05/08 show in Chicago, with 11 poems live, filmed from above in the choir seating of this desanctified church (23:58, from the Internet Archive)

See complete feature video from the St. Paul’s 11/05/08 show in Chicago (23:58) from the Internet Archive

See YouTube video 05/31/11 at the Café in Chicago (from her book Close Cover Before Striking)

See YouTube video of the intro to the 05/31/11 open mic at the Café in Chicago, plus her Close Cover Before Striking poems

See YouTube video (19:36) of Kuypers 05/31/11 at the Café reading her writing:The Carpet Factory the Shoes, Taking Out the Brain, Tell Me, All the Loose Ends, Filled with Such Panic, Leaving for Work, Accounts for the Need of Gun Control, January 1995, Me or Him, Gun Dealers and Gas Stations, and Domestic Violence in America Nashville TN (stick)

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Domestic Violence in America, Nashville, Tennessee (stick)” (plus sharing domáce násilie v Amerike, Nashville, Tennessee (palica), a Slovak translation) and “Thank You, Women who Work I” (plus sharing Ďakujem vám, ženy, ktoré pracujete, a Slovak translation) from the 9/22 v199 Down in the Dirt book “Tracks” (that also appears in the CyberWit.net Janet Kuypers poetry book “Shattering the Glass Ceiling”) on 9/7/22 on the 1st Wednesday of the month (1:00-3:00 PM CST) in honor of ‘Community Poetry’ (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersequalityforwomen #janetkuypersfeminism #janetkuyperswomensrights

Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Domestic Violence in America, Nashville, Tennessee (stick)” (plus sharing domáce násilie v Amerike, Nashville, Tennessee (palica), a Slovak translation) and “Thank You, Women who Work I” (plus sharing Ďakujem vám, ženy, ktoré pracujete, a Slovak translation) from the 9/22 v199 Down in the Dirt book “Tracks” (that also appears in the CyberWit.net Janet Kuypers poetry book “Shattering the Glass Ceiling”) on 9/7/22 on the 1st Wednesday of the month (1:00-3:00 PM CST) in honor of ‘Community Poetry’ (this video was filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuypersequalityforwomen #janetkuypersfeminism #janetkuyperswomensrights #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “The Room of The Rape”, “White Knuckled” + showing its Slovak translation, “Women’s Very Existence” + showing its Slovak translation, “Domestic Violence in America, Nashville, Tennessee (stick)” + showing its Slovak translation, “Thank You, Women who Work I” + showing its Slovak translation, and “Photograph, Nineteenth Century” + showing its Slovak translation from the Down in the Dirt 9-12/22 issue collection book “The Paths Less Traveled” and her CyberWit book “Shattering the Glass Ceiling” on 1/4/23, the 1st Wednesday of the month (1:00-3:00 PM CST) in honor of ‘Community Poetry’ (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). This YouTube video was also filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; both were posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersequalityforwomen #janetkuyperswomensrights #janetkuypers #janetkuypersshatteringtheglassceiling

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her v339 11/23 cc&d issue/book “Pieces of the Past” poems “Domestic Violence in America, Nashville, Tennessee (stick)” (+ show images 1, 2 & 3) & “Journal 20150116 8:07AM IST” (w/ these two pieces in her CyberWit book “Shattering the Glass Ceiling”, + her journal also in the book “Bon Voyage!” on travel to India), & her Animal Tales 2023 poem “Vintages, Tapestries, and Memories” (+ show images 1 & 2) to start her “Poetic License 11/5/23 global open mic” she hosted in a Zoom meeting & a Facebook event page (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). Enjoy this as a Facebook live video stream (video filmed & streamed live from a Samsung S9 camera with THE REAL GLITCH filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersshatteringtheglassceiling #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperswomensrights #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

domestic violence in america nashville, tennessee according to accounts, her husband allegedly locked her and their four-year-old son in their house for about forty hours. They were essentially hostages. The husband then allegedly beat the woman while the son watched. This is the stick he allegedly used to keep her in line, it looks like a metal broom or mop handle, it’s hollow, and you see, here is a bend in it from the hitting. The bend looks like a twist of a garden hose. And this bloody knit glove, it was tied on here, at the end of the stick, so that when he allegedly hit her it didn’t scar her. Isn’t that funny? You can tell that the son was there for it all, too, he doesn’t talk much at all, and he never leaves his mother’s side. She limps down the hallway now, and he follows. Copyright Janet Kuypers. All rights reserved. No material may be reprinted without express permission.

You can also pick up the Rough Mixes CD (with this poem) for sale at Amazon.com.