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Listen: (3:38) to this recording from Fusion |
Watch this YouTube video live, 18 Years of Beach Poets 08/31/08, Chicago |
Watch this YouTube video live at the Lake County 2010 Poetry Bomb at Independence Grove forest preserve 04/18/10 |
See YouTube video of Kuypers reading the poem Scars 1997 live 5/22/13 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (Sony) |
See YouTube video of Kuypers reading the poem Scars 1997 live 5/22/13 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (Canon) |
See YouTube video of Kuypers hosting the open mic 5/22/13 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago, including this poem |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her Scars 2015 medley (based on parts of the prose poem Scars and the poems Scars 1997 and Scars 2000 10/6/15 at Quenchers open mic in Chicago (Cfs) |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her Scars 2015 medley (based on parts of the prose poem Scars and the poems Scars 1997 and Scars 2000 10/6/15 at Quenchers open mic in Chicago (Cps) |
See YouTube video (Cfs) of Janet Kuypers reading 5 poems: Once Wanted You as my Friend, Escaping Every Cage, and a Scars medley (based on parts of the prose poem Scars and the poems Scars 1997 and Scars 2000, then Too Far and Children, Churches and Daddies 10/6/15 at Quenchers open mic in Chicago |
See YouTube video (Cps) of Janet Kuypers reading 5 poems: Once Wanted You as my Friend, Escaping Every Cage, and a Scars medley (based on parts of the prose poem Scars and the poems Scars 1997 and Scars 2000, then Too Far and Children, Churches and Daddies 10/6/15 at Quenchers open mic in Chicago | See YouTube video 3/5/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her 3 poems “Scars 1997”, “Gift of Motherhood II”, and “Original Snowbirds” live at “Kick Butt Poetry” in Austin (this video was filmed from a Canon Power Shot SX60 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry | See YouTube video 3/5/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her 3 poems “Scars 1997”, “Gift of Motherhood II”, and “Original Snowbirds” live at “Kick Butt Poetry” in Austin (this video was filmed from a Canon Power Shot SX700 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Scars 1997”, “Just Out of Reach (Edges of their Ocean)”, and “Our Lady Of Humility’s Hypocrisy” from her performance art poetry book “Chapter 48 (v 1)” live 10/7/18 at “Recycled Reads” (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera). |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Scars 1997”, “Just Out of Reach (Edges of their Ocean)”, and “Our Lady Of Humility’s Hypocrisy” from her performance art poetry book “Chapter 48 (v 1)” live 10/7/18 at “Recycled Reads” (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera). |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Before Taking Over the Controls”, “Writing Your Name”, and “Scars 1997” from her performance art poetry book “Chapter 48 (v 1)” live 10/20/18 at “Recycled Reads” (Panasonic Lumix T56). |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Before Taking Over the Controls”, “Writing Your Name”, and “Scars 1997” from her performance art poetry book “Chapter 48 (v 1)” live 10/20/18 at “Recycled Reads” (Panasonic Lumix T56; ED). |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Before Taking Over the Controls”, “Writing Your Name”, and “Scars 1997” from her performance art poetry book “Chapter 48 (v 1)” live 10/20/18 at “Recycled Reads” (Panasonic Lumix T56; ST). |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Before Taking Over the Controls”, “Writing Your Name”, and “Scars 1997” from her performance art poetry book “Chapter 48 (v 1)” live 10/20/18 at “Recycled Reads” (Panasonic Lumix T56; Th). |
See YouTube video of Chicago poet Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Vanishing Scars” from her book “(pheromemes) 2015-2017 poems”, when her poem “Scars 1997” from her poetry performance art book “Chapter 38 v2”, then her new poem “Metamorphosis” live 1/26/18 at Georgetown’s “Poetry Aloud” open mic (video from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera). |
See YouTube video of Chicago poet Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Vanishing Scars” from her book “(pheromemes) 2015-2017 poems”, when her poem “Scars 1997” from her poetry performance art book “Chapter 38 v2”, then her new poem “Metamorphosis” live 1/26/18 at Georgetown’s “Poetry Aloud” open mic (video from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera). |
Scars 1997I wear my scars like badges.These deep marks show through from under my skin like war paint on an Apache chief. Decorated with feathers, the skins of his prey.
I have a scar over my left knee.
I have a scar on my right shin.
I have a circular scar on my left calf,
My cat scratched me on my wrist once
I tell people that if they wake up
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