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Watch YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem The Truth and Liars (on the anniversary of the day of her accident leading to this poem) 7/14/14 at the “Poetry Love Letters” open mic (C) |
Watch YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem The Truth and Liars (on the anniversary of the day of her accident leading to this poem) 7/14/14 at the “Poetry Love Letters” open mic (S) |
Watch YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading 3 recovery poems (INCLUDING THIS POEM) on the anniversary of the day of her near-fatal car accident on 7/14/14 at the “Poetry Love Letters” open mic (C) |
Watch YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading 3 recovery poems (INCLUDING THIS POEM) on the anniversary of the day of her near-fatal car accident on 7/14/14 at the “Poetry Love Letters” open mic (S) |
See YouTube video 6/11/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “The Truth and Liars”, “Our Couple In Love” and “only choice is to build” at Georgetown’s “Poetry Aloud” open mic (from a Lumix camera). |
See YouTube video 6/11/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “The Truth and Liars”, “Our Couple In Love” and “only choice is to build” at Georgetown’s “Poetry Aloud” open mic (from a Sony camera). |
The Truth and LiarsSeptember 2, 1998
I have been told so few
Forgive me, but some things
speak out in opposition, or even
I’ve let myself out of one hospital,
that sometimes it just gets more
The truth-tellers are very, very
and failures. Well, when
For a good part of my life I’ve
when I’ve been aware of what
No one seems to know how to
I suppose that an average
at it. coming from someone who
I’ve lived through good news
people in constant pain. I’ve
winner. That comes with what
I have cried for so many people
I wonder if anyone, any -
This year I was hit by a few I don’t remember the accident.
This is the story from what others
Right now I hear the chatter of 2
has to deserve it. I have forgotten as soon as you’re dead.
Sometimes it’s not easy to just
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