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(studio session 03/16/09)
video video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers (wrapped in VHS tape) in her 8/14/15 show “Farewell Chicago” in her final scheduled feature at Poetry’s “Love Letter” (while living in Chicago) in Chicago (Canon fs200), with her poems Chicago, Breaking Their Heart, change (2015 edit), Planting Palm Tree Seeds, Shared Air, Other Souls, and ever leave me.
video video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers (wrapped in VHS tape) in her 8/14/15 show “Farewell Chicago” in her final scheduled feature at Poetry’s “Love Letter” (while living in Chicago) in Chicago (Canon Power Shot), with her poems Chicago, Breaking Their Heart, change (2015 edit), Planting Palm Tree Seeds, Shared Air, Other Souls, and ever leave me.
the “Farewell Chicago” 8/14/15 chapbook
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Farewell Chicago

of this & other poems read 8/14/15 at a live Chicago show
video See this YouTube video (posted 5/25/22, a Wednesday like The Café open mic dates) of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “How People Interpret My Words”, “You’ve Already Paid for This”, and “Chicago” from the Down in the Dirt v194 4/22 book “Seahorse” when visiting Chicago 3/29/22 for “The Café Gallery 5/25/22 Book Reading” in The Café Gallery Book Reading series (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersthecafegallery
video See this YouTube video (posted 5/24/22, a Tuesday like The Café Gallery open mic dates) of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “How People Interpret My Words”, “You’ve Already Paid for This”, and “Chicago” from the Down in the Dirt v194 4/22 book “Seahorse when visiting Chicago 3/29/22 for “The Café Gallery 5/24/22 Book Reading” in The Café Gallery Book Reading series (video from a Samsung S9 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypers #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersthecafegallery
video Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “How People Interpret My Words”, “you’ve already paid for this”, “Chicago”, “that’s from the barbed wire”, and “the Cycle of Life” from the Down in the Dirt 1-4/22 Down in the Dirt issue collection book “The Ice that Was” on 8/3/22 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
video Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “How People Interpret My Words”, “you’ve already paid for this”, “Chicago”, “that’s from the barbed wire”, and “the Cycle of Life” from the Down in the Dirt 1-4/22 Down in the Dirt issue collection book “The Ice that Was” on 8/3/22 on the 1st Wednesday of the month (1:00-3:00 PM CST) in honor of ‘Community Poetry’ (from a Samsung S9 camera; posted on Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

Chicago

Janet Kuypers, 02/24/09

I see these pillars
taller than New York
after driving through
one ethnic neighborhood
after another

I try to get closer
get in the middle of it

and all I can think
is
something important
is happening here


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