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Live at the Cafe, in Chicago 03/10/09
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(a poem mentioning fire, read in front of a fire 07/12/09)
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(studio session 03/16/09)
video See this YouTube video (posted 5/31/22, a Tuesday like The Café Gallery open mic dates) of Janet Kuypers reading her poems ““that’s from the barbed wire””, “the Cycle of Life”, “Finding Faith in a Grocery Store”, and “Painted Buddhas” from the Down in the Dirt v194 4/22 book “Seahorse when visiting Chicago 3/29/22 for “The Café Gallery 5/31/22 Book Reading” in The Café Gallery Book Reading series (video from a Samsung S9 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersthecafegallery
video See this YouTube video (posted 6/7/22, a Tuesday like The Café open mic dates) of Janet Kuypers reading her poems ““that’s from the barbed wire””, “the Cycle of Life”, “Finding Faith in a Grocery Store”, and “Painted Buddhas” from the Down in the Dirt v194 4/22 book “Seahorse” when visiting Chicago 3/29/22 for “The Café Gallery 6/7/22 Book Reading” in The Café Gallery Book Reading series (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoem #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem #janetkuypersthecafegallery
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
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

the Cycle of Life

Janet Kuypers, 03/03/09

when my mother died
that’s when the forest fire started
and the whole forest burned down

i know, i know, the cycle of life
i get it
but since then i’ve collected plants
i can’t let things die
my office is like a rainforest
& these hanging growing creatures
have taken over my home

i know, i get it, the cycle of life
but now that she’s gone
i want to make sure
that everything lives


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