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See YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem (from “the Periodic Table of Poetry”) in “the Elements of Astronomy” live at Evanston’s Perla Cafe 8/25/12 (Canon)

See YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem (from “the Periodic Table of Poetry”) in “the Elements of Astronomy” live at Evanston’s Perla Cafe 8/25/12 (Samsung)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading 5 poems from “the Periodic Table of Poetry” in “the Elements of Astronomy” live at Evanston’s Perla Cafe 8/25/12 (this video was filmed from a Canon camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersperiodictablepoetry

See YouTube video of Kuypers reading 5 poems from “the Periodic Table of Poetry” in “the Elements of Astronomy” live at Evanston’s Perla Cafe 8/25/12 (Samsung camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersperiodictablepoetry

Download edited astronomy-related “the Periodic Table of Poetry” poems in the free PDF flie chapbook the Elements of Astronomy.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her Periodic Table poem “Plutonium#8221; live 2/23/14 at her “Chemistry, Poetry, and a Brat” feature reading in Kenosha WI at the Brat Stop, with an audience including both chemists and teachers requesting the elements poems (this video was filmed from a Canon camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her Periodic Table poem Plutonium live 2/23/14 at Chemistry, Poetry and a Brat in Kenosha WI at the Brat Stop (C, Hue Cycle)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “It Hurts in the Bones”, then her poem “Plutonium” from her book “The Periodic Table of Poetry”, then covering the Queen song “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” with John on acoustic guitar live 3/10/18 at “Poetry Aloud” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperssinging #janetkuypersmusic

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “It Hurts in the Bones”, then her poem “Plutonium” from her book “The Periodic Table of Poetry”, then covering the Queen song “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” with John on acoustic guitar live 3/10/18 at “Poetry Aloud” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperssinging #janetkuypersmusic

Plutonium Janet Kuypers from the “Periodic Table of Poetry” series 5/26/12 Now, I know they named the element Plutonium after the at-the-time newly-discovered planet, but I can’t help but wonder if any of those scientists who deal with Plutonium now feel slighted that the planet was demoted to a planetoid. But if these scientists care at all about astronomy, they have to feel consoled that, at least, their element Plutonium is used with the element Neptunium when extracted from spent nuclear fuel rods And Neptunium is a by-product in production. Added bonus, if this element’s namesake was named after an icy ball at the edge of our solar system, at least now the element can hang and work with the element Neptunium, which, like that element’s namesake Neptune, is a bit of a gas giant itself. Fermi discovered Plutonium, and the silvery-white element (looking not unlike an ice ball) was even originally used in weapon design in the Manhattan Project... Because you know, even if the planet Pluto is really just an icy ball from the Kuiper Belt, at least in the Periodic Table Pluto“nium” can at least hang out once again with it’s once astronomical brother Neptun“ium” and feel important again.   Edited version (performed at Evanston IL’s Perla Café in a live feature) Plutonium (094) Now, I know they named the element Plutonium after the at-the-time newly-discovered planet, but I can’t help but wonder if any of those scientists who deal with Plutonium now feel slighted that the planet was demoted to a planetoid. But if these scientists care about astronomy, they have to feel consoled that, at least, their element Plutonium is used with the element Neptunium when extracted from spent nuclear fuel rods. Added bonus, if this element’s namesake was named after an icy ball at the edge of our solar system, at least now the element can hang and work with the element Neptunium, which, like that element’s namesake Neptune, is a bit of a gas giant itself. And the silvery-white element Plutonium looks not unlike an ice ball... Because you know, even if the planet Pluto is really just an icy ball from the Kuiper Belt, at least in the Periodic Table Pluto“nium” can at least hang out once again with it’s once astronomical brother Neptun“ium” and feel important again.

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