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See YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem 1/2/13 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (from the Canon camera)

See YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem 1/2/13 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (from the Sony camera)

See YouTube video of Kuypers reading 5 Periodic Table of Poetry” poems 1/2/13 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (from the Canon camera), including this poem

See YouTube video of Kuypers reading 5 Periodic Table of Poetry” poems 1/2/13 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (from the Canon, w#&047; Threshold filter), including this poem

See YouTube video of Kuypers reading 5 Periodic Table of Poetry” poems 1/2/13 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (from the Sony camera), including this poem

See YouTube video of Kuypers reading 5 Periodic Table of Poetry” poems 1/2/13 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (from the Sony, w/ Posterize filter), including this poem

See YouTube video of Kuypers hosting the open mic 1/2/13 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago, plus this periodica table poem

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

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her Periodic Table poem Ununseptium live 2/23/14 at Chemistry, Poetry and a Brat in Kenosha WI’s the Brat Stop (C, Edge Det.)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading this Periodic Table poem Ununseptium in her Crossing Borders for International (and Interplanetary) Peace feature, live in Chicago 10/8/14 at Cup & Spoon, for Chicago Calling (C)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading this Periodic Table poem Ununseptium in her Crossing Borders for International (and Interplanetary) Peace feature, live in Chicago 10/8/14 at Cup & Spoon, for Chicago Calling (S)

Download this poem & more in the free PDF Crossing Borders for International (and Interplanetary) Peace chapbook, w/ Periodic Table of Poetry poems.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ July 2017 Book Release Reading on 7/5/17, where she read her poems “Einsteinium”, “Ununseptium”, “Tellurium”, “keep”, “found haiku”, and “know” in her “The Chosen Few” book reading @ Austin’s Half Price Books Community Poetry (this video was filmed from a Sony camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersperiodictablepoetry

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ July 2017 Book Release Reading on 7/5/17, where she read her poems “Einsteinium”, “Ununseptium”, “Tellurium”, “keep”, “found haiku”, and “know” in her “The Chosen Few” book reading @ Austin’s Half Price Books Community Poetry (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

See YouTube video of Chicago poet Janet Kuypers reading her Periodic Table poems “Selenium ”, “Helium”, and “Ununseptium” from her book “The Periodic Table of Poetry” 1/20/18 at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Chicago poet Janet Kuypers reading her Periodic Table poems “Selenium ”, “Helium”, and “Ununseptium” from her book “The Periodic Table of Poetry” 1/20/18 at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

Ununseptium Janet Kuypers from the “Periodic Table of Poetry” series (#117, eka-astatine, dvi-iodine, Uus) 12/23/12 (with poetry from “Tired of Trying,” from the “Depression - the singles” collection, written 7/7/12) I knew you were out there for years. But to get you, after toiling in my Dubna lab we had to ask the Americans over in Tennessee if they could send us some of their wares, but years passed before I could get 22 milligrams of Berkelium so I could work in Moscow Oblast to get you in my sights. All that time, all I could do was research, hope. I’d work, I’d go and I’d stand on my own, and I’d leave on my own,* wondering how long it would take before I’d see what you might be like. You see, I used to work at a pharmacy at Nevsky Prospekt in Leningrad, that’s when I fell in love with learning about chemicals, and that is when I wanted to discover something truly new. That’s when you came into the picture. Because after years of work, I still waited for those damn Americans to come through for us. I mean, we’re scientists, we’re supposed to be on the same side, this is all about discovery. And the thing is, the higher we get in our research, the more stable we got on our little island of knowledge. But this waiting was exasperating — I got to the point that I got tired of trying to tell myself that I had something to discover, something to share, that someone wanted to hear.** Eventually, they had to ship what I needed to get you in five packages wrapped in lead; it flew back and forth across the Atlantic five times and was rejected twice by customs. But once I got what I needed — oh, you were just about the heaviest thing I could imagine. Then again, you’ve had me spinning around over the years for you, so it wouldn’t surprise me if you would do the same for me. So I’d work while listening to the radio, and active actions from you would come to me in short bursts. But I’ll take whatever I can get in my little corner of the world. This is research. And this is what I do to learn what I can from you.   * “How Soon is Now,” the Smiths, 1984 ** “Tired of Life”, 2012

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