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See YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem 1/11/13 at Poetry Love Letters in Chicago (from the Canon camera) |
See YouTube video of Kuypers reading the 3 poems Astatine in a Fantastioc Car Crash, Argon and the twitter-length poem Lost my Breath, 1/11/13 at the open mic “Poetry Love Letters” at Let Them Eat Chocolate in Chicago (this video was filmed from a Canon camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). |
See YouTube video of Kuypers reading the 3 poems Astatine in a Fantastioc Car Crash, Argon and the twitter-length poem Lost my Breath, 1/11/13 at the open mic “Poetry Love Letters” at Let Them Eat Chocolate in Chicago (this video was filmed from an Android camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). |
See YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem 1/11/13 at Poetry Love Letters in Chicago (from the Canon cameram with the Edge Detection filter) |
See YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem 1/11/13 at Poetry Love Letters in Chicago (from the Canon cameram with the Posterize filter) |
See YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem 3/18/13 at the Frankenstone art center in Chicago (Canon) |
See YouTube video of Kuypers performing 5 poems (including this one) in a poetry reading to “Make people Think” 3/18/13 at Chicago’s Frankenstone art center (this video was filmed from a Canon camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry |
See YouTube video of Kuypers reading the poem Astatine in a Fantastic Car Crash live 6/5/13 as the intro to the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (Sony) |
See YouTube video of Kuypers reading the poem Astatine in a Fantastic Car Crash live 6/5/13 as the intro to the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (Canon) |
See YouTube video of Kuypers hosting the open mic 6/5/13 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago, which contains this writing |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading this Periodic Table poem Astatine in a Fantastic Car Crash in her Opening Act feature (with music by the HA!Man of South Africa, with “amongst hills”), live in Chicago 10/4/13 (C) |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her Periodic Table bonus poem “Astatine in a Fantastic Car Crash” 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 bonus poem Astatine in a Fantastic Car Crash live 2/23/14 at Chemistry, Poetry and a Brat in Kenosha WI at the Brat Stop (C, Posterize filter) |
See YouTube video of Robin Fine reading Janet Kuypers’ poem Astatine in a Fantastic Car Crash live 7/22/15 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (recorded with a Canon fs200 video camera) |
See YouTube video of Robin Fine reading Janet Kuypers’ poem Astatine in a Fantastic Car Crash live 7/22/15 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (filmed with a Canon fs200, with a Hard Light filter) |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her Periodic Table poems “Berkelium”, “Radium”, and “Astatine in a Fantastic Car Crash” 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 Janet Kuypers reading her Periodic Table poems “Berkelium”, “Radium”, and “Astatine in a Fantastic Car Crash” from her book “The Periodic Table of Poetry” 1/20/18 at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; Edge Detection). |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her Periodic Table poems “Berkelium”, “Radium”, and “Astatine in a Fantastic Car Crash” from her book “The Periodic Table of Poetry” 1/20/18 at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; Posterize filter). |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her Periodic Table poems “Berkelium”, “Radium”, and “Astatine in a Fantastic Car Crash” from her book “The Periodic Table of Poetry” 1/20/18 at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; Threshold filter). |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Astatine in a Fantastic Car Crash” in her “Astatine in a Fantastic Car Crash” chapbook and read from the v5 cc&d boss lady poetry collection book “On the Edge”, then her 2019 poems “Know What Planet She’s From” (written on the anniv. of the discovery of Saturn’s moon Titan) & “Just the Right Words” 4/20/19 at “Recycled Reads” (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera). |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Astatine in a Fantastic Car Crash” in her “Astatine in a Fantastic Car Crash” chapbook and read from the v5 cc&d boss lady poetry collection book “On the Edge”, then her 2019 poems “Know What Planet She’s From” (written on the anniv. of the discovery of Saturn’s moon Titan) & “Just the Right Words” 4/20/19 at “Recycled Reads” (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera). |
Astatine in a Fantastic Car CrashJanet Kuypers1/10/13
And our life is one big road trip now,
And most of the time we’re just moving
But I know what’s inside of you
You are a fantastic car crash.
of others... And what do you leave and all the gapers gawk, as the decay grows.
Everything shatters with you, you know.
to the basics in the world. And yeah,
but still, I’d duck and cover
I am left picking up the shards of glass
It takes so long to pick up the pieces,
after dealing with only fractional amounts of you.
while I’m stuck here, picking up the pieces,
because it was only after so much
think of this as your contribution,
to this fantastic car crash
I’ve tried to learn, I’ve tried to study
But whether or not you ever leave enough,
I have to keep reminding myself
This happens all the time.
and I wave my hand to the line of traffic:
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