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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading this Periodic Table poem Tellurium at her Beach Poets feature “Periodically on the Beach” 7/21/13 in Chicago (Sony)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading Periodic Table poetry at her Beach Poets feature “Periodically on the Beach” 7/21/13 in Chicago (Sony)

Watch YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading 6 never-before read Periodic Table of Poetry poems in her show Mysticism vs. Science with Buddha309 live in Chicago 7/24/13 at the Café Gallery (Sony), which is also in a Mysticism vs. Science chapbook

Watch YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading this Periodic Table of Poetry poem Tellurium in her Mysticism vs. Science feature (with music by the HA!Man of South Africa, with “Where My Home Is”), live in Chicago 7/24/13 at the Café Gallery (S)

See YouTube video (Cps) of Janet Kuypers reading her Periodic Table poem Tellurium 11/22/15 at the Austin open mic Kick Butt Poetry

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading 3 poems 11/22/15 at the Austin open mic Kick Butt Poetry (Canon Power Shot), with Einsteinium (#99, Ununseptium (#99), and Tellurium (#52).

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 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 Chicago poet Janet Kuypers reading her Periodic Table poems “Boron from the Big Bang”, “Tellurium”, and “Yttrium” 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 “Boron from the Big Bang”, “Tellurium”, and “Yttrium” 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).

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her cc&d January-April 2023 “a Mural of a Forest” book poems “Outside of the Door (dreams 5/27/22)” and “Only Recourse”, her #metoo Boss Lady’s Editorial “Exactly What I am Celebrating” (which are also in the CyberWit 2023 book “Testament”), her poem “Technetium’s Inner Glow” (which is also in her book “Twitter Verse Periodic Table Poetry”), & “Technetium” + sharing its image (which is also in her book “Periodic Table Poetry”) for the 5/3/23 ‘Community Poetry’ honorary book reading (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). Also enjoy this as a Facebook live video stream that was filmed and streamed from a Samsung S9 camera, & posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperswomensrights #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her “Idle Hands” book poems “Tellurium” (+ feature images 1 & 2, & jump image, + feature images 1 & 2, which is also in the book “Periodic Table Poetry”) & “Tellurium so High in the Sky” (+ showing 6/26/22 Beach Poets feature #1 images 1 & 2, which is also in the book “Twitter Verse Periodic Table Poetry”) during her “Poetic License 4/7/24 global open mic” through Zoom and a Facebook event page (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). You can also enjoy this as a Facebook live video stream (filmed & streamed live from a Samsung S9 camera and given a Charcoal filter; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

Tellurium Janet Kuypers from the “Periodic Table of Poetry” series (#52, Te) 7/13/13 When a couple is meant to be together (but at their core they’re nothing alike), you can see them come together almost violently, before their anger pushes them away from each other. Until they do it again, and again, and again. It’s like they can’t stop. They can’t help it. They rush to each other for a mad embrace, they feel intense attraction that they can’t escape, ‘til they know despite their lust, they hate each other so, and they do everything they can to break free. It’s a sick cycle they’re stuck in. This coming together. Then rushing apart. # There’s electricity in the air. I hear the buzz whenever I walk by that street corner and see all of the electrical wires, crossing in every direction — I can hear the loose electricity jumping into the air. Do you know why electric wires are spaced far apart when they’re up high on poles like that? Well, that’s because those Tellurium metal alloy wires up high in the sky like that aren’t even insulated — and they have a strong magnetic field with all that electricity coursing through them. If wires were closer to each other while up in the air, the wires would swing toward each other because of their insanely strong magnetic attraction. In being drawn to each other, an arc may form between the wires, destroying them almost instantly. But then again, magnetism in the wires switches polarity a hundred and twenty times every second (because ofelectricity’s sixty hertz frequency)... That would make those wires want to repel each other as often as they were magnetically drawn to each other. So yes, for one hundred twenty times every second. these wires would vibrate back and forth. So if there’s no electric arc, these Tellurium metal alloy wires would vibrate so intensely and violently, that if they weren’t kept far apart they would destroy each other, vibrating. # Tellurium is used in alloys with steel to make high-strength conductors. Abundant cosmically but rare on Earth, it’s often found combined with gold: in the first gold rush, this mix looked like waste, so they used it to fill potholes or sidewalks. Once they realized it was Tellurium and gold, there was a second gold rush... Acute poisoning with Tellurium is rare; most organisms tolerate Tellurium. Organic tellurides have antioxidant activity. and can even be used to identify pathogens responsible for diphtheria. It’s optical refraction makes it perfect for glass. It’s been used in color ceramics, and gives rubber heat resistance, In copper, iron, lead or stainless steel, it makes the metals more machinable, improving solar cell efficiency and electric power generation, so it helps any energy. I don’t know, maybe that explains why we’ve been feeling this electricity in the air.

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