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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading this Periodic Table poem Titanium in her Opening Act feature (with music by the HA!Man of South Africa, with “very short hymn”), live in Chicago 10/4/13 (C)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading this Periodic Table poem Titanium in her Opening Act feature (with music by the HA!Man of South Africa, with “very short hymn”), live in Chicago 10/4/13 (S)

Watch YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading eleven Periodic Table poems in her show “Opening Act” with music from the HA!Man of South Africa in Chicago, including this poem (Canon camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypers #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem #janetkuypersperiodictablepoetry

Watch YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading 9 Periodic Table poems in her show “Opening Act” with music from the HA!Man of South Africa in Chicago, including this poem (Sony; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypers #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem #janetkuypersperiodictablepoetry

Download this poem in the free PDF file Opening Act chapbook, w/ Periodic Table of Poetry poems.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her Periodic Table poem “Astatine” from her “Astatine in a Fantastic Car Crash” chapbook and reading, then her poems “Osmium” and “Titanium” from her 1/30/13 poetry feature for Poetry Saloonat Noon, all read from her v5 cc&d poetry book “On the Edge” 1/19/19 at “Recycled Reads” (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her Periodic Table poem “Astatine” from her “Astatine in a Fantastic Car Crash” chapbook and reading, then her poems “Osmium” and “Titanium” from her 1/30/13 poetry feature for Poetry Saloonat Noon, all read from her v5 cc&d poetry book “On the Edge” 1/19/19 at “Recycled Reads” (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her v211 9/23 Down in the Dirt issue/book “All the Stories” poems “Young Dreams from a Potential Legend”, “Titanium for Spies” (+ images 1, 2, 3, & 4, & the poem is also in her book “Twitter Verse Periodic Table Poetry”), and “Titanium” (+ images 1, 2, 3, 4, & 5, & the poem is also in her book “Periodic Table Poetry”) during her “Poetic License 9/3/23 global open mic” she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). Also enjoy this this as a Facebook live video stream, filmed and streamed live from a Samsung S9 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr. #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypers #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

Titanium Janet Kuypers from the “Periodic Table of Poetry” series (#22, Ti) (based on the poem “The Way You Tease Me”) 10/1/13 What I think I like the most about you is how whenever I see you around me, you consume me like a wave of heat on a summer afternoon. Seeing your metal along my flesh teases me until sweat dances down my hairline and tickles my neck. What I think I like the most about you is the way you always leave me wanting more. The longer I’m out in the sun, the more red my nose and cheeks get, and the more I want to slather you all over me to protect me. What I think I like the most about you is when you say that absence makes the heart grow fonder, because you’re like the fireworks I only see on special occasions, and with your absence I want you more, so you couldn’t be more right. What I think I like the most about you are the things that make me think I have to fight for you, are the things that make you cost just too much. It’s true, the market determines your worth to the world, even if you’re always priceless to me. What I think I like the most about you is the fact that you can lead the way to help me fly high into the sky, so I could see any corner of the Earth, or even see the Universe beyond our narrow global vision. You do that for me. What I think I like the most about you is the fact that you seem so common in the world, but you manage to hide yourself in just the right way. But still, you’re everywhere from dental implants to cell phones, to engagement rings to jet engines to space ships... What I think I like the most about you is the wondering about you, is the yearning for you. That’s what I like. This high-charged guessing game. You make me work so hard just to find you. You leave me to think about the possibilities. And that’s what I like.

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