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of Kuypers reading this poem 4/10/13 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (from the Canon camera)

See YouTube video
of Kuypers reading this poem 4/10/13 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (from the Sony camera)

See YouTube video of the Janet Kuypers Periodic Table mini feature 4/10/13 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago with this poem, with the HA!Man of South Africa 2011 Hotel music “All Fall Down” in the background (this video was filmed from a Canon camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypersperiodictablepoetrym

See YouTube video of the Janet Kuypers Periodic Table mini feature 4/10/13 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago, with the HA!Man of South Africa 2011 Hotel music in the background, of “All Fall Down” (this video was filmed from a Sony camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr). #janetkuypersperiodictablepoetry

See YouTube video
of Kuypers hosting the open mic 4/10/13 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago, starting and ending w/ her poetry mini features, with this poem

See YouTube video
of Kuypers reading this poem at Chicago’s Poetry Love Letters

See YouTube video
of Kuypers reading the poems “Touching Cobalt” and PART of the poem “I Dreamt About You Last Night” (video cut off) at Chicago’s Poetry Love Letters

See YouTube video
of the Janet Kuypers reading this Periodic Table poem in her mini feature “Mega Reading” 4/13/13 at the Art Colony in Chicago (Sony)

See YouTube video
of the Janet Kuypers reading this Periodic Table poem in her mini feature “Mega Reading” 4/13/13 at the Art Colony in Chicago (Canon)

See this YouTube video of the Janet Kuypers Periodic Table “Mega Reading” 4/13/13 at the Art Colony in Chicago with her 5 poems “Touching Cobalt”, “Bismuth”, “Cadmium”, “Manganese” and “Cesium” (Sony; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr). #janetkuypersperiodictablepoetry

See this YouTube video of the Janet Kuypers Periodic Table “Mega Reading” 4/13/13 at the Art Colony in Chicago with her 5 poems “Touching Cobalt”, “Bismuth”, “Cadmium”, “Manganese” and “Cesium” (Canon; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypersperiodictablepoetry

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Mega Reading, w/ Periodic Table poems
read live 4/13/13 at the Art Colony in Chicago

View or download this poem in the free PDF file chapbook
“Mega Reading”,
which includes the Periodic Table poems “Touching Cobalt”, “Touching Cobalt”, “Touching Cobalt”, “Touching Cobalt”, and “Touching Cobalt”, all poems Janet Kuypers live in her “Mega Reading” show 4/13/13 at the Art Colony in Chicago

Watch YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading her Periodic Table poems “Oxygen”, “Touching Cobalt”, and “Meitnerium” from her book “The Periodic Table of Poetry” 1/20/18 at Austin’s “Recycled Reads’” (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

Watch YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading her Periodic Table poems “Oxygen”, “Touching Cobalt”, and “Meitnerium” from her book “The Periodic Table of Poetry” 1/20/18 at Austin’s “Recycled Reads’” (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera, with a Threshold filter).

Watch YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her Periodic Table poems “Oxygen”, “Touching Cobalt”, and “Meitnerium” 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 and given a Posterize filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

Watch YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading her Periodic Table poems “Oxygen”, “Touching Cobalt”, and “Meitnerium” from her book “The Periodic Table of Poetry” 1/20/18 at Austin’s “Recycled Reads’” (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; Edge Detection filter).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her Periodic Table poem “Touching Cobalt” from her v5 cc&d poetry collection book “On the Edge”, then her new poem “Like Nothing Ever Happened”, then her prose “Type A Person” from her performance art collection book “Chapter 48 (v1)”, all live 11/17/18 at “Spoken and Heard” @ Kick Butt Coffee (Panasonic Lumix 2500).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her Periodic Table poem “Touching Cobalt” from her v5 cc&d poetry collection book “On the Edge”, then her new poem “Like Nothing Ever Happened”, then her prose “Type A Person” from her performance art collection book “Chapter 48 (v1)”, all live 11/17/18 at “Spoken and Heard” @ Kick Butt Coffee (Panasonic Lumix T56).

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her v217 3/24 Down in the Dirt issue/book “The Dark ness Within” poems “Touching Cobalt” (+ showing Mega Reading 4/13/13 show images 1 & 2; also in the book “Periodic Ta ble Poetry”) & “Cobalt Goblins” (+ showing WZRD 88.3fm Radio 9/7/19 images 1 & 2; also in the book “Twitter Verse Periodic Table Poetry”) as a bonus reading during her “Poetic License 3/3/24 global open mic” in a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twi tter, Link ed in, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). Also enjoy this as a Facebook live video stream that was filmed & streamed live from a Samsung S9 camera and given THE REAL GLITCH filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Link ed in, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

Touching Cobalt
Janet Kuypers
from the “Periodic Table of Poetry” series (#027, Co),
based on “Us, Actually Touching”, written 11/21/11
this poem written 3/20/13
We toasted our anniversary
with Cobalt blue champagne glasses
after we looked over the Cobalt
and tungsten wedding bands.
Seems fitting,
since I am so attracted to you,
that we’re drawn to Cobalt,
one of the most magnetic elements.
I heard a physicist explain
that when two solid objects
are pressed together
they never actually touch.
Now, I can’t imagine it,
but maybe,
because electrons repel
all objects remain one molecule apart.
That must be why,
when we embrace
I want to hold you
tighter and tighter —
because I want to defy
the laws of physics
and feel that contact with you
as long as I possibly can.
Because right now
I don’t care about electrons,
keeping us one molecule apart.
Because...
When it comes to Cobalt,
it’s 27 protons and 32 neutrons
are wound tightly together
with a strong nuclear force...
Its nucleus’ binding energy
is so strong,
that it only breaks apart
once it is broken down
into its isotopes.
It won’t break apart
in it’s pure form.
Kind of like us,
I suppose,
how we seem to be
so bound by physics.
Physicists say
that solid objects
can never actually touch.
And I’m sorry,
but when it comes to us,
that just can’t be.
Because I want to experience you
with all of my senses.
I want our molecules to intermingle.
I want us to actually touch.

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