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See YouTube video of the poem only philosophy, read by Janet Kuypers (w/ John playing guitar) in her 4/10/15 show “Love” at Poetry’s “Love Letter” (@ Let Them Eat Chocolate) in Chicago (Canon fs200)

See YouTube video of the poem only philosophy, read by Janet Kuypers (w/ John playing guitar) in her 4/10/15 show “Love” at Poetry’s “Love Letter” (@ Let Them Eat Chocolate) in Chicago (Canon Power Shot)

See YouTube video of the 4/10/15 Janet Kuypers show “Love” (w/ John playing guitar) at Poetry’s “Love Letter” in Let Them Eat Chocolate in Chicago (filmed with a Canon fs200), of 6 new love poems

See YouTube video of the 4/10/15 Janet Kuypers show “Love” (w/ John playing guitar) at Poetry’s “Love Letter” in Let Them Eat Chocolate in Chicago (filmed with a Canon Power Shot), of 6 new love poems

Download these poems in the free chapbook “Love”, w/ poems read 4/10/15 at Poetry’s “Love Letter” show in Let Them Eat Chocolate (Chicago)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “only philosophy” live 4/15/15 at her open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (this video was filmed from a Canon fs200 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoem

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “only philosophy” live 4/15/15 at her open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (this video was filmed from a Canon Power Shot camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoem #janetkuypersthecafegallery

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers hosting the Susan Moss feature in the middle of the poetry open mic 4/15/15 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago - which includes this poem at the end of the open mic

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ November 2018 Book Release Reading 11/7/18, where she read her poem “Jumping, Flying” from the May-August 2018 cc&d issue collection book “Across the Wall”, her poem “You and I, Walking Through Georgetown” from the May-August 2018 Down in the Dirt issue collection book “Windows of Remembrance”, and her “love” poems “Just You”, “Only Philosophy”, and her haiku “drowning”, from the Janet Kuypers 2014-2015 Chicago poetry performance art book “a year long Journey”, during Community Poetry at Half Price Books (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ November 2018 Book Release Reading 11/7/18, where she read her poem “Jumping, Flying” from the May-August 2018 cc&d issue collection book “Across the Wall”, her poem “You and I, Walking Through Georgetown” from the May-August 2018 Down in the Dirt issue collection book “Windows of Remembrance”, and her “love” poems “Just You”, “Only Philosophy”, and her haiku “drowning”, from the Janet Kuypers 2014-2015 Chicago poetry performance art book “a year long Journey”, during Community Poetry at Half Price Books (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera, and given a Sepia Tone filter).

only philosophy Janet Kuypers 4/4/15 there is a philosophy in the arc of a bullet from a nine mil until you watch that copper jacket pierce that paper still at fifty yards, slicing through that target and tearing that jagged oval just an inch or two from the center of that perfect circle. there is a philosophy in the trees and crumpled leaves under your step, under your bike tires when you hear the birds chirping as you make your way through the beauty of nature while regaining your sanity after the madness of your workday. there is a philosophy in looking at that open road and thinking “I can do this,” before you decide to push that engine faster than it has ever gone before. You remain in control of this beast and smile when the speedometer goes as high as it can and still doesn’t do you justice. there is a philosophy in arching your back, stretching your arms, contorting your legs when you realize that you have the power to master both your body and your spirit. there is a philosophy in meeting just the right someone, spending your first date together by talking philosophy half the night, and you thinking, my god, they’re not my clone, but I didn’t know anyone out there could exist who thinks like me, and makes me love philosophy again and reminds me that it’s good to be alive. there has been too much in the world that has made me struggle to even live, so trust me, everything philosophically comes together for you when you find someone who makes you feel good to be alive. there is a philosophy in finding just the right position to get a good night’s sleep — when you’re curled up in just the right way, you wish they would stay curled up with you like this forever. And philosophy may smile upon you when you realize they too wish for that with you. That they like hearing your heart beat while you listen to their breathing. But they, they can’t sleep, when they’re too intoxicated when they hear everything about you when you are so close. there is a philosophy in you deciding to do something not because it makes you happy but because it would make them happy. “Selfishness is a virtue,” you think, but you, doing this for them, makes you happy. It really does. there is a philosophy in seeing you, actually looking at you, when we’re out together, facing each other at a table or sitting next to each other at a bar. And at that moment, I see you, and all that is left of the world is you, and my eyes staring at you. And suddenly the world stops. The world is a beautiful place, because there is only you.

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