[the Writing of Kuypers]    [JanetKuypers.com]    [Bio]    [Poems]    [Prose]

See YouTube video of Chicago poet Janet Kuypers reading her 2 new poems “Violations tested” and “Violations in the name of love” then her intro poem “Questioning Atoms through Inference” to her book “The Periodic Table of Poetry” (read from the book) 2/10/18 at Georgetown’s “Poetry Aloud” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video of Chicago poet Janet Kuypers reading her 2 new poems “Violations tested” and “Violations in the name of love” then her intro poem “Questioning Atoms through Inference” to her book “The Periodic Table of Poetry” (read from the book) 2/10/18 at Georgetown’s “Poetry Aloud” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “the Way you Tease me” from her book “Chapter 38 (v2)”, “Tin” from her book “The Periodic Table of Poetry”, and her new poem “Violations in the name of love” live 4/8/18 at “Spoken and Heard” @ Kick Butt Coffee (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “the Way you Tease me” from her book “Chapter 38 (v2)”, “Tin” from her book “The Periodic Table of Poetry”, and her new poem “Violations in the name of love” live 4/8/18 at “Spoken and Heard” @ Kick Butt Coffee (Panasonic Lumix T56; Edge Detection).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “the Way you Tease me” from her book “Chapter 38 (v2)”, “Tin” from her book “The Periodic Table of Poetry”, and her new poem “Violations in the name of love” live 4/8/18 at “Spoken and Heard” @ Kick Butt Coffee (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; Sepia Tone).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “the Way you Tease me” from her book “Chapter 38 (v2)”, “Tin” from her book “The Periodic Table of Poetry”, and her new poem “Violations in the name of love” live 4/8/18 at “Spoken and Heard” @ Kick Butt Coffee (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; Threshold).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “the Way you Tease me” from her book “Chapter 38 (v2)”, “Tin” from her book “The Periodic Table of Poetry”, and her new poem “Violations in the name of love” live 4/8/18 at “Spoken and Heard” @ Kick Butt Coffee (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “the Way you Tease me” from her book “Chapter 38 (v2)”, “Tin” from her book “The Periodic Table of Poetry”, and her new poem “Violations in the name of love” live 4/8/18 at “Spoken and Heard” @ Kick Butt Coffee (Panasonic Lumix 2500; Edge Detection).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “the Way you Tease me” from her book “Chapter 38 (v2)”, “Tin” from her book “The Periodic Table of Poetry”, and her new poem “Violations in the name of love” live 4/8/18 at “Spoken and Heard” @ Kick Butt Coffee (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; Hue Cycling).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “the Way you Tease me” from her book “Chapter 38 (v2)”, “Tin” from her book “The Periodic Table of Poetry”, and her new poem “Violations in the name of love” live 4/8/18 at “Spoken and Heard” @ Kick Butt Coffee (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; Threshold).

See YouTube video of Chicago poet Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Violations tested”, “Violations in the name of love”, and “Hunting for Life” from the Down in the Dirt 6/ v158) magazine issue/book “The Painting” 6/4/18 at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” open mic (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video of Chicago poet Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Violations tested”, “Violations in the name of love”, and “Hunting for Life” from the Down in the Dirt 6/ v158) magazine issue/book “The Painting” 6/4/18 at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” open mic (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ June 2018 Book Release Reading 6/6/18, where she read her Down in the Dirt 6/18 book “The Painting” poems “oil”, “Hunting for Life”, “knowing”, “Violations Tested”, and “Violations in the name of love”, in Community Poetry @ Half Price Books ((Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ June 2018 Book Release Reading 6/6/18, where she read her Down in the Dirt 6/18 book “The Painting” poems “oil”, “Hunting for Life”, “knowing”, “Violations Tested”, and “Violations in the name of love”, in Community Poetry @ Half Price Books (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Violations Tested”, “Violations in the Name of Love”, and “Out of Wedding Dresses” for National Penguin Day (1/20) from her book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” live 1/18/20 the Austin “Open Mic Showcase” at Recycled Reads (from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Violations Tested”, “Violations in the Name of Love”, and “Out of Wedding Dresses” for National Penguin Day (1/20) from her book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” live 1/18/20 the Austin “Open Mic Showcase” at Recycled Reads (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems (less than) “Video Killed the Radio Star” (for World Radio Da, 2/14), “The Fourteenth” and “Violations in the Name of Love” (for Valentine’s Day, 2/14), all read from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”, live 2/8/20 @ “Poetry Aloud” (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera, on Facebook Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems (less than) “Video Killed the Radio Star” (for World Radio Da, 2/14), “The Fourteenth” and “Violations in the Name of Love” (for Valentine’s Day, 2/14), all read from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”, live 2/8/20 @ “Poetry Aloud” (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera, on Facebook Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

Violations in the name of love Janet Kuypers 2/6/18 a long time ago, a long-time friend was engaged to the man of her dreams. But she violated their trust when she started sleeping with a co-worker. She told me, “I love this guy, but everyone loves my once-fiancée.” I told her, well, I told her I hope it works out. And apparently it did, her longtime love forgave her, the wedding was on again. She even asked me to be a bridesmaid, but that’s then everything started going so wrong. I’d respond to her every email, and even though I tried to appease she’d be enraged at me because I believed in truth. So, according to her apparently honesty is not what friends are for. When I saw there was no way this “friend” could ever be moral or honest to her friends, to the man she’d marry, or even to herself, that’s when I ended the friendship. We were no longer friends, but because of our past she invited me to her wedding. I didn’t go to the church (for her lack of morality, a church seemed kind of ironic) — but I went to the reception on February 10th, did like everyone else and complimented the bride... But they played country music (which isn’t my style), so even though the was snow outside the reception hall doors, I went outside to dance with my love in the snow, where the music might be muted. A minute or two after dancing, and old man walked outside and asked to cut in. My love smiled, and I was touched that a stranger saw us from the hall and joined the snow for a dance. In the name of love, these two once-lovebirds chose a wedding day close to Valentine’s Day — but three different men bearing that name were all martyred centuries before that date meant love. I suppose it makes me smile knowing my parents were married February 18th for Valentine’s Day, but I should remember that the Valentine’s Day before my dad was born was the Valentine’s Day Massacre, with Al Capone in my hometown killing seven guys from the other side. Because sometimes Valentine’s Day isn’t pretty. And even though my once-friend married near this date, that was only another sign to me that her marriage would never last. Years later, I hear from another woman that remained her bridesmaid said that she’s divorced now. She should have known that violations in the name of love would never lead to happiness. Violations of that nature, no matter your implied intentions, will never set you free, where true love is meant to be.

Copyright © Janet Kuypers.

All rights reserved. No material
may be reprinted without express permission.

Like Janet Kuypers’ writing on any of these links below: