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video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers 8/7/19 reading her Periodic Table Twitter poems “Hydrogen: One On One”, “Hydrogen to Nothing”, “Hydrogen: One Against One”, “Hydrogen Three: Glow for Me”, “Hydrogen Cyanide Escape”, “Helium Rising”, “Helium Addict”, “Lithium Desperation”, and “Beryllium Shimmers” in front of a Buddha statue in Chicago (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers 8/7/19 reading her Periodic Table Twitter poems “Hydrogen: One On One”, “Hydrogen to Nothing”, “Hydrogen: One Against One”, “Hydrogen Three: Glow for Me”, “Hydrogen Cyanide Escape”, “Helium Rising”, “Helium Addict”, “Lithium Desperation”, and “Beryllium Shimmers” in front of a Buddha statue in Chicago (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500; Posterize).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers 8/7/19 reading her Periodic Table Twitter poems “Hydrogen: One On One”, “Hydrogen to Nothing”, “Hydrogen: One Against One”, “Hydrogen Three: Glow for Me”, “Hydrogen Cyanide Escape”, “Helium Rising”, “Helium Addict”, “Lithium Desperation”, “Beryllium Shimmers”, “Carbon Based Life Forms”, “Carbon Copy”, “Nitrogen Needs”, “Oxygen Save Me”, and “Oxygen Feeds” in front of a Buddha statue in Chicago (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers 8/7/19 reading her Periodic Table Twitter poems “Hydrogen: One On One”, “Hydrogen to Nothing”, “Hydrogen: One Against One”, “Hydrogen Three: Glow for Me”, “Hydrogen Cyanide Escape”, “Helium Rising”, “Helium Addict”, “Lithium Desperation”, “Beryllium Shimmers”, “Carbon Based Life Forms”, “Carbon Copy”, “Nitrogen Needs”, “Oxygen Save Me”, and “Oxygen Feeds” in front of a Buddha statue in Chicago (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera and was given a Hue Cycling filter).
video See this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “On the Surface”, “Beryllium Shimmers”, “Over the Lives”, “Elaborate Exaltation”, “Quesadich in our Underworld”, and “Extra Blade” from the v184 May 2021 Down in the Dirt book “Sprung from Grief”, read 6/2/21 during the usual first Wednesdays time for Austin’s “Community Poetry” feature reading (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading
video See this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “On the Surface”, “Beryllium Shimmers”, “Over the Lives”, “Elaborate Exaltation”, “Quesadich in our Underworld”, and “Extra Blade” from the v184 5/21 Down in the Dirt book “Sprung from Grief”, read 6/2/21 during the usual time for Austin’s “Community Poetry” feature reading (this video was filmed and streamed from a Samsung S9 camera). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading
video See this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “On the Surface”, “Beryllium Shimmers”, “Over the Lives”, “Elaborate Exaltation”, “Quesadich in our Underworld”, “Extra Blade”, “Learning More (2020 edit)”, “Vortex Sucks Us In”, and “Bronze Sculptures will Crumble to Pieces” from the Down in the Dirt May-August 2021 issue collection book “Lockdown’s Over” 10/6/21 on the 1st Wednesday of the month from 1:00-3:00 PM CST during the usual time for the “Community Poetry” open mic (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem
video See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “On the Surface”, “Beryllium Shimmers”, “Over the Lives”, “Elaborate Exaltation”, “Quesadich in our Underworld”, “Extra Blade”, “Learning More (2020 edit)”, “Vortex Sucks Us In”, and “Bronze Sculptures will Crumble to Pieces” from the Down in the Dirt May-August 2021 issue collection book “Lockdown’s Over” 10/6/21 on the 1st Wednesday of the month from 1:00-3:00 PM CST during the usual time for the “Community Poetry” open mic (filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem
video Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Beryllium Shimmers”, “Over the Lives”, “Elaborate Exaltation”, “On the Surface”, “Einsteinium’s Mysteries”, “Scandium, Held Tightly”, “Lithium Desperation”, “Helium Rising”, “Manganese Growing”, “Manganese can cure us all”, “Just a Little Crazy”, and “Katie” from the Scars Publications 2021 collection book “Regarding Utopia” 1/5/22 on the 1st Wednesday of the month from 1:00-3:00 PM CST during the usual time for the “Community Poetry” open mic (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading
video Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Beryllium Shimmers”, “Over the Lives”, “Elaborate Exaltation”, “On the Surface”, “Einsteinium’s Mysteries”, “Scandium, Held Tightly”, “Lithium Desperation”, “Helium Rising”, “Manganese Growing”, “Manganese can cure us all”, “Just a Little Crazy”, and “Katie” from the Scars Publications 2021 collection book “Regarding Utopia” 1/5/22 on the 1st Wednesday of the month from 1:00-3:00 PM CST during the usual time for the “Community Poetry” open mic (filmed and streamed live from a Samsung S9 camera with a lava flow filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading
video Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her Twitter-length Periodic Table poems Hydrogen laced with Pi/π”, “Hydrogen: One On One”, “Hydrogen: One Against One”, “Hydrogen to Nothing”, “Hydrogen Cyanide Escape”, “Deuterium: How Sweet It Is”, “Hydrogen Three: Glow for Me”, “Helium Addict”, “Helium Rising”, “Lithium Desperation”, “Lithium to Calm my Nerves”, “Beryllium Shimmers”, “Boron’s Birth”, and “Boron nitride stretching” from the Scars Publications 2021 book release “Twitter Verse Periodic Table Poetry” 4/6/22 on the 1st Wednesday of the month from 1:00-3:00 PM CST during the usual time for and in honor of the “Community Poetry” reading (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem
video Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her Twitter-length Periodic Table poems Hydrogen laced with Pi/π”, “Hydrogen: One On One”, “Hydrogen: One Against One”, “Hydrogen to Nothing”, “Hydrogen Cyanide Escape”, “Deuterium: How Sweet It Is”, “Hydrogen Three: Glow for Me”, “Helium Addict”, “Helium Rising”, “Lithium Desperation”, “Lithium to Calm my Nerves”, “Beryllium Shimmers”, “Boron’s Birth”, and “Boron nitride stretching” from the Scars Publications 2021 book release “Twitter Verse Periodic Table Poetry” 4/6/22 on the 1st Wednesday of the month from 1:00-3:00 PM CST during the usual time for and in honor of the “Community Poetry” reading (filmed and streamed live from a Samsung S9 camera with a Lava Lamp filter; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypers #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem


Beryllium Shimmers

Janet Kuypers
7/24/19, #PeriodicPoetry @cenmag
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Your emerald essence
 is the chlorophyll of the fields

Your aquamarine aura
 intensifies our blue Earth sky

Your Beryllium brilliance
 brings out the blue in our oceans

I’m so attracted to you
 when you make the Universe shimmer


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