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video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Dear Diary (written 9/22, on Dear Diary Day) from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)”, then her her Periodic Table Twitter Verse poems “Boron nitride stretching”, “Iron Leaking out of Earth”, and “Strontium and 3-D time” to close the 9/19/20 Open Mic Showcase (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).
video See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Dear Diary” from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)”, then her her Periodic Table Twitter Verse poems “Boron nitride stretching”, “Iron Leaking out of Earth”, and “Strontium and 3-D time” to close the 9/19/20 Open Mic Showcase (Samsung S9 camera).
video See this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Dear Diary”, “Evening Sea of Sacred Poetry”, “Only find our Roots”, and “Just a Little Crazy” from the v186 8/21 Down in the Dirt book “Roman Remains” during the “Poetic License virtual open mic 9/5/21” she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoeticlicense
video Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Dear Diary”, “Evening Sea of Sacred Poetry”, “Only find our Roots”, and “Just a Little Crazy” from the v186 8/21 Down in the Dirt book “Roman Remains” during the “Poetic License virtual open mic 9/5/21 she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (this video was filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoeticlicense
video Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Dear Diary”, “Evening Sea of Sacred Poetry”, “Vagary to not only Dream”, and “Van can See the Blood (dreams 9/28/19)” from the Scars Publications 9-12/21 Down in the Dirt issue collection book “Stardust in Hand” 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 #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading
video Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Dear Diary”, “Evening Sea of Sacred Poetry”, “Vagary to not only Dream”, and “Van can See the Blood (dreams 9/28/19)” from the Scars Publications 9-12/21 Down in the Dirt issue collection book “Stardust in Hand” 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 and streamed live from a Samsung S9 camera with a lava lamp filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

Dear Diary

Janet Kuypers
9/22/19, written
on Dear Diary Day

Dear Diary,
I haven’t been able to share this with anyone else,
so please let me explain what I went though
because I can’t explain it to anyone else.

Dear Diary,
This has been the most phenomenal day of my life,
and I don’t think I can explain to anyone else
how this day has felt like perfection to me.

Dear Diary,
I’ve really been trying to make sense of the world
after finding out they died. I knew they’ve been
battling cancer, but their death kills me too.

Dear Diary,
I swear, when my boss opened my mail yesterday
and took something of mine, and he laughed
to me about it, that’s when I had to quit.

Dear Diary,
When I suggested we all go out, the one guy I like
suggested a formal theme. Everyone backed
out, so he set our date for Sweetest Day!

Dead Diary,
This job, day in and day out, is so mind-numbingly
boring that I have to have some time like this
to myself, to try to keep an ounce of sanity.

Dear Diary,
Sometimes I need you, my sounding board, so I
can recollect all I need to remember, just
so I can piece all of my life together.

Dear Diary,
There is too much clutter in the world, and too
much clutter in my mind. You’re a diary, but
I need you more than you could know.


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