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video See a YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems Queen, Decapitated(written 12/14, on and for the anniversary of the 1542 death of King James V, which ascended Mary, Queen of Scots to the throne at 6 days old), “Uprising for Revolution(written 12/16, on and for the anniversary of the Boston Tea Party), “Understand the Power(written 12/17, on and for the anniversary of the Aztec Calendar/Sun Stone Discovery), “Twin(for 12/18, National Twin Day), and “Explorers at Heart(written 12/19, on and for the date of the departure of the Space Shuttle to repair the Hubble Telescope, 12/19/99) from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)” for The Café Gallery 12/15/20 Book Reading in The Café Gallery Book Reading (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersthecafegallery
video See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Queen, Decapitated”, “Uprising for Revolution”, “Understand the Power”, “Twin”, and “Explorers at Heart” from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)” for The Café Gallery 12/15/20 Book Reading in The Café Gallery Book Reading (streamed from a Samsung S9 camera). #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersthecafegallery
video Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Queen, Decapitated”, “Vaulted to Silhouette the Sky”, “Key to a Storyline”, and “Explorers at Heart” from the Down in the Dirt 12/21 v190 book “Lifeboat” 12/1/21 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
video Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Queen, Decapitated”, “Vaulted to Silhouette the Sky”, “Key to a Storyline”, and “Explorers at Heart” from the Down in the Dirt 12/21 v190 book “Lifeboat” 12/1/21 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 & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera with a bubble filter). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading
video Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Explorers at Heart” and “Knowing a Mastery of Poetry” from the Scars Publications 9-12/21 Down in the Dirt issue collection book “Stardust in Hand” during her “Poetic License global open mic 4/3/22 she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted 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 “Explorers at Heart” and “Knowing a Mastery of Poetry” from the Scars Publications 9-12/21 Down in the Dirt issue collection book “Stardust in Hand” during her “Poetic License global open mic 4/3/22 she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (this video was filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera with a Lava Lamp filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoeticlicense
video Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems Key to a Storyline” and “Explorers at Heart” from the Scars Publications 9-12/21 Down in the Dirt issue collection book “Stardust in Hand” 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). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading
video Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems Key to a Storyline” and “Explorers at Heart” from the Scars Publications 9-12/21 Down in the Dirt issue collection book “Stardust in Hand” 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; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

Explorers at Heart

Janet Kuypers
12/19/19, departure of the Space Shuttle
to repair the Hubble Telescope, 12/19/99

We are all explorers at heart

when searching beyond
what we can conquer
we say, okay, then
let us learn, because
as I said, we are all
explorers at heart

you see, we explore
until our bodies
can’t take anymore
so, we use our big brains
to make technology
explore for us

you know, like
these machines
becomes our slaves;
good thing they
haven’t mastered
emotion and rebel

so sure, we place
our telescopes
in outer space
to see more,
to learn more,
to understand more

and of course, our
human technology
will inevitably
ultimately fail,
so let’s see if we
can master space just

enough, just to correct
our own mistakes
because yeah, we realize
the stakes are now
so much higher than
when we first explored

but come on, we’re still
bumbling idiots,
taking one turn, no,
two, maybe three
just so we can
continue to explore

so let’s do this, even in
the last Space Shuttle
flight of the 20th century...
just to make our
machinery work for us
as we continue to explore


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