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See YouTube video 5/18/19 of Janet Kuypers reading her 2019 poem “Exploring Evolution” as the intro while hosting the “Poetry Aloud” open mic (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video 5/18/19 of Janet Kuypers reading her 2019 poem “Exploring Evolution” as the intro while hosting the “Poetry Aloud” open mic (this was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Ending it with Alexa” from her book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”, her poem “Exploring Evolution” from her book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”, and her Twitter Verse Periodic Table Poem “Silver from Vegas” (/47, Ag) at Austinn’s Open Mic Showcase 9/21/19 at Recycles Reads (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Ending it with Alexa” from her book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”, her poem “Exploring Evolution” from her book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”, and her Twitter Verse Periodic Table Poem “Silver from Vegas” (/47, Ag) at Austinn’s Open Mic Showcase 9/21/19 at Recycles Reads (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; Sepia).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Exploring Evolution” read from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”, “Even if Only (dreams 4/15/19)” from her 2019 book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”, and her Twitter Verse Periodic Table poem “Magnesium Burn” (#12, Mg, that won 3rd place in a contest sponsored by and appearing in “Chemistry and Engineering News”), during her Poetic License open mic 10/6/19, hosting “Poetic License” monthly at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera, and posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Exploring Evolution” read from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”, “Even if Only (dreams 4/15/19)” from her 2019 book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”, and her Twitter Verse Periodic Table poem “Magnesium Burn” (#12, Mg, that won 3rd place in a contest sponsored by and appearing in “Chemistry and Engineering News”), during her Poetic License open mic 10/6/19, hosting “Poetic License” monthly at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera, and posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr).

See this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Our Demons Can Mark Us”, “Exploring Evolution”, and “Outsider” from the May 2021 v309 issue of cc&d’s paperback book “Excavation” during the “Poetic License virtual open mic 5/2/21” 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 #janetkuyperspoeticlicense #janetkuypersinstagram

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Our Demons Can Mark Us”, “Exploring Evolution”, and “Outsider” from the May 2021 v309 issue of cc&d’s paperback book “Excavation” during the “Poetic License virtual open mic 5/2/21” she hosted w/ a Zoom meeting & a Facebook event page (this video was filmed & streamed w/ a Samsung S9 camera). #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

See this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Our Excuses for Celebrating”, “Our Demons Can Mark Us”, “Freedoms of Speech we can Agree With”, and “Exploring Evolution” (cut off) from the “Excavation” section of the cc&d May-August 2021 issue collection book “What If” 9/1/21 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 #janetkuypersinstagram

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Our Excuses for Celebrating”, “Our Demons Can Mark Us”, “Freedoms of Speech we can Agree With”, “Exploring Evolution”, and “Outsider” from the “Excavation” section of the cc&d May-August 2021 issue collection book “What If” 9/1/21 on the 1st Wednesday of the month from 1:00-3:00 PM CST during the usual time for the “Community Poetry” open mic (filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “People Forget Politics”, “Exploring Evolution”, and “Eternal Never Ending Now” from the Scars Publications 2021 collection book “Regarding Utopia” 2/2/22 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

Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “People Forget Politics”, “Exploring Evolution”, and “Eternal Never Ending Now” from the Scars Publications 2021 collection book “Regarding Utopia” 2/2/22 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 #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

Exploring Evolution Janet Kuypers 5/11/19 You speak of wanting a melting pot, and how everyone should get along — but historically, we moved away from others, made religions, learned new languages, and adapted to different surroundings — therefore, as time wore on, we all evolved. This made us all different, but when it comes down to evolution, we all came from the same place, so believe me when I say that the world really is a giant melting pot. — I’ve been wrapping my head around how I’ve evolved over my life, and how the history I know of my roots expanded and evolved with the passage of time. So today in May I wrap my head around this, and then I realize that on the 11th in 1800 the French naturalist Jean-Baptiste Lamarck outlined his theories of evolution in his lecture at the Muséum d’histoire naturelle in Paris. But on that day twenty years later, in 1820, the HMS Beagle was launched, that would take Charles Darwin on his famous scientific voyage which led to him writing his natural selection book, “On the Origin of Species”. Now, atheists may say that evolution contradicts religion, even though both Darwin and Lamarck believed in a God, and thought religion and evolution can exist together in peace... which is probably like that melting pot you’re hoping for, where everyone will all get along together — which really is a splendid idea... if only people would understand that we all came from the same place. Because even though we are all different, it is only because we are all evolving.

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