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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers, attending Remembering Brian “Doc” Lamont, talking about Brian Lamont and reading her poem “Outsider”, as well as the start of her poem “Extra Blade” 6/13/19 at Austin’s The Grackle (this video was filmed from an iPhone).
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers, attending Remembering Brian “Doc” Lamont, talking about Brian Lamont and reading her poem “Outsider”, as well as the start of her poem “Extra Blade” 6/13/19 at Austin’s The Grackle (from an iPhone recording with a Sepia Tone filter).
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers, attending Remembering Brian “Doc” Lamont, talking about Brian Lamont and reading her poem “Outsider”, as well as the start of her poem “Extra Blade” 6/13/19 at Austin’s The Grackle (from an iPhone recording with an Edge Detection filtyer).
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers, attending Remembering Brian “Doc” Lamont, talking about Brian Lamont and reading her poem “Outsider”, as well as the start of her poem “Extra Blade” 6/13/19 at Austin’s The Grackle (from an iPhone recording with a Threshold filter).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Qualms with a Headache”, “Extra Blade”, and “XTC from Found “Candy””, then she finished the open mic with her poem “Eternal Never Ending Now”, all read from her 2019 poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”, live at the “Poetic License open mic 2/2/20”, while hosting “Poetic License” monthly at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; and also posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her “Qualms with a Headache”, “Extra Blade”, and “XTC from Found “Candy””, then she finished the open mic with her poem “Eternal Never Ending Now”, all read from her 2019 poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”, live at the “Poetic License open mic 2/2/20”, while hosting “Poetic License” monthly at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; and were also posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr).
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

Extra Blade

Janet Kuypers
6/13/19

He used a cane, and raved, talking about
how much he loved his new cane —
it had this really ornate handle...

but once, as he was waiting at the airport
to go through security, he noticed
that the handle was loose.

He started to unscrew the top of the cane —
once he did, he pulled out a 14 inch
long, thin, sharp blade inside.

He was glad he noticed this before security
at the airport stopped him, and
he felt bad he couldn’t

bring his new favorite cane along with him
on his trip, but with this new cane,
he was really glad with his

discovery. Though he always kept knives on
him, this new cane gave him one
more, hidden, extra blade.


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