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See YouTube video live 4/14/19 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Genesis One” and “Genesis Twenty-Eight”, during “Spoken and Heard” at Kick Butt Coffee (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video live 4/14/19 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Genesis One” and “Genesis Twenty-Eight”, during “Spoken and Heard” at Kick Butt Coffee (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; Edge Detection filter).

See YouTube video live 4/14/19 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Genesis One” and “Genesis Twenty-Eight”, during “Spoken and Heard” at Kick Butt Coffee (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; Sepia Tone filter).

See YouTube video live 4/14/19 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Genesis One” and “Genesis Twenty-Eight”, during “Spoken and Heard” at Kick Butt Coffee (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; Threshold filter).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers 3 poetry readings for Community Poetry at Half Price Books 10/2/19. In part 1, Janet Kuypers reads her poem “Ends of the Earth”, then her poems based on The Bible: “Genesis One”, “Genesis Two and Three”, and “Genesis Four: Cain and Abel, and sin from killing”, then her poem “Listen to Life”, all read from the cc&d v292 (Sept.-Oct. 2019 issue) perfect-bound paperback ISBN# book “In The Fall”. In part 2, Janet Kuypers reads her poems “Someone Give Me the Answers” and “Their Crutches” from the 3/18/03 poetry show “Death Comes In Threes”, then her poems #8220;Touch (2019 edit)” and Explosive Energy”, all read from the Down in the Dirt v166 (Sept.-Oct. 2019 issue) perfect-bound paperback ISBN# book “Climate Change” - then she read her poems “Volumes of Philosophical Masterpieces”, “Just the Right Words”, “Vastness of Just the Right Moon”, and her two Notre Dame poems “Xystus to Foundation” and “Xyresic Flames”, all read from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”. In part 3, Janet Kuypers reads her poems “”, “Eat Your Words”, “Xenon and PTSD, to Fight that Spiral”, and “Kept my Eye on You”, all read from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers 3 poetry readings for Community Poetry at Half Price Books 10/2/19. In part 1, Janet Kuypers reads her poem “Ends of the Earth”, then her poems based on The Bible: “Genesis One”, “Genesis Two and Three”, and “Genesis Four: Cain and Abel, and sin from killing”, then her poem “Listen to Life”, all read from the cc&d v292 (Sept.-Oct. 2019 issue) perfect-bound paperback ISBN# book “In The Fall”. In part 2, Janet Kuypers reads her poems “Someone Give Me the Answers” and “Their Crutches” from the 3/18/03 poetry show “Death Comes In Threes”, then her poems #8220;Touch (2019 edit)” and Explosive Energy”, all read from the Down in the Dirt v166 (Sept.-Oct. 2019 issue) perfect-bound paperback ISBN# book “Climate Change” - then she read her poems “Volumes of Philosophical Masterpieces”, “Just the Right Words”, “Vastness of Just the Right Moon”, and her two Notre Dame poems “Xystus to Foundation” and “Xyresic Flames”, all read from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”. In part 3, Janet Kuypers reads her poems “”, “Eat Your Words”, “Xenon and PTSD, to Fight that Spiral”, and “Kept my Eye on You”, all read from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Genesis One”, “Genesis Two and Three”, and “Genesis Four: Cain and Abel, and sin from killing” from the Scars Publications 7-12 2019 cc&d issue collection book “Imagery of Place”, as one of the readings in her February 2020 Book Release Reading through Community Poetry! at Half Price Books in Austin (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Genesis One”, “Genesis Two and Three”, and “Genesis Four: Cain and Abel, and sin from killing” from the Scars Publications 7-12 2019 cc&d issue collection book “Imagery of Place”, as one of the readings in her February 2020 Book Release Reading through Community Poetry! at Half Price Books in Austin (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Genesis One”, “Genesis Two and Three”, and “Genesis Four: Cain and Abel, and sin from killing”, in set 3 from the cc&d July-December 2018 expanded issue collection book “Among the Debris” during the “Poetic License open mic 6/7/20 home edition” she hosted in Austin, but globally through a Facebook event page (this video was from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera, and was posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Genesis One”, “Genesis Two and Three”, and “Genesis Four: Cain and Abel, and sin from killing”, in set 3 from the cc&d July-December 2018 expanded issue collection book “Among the Debris” during the “Poetic License open mic 6/7/20 home edition” she hosted in Austin, but globally through a Facebook event page (video filmed from a Samsung S9 camera).

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Genesis One”, “Genesis Two and Three”, and “Genesis Four: Cain and Abel, and sin from killing”, “Genesis Six-Nine: an Apocalypse/Doomsday Prepper’s Take”, “Genesis Eleven: the Tower of Babble”, and “Genesis Eighteen to Nineteen” from the CyberWit.net Janet Kuypers 2023 poetry book “Testament” on 4/30/23 in front of St. Mary’s Cathedral in Austin for the 2023 Poetry Bomb (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). You can also enjoy this YouTube video that was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). You can also enjoy this as a Facebook live video stream that was filmed and streamed from a Samsung S9 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoetrybomb

Genesis One Janet Kuypers 1/4/19 Before the beginning, there was nothing. In the beginning, the abundance of everything was trapped into a microscopic spec of nothing, and decided to become energy, expand, break free. But here is the dilemma for the average Joe: “Wait a minute, you say there was nothing, it’s hard to imagine, but if there was no space, how does energy expand, into nothingness?” Ah, now you’re starting to understand what all those great minds and saints have been trying to grasp. In the beginning, space was created by that expanding energy. And in the beginning, there was no form, in the vacuum of space there is no matter. Only when the energy of Hydrogen electrons pass through a Higgs field to trade some energy for matter, that’s when the void and darkness was given form. Let there be light, and so it came to be, as particles energetically sped away from each other at faster and faster speeds than the human brain can imagine. And as time came to pass, this energy made stars; let there be more light. Above the orbiting rocks, let there be firmament, where celestial orbs scatter through darkened skies, surrounding and circling these stars, as they all spin together to share their cosmic ride through the heavens, expanding, farther, faster. As spinning slows and temperatures subside let orbiting ice from the sky shower water on these celestial orbs, and let there be seas, separated by stone and rock we call dry land. And on this one place that we now call Earth with seas separating land, bring forth grass, herb yielding seeds, fruit trees yielding fruit*. Time was divided to day and night; let it be so. A greater light ruled the day, a lesser light ruled the night, and we saw that this was good. Once on this Earth, teeming with the primordial ingredients for life, let there be life, created in the waters, brought forth abundantly*, and every living creature will moveth across the land*. And now, nature could be fruitful and multiply, and so it was, where more was created in its image. As more and more grew, more and more learned how to live on the lands separated by seas to better suit their natural environment, to grow, to survive and thrive, to further multiply and be merry. And to the creatures of this blessed Earth, they shall have dominion over what they can harness with every green herb for meat: and it was so.* Behold, this thing that was made, it was very good. After all this work and all that was made, rest and appreciate all of this great creation, the plants, the rain that falls after humankind tills the soil, breathing into your nostrils the breath of life.*   * Though small phrases from Genesis in the Bible are mentioned throughout this poem, phrases of four or more words were asterisked.

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