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See YouTube video 4/21/19 on Easter of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Genesis Thirty-Seven” on the last day the restaurant “Opal Divine’s Marina” was open in Austin (video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video 4/21/19 on Easter of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Genesis Thirty-Seven”, on the last day the restaurant “Opal Divine’s Marina” was open in Austin (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera, and given a Posterize filter).

See YouTube video 4/21/19 on Easter of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Genesis Thirty-Seven”, on the last day the restaurant “Opal Divine’s Marina” was open in Austin (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera, and given a Sepia Tone filter).

See YouTube video 4/21/19 on Easter of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Genesis Thirty-Seven”, on the last day the restaurant “Opal Divine’s Marina” was open in Austin (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera, and given a Threshold filter).

See this YouTube video (posted 4/13/22) of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Genesis Thirty-Seven” from the v320 4/22 cc&d book “Seaweed Garden” when visiting Chicago 3/28/22 for “The Café Gallery 4/13/22 Book Reading” in The Café Gallery Book Reading series 2020+ (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersthecafegallery

See this YouTube video (posted 4/12/22) of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Genesis Thirty-Seven” from the v320 4/22 cc&d book “Seaweed Garden” when visiting Chicago 3/28/22 for “The Café Gallery 4/12/22 Book Reading” in The Café Gallery Book Reading series 2020+ (this video was filmed from a Samsung S9 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersthecafegallery

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Genesis Thirty-Seven”, “Genesis Forty and Forty-One”, “Genesis Forty-Two and Forty-Three”, “Genesis Forty-Five”, and “Genesis Forty-Nine” from the cc&d 1-4/22 issue collection book “Unfinished Business” on 8/3/22 on the 1st Wednesday of the month (1:00-3:00 PM CST) in honor of ‘Community Poetry’ (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Genesis Thirty-Seven”, “Genesis Forty and Forty-One”, “Genesis Forty-Two and Forty-Three”, “Genesis Forty-Five”, and “Genesis Forty-Nine” from the cc&d 1-4/22 issue collection book “Unfinished Business” on 8/3/22 on the 1st Wednesday of the month (1:00-3:00 PM CST) in honor of ‘Community Poetry’ (this video was filmed and streamed from a Samsung S9 camera; posted on Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Genesis Twenty-Two”, “Genesis Twenty-Three”, “Genesis Twenty-Eight”, “Genesis Thirty-Seven”, “Genesis Forty and Forty-One”, and “Genesis Forty-Two and Forty-Three” from the CyberWit.net Janet Kuypers 2023 poetry book “Testament” outside at the remains of the pool of the Branch Davidian compound near the 30-year anniversary of the Waco siege 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 filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr. You can also enjoy this as a Facebook video filmed and streamed from a Samsung S9 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr. #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoetrybomb

Genesis 37 Janet Kuypers 4/14/19 I knew a man, one of many brothers, but... this one man... after his father gave him the most ornate and most beautiful coat, a coat he really loved, he couldn’t see that his brothers were jealous of the special treatment this one brother received over the others. Looking at how his brothers behaved, I could see it — but he swore to me that he didn’t know why his brothers resented him. ...I wonder if he was too lost in his own euphoria to not see what was happening to his family. Then I heard from them that he had a dream the other night, and he told his brothers that in his dream, they were all in the field binding stalks of grain, but in his dream one of his sheaths actually stood upright, and then the other sheaths made by the other brothers actually moved toward his one upright sheath and started to bow. Bound sheaths of grain, acting sentient and bowing to his grain. Sounds ludicrous, no? But when his brothers heard of his dream, they responded with, ‘does this mean we have to bow to you? Does this mean you are supposed to reign over us?’ And, relying on this one brother’s dream alone, their jealousy turned to hatred — because all dreams are meant to be taken seriously like this, versus believing dreams may potentially be the night ramblings of a man intoxicated by power... The scary thing is that this one brother had another dream later, and yes, he decided to again share it with his brothers (even though he had to see that they didn’t like his dreams). He told them that in this new dream, the sun and moon and eleven stars were also bowing to him... His brothers were disgusted, and even his father couldn’t believe the dreams his one son had. Should his father and mother, and everything in the Universe, all bow to him, like he was a god? I saw how they reacted to this one brother, the one who got high and mighty after being gifted an ornately beautiful coat, then telling his family his insane dreams. I don’t know if he believed these dreams would turn out to be true, but I could see the gears turning in his father’s head. I know how ludicrous it was that the father played favorites and loved one son more than the others, but... after that, his father made a point to keep his son’s rantings in the back of his mind, so he could be ready for whatever his son might do. But more importantly, I could see the hatred in those brothers, their jealousy was unbridled, and I think they would all plot revenge over the self-appointed golden boy. I wondered what those brothers had up their sleeve, because... I don’t care if you think your dreams mean that you’re meant to be a god. That doesn’t matter. You don’t cross your family.

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