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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Journalists Revealing the World” (written on National Hug a Newsperson Day), “Just Read a Book” (written during the second full week of April, during National Library Week), and “Karma and Lollipops” (written on Tangible Karma Day, which falls on the first Saturday in April) live 4/20/19 at “Poetry Aloud” (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Journalists Revealing the World” (written on National Hug a Newsperson Day), “Just Read a Book” (written during the second full week of April, during National Library Week), and “Karma and Lollipops” (written on Tangible Karma Day, which falls on the first Saturday in April) live 4/20/19 at “Poetry Aloud” (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; HC).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Journalists Revealing the World” (written on National Hug a Newsperson Day), “Just Read a Book” (written during the second full week of April, during National Library Week), and “Karma and Lollipops” (written on Tangible Karma Day, which falls on the first Saturday in April) live 4/20/19 at “Poetry Aloud” (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; Post.).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Journalists Revealing the World” (written on National Hug a Newsperson Day), “Just Read a Book” (written during the second full week of April, during National Library Week), and “Karma and Lollipops” (written on Tangible Karma Day, which falls on the first Saturday in April) live 4/20/19 at “Poetry Aloud” (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; Sepia).

See YouTube video from 4/26/20 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Opportunity to Share Globally”, “Just Read a Book”, “destroy”, “Burning Building (Day of Silence edit)”, and “Exude more in Black” from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” for “The 2020 #poetrybomb” (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See Facebook streaming video live from 4/26/20 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Opportunity to Share Globally”, “Just Read a Book”, “destroy”, “Burning Building (Day of Silence edit)”, and “Exude more in Black” from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” for “The 2020 #poetrybomb” (Samsung S9).

See a YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Just one Day, Let a Girl Dream”, “Fiction Becomes Nonfiction”, “Xeryus Colognes, Aromas, and Scents”, “Once Craned my Neck”, and “Just Read a Book” from the April 2021 v308 issue of cc&d’s paperback book “The Garden of Eden” 4/7/21, during the usual time for Austin’s “Community Poetry” open mic (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).  #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersinstagram

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Just one Day, Let a Girl Dream”, “Fiction Becomes Nonfiction”, “Xeryus Colognes, Aromas, and Scents”, “Once Craned my Neck”, and “Just Read a Book” from the April 2021 v308 issue of cc&d’s paperback book “The Garden of Eden” 4/7/21, during the usual time for Austin’s “Community Poetry” open mic (this video was filmed and streamed from a Samsung S9 camera). #janetkuyperspoetry   #janetkuypersbookreading

See this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Join Me”, “Quintessential Symbol”, and “Just Read a Book” from the Scars Publications 1-4 2021 cc&d issue collection book “What Lies on the Other Side” 5/27/21 at Austin Poetry Society’s “New World Poetry” open mic (video from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).  #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

See this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Join Me”, “Quintessential Symbol”, and “Just Read a Book” from the Scars Publications 1-4 2021 cc&d issue collection book “What Lies on the Other Side” 5/27/21 at Austin Poetry Society’s “New World Poetry” open mic; (this video was filmed and streamed from a Samsung S9 camera). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

Just Read a Book Janet Kuypers 4/11/19, written during the second full week of April, which is National Library Week Remember your childhood, walking to the local library... it was great to borrow books ?— for free, I tell you, you didn’t have to give them any money for the chance to read a book (versus, oh no, remember Blockbuster stores, where you had to pay money to borrow a VHS tape before DVDs? Oh, the horrors). Because now the library even offers movie and music releases — as well as audio books — what a deal! When I don’t have the time to read massive nonfiction books, I could take library audio books with me on road trips, and multi-task my way to a higher state of being — and all on the honor system, without spending a dime. As I got older, that library from my childhood asked me to feature read my poetry at that library. What an honor, I thought, but the more I thought about it, the more I I was in awe of just how much a library can do. Because more people go to the library than all the movie ticket stubs sold annually. As such a trusted resource, libraries have housed rare artifacts for safekeeping (like even an original copy of The Bill of Rights), as well as been a place to catalog everything of value to us. And why not? Former FBI director J. Edgar Hoover, famous author Lewis Carroll, former first lady Laura Bush, and even China’s Mao Zedong were once librarians... which shows why job opportunities for librarians have remained on the rise. It makes sense, if it does all this, along with giving both the rich and poor the chance to use this place to learn and to grow. It is nice to know that not everyone is relying on their smart phone to give them all the temporary answers they can think of. So instead, just read a book. Even a free one. It’s worth it.

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