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See the YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Judged on Looks” (written 11/10, on and for Sadie Hawkins Day), “Pickle History was No Matter”” (written 11/14, on and for National Pickle Day), “Just so Others can Feel” (written in November during National Novel Writing Month), and “Know Peace and Rise to Power” (written 11/19, on and for the birthday of Indira Gandhi, 1917) from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)” live 11/4/20 in honor of “Community Poetry” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Judged on Looks”, “Pickle History was No Matter”, “Just so Others can Feel”, and “Know Peace and Rise to Power” from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)” live 11/4/20 in honor of “Community Poetry” (from a Samsung S9 camera).

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Our Waste in Space”, “Judged on Looks”, “Know Peace and Rise to Power”, “People Forget Politics”, “Unwind and Revere Yourself”, “Expand and Save Yourselves”, and “Queens Rule” from the Down in the Dirt November 2021 v189 issue/paperback book “A Door is A Door is A Door” 11/3/21 at the performance art pavilion at the French Market in New Orleans, LA 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 YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Our Waste in Space”, “Judged on Looks”, “Know Peace and Rise to Power”, “People Forget Politics”, “Unwind and Revere Yourself”, “Expand and Save Yourselves”, and “Queens Rule” from the Down in the Dirt November 2021 v189 issue/paperback book “A Door is A Door is A Door” 11/3/21 at the performance art pavilion at the French Market in New Orleans, LA 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 T56 camera with a Sepia Tone filter; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Every Day is Sweetest Day”, “Know Peace and Rise to Power”, and “Expand and Save Yourselves” from the Scars Publications 9-12/21 Down in the Dirt issue collection book “Stardust in Hand” as the ending poems for the “Poetic License virtual open mic 2/6/22” she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Every Day is Sweetest Day”, “Know Peace and Rise to Power”, and “Expand and Save Yourselves” from the Scars Publications 9-12/21 Down in the Dirt issue collection book “Stardust in Hand” as the ending poems for the “Poetic License virtual open mic 2/6/22” she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (this video was filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera with an old b&w film filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

Know Peace and      Rise to Power Janet Kuypers 11/18/19, written on the birthday of Indira Gandhi (born 11/19/1917) This “Woman of the Millennium” was the first and only female Prime Minister. With setbacks for gaining power in India, she started a new party, which won. Even after ruling for years, others said she used devious tactics to win — High Courts ruled against her, ousting her from her power... but she called a state of emergency, enacting restrictive laws to save herself. The public was then outraged; she was even briefly imprisoned for corruption. So she tried her old success tricks again, by starting another political party, because, you see, the new Janata Party led to the fall of India’s government. So believe it or not, Indira Gandhi’s quote unquote corruption didn’t stop people from sweeping her back into office; and the only reason she is the second- longest running Prime Minister of India is because of her assassination, in her garden, by her own bodyguards, as revenge for attacks on the holy Amritsar shrine in protests for India’s political integrity — and as for integrity, and Indira Gandhi labeled as “corrupt”, keep in mind that her husband, named Gandhi, was of no relation to Mahatma Gandhi, but the young girl joined Mahatma Gandhi, wearing Khadi, or natural hand-woven clothes, to protest British-made textiles... — Remember that women can know peace and still rise to power — repeatedly. You can claim corruption, but Indira Gandhi worked to remove mass poverty with “clear vision, iron will and the strictest discipline” and her administration brought equal pay for equal work for both sexes, now as a part of the Indian Constitution. Indira believed that women could do all men could, if they were given the chance... and Indira Gandhi took that chance whenever she could, even telling her aunt, “Someday I am going to lead my people to freedom just as Joan of Arc did!” Indira Gandhi ruled a nation, won battles, and even fought for change — not because she was driven as a woman, but because she was human. Indira Gandhi, called the ‘greatest mass leader of the last century’, made changes for women with her clear vision, iron will, and her strict discipline, not because she was a woman, but... because it was right. Remember this, and take stock in everything you can do. Because you know you are right.

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