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See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Noble Cause” and “Verses on Display” from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)” live 9/24/20 during the Virtual Austin Poetry Society New World Poetry open mic (video filmed and streamed live from a Samsung S9 camera).

See a YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Vampires and Blood-Sucking Mosquitos Alike” from the cc&d 10/20 v302 book “Wildflowers” and her poems “Noble Cause” and “One hundred-fifty years. What did we learn.” from the Down in the Dirt 10/20 v176 book “The End of the World” live 10/7/20 during the prepandemic times for “Comunity Poetry” (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 poem “Vampires and Blood-Sucking Mosquitos Alike” from the cc&d 10/20 v302 book “Wildflowers” and her poems “Noble Cause” and “One hundred-fifty years. What did we learn.” from the Down in the Dirt 10/20 v176 book “The End of the World” live 10/7/20 during the prepandemic times for “Comunity Poetry” (streamed w/ a Samsung S9 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Valkyrie attempts”, “Kill with Impunity”, “No Bother”, “Noble Cause”, and “One hundred-fifty years. What did we learn.” from the v176 book “The End of the World” installment of the Down in the Dirt issue collection book “Late Frost” 1/6/21, during the usual time for Austin’s “Community Poetry” open mic (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera, and posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers   #janetkuyperspoetry   #janetkuypersbookreading

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Valkyrie attempts”, “Kill with Impunity”, “No Bother”, “Noble Cause”, and “One hundred-fifty years. What did we learn.” from the v176 book “The End of the World” installment of the Down in the Dirt issue collection book “Late Frost” 1/6/21, during the usual time for Austin’s “Community Poetry” open mic (this video was filmed and streamed from a Samsung S9 camera). #janetkuypers   #janetkuyperspoetry   #janetkuypersbookreading

See this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Exude More in Black”, “Every Heartbeat”,“Entering the Lake of Fire”, “Just Made the Choice”, “Noble Cause”, “Polymath in the Making”, “ Vacuum of Space”, and “Enticing Whirling Darkness” from the cc&d October 2021 v314 issue/paperback book “Nihilism for Dummies” 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

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Exude More in Black”, “Every Heartbeat”,“Entering the Lake of Fire”, “Just Made the Choice”, “Noble Cause”, “Polymath in the Making”, “ Vacuum of Space”, and “Enticing Whirling Darkness” from the cc&d October 2021 v314 issue/paperback book “Nihilism for Dummies” 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 live video was filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Noble Cause” from the Scars Publications 2021 collection book “Regarding Utopia”, then her poem “Enticing Whirling Darkness” from the Scars Publications 9-12/21 cc&d issue collection book “The World Outside”, then her poem “Burned into these Nightmares with a Pen” from the Scars Publications 9-12/21b Down in the Dirt issue collection book “Stardust in Hand” as the ending poems for the “Poetic License virtual open mic 12/5/21” 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 YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Noble Cause” from the Scars Publications 2021 collection book “Regarding Utopia”, then her poem “Enticing Whirling Darkness” from the Scars Publications 9-12/21 cc&d issue collection book “The World Outside”, then her poem “Burned into these Nightmares with a Pen” from the Scars Publications 9-12/21b Down in the Dirt issue collection book “Stardust in Hand” as the ending poems for the “Poetic License virtual open mic 12/5/21” she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (this video was filmed from a Samsung S9 camera with a color tear filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Noble Cause” from the Scars Publications 2021 collection book “Regarding Utopia”, then her poem “Enticing Whirling Darkness” from the Scars Publications 9-12/21 cc&d issue collection book “The World Outside”, then her poem “Burned into these Nightmares with a Pen” from the Scars Publications 9-12/21b Down in the Dirt issue collection book “Stardust in Hand” as the ending poems for the “Poetic License virtual open mic 12/5/21” she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Noble Cause” from the Scars Publications 2021 collection book “Regarding Utopia”, then her poem “Enticing Whirling Darkness” from the Scars Publications 9-12/21 cc&d issue collection book “The World Outside”, then her poem “Burned into these Nightmares with a Pen” from the Scars Publications 9-12/21b Down in the Dirt issue collection book “Stardust in Hand” as the ending poems for the “Poetic License virtual open mic 12/5/21” she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (this video was filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera with a color tear filter; posted on Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Just Made the Choice”, “Noble Cause”, and “Polymath in the Making” from the Scars Publications 9-12/21 cc&d issue collection book “The World Outside” 2/2/22 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; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Just Made the Choice”, “Noble Cause”, and “Polymath in the Making” from the Scars Publications 9-12/21 cc&d issue collection book “The World Outside” 2/2/22 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 and streamed live from a Samsung S9 camera with a lava flow filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

Noble Cause Janet Kuypers 10/3/19, poem on & for World Animal Day The television advertisements accost me, pulling on our philanthropic heartstrings — asking for money to support all animals who have been abused and mistreated. Don’t get me wrong, this is a noble cause, but it fills me with so much anger every time I see that commercial, because I’m sure they ask for money from meat eaters who have no problem with mass slaughter of millions of animals daily for their food — but a cute puppy, or a kitty cat, that is just crossing the line.              All I think is that these advertisements underlyingly suggest we protect animals we have deemed “cute” or appropriate as “pets” that humans forced to submit to our now “domesticated” society... but they never address the factory farming of cows, chickens, pigs; we decided these animals are soulless enough so we never have to consider their welfare. These animal advertisements may have the right idea, but they should speak for the voiceless on every day, not just today. Unlike these advertisements, I want to improve the future for all animals. Not your select few.

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