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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Only find our Roots”, “Versus Eating Death Daily” and “on a High Horse Like This” 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 (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Only find our Roots”, “Versus Eating Death Daily” and “on a High Horse Like This” 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 (streamed from a Samsung S9 camera).

See this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Dear Diary”, “Evening Sea of Sacred Poetry”, “Only find our Roots”, and “Just a Little Crazy” from the v186 8/21 Down in the Dirt book “Roman Remains” during the “Poetic License virtual open mic 9/5/21” she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Dear Diary”, “Evening Sea of Sacred Poetry”, “Only find our Roots”, and “Just a Little Crazy” from the v186 8/21 Down in the Dirt book “Roman Remains” during the “Poetic License virtual open mic 9/5/21” she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (this video was filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Only find our Roots”, “Just a Little Crazy”, and “Versus Eating Death Daily” from the Scars Publications 9-12/21 Down in the Dirt issue collection book “Stardust in Hand” 1/5/22 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; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Only find our Roots”, “Just a Little Crazy”, and “Versus Eating Death Daily” from the Scars Publications 9-12/21 Down in the Dirt issue collection book “Stardust in Hand” 1/5/22 on the 1st Wednesday of the month from 1:00-3:00 PM CST during the usual time for the “Community Poetry” open mic (filmed and streamed live from a Samsung S9 camera with a lava lamp filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

Only find our Roots Janet Kuypers 9/27/19, Ancestor Appreciation Day it is one thing to say you can make it on your own, you’re an independent person and you don’t need anybody it is another thing to find a record of your grandfather, who died before you were born, a man who fled four countries before entering the U.S., who worked with the mob... it is another thing to find a copy of his birth certificate and discover what his middle name was Rommel it is one thing you pick yourself up by your bootstraps and use your brain to get ahead in the world, all on your own, self-reliant you it is another thing to discover that when the Astronomical Union decided to demote Pluto from its planet-hood; it’s now from an ice ring in the sky named after your ancestor it is another thing to now look up into the night sky and now see how you are linked to everything it is one thing to collect names from a relative, listing your family to your great-great-great-great-great-grandfather, but really, it’s just a list of names it is another thing when a coworker asks your husband for his family tree and they find out that his cousin was the EMT saving me minutes after I was almost killed it is another thing to not only find our roots to our past, but to also see how we are all so interconnected in one giant family tree

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