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See YouTube video of Chicago poet Janet Kuypers reading her poems “You’ve Left Me on Siesta Beach” from her interview/journal/poetry book “In Depth”, then her new poems “Other People’s Worlds” and “Language” live 1/26/18 at Georgetown’s “Poetry Aloud” open mic (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video of Chicago poet Janet Kuypers reading her poems “You’ve Left Me on Siesta Beach” from her interview/journal/poetry book “In Depth”, then her new poems “Other People’s Worlds” and “Language” live 1/26/18 at Georgetown’s “Poetry Aloud” open mic (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers, in 3 parts, reading her poetry 10/12/19 at the Georgetown “Poetry Aloud” open mic at the Georgetown Public Library. In part 1, read her poem “Check Your Clock” from her poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”, her poem “Other People’s Worlds” from the cc&d v291 7-8/19 book “Of This I am Certain”, then her poem “Queueing in Line and Shaping Your Life” read from the cc&d v292 (Sept.-Oct. 2019 issue) perfect-bound paperback ISBN# book “In The Fall”, both of those last two poems also read from her poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”, then her poem “Know What Planet She’s From” from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”. In part 2, she read her prose poem “Dandelions for a Passing Stranger” read from the cc&d 2019 reprints of the May 1996 v79 issue book “Poetry and Prose”, then her poem “Ominous Day” from the cc&d v290 May-June 2019 26-year anniversary issue/book “a Rose in the Dark” that also appears in (and is co-read from) her poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”, then her poem “Etching, Scribbling, Drawing” from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”. In part 3, she reads her poem “Kind of Like a City” from her poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”, then her poem “Zircon, Gemstones, Baubles, and Bling”from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera, and it was also posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers, in 3 parts, reading her poetry 10/12/19 at the Georgetown “Poetry Aloud” open mic at the Georgetown Public Library. In part 1, read her poem “Check Your Clock” from her poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”, her poem “Other People’s Worlds” from the cc&d v291 7-8/19 book “Of This I am Certain”, then her poem “Queueing in Line and Shaping Your Life” read from the cc&d v292 (Sept.-Oct. 2019 issue) perfect-bound paperback ISBN# book “In The Fall”, both of those last two poems also read from her poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”, then her poem “Know What Planet She’s From” from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”. In part 2, she read her prose poem “Dandelions for a Passing Stranger” read from the cc&d 2019 reprints of the May 1996 v79 issue book “Poetry and Prose”, then her poem “Ominous Day” from the cc&d v290 May-June 2019 26-year anniversary issue/book “a Rose in the Dark” that also appears in (and is co-read from) her poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”, then her poem “Etching, Scribbling, Drawing” from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”. In part 3, she reads her poem “Kind of Like a City” from her poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”, then her poem “Zircon, Gemstones, Baubles, and Bling”from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera, and it was also posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Like Nothing Ever Happened”, “For Far Too Many Years”, “Other People’s Worlds”, “left living”, “our differences”, “Prescribe Them Something, Anything”, and “choke”, all read from the Scars Publications 2019 collection book “Burning Bridges”, during her January 2018 Book Release Reading through Community Poetry! at Half Price Books (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Like Nothing Ever Happened”, “For Far Too Many Years”, “Other People’s Worlds”, “left living”, “our differences”, “Prescribe Them Something, Anything”, and “choke”, all read from the Scars Publications 2019 collection book “Burning Bridges”, during her January 2018 Book Release Reading through Community Poetry! at Half Price Books (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “True Happiness in the New Millennium” from the Down in the Dirt 7-12 2019 issue collection book “Legacy”, then her poems “Other People’s Worlds” and “Opens the Way”, read from the cc&d 7-12 2019 issue collection book “Imagery of Place”, 1/18/20 at Austin’s “Open Mic Showcase” at Recycled Reads (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “True Happiness in the New Millennium” from the Down in the Dirt 7-12 2019 issue collection book “Legacy”, then her poems “Other People’s Worlds” and “Opens the Way”, read from the cc&d 7-12 2019 issue collection book “Imagery of Place”, 1/18/20 at Austin’s “Open Mic Showcase” at Recycled Reads (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her “Nomad’s Choir” vol. 28 issue 1 poem “Other people’s Worlds” that also appears in the Scars Publications 7-12 2019 cc&d expanded issue collection book “Among the Debris”, then her new poem “Until I Choose Life”, live 1/25/20 at Georgetown’s “Poetry Aloud” (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her “Nomad’s Choir” vol. 28 issue 1 poem “Other people’s Worlds” that also appears in the Scars Publications 7-12 2019 cc&d expanded issue collection book “Among the Debris”, then her new poem “Until I Choose Life”, live 1/25/20 at Georgetown’s “Poetry Aloud” (Posterized Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Ultimate Connectivity: a bird in the hand” rom her chapbook “Public Access Poetry” but read from the Scars Publications 7-12 2019 cc&d expanded issue collection book “Among the Debris”, then her “Nomad’s Choir” vol. 28 issue 1 poem “Other people’s Worlds” that also appears in the Scars Publications 7-12 2019 cc&d expanded issue collection book “Among the Debris”, then her new poem “Until I Choose Life”, live 1/25/20 at Georgetown’s “Poetry Aloud” (from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Ultimate Connectivity: a bird in the hand” rom her chapbook “Public Access Poetry” but read from the Scars Publications 7-12 2019 cc&d expanded issue collection book “Among the Debris”, then her “Nomad’s Choir” vol. 28 issue 1 poem “Other people’s Worlds” that also appears in the Scars Publications 7-12 2019 cc&d expanded issue collection book “Among the Debris”, then her new poem “Until I Choose Life”, live 1/25/20 at Georgetown’s “Poetry Aloud” (Sepia Toned Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Opens the Way”, “Other People’s Worlds”, and “I Want Love”, her prose “Dandelions for a Passing Stranger” and “Scars”, her poems “the State of the Nation”, “People’s Rights Misunderstood”, and “The Carpet Factory, The Shoes”, in set 1 from the cc&d July-December 2018 expanded issue collection book “Among the Debris” during the “Poetic License open mic 6/7/20 home edition” she hosted in Austin, but globally through a Facebook event page (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera, and was posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Opens the Way”, “Other People’s Worlds”, and “I Want Love”, her prose “Dandelions for a Passing Stranger” and “Scars”, her poems “the State of the Nation”, “People’s Rights Misunderstood”, and “The Carpet Factory, The Shoes”, in set 1 from the cc&d July-December 2018 expanded issue collection book “Among the Debris” during the “Poetic License open mic 6/7/20 home edition” she hosted in Austin through a Facebook event page (video filmed from a Samsung S9 camera).

Other People’s Worlds Janet Kuypers 1/3/19 After spending a lifetime looking through a camera lens, photographing other people’s lives, I look at the sum of what I’ve done. See photos under glass, framed on walls, scenes captured with vivid contrast and events caught in vibrant colors. And then I look at the people — most are gripping and grinning in their instamatic moments, but some are looking away, and it makes me wonder. I’ve spent a lifetime glimpsing into other people’s worlds. When I catch them looking away I wonder: what are they thinking. What worlds am I missing by putting this camera in front to my face, pointing, clicking. Just so I could stare, and wonder.

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