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See a YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Queens Rule” (written 11/25, on and for the 1454 birthday of Catherine Cornaro, the Last Queen of Cyprus; d. 1510), “Expand and Save Yourselves” (written 11/26, on and for the 1504 date of the death of Queen Isabella I of Castile), “Underground History” (written 11/30, on and for the 1866 date work begins on the 1st U.S. underwater highway tunnel, in Chicago), “Your Burden” (written 12/1, on and for the 1847 birthdate of the American poet Julia A. Moore; d1920), “Under Our Own Feet” (written 12/2, on and for the 1942 date man achieved the 1st artificial self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction), “Knew the Word” (written 12/2, on and for the 1818 date Illinois became the 21st state of the United States of America), and “from Visiting Pristine Places on the Planet” (written 11/4, on and for Wildlife Conservation Day), from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)” for The Café Gallery 12/1/20 Book Reading in The Café Gallery 2020 book reading series (video from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypersthecafegallery

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Queens Rule”, “Expand and Save Yourselves”, “Underground History”, “Your Burden”, “Under Our Own Feet”, “Knew the Word”, AND “from Visiting Pristine Places on the Planet”, from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)” for The Café Gallery 12/1/20 Book Reading in The Café Gallery 2020 book reading series (this video was filmed and streamed from a Samsung S9 camera). #janetkuypersthecafegallery

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 “People Forget Politics”, “Queens Rule”, “holding my hand”, and “Cerium-141: “one of the more prolific fission products of the atom bomb”” from the Scars Publications 9-12/21 Down in the Dirt issue collection book “Stardust in Hand” 4/6/22 on the 1st Wednesday of the month from 1:00-3:00 PM CST during the usual time for and in honor of the “Community Poetry” reading (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “People Forget Politics”, “Queens Rule”, “holding my hand”, and “Cerium-141: “one of the more prolific fission products of the atom bomb”” from the Scars Publications 9-12/21 Down in the Dirt issue collection book “Stardust in Hand” 4/6/22 on the 1st Wednesday of the month from 1:00-3:00 PM CST during the usual time for and in honor of the “Community Poetry” reading (this video was filmed and streamed live from a Samsung S9 camera with a Lava Lamp filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem #janetkuypers

Queens Rule Janet Kuypers 11/25/19 (on the 1454 birthday of Catherine Cornaro, the Last Queen of Cyprus (d. 1510) When life is filled with women treated as ancillary, some consolation can be found when you hear the year James II, King of Cyprus (James the Bastard, even) is the year he chose Caterina for his wife, which she accepted by proxy when she was fourteen — until four years later when she was able to travel to marry. But James the Bastard, the King of Cyprus, died soon after their marriage, and according to his will, his pregnant Caterina acted as regent. Her infant son died before he even reached his first birthday, meaning this woman ruled over all of Cyprus, this beautiful island, until she was forced to sell her republic to Venice. So this last crusader state became a colony of Venice, and its last Queen, on horseback, rode away in silken robes with her accompanying ladies and knights, sobbing at leaving the land she loved — many cried with her, while she was even allowed to retain the title of Queen. Now, this one young girl, accepting a proposal at fourteen, has since had charitable organizations exist in her honor — and operas were even written about her as well. It may have been heart-breaking to lose her love, then lose her only son, but even then a King knew that a woman might have just the right answers on exactly how to run things right — as only a woman could do. History can only see the influence a woman could be — because this one last Queen got the opportunity to be the peak, the finalé, of this island’s dynasty.

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