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video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems &“Up for the Challenge”, “Vanity Plates saying NO WAR” and “Only Certain People” from the cc&d 11/20 v303 book “What He’s Trying to Paint” during the “Poetic License virtual open mic 11/1/20” she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page in front of the New Orleans Public Library (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoeticlicense
video See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Up for the Challenge”, “Vanity Plates saying NO WAR” and “Only Certain People” from the cc&d 11/20 v303 book “What He’s Trying to Paint” during the “Poetic License virtual open mic 11/1/20” she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page in front of the New Orleans Public Library (video filmed and streamed live from a Samsung S9 camera). #janetkuyperspoeticlicense
video See the YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Eternal Salvation in Hieroglyphics”, “Up for the Challenge”, “Lost Cross”, “Quenched Bloodlust”, “Underground History”, and “Extension of “Him”” from the cc&d 11/20 v303 book “What He’s Trying to Paint” live 11/4/20 in honor of “Community Poetry” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).
video See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Eternal Salvation in Hieroglyphics”, “Up for the Challenge”, “Lost Cross”, “Quenched Bloodlust”, “Underground History”, and “Extension of “Him”” from the cc&d 11/20 v303 book “What He’s Trying to Paint” live 11/4/20 in honor of “Community Poetry” (video filmed and streamed from a Samsung S9 camera).
video See a YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Eternal Salvation in Hieroglyphics”, “Up for the Challenge”, “Eleven Days”, “Quenched Bloodlust”, “Only Certain People”, and “Extension of “Him”” from the part 3 of the Scars Publications cc&d 9-12 2020 issue collection book “Roll the Bones” 3/3/21, during the usual time for Austin’s “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 #janetkuypersinstagram
video See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Eternal Salvation in Hieroglyphics”, “Up for the Challenge”, “Eleven Days”, “Quenched Bloodlust”, “Only Certain People”, and “Extension of “Him”” from the Scars Publications cc&d 9-12 2020 issue collection book “Roll the Bones” 3/3/21, 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

Up for the Challenge

Janet Kuypers
11/15/19, on & for
I Love to Write Day

Stephen King’s “Carrie” horror story
was rejected thirty times.

Thirty.

People don’t write to strike it rich.
It doesn’t work like that.

People write because it’s in their blood.
They have a story to tell,

and they don’t know how to share it
unless the write it down.

In this modern era, people stare at their
three-inch screens to live...

and people in this modern world now
need to be challenged —

so if writing is the best way to truly
express yourself,

then, even for just one day, see if you’re
up for the challenge.


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