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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her new poems “Valentine’s Day, Every Day”, “Underscore for the Battles”, and “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed” live 2/16 at “Poetry Aloud” (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her new poems “Valentine’s Day, Every Day”, “Underscore for the Battles”, and “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed” live 2/16/19 at “Poetry Aloud” (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera, and given an Edge Detection filter).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her new poems “Valentine’s Day, Every Day”, “Underscore for the Battles”, and “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed” live 2/16/19 at “Poetry Aloud” (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera, and then given a Posterize filter).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her new poems “Valentine’s Day, Every Day”, “Underscore for the Battles”, and “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed” live 2/16/19 at “Poetry Aloud” (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera, and then given Threshold filter).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers in her “Journeys” poetry book feature for “Thirsty Thursday 8/15/19 in Dripping Springs”, TX, with her poem “Journeys on a Train” as the intro poem to her feature, then her poems “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed”, “Valentine’s Day, Every Day”, “Each Trigger Pull”, “Quilled for Poets”, and “Karma and Lollipops” from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” in part one of her feature. Then she read her poems “haiku (poet)”, “unbounded”, “oceans”, “eyes”, “Ends of the Earth”, “Xystus to Foundation”, and “Eternal Never Ending Now” from her poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”, then she closes her feature with her poem “Verdant Green” (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers in her “Journeys” poetry book feature for “Thirsty Thursday 8/15/19 in Dripping Springs”, TX, with her poem “Journeys on a Train” as the intro poem to her feature, then her poems “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed”, “Valentine’s Day, Every Day”, “Each Trigger Pull”, “Quilled for Poets”, and “Karma and Lollipops” from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” in part one of her feature. Then she read her poems “haiku (poet)”, “unbounded”, “oceans”, “eyes”, “Ends of the Earth”, “Xystus to Foundation”, and “Eternal Never Ending Now” from her poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”, then she closes her feature with her poem “Verdant Green” (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers in part one her “Journeys” poetry book feature for “Thirsty Thursday 8/15/19 in Dripping Springs”, TX, with her poem “Journeys on a Train” as the intro poem to her feature, then her poems “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed”, “Valentine’s Day, Every Day”, “Each Trigger Pull”, “Quilled for Poets”, and “Karma and Lollipops” from her book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers in part one her “Journeys” poetry book feature for “Thirsty Thursday 8/15/19 in Dripping Springs”, TX, with her poem “Journeys on a Train” as the intro poem to her feature, then her poems “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed”, “Valentine’s Day, Every Day”, “Each Trigger Pull”, “Quilled for Poets”, and “Karma and Lollipops” from her book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video 8/17/19 of Janet Kuypers reading her “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” poems “Valentine’s Day, Every Day”, “Each Trigger Pull”, “Quilled for Poets” and “Karma and Lollipops” (that were all read during her “Journeys” feature at Thirsty Thursday 8/15/19 in Dripping Springs)as she was guest-hosting the Austin “Open Mic Showcase” at Recycled Reads (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video 8/17/19 of Janet Kuypers reading her “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” poems “Valentine’s Day, Every Day”, “Each Trigger Pull”, “Quilled for Poets” and “Karma and Lollipops” (that were all read during her “Journeys” feature at Thirsty Thursday 8/15/19 in Dripping Springs)as she was guest-hosting the Austin “Open Mic Showcase” at Recycled Reads (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed”, “Valentine’s Day, Every Day”, and “We Didn’t Start the Fire” from the cc&d 2/20 v294 issue/book “Mask” 2/2/20 during her Poetic License open mic 2/2/20, while hosting “Poetic License” monthly at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; also posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed”, “Valentine’s Day, Every Day”, and “We Didn’t Start the Fire” from the cc&d 2/20 v294 issue/book “Mask” 2/2/20 during her Poetic License open mic 2/2/20, while hosting “Poetic License” monthly at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; also posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her new poem “Do the Dead Still Live",”, then her poems “Valentine’s Day, Every Day” (for Valentine’s Day, 2/14) and “Queasy Feeling” (for World Sword Swallowing Day, 2/24), both read from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”, live 2/8/20 @ “Poetry Aloud” (video from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her new poem “Do the Dead Still Live",”, then her poems “Valentine’s Day, Every Day” (for Valentine’s Day, 2/14) and “Queasy Feeling” (for World Sword Swallowing Day, 2/24), both read from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”, live 2/8/20 @ “Poetry Aloud” (video from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “(less than) Two Minutes with Ayn Rand”, “Valentine’s Day, Every Day”, and “We Didn’t Start the Fire”, read from the 2/20 v294 cc&d issue/book “Mask” that also all appear in the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”, live 2/5/20 in her February 2020 Book Release Reading through Community Poetry! at Half Price Books in Austin (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “(less than) Two Minutes with Ayn Rand”, “Valentine’s Day, Every Day”, and “We Didn’t Start the Fire”, read from the 2/20 v294 cc&d issue/book “Mask” that also all appear in the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”, live 2/5/20 in her February 2020 Book Release Reading through Community Poetry! at Half Price Books in Austin (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera with a Sepia Tone filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Valentine’s Day, every Day” from the 2/20 v294 cc&d issue/book “Mask”, then her poems “Barbie” and “Lessons from the Simpsons”, both read from her cc&d volume 2 poetry collection book “a Wake-Up Call from Tradition”, live 2/15/20 at the Austin “Open Mic Showcase” at Recycled Reads (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera & posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Valentine’s Day, every Day” from the 2/20 v294 cc&d issue/book “Mask”, then her poems “Barbie” and “Lessons from the Simpsons”, both read from her cc&d volume 2 poetry collection book “a Wake-Up Call from Tradition”, live 2/15/20 at the Austin “Open Mic Showcase” at Recycled Reads (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera & posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr).

See YouTube video from 4/26/20 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Queasy Feeling”, “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed”, “Valentine’s Day, Every Day”, “Opposite”, “We Didn’t Start the Fire”, “(Less Than) Two Minutes With Ayn Rand”, and her prose “Valentine’s Day Over 25 Days Away” from the v294 “Mask” section of the cc&d magazine February-April 2020 issue collection book “Aiming at Immortality” for the “2020 #poetrybomb” (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See Facebook streaming video live from 4/26/20 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Queasy Feeling”, “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed”, “Valentine’s Day, Every Day”, “Opposite”, “We Didn’t Start the Fire”, “(Less Than) Two Minutes With Ayn Rand”, and her prose “Valentine’s Day Over 25 Days Away” from the v294 “Mask” section of the cc&d magazine February-April 2020 issue collection book “Aiming at Immortality” for the “2020 #poetrybomb” (filmed from a Samsung S9 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

Valentine’s Day, Every Day Janet Kuypers 2/14/19 Once you traded my snow-soaked socks through sandals for your dry pair as we climbed one of the Alps. I know there was snow, but I wanted to do this for you... after we approached a thirty-foot wide water pit I said I had to stop. I couldn’t do it. But during our return construction crews came and tore up our path. That is when you picked me up and started carrying me over what my sandals couldn’t navigate. Because yes, I want to do things for you, but I think it’s abundantly clear that you want to do things for me too. And I may be the first to say that selfishness is a virtue, but I want you to understand: I want to do things for you, because seeing you happy makes me happy. How selfish of me, wanting to see my love happy. So what do I need a Hallmark holiday for in the first place. Why do I need conversation hearts, flowers or chocolates. In fact, after knowing you for less than three weeks one Valentine’s Day you bought me a map because you knew I traveled. And your coworker laughed at you, thought you were a fool. But you even remembered that when you gave me the map, I asked you if it was okay if I kept it wrapped in its tube until we could frame it in our office. You remembered that I said this to you, after knowing you for less than three weeks. So as I said, what do I need an economic gift-giving holiday for anyway. You show me you love me every day. And since the beginning, I have loved you. Every day. Not just Valentine’s Day. Every day.

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