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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Vegetarians, One Meal at a Time” from her poetry collection book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” 9/2/19 while outside the Brat Stop restaurant in Kenosha, WI (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Vegetarians, One Meal at a Time” from her poetry collection book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” 9/2/19 while outside the Brat Stop restaurant in Kenosha, WI (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera, and then it was given a Cyan filter).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Vegetarians, One Meal at a Time” from her poetry collection book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” 9/2/19 while outside the Brat Stop restaurant in Kenosha, WI (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera, and then it was given a Posterize filter).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Vegetarians, One Meal at a Time” from her poetry collection book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” 9/2/19 while outside the Brat Stop restaurant in Kenosha, WI (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera, and then it was given a Sepia Tone filter).

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Qualms with a Headache”, “Kind of like a City”, “Volumes of Philosophical Masterpieces”, the haiku “nature I”, and the poem “Vegetarians, One Meal at a Time” from the Scars Publications 1/22 Down in the Dirt v191 book “Impeccable Warriors” 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 from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Qualms with a Headache”, “Kind of like a City”, “Volumes of Philosophical Masterpieces”, the haiku “nature I”, and the poem “Vegetarians, One Meal at a Time” from the Scars Publications 1/22 Down in the Dirt v191 book “Impeccable Warriors” 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

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Village is Complete with a Community”, “nature I” (+ image), “Vegetarians, One Meal at a Time”, and “Order in the Chaos” from the 1-4/22 Down in the Dirt issue collection book “The Ice that Was” 5/4/22 on the 1st Wednesday of the month from 1:00-3:00 PM CST during the usual time 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). #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry

Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Village is Complete with a Community”, “nature I”, (+ image), “Vegetarians, One Meal at a Time”, and “Order in the Chaos” from the 1-4/22 Down in the Dirt issue collection book “The Ice that Was” 5/4/22 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 (video filmed and streamed live from a Samsung S9 camera with a b&w Old Film filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypers

Vegetarians,  One Meal at a Time Janet Kuypers 2/11/19, based on a twitter post, and referenced in a twitter and Instagram post After watching the Super Bowl, I heard an astrophysicist explain that the Super Bowl was a bad day to be a chicken, because many wings are eaten during the game. But the thing is, any day is a bad day to be a chicken, thanks to the slaughter the U.S. so embraces. Because in the U.S.A., nearly 9 billion chickens are eaten per year. The math equates to a million chickens per hour. So much for my 23 years of being a vegetarian, more time than it takes to send someone to war to kill humans... but really, what difference do I make? I’m just one person. Little old me. The non-violent one trying to not make waves. Asking what is in the soup broth at every restaurant, searching for vegetables not laced in meat — which is often a lot to ask. So in the grand scheme of things, can I make a difference? Do I make a difference, I wondered, until one man wrote to me to say that I do make a difference, one meal at a time. So, go ahead, call this my non-violent resistance, what a fitting term for all vegetarians. And you’re right, over the course of history non-violence really has made a difference in the world, so... just let me continue to fight, my way.

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