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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Only find our Roots”, “Versus Eating Death Daily” and “on a High Horse Like This” from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)” live 9/24/20 during the Virtual Austin Poetry Society New World Poetry open mic (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Only find our Roots”, “Versus Eating Death Daily” and “on a High Horse Like This” from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)” live 9/24/20 during the Virtual Austin Poetry Society New World Poetry open mic (streamed from a Samsung S9 camera).

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Vagary to not only Dream”, “Van can See the Blood (dreams 9/28/19)”, and “Versus Eating Death Daily” from the v187 9/21 Down in the Dirt book “Roman Remains” 9/1/21 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; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Vagary to not only Dream”, “Van can See the Blood (dreams 9/28/19)”, and “Versus Eating Death Daily” from the v187 9/21 Down in the Dirt book “Roman Remains” 9/1/21 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 & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Only find our Roots”, “Just a Little Crazy”, and “Versus Eating Death Daily” from the Scars Publications 9-12/21 Down in the Dirt issue collection book “Stardust in Hand” 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 (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Only find our Roots”, “Just a Little Crazy”, and “Versus Eating Death Daily” from the Scars Publications 9-12/21 Down in the Dirt issue collection book “Stardust in Hand” 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

Versus Eating Death Daily Janet Kuypers 9/28/19, for Hug a Vegetarian Day, annually on the last Friday in September People may think we’re violent when they hear of PETA throwing buckets of red paint on top of people wearing fur coats as a representation of all the blood people spill to wear frivolous fur coats. But it’s insane to think vegans and vegetarians are the violent ones, when we are the ones who support not killing animals, versus every other meat-eater out there, eating death daily... And it seems an uphill battle trying to fight a fight with non-violence and trying to lead by example, but seeing mass- farming and mass-slaughter and mass- torture instead of mass-harmony. It gets a bit exasperating when you try to do good, and it seems to no avail, like you’ve got your hands tied behind your back and you can’t think of what else to do other than be good. It feels lonely on a moral high ground when so few people agree, and even if some do, that doesn’t mean they’ll stop eating violence every day anyway — so, where does that leave you. It leaves you feeling like you know you’re doing the right thing and still it feels like you’re making no difference — so after all this time, maybe vegetarians need a hug — because at times it seems like finding the morally like-minded vegetarians is like finding a needle in a haystack... but when you find them, trust me, do those needles shine.

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