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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Oh, the book is Better than the Movie”, “Vessel to Spread the Word”, and “Otherwise Reigned Supreme” from the Down in the Dirt 11/20 v177 book “Pipe Dreams”, then her short poem “Eleven Days” from the cc&d 11/20 v303 book “What He’s Trying to Paint” to close 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 (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Oh, the book is Better than the Movie”, “Vessel to Spread the Word”, and “Otherwise Reigned Supreme” from the Down in the Dirt 11/20 v177 book “Pipe Dreams”, then her short poem “Eleven Days” from the cc&d 11/20 v303 book “What He’s Trying to Paint” to close 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 & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera). #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

See a YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Oh, the book is Better than the Movie” (written 11/1, on and for National Authors Day), “Keep Your Chin Up”” (written 11/3, on and for Cliché Day), “Eternal Salvation in Hieroglyphics” (written 11/4, on and for King Tut Day, the day his tomb was discovered in 1922), “Queen of the Night Sky” (written 11/6, on and for the day credited with the 1572 observation of the supernova SN 1572 (Tycho’s Supernova/Tycho’s Nova), “Opened the Door for All” (written 11/7, on and for the 1867 birthday of Marie Curie), “Vessel to Spread the Word” (written 11/5, on and for the the birthday of American poet Ella Wheeler Wilcox (11/5/1860-10/30/1919), “x-raying metal under my skin” (for 11/8, X-Ray Day / International Day of Radiology), “Otherwise Reigned Supreme” (written 11/8, on and for the birthday of American poet Ella Wheeler Wilcox b11/5/1860, d10/30/1919), and “Just too High for Just one Man” (written 11/9, on on his 1934 birthday, for Carl Sagan Day) from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)” for The Café Gallery 11/3/20 Book Reading in The Café Gallery 2020 book reading series the night of the U.S. Presidential election (video filmed 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 “Oh, the book is Better than the Movie”, “Keep Your Chin Up”, “Eternal Salvation in Hieroglyphics”, “Queen of the Night Sky”, “Opened the Door for All”, “Vessel to Spread the Word”, “x-raying metal under my skin”, “Otherwise Reigned Supreme”, and “Just too High for Just one Man” from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)” for The Café Gallery 11/3/20 Book Reading in The Café Gallery 2020 book reading series (filmed and streamed live from a Samsung S9 camera). #janetkuypersthecafegallery

See the YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “ever since my childhood”, “Oh, the book is Better than the Movie”, “Vessel to Spread the Word”, “Otherwise Reigned Supreme”, “Opened the Door for All”, “Just too High for Just one Man”, “Evolving with Mutant Genes”, and “Yes, For Our Future Too” from the v177 book “Pipe Dreams” installment of the Down in the Dirt issue collection book “Late Frost” for The Café Gallery 1/19/21 Book Reading in The Café Gallery Book Reading series (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera, and posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).  #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersthecafegallery

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “ever since my childhood”, “Oh, the book is Better than the Movie”, “Vessel to Spread the Word”, “Otherwise Reigned Supreme”, “Opened the Door for All”, “Just too High for Just one Man”, “Evolving with Mutant Genes”, and “Yes, For Our Future Too” from the v177 book “Pipe Dreams” installment of the Down in the Dirt issue collection book “Late Frost” for The Café Gallery 1/19/21 Book Reading in The Café Gallery Book Reading series (this video was filmed and streamed from a Samsung S9 camera).   #janetkuypers   #janetkuyperspoetry   #janetkuypersbookreading   #janetkuypersthecafegallery

Vessel to Spread the Word Janet Kuypers 11/5/19, on the birthday of American poet Ella Wheeler Wilcox (11/5/1860-10/30/1919) I’m just a mid-western girl... but I learned, even at an early age that getting along with your fellow man is seldom the solution, because it’s never enough — so I’ve learned in time to be positive, I have to be, but I also have to speak for those who cannot speak for themselves, to make life better for all — so let me poetically be a vessel to share the way the world should be with the rest of the world, because... maybe after people hear my words — maybe then people will begin to realize that love, and positivity — that good will spread more wildly than hatred or discontent. Now, after reading my poems, spread the word —

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