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See YouTube video live 5/5/19 of Janet Kuypers reading her 2019 poems “Once Craned my Neck” & “Xboba Ancestors” at “Recycled Reads” in Austin (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video live 5/5/19 of Janet Kuypers reading her 2019 poems “Once Craned my Neck"” & “Xboba Ancestors” at “Recycled Reads” in Austin (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Xboba Ancestors”, “Only Nineteen”, and “You are Born to Do” from the May 2021 v183 issue of Down in the Dirt’s paperback book “Alone Time” at the beginning of the “Poetic License virtual open mic 5/2/21” she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Xboba Ancestors”, “Only Nineteen”, and “You are Born to Do” from the May 2021 v183 issue of Down in the Dirt’s paperback book “Alone Time” at the beginning of the “Poetic License virtual open mic 5/2/21” she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Xboba Ancestors”, “Only Nineteen”, and “You are Born to Do” from the “Alone Time” section of the Down in the Dirt May-August 2021 issue collection book “Lockdown’s Over” 10/6/21 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; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems“Xboba Ancestors”, “Only Nineteen”, and “You are Born to Do” from the “Alone Time” section of the Down in the Dirt May-August 2021 issue collection book “Lockdown’s Over” 10/6/21 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

Xboba Ancestors Janet Kuypers 5/2/19 Just because I prefer warmer climes doesn’t mean I can’t thrive in the cold. My people xboba have had a history of climbing through feet of snow, navigating icebergs and fighting violent winds while atop glaciers — they even tunneled through the snow to curl in a corner outside at night, to make it warmer to sleep, living in sub zero temperatures. Yes, I’ve also climbed mountains, even with little to no footwear to protect me. My ancestors didn’t have the luxuries we have today to combat the weather, so, like them I can remain thousands of feet in the air and control my breathing so that I can remain at peace while getting all the oxygen I’ll ever need. You see, I come from a history or survivors, of those who have lived at the edge of the sky — and not only survived, but also thrived. They didn’t know they were handing me their genes, but their gift has afforded me this unique opportunity to be able to live on the edge, and luckily, live to tell the tale. So, let us revel in history, and let’s keep surging ahead to surpass the boundaries of all we believe we can do.   (written after the discovery of a Tibetan fossil of a jawline from the vanished human species Denisovans, proving humankind lived at 11,000 feet in the Himalayan mountains 160,000+ years ago)

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