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video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Qualms with a Headache”, “Extra Blade”, and “XTC from Found “Candy””, then she finished the open mic with her poem “Eternal Never Ending Now”, all read from her 2019 poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”, live at the “Poetic License open mic 2/2/20”, while hosting “Poetic License” monthly at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; and also posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Qualms with a Headache”, “Extra Blade”, and “XTC from Found “Candy””, then she finished the open mic with her poem “Eternal Never Ending Now”, all read from her 2019 poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”, live at the “Poetic License open mic 2/2/20”, while hosting “Poetic License” monthly at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; and were also posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr).
video See this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Venezuela was Mowed Down by Tanks”, “Bolt of Lightning”, “Unchecked Electricity”, “Precariously Balance”, “Ever Felt Safe”, “Exude more in Black”, and “Xtc from Found “Candy””, from the May 2021 v183 issue of Down in the Dirt’s paperback book “Alone Time”, read 5/5/21 during the usual time for Austin’s “Community Poetry” feature reading (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).  #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersinstagram
video See this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Venezuela was Mowed Down by Tanks”, “Bolt of Lightning”, “Unchecked Electricity”, “Precariously Balance”, “Ever Felt Safe”, “Exude more in Black”, and “Xtc from Found “Candy””, from the May 2021 v183 issue of Down in the Dirt’s paperback book “Alone Time”, read 5/5/21 during the usual time for Austin’s “Community Poetry” feature reading (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).  #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersinstagram
video See this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Precariously Balance”, “Ever Felt Safe”, “Exude more in Black”, and “xtc from Found “Candy”” from the Down in the Dirt magazine May-August 2021 issue collection book “Lockdown’s Over” at the end of the “Poetic License virtual open mic 10/3/21 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 #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoeticlicense
video See this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Precariously Balance”, “Ever Felt Safe”, “Exude more in Black”, and “xtc from Found “Candy”” from the Down in the Dirt magazine May-August 2021 issue collection book “Lockdown’s Over” at the end of the “Poetic License virtual open mic 10/3/21 she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (video from a Samsung S9 camera with a triangle filter; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoeticlicense
video See this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Precariously Balance”, “Ever Felt Safe”, “Exude more in Black”, and “xtc from Found “Candy”” from the Down in the Dirt magazine May-August 2021 issue collection book “Lockdown’s Over” at the end of the “Poetic License virtual open mic 10/3/21 she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (this video was originally filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera with a triangle, then released given a Sepia Tone filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoeticlicense
video Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Precariously Balance”, “Ever Felt Safe”, “Exude more in Black”, and “xtc from Found “Candy”” from the Down in the Dirt magazine May-August 2021 issue collection book “Lockdown’s Over” at the end of the “Poetic License virtual open mic 10/3/21 she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (this video was filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

Xtc from Found “Candy”

Janet Kuypers
5/26/19, linked on twitter,
Instagram, and Tumblr

After stumbling out of the brewery
with our open beers in our hands
last night, we sat at a picnic table
and found what looked like a single
loose piece of hard candy. But then
I remembered the strips of LSD, how
drug makers etched designs into doses
for identification... I thought about the
Daffy Duck tabs I remembered, and I
looked at this one tiny lone blue duck
with etchings on it, seemingly stranded
on the picnic table. And I wondered
if anyone was brave enough to try
this loose piece of what could have
been candy. Just to see what happens.


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