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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Zircon, Gemstones, Baubles and Bling” (written on and for National Jewel Day), “Value of π” (written on and for Pi Day, 3/14), and “Vortexes Indenting our World” (written 3/15, the day after Albert Einstein’s birthday) live 3/16/19 at “Poetry Aloud” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Zircon, Gemstones, Baubles and Bling” (written on and for National Jewel Day), “Value of π” (written on and for Pi Day, 3/14), and “Vortexes Indenting our World” (written 3/15, the day after Albert Einstein’s birthday) live 3/16/19 at “Poetry Aloud” (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera, then given a Posterize filter).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Zircon, Gemstones, Baubles and Bling” (written on and for National Jewel Day), “Value of π” (written on and for Pi Day, 3/14), and “Vortexes Indenting our World” (written 3/15, the day after Albert Einstein’s birthday) live 3/16/19 at “Poetry Aloud” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Zircon, Gemstones, Baubles and Bling” (written on and for National Jewel Day), “Value of π” (written on and for Pi Day, 3/14), and “Vortexes Indenting our World” (written 3/15, the day after Albert Einstein’s birthday) live 3/16/19 at “Poetry Aloud” (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera, then given a Sepia Tone filter).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers, in 3 parts, reading her poetry 10/12/19 at the Georgetown “Poetry Aloud” open mic at the Georgetown Public Library. In part 1, read her poem “Check Your Clock” from her poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”, her poem “Other People’s Worlds” from the cc&d v291 7-8/19 book “Of This I am Certain”, then her poem “Queueing in Line and Shaping Your Life” read from the cc&d v292 (Sept.-Oct. 2019 issue) perfect-bound paperback ISBN# book “In The Fall”, both of those last two poems also read from her poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”, then her poem “Know What Planet She’s From” from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”. In part 2, she read her prose poem “Dandelions for a Passing Stranger” read from the cc&d 2019 reprints of the May 1996 v79 issue book “Poetry and Prose”, then her poem “Ominous Day” from the cc&d v290 May-June 2019 26-year anniversary issue/book “a Rose in the Dark” that also appears in (and is co-read from) her poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”, then her poem “Etching, Scribbling, Drawing” from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”. In part 3, she reads her poem “Kind of Like a City” from her poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”, then her poem “Zircon, Gemstones, Baubles, and Bling”from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera, and it was also posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers, in 3 parts, reading her poetry 10/12/19 at the Georgetown “Poetry Aloud” open mic at the Georgetown Public Library. In part 1, read her poem “Check Your Clock” from her poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”, her poem “Other People’s Worlds” from the cc&d v291 7-8/19 book “Of This I am Certain”, then her poem “Queueing in Line and Shaping Your Life” read from the cc&d v292 (Sept.-Oct. 2019 issue) perfect-bound paperback ISBN# book “In The Fall”, both of those last two poems also read from her poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”, then her poem “Know What Planet She’s From” from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”. In part 2, she read her prose poem “Dandelions for a Passing Stranger” read from the cc&d 2019 reprints of the May 1996 v79 issue book “Poetry and Prose”, then her poem “Ominous Day” from the cc&d v290 May-June 2019 26-year anniversary issue/book “a Rose in the Dark” that also appears in (and is co-read from) her poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”, then her poem “Etching, Scribbling, Drawing” from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”. In part 3, she reads her poem “Kind of Like a City” from her poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”, then her poem “Zircon, Gemstones, Baubles, and Bling”from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera, and it was also posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr).

See a YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her micro-prose “Tanya’s Story”, then her poems “Zircon, Gemstones, Baubles and Bling”, “Escaping the Atmosphere Any Way we Can”, “Zucchini Versus Sausage: different choices today”, “Vibrations Echo”, “Unlocking History, One Asteroid at a Time”, and “Glacial Ice” from the 3/21 Down in the Dirt v181 book “Prayers and Bullets” 3/3/21, during the usual time for Austin’s “Community Poetry” open mic (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera, and posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).  #janetkuypers   #janetkuyperspoetry   #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersinstagram

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her micro-prose “Tanya’s Story”, then her poems “Zircon, Gemstones, Baubles and Bling”, “Escaping the Atmosphere Any Way we Can”, “Zucchini Versus Sausage: different choices today”, “Vibrations Echo”, “Unlocking History, One Asteroid at a Time”, and “Glacial Ice” from the 3/21 Down in the Dirt v181 book “Prayers and Bullets” 3/3/21, during the usual time for Austin’s “Community Poetry” open mic (this video was filmed and streamed from a Samsung S9 camera).   #janetkuypers   #janetkuyperspoetry   #janetkuypersbookreading

See this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Zircon, Gemstones, Baubles and Bling”, “Zucchini Versus Sausage: different choices today” and “Glacial Ice” from the “Prayers and Bullets” section of the Scars Publications 1-4 2021 Down in the Dirt issue collection book “Excerpts from the Plague Years” 5/27/21 at Austin Poetry Society’s “New World 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

See this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Zircon, Gemstones, Baubles and Bling”, “Zucchini Versus Sausage: different choices today” and “Glacial Ice” from the “Prayers and Bullets” section of the Scars Publications 1-4 2021 Down in the Dirt issue collection book “Excerpts from the Plague Years” 5/27/21 at Austin Poetry Society’s “New World Poetry” open mic (this video was filmed and streamed from a Samsung S9 camera). #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

Zircon, Gemstones,   Baubles and Bling Janet Kuypers 3/13/19, part 1 is dreams 3/13/19 (written on National Jewel Day ) on Instagram and twitter today it was like some sort of a contest some distance had already been traveled and we still had to get to the last building, to the back room first, to apparently win went charging into this strange building it was the final stop, so I went upstairs because the back room was the end goal — but I saw six or seven contenders in front I thought this meant I lost the contest but then I saw them all milling around I stayed on the edges, tried to ascertain if they went in, or what held them at bay not learning much, I gathered they waited for something I know not what, so since no one was looking toward that elusive back door, I snuck to it to open it up once I got inside, I rushed to the back, touched a large faucet along the back wall then I turned around and said, “I made it” and my voice echoed loudly when I won # I didn’t know what I’d win in this contest; my goal all along was to only succeed — and succeed I did, as I now look back, and my greedy side now longed for more, indeed I was invincible after winning this contest one of the hardest and strongest known and come to think of it, the word diamond comes from the Greek word for “invincible”... “diamonds are a girl’s best friend,” I heard a bombshell croon, so maybe today my award will be diamonds, and jewels that glimmer and catch the eye, like any winner would

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