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See this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Just one Day, Let a Girl Dream” from the cc&d 1-4 2021 issue collection book “What Lies on the Other Side”, then her poem “Out Toward the Horizon” (written as entry 101 to Joined Up Writing, the second installment, then her poem “Us, Actually Touching” from “the 2021 literary review date book”, as the finalé to close the “Poetic License virtual open mic 7/4/21” 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 poem “Just one Day, Let a Girl Dream” from the cc&d 1-4 2021 issue collection book “What Lies on the Other Side”, then her poem “Out Toward the Horizon” (written as entry 101 to Joined Up Writing, the second installment, then her poem “Us, Actually Touching” from “the 2021 literary review date book”, as the finalé to close the “Poetic License virtual open mic 7/4/21” she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperspoeticlicense #janetkuypersbookreading

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Under the Sea” (the 1st poem she ever wrote) and “Out Toward the Horizon” (her most recent poem, that appears as poem 101 that she read from the U.K. book “Joined Up Writing, the second installment”) 7/28/21 @ the “Wednesday Night Poetry” open mic at Kollective Coffee + Cafe in Hot Springs, AR, followed by John reading a poem (this video was filmed from a Panasonic 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 “Under the Sea” (the 1st poem she ever wrote) and “Out Toward the Horizon” (her most recent poem, that appears as poem 101 that she read from the U.K. book “Joined Up Writing, the second installment”) 7/28/21 @ the “Wednesday Night Poetry” open mic at Kollective Coffee + Cafe in Hot Springs, AR (this video was filmed and streamed from a Samsung S9 camera).

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers on Chicago’s WZRD Radio 8/16/21, where, throughout her interview, Janet Kuypers read her poems “Burn It In (reaching the end edit)” ~5:55, “Sometimes the Light” ~14:22, “The Room of The Rape” ~17:26, “We All Want That” ~31:20, “True Happiness in the New Millennium (2016 edit)” ~37:30, “from Looking for a Worthy Adversary” ~41:00, and “Out Toward the Horizon” ~1:04:20)(this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersinterview #janetkuypersradio

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers on Chicago’s WZRD Radio 8/16/21, where, throughout her interview, Janet Kuypers read her poems “Burn It In (reaching the end edit)” ~5:55, “Sometimes the Light” ~14:22, “The Room of The Rape” ~17:26, “We All Want That” ~31:20, “True Happiness in the New Millennium (2016 edit)” ~37:30, “from Looking for a Worthy Adversary” ~41:00, and “Out Toward the Horizon” ~1:04:20 (filmed w/ a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera w/ a Hue Cycling filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersinterview #janetkuypersradio

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers on WZRD Chicago 88.3 FM 8/16/21 from WZRD, where, throughout her interview, Janet Kuypers read her poems “Burn It In (reaching the end edit)” ~5:55, “Sometimes the Light” ~14:22, “The Room of The Rape” ~17:26, “We All Want That” ~31:20, “True Happiness in the New Millennium (2016 edit)” ~37:30, “from Looking for a Worthy Adversary” ~41:00, and “Out Toward the Horizon” ~1:04:20 (on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersinterview #janetkuypersradio

Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers on Chicago’s WZRD Radio 8/16/21, where, throughout her interview, Janet Kuypers read her poems “Burn It In (reaching the end edit)” (~5:55), “Sometimes the Light” (~14:22), “The Room of The Rape” (~17:26), “We All Want That” (~31:20), “True Happiness in the New Millennium (2016 edit)” (~37:30), “from Looking for a Worthy Adversary” (~41:00), and “Out Toward the Horizon” (~1:04:20) (filmed and streams live from a Samsung S7 camera). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersinterview #janetkuypersradio

Enjoy this YouTube video 3/30/22 of Janet Kuypers during her “Poetry & Open Mic at The Gallery Cabaret 3/30/22” feature night in Chicago, where she read her poems (including this one) in her “Taking off the Mask” feature and chapbook (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersbookreading

Enjoy this Facebook live video stream 3/30/22 of Janet Kuypers during her “Poetry & Open Mic at The Gallery Cabaret 3/30/22” feature night in Chicago, where she read her poems (including this one) in her “Taking off the Mask” feature and chapbook (this video was filmed & streamed live from a Samsung S9 camera with a Lava Lamp filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersbookreading

Enjoy this YouTube video 3/30/22 of Janet Kuypers during her “Poetry & Open Mic at The Gallery Cabaret 3/30/22” feature night in Chicago, where she read her poems “Vaccinated from What Happens in Wuhan”, “found pandemic haiku”, “Everyone’s Afraid”, “Out Toward the Horizon”, “jar for my beating heart”, “Because of Fire”, “Underground History”, “Quieting Anechoic Chamber”, “No One Reports for Women”, “like nothing ever happened”, “United We Wonder”, “Knew the Word”, and “Eighteen and Eight, Plus Eighteen: Where We’ve Been and What We’ve Seen” in her poetry feature “Taking off the Mask” (this video was filmed from a Samsung S7 camera and zoomed; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersbookreading

Enjoy this YouTube video 3/30/22 of Janet Kuypers during her “Poetry & Open Mic at The Gallery Cabaret 3/30/22” feature night in Chicago, where she read her poems “Vaccinated from What Happens in Wuhan”, “found pandemic haiku”, “Everyone’s Afraid”, “Out Toward the Horizon”, “jar for my beating heart”, “Because of Fire”, “Underground History”, “Quieting Anechoic Chamber”, “No One Reports for Women”, “like nothing ever happened”, “United We Wonder”, “Knew the Word”, and “Eighteen and Eight, Plus Eighteen: Where We’ve Been and What We’ve Seen” in her poetry feature “Taking off the Mask” (this video was filmed from a Samsung S7 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersbookreading

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Out Toward the Horizon” and “jar for my beating heart” from the v324 9/22 cc&d issue/book “Open Your Eyes” on 9/7/22 on the 1st Wednesday of the month (1:00-3:00 PM CST) in honor of ‘Community Poetry’ (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 “Out Toward the Horizon” and “jar for my beating heart” from the v324 9/22 cc&d issue/book “Open Your Eyes” on 9/7/22 on the 1st Wednesday of the month (1:00-3:00 PM CST) in honor of ‘Community Poetry’ (filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her cc&d 9-12/22 book “Unable To Escape It” poems “Oriental” + showing its Chinese translation and “No One Reports for Women” (which is also in her CyberWit book “Shattering the Glass Ceiling”), “Out Toward the Horizon”, “jar for my beating heart”, and “Indium, trying to get through” + its image (which is also in her book “Twitter Verse Periodic Table Poetry”) on 1/4/23, the 1st Wednesday of the month (1:00-3:00 PM CST) in honor of ‘Community Poetry’ (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). This YouTube video was also released w/ a Hue Cycling filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersshatteringtheglassceiling

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her cc&d 9-12/22 book “Unable To Escape It” poems “Oriental” + showing its Chinese translation and “No One Reports for Women” (which is also in her CyberWit book “Shattering the Glass Ceiling”), “Out Toward the Horizon”, and “jar for my beating heart” on 1/4/23, the 1st Wednesday of the month (1:00-3:00 PM CST) in honor of ‘Community Poetry’ (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). This YouTube video was also released with a Hue Cycling filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr. #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersequalityforwomen #janetkuypersshatteringtheglassceiling

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Beginning of the Universe”, “Out Toward the Horizon”, “Neodymium magnets up your nose”, “Einsteinium from flying through mushroom clouds”, & “Kiribati” from her manuscript of the CyberWit 2024 Janet Kuypers poetry book “The Universe is in Your Hands” in front of the grain tower for Circle Brewing Company on 4/28/24 for “the 2024 Poetry Bomb” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). Also enjoy this as a Facebook live video stream that was filmed and streamed live from a Samsung S9 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr. #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoetrybomb #janetkuyperstheuniverseisinyourhands

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers during her “The Universe is in Your Hands” book feature 1-hour+ interview on WZRD 88.3 FM Chicago radio 8/17/24, where during the first half of her interview on the air she read her “The Universe is in Your Hands” book poems “Big Shoulders: This Was Her Home”, “Mementos and Memories”, “Just Names”, & “Oklahoma water-surfing”, then after the radio station PSA announcements she read her “Testament” book poem “Eliminate All Rapists”, then during the second half of her interview on the air she read her “The Universe is in Your Hands” book poems “Knowing Kevorkian (The Universe is in your Hands edit)”, “Outstretched Hands, Off to the Races”, “Flags at Half-Mast”, “erasure poem: a Poetic History”, & “Unique Roads”, & then she closed with her bonus book poems “Out Toward the Horizon” & “Finally Found Home” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter/X, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). Also enjoy this YouTube video that was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix FZ300 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter/X, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). Also enjoy this as a Facebook live video stream that was filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypersinterview #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypers #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersradio #janetkuyperschicago #janetkuypersfeature #janetkuyperstheuniverseisinyourhands

Out Toward the Horizon Janet Kuypers 6/10/21 Driftwood disintegrated, out with the tide like flotsam, wreckage from what we survived... jetsam drifts to shore while we all still so fall in love with the sea and our essence drifts out toward the horizon until I find myself lost, wondering where on earth that damn land is I know, I know, we are seventy-percent water I can feel like a fish, a dolphin, or even a bird like an arctic penguin, porpoising our way through the deepest depths — for water is our essence. Too many times that ocean called out to me and I dove in, head first, swimming out too far until violent waves came crashing into me, capsizing me deep into the sea forcing down my throat an ocean of traumas past, present, future until I suddenly wonder if it matters if it rains treading water; a cyclone, hurricane, typhoon swells inside me, until water overwhelms me. I start randomly swimming, look for land, pick a direction, try to find that edge. They say that land is vast, but this water seems endless. So, I start to panic. This is when I realize the edge is right there — is it dirt, is it sand... when I finally get there, I see the wrinkles in your cupped hands, holding that water holding that world and now it all suddenly comes flooding back, you saved me again, like I saved you before our souls intertwined we’ve lived for eons, nourishing each other from climbing the Alps, to following Darwin, Arbeit Macht Frei wrought iron gates rattle in our hands, we shiver together in midnight South Pole winds, make music before the one a.m. Arctic Aurora Borealis. So what if armed Russian guards watched us. Don’t cry for me— throughout the hemispheres, throughout history we step over those gold bars to emperor rooms... for as I said we’ve lived for eons, nourishing each other and now its your turn to hold that water, let me swim to your hands until I climb out, jump onto your earth, stand. You can then turn your hands, spill that water and finally embrace me.

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