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Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Revelation One: One-Four”, “Revelation One: Five-Eight”, & “Revelation One: Eleven” from the CyberWit.net Janet Kuypers 2023 poetry book “Testament” outside at the remains of the pool of the Branch Davidian compound near the 30-year anniversary of the Waco siege for the 2023 Poetry Bomb (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, & Tumblr). You can also enjoy this YouTube video that was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, & Tumblr). You can also enjoy this Facebook video post in video filmed and posted from a Samsung S9 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypers #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoetrybomb

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her “I wrote this in the dark” book poems “Sulfur, Suddenly” + sharing its image (which is also in her book “Twitter Verse Periodic Table Poetry”), “Fighting for Freedom on Christmas” (which is also in the book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”) and her poems “Kerning, Ballots, and Women’s Rights” “Vote Changing: the System’s Solution” “Eliminate All Rapists” “Revelation One: One-Four” “Revelation One: Five-Eight” and “Revelation One: Eleven” (which are also in the CyberWit 2023 book “Testament”) for the 5/3/23 ‘Community Poetry’ honorary book reading (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 from a Samsung S9 camera, and posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperswomensrights #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem

Revelation One: Five-Eight Janet Kuypers 9/13/22 I recently heard lyrics to an Industrial song That said, embrace individuality And to reject conformity — Which went right into a bridge With the crescendo, “Follow after me”. This sounds a bit oxymoronic, if you ask me. It’s like, go to their concert, be unique, But still dress like everyone else. And I get it, the hive mentality keeps the family Together, it links people, gives everyone A perceived sense of comfort. But maybe what binds us, humankind, is that Moral sense of right and wrong, Simple guidelines That don’t require an iron fist to ensure the law, Or a king, or a ruler — for the only thing That should ever “rule” over you Is your mind. Is logic, reason, things provable — And if you can’t prove them, Go with the evidence. Forget your fear of what happens to you after You die, living your life now, morally, Without fear, is your only answer. It seems far too simple, really, and maybe If people don’t know any better They think they need that Iron fist to tell them what to do. But once you Have learned, taught yourself, when You finally understand You become your own priest, you become Your own king, you become Your own god. Then is when you finally realize that your mind Has glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.* For even if horrific tribulations have befallen you, You know that you learned From every obstacle, Because as much as you despise all that makes Your earth wail, you know that Without those things, It would unravel the tapestry of your life, Making you less complete from Who you are right now. How can you grow without tribulations... How can you grow without suffering... How can you grow without love... With this understanding, you become The almighty one, as you learn, Live and grow, Amen.   * the last two lines of one verse are the last words of Revelation 001:006.

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