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video Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Quieting Anechoic Chamber from the v323 7/22 cc&d issue/book “Heart of the House”, plus her new poems “Ukraine, Rights, Freedom, and Peace” and “Unborn Fetus does not equal Human Life” to start her “Poetic License global open mic 7/3/22 she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera & Hue Cycling filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers janertkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperswomensrights #janetkuypersequalityforwomen #janetkuyperspoeticlicense
video Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Quieting Anechoic Chamber from the v323 7/22 cc&d issue/book “Heart of the House”, plus her new poems “Ukraine, Rights, Freedom, and Peace” and “Unborn Fetus does not equal Human Life” to start her “Poetic License global open mic 7/3/22 she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers janertkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperswomensrights #janetkuypersequalityforwomen #janetkuyperspoeticlicense
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video Enjoy this YouTube video (in honor of a 3/7/23 Tuesday The Café Gallery open mic date) of Janet Kuypers reading her v330 2/23 cc&d issue/book “What Now, My Love” poems “Ukraine, Rights, Freedom, and Peace”, + 3 that will also be in the 2023 CyberWit.net book “TESTAMENT”: “Flags at Half-Mast”, “After All We’ve Accomplished”, and “Unless it’s about suppressing life” for The Café Gallery Book Reading series (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). video YouTube video (in honor of a 2/28/23 Tuesday The Café Gallery open mic date) was also filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera, and posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr. #janetkuypers #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperswomensrights #janetkuypersequalityforwomen #janetkuypersthecafegallery

Ukraine, Rights, Freedom,
                            and Peace

Janet Kuypers
6/28/22

It doesn’t matter if the Cold War is over,
The U.S. will always turn a cold shoulder
To one leader who wants everyone to be
“Equal” (translation: drop people down to
The lowest common denominator and ask
All to be happy about their lower caste).

So in ‘86 after Ukraine’s Chernobyl meltdown
(Still in the Soviet Union, shorthand for USSR)
Globally we saw damage throughout Europe,
And only later learned of their shoddy efforts
To keep this nuclear reactor running, so they
Could flex strength & superiority over the U.S.

Still taking years for Ukraine to break free,
Their job was then to monitor the monster
That once rained nuclear ash the size of
Silver dollars down on the town’s people —
And they did well, but the people hated
Their leader and... voted a comedian to rule.

A literal stand-up comic was voted into power,
And this may have been the point when
Putin could bring Russia’s forces in so he
Could take more of Mother Russia’s “land”
Back. The world didn’t expect the once
Comedian now leader Zelenskyy to do

More than crumble under the pressure —

But he got rid of the business suit and
Got in the trenches with his fellow men,
Live streaming the post-battle damage.
This is how countries saved themselves
At their inception, not with bureaucracy
But fighting tooth and nail for their rights.

It may be bloody, it may seem hopeless,
But when you know it’s right, you know
You have no choice. People around the
World rally their support, send weapons,
Allow refugees, and some too far away
To make a difference only show symbols

Of their support. Facebook profile pics
Become adorned with the Ukraine flag...
Maybe it’s because we abhor those pinko
commies, but maybe it’s fundamentally
Because we know a bully when we see one.
And we all deep down support what’s right






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