poem “In the Air (part 1, verse 1)”, a poem about flying over Las Vegas and looking at the Hoover Dam, from the perspective of not only thinking about how much concrete it took to accomplish this feat, but also think of how tiny it is when you are flying over it in the air at high altitudes, By Chicago Poet Janet Kuypers

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Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “In the Air (part 1, verse 1)”, “Out in the Middle of Nowhere”, “Who Had the Real Power on Planet Earth”, & “Ultimate Connectivity: a bird in the band” from 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, Link ed in, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). Also enjoy this Facebook live video stream, filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Link ed in, Instagram, and Tumblr. #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoetrybomb #janetkuyperstheuniverseisinyourhands

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her v223 9/24 Down in the Dirt issue/book “Institut ionalized” & the CyberWit Summer 2024 Janet Kuypers poetry book “The Universe is in Your Hands” book poems “One May Day: Paris”, “One May Day: Switzerland”, & “In the Air (part 1, verse 1)” (+ showing Hoover Dam images 1 (water) & 2 (side)) during her “Poetic License 9/1/24 global open mic” she hosted through a Zoom meeting & a Facebook event page (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera, and posted on Facebook, Twitter/X, Link ed in, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).
Also enjoy this as a Facebook live video stream (that was filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera with a Bad Signal-B filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Link ed in, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperstheuniverseisinyourhands #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

In the Air (part 1, verse 1)
Janet Kuypers
3/4/24
On a plane, flying over Las Vegas with my family,
my sister and myself in one row, my parents
in the other across the way. We’re nearing the end
of our flight; mom tells me to sit in her seat
and look out the window as we fly over the
Hoover dam. Sitting next to dad,
I watch him lean out the window saying,
just think of all that concrete.
I look over his shoulder, the dam
no larger than a thumbnail, the water,
like cracks in a sidewalk, like the
wrinkles in the palm of my hand.

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