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video 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 video 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 Facebook live video stream, filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr. #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoetrybomb #janetkuyperstheuniverseisinyourhands
video Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her v222 8/24 Down in the Dirt issue/book “A Night Shadow” & the CyberWit.net Summer 2024 Janet Kuypers poetry book “The Universe is in Your Hands” book poems “Volcano Lava Along the Road” (+ lava image), “One May Day: Germany”, & “Who Had the Real Power on Planet Earth” (+ showing the video Old Faithful image) during her “Poetic License 8/4/24 global open mic” she hosted through a Zoom meeting & a Facebook event page (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera, and posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).
Also enjoy this as a Facebook live video stream (that was filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera with a Color Film filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperstheuniverseisinyourhands #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

Who Had the Real Power
                on Planet Earth

Janet Kuypers
2/25/24

Roll your eyes at going to the first Taco John’s of the franchise
And don’t question how odd it is that a Tex-Mex fast-food joint
Got its start in, of all places, Wyoming. Just tolerate their
Potato Olés (even if they’ve changed their hot sauce recipe),
Make the trip to Yellowstone, because it seems like clockwork
That Old Faithful geyser will give you that postcard-perfect
Picture. But what else are you going to see, unless you search
For the nearest glacier to walk on top of. Just be careful when
Winds pick up, and like instinct you’ll crouch to the ground
To protect yourself from mother nature. Because I don’t care
If you love the high-rises of downtown cities in the States,
Peering from the once-96th floor lounge of the once John
Hancock Building, great views from enclosed skyscrapers is
One thing... It’s another to face the elements of nature head-on
To truly understand who has the real power on planet Earth.






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