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a Common Acquaintance
   Watch this YouTube video C Ra McGuirt reading live at the 2009 Cana-Dixie Union 05/09/09, Memphis |
a Crying Baby
Watch this YouTube video Live at Disenfranchised Doggerel (camera #1, Chicago, 07/31/09) |
Watch this YouTube video Live at Disenfranchised Doggerel (camera #2, Chicago, 07/31/09) |
Enjoy the 7/31/09 archive video (from the Internet Archive) of Janet Kuypers’ show “Disenfranchised Doggerel” (camera #1) at Chicago’s Mercury Cafe, w/ this poem (on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersfeature
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Enjoy the 7/31/09 archive video of “Disenfranchised Doggerel”, Janet Kuypers’ show at Chicago’s Mercury Cafe (from camera #1 ), which includes this poem (on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, & Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypers #janetkuypersfeature
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Listen to & download  this track from the DMJ Art Connection
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decision
(1:20, 07/12/11)Or watch the YouTube video  
Live in her feature Celebrating with Song at the Café in Chicago
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 See the YouTube video of Kuypers from the lip camera 07/12/11 at Chicago ’s the Café in her feature Celebrating with Song |
See feature-length YouTube video 07/12/11 of Janet Kuypers performing her poetry at Chicago’s the Café weekly poetry open mic |
See the YouTube video from the lip camera of Kuypers’ feature Celebrating with Song on 07/12/11 at the Café in Chicago |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Decision”, then her poem “Americium” from her book “The Periodic Table of Poetry”, then covering the Paul Simon song “Slip Sliding Away” with John on acoustic guitar live 3/24/18 at “Poetry Aloud” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera). |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Decision”, then her poem “Americium” from her book “The Periodic Table of Poetry”, then covering the Paul Simon song “Slip Sliding Away” with John on acoustic guitar live 3/24/18 at “Poetry Aloud” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera). |
Gives Up the Fight
Watch this YouTube video l(3:24) live w/ music 09/07/10 at Elizabeth’s Crazy Little Thing at Phyllis’ Musical Inn in Chicago, w/ John Yotko |
Grains of Sand
Watch this YouTube video live in the show Seeing a Psychiatrist 09/09/08, Chicago at the Cafe |
You can also see this in Part One of the 09/09/08 show Seeing a Psychiatrist at Poetry Visualized |
i do think of you
Life
like the dreams in your heart
Listen  to this withthe Second Axing |
maybe i love you
Mesmerizing
Watch this YouTube video live at the Cafe in Chicago 12/08/09 |
Watch this YouTube video live at the Café in Chicago 02/09/10 |
Monotony
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Watch this YouTube video live in the show Seeing a Psychiatrist 09/09/08, Chicago at the Cafe |
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You can also see this in Part One of the 09/09/08 show Seeing a Psychiatrist on YouTube... |
Visit the Kuypers Twitter page for short poems— join http://twitter.com/janetkuypers.
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Now I’m Strong
Now I’m Strong - in Filipino
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Visit the Kuypers Twitter page for short poems— join http://twitter.com/janetkuypers.
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Watch the YouTube video Live at Twitter Inside Chicago feature 05/21/10 |
See this YouTube video of part two of the Janet Kuypers Chicago feature Twitter Inside 5/21/10 in Logan Square, with her poems “labeled me again”, “prefer things soft”, “Became a Jungle”, “Now I’m Strong”, “Spit Me Out”, “Painted Buddhas”, and “Swallowing Sand & Pebbles” (this was posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetryshow
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ September 2018 Book Release Reading 9/5/18, where she read her poem “What Have I Won” from her interview/journal/poetry book “In Depth”, then she read her “Twitter Inside” show poems “Out of my Element”, “How He Failed”, “Drinking Their Life Away”, “Labeled Me Again”, “Prefer Things Soft”, “Became a Jungle”, “Now I’m Strong”, “Spit me Out”, and “Painted Buddhas”, and then she sang her song “My Love For You Will Stay the Same” from the poetry performance art collection book “Chapter48 (v1)”, in Community Poetry! at Half Price Books (from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera). |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ September 2018 Book Release Reading 9/5/18, where she read her poem “What Have I Won” from her interview/journal/poetry book “In Depth”, then she read her “Twitter Inside” show poems “Out of my Element”, “How He Failed”, “Drinking Their Life Away”, “Labeled Me Again”, “Prefer Things Soft”, “Became a Jungle”, “Now I’m Strong”, “Spit me Out”, and “Painted Buddhas”, and then she sang her song “My Love For You Will Stay the Same” from the poetry performance art collection book “Chapter48 (v1)”, in Community Poetry! at Half Price Books (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera Sepia Tone). |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ September 2018 Book Release Reading 9/5/18, where she read her poem “What Have I Won” from her interview/journal/poetry book “In Depth”, then she read her “Twitter Inside” show poems “Out of my Element”, “How He Failed”, “Drinking Their Life Away”, “Labeled Me Again”, “Prefer Things Soft”, “Became a Jungle”, “Now I’m Strong”, “Spit me Out”, and “Painted Buddhas”, and then she sang her song “My Love For You Will Stay the Same” from the poetry performance art collection book “Chapter48 (v1)”, in Community Poetry! at Half Price Books (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera). |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ September 2018 Book Release Reading 9/5/18, where she read her poem “What Have I Won” from her interview/journal/poetry book “In Depth”, then she read her “Twitter Inside” show poems “Out of my Element”, “How He Failed”, “Drinking Their Life Away”, “Labeled Me Again”, “Prefer Things Soft”, “Became a Jungle”, “Now I’m Strong”, “Spit me Out”, and “Painted Buddhas”, and then she sang her song “My Love For You Will Stay the Same” from the poetry performance art collection book “Chapter48 (v1)”, in Community Poetry! at Half Price Books (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera, Posterize). |
See YouTube video of Chicago poet Janet Kuypers reading her poems “You Carried It”, “Now I’m Strong”, and “Elephants Carry the World”, all read from her performance art poetry book “Chapter 48 (v 1)” live 10/20/18 at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” open mic (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera). |
See YouTube video of Chicago poet Janet Kuypers reading her poems “You Carried It”, “Now I’m Strong”, and “Elephants Carry the World”, all read from her performance art poetry book “Chapter 48 (v 1)” live 10/20/18 at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” open mic (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera). |
Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Became a Jungle”, “How He Failed”, “labeled me again”, “Spit Me Out”, and “Now I’m Strong” (plus showing multiple live show images one, two, three, and four) from the cc&d 6/22 v322 29-year anniversary issue/book “Eye to Eye” on 6/1/22, the 1st Wednesday of the month from 1:00-3:00 PM CST in honor of the “Community Poetry” reading (filmed and streamed live from a Samsung S9 camera & b&w Old Film filter; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypers |
Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Became a Jungle”, “How He Failed”, “labeled me again”, “Spit Me Out”, and “Now I’m Strong” (plus showing multiple live show images one, two, three, and four) from the cc&d 6/22 v322 29-year anniversary issue/book “Eye to Eye” on 6/1/22, the 1st Wednesday of the month from 1:00-3:00 PM CST in honor of the “Community Poetry” reading (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry |
Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Before Taking Over the Controls”, “Have You Ever Had”, “Became a Jungle”, “How He Failed”, “labeled me again”, “Spit Me Out”, and “Now I’m Strong” from section 2 of the cc&d 5-8/22 issue collection book “The Wall” on 10/5/22 on 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). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading |
Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Before Taking Over the Controls”, “Have You Ever Had”, “Became a Jungle”, “How He Failed”, “labeled me again”, “Spit Me Out”, and “Now I’m Strong” from section 2 of the cc&d 5-8/22 issue collection book “The Wall” on 10/5/22 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). #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypers #janetkuypersbookreading |
there are too many poems about you, david
 See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem There Are Too Many Poems About You, David 4/24/16 at Chicago’s 2016 Poetry Bomb at Bagdad Cemetery in Leander Texas (filmed with a Canon Power Shot camera). |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem There Are Too Many Poems About You, David 4/24/16 at Chicago’s 2016 Poetry Bomb at Bagdad Cemetery in Leander Texas (filmed with a Sony camera). |
there is a fire in my heart
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This is on the collection CD The Final. Get a copy for only $6.22. |
To The River
Watch the YouTube video (1:56) live 08/05/07 at Beach poets |
Watch this YouTube video (1:56) recorded on the Pacific Ocean 12/07 near the Galapagos Islands You can also see the above video on uk.ask.com |
Wanted To Play
See this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers in her 5/7/16 show “Love in the Universe” in her first scheduled feature at Expressions 2016: Reasons to be Cheerful in Austin, first singing (with John singing and on guitar) the Depeche Mode song The Bottom Line (with altered chorus lyrics for heir wedding), then with her poems
Pluto, Plutonium & Death (a bonus Periodic Table poem),
her haiku universe,
observer’s love poem (2016 edit),
everything is my home,
Wanted To Play, and
electricity (this video was filmed from a Canon Power Shot camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuyperssinging
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See this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers in her 5/7/16 show “Love in the Universe” in her first scheduled feature at Expressions 2016: Reasons to be Cheerful in Austin, first singing (with John singing and on guitar) the Depeche Mode song The Bottom Line (with altered chorus lyrics for heir wedding), then with her poems
Pluto, Plutonium & Death (a bonus Periodic Table poem),
her haiku universe,
observer’s love poem (2016 edit),
everything is my home,
Wanted To Play, and
electricity (this video was filmed from a Sony camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersmusic #janetkuyperssinging
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Download all of the show poems in the free chapbook Love in the Universe 5/7/16 at Expressions 2016: Reasons to be Cheerful show in Austin |
you once showed me
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