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alexi
   See YouTube video live at Beach Poets 07/13/08 |
07/13/08, Beach poetsSee entire performance video, which contains this poem (25:19) This film is from the Internet Archive |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poetry in multiple rounds during her hosting the “Poetic License” 11/3/19 open mic at Austin’s “Recycled Reads”. In round 1 she reads her poem “Keep Your Chin Up” that she wrote that day (11/3/19) because November 3rd is cliché day, as the opening to the open mic. In round 2 she reads her poem “Death” from the Poetry Wheel 6/26/08, then her poems “Gift of Motherhood One”, “Thank You, Women Who Work One”, “Coslow’s”, “Childhood Memories One”, “Christmas Eve”, and “There I Sit” from her “Slinging the Word” chapbook and Chicago WLUW Radio interview 3/18/08, and her poems “Alexi”, “a New Patient”, “Catching a Muscovy”, “Changing the Locks”, and “Childhood Memories Five” from her Poems on the Beach 7/13/08 Chicago Beach Poets feature and all read from the cc&d 2019 re-release of the May 2008 v184 book “That was the Time”. In round 3 she reads her poems “Climbing Trees”, “Conscious of It”, “False Suicide”, “Hiding Vices”, “Twin”, “Masquerade”, “Raking Leaves”, “They Called It Trust”, and “They Tried” from her Poems on the Beach 7/13/08 Chicago Beach Poets feature and all read from the cc&d 2019 re-release of the May 2008 v184 book “That was the Time”. (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; and it was also posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr).
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poetry in multiple rounds during her hosting the “Poetic License” 11/3/19 open mic at Austin’s “Recycled Reads”. In round 1 she reads her poem “Keep Your Chin Up” that she wrote that day (11/3/19) because November 3rd is cliché day, as the opening to the open mic. In round 2 she reads her poem “Death” from the Poetry Wheel 6/26/08, then her poems “Gift of Motherhood One”, “Thank You, Women Who Work One”, “Coslow’s”, “Childhood Memories One”, “Christmas Eve”, and “There I Sit” from her “Slinging the Word” chapbook and Chicago WLUW Radio interview 3/18/08, and her poems “Alexi”, “a New Patient”, “Catching a Muscovy”, “Changing the Locks”, and “Childhood Memories Five” from her Poems on the Beach 7/13/08 Chicago Beach Poets feature and all read from the cc&d 2019 re-release of the May 2008 v184 book “That was the Time”. In round 3 she reads her poems “Climbing Trees”, “Conscious of It”, “False Suicide”, “Hiding Vices”, “Twin”, “Masquerade”, “Raking Leaves”, “They Called It Trust”, and “They Tried” from her Poems on the Beach 7/13/08 Chicago Beach Poets feature and all read from the cc&d 2019 re-release of the May 2008 v184 book “That was the Time”. (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; and it was also posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr).
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amber beads
 See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Amber Beads” (2:01) live at the Café 2/26/08 in Chicago (this video was posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoem |
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her 3 poems Robert, I Have Learned and Amber Beads 7/31/16 at the Austin open mic Kick Butt Poetry (this video was filmed from a Canon Power Shot camera).
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her 3 poems Robert, I Have Learned and Amber Beads 7/31/16 at the Austin open mic Kick Butt Poetry (this video was filmed from a Sony camera).
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See YouTube video 2/4/17 of Janet Kuypers at the Bahá’í Faith Center (Canon Power Shot SX60) reading her poem “Amber Beads”. (this video was filmed from a Canon Power Shot SX60 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoem
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See YouTube video 2/4/17 of Janet Kuypers at the Bahá’í Faith Center (Canon Power Shot SX700) reading her poem “Amber Beads” (this video was filmed from a Canon Power Shot SX700 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoem
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See YouTube video of Chicago poet Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Amber Beads”, “Childhood Memories One”, and “Chances One: Yes, It’s Yes” from her book “Chapter 38 (v2)” 5/19/18 at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” open mic (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).
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See YouTube video of Chicago poet Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Amber Beads”, “Childhood Memories One”, and “Chances One: Yes, It’s Ye” from her book “Chapter 38 (v2)” 5/19/18 at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” open mic (video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Volumes in Flames while the Soul Flourishes” from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”, my poem “Amber Beads” from the Scars Publications 2019 reprint of the cc&d magazine v184 May 2008 issue-book “That was the Time”, and her poem “Such a Surreal, Ephemeral Feel” from her poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” during the 9/15/19 at “Spoken and Heard” open mic in Austin (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 video camera, and this video was also posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr).
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Volumes in Flames while the Soul Flourishes” from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”, my poem “Amber Beads” from the Scars Publications 2019 reprint of the cc&d magazine v184 May 2008 issue-book “That was the Time”, and her poem “Such a Surreal, Ephemeral Feel” from her poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” during the 9/15/19 at “Spoken and Heard” open mic in Austin (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 video camera, and this video was also posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr).
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “ends of the earth”, “Listen to Life”, “Amber Beads”, her prose “Driving By His House”, and her poems “Andrew Hettinger”, “Death”, “Anything for the Liquor Fix”, “Chess Game Again”, and “Children, Churches, and Daddies”, in set 4 from the cc&d July-December 2018 expanded issue collection book “Among the Debris” during the “Poetic License open mic 6/7/20 home edition” she hosted in Austin through a Facebook event page (this video was from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera, and was posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).
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See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “ends of the earth”, “Listen to Life”, “Queueing in Line and Shaping Your Life”, “Amber Beads”, her prose “Driving By His House”, and her poems “Andrew Hettinger”, “Death”, “Anything for the Liquor Fix”, “Chess Game Again”, and “Children, Churches, and Daddies”, in set 4 from the cc&d July-December 2018 expanded issue collection book “Among the Debris” during the “Poetic License open mic 6/7/20 home edition” she hosted in Austin, but globally through a Facebook event page (from a Samsung S9 camera).
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Cried Alone
 See YouTube video live at the Cafe in Chicago 12/01/09 |
Cry To Be Held
See YouTube video C Ra McGuirt reading live at the 2009 Cana-Dixie Union 05/09/09, Memphis |
Desirous
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See YouTube video live at Cana-Dixie to Chi-town 12/15/09 |
hard enough anymore
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length poem Hard Enough Anymore live 3/12/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (C)
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length poem Hard Enough Anymore live 3/12/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (S)
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Have No Backbone
See this published poem at SplinterSwerve
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See YouTube video (1:25) studio session 11/13/07
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See YouTube video (1:39) Live at Mercury Cafe, live in Chicago 11/30/07 |
How Could I Not Love You?
this poem is also available online at White Crow
See YouTube video of this poem 08/28/11, first in in her book Contents Under Pressure, read on WZRD radio, from the Canon camera |
See feature-length YouTubevideo 08/26/11 of the majority of the WZRD radio show with her reading poetry (including this writing) from the Canon camera |
 See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “How Could I Not Love You?” in the third round at the final Austin installment (at her house) of the Poetry Plus open mic 7/22/16 (filmed w/ a Sony camera). |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “How Could I Not Love You?E” in the third round at the final Austin installment (at her house) of the Poetry Plus open mic 7/22/16 (Sony camera, Posterized). |
I Don’t Care
See YouTube videoLive at Disenfranchised Doggerel (camera#1, Chicago, 07/31/09) |
See YouTube videoLive 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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I Have Learned
See YouTube video live in the show Seeing a Psychiatrist 09/09/08, Chicago at the Cafe |
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her 3 poems Robert, I Have Learned and Amber Beads 7/31/16 at the Austin open mic Kick Butt Poetry (this video was filmed from a Canon Power Shot camera).
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her 3 poems Robert, I Have Learned and Amber Beads 7/31/16 at the Austin open mic Kick Butt Poetry (this video was filmed from a Sony camera).
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “The Road not Taken”, “Where Does the Love Go?”, and “I Have Learned” from her poetry show “Seeing a Psychiatrist”, all from her performance art poetry collection book “Chapter 38 v2” live at Recycled Reads 7/21/18 (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “The Road not Taken”, “Where Does the Love Go?”, and “I Have Learned” from her poetry show “Seeing a Psychiatrist”, all from her performance art poetry collection book “Chapter 38 v2” live at Recycled Reads 7/21/18 (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).
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John
See YouTube videolive at Regina’s Place 12/18/09 |
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See YouTube video 8/28/16 of Janet Kuypers reading her 3 poems “Step”, “One Summer” and “John” at the Austin open mic Kick Butt Poetry (video filmed from a Canon Power Shot). |
See YouTube video 8/28/16 of Janet Kuypers reading her 3 poems “Step”, “One Summer” and “John” at the Austin open mic Kick Butt Poetry (video filmed from a Sony camera). |
Leather Jacket
See YouTube video Live at One Acts (camera#1, 07/06/09 |
See another YouTube video Live at One Acts (camera#2, 07/06/09 |
 See full show of One Acts (camera#1, 07/06/09) from the Internet Archive |
See full show of One Acts (07/06/09, camera#2)... from the Internet Archive |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Leather Jacket” and “The Joshua Tree” (2 poems read for the future Oeuvre audio CD release) and “Protecting Peace can Put you in Prison” at Austin’s Recycled Reads 7/15/17 (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix camera). |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Leather Jacket” and “The Joshua Tree” (2 poems read for the future Oeuvre audio CD release) and “Protecting Peace can Put you in Prison” at Austin’s Recycled Reads 7/15/17 (video filmed from a Sony camera). |
Listen To What You’re Not Hearing
See YouTube video (1:10) studio session “etc.” book reading for audio CD 08/14/07 |
Listen  from Kiki, Jake & Haytstackoff the CD an american portrait |
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My Blood
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See YouTube video Live at Disenfranchised Doggerel (camera#1, Chicago, 07/31/09) |
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See YouTube video Live at Disenfranchised Doggerel (camera#2, Chicago, 07/31/09) |
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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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See YouTube video (:28, 06/12/07, live at the Winking Lizard in Macedonia Ohio 07/24/09) |
Visit the Kuypers Twitter page for short poems— join http://twitter.com/janetkuypers.
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “My Blood” and “No Longer Pity You” (2 poems read for the future Oeuvre audio CD release) and “Keeping the Peace and Coming to Peace” at Austin’s Recycled Reads 7/15/17 (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix camera). |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “My Blood” and “No Longer Pity You” (2 poems read for the future Oeuvre audio CD release) and “Keeping the Peace and Coming to Peace” at Austin’s Recycled Reads 7/15/17 (this video was filmed from a Sony camera). |
No Longer Pity You
See YouTube video Live at Taking Poetry to the Streets, in New Orleans 12/28/08 |
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “My Blood” and “No Longer Pity You” (2 poems read for the future Oeuvre audio CD release) and “Keeping the Peace and Coming to Peace” at Austin’s Recycled Reads 7/15/17 (this video was filmed from a Sony camera). |
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “My Blood” and “No Longer Pity You” (2 poems read for the future Oeuvre audio CD release) and “Keeping the Peace and Coming to Peace” at Austin’s Recycled Reads 7/15/17 (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix camera). |
Oh Mother
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See YouTube video 1:15, live at Jesse Oaks 04/17/08 |
Quite Happy Looking
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See YouTube video live at Beach Poets 07/13/08 |
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07/13/08, Beach poets See entire performance video, which contains this poem (25:19) This film is from the Internet Archive |
Robert
See YouTube video live in Chicago 02/16/08 at Mercury Cafe (2:02) |
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Enjoy the full Internet Archive video (14:16) of Janet Kuypers performing her poems “addict”, “The Cycle”, “Brewing the Coffee and Remembering Summer”, “Robert”, “Falling From the Sky”, & “Terrorism Intelligence” live @ Chicago’s Mercury Cafe on 2/16/08 in her “1989-2007 Mega Poetry” feature. #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry
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Enjoy the full YouTube video (14:16) of Janet Kuypers performing her poems “addict”, “The Cycle”, “Brewing the Coffee and Remembering Summer”, “Robert”, “Falling From the Sky”, & “Terrorism Intelligence” live @ Chicago’s Mercury Cafe on 2/16/08 in her “1989-2007 Mega Poetry” feature (Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, & Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry |
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her 3 poems Robert, I Have Learned and Amber Beads 7/31/16 at the Austin open mic Kick Butt Poetry (this video was filmed from a Canon Power Shot camera).
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her 3 poems Robert, I Have Learned and Amber Beads 7/31/16 at the Austin open mic Kick Butt Poetry (this video was filmed from a Sony camera).
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put it to rest
 See YouTube video read live 01/18/11 from the ISSN# & ISBN# book Finally, Literature for the Snotty and Elite, live at the Café in Chicago |
 See YouTube video of the intro and readings (including this piece), live 01/18/11 at the Chicago open mic at the Café |
See YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem as if she were on the phone in her “overheard conversations” series 8/15/12 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (Canon)
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See YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem as if she were on the phone in her “overheard conversations” series 8/15/12 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (Canon)
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See YouTube video of Kuypers reading many poems as if she were on the phone in “overheard conversations” 8/15/12 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (Canon)
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See YouTube video of Kuypers reading many poems as if she were on the phone in “overheard conversations” 8/15/12 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (Canon)
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See YouTube video of Kuypers’ open mike 8/15/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago, plus her poetry - including this piece |
That Is You
See YouTube videoof this poem read in the 1st performer at the last show at Café Nestizo 4/21/12 |
See YouTube videoof Kuypers’ full reading (including this poem) as the 1st performer at the last show at Café Nestizo 4/21/12 |
This May Sound
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See YouTube video 7/18/10 of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “This May Sound” from her ISBN# book “Chapter 38 (v1)” @ Chicago’s Beach Poets. |
When You Go Home this Evening
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See YouTube video of this poem read in the 1st performer at the last show at Café Nestizo 4/21/12 |
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See YouTube video of Kuypers’ full reading (including this poem) as the 1st performer at the last show at Café Nestizo 4/21/12 |
Why Am I Infected
 See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Why Am I Infected 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 Why Am I Infected 4/24/16 at Chicago’s 2016 Poetry Bomb at Bagdad Cemetery in Leander Texas (filmed with a Sony camera). |
You Once So Confidently
See YouTube video (1:37) live 08/05/07 at Beach poets |
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You’re With Me
See YouTube video live at Cana-Dixie to Chi-town 12/15/09 |
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Yeah
See YouTube video (4:35) 10/15/07 Peter Jones art gallery, Chicago |
See YouTube video (4:30) 10/15/07 Peter Jones art gallery, Chicago |
See YouTube video (4:33) 10/15/07 Peter Jones art gallery, Chicago |
See YouTube video (4:43) 10/15/07 Peter Jones art gallery, Chicago |
See YouTube video 5:18, during the performance art show “A Foot Fantasia” on the 1st day, 10/16/07, along with the show emding applause, at the Peter Jones art gallery in Chicago |
See YouTube video 5:19, during the performance art show “A Foot Fantasia” 10/17/07, the Peter Jones art gallery, Chicago |
See YouTube video 5:18, during the performance art show “A Foot Fantasia” on the 2nd day, 10/17/07, contributed by franna3 (the HA!man of South Africa) |
See YouTube video (3:28) recorded of dancing Boobies (birds called Nazca Boobies, Punta Suarez, Espanola Island 12/25/07, Galapagos Islands) |
your little China doll
See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading her poem your little china doll in Chicago 3/17/14 at the open mic Waiting 4 the Bus
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See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading many of her poems live (8 haiku poems, 4 poems, and a Periodic Table poem) in Chicago 3/17/14 at the Waiting 4 the Bus open mic INCLUDING THIS POEM
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Your Little China Doll” and “I’ve Played this Game” from her “Unlucky 13 on St. Patrick’s Day” reading, then her poem “Tall Man” from her 2014 Poetry Bomb poetry feature “Attacking with Poetry”, all read from her poetry book “Chapter 48 (v2)”, live at “Poetry Aloud” 1/19/19 (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Your Little China Doll” and “I’ve Played this Game” from her “Unlucky 13 on St. Patrick’s Day” reading, then her poem “Tall Man” from her 2014 Poetry Bomb poetry feature “Attacking with Poetry”, all read from her poetry book “Chapter 48 (v2)”, at “Poetry Aloud” 1/19/19 (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; Sepia Tone).
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See YouTube video live 4/14/19 of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Your Little China Doll” from her poetry performance art collection book “Chapter 48 (v2)”, during the multi-person intro to “Spoken and Heard” at Kick Butt Coffee (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera). |
See YouTube video live 4/14/19 of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Your Little China Doll” from her poetry performance art collection book “Chapter 48 (v2)”, during the multi-person intro to “Spoken and Heard” at Kick Butt Coffee (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; Edge Detection). |
See YouTube video live 4/14/19 of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Your Little China Doll” from her poetry performance art collection book “Chapter 48 (v2)”, during the multi-person intro to “Spoken and Heard” at Kick Butt Coffee (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; Sepia Tone filter). |
See YouTube video live 4/14/19 of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Your Little China Doll” from her poetry performance art collection book “Chapter 48 (v2)”, during the multi-person intro to “Spoken and Heard” at Kick Butt Coffee (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; Threshold filter). |
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