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A Child In The Park
See the YouTube video (3:10) of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “A Child In The Park” during her “Beach Poets 8/14/05 feature” at Chicago’s Loyola Beach (video posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetryshow
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  See YouTube video (5:54) recorded on the Pacific Ocean 12/07 near the Galapagos Islands |
Listen  now, or order ANY track from from pb&j (Peter Bartels & Janet Kuypers) EP “Two for the Price of One” through iTunes. 
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Listen to & download this track - or ANY track from the DMJ Art Connection CD “The Things They Did To You” through iTunes. |
 See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem A Child In The Park 7/9/16 at Native South Food Park poetry and music event in Austin TX (filmed with an iPhone). |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem A Child In The Park 7/9/16 at Native South Food Park poetry and music event in Austin TX (filmed with an iPhone, and given a Sepia Tone filter).
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See YouTube video of Chicago poet Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Military Police”, “Get me out of this Cage”, and “a Child in the Park” from her book “Chapter 38 (v2)” 5/19/18 at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” open mic (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).
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See YouTube video of Chicago poet Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Military Police”, “Get me out of this Cage”, and “a Child in the Park” from her book “Chapter 38 (v2)” 5/19/18 at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” open mic (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).
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a Stand-Off
Acknowledge
See YouTube videolive at the Cafe in Chicago 12/01/09 |
Experimental Poetry: backbone family act
Childhood Memories one
See YouTube video (1:58) live 03/16/08, WordSlingers radio feature on WLUW Chicago 88.9FM |
See YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem 2/13/13 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (from the Canon camera)
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See YouTube videoof Kuypers reading this poem 2/13/13 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (from the Sony camera) |
See YouTube video of Kuypers performing poetry with this poem in her “Last Minute” mini-features @ the open mic 2/13/13 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago (this video was filmed from a Canon camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersthecafegallery
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See YouTube video of Kuypers performing poetry with this poem in a last-minute mini-features @ the open mic 2/13/13 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago (this video was filmed from a Sony camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersthecafegallery
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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 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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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 a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Gift of Motherhood 1”, “Thank You, Women Who Work I”, “Coslow’s”, “Chicago, West Side”, “All These Reminders”, “She Told Me Her Dreams I”, “Childhood Memories I”, “Christmas Eve”, “Flooded War Memories”, and “There I Sit”, in this “Slinging the Word” WLUW Chicago 88/3 FM Radio supplement from the cc&d July-December 2018 expanded issue collection book “Among the Debris” live 8/11/20 in her Tuesday night “Buidlers Book Club” reading (video filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera).
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Gift of Motherhood 1”, “Thank You, Women Who Work I”, “Coslow’s”, “Chicago, West Side”, “All These Reminders”, “She Told Me Her Dreams I”, “Childhood Memories I”, “Christmas Eve”, “Flooded War Memories”, and “There I Sit”, in this “Slinging the Word” WLUW Chicago 88/3 FM Radio supplement from the cc&d July-December 2018 expanded issue collection book “Among the Debris” live 8/11/20 in her Tuesday night “Buidlers Book Club” reading (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).
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Childhood Memories two
See YouTube video live, 18 Years of Beach Poets 08/31/08, Chicago |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Childhood Memories 2” from her poetry show “Years in Poetry”, + her poems “Climbing Trees” and “Childhood Memories 5” from her poetry show “Poems on the Beach”, all from her performance art poetry collection book “Chapter 38 v2” live at Recycled Reads 7/21/18 (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Childhood Memories 2” from her poetry show “Years in Poetry”, + her poems “Climbing Trees” and “Childhood Memories 5” from her poetry show “Poems on the Beach”, all from her performance art poetry collection book “Chapter 38 v2” live at Recycled Reads 7/21/18 (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).
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Childhood Memories three
Childhood Memories four
 See YouTube video 9/4/16 of Janet Kuypers saying her poem “Opposite” in conversation, then reading her poems “Marilyn Monroe Falling Through the Cracks”, “This May Sound (edited)”, and “Childhood Memories Four” at the Austin open mic Kick Butt Poetry (from a Canon Power Shot camera). |
See YouTube video 9/4/16 of Janet Kuypers saying her poem “Opposite” in conversation, then reading her poems “Marilyn Monroe Falling Through the Cracks”, “This May Sound (edited)”, and “Childhood Memories Four” at the Austin open mic Kick Butt Poetry (from a Sony camera). |
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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 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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Childhood Memories five
See YouTube video live at Beach Poets 07/13/08 |
07/13/08, Beach poetsSee entire performance video, which contains this poem (25:19) from the Internet Archive |
See YouTube videoperformed for C Ra McGuirt (Penny Dreadful Press) in Nashville 12/20/08 |
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Childhood Memories 2” from her poetry show “Years in Poetry”, + her poems “Climbing Trees” and “Childhood Memories 5” from her poetry show “Poems on the Beach”, all from her performance art poetry collection book “Chapter 38 v2” live at Recycled Reads 7/21/18 (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Childhood Memories 2” from her poetry show “Years in Poetry”, + her poems “Climbing Trees” and “Childhood Memories 5” from her poetry show “Poems on the Beach”, all from her performance art poetry collection book “Chapter 38 v2” live at Recycled Reads 7/21/18 (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).
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Childhood Memories six
Listen off the 3 CD set Live at the Café, now available in a 3 CD set directly from iTunes. |
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See YouTube video live, 18 Years of Beach Poets 08/31/08, Chicago |
See YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem 12/5/12 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (Canon)
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See YouTube videoof Kuypers reading this poem 12/5/12 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (Sony) |
See YouTube videoof Kuypers hosting the open mic 12/5/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago, plus her poetry |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Childhood Memories Six”, and then singing A cappella the 1925 song “Brother, Can You Spare a Dime” 2/5/17 at Austin’s Recycled Reads (this video was filmed from a Canon Power Shot SX60 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Childhood Memories Six”, and then singing A cappella the 1925 song “Brother, Can You Spare a Dime” 2/5/17 at Austin’s Recycled Reads (filmed from a Canon Power Shot SX60 camera, then given a Threshold filter).
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See a YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Until all the Pieces Connect” (written 12/6, on and for the day of the 1893 birth of English poet Sylvia Townsend Warner, which is also the 1746 birth of Scottish poet and songwriter Lady Grizel Bailli), “Europa and Ganymede Calling” (written 12/6, on and for the 2017 date of plate tectonics discovery on Jupiter’s moon Europa), “Other Side” and “Broke the Reflection” (for the 12/7 date Pearl Harbor was attacked), “Letter 09/16/06” (for 12/7, Letter Writing Day), “Childhood Memories Six” (for 12/8, the 1980 date John Lennon was assassinated), and “Ornaments from my Childhood” (written 12/7, on and for National Christmas Tree Day), from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)” for The Café Gallery 12/8/20 Book Reading in The Café Gallery 2020 book reading series (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypersthecafegallery |
See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Until all the Pieces Connect”, “Europa and Ganymede Calling”, “Other Side”, “Broke the Reflection”, “Letter 09/16/06”, “Childhood Memories Six”, and “Ornaments from my Childhood”, from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)” for The Café Gallery 12/8/20 Book Reading in The Café Gallery 2020 book reading series (this video was filmed and streamed from a Samsung S9 camera). #janetkuypersthecafegallery
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Childhood Memories seven
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See YouTube video performed for C Ra McGuirt (Penny Dreadful Press) in Nashville 12/20/08 |
See YouTube videoperformed for C Ra McGuirt (Penny Dreadful Press) in Nashville 12/20/08 |
Christmas Eve
Listen  to the CD recording from the CD Rough Mixes, by Pointless Orchestra | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
See poem video broadcast on Nashville TV, show #1 of Speer Presents | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Listen to this from the CD release from the first performance art show (08/14/97) Seeing Things Differently | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Listen | Live at the Cafe,now available in a 3 CD set
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See YouTube video (2:01) live 03/16/08, at WordSlingers radio feature, WLUW Chicago 88.9FM
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See YouTube video read Christmas Day in Naples FLA 2008
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See YouTube video live at Regina’s Place 12/18/09
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Or See YouTube video 
05/24/11 at the Café in Chicago (read from the ISBN# book the Window)
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See YouTube video of the intro to the 05/24/11 open mic at the Café in Chicago, plus her poems He Told Me His Dreams 5, He Told Me His Dreams 6, She Told Me Her Dreams 3, Ice Cream, Games, Vittorio Carli reading her poem Christmas Eve, and Kuypers reading her poem Private Lives 2
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See YouTube video (9:35) of Kuypers 05/24/11 at the Café reading her poems He Told Me His Dreams 5, He Told Me His Dreams 6, She Told Me Her Dreams 3, Ice Cream, Games, Vittorio Carli reading her poem Christmas Eve, and Kuypers reading her poem Private Lives 2
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See YouTube video read live 12/18/11, at the Café weekly poetry open mike she hosts in Chicago (with Opera vocals by Suzanne Hettinger)
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading a number of her poems & prose including this writing (with music from the HA!man of South Africa, accompanying opera vocals from Suzanne Hettinger, and guitar from John) live 12/18/11 at the Café weekly poetry open mic she hosted in Chicago on the LAST night this open mic was held at the Café before moving to a new location (this video was filmed from a Samsung camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersthecafegallery #janetkuypersinstagram
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See YouTube video of the intro to the 12/18/11 poetry open mike at the Café in Chicago, & her reading poems (music from the HA!man of South Africa, vocals by Suzanne Hettinger, guitar by John Yotko) with this writing
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See YouTube video read live 12/18/11, at the Café weekly poetry open mike she hosts in Chicago (with Opera vocals by Suzanne Hettinger), from the Kodak Camera
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See YouTube video read live 12/18/11, at the Café weekly poetry open mike she hosts in Chicago (with Opera vocals by Suzanne Hettinger), from the Samsung Camera
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Christmas Eve” and “Coquinas” live 12/3/16 at the Expressions “Festive Seasons” open mic at the Bahá’í Faith Center in Austin (from a Canon Power Shot camera).
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Christmas Eve” and “Coquinas” live 12/3/16 at the Expressions “Festive Seasons” open mic at the Bahá’í Faith Center in Austin (video filmed from a Sony camera).
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers 12/25/17 reading her poem “Christmas Eve”, then singing the WHAM! song “Last Christmas” with John on guitar, then reading her poem “Visiting Pristine Places on the Planet” at the “Buzz Mill” open mic in Austin (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers 12/25/17 reading her poem “Christmas Eve”, then singing the WHAM! song “Last Christmas” with John on guitar, then reading her poem “Visiting Pristine Places on the Planet” at the “Buzz Mill” open mic in Austin (Lumix 2500; Hue Cycling).
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers 12/25/17 reading her poem “Christmas Eve”, then singing the WHAM! song “Last Christmas” with John on guitar, then reading her poem “Visiting Pristine Places on the Planet” at the “Buzz Mill” open mic in Austin (Lumix 2500; Threshold filter).
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers 12/25/17 reading her poem “Christmas Eve”, then singing the WHAM! song “Last Christmas” with John on guitar, then reading her poem “Visiting Pristine Places on the Planet” at the “Buzz Mill” open mic in Austin (Lumix 2500; Edge Detection).
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ November 2018 Book Release Reading 11/7/18, where she read her haiku “dreams” and her “Seeing Things Differently” poems “The Things Warren Says”, “Japanese Television”, “Kurt Irons (it’s just a girl)”, “Bizarre Sexual Stories in the News”, “Christmas Eve”, and “Coquinas” from the Down in the Dirt magazine 11-12/18 book “Hurricane Katrina”, during Community Poetry at Half Price Books (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ November 2018 Book Release Reading 11/7/18, where she read her haiku “dreams” and her “Seeing Things Differently” poems “The Things Warren Says”, “Japanese Television”, “Kurt Irons (it’s just a girl)”, “Bizarre Sexual Stories in the News”, “Christmas Eve”, and “Coquinas” from the Down in the Dirt magazine 11-12/18 book “Hurricane Katrina”, during Community Poetry at Half Price Books (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ February 2019 Book Release Reading 2/6/19, where she read her her “Live at Café Aloha” show poems “Communication”, “And What I Want to Know”, and “And I’m Wondering”, then her “Seeing Things Differently” show poems “the Things Warren Says”, “Japanese Television”, “Kurt Irons (it’s just a girl)”, “Bizarre Sexual Stories in the News”, “Christmas Eve”, and “Coquinas” from the new Down in the Dirt issue book “Ornament”, in Community Poetry @ Half Price Books (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ February 2019 Book Release Reading 2/6/19, where she read her her “Live at Café Aloha” show poems “Communication”, “And What I Want to Know”, and “And I’m Wondering”, then her “Seeing Things Differently” show poems “the Things Warren Says”, “Japanese Television”, “Kurt Irons (it’s just a girl)”, “Bizarre Sexual Stories in the News”, “Christmas Eve”, and “Coquinas” from the new Down in the Dirt issue book “Ornament”, in Community Poetry @ Half Price Books (from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading
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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 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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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Christmas Eve” (recently in the cc&d retro books “That was the Time”, then her poems (from) “Queen of the Night Sky”, and (from) “Quest Beyond an Icy Tail” (recently in her chapbook “Night Sky”) all read from the Scars Publications 7-12 2019 cc&d expanded issue collection book “Among the Debris”, 1/11/20 at Georgetown’s “Poetry Aloud” (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Christmas Eve” (recently in the cc&d retro books “That was the Time”, then her poems (from) “Queen of the Night Sky”, and (from) “Quest Beyond an Icy Tail” (recently in her chapbook “Night Sky”) all read from the Scars Publications 7-12 2019 cc&d expanded issue collection book “Among the Debris”, live 1/11/20 at Georgetown’s “Poetry Aloud” (from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Gift of Motherhood 1”, “Thank You, Women Who Work I”, “Coslow’s”, “Chicago, West Side”, “All These Reminders”, “She Told Me Her Dreams I”, “Childhood Memories I”, “Christmas Eve”, “Flooded War Memories”, and “There I Sit”, in this “Slinging the Word” WLUW Chicago 88/3 FM Radio supplement from the cc&d July-December 2018 expanded issue collection book “Among the Debris” live 8/11/20 in her Tuesday night “Buidlers Book Club” reading (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).
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See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Gift of Motherhood 1”, “Thank You, Women Who Work I”, “Coslow’s”, “Chicago, West Side”, “All These Reminders”, “She Told Me Her Dreams I”, “Childhood Memories I”, “Christmas Eve”, “Flooded War Memories”, and “There I Sit”, in this “Slinging the Word” WLUW Chicago 88/3 FM Radio supplement from the cc&d July-December 2018 expanded issue collection book “Among the Debris” live 8/11/20 in her Tuesday night “Buidlers Book Club” reading (video filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera).
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See a YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Endings Bring Light” (written on and for 12/21, the Winter/December Solstice) and “Christmas Eve” (for Christmas Eve) from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)”, then her singing her poem “Made Any Difference” with John on guitar (performed because it is one of the poems appearing in her 2021 poetry book “Eternal Never Ending Now”), during the “Spoken World Paris/Online” open mic 12/22/20 (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera, and posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersinstagram
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See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Endings Bring Light” (written on and for 12/21, the Winter/December Solstice) and “Christmas Eve” (for Christmas Eve) from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)”then her singing her poem “Made Any Difference” with John on guitar (performed because it is one of the poems appearing in her 2021 poetry book “Eternal Never Ending Now”), during the “Spoken World Paris/Online” open mic 12/22/20 (this video was filmed and streamed with a Samsung S9 camera). #janetkuypers
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conversations one (a day of grieving)
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See YouTube video live, 18 Years of Beach Poets 08/31/08, Chicago |
See YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem at the open mike 2/29/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago (w/ music from the HA!man of South Africa) from the house camera
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 See YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem at the open mike 2/29/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago (w/ music from the HA!man of South Africa) from the Kodak camera |
See YouTube videoof Kuypers’ intro to the open mike 2/29/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago, plus other open mike poets, and her poetry (from the house camera), including this poem |
conversations two (a day of grieving)
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Listen to the CD recording from the CD Rough Mixes, by Pointless Orchestra |
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See YouTube video live, 18 Years of Beach Poets 08/31/08, Chicago |
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See YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem at the open mike 2/29/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago (w/ music from the HA!man of South Africa) from the house camera
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See YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem at the open mike 2/29/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago (w/ music from the HA!man of South Africa) from the Kodak camera |
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See YouTube video of Kuypers’ intro to the open mike 2/29/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago, plus other open mike poets, and her poetry (from the house camera) |
conversations three (a day of grieving)
See YouTube videolive, the Cafe’s Poetry Wheel (Mach 2) 08/26/08, Chicago |
conversations four (a day of grieving)
conversations five (a day of grieving)
See YouTube video 1:53, live at Jesse Oaks 04/17/08 |
conversations six (a day of grieving)
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See YouTube video live, 18 Years of Beach Poets 08/31/08, Chicago |
conversations seven (a day of grieving)
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See YouTube video live, 18 Years of Beach Poets 08/31/08, Chicago |
See YouTube videolive at the Café in Chicago 05/25/10 |
See YouTube video of this reading with the intro & other writings, live 05/25/10 at the Café |
conversations eight (a day of grieving)
Coslow’s
See YouTube video Live at a Woman on the Beach (Beach Poets 08/02/09) (camera #1) |
See YouTube video Live at a Woman on the Beach (Beach Poets 08/02/09) (camera #2) |
See the full a Woman on the Beach (Beach Poets 08/02/09) show video (08/02/09, from camera #1)This film is from the Internet Archive |
See the full a Woman on the Beach (Beach Poets 08/02/09) show video (08/02/09, from camera #1)This film is from the Internet Archive |
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See YouTube video (2:03) live 03/16/08, WordSlingers radio feature. WLUW Chicago 88.9FM |
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Listen: (2:39) to this recording from Fusion |
See YouTube video12/04/10 from the TV camera in Lake Villa at Swing State, live in her show the Stories of Women |
See YouTube video 12/04/10 in Lake Villa at Swing State, live in her “Visual Nonsense” show the Stories of Women |
See Kuypers’ full show videowith this & more from the TV monitor in the the Stories of Women show, in Visual Nonsense, live in Lake Villa 12/04/10 at Swing State |
See the full show video of Kuypers reading this & more in the the Stories of Women show in in Visual Nonsense, live in Lake Villa 12/04/10 with this writing at Swing State (last line of last story cut off) |
 See YouTube video live 03/08/11 at the Café in Chicago |
See YouTube videoof the intro to the 03/08/11 open mic at the Café in Chicago |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Coslow’s”, “a woman talking about her rapist friend” and “Left with a Hole” from her book “Rape, Sexism Life & Death” at Georgetown’s “Poetry Aloud” open mic 1/13/18 (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Coslow’s”, “a woman talking about her rapist friend” and “Left with a Hole” from her book “Rape, Sexism Life & Death” at Georgetown’s “Poetry Aloud” open mic 1/13/18 (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and 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 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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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Gift of Motherhood 1”, “Thank You, Women Who Work I”, “Coslow’s”, “Chicago, West Side”, “All These Reminders”, “She Told Me Her Dreams I”, “Childhood Memories I”, “Christmas Eve”, “Flooded War Memories”, and “There I Sit”, in this “Slinging the Word” WLUW Chicago 88/3 FM Radio supplement from the cc&d July-December 2018 expanded issue collection book “Among the Debris” live 8/11/20 in her Tuesday night “Buidlers Book Club” reading (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).
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See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Gift of Motherhood 1”, “Thank You, Women Who Work I”, “Coslow’s”, “Chicago, West Side”, “All These Reminders”, “She Told Me Her Dreams I”, “Childhood Memories I”, “Christmas Eve”, “Flooded War Memories”, and “There I Sit”, in this “Slinging the Word” WLUW Chicago 88/3 FM Radio supplement from the cc&d July-December 2018 expanded issue collection book “Among the Debris” live 8/11/20 in her Tuesday night “Buidlers Book Club” reading (video filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera).
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Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Coslow’s”, “Escaping Rapeugees”, and “Like Nothing Ever Happened” from the book “Shattering the Glass Ceiling” to close her “Poetic License 8/6/23 global open mic” through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest,
Instagram, and Tumblr).Also enjoy this as a Facebook live video stream from a Samsung S9 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr. #janetkuypers #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperswomensrights #janetkuypersfeminism #janetkuypersshatteringtheglassceiling #janetkuyperspoeticlicense |
death
 See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Death” (1:19) live at the Café 2/26/08 (this video was posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoem |
See YouTube videoof Janet Kuypers reading her poem Death (from the book Finally, Literature for the Snotty and Elite) in Chicago 11/24/13 (C) at her feature Book Expo 2013 Chicago |
See YouTube videoof Janet Kuypers reading her poem Death (from the book Finally, Literature for the Snotty and Elite) in Chicago 11/24/13 (posterize filter) at her feature Book Expo 2013 Chicago |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Death” and “Signs of the Times” (2 poems read for the future Oeuvre audio CD release) and “Utopia Never Happened” 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 “Death” and “Signs of the Times” (2 poems read for the future Oeuvre audio CD release) and “Utopia Never Happened” at Austin’s Recycled Reads 7/15/17 (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix camera).
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ October 2018 Book Release Reading 10/3/18, where she read her poems “Cast in Stone”, “Death”, “Children, Churches and Daddies”, and “Russians at a Garage Sale” from her “Book Expo 2013 Chicago” reading 11/24/13, then her haiku poems “enemies”, “faith”, “ants and crosses”, “census”, “easy”, “existence”, “falling”, and “eventually”, from her “Unlucky 13 on St. Patrick’s Day” reading 3/17/14 , all appearing in her poetry performance art collection book “Chapter 48 (v 2)”, in Community Poetry at Half Price Books (this video was recorded from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ October 2018 Book Release Reading 10/3/18, where she read her poems “Cast in Stone”, “Death”, “Children, Churches and Daddies”, and “Russians at a Garage Sale” from her “Book Expo 2013 Chicago” reading 11/24/13, then her haiku poems “enemies”, “faith”, “ants and crosses”, “census”, “easy”, “existence”, “falling”, and “eventually”, from her “Unlucky 13 on St. Patrick’s Day” reading 3/17/14 , all appearing in her poetry performance art collection book “Chapter 48 (v 2)”, in Community Poetry at Half Price Books (this video was recorded from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).
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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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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 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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decorating the lockers
See YouTube videolive 11/05/08, finale feature in Chicago at St. Paul’s, a desanctified church |
See complete St. Paul’s 11/05/08 show in Chicago, with 11 poems live, filmed from above in the choir seating of this desanctified church (23:58, from the Internet Archive) |
See complete feature video from the St. Paul’s 11/05/08 show in Chicago (23:58) from the Internet Archive |
Listen (2:17) to this studio recording from the DMJ Art Connection. or Listen to & download
this track anytime from iTunes...
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Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her v217 3/24 Down in the Dirt issue/book “The Darkness Within” poems “Decorating the Lockers” (+ 11/5/08 show image), “Wedding Lost” (+ 11/5/08 show image), &
“Loved You the Most” (+ 5/3/02 show image) during her “Poetic License 3/3/24 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 THE REAL GLITCH filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr. #janetkuypers #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperspoeticlicense |
Dive
See YouTube video (1:28) live 08/05/07 at Beach poets |
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See YouTube video (1:24) recorded on the Pacific Ocean 12/07 near the Galapagos Islands |
Experimental Poetry: Door Frame
Experimental Poetry: Forward
from the new orleans poems - French Quarter
on a page of 3 poems about New Orleans
See YouTube video Live at Taking Poetry to the Streets, in New Orleans 12/22/08 |
See YouTube video of Kuypers reading poetry 02/28/08 |
games
See the YouTube video
05/24/11 at the Café in Chicago (read from the ISBN# book the Window)
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See YouTube video of the intro to the 05/24/11 open mic at the Café in Chicago, plus her poems He Told Me His Dreams 5, He Told Me His Dreams 6, She Told Me Her Dreams 3, Ice Cream, Games, Vittorio Carli reading her poem Christmas Eve, and Kuypers reading her poem Private Lives 2
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See YouTube video (9:35) of Kuypers 05/24/11 at the Café reading her poems He Told Me His Dreams 5, He Told Me His Dreams 6, She Told Me Her Dreams 3, Ice Cream, Games, Vittorio Carli reading her poem Christmas Eve, and Kuypers reading her poem Private Lives 2
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God Eyes
He Told Me His Dreams One
He Told Me His Dreams Two
He Told Me His Dreams Three
Order this iTunes track: from Chaots in Motion (a 6 CD set)...Or order the entire CD set from iTunes CD:
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Listen to a live track off the CD and performance art show Dreams (2/3/04) |
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Listen to the CD recording from the CD Rough Mixes, by Pointless Orchestra |
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Listen to this from the CD release from the first performance art show (08/14/97) Seeing Things Differently |
See the YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “He Told Me His Dreams 4” (1:10) from the 2/3/04 “Dreams” show in Chicago (this video was posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoem #janetkuyperspoetryshow
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Watch this YouTube video (1:11) of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “He Told Me His Dreams 4” from the television screen broadcast during her 2/3/04 “Dreams” show in Chicago (this video was posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoem #janetkuyperspoetryshow
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers 1/7/18 reading her poems “He Told Me His Dreams 4” & “The Dream” & her prose “A Dream About Murder” from her book “When you Dream Tonight” live at “Recycled Reads” (this video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers 1/7/18 reading her poems “He Told Me His Dreams 4” & “The Dream” & her prose “A Dream About Murder” from her book “When you Dream Tonight” live at “Recycled Reads” (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; Edge Detection).
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ February 2019 Book Release Reading 2/6/19, where she read her her haiku and short poems “Every Step”, “Left Living”, and “knees”, then her “Seeing Things Differently” show poems “He Told Me His Dreams 1”, “He Told Me His Dreams 4”, “He Told Me His Dreams 9”, “Headache”, “Helping Men in Public Places”, “Last Before Extinction”, and “Packing” from the Down in the Dirt v. 162 January/February 2019 ISBN# book “Fallen Kingdom”, in Community Poetry @ Half Price Books (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ February 2019 Book Release Reading 2/6/19, where she read her her haiku and short poems “Every Step”, “Left Living”, and “knees”, then her “Seeing Things Differently” show poems “He Told Me His Dreams 1”, “He Told Me His Dreams 4”, “He Told Me His Dreams 9”, “Headache”, “Helping Men in Public Places”, “Last Before Extinction”, and “Packing” from the Down in the Dirt v. 162 1-2/19 ISBN# book “Fallen Kingdom”, in Community Poetry @ Half Price Books (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading
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He Told Me His Dreams Five
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Listen to a live track off the CD and performance art show Dreams (2/3/04) |
See this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “He Told Me His Dreams 5” (:44) from the 2/3/04 “Dreams” show in Chicago (this video was posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoem #janetkuyperspoetryshow
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See YouTube video (:43) of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “He Told Me His Dreams 5” the television screen broadcast during her 2/3/04 “Dreams” show in Chicago (this video was posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoem #janetkuyperspoetryshow
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See YouTube video
05/24/11 at the Café in Chicago (read from the ISBN# book the Window)
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See YouTube video of the intro to the 05/24/11 open mic at the Café in Chicago, plus her poems He Told Me His Dreams 5, He Told Me His Dreams 6, She Told Me Her Dreams 3, Ice Cream, Games, Vittorio Carli reading her poem Christmas Eve, and Kuypers reading her poem Private Lives 2
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See YouTube video (9:35) of Kuypers 05/24/11 at the Café reading her poems He Told Me His Dreams 5, He Told Me His Dreams 6, She Told Me Her Dreams 3, Ice Cream, Games, Vittorio Carli reading her poem Christmas Eve, and Kuypers reading her poem Private Lives 2
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Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her v220 6/24 Down in the Dirt issue/book “Finding Refuge” poems “Realistic Dreams” (+ showing show image), “He Told me his Dreams V” (+ showing
show images 1 & 2), & “The Dream” (+ showing show images 1, 2, 3, & 4) during her “Poetic License 6/2/24 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 and given a Starburst filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperspoeticlicense |
He Told Me His Dreams Six
See YouTube video live at Mercury Cafe in Chicago 08/28/09 |
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See YouTube video
05/24/11 at the Café in Chicago (read from the ISBN# book the Window)
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See YouTube video of the intro to the 05/24/11 open mic at the Café in Chicago, plus her poems He Told Me His Dreams 5, He Told Me His Dreams 6, She Told Me Her Dreams 3, Ice Cream, Games, Vittorio Carli reading her poem Christmas Eve, and Kuypers reading her poem Private Lives 2
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See YouTube video (9:35) of Kuypers 05/24/11 at the Café reading her poems He Told Me His Dreams 5, He Told Me His Dreams 6, She Told Me Her Dreams 3, Ice Cream, Games, Vittorio Carli reading her poem Christmas Eve, and Kuypers reading her poem Private Lives 2
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers 2/24/18 reading her poems “He Told Me His Dreams 6”, “Dreams 03/19/04 Two”, and “Dreams 09/04/06, Original High School Pot” from her book “When you Dream Tonight” live at “Poetry Aloud”(Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers 2/24/18 reading her poems “He Told Me His Dreams 6”, “Dreams 03/19/04 Two”, and “Dreams 09/04/06, Original High School Pot” from her book “When you Dream Tonight” live at “Poetry Aloud” (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).
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He Told Me His Dreams Seven
See YouTube video live at the Cafe in Chicago 09/01/09 |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers 2/24/18 reading her poems “Dreams 12/22/08, the Indescribable Infant”, “He Told me His Dreams 7”, and “Dreams 09/17/06, Dad Talking to Me” from her book “When you Dream Tonight” live at “Poetry Aloud” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers 2/24/18 reading her poems “Dreams 12/22/08, the Indescribable Infant”, “He Told me His Dreams 7”, and “Dreams 09/17/06, Dad Talking to Me” from her book “When you Dream Tonight” live at “Poetry Aloud” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading
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He Told Me His Dreams Eight
See YouTube videolive in the show Seeing a Psychiatrist 09/09/08, Chicago at the Cafe |
He Told Me His Dreams Nine
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Order this iTunes track: from Chaots in Motion (a 6 CD set)...Or order the entire CD set from iTunes CD:
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Listen to a live track off the CD and performance art show Dreams (2/3/04) |
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Listen to the CD recording from the CD Rough Mixes, by Pointless Orchestra |
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Listen to this from the CD release from the first performance art show (08/14/97) Seeing Things Differently |
Watch this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “He Told Me His Dreams 9” (1:52) from the 2/3/04 “Dreams” show in Chicago (this video was posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoem #janetkuyperspoetryshow
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See this YouTube video (1:50) of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “He Told Me His Dreams 9” from the television screen broadcast from the 2/3/04 “Dreams” show in Chicago (this video was posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoem #janetkuyperspoetryshow
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See YouTube video of Chicago poet Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Walking With You”, “Watching You”, “He Told Me His Dreams 1”, and “He Told Me His Dreams 9” from her book “Chapter 38 v1” 5/19/18 at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” open mic (video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera). |
See YouTube video of Chicago poet Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Walking With You”, “Watching You”, “He Told Me His Dreams 1”, and “He Told Me His Dreams 9” from her book “Chapter 38 v1” 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 Janet Kuypers’ February 2019 Book Release Reading 2/6/19, where she read her her haiku and short poems “Every Step”, “Left Living”, and “knees”, then her “Seeing Things Differently” show poems “He Told Me His Dreams 1”, “He Told Me His Dreams 4”, “He Told Me His Dreams 9”, “Headache”, “Helping Men in Public Places”, “Last Before Extinction”, and “Packing” from the Down in the Dirt v. 162 January/February 2019 ISBN# book “Fallen Kingdom”, in Community Poetry @ Half Price Books (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ February 2019 Book Release Reading 2/6/19, where she read her her haiku and short poems “Every Step”, “Left Living”, and “knees”, then her “Seeing Things Differently” show poems “He Told Me His Dreams 1”, “He Told Me His Dreams 4”, “He Told Me His Dreams 9”, “Headache”, “Helping Men in Public Places”, “Last Before Extinction”, and “Packing” from the Down in the Dirt v. 162 1-2/19 ISBN# book “Fallen Kingdom”, in Community Poetry @ Half Price Books (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading
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Experimental Poetry: hole in the heart
Ice Cream
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See YouTube video
05/24/11 at the Café in Chicago (read from the ISBN# book the Window)
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See YouTube video of the intro to the 05/24/11 open mic at the Café in Chicago, plus her poems He Told Me His Dreams 5, He Told Me His Dreams 6, She Told Me Her Dreams 3, Ice Cream, Games, Vittorio Carli reading her poem Christmas Eve, and Kuypers reading her poem Private Lives 2
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See YouTube video (9:35) of Kuypers 05/24/11 at the Café reading her poems He Told Me His Dreams 5, He Told Me His Dreams 6, She Told Me Her Dreams 3, Ice Cream, Games, Vittorio Carli reading her poem Christmas Eve, and Kuypers reading her poem Private Lives 2
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Ikebana
See YouTube videolive at Cana-Dixie to Chi-town 12/15/09 |
from the new orleans poems -
Jackson Square/Bourbon Street
on a page of 3 poems about New Orleans
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Listen to the CD recording of this piece from the CD (used for the show) Changing Gears |
See YouTube video (:25) Live at Changing Gears 06/17/03 |
See the entire performance of the live show Changing Gears 06/17/03, hosted by the Internet Archive |
See YouTube video Live at Taking Poetry to the Streets, in New Orleans 12/22/08 |
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See YouTube video of Kuypers reading poetry 02/28/08 |
Experimental Poetry: James
Experimental Poetry: Johnathan
J’reviens
See YouTube videolive at Cana-Dixie to Chi-town 12/15/09 |
Experimental Poetry: Knife
Last Before Extinction
Experimental Poetry: Mask
Mask in Serbian
motions on the planet
My Father, Shooting an Animal
See YouTube video (1:57) 06/15/07, at Buffalo Bill’s Grave at Lookout Mountain in Golden, CO | |
(1:54)06/15/07, at Buffalo Bill’s Grave at Lookout Mountain in Golden, CO This film is from the Internet Archive | |
read from the book the Window live at the Café in Chicago 10/12/10 | |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “My Father, Shooting an Animal” and “What It Felt Like” and “Once Wanted You as my Friend” (read for the future Oeuvre audio CD release) at Austin’s Recycled Reads 7/15/17 (from a Panasonic Lumix camera).
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “My Father, Shooting an Animal” and “What It Felt Like” and “Once Wanted You as my Friend” (read for the future Oeuvre audio CD release) at Austin’s Recycled Reads 7/15/17 (video filmed from a Sony camera).
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my love for you will stay the same - a song
Listen to this original song from Mom’s Favorite Vase off the CD The Demo Tapes, which is available for sale through iTunes.
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See YouTube video Live at Twitter Inside Chicago feature 05/21/10 |
See this YouTube video of part three of the Janet Kuypers Chicago feature Twitter Inside 5/21/10 in Logan Square, reading her poem “Loss” and singing her Mom’s Favorite Vase song my love for you will stay the same” with John on guitar (this was posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypersmusic #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuyperssinging
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See YouTube video(with the “extract” filter) live at Regina’s Place in Logan Square (Chicago) 05/21/10 in the JK feature “Twitter Inside” |
See YouTube video(with the “find edges” filter) live at Regina’s Place in Logan Square (Chicago) 05/21/10 in the JK feature “Twitter Inside” |
See YouTube video(with an metallic filter) live at Regina’s Place in Logan Square (Chicago) 05/21/10 in the JK feature “Twitter Inside” |
See YouTube video(with the “old film” & “film curl” filters) live at Regina’s Place in Logan Square (Chicago) 05/21/10 in the JK feature “Twitter Inside” |
See YouTube video(with the “pastel sketch” filter) live at Regina’s Place in Logan Square (Chicago) 05/21/10 in the JK feature “Twitter Inside” |
See YouTube video(with the “solarize” filter) live at Regina’s Place in Logan Square (Chicago) 05/21/10 in the JK feature “Twitter Inside” |
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See YouTube videolive at the Café in Chicago 06/22/10 |
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See YouTube videoof part three of the “40” show live at the Café w/ this piece 06/22/10 |
See YouTube videoof part 3 of the “40” show w/ camera 2 @ the Café in Chicago 06/22/10 |
See Full Videofrom camera #1 as a downloadable mp4 file, live at the Café w/ this piece 06/22/10, from the Internet Archive. |
See Full Videofrom camera #2 as a downloadable mp4 file, live at the Café w/ this piece 06/22/10, from the Internet Archive. |
See YouTube videolive in Death ‘n’ Rebirth 07/11/10 |
Enjoy the full video of the Beach Poets Death ‘n’ Rebirth 7/11/10 show from archive.org... (on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersmusic #janetkuyperssinging #janetkuyperschicago #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersfeature
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download the free chapbookDeath ‘n’ Rebirth with this and all of the writing in the live show |
See a Facebook video clipof the song my love for you will stay the same, performed by Janet Kuypers (w/ John playing guitar) live in Death ‘n’ Rebirth 07/11/10 (posted by the host of Beach Poets, Cathleen Schandelmeier-Bartels) |
See Janet Kuypers’ YouTube video w/ John on guitar singing Peter Gabriel’s song Washing of the Water, then her Mom’s Favorite Vase song my love for you will stay the same, then Ani DeFranco’s song I am Not a Pretty Girl at Austin’s B.B. Rover’s open mic 2/28/16 (this video was filmed from a Canon Power Shot camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperssinging #janetkuypersmusic |
See Janet Kuypers’ YouTube video w/ John on guitar singing Peter Gabriel’s song Washing of the Water, then her Mom’s Favorite Vase song my love for you will stay the same, then Ani DeFranco’s song I am Not a Pretty Girl at Austin’s B.B. Rover’s open mic 2/28/16 (this video was filmed from a Nikon CoolPix S7000 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperssinging #janetkuypersmusic |
See YouTube video of Jane Kuypers (and John on guitar and some vocals) performing 7 songs 5/6/16 at Round Rock’s American Legion, covering Depeche Mode’s The Bottom Line (w/ altered wedding chorus lyrics), Peter Gabriel’s Washing of the Water, her MFV song My Love for You will Stay the Same, flowing straight into George Michael’s Waiting (Reprise), the Eurythmics’ I Need You, her MFV song What we Need in Life, & ending with her poem in The Second Axing song Made Any Difference (this video was filmed from a Canon Power Shot camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoem #janetkuypersmusic #janetkuyperssinging |
See YouTube video of Jane Kuypers (and John on guitar and some vocals) performing 7 songs 5/6/16 at Round Rock’s American Legion, covering Depeche Mode’s The Bottom Line (w/ altered wedding chorus lyrics), Peter Gabriel’s Washing of the Water, her MFV song My Love for You will Stay the Same, flowing straight into George Michael’s Waiting (Reprise), the Eurythmics’ I Need You, her MFV song What we Need in Life, & ending with her poem in The Second Axing song Made Any Difference (this video was filmed from a Sony camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoem #janetkuypersmusic #janetkuyperssinging |
See YouTube video of Jane Kuypers (and John on guitar) performing 2 songs 6/10/16 at Georgetown’s PoetryPlus, covering Stevie Ray Vaughan’s Life by the Drop, The The’s Love is Stronger than Death, and her MFV song My Love for You will Stay the Same (Canon Power Shot). |
See YouTube video of Jane Kuypers (and John on guitar) performing 2 songs 6/10/16 at Georgetown’s PoetryPlus, covering Stevie Ray Vaughan’s Life by the Drop, The The’s Love is Stronger than Death, and her MFV song My Love for You will Stay the Same (Sony camera). |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers singing the Smoking Popes song “I Need You Around”, Paul Simon’s song “Kodachrome” and Janet Kuypers’ Mom’s Favorite Vase song “My Love for You will Stay the Same” w/ John on guitar 2/17/18 at Recycled Reads in Austin (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera). |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers singing the Smoking Popes song “I Need You Around”, Paul Simon’s song “Kodachrome” and Janet Kuypers’ Mom’s Favorite Vase song “My Love for You will Stay the Same” w/ John on guitar 2/17/18 at Recycled Reads in Austin (from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera). |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers with John Yotko on guitar 2/22/18 in their 2-hour live music show at Round Rock’s Craft & Racked Wine Bar. In this set, she sang Feedback’s “Vintage Wine”, her poem/John’s song “Made any Difference”, George Michael’s “Waiting for that Day”, acoustically she sang most of the Eurythmics’ “Brand New Day” and then sang the Eurythmics’ “I Need You”, Feedback’s “Devotion”, George Michael’s “Waiting”, MFV’s “What We Need In Life”, Ani DiFranco’s “I am not a Pretty Girl”, her song “In Love I Abide”, Paul Simon’s “Slip Sliding Away”, Hank Williams’ “I’m Free At Last”, Fiona Apple’s “Criminal”, MFV’s “My Love for You will Stay the Same”, The The’s “Love is Stronger than Death”, the Smiths’ “London”, Depeche Mode’s “the Bottom Line” (joined w/ John vocals), Morrissey’s “There is a Place in Hell for Me and my Friends”, Sinead O’Connor’s “Black Boys on Mopeds”, Janet & John’s blues song “Tight Rope Affair”, the Church’s “Under the Milky Way”, Peter Gabriel’s “Washing of the Water”, the Smiths’ “Ask”, Michael Jackson’s “Beat It”, Erasure’s “How Many Times?” (joined w/ John vocals), the Smoking Popes’ “I Need You Around”, John Yotko’s “What I’ve Been through”, and Don McLean’s “American Pie” (this video was filmed from a Samsung S7 camera, filmed from a table; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr). #janetkuyperssinging
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers with John Yotko on guitar 2/22/18 in their 2-hour live music show at Round Rock’s Craft & Racked Wine Bar. In this set, she sang Feedback’s “Vintage Wine”, her poem/John’s song “Made any Difference”, George Michael’s “Waiting for that Day”, acoustically she sang most of the Eurythmics’ “Brand New Day” and then sang the Eurythmics’ “I Need You”, Feedback’s “Devotion”, George Michael’s “Waiting”, MFV’s “What We Need In Life”, Ani DiFranco’s “I am not a Pretty Girl”, her song “In Love I Abide”, Paul Simon’s “Slip Sliding Away”, Hank Williams’ “I’m Free At Last”, Fiona Apple’s “Criminal”, MFV’s “My Love for You will Stay the Same”, The The’s “Love is Stronger than Death”, the Smiths’ “London”, Depeche Mode’s “the Bottom Line” (joined w/ John vocals), Morrissey’s “There is a Place in Hell for Me and my Friends”, Sinead O’Connor’s “Black Boys on Mopeds”, Janet & John’s blues song “Tight Rope Affair”, the Church’s “Under the Milky Way”, Peter Gabriel’s “Washing of the Water”, the Smiths’ “Ask”, Michael Jackson’s “Beat It”, Erasure’s “How Many Times?” (joined w/ John vocals), the Smoking Popes’ “I Need You Around”, John Yotko’s “What I’ve Been through”, and Don McLean’s “American Pie” (this video was filmed from a Samsung S7 camera, filmed from the bar; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperssinging.
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See YouTube video 3/15/18 of Janet Kuypers with John Yotko on guitar in their 1-hour 45-minute “South-by Set” of music at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” (one of the venues hosting 2018 SXSW events in Austin). In this set, she sang Paul Simon’s “Kodachrome”, Depeche Mode’s “the Bottom Line” (both Janet and John singing, with altered chorus lyrics), her poem/John’s song “Made any Difference ”, the Queen song “Crazy Little Thing Called Love”, George Michael’s “Waiting”, Feedback’s “Devotion”, Leonard Cohen’s “Coming Back to You”, Ani DiFranco’s “I am not a Pretty Girl”, Janet & John’s blues song “Tight Rope Affair ”, Hank Williams’ “I’m Free At Last”, Paul Simon’s “Slip Sliding Away”, the Beatles song “Yesterday”, and her song “In Love I Abide”. Then (waiting for John to switch from guitar to mandolin) Janet acoustically sang the beginning of her song “Why”; then she sang the R.E.M. song “You are the Everything” with John playing his mandolin. Going back to John playing his acoustic guitar, Janet then sang the Eurythmics’ “I Need You”, The The’s “Love is Stronger than Death”, George Michael’s “Waiting for that Day”, MFV’s “What We Need In Life”, Peter Gabriel’s “Washing of the Water”, Feedback’s “Vintage Wine”, MFV’s “My Love for You will Stay the Same”, Sinead O’Connor’s “Black Boys on Mopeds”, Don McLean’s “American Pie”, and they closed with the Smiths’ “Ask”, with ‘books’ for ‘bombs’ lyrics changes (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperssinging #janetkuypersmusic
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See YouTube video 3/15/18 of Janet Kuypers with John Yotko on guitar in their 1-hour 45-minute “South-by Set” of music at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” (one of the venues hosting 2018 SXSW events in Austin). In this set, she sang Paul Simon’s “Kodachrome”, Depeche Mode’s “the Bottom Line” (both Janet and John singing, with altered chorus lyrics), her poem/John’s song “Made any Difference ”, the Queen song “Crazy Little Thing Called Love”, George Michael’s “Waiting”, Feedback’s “Devotion”, Leonard Cohen’s “Coming Back to You”, Ani DiFranco’s “I am not a Pretty Girl”, Janet & John’s blues song “Tight Rope Affair ”, Hank Williams’ “I’m Free At Last”, Paul Simon’s “Slip Sliding Away”, the Beatles song “Yesterday”, and her song “In Love I Abide”. Then (waiting for John to switch from guitar to mandolin) Janet acoustically sang the beginning of her song “Why”; then she sang the R.E.M. song “You are the Everything” with John playing his mandolin. Going back to John playing his acoustic guitar, Janet then sang the Eurythmics’ “I Need You”, The The’s “Love is Stronger than Death”, George Michael’s “Waiting for that Day”, MFV’s “What We Need In Life”, Peter Gabriel’s “Washing of the Water”, Feedback’s “Vintage Wine”, MFV’s “My Love for You will Stay the Same”, Sinead O’Connor’s “Black Boys on Mopeds”, Don McLean’s “American Pie”, and they closed with the Smiths’ “Ask” (with books for bombs lyrics changes). (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; Threshold filter.)
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See YouTube video 3/15/18 of Janet Kuypers with John Yotko on guitar in their 1-hour 45-minute “South-by Set” of music at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” (one of the venues hosting 2018 SXSW events in Austin). In this set, she sang Paul Simon’s “Kodachrome”, Depeche Mode’s “the Bottom Line” (both Janet and John singing, with altered chorus lyrics), her poem/John’s song “Made any Difference ”, the Queen song “Crazy Little Thing Called Love”, George Michael’s “Waiting”, Feedback’s “Devotion”, Leonard Cohen’s “Coming Back to You”, Ani DiFranco’s “I am not a Pretty Girl”, Janet & John’s blues song “Tight Rope Affair ”, Hank Williams’ “I’m Free At Last”, Paul Simon’s “Slip Sliding Away”, the Beatles song “Yesterday”, and her song “In Love I Abide”. Then (waiting for John to switch from guitar to mandolin) Janet acoustically sang the beginning of her song “Why”; then she sang the R.E.M. song “You are the Everything” with John playing his mandolin. Going back to John playing his acoustic guitar, Janet then sang the Eurythmics’ “I Need You”, The The’s “Love is Stronger than Death”, George Michael’s “Waiting for that Day”, MFV’s “What We Need In Life”, Peter Gabriel’s “Washing of the Water”, Feedback’s “Vintage Wine”, MFV’s “My Love for You will Stay the Same”, Sinead O’Connor’s “Black Boys on Mopeds”, Don McLean’s “American Pie”, and they closed with the Smiths’ “Ask” (with books for bombs lyrics changes). (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; Posterize filter.)
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See YouTube video 3/15/18 of Janet Kuypers with John Yotko on guitar in their 1-hour 45-minute “South-by Set” of music at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” (one of the venues hosting 2018 SXSW events in Austin). In this set, she sang Paul Simon’s “Kodachrome”, Depeche Mode’s “the Bottom Line” (both Janet and John singing, with altered chorus lyrics), her poem/John’s song “Made any Difference ”, the Queen song “Crazy Little Thing Called Love”, George Michael’s “Waiting”, Feedback’s “Devotion”, Leonard Cohen’s “Coming Back to You”, Ani DiFranco’s “I am not a Pretty Girl”, Janet & John’s blues song “Tight Rope Affair ”, Hank Williams’ “I’m Free At Last”, Paul Simon’s “Slip Sliding Away”, the Beatles song “Yesterday”, and her song “In Love I Abide”. Then (waiting for John to switch from guitar to mandolin) Janet acoustically sang the beginning of her song “Why”; then she sang the R.E.M. song “You are the Everything” with John playing his mandolin. Going back to John playing his acoustic guitar, Janet then sang the Eurythmics’ “I Need You”, The The’s “Love is Stronger than Death”, George Michael’s “Waiting for that Day”, MFV’s “What We Need In Life”, Peter Gabriel’s “Washing of the Water”, Feedback’s “Vintage Wine”, MFV’s “My Love for You will Stay the Same”, Sinead O’Connor’s “Black Boys on Mopeds”, Don McLean’s “American Pie”, and they closed with the Smiths’ “Ask” (with books for bombs lyrics changes). (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; Edge Detection filter.)
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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).
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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 (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera Sepia Tone).
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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 2500 camera).
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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 (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera, Posterize).
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Orion
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Listen to studio or live tracks from the CD & performance art show How Do I Get There?
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See YouTube video live at the show How Do I Get There 02/15/05, Chicago |
see the entire performance
of How Do I Get There? 02/15/05 in Chicago live, via the Internet Archive
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See YouTube videoof this poem read live at the 07/19/11 mini-feature night at the Café in Chicago at her feature Astronomy 101 |
Enjoy this YouTube video 7/19/11 of Janet Kuypers performing her poetry in her feature Astronomy 101 @ Chicago’s the Café (this video post appears on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersfeature
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Download this writing in the free 07/19/11 PDF feature chapbook Astronomy 101 |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “High Roller” and “Orion” from her poetry show “How Do I Get There?”, then her poem “The Hand” from her chapbook “Chapter 18”, all from her performance art poetry collection book “Chapter 38 v1” live at Recycled Reads 7/21/18 (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera). |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “High Roller” and “Orion” from her poetry show “How Do I Get There?”, then her poem “The Hand” from her chapbook “Chapter 18”, all from her performance art poetry collection book “Chapter 38 v1” live at Recycled Reads 7/21/18 (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera). |
See YouTube video of the Janet Kuypers finalé feature “Night Sky” at the 2019 Texas Night Sky Festival in Driftwood, TX 11/14/19, reading her astronomy-themed poems “Where We’ve Been and What We’ve Seen”, “Moonlight”, “Earthrise”, (from) “from Orpheus to Nuking the Moon”, “Orion (2019 edit)”, “Envision it in the Night Sky”, (from) “Universe... Now in Color”, (from) “Queen of the Night Sky”, and (from) “Quest Beyond an Icy Tail”, all with John on guitar (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facbook Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).
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See YouTube video of the Janet Kuypers finalé feature &“Night Sky” at the 2019 Texas Night Sky Festival in Driftwood, TX 11/14/19, reading her astronomy-themed poems “Where We’ve Been and What We’ve Seen”, “Moonlight”, “Earthrise”, (from) “from Orpheus to Nuking the Moon”, “Orion (2019 edit)”, “Envision it in the Night Sky”, (from) “Universe... Now in Color”, (from) “Queen of the Night Sky”, and (from) “Quest Beyond an Icy Tail”, all with John on guitar (from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facbook Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).
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View & download the free chapbook Night Sky with the poems “Where We’ve Been and What We’ve Seen”, “Moonlight”, “Earthrise”, (from) “from Orpheus to Nuking the Moon”, “Orion (2019 edit)”, “Envision it in the Night Sky”, (from) “Universe... Now in Color”, (from) “Queen of the Night Sky”, and (from) “Quest Beyond an Icy Tail”.
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Where We’ve Been and What We’ve Seen”, “Moonlight”, “Orion”, “Envision it in the Night Sky”, and “Universe... Now in Color” in the “Night Sky” section, and her poems “Beauty in the Eyes of Einstein”, and “And I’m wondering” in the Public Access Poetry section, of the cc&d July-December 2018 expanded issue collection book “Among the Debris” for The Café Gallery 9/8/20 Book Reading in The Café Gallery 2020 book reading series (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).
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See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Where We’ve Been and What We’ve Seen”, “Moonlight”, “Orion”, “Envision it in the Night Sky”, and “Universe... Now in Color” in the “Night Sky” section, and her poems “Beauty in the Eyes of Einstein”, and “And I’m wondering” in the Public Access Poetry section, of the cc&d July-December 2018 expanded issue collection book “Among the Debris” during The Café Gallery 9/8/20 Book Reading in The Café Gallery 2020 book reading series (streamed live from a Samsung S9 camera).
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Other Horizons
See YouTube videoperformed for C Ra McGuirt (Penny Dreadful Press) in Nashville 12/20/08 |
See YouTube video (:50) read live 02/08/11 from the ISBN# & ISSN# book Dark Matter: the Mind of Janet Kuypers, at the Café on 02/08/11 |
See YouTube videoof the intro at the the Café Chicago open mic 02/08/11 & a number of poems from books and magazines |
Our Anniversary
See YouTube videolive at Cana-Dixie to Chi-town 12/15/09 |
Experimental Poetry: Paper
Paranoia
See YouTube video (1:53) | |
The “Living in a Big World” show with this poem in it was also released as a FULL COLOR paperback ISBN# book so come here for all of the imagery that accompanied this and other poems in “Living in a Big World” at amazon! | |
See YouTube video (1:54) 07/17/07 from Living in a Big World | |
See YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem at the Waiting4the Bus open mic in Chicago (from the Canon camera)
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See YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem at the Waiting4the Bus open mic in Chicago (from the Samsung camera)
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Kurt Irons (it’s just a girl)”, “The Muse, the Messiah”, and “Paranois” from her book “Chapter 38 v2” (followed by a song by John) at “Poetry Aloud” 5/26/18 (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera). |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Kurt Irons (it’s just a girl)”, “The Muse, the Messiah”, and “Paranois” from her book “Chapter 38 v2” (followed by a song by John) at “Poetry Aloud” 5/26/18 (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera). |
poam: a conversation with Jimbo Breen
See YouTube video(1:31) at a pool 06/16/07 in Denver, Colorado |
See YouTube video(1:11) live 04/12/11 at the Café in Chicago |
Watch this YouTube video of the intro to the 4/12/11 open mic at the Café in Chicago, including the Janet Kuypers poems “Raking Leaves”, “Poam: a Conversation with Jimbo Breen”, and “Twin”, read from the ISBN# paperback book “The Window” ... Then her reading the poem “the Big Bang” by Joy Davis from the April 2011 issue v219 of cc&d magazine... Then her singing / covering with John the song “Brother, Can You Spare a Dime”, a song written in 1925 (on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersmusic #janetkuyperssinging
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See YouTube video of Kuypers reading her poem 06/28/11 on WZRD radio, from the main camera |
See YouTube video of Kuypers reading her poem 06/28/11 on WZRD radio, from the mini camera |
See feature-length YouTubevideo 06/26/11 of the majority of the WZRD radio show with her reading poetry (including this poem) from the main camera |
See feature-length YouTubevideo 06/26/11 of ~45 minutes of the WZRD radio show with her reading poetry (including this poem) from the mini cam |
See YouTube video live 6/16/18 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “The Burning”, “Poam: a Conversation with Jimbo Breen” and “Two Not Mute Haikus” from her poetry readings collection book “Chapter 38 v3” at “Recycled Reads” open mic (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).
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See YouTube video live 6/16/18 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “The Burning”, “Poam: a Conversation with Jimbo Breen” and “Two Not Mute Haikus” from her poetry readings collection book “Chapter 38 v3” at “Recycled Reads” open mic (P Lumix T56 camera; E.D.).
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See YouTube video live 6/16/18 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “The Burning”, “Poam: a Conversation with Jimbo Breen” and “Two Not Mute Haikus” from her poetry readings collection book “Chapter 38 v3” at “Recycled Reads” open mic (P Lumix T56 camera; S.T.).
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See YouTube video live 6/16/18 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “The Burning”, “Poam: a Conversation with Jimbo Breen” and “Two Not Mute Haikus” from her poetry readings collection book “Chapter 38 v3” at “Recycled Reads” open mic (P Lumix T56 camera; Th.).
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Poam: Militant Man with Schizophrenia
See YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem 10/31/12 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (Canon) |
See YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem 10/31/12 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (Sony) |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Poam: Militant Man with Schizophrenia 6/15/15 at Waiting4the Bus (at Powell’s) in Chicago (Cfs)
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Poam: Militant Man with Schizophrenia 6/15/15 at Waiting4the Bus (at Powell’s) in Chicago (post.)
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Private Lives One
See full Questions in a World Withough Answers video live, including this poem in Chicago 10/05/04 (~21:56)
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See YouTube videolive at the show Questions in a World Without Answers 10/05/04, Chicago |
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Listen to this w/ the DMJ Art Connection off the CD Chaos In Motion |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Russians at a Garage Sale”, “Private Lives 1”, and “Private Lives 4” from her performance art poetry collection book “Chapter 38 v1” live at Recycled Reads 7/21/18 (this video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Russians at a Garage Sale”, “Private Lives 1”, and “Private Lives 4” from her performance art poetry collection book “Chapter 38 v1” live at Recycled Reads 7/21/18 (this video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).
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Private Lives Two
See YouTube videoread at at Mediterranean Cafe in Berkeley CA 09/17/09 |
See YouTube videoread at at Mediterranean Cafe in Berkeley CA 09/17/09 |
See YouTube video (1:26) 06/20/08 Live at Mercury Cafe
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Or See complete video of the entire fortune featurette (13:33) 06/20/08 Live at Mercury Cafe |
See YouTube video
05/24/11 at the Café in Chicago (read from the ISBN# book the Window)
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See YouTube video of the intro to the 05/24/11 open mic at the Café in Chicago, plus her poems He Told Me His Dreams 5, He Told Me His Dreams 6, She Told Me Her Dreams 3, Ice Cream, Games, Vittorio Carli reading her poem Christmas Eve, and Kuypers reading her poem Private Lives 2
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See YouTube video (9:35) of Kuypers 05/24/11 at the Café reading her poems He Told Me His Dreams 5, He Told Me His Dreams 6, She Told Me Her Dreams 3, Ice Cream, Games, Vittorio Carli reading her poem Christmas Eve, and Kuypers reading her poem Private Lives 2
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see the prose section for Private Lives Three, the prose piece in this series of writings, by going to the prose section of this listing.
Private Lives Four
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See full Questions in a World Withough Answers video live, including this poem in Chicago 10/05/04 (~21:56)
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See YouTube video live at the show Questions in a World Without Answers 10/05/04, Chicago |
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Russians at a Garage Sale”, “Private Lives 1”, and “Private Lives 4” from her performance art poetry collection book “Chapter 38 v1” live at Recycled Reads 7/21/18 (this video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Russians at a Garage Sale”, “Private Lives 1”, and “Private Lives 4” from her performance art poetry collection book “Chapter 38 v1” live at Recycled Reads 7/21/18 (this video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).
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Rain
Rain - in Dutch
| Listen from Kiki, Jake & Haytstack off the CD an american portrait |
See YouTube video (:37) audio CD studio session “etc.” book reading |
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Listen: (1:14) to this recording from Fusion |
See YouTube video(:41) read while filming the remainder of a rain storm 05/05/08. The video footage is of water hitting a puddle in a driveway, reflecting treetops. |
| You can also see the above YouTube video at Google Video |
Order this iTunes track: from the poetry audio CD etc....Or order the entire CD set from iTunes CD:
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raking leaves
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See YouTube video read 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) from the Internet Archive |
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See YouTube video (:46) live 04/12/11 at the Café in Chicago |
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Watch this YouTube video of the intro to the 4/12/11 open mic at the Café in Chicago, including the Janet Kuypers poems “Raking Leaves”, “Poam: a Conversation with Jimbo Breen”, and “Twin”, read from the ISBN# paperback book “The Window” ... Then her reading the poem “the Big Bang” by Joy Davis from the April 2011 issue v219 of cc&d magazine... Then her singing / covering with John the song “Brother, Can You Spare a Dime”, a song written in 1925 (on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersmusic #janetkuyperssinging
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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 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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Rape Education 1
See YouTube videolive at the Café in Chicago 02/23/10 |
See YouTube video (with an emboss filter) live at the Café in Chicago 02/23/10 |
See YouTube video(with the “find edges” filter) live at the Café in Chicago 02/23/10 |
See YouTube video(recorded with an hp webcam) live at the Café in Chicago 02/23/10 |
See YouTube video (with the solarize filter) live at the Café in Chicago 02/23/10 |
Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her #metoo poem “Rape Education One” (also in the CyberWit.net Janet Kuypers poetry book “Shattering the Glass Ceiling”), her “Twitter Verse periodic Table Poetry” poems “Cerium can soothe the soul” (+ showing an image for the poem), “Neodymium magnets up your nose” (+ showing an image for the poem), and “Samarium made the music play” (+ showing an image for the poem) that are also in the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Twitter Verse periodic Table Poetry” and first performed during her “Poetry & Open Mic at The Gallery Cabaret 3/30/22” feature, all read from the v328 12/22 cc&d issue/book “Lasting Forever”, then closing with her poem “Information Carries Weight” (which is scheduled to be the first poem in the 2023 CyberWit.net Janet Kuypers poetry book “Testament”) to start her “Poetic License 12/4/22 global open mic” she hosted in a Zoom meeting & a Facebook event page (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).
This video was also filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera, and posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr. #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem #janetkuypersequalityforwomen #janetkuyperswomensrights #janetkuyperspoeticlicense |
Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Rape Education 1”, “Rape Education 2”, and “Rape Education 3” from the books “Unable To Escape It” and “Shattering the Glass Ceiling” for the 4/5/23 ‘Community Poetry’ honorary book reading (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, & Tumblr).
This is also a Facebook live video stream filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, & Tumblr. #janetkuypers #janetkuyperswomensrights #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersshatteringtheglassceiling
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Rape Education 2
Rape Education 3
See YouTube video Live at Taking Poetry to the Streets, in New Orleans 12/28/08 | |
read from the book the Window live at the Café in Chicago 10/12/10 | |
Enjoy this YouTube video Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Rape Education Two” and “Rape Education Three” from the v328 12/22 cc&d issue/book “Lasting Forever” (that also appears in the CyberWit.net Janet Kuypers poetry book “Shattering the Glass Ceiling”) on 12/7/22, the 1st Wednesday of the month (1:00-3:00 PM CST) in honor of ‘Community Poetry’ (video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).
This video was also filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera, and posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuypersequalityforwomen #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersfeminism #janetkuyperswomensrights #janetkuypersbookreading | |
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Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Rape Education 1”, “Rape Education 2”, and “Rape Education 3” from the books “Unable To Escape It” and “Shattering the Glass Ceiling” for the 4/5/23 ‘Community Poetry’ honorary book reading (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, & Tumblr).
This is also a Facebook live video stream filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, & Tumblr. #janetkuypers #janetkuyperswomensrights #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersshatteringtheglassceiling
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Experimental Poetry: ring
Experimental Poetry: room
senses
She Told Me Her Dreams one
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See YouTube video (2:18) 03/16/08 live, WordSlingers radio feature, WLUW Chicago 88.9FM |
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See YouTube video of Kuypers reading poetry 02/28/08 |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers 2/24/18 reading her poems “Realistic Dreams”, “She Told Me Her Dreams 1”, and “Dreams 02/20/04 one” from her book “When you Dream Tonight” live at “Poetry Aloud” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers 2/24/18 reading her poems “Realistic Dreams”, “She Told Me Her Dreams 1”, and “Dreams 02/20/04 one” from her book “When you Dream Tonight” live at “Poetry Aloud” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading
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See YouTube video live 10/19/19 at Austin’s “Open Mic Showcase”, where Janet Kuypers read poems from a variety of books in multiple rounds to the live audience at the bookstore. In round 1, Janet Kuypers reads her poem “On This Day” from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”, then her poem “Eight to Sixteen” (for her “Nerves of a Poet” feature) from her poetry book “a year long Journey”, and then her Periodic Table poem “Einsteinium” from The Cafe Gallery poetry book “the Chosen Few”. In round 2, Janet Kuypers reads her poem “Empty Chocolate Counter” from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”, then her poem “Lord have Mercy” (for her “Nerves of a Poet” feature) from her poetry book “a year long Journey”, and then her poem “Andrew Hettinger” from the cc&d 2019 re-release of the May 2008 v184 book “That was the Time”, In round 3, Janet Kuypers reads her poem “Vatican Turned into a Whorehouse” from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”, then her poem “Star Trek, Star Wars, and Storm Troopers” from her poetry book “a year long Journey”, and then her poem “Chess Game Again” from the cc&d 2019 re-release of the May 2008 v184 book “That was the Time”, then her bonus poem “Every Day is Sweetest Day”, written that morning, on Sweetest Day, 10/19/19. In round 4, Janet Kuypers reads her poem “Vanquished by the Sleeping Giant” from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”, then her poem “Young Dreams from a Potential Legend” (for her “Bases Loaded” feature) from her poetry book “a year long Journey”, and then her poem “All These Reminders” from the cc&d 2019 re-release of the May 2008 v184 book “That was the Time”. In round 5, Janet Kuypers reads her poem “Uphill Battles lead to Changing It Up” from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”, then her poem “Violent Affair” (for her “Nerves of a Poet” feature) from her poetry book “a year long Journey”, and then her poem “She Told Me Her Dreams (one)” from the cc&d 2019 re-release of the May 2008 v184 book “That was the Time”. In round 6, Janet Kuypers reads her poem “Knowing Panic Becomes a Picnic” from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”, then her poems “People’s Rights Misunderstood”, and “New Vacuum Cleaner” from the cc&d 2019 re-release of the May 1996 v79 book “Poetry and Prose” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera); on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr.
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See YouTube video live 10/19/19 at Austin’s “Open Mic Showcase”, where Janet Kuypers read poems from a variety of books in multiple rounds to the live audience at the bookstore. In round 1, Janet Kuypers reads her poem “On This Day” from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”, then her poem “Eight to Sixteen” (for her “Nerves of a Poet” feature) from her poetry book “a year long Journey”, and then her Periodic Table poem “Einsteinium” from The Cafe Gallery poetry book “the Chosen Few”. In round 2, Janet Kuypers reads her poem “Empty Chocolate Counter” from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”, then her poem “Lord have Mercy” (for her “Nerves of a Poet” feature) from her poetry book “a year long Journey”, and then her poem “Andrew Hettinger” from the cc&d 2019 re-release of the May 2008 v184 book “That was the Time”, In round 3, Janet Kuypers reads her poem “Vatican Turned into a Whorehouse” from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”, then her poem “Star Trek, Star Wars, and Storm Troopers” from her poetry book “a year long Journey”, and then her poem “Chess Game Again” from the cc&d 2019 re-release of the May 2008 v184 book “That was the Time”, then her bonus poem “Every Day is Sweetest Day”, written that morning, on Sweetest Day, 10/19/19. In round 4, Janet Kuypers reads her poem “Vanquished by the Sleeping Giant” from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”, then her poem “Young Dreams from a Potential Legend” (for her “Bases Loaded” feature) from her poetry book “a year long Journey”, and then her poem “All These Reminders” from the cc&d 2019 re-release of the May 2008 v184 book “That was the Time”. In round 5, Janet Kuypers reads her poem “Uphill Battles lead to Changing It Up” from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”, then her poem “Violent Affair” (for her “Nerves of a Poet” feature) from her poetry book “a year long Journey”, and then her poem “She Told Me Her Dreams (one)” from the cc&d 2019 re-release of the May 2008 v184 book “That was the Time”. In round 6, Janet Kuypers reads her poem “Knowing Panic Becomes a Picnic” from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”, then her poems “People’s Rights Misunderstood”, and “New Vacuum Cleaner” from the cc&d 2019 re-release of the May 1996 v79 book “Poetry and Prose” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera); on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr.
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Gift of Motherhood 1”, “Thank You, Women Who Work I”, “Coslow’s”, “Chicago, West Side”, “All These Reminders”, “She Told Me Her Dreams I”, “Childhood Memories I”, “Christmas Eve”, “Flooded War Memories”, and “There I Sit”, in this “Slinging the Word” WLUW Chicago 88/3 FM Radio supplement from the cc&d July-December 2018 expanded issue collection book “Among the Debris” live 8/11/20 in her Tuesday night “Buidlers Book Club” reading (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).
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See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Gift of Motherhood 1”, “Thank You, Women Who Work I”, “Coslow’s”, “Chicago, West Side”, “All These Reminders”, “She Told Me Her Dreams I”, “Childhood Memories I”, “Christmas Eve”, “Flooded War Memories”, and “There I Sit”, in this “Slinging the Word” WLUW Chicago 88/3 FM Radio supplement from the cc&d July-December 2018 expanded issue collection book “Among the Debris” live 8/11/20 in her Tuesday night “Buidlers Book Club” reading (video filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera).
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She Told Me Her Dreams two
See YouTube videoLive at the 2009 Poetry Game Show, live in Chicago 04/14/09 |
Or see the complete feature video with Kuypers & 6 readers, w/ 15 poems & prose poems live at the 2009 Poetry Game Show 04/14/09 in Chicago. This video is w/ the Internet Archive |
Or view the the 2009 Poetry Game Show mpeg video (from another camera) at the Internet Archive |
She Told Me Her Dreams three
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See YouTube video
05/24/11 at the Café in Chicago (read from the ISBN# book the Window)
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See YouTube video of the intro to the 05/24/11 open mic at the Café in Chicago, plus her poems He Told Me His Dreams 5, He Told Me His Dreams 6, She Told Me Her Dreams 3, Ice Cream, Games, Vittorio Carli reading her poem Christmas Eve, and Kuypers reading her poem Private Lives 2
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See YouTube video (9:35) of Kuypers 05/24/11 at the Café reading her poems He Told Me His Dreams 5, He Told Me His Dreams 6, She Told Me Her Dreams 3, Ice Cream, Games, Vittorio Carli reading her poem Christmas Eve, and Kuypers reading her poem Private Lives 2
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She Told Me Her Dreams four
She Told Me Her Dreams five
She Told Me Her Dreams six
See YouTube videolive at Cana-Dixie to Chi-town 12/15/09 |
Signs of the Times
See YouTube video Live at Taking Poetry to the Streets, in New Orleans 12/28/08 |
Listen to the DMJ Art Connection with this poem, off the CD Indian Flux, where you can also order any track off this CD from iTunes.
there is also a version of this song not on CD:
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Order this iTunes track: from the poetry audio CD etc....Or order the entire CD set from iTunes. CD:
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Listen to this recording that was made Live at the Cafe, which is now available in a 3 CD set, and you can order any track from this any time from iTunes.
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See YouTube video 1:19, live at Jesse Oaks 04/17/08 |
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Death” and “Signs of the Times” (2 poems read for the future Oeuvre audio CD release) and “Utopia Never Happened” at Austin’s Recycled Reads 7/15/17 (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix camera).
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Death” and “Signs of the Times” (2 poems read for the future Oeuvre audio CD release) and “Utopia Never Happened” 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 “A Retired Policeman Talks About the Suicides He’s Seen.”, “Signs of the Times”, and “Conversations: a Day of Grieving 1/22/94 Eight” from her book “Chapter 38 v2” at “Poetry Aloud” 5/26/18 (Panasonic Lumix 2500). |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “A Retired Policeman Talks About the Suicides He’s Seen.”, “Signs of the Times”, and “Conversations: a Day of Grieving 1/22/94 Eight” from her book “Chapter 38 v2” at “Poetry Aloud” 5/26/18 (Panasonic Lumix T56). |
Experimental Poetry: silence
St. Anthony’s Medallion
See YouTube videoread by John Yotko live at the Cafe 11/10/09 |
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See YouTube video performed for C Ra McGuirt (Penny Dreadful Press) in Nashville 12/20/08 |
from the new orleans poems -
The Bridge To New Orleans
on a page of 3 poems about New Orleans
See YouTube videolive at the Lake County 2010 Poetry Bomb at Independence Grove forest preserve 04/18/10 |
See YouTube video Live at Taking Poetry to the Streets, in New Orleans 12/22/08 |
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Listen to the CD recording of this piece from the CD (used for the show) Changing Gears |
See YouTube video (:54) Live at Changing Gears 06/17/03 |
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See the entire performance of the live show Changing Gears 06/17/03, hosted by the Internet Archive |
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See YouTube video (1:06) recorded on the Pacific Ocean 12/07 near the Galapagos Islands |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “the Bridge to New Orleans” originally performed in her “Lake County Poetry Bomb” and read from her poetry performance art collection book “Chapter48 (v1)”, then her 2019 poems “March Forth” and “Quickly Judged”, live 3/16/19 at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “the Bridge to New Orleans” originally performed in her “Lake County Poetry Bomb” and read from her poetry performance art collection book “Chapter48 (v1)”, then her 2019 poems “March Forth” and “Quickly Judged”, live 3/16/19 at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).
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Transcribing Dreams One
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Listen: (1:37) to this recording from Fusion |
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See YouTube video live, the Cafe’s Poetry Wheel (Mach 2) 08/26/08, Chicago |
Order this iTunes track: from Chaotic Elements (a 2 CD set)...Or order the entire CD set from iTunes CD:
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See YouTube video of Kuypers reading poetry 02/28/08 |
See YouTube video(1:29) read live 01/18/11 from the ISSN# & ISBN# book Finally, Literature for the Snotty and Elite, live at the Café in Chicago |
Transcribing Dreams Two
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Listen: (1:49) to this recording from Fusion |
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Order this iTunes track: from Chaotic Elements (a 2 CD set)...Or order the entire CD set from iTunes CD:
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See YouTube video of Kuypers reading poetry 02/28/08 |
See YouTube videoof Kuypers reading Transcribing Dreams two at Waiting 4 the Bus 6/2/14 in Chicago (from the Canon) |
See YouTube videoof Kuypers reading Transcribing Dreams two at Waiting 4 the Bus 6/2/14 in Chicago (Posterized) |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers 2/24/18 reading her poem “Transcribing Dreams Two” from her book “When you Dream Tonight” live at “Poetry Aloud” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoem
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers 2/24/18 reading her poem “Transcribing Dreams Two” from her book “When you Dream Tonight” live at “Poetry Aloud” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoem
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Transcribing Dreams Three
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Order this iTunes track: from Chaos in Motion (a 6 CD set)...Or order the entire CD set from iTunes CD:
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Listen to a live track from the performance art show Dreams 2/3/04, or order ANY track of the CD Dreams through iTunes.
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Listen to this from the CD release from the first performance art show (8/148/97) “Seeing Things Differently” - or get ANY track of the CD “Seeing Things Differently” through iTunes.
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See this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Transcribing Dreams 3” (2:46) from the 2/3/04 “Dreams” show in Chicago (this video was posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoem #janetkuyperspoetryshow
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See this YouTube video (3:17) of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Transcribing Dreams 3” from the television screen broadcast during the 2/3/04 “Dreams” poetry show in Chicago (this video was posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoem #janetkuyperspoetryshow
You can also see the above video on msn |
See Janet Kuypers’ entire 2/3/04 “Dreams” show in Chicago through the television camera (which includes this poem), from the Internet Archive |
Order this iTunes track from the poetry music CD the Elements ...Or order the entire CD set from iTunes:
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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 Janet Kuypers reading her Periodic Table poem Transcribing Dreams 3 from her book Finally, Literature for the Snotty and Elite live 11/20/13 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (C)
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Transcribing Dreams 3 from her book Finally, Literature for the Snotty and Elite live 11/20/13 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (S)
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poetry from her book Finally, Literature for the Snotty and Elite including this poem live 11/20/13 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (C)
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poetry from her book Finally, Literature for the Snotty and Elite including this poem live 11/20/13 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (S)
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers hosting the open mic 11/20/13 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago, where she read many poems in mini-features, including this poem.
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Listen to this from Kiki, Jake & Haystack, or order ANY iTunes track off their CD “an American Portrait”.
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See YouTube video live 10/21/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Transcribing Dreams Three”, “People’s Rights Misunderstood” and “Dreams 01/28/07 (Seeing Mom)” from her book “When you Dream Tonight” at “Recycled Reads” open mic (from a Panasonic Lumix camera).
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See YouTube video live 10/21/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Transcribing Dreams Three”, “People’s Rights Misunderstood” and “Dreams 01/28/07 (Seeing Mom)” from her book “When you Dream Tonight” at “Recycled Reads” open mic (Lumix camera; Cyan filter).
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See YouTube video live 10/21/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Transcribing Dreams Three”, “People’s Rights Misunderstood” and “Dreams 01/28/07 (Seeing Mom)” from her book “When you Dream Tonight” at “Recycled Reads” open mic (Lumix camera; Threshold filter).
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See YouTube video live 10/21/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Transcribing Dreams Three”, “People’s Rights Misunderstood” and “Dreams 01/28/07 (Seeing Mom)” from her book “When you Dream Tonight” at “Recycled Reads” open mic (Lumix camera; Posterize filter).
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers, while hosting the Poetry Aloud open mic 4/28/18 in Georgetown TX, read 3 her poems, “And I’m Wondering”, “Transcribing Dreams 3”, and “The One at Mardi Gras” from her book “Chapter 38 v1” to a live audience for National poetry Month (Panasonic Lumix T56). |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers, while hosting the Poetry Aloud open mic 4/28/18 in Georgetown TX, read 3 her poems, “And I’m Wondering”, “Transcribing Dreams 3”, and “The One at Mardi Gras” from her book “Chapter 38 v1” to a live audience for National poetry Month (Panasonic Lumix 2500). |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers, while hosting the Poetry Aloud open mic 4/28/18 in Georgetown TX, read her poem “I’m Not Sick, But I’m Not Well”, then sing her song “What We Need in Life” with John on acoustic guitar, then read her poem “People’s Lives Were at Stake”, all from her book “Chapter 38 v1” to a live audience for National poetry Month (Panasonic Lumix T56). |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers, while hosting the Poetry Aloud open mic 4/28/18 in Georgetown TX, read her poem “I’m Not Sick, But I’m Not Well”, then sing her song “What We Need in Life” with John on acoustic guitar, then read her poem “People’s Lives Were at Stake”, all from her book “Chapter 38 v1” to a live audience for National poetry Month (L T56, Edge Detection). |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers, while hosting the Poetry Aloud open mic 4/28/18 in Georgetown TX, read her poem “I’m Not Sick, But I’m Not Well”, then sing her song “What We Need in Life” with John on acoustic guitar, then read her poem “People’s Lives Were at Stake”, all from her book “Chapter 38 v1” to a live audience for National poetry Month (L T56; Sepia Tone). |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers, while hosting the Poetry Aloud open mic 4/28/18 in Georgetown TX, read her poem “I’m Not Sick, But I’m Not Well”, then sing her song “What We Need in Life” with John on acoustic guitar, then read her poem “People’s Lives Were at Stake”, all from her book “Chapter 38 v1” to a live audience for National poetry Month (L T56, Threshold). |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ June 2019 Book Release Reading 6/5/19, where she read her poem “Outsider” for the Brian Lamont dedication (that will appear in her book “(pheromemes) haiku, twitterverse, Instagram & poetry”, released August 2019), then her Down in the Dirt v164 May-June 2019 issue/book “The Deep Woods” poem “Poetry on a Stick”, and her haiku poems “mirror”, “keyboard” and “our differences”, then her "“Seeing Things Differently” show poems “Philosopher at the Blue Note”, “She was a Woman”, “Too Far”, and “Transcribing Dreams Three”, during Community Poetry @ Half Price Books (this video was filed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ June 2019 Book Release Reading 6/5/19, where she read her poem “Outsider” for the Brian Lamont dedication (that will appear in her book “(pheromemes) haiku, twitterverse, Instagram & poetry”, released August 2019), then her Down in the Dirt v164 May-June 2019 issue/book “The Deep Woods” poem “Poetry on a Stick”, and her haiku poems “mirror”, “keyboard” and “our differences”, then her “Seeing Things Differently” show poems “Philosopher at the Blue Note”, “She was a Woman”, “Too Far”, and “Transcribing Dreams Three”, during Community Poetry @ Half Price Books (this video was from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading
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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) from the Internet Archive |
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See YouTube video performed for C Ra McGuirt (Penny Dreadful Press) in Nashville 12/20/08 |
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See YouTube video live 04/12/11 at the Café in Chicago |
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Watch this YouTube video of the intro to the 4/12/11 open mic at the Café in Chicago, including the Janet Kuypers poems “Raking Leaves”, “Poam: a Conversation with Jimbo Breen”, and “Twin”, read from the ISBN# paperback book “The Window” ... Then her reading the poem “the Big Bang” by Joy Davis from the April 2011 issue v219 of cc&d magazine... Then her singing / covering with John the song “Brother, Can You Spare a Dime”, a song written in 1925 (on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersmusic #janetkuyperssinging
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See YouTube videoof Jeff Helgeson reading her poem live in Chicago at Café Ballou, thru the Waiting4the Bus open mike 4/2/12 |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Twin”, “Catching a Muscovy” and “Changing the Locks” 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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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Twin”, “Catching a Muscovy” and “Changing the Locks” 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 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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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 a YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Queen, Decapitated” (written 12/14, on and for the anniversary of the 1542 death of King James V, which ascended Mary, Queen of Scots to the throne at 6 days old), “Uprising for Revolution” (written 12/16, on and for the anniversary of the Boston Tea Party), “Understand the Power” (written 12/17, on and for the anniversary of the Aztec Calendar/Sun Stone Discovery), “Twin” (for 12/18, National Twin Day), and “Explorers at Heart” (written 12/19, on and for the date of the departure of the Space Shuttle to repair the Hubble Telescope, 12/19/99) from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)” for The Café Gallery 12/15/20 Book Reading in The Café Gallery Book Reading (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersthecafegallery |
See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Queen, Decapitated”, “Uprising for Revolution”, “Understand the Power”, “Twin”, and “Explorers at Heart” from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)” for The Café Gallery 12/15/20 Book Reading in The Café Gallery Book Reading (streamed from a Samsung S9 camera). #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersthecafegallery
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Experimental Poetry: Two Years
Experimental Poetry: Understand
Walking Home from School
one of six poems about one person —
Waiting For You
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Listen live from the 03/03/02 CD & the Chicago 09/10/02 performance art show Stop. Look. Listen. |
See YouTube video from the show Stop. live 09/10/02 in Chicago |
Or see the full “Stop” showincluding the performance of this piece, as a .mov file, an .mp4 file, or as a raw .ogv file, from the Internet Archive |
See YouTube videoof a 10 minute portion of the 09/10/02 poetry show Stop, includeing this piece |
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Listen to the CD recording from the CD Rough Mixes, by Pointless Orchestra |
See YouTube videoLive at Chicago Calling, at the last night of poetry performance at Mercury Cafe 10/02/09 |
See full videofrom Chicago Calling, at the last night of poetry performance at Mercury Cafe 10/02/09, via the Internet Archive |
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Listen to this track from Kiki, Jake & Haytstack off the CD an american portrait, or order this track (or any track) off the CD directly from iTunes. |
See YouTube videolive at the Café in Chicago 02/09/10 |
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See YouTube video of Kuypers reading poetry 02/28/08 |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems and haiku as one long poem, “Wanting You”, “Waiting for You”, “Watching You”, “Walking with You”, “With You”, and “soul” 2/11/16 at “Poetry Aloud” open mic at the Georgetown Public Library (this video was filmed from a Sony camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems and haiku as one long poem, “Wanting You”, “Waiting for You”, “Watching You”, “Walking with You”, “With You”, and “soul” 2/11/16 at “Poetry Aloud” open mic at the Georgetown Public Library (this video was filmed from a Canon Power Shot SX700 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ September 2018 Book Release Reading 9/5/18, where she read her “Chicago Calling” poems “Tribal Scream”, “the Power of the Devil”, “We’re Not Making Any More Appointments”, “All My Problems Disappear”, “Dreams 12/24/05: Aeon Flux Crawl”, “Taking Out the Brain”, “How I Imagine You”, “After the Wreckage”, and “Waiting for You” from the poetry performance art collection book “Chapter48 (v1)”, in Community Poetry! at Half Price Books (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ September 2018 Book Release Reading 9/5/18, where she read her “Chicago Calling” poems “Tribal Scream”, “the Power of the Devil”, “We’re Not Making Any More Appointments”, “All My Problems Disappear”, “Dreams 12/24/05: Aeon Flux Crawl”, “Taking Out the Brain”, “How I Imagine You”, “After the Wreckage”, and “Waiting for You” from the poetry performance art collection book “Chapter48 (v1)”, in Community Poetry! at Half Price Books (from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera, with a Sepia Tone filter).
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ September 2018 Book Release Reading 9/5/18, where she read her “Chicago Calling” poems “Tribal Scream”, “the Power of the Devil”, “We’re Not Making Any More Appointments”, “All My Problems Disappear”, “Dreams 12/24/05: Aeon Flux Crawl”, “Taking Out the Brain”, “How I Imagine You”, “After the Wreckage”, and “Waiting for You” from the poetry performance art collection book “Chapter48 (v1)”, in Community Poetry! at Half Price Books (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ September 2018 Book Release Reading 9/5/18, where she read her “Chicago Calling” poems “Tribal Scream”, “the Power of the Devil”, “We’re Not Making Any More Appointments”, “All My Problems Disappear”, “Dreams 12/24/05: Aeon Flux Crawl”, “Taking Out the Brain”, “How I Imagine You”, “After the Wreckage”, and “Waiting for You” from the poetry performance art collection book “Chapter48 (v1)”, in Community Poetry! at Half Price Books (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera, with a Posterize filter).
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one of six poems about one person —
Walking With You
See YouTube videolive at Cana-Dixie to Chi-town 12/15/09 |
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Listen live from the 03/03/02 CD & the Chicago 09/10/02 performance art show Stop. Look. Listen. |
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See YouTube video from the show Stop. live 09/10/02 in Chicago |
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Or see the full “Stop” show including the performance of this piece, as a .mov file, an .mp4 file, or as a raw .ogv file, from the Internet Archive |
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See YouTube video of a 10 minute portion of the 09/10/02 poetry show Stop, includeing this piece |
| Listen from Kiki, Jake & Haytstack off the CD an american portrait |
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See YouTube video live at the Café in Chicago 02/09/10 |
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See YouTube video of Kuypers reading poetry 02/28/08 |
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems and haiku as one long poem, “Wanting You”, “Waiting for You”, “Watching You”, “Walking with You”, “With You”, and “soul” 2/11/16 at “Poetry Aloud” open mic at the Georgetown Public Library (this video was filmed from a Sony camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). |
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems and haiku as one long poem, “Wanting You”, “Waiting for You”, “Watching You”, “Walking with You”, “With You”, and “soul” 2/11/16 at “Poetry Aloud” open mic at the Georgetown Public Library (this video was filmed from a Canon Power Shot SX700 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). |
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See YouTube video of Chicago poet Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Walking With You”, “Watching You”, “He Told Me His Dreams 1”, and “He Told Me His Dreams 9” from her book “Chapter 38 v1” 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 Chicago poet Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Walking With You”, “Watching You”, “He Told Me His Dreams 1”, and “He Told Me His Dreams 9” from her book “Chapter 38 v1” 5/19/18 at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” open mic (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera). |
one of six poems about one person —
Wanting You
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Listen live from the 03/03/02 CD & the Chicago 09/10/02 performance art show Stop. Look. Listen. |
| Listen from Kiki, Jake & Haytstack off the CD an american portrait |
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See YouTube video of Kuypers reading poetry 02/28/08 |
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See YouTube video live at the Café in Chicago 02/09/10 |
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems and haiku as one long poem, “Wanting You”, “Waiting for You”, “Watching You”, “Walking with You”, “With You”, and “soul” 2/11/16 at “Poetry Aloud” open mic at the Georgetown Public Library (this video was filmed from a Sony camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). |
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems and haiku as one long poem, “Wanting You”, “Waiting for You”, “Watching You”, “Walking with You”, “With You”, and “soul” 2/11/16 at “Poetry Aloud” open mic at the Georgetown Public Library (this video was filmed from a Canon Power Shot SX700 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). |
one of six poems about one person —
Watching You
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See YouTube video performed for C Ra McGuirt (Penny Dreadful Press) in Nashville 12/20/08 |
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Listen live from the 03/03/02 CD & the Chicago 09/10/02 performance art show Stop. Look. Listen. |
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See YouTube video from the show Stop. live 09/10/02 in Chicago |
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Or see the full “Stop” show including the performance of this piece, as a .mov file, an .mp4 file, or as a raw .ogv file, from the Internet Archive |
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See YouTube video of a 10 minute portion of the 09/10/02 poetry show Stop, includeing this piece |
| Listen from Kiki, Jake & Haytstack off the CD an american portrait |
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See YouTube video live at the Café in Chicago 02/09/10 |
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems and haiku as one long poem, “Wanting You”, “Waiting for You”, “Watching You”, “Walking with You”, “With You”, and “soul” 2/11/16 at “Poetry Aloud” open mic at the Georgetown Public Library (this video was filmed from a Canon Power Shot SX700 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). |
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems and haiku as one long poem, “Wanting You”, “Waiting for You”, “Watching You”, “Walking with You”, “With You”, and “soul” 2/11/16 at “Poetry Aloud” open mic at the Georgetown Public Library (this video was filmed from a Sony camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “You and I, Walking through Georgetown” for being published in the book “Blue Hole”, and “Watching You” from now sold out third printing of her book “The Window” 10/13/17 at the “Enigmatist / Blue Hole” reading at the opening night of the “Georgetown Poetry Festival” (Lumix camera). |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “You and I, Walking through Georgetown” for being published in the book “Blue Hole”, and “Watching You” from now sold out third printing of her book “The Window” 10/13/17 at the “Enigmatist / Blue Hole” reading at the opening night of the “Georgetown Poetry Festival” (Sony camera). |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “High Roller”, “Watching You” and “The Deep End” from her book “a Wake-Up Call from Tradition”, during the intro to Austin’s Kick Butt Poetry “Spoken and Heard” 11/5/17 (this video was filmed from a Sony camera).
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “High Roller”, “Watching You” and “The Deep End” from her book “a Wake-Up Call from Tradition”, during the intro to Austin’s Kick Butt Poetry “Spoken and Heard” 11/5/17 (from a Sony camera; with an Edge Detection filter).
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “High Roller”, “Watching You” and “The Deep End” from her book “a Wake-Up Call from Tradition”, during the intro to Austin’s Kick Butt Poetry “Spoken and Heard” 11/5/17 (video from a Sony camera, with a Sci-Fi filter).
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “High Roller”, “Watching You” and “The Deep End” from her book “a Wake-Up Call from Tradition”, during the intro to Austin’s Kick Butt Poetry “Spoken and Heard” 11/5/17 (from a Sony camera; with a Threshold filter).
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See YouTube video of Chicago poet Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Walking With You”, “Watching You”, “He Told Me His Dreams 1”, and “He Told Me His Dreams 9” from her book “Chapter 38 v1” 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 “Walking With You”, “Watching You”, “He Told Me His Dreams 1”, and “He Told Me His Dreams 9” from her book “Chapter 38 v1” 5/19/18 at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” open mic (video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera). |
What We Need In Life - a song
Order this iTunes track from the poetry music CD Torture & Triumph ...Or order the entire CD set from iTunes:
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Watch, fromMom’s Favorite Vase: ~3:59, from their last live concert This film is from the Internet Archive |
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Listen to this radio recording from WZRD Radio (in a 2 CD set) |
Watch, fromMom’s Favorite Vase: This film is from the Internet Archive |
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Listen Live at the Cafe, now available in a 3 CD set |
Watch, fromMom’s Favorite Vase: This 1:00 film is from the Internet Archive |
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This is on the CD Stop. Look. Listen to the Music, with songs from Mom’s Favorite Vase, Weeds & Flowers & $6.22. |
Watch, fromMom’s Favorite Vase: This 1:10 film is from the Internet Archive |
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Listen to this with the Second Axing (live at the Lake Demented Poets, Hendersonville 03/23/01 
See YouTube videolive at Lake Dememted Poets 03/23/02 or Listen to this with the Second Axing(live at the Cafe, Chicago 11/04/03 |
Watch this videoperformed live at the performance art show A Night Of Firsts, 06/22/04 This film is from the Internet Archive |
See YouTube video 4:11, performed live at the performance art show A Night Of Firsts, 06/22/04 |
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Listen to this original song from Mom’s Favorite Vase. |
See YouTube video 4:09, performed live for a CD recording, parts of the song What We Need In Life before the poem Fantastic Car Crash 05/19/07 |
See YouTube video(3:31) Blue Design Studios |
See YouTube video (3:30) live 08/05/07 at Beach poets |
See YouTube video (3:58) performed live at the Galapagos Islands 12/24/07 to people from South America, Canada, the U.S., and Austria (on a boat)
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See YouTube videolive 05/29/10 just before the Indy 500 (Indianipolic, IN) |
See YouTube video live 05/29/10 just after the Indy 500 (Indianipolic, IN) on the race track |
See YouTube videolive at the Café in Chicago 06/22/10 |
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See YouTube video of part four of the “40” show live at the Café in Chicago 06/22/10 |
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See YouTube video of pt. 4 of the “40” show from camera 2 @ the Café in Chicago 06/22/10 |
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See Full Video from camera #1 as a downloadable mp4 file, live at the Café w/ this piece 06/22/10, from the Internet Archive. |
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See Full Video from camera #2 as a downloadable mp4 file, live at the Café w/ this piece 06/22/10, from the Internet Archive. |
See YouTube video live 06/24/10 at Timothy O’Toole’s Pub, guitar by John Yotko |
See YouTube video“London”, “I am Not a Pretty Girl”, and “What We Need In Life”, live 07/08/10 at Timothy O’Toole’s Pub, w/ Janet Kuypers voalcs & John Yotko guitar |
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See YouTube video live in Death ‘n’ Rebirth 07/11/10 |
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Enjoy the full video of the Beach Poets Death ‘n’ Rebirth 7/11/10 show from archive.org... (on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersmusic #janetkuyperssinging #janetkuyperschicago #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersfeature
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download the free chapbook Death ‘n’ Rebirth with all of the writing in the live show |
See YouTube video (3:57, John Yotko on guitar) live 09/07/10 at Elizabeth’s Crazy Little Thing at Phyllis’ Musical Inn in Chicago
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See YouTube video of Wayne Allen Jones reading this 11/02/10, live at the Café in Chicago |
See YouTube video Published in her book Close Cover Before Striking, read (for future audio CD release) live at Striking with Nature and Humanity at Trunk Fest , in an outdoor Evanston IL feature 06/25/11 |
See the full YouTube video of Striking with Nature and Humanity at Trunk Fest, live 06/25/11, with this writing
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Download the chapbook with this writing in Striking with Nature and Humanity
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See YouTube videolive 06/14/11 at the Café in Chicago |
See YouTube videowith the Edge Detection filter, live 06/14/11 at the Café in Chicago |
See YouTube videowith the Sepia Tone filter, live 06/14/11 at the Café in Chicago |
See YouTube videowith the Film Age (older) filter, live 06/14/11 at the Café in Chicago |
See YouTube videowith the Threshold filter, live 06/14/11 at the Café in Chicago |
See YouTube video live at Chicago’s Gallery Cabaret 06/29/11 |
See YouTube videolive in Severn Maryland (JK singing, JY guitar) 10/22/11 |
See YouTube videolive at Gallery Cabaret in Chicago, with John Yotko on guitar 12/18/11 |
See YouTube videoof Kuypers singing this song at the open mike 2/1/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago |
See YouTube video of Kuypers singing this Mom’s Favorite Vase song (tonight with the Second Axing) at the open mike 2/1/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago (w/ the Samsung cam)
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See YouTube videoof Kuypers singing What We Need In Life (John on guitar) while interspersing 3 of her poems (Keep Them Apart, Got on the Road Again and Keep Driving) live in Chicago at Café Ballou, thru the Waiting4the Bus open mike 6/4/12 |
See YouTube video of Kuypers singing What We Need in life (John on guitar) while interspersing 4 of her poems (Never Did the Same, Before I Learned Better, Can’t Answer That One and Sorry Flowers) live in Chicago at Poetry “Love Letters” open mike 6/8/12 (Sony). |
See YouTube video of Kuypers singing What We Need in life (John on guitar) while interspersing 4 of her poems (Never Did the Same, Before I Learned Better, Can’t Answer That One and Sorry Flowers) live in Chicago at Poetry “Love Letters” open mike 6/9/12 (Samsung) |
See YouTube videoof Kuypers singing What We Need in life (John on guitar) while interspersing 3 of her poems (Keep Them Apart, Got on the Road Again and Keep Driving) live in Chicago at Ruffled Feathers open mike 6/11/12 (from the Sony camera) |
See YouTube videoof Kuypers singing What We Need in life (John on guitar) while interspersing 3 of her poems (Keep Them Apart, Got on the Road Again and Keep Driving) live in Chicago at Ruffled Feathers open mike 6/11/12 (from the Samsung camera) |
See YouTube video of Kuypers performing this song (w/ John on guitar; original music by Warren Peterson) live 8/29/12 at the singer/songwriter night at the Gallery Cabaret in Chicago (from the Sony)
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See YouTube videoof Janet Kuypers singing her Mom’s Favorite Vase song What we Need in Life (John on guitar) live in Chicago 8/28/13 (C) at her interview & reading |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ interview and her reading her “Periodic Table” poems live in her Chicago 8/28/13 feature Interview to Poetry at Poetry Saloon at Noon (in the Lerner Auditorium at the Sulzer Public Library) where throughout the hour-long interview she also read her Periodic Table poems “Cerium”, “Fermium”, and “Polonium” (all read to music from the HA!Man of South Africa’s 2011 Hotel Music), and she later also read her poems “Too Far” and “Death Takes Many forms.”, and finished the show with Janet Kuypers singing her Mom’s Favorite Vase song “What we Need in Life” with John on guitar (this video was filmed from a Canon camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypersmusic #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersinterview
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See YouTube videoof Janet Kuypers singing her poem What we Need in Life in Nashville 10/26/13 in her Nashville Halloween feature |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her “Periodic Table” poems (and two original songs) live in her Chicago 10/20/13 feature Nashville Halloween feature, including this writing
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Download this free chapbook of theNashville Halloween feature, w/ Tag Team and Periodic Table poems in this show. |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers sings her original song What we Need in Life acapella live 12/18/13 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago this video was filmed from a Canon camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers sings her original song What we Need in Life acapella live 12/18/13 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (this video was filmed from a Sony camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers performing a mix of her song What we Need in Life and her poem Fantastic Car Crash in her 8/2/14 Beast Women audition in Chicago’s the Den Theatre (Sony)
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers performing a mix of her song What we Need in Life and her poem Fantastic Car Crash in her 8/2/14 Beast Women audition in Chicago’s the Den Theatre (Sony, edge detection)
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers performing a mix of her song What we Need in Life and her poem Fantastic Car Crash in her 9/21/14 Beast Women Rising show performance at Chicago’s the Den Theatre (this video was filmed from a Canon camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoem #janetkuypersmusic #janetkuypers #janetkuyperssinging #janetkuyperspoetryshow
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers singing her song What we Need in Life and her poem Fantastic Car Crash in her 9/21/14 Beast Women Rising show performance at Chicago’s the Den Theatre (Canon, posterize)
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers performing a mix of her song What we Need in Life and her poem Fantastic Car Crash in her 9/21/14 Beast Women Rising show performance at Chicago’s the Den Theatre (this video was filmed from a Sony camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoem #janetkuypersmusic #janetkuypers #janetkuyperssinging #janetkuyperspoetryshow
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers singing her song What we Need in Life and her poem Fantastic Car Crash in her 9/21/14 Beast Women Rising show performance at Chicago’s the Den Theatre (Sony, edge detection)
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers performing her song What we Need in Life and her poem Fantastic Car Crash live 9/24/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (C)
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers performing her song What we Need in Life and her poem Fantastic Car Crash live 9/24/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (S)
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See YouTube video of Kuypers singing this song What we Need in Life7/22/15 at the Café Gallery (which was filmed from the Canon fs200)
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See YouTube video of Kuypers singing this song What we Need in Life7/22/15 at the Café Gallery (which was filmed from the Canon Power Shot)
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See YouTube video 9/11/15 of Janet Kuypers at the Chicago’s Roots Room reading her poems operation diligence and Looking fora Worthy Adversary, then singing her original song What we Need in Life, then reading her poem I dreamt about you last night, then covering the 1925 song (a capella) Brother, Can you Spare a Dime, & finishing with her poem Under the Sea (Canon fs200, cropped/saturated w/ sci-fi filter).
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See YouTube video 9/11/15 of Janet Kuypers at the Chicago’s Roots Room reading her poems operation diligence and Looking fora Worthy Adversary, then singing her original song What we Need in Life, then reading her poem I dreamt about you last night, then covering the 1925 song (a cappella) Brother, Can you Spare a Dime, & finishing with her poem Under the Sea (Canon fs200, cropped & saturated).
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See YouTube video (Cps) of Janet Kuypers singing her song What We Need In Life 12/13/15 at the Austin open mic Kick Butt Poetry
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers performing poetry and song (with John on guitar) 12/13/15 at the Austin open mic Kick Butt Poetry (Canon Power Shot), with her song What We Need In Life (with her poem Fantastic Car Crash inside the song), X-rays and broken hearts, & the Burning. |
See the YouTube video of Janet Kuypers performing 3 songs (with John on guitar) 12/27/15 at the Austin music open mic B.B. Rover’s (Nikon CoolPix S7000), with her songs What We Need In Life and Made Any Difference and the Feedback song Vintage Wine (posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers performing 3 songs (with John on guitar) 12/27/15 at the Austin music open mic B.B. Rover’s (Canon Power Shot), with her songs What We Need In Life and Made Any Difference and the Feedback song Vintage Wine.
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers performing 4 songs (with John on guitar) 1/29/16 at the Round Rock music open mic at the American Legion, covering Morrissey’s There is a Place in Hell for Me and my Friends, Nancy Sinatra’s These Boots are Made for Walking, the Chruch’s Under the Milky Way, & singing her MFV song What we Need in Life with her poem Fantastic Car Crash (this video was filmed from a Canon Power Shot camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers performing 4 songs (with John on guitar) 1/29/16 at the Round Rock music open mic at the American Legion, covering Morrissey’s There is a Place in Hell for Me and my Friends, Nancy Sinatra’s These Boots are Made for Walking, the Chruch’s Under the Milky Way, & singing her MFV song What we Need in Life with her poem Fantastic Car Crash (this video was filmed from a Nikon Cool Pix S7000 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). |
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See YouTube video of Jane Kuypers (and John on guitar and some vocals) performing 7 songs 5/6/16 at Round Rock’s American Legion, covering Depeche Mode’s The Bottom Line (w/ altered wedding chorus lyrics), Peter Gabriel’s Washing of the Water, her MFV song My Love for You will Stay the Same, flowing straight into George Michael’s Waiting (Reprise), the Eurythmics’ I Need You, her MFV song What we Need in Life, & ending with her poem in The Second Axing song Made Any Difference (this video was filmed from a Canon Power Shot camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoem #janetkuypersmusic #janetkuyperssinging |
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See YouTube video of Jane Kuypers (and John on guitar and some vocals) performing 7 songs 5/6/16 at Round Rock’s American Legion, covering Depeche Mode’s The Bottom Line (w/ altered wedding chorus lyrics), Peter Gabriel’s Washing of the Water, her MFV song My Love for You will Stay the Same, flowing straight into George Michael’s Waiting (Reprise), the Eurythmics’ I Need You, her MFV song What we Need in Life, & ending with her poem in The Second Axing song Made Any Difference (this video was filmed from a Sony camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoem #janetkuypersmusic #janetkuyperssinging |
See YouTube video 7/8/16 of Janet Kuypers reading her poem The Things They Did To You, then sings her song What we Need in Life (with her poem Fantastic Car Crash inside) in the 2nd round at the Austin installment (at her house) of the Poetry Plus open mic 7/8/16 (filmed w/ a Canon Power Shot camera). |
See YouTube video 7/8/16 of Janet Kuypers reading her poem The Things They Did To You, then sings her song What we Need in Life (with her poem Fantastic Car Crash inside) in the 2nd round at the Austin installment (at her house) of the Poetry Plus open mic 7/8/16 (filmed w/ a Sony camera). |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers in her 9/3/16 show “How Music is Poetic” at Expressions 2016: September Song! in Austin performing her songs/poems
“What We Need In Life” with “Fantastic Car Crash” between verses 2 & 3, “Tin”, and “Made any Difference” (this video was filmed from a Canon Power Shot camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersmusic #janetkuyperssinging #janetkuypersfeature
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers in her 9/3/16 show “How Music is Poetic” at Expressions 2016: September Song! in Austin performing her songs/poems
“What We Need In Life” with “Fantastic Car Crash” between verses 2 & 3, “Tin”, and “Made any Difference” (Sony camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersmusic #janetkuyperssinging #janetkuypersfeature
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Download all of these songs & poems in the free PDF file chapbook How Music is Poetic containing the songs/poems “What We Need In Life”, “Fantastic Car Crash”, “Tin”, and “Made any Difference”. |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers singing George Michael’s song “Waiting (Reprise)”, then her MFV song “What We Need In Life” with John on guitar live 11/6/16 at Austin’s B.B. Rover’s (Sony camera). |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers singing George Michael’s song “Waiting (Reprise)”, then her MFV song “What We Need In Life” with John on guitar 11/6/16 at Austin’s B.B. Rover’s (Canon Power Shot). |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers singing George Michael’s song “Waiting (Reprise)”, then her MFV song “What We Need In Life” with John on guitar live 1/8/17 at Austin’s B.B. Rover’s (Canon Power Shot). |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers singing George Michael’s song “Waiting (Reprise)”, then her MFV song “What We Need In Life” with John on guitar 1/8/17 at Austin’s B.B. Rover’s (Sony camera). |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers with John on guitar 5/22/17 covering Ani DiFranco’s “I am Not a Pretty Girl”, then their poem/song “Made any Difference”, then Sinead O’Connor’s “Black Boys on Mopeds”, then her MFV song “What We Need In Life” live at Austin’s B. D. Riley’s (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypersmusic #janetkuyperssinging
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers with John on guitar 5/22/17 covering Ani DiFranco’s “I am Not a Pretty Girl”, then their poem/song “Made any Difference”, then Sinead O’Connor’s “Black Boys on Mopeds”, then her MFV song “What We Need In Life” live at Austin’s B. D. Riley’s (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypersmusic #janetkuyperssinging
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers performing her poem “Writing Your Name” and song “What We Need In Life” after her 9/2/17 show “Energy with poetry and Music” at Expressions Poetry with Music! in Austin (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix camera).
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers performing her poem “Writing Your Name” and song “What We Need In Life” after her 9/2/17 show “Energy with poetry and Music” at Expressions Poetry with Music! in Austin (Panasonic Lumix camera with a Sepia Tone filter).
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See YouTube video 11/15/17 of Janet Kuypers singing the ending of the “What We Need In Life” chorus in English & German (on a boat crossing the Drake Passage, filmed from a Sony camera for use in a 2018 blog interview).
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See YouTube video 11/15/17 of Janet Kuypers singing the ending of the “What We Need In Life” chorus in English & Romanian (on a boat crossing the Drake Passage, filmed from a Sony camera for use in a 2018 blog interview).
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See YouTube video 11/15/17 of Janet Kuypers singing the ending of the “What We Need In Life” chorus in English & Serbian (on a boat crossing the Drake Passage, filmed from a Sony camera for use in a 2018 blog interview).
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See YouTube video 11/15/17 of Janet Kuypers singing the ending of the “What We Need In Life” chorus in English & Spanish (on a boat crossing the Drake Passage, filmed from a Sony camera for use in a 2018 blog interview).
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See YouTube video 11/15/17 of Janet Kuypers singing the ending of the “What We Need In Life” chorus in English & Tagalog (on a boat crossing the Drake Passage, filmed from a Sony camera for use in a 2018 blog interview).
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers singing the ending of the “What We Need In Life” chorus in English & Tagalog (11/23/17 on a boat crossing the Drake Passage after talking to people from the Philippines, filmed from a Sony camera for use in a 2018 blog interview).
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers with John on guitar 2/4/18 singing her MFV song “What We Need In Life”, George Michael’s “Waiting for that Day”, & their poem/song “Made any Difference” live at Open Mic Night at Round Rock’s Craft & Racked Wine Bar (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers with John on guitar 2/4/18 singing her MFV song “What We Need In Life”, George Michael’s “Waiting for that Day”, & their poem/song “Made any Difference” live at Open Mic Night at Round Rock’s Craft & Racked Wine Bar (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers with John Yotko on guitar 2/22/18 in their 2-hour live music show at Round Rock’s Craft & Racked Wine Bar. In this set, she sang Feedback’s “Vintage Wine”, her poem/John’s song “Made any Difference”, George Michael’s “Waiting for that Day”, acoustically she sang most of the Eurythmics’ “Brand New Day” and then sang the Eurythmics’ “I Need You”, Feedback’s “Devotion”, George Michael’s “Waiting”, MFV’s “What We Need In Life”, Ani DiFranco’s “I am not a Pretty Girl”, her song “In Love I Abide”, Paul Simon’s “Slip Sliding Away”, Hank Williams’ “I’m Free At Last”, Fiona Apple’s “Criminal”, MFV’s “My Love for You will Stay the Same”, The The’s “Love is Stronger than Death”, the Smiths’ “London”, Depeche Mode’s “the Bottom Line” (joined w/ John vocals), Morrissey’s “There is a Place in Hell for Me and my Friends”, Sinead O’Connor’s “Black Boys on Mopeds”, Janet & John’s blues song “Tight Rope Affair”, the Church’s “Under the Milky Way”, Peter Gabriel’s “Washing of the Water”, the Smiths’ “Ask”, Michael Jackson’s “Beat It”, Erasure’s “How Many Times?” (joined w/ John vocals), the Smoking Popes’ “I Need You Around”, John Yotko’s “What I’ve Been through”, and Don McLean’s “American Pie” (this video was filmed from a Samsung S7 camera, filmed from the bar; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperssinging
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers with John Yotko on guitar 2/22/18 in their 2-hour live music show at Round Rock’s Craft & Racked Wine Bar. In this set, she sang Feedback’s “Vintage Wine”, her poem/John’s song “Made any Difference”, George Michael’s “Waiting for that Day”, acoustically she sang most of the Eurythmics’ “Brand New Day” and then sang the Eurythmics’ “I Need You”, Feedback’s “Devotion”, George Michael’s “Waiting”, MFV’s “What We Need In Life”, Ani DiFranco’s “I am not a Pretty Girl”, her song “In Love I Abide”, Paul Simon’s “Slip Sliding Away”, Hank Williams’ “I’m Free At Last”, Fiona Apple’s “Criminal”, MFV’s “My Love for You will Stay the Same”, The The’s “Love is Stronger than Death”, the Smiths’ “London”, Depeche Mode’s “the Bottom Line” (joined w/ John vocals), Morrissey’s “There is a Place in Hell for Me and my Friends”, Sinead O’Connor’s “Black Boys on Mopeds”, Janet & John’s blues song “Tight Rope Affair”, the Church’s “Under the Milky Way”, Peter Gabriel’s “Washing of the Water”, the Smiths’ “Ask”, Michael Jackson’s “Beat It”, Erasure’s “How Many Times?” (joined w/ John vocals), the Smoking Popes’ “I Need You Around”, John Yotko’s “What I’ve Been through”, and Don McLean’s “American Pie” (this video was filmed from a Samsung S7 camera, filmed from a table; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr). #janetkuyperssinging
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers with John on guitar 2/25/18 singing Paul Simon’s song Kodachrome, Depeche Mode’s song The Bottom Line {lowered voice, 2 voices, altered chorus lyrics}, the Smiths’ What She Said, & Janet’s MFV song “What We Need In Life” with her “Fantastic Car Crash” poem in it, @ Open Mic Night at Craft & Racked Wine Bar in Round Rock (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers with John on guitar 2/25/18 singing Paul Simon’s song Kodachrome, Depeche Mode’s song The Bottom Line {lowered voice, 2 voices, altered chorus lyrics}, the Smiths’ What She Said, & Janet’s MFV song “What We Need In Life” with her “Fantastic Car Crash” poem in it, @ Open Mic Night at Craft & Racked Wine Bar in Round Rock (Lumix 2500).
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See YouTube video 3/15/18 of Janet Kuypers with John Yotko on guitar in their 1-hour 45-minute “South-by Set” of music at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” (one of the venues hosting 2018 SXSW events in Austin). In this set, she sang Paul Simon’s “Kodachrome”, Depeche Mode’s “the Bottom Line” (both Janet and John singing, with altered chorus lyrics), her poem/John’s song “Made any Difference ”, the Queen song “Crazy Little Thing Called Love”, George Michael’s “Waiting”, Feedback’s “Devotion”, Leonard Cohen’s “Coming Back to You”, Ani DiFranco’s “I am not a Pretty Girl”, Janet & John’s blues song “Tight Rope Affair ”, Hank Williams’ “I’m Free At Last”, Paul Simon’s “Slip Sliding Away”, the Beatles song “Yesterday”, and her song “In Love I Abide”. Then (waiting for John to switch from guitar to mandolin) Janet acoustically sang the beginning of her song “Why”; then she sang the R.E.M. song “You are the Everything” with John playing his mandolin. Going back to John playing his acoustic guitar, Janet then sang the Eurythmics’ “I Need You”, The The’s “Love is Stronger than Death”, George Michael’s “Waiting for that Day”, MFV’s “What We Need In Life”, Peter Gabriel’s “Washing of the Water”, Feedback’s “Vintage Wine”, MFV’s “My Love for You will Stay the Same”, Sinead O’Connor’s “Black Boys on Mopeds”, Don McLean’s “American Pie”, and they closed with the Smiths’ “Ask”, with ‘books’ for ‘bombs’ lyrics changes (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuypersmusic
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See YouTube video 3/15/18 of Janet Kuypers with John Yotko on guitar in their 1-hour 45-minute “South-by Set” of music at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” (one of the venues hosting 2018 SXSW events in Austin). In this set, she sang Paul Simon’s “Kodachrome”, Depeche Mode’s “the Bottom Line” (both Janet and John singing, with altered chorus lyrics), her poem/John’s song “Made any Difference ”, the Queen song “Crazy Little Thing Called Love”, George Michael’s “Waiting”, Feedback’s “Devotion”, Leonard Cohen’s “Coming Back to You”, Ani DiFranco’s “I am not a Pretty Girl”, Janet & John’s blues song “Tight Rope Affair ”, Hank Williams’ “I’m Free At Last”, Paul Simon’s “Slip Sliding Away”, the Beatles song “Yesterday”, and her song “In Love I Abide”. Then (waiting for John to switch from guitar to mandolin) Janet acoustically sang the beginning of her song “Why”; then she sang the R.E.M. song “You are the Everything” with John playing his mandolin. Going back to John playing his acoustic guitar, Janet then sang the Eurythmics’ “I Need You”, The The’s “Love is Stronger than Death”, George Michael’s “Waiting for that Day”, MFV’s “What We Need In Life”, Peter Gabriel’s “Washing of the Water”, Feedback’s “Vintage Wine”, MFV’s “My Love for You will Stay the Same”, Sinead O’Connor’s “Black Boys on Mopeds”, Don McLean’s “American Pie”, and they closed with the Smiths’ “Ask” (with books for bombs lyrics changes). (From a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera w/ a Threshold filter.)
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See YouTube video 3/15/18 of Janet Kuypers with John Yotko on guitar in their 1-hour 45-minute “South-by Set” of music at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” (one of the venues hosting 2018 SXSW events in Austin). In this set, she sang Paul Simon’s “Kodachrome”, Depeche Mode’s “the Bottom Line” (both Janet and John singing, with altered chorus lyrics), her poem/John’s song “Made any Difference ”, the Queen song “Crazy Little Thing Called Love”, George Michael’s “Waiting”, Feedback’s “Devotion”, Leonard Cohen’s “Coming Back to You”, Ani DiFranco’s “I am not a Pretty Girl”, Janet & John’s blues song “Tight Rope Affair ”, Hank Williams’ “I’m Free At Last”, Paul Simon’s “Slip Sliding Away”, the Beatles song “Yesterday”, and her song “In Love I Abide”. Then (waiting for John to switch from guitar to mandolin) Janet acoustically sang the beginning of her song “Why”; then she sang the R.E.M. song “You are the Everything” with John playing his mandolin. Going back to John playing his acoustic guitar, Janet then sang the Eurythmics’ “I Need You”, The The’s “Love is Stronger than Death”, George Michael’s “Waiting for that Day”, MFV’s “What We Need In Life”, Peter Gabriel’s “Washing of the Water”, Feedback’s “Vintage Wine”, MFV’s “My Love for You will Stay the Same”, Sinead O’Connor’s “Black Boys on Mopeds”, Don McLean’s “American Pie”, and they closed with the Smiths’ “Ask” (with books for bombs lyrics changes). (From a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera & given a Posterize filter.)
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See YouTube video 3/15/18 of Janet Kuypers with John Yotko on guitar in their 1-hour 45-minute “South-by Set” of music at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” (one of the venues hosting 2018 SXSW events in Austin). In this set, she sang Paul Simon’s “Kodachrome”, Depeche Mode’s “the Bottom Line” (both Janet and John singing, with altered chorus lyrics), her poem/John’s song “Made any Difference ”, the Queen song “Crazy Little Thing Called Love”, George Michael’s “Waiting”, Feedback’s “Devotion”, Leonard Cohen’s “Coming Back to You”, Ani DiFranco’s “I am not a Pretty Girl”, Janet & John’s blues song “Tight Rope Affair ”, Hank Williams’ “I’m Free At Last”, Paul Simon’s “Slip Sliding Away”, the Beatles song “Yesterday”, and her song “In Love I Abide”. Then (waiting for John to switch from guitar to mandolin) Janet acoustically sang the beginning of her song “Why”; then she sang the R.E.M. song “You are the Everything” with John playing his mandolin. Going back to John playing his acoustic guitar, Janet then sang the Eurythmics’ “I Need You”, The The’s “Love is Stronger than Death”, George Michael’s “Waiting for that Day”, MFV’s “What We Need In Life”, Peter Gabriel’s “Washing of the Water”, Feedback’s “Vintage Wine”, MFV’s “My Love for You will Stay the Same”, Sinead O’Connor’s “Black Boys on Mopeds”, Don McLean’s “American Pie”, and they closed with the Smiths’ “Ask” (with books for bombs lyrics changes). (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera & w/ an Edge Detection filter.)
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers, while hosting the Poetry Aloud open mic 4/28/18 in Georgetown TX, read her poem “I’m Not Sick, But I’m Not Well”, then sing her song “What We Need in Life” with John on acoustic guitar, then read her poem “People’s Lives Were at Stake”, all from her book “Chapter 38 v1” to a live audience for National poetry Month (Panasonic Lumix T56). |
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers, while hosting the Poetry Aloud open mic 4/28/18 in Georgetown TX, read her poem “I’m Not Sick, But I’m Not Well”, then sing her song “What We Need in Life” with John on acoustic guitar, then read her poem “People’s Lives Were at Stake”, all from her book “Chapter 38 v1” to a live audience for National poetry Month (L T56, Edge Detection). |
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers, while hosting the Poetry Aloud open mic 4/28/18 in Georgetown TX, read her poem “I’m Not Sick, But I’m Not Well”, then sing her song “What We Need in Life” with John on acoustic guitar, then read her poem “People’s Lives Were at Stake”, all from her book “Chapter 38 v1” to a live audience for National poetry Month (L T56; Sepia Tone). |
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers, while hosting the Poetry Aloud open mic 4/28/18 in Georgetown TX, read her poem “I’m Not Sick, But I’m Not Well”, then sing her song “What We Need in Life” with John on acoustic guitar, then read her poem “People’s Lives Were at Stake”, all from her book “Chapter 38 v1” to a live audience for National poetry Month (L T56, Threshold). |
See YouTube video of Chicago poet Janet Kuypers in her 6/11/18 poetry show “Eleven” in Austin, with her poems
“Under the Sea”,
“The Burning”,
“Right There, By Your Heart (verses 2 & 6)”,
“What We Need in Life”,
“Fantastic Car Crash”,
“The Things They Did To You (5/8/18 edit)”,
“Looking for a Worthy Adversary (an extreme sestina variation)”,
“Death is a Dog”, and
“September 11, 2001” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500; appearing on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersfeature
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See YouTube video of Chicago poet Janet Kuypers in her 6/11/18 poetry show “Eleven” in Austin, with her poems
“Under the Sea”,
“The Burning”,
“Right There, By Your Heart (verses 2 & 6)”,
“What We Need in Life”,
“Fantastic Car Crash”,
“The Things They Did To You (5/8/18 edit)”,
“Looking for a Worthy Adversary (an extreme sestina variation)”,
“Death is a Dog”, and
“September 11, 2001” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera, and then it was given an Edge Detection filter).
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See YouTube video of Chicago poet Janet Kuypers in her 6/11/18 poetry show “Eleven” in Austin, with her poems
“Under the Sea”,
“The Burning”,
“Right There, By Your Heart (verses 2 & 6)”,
“What We Need in Life”,
“Fantastic Car Crash”,
“The Things They Did To You (5/8/18 edit)”,
“Looking for a Worthy Adversary (an extreme sestina variation)”,
“Death is a Dog”, and
“September 11, 2001” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera, and then it was given a Hue Cycling filter).
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See YouTube video of Chicago poet Janet Kuypers in her 6/11/18 poetry show “Eleven” in Austin, with her poems
“Under the Sea”,
“The Burning”,
“Right There, By Your Heart (verses 2 & 6)”,
“What We Need in Life”,
“Fantastic Car Crash”,
“The Things They Did To You (5/8/18 edit)”,
“Looking for a Worthy Adversary (an extreme sestina variation)”,
“Death is a Dog”, and
“September 11, 2001” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera, and then it was given a Posterize filter).
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See YouTube video of Chicago poet Janet Kuypers in her 6/11/18 poetry show “Eleven” in Austin, with her poems
“Under the Sea”,
“The Burning”,
“Right There, By Your Heart (verses 2 & 6)”,
“What We Need in Life”,
“Fantastic Car Crash”,
“The Things They Did To You (5/8/18 edit)”,
“Looking for a Worthy Adversary (an extreme sestina variation)”,
“Death is a Dog”, and
“September 11, 2001” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera, and then it was given a Sepia Tone filter).
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See YouTube video of Chicago poet Janet Kuypers in her 6/11/18 poetry show “Eleven” in Austin, with her poems
“Under the Sea”,
“The Burning”,
“Right There, By Your Heart (verses 2 & 6)”,
“What We Need in Life”,
“Fantastic Car Crash”,
“The Things They Did To You (5/8/18 edit)”,
“Looking for a Worthy Adversary (an extreme sestina variation)”,
“Death is a Dog”, and
“September 11, 2001” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera, and then it was given a Threshold filter).
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Read all of the poems from the Janet Kuypers poetry show in her 6/11/18 poetry chapbook for her show
“Eleven” containing her poems
“Under the Sea”,
“The Burning”,
“Right There, By Your Heart (verses 2 & 6)”,
“What We Need in Life”,
“Fantastic Car Crash”,
“The Things They Did To You (5/8/18 edit)”,
“Looking for a Worthy Adversary (an extreme sestina variation)”,
“Death is a Dog”, and
“September 11, 2001”, “Ocean’s Call to Dive”, and “Observer’s Love Poem”.
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Autumn (2017 Dripping Springs / Bahá’í Faith Center edit)”, & “Quell the Vibrancy”, then singing her song during Austin City Limits music weekend “What We Need in Life”, from her book “Chapter 48 (v2)” at Georgetown’s “Poetry Aloud” 10/13/18 (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera). |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Autumn (2017 Dripping Springs / Bahá’í Faith Center edit)”, & “Quell the Vibrancy”, then singing her song during Austin City Limits music weekend “What We Need in Life”, from her book “Chapter 48 (v2)” at Georgetown’s “Poetry Aloud” 10/13/18 (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera). |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers singing her song “What We Need in Life” with John on guitar during Austin City Limits music weekend, from her book “Chapter 48 (v2)” at “Poetry Aloud” 10/13/18 (from a Samsung S7 camera). |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers singing her song “What We Need in Life” with John on guitar during Austin City Limits music weekend, from her book “Chapter 48 (v2)” at “Poetry Aloud” 10/13/18 (Samsung S7 camera; Threshold). |
See this YouTube video of of Janet Kuypers, working at her desk, as John Yotko interrupted her to play guitar as she sang her Mom’s Favorite Vase song “What We Need In Life” (Warren Peterson music and Janet Kuypers vocals), while also reading her poem “Fantastic Car Crash” during the song, for a future YouTube video release submission for NPR’s “Tiny Desk Concert”, performing an original song while at your desk (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoem #janetkuypersmusic #janetkuyperssinging
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Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers, working at her desk, as John Yotko interrupted her to play guitar as she sang her Mom’s Favorite Vase song “What We Need In Life” (Warren Peterson music and Janet Kuypers vocals), while also reading her poem “Fantastic Car Crash” during the song, for a future YouTube video release submission for NPR’s “Tiny Desk Concert” (performing an original song while at your desk). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoem #janetkuypersmusic #janetkuyperssinging
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Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet and John performing an impromptu music set at “Three Legged Goat” in Pflugerville, including the Mom’s Favorite Vase song “What we Need in Life”, their original song “Made any Difference”, the Eurythmics song “I Need You”, the George Michael song “Waiting (reprise)”, and the Sinead O’Connor song “Black Boys on Mopeds” (this video was zoomed in from a Samsung S9 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoem #janetkuypersmusic #janetkuyperssinging
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Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet and John performing an impromptu music set at “Three Legged Goat” in Pflugerville, including the Mom’s Favorite Vase song “What we Need in Life”, their original song “Made any Difference”, the Eurythmics song “I Need You”, the George Michael song “Waiting (reprise)”, and the Sinead O’Connor song “Black Boys on Mopeds”. (This performance was filmed & streamed live from a Samsung S9 camera) #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoem #janetkuypersmusic #janetkuyperssinging
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one of six poems about one person —
With You
See YouTube videolive at Cana-Dixie to Chi-town 12/15/09 |
Listen live from the 03/03/02 CD & the Chicago 09/10/02 performance art show Stop. Look. Listen. - or download any track off the CD through iTunes or Amazon.
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See YouTube video from the show Stop. live 09/10/02 in Chicago |
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Or see the full “Stop” show including the performance of this piece, as a .mov file, an .mp4 file, or as a raw .ogv file, from the Internet Archive |
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See YouTube video of a 10 minute portion of the 09/10/02 poetry show Stop, including this piece |
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Listen to this track from Kiki, Jake & Haytstack off the CD an american portrait, or order this track (or any track) off the CD directly from iTunes. |
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See YouTube video live at the Café in Chicago 02/09/10 |
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See YouTube video of Kuypers reading poetry 02/28/08 |
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems and haiku as one long poem, “Wanting You”, “Waiting for You”, “Watching You”, “Walking with You”, “With You”, and “soul” 2/11/16 at “Poetry Aloud” open mic at the Georgetown Public Library (this video was filmed from a Canon Power Shot SX700 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). |
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems and haiku as one long poem, “Wanting You”, “Waiting for You”, “Watching You”, “Walking with You”, “With You”, and “soul” 2/11/16 at “Poetry Aloud” open mic at the Georgetown Public Library (this video was filmed from a Sony camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “With You” {edited for this live reading}, “Moonlight” and “Sometimes It’s Not”, all from her poetry performance art book “Chapter 38 v1” during Thom’s multi-person intro 6/24/18 to “Spoken and Heard” @ Kick Butt Coffee (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera). |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “With You” {edited for this live reading}, “Moonlight” and “Sometimes It’s Not”, all from her poetry performance art book “Chapter 38 v1” during Thom’s multi-person intro 6/24/18 to “Spoken and Heard” @ Kick Butt Coffee (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera, with an Edge Detection filter). |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “With You” {edited for this live reading}, “Moonlight” and “Sometimes It’s Not”, all from her poetry performance art book “Chapter 38 v1” during Thom’s multi-person intro 6/24/18 to “Spoken and Heard” @ Kick Butt Coffee (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera, with a Sepia Tone filter). |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “With You” {edited for this live reading}, “Moonlight” and “Sometimes It’s Not”, all from her poetry performance art book “Chapter 38 v1” during Thom’s multi-person intro 6/24/18 to “Spoken and Heard” @ Kick Butt Coffee (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera, with a Threshold filter). |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “With You” {edited for this live reading}, “Moonlight” and “Sometimes It’s Not”, all from her poetry performance art book “Chapter 38 v1” during Thom’s multi-person intro 6/24/18 to “Spoken and Heard” @ Kick Butt Coffee (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera). |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “With You” {edited for this live reading}, “Moonlight” and “Sometimes It’s Not”, all from her poetry performance art book “Chapter 38 v1” during Thom’s multi-person intro 6/24/18 to “Spoken and Heard” @ Kick Butt Coffee (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera, with a Black & White filter). |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “With You” {edited for this live reading}, “Moonlight” and “Sometimes It’s Not”, all from her poetry performance art book “Chapter 38 v1” during Thom’s multi-person intro 6/24/18 to “Spoken and Heard” @ Kick Butt Coffee (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera, with a Hue Cycling filter). |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “With You” {edited for this live reading}, “Moonlight” and “Sometimes It’s Not”, all from her poetry performance art book “Chapter 38 v1” during Thom’s multi-person intro 6/24/18 to “Spoken and Heard” @ Kick Butt Coffee (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera, with a Posterize filter). |
one of six poems about one person —
Without You
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Listen live from the 03/03/02 CD & the Chicago 09/10/02 performance art show Stop. Look. Listen. |
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See YouTube video from the show Stop. live 09/10/02 in Chicago |
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Or see the full “Stop” show including the performance of this piece, as a .mov file, an .mp4 file, or as a raw .ogv file, from the Internet Archive |
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See YouTube video of a 10 minute portion of the 09/10/02 poetry show Stop, includeing this piece |
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Listen to the CD recording from the CD Rough Mixes, by Pointless Orchestra |
:31, 1990s film This film is from the Internet Archive |
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See YouTube video (:31)
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Listen to this track from Kiki, Jake & Haytstack off the CD an american portrait, or order this track (or any track) off the CD directly from iTunes. |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Without You” in a broadcast on Nashville TV, in show #1 of “Speer Presents”. |
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See YouTube video live at the Café in Chicago 02/09/10 |
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See YouTube video of Kuypers reading poetry 02/28/08 |
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