See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her prose ““the Robot Zombie Witch Girl” revisited”, then starting the Chicago open mic she guest hosted, before reading her poem “Visiting Pristine Places on the Planet” 9/25/18 at Poetry at The Gallery Cabaret (from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her prose ““the Robot Zombie Witch Girl” revisited”, then starting the Chicago open mic she guest hosted, before reading her poem “Visiting Pristine Places on the Planet” 9/25/18 at Poetry at The Gallery Cabaret (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Orange Clouds and Blood-Red Sunsets” read from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”, ““the Robot Zombie Witch Girl” revisited” from her 2019 book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”, and her Twitter Verse Periodic Table poem “Technetium’s Inner Glow” (#43, Tc), during her Poetic License open mic 10/6/19, hosting “Poetic License” monthly at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” (P L 2500 camera, and posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr).
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Orange Clouds and Blood-Red Sunsets” read from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”, ““the Robot Zombie Witch Girl” revisited” from her 2019 book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”, and her Twitter Verse Periodic Table poem “Technetium’s Inner Glow” (#43, Tc), during her Poetic License open mic 10/6/19, hosting “Poetic License” monthly at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” (P L T56 camera, and posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr).
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See a YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku “guard” (written 9/26, on and for National Situational Awareness Day), then her poems “Vampires and Blood-Sucking Mosquitos Alike” (written 10/6, on and for Garlic Lover’s Day), “From Orpheus to Nuking the Moon” (for mid-October’s Astronomy Day), “Kill with Impunity” (written 10/7, on and for the 1900 birthday of Heinrich Himmler), “Octopi and Brains” and “Octopi Target McDonald’s” (for 10/8, World Octopus Day), “Because of Fire” (written 10/8, on and for the start of the 1871 Great Chicago Fire, that lasted 2 days), “Judging the Chicago Seven” (written 10/9, on and for the day of the beginning of the 1969 trial against the Chicago Seven), and “‘the Robot Zombie Witch Girl’ revisited” (for 10/10, National Zombie Day) from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)” for The Café Gallery 10/6/20 Book Reading in The Café Gallery 2020 book reading series (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).
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See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku “guard”, then her poems “Vampires and Blood-Sucking Mosquitos Alike”, “From Orpheus to Nuking the Moon”, “Kill with Impunity”, “Octopi and Brains” and “Octopi Target McDonald’s”, “Because of Fire”, “Judging the Chicago Seven”, and “‘the Robot Zombie Witch Girl’ revisited” from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)” for The Café Gallery 10/6/20 Book Reading in The Café Gallery 2020 book reading series (this video was filmed and streamed live from a Samsung S9 camera).
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Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her micro-prose “fox in the snow” and ““the Robot Zombie Witch Girl” revisited”, plus her poem “Exposed and Abandoned (dreams 3/24/20)” from the Down in the Dirt 1-4/22 Down in the Dirt issue collection book “The Ice that Was” on 8/3/22 on 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; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoem #janetkuypersbookreading
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Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her micro-prose “fox in the snow” and ““the Robot Zombie Witch Girl” revisited”, plus her poem “Exposed and Abandoned (dreams 3/24/20)” from the Down in the Dirt 1-4/22 Down in the Dirt issue collection book “The Ice that Was” on 8/3/22 on the 1st Wednesday of the month (1:00-3:00 PM CST) in honor of ‘Community Poetry’ (this video was filmed and streamed from a Samsung S9 camera; posted on Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoem #janetkuypersbookreading
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Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her prose ““the Robot Zombie Witch Girl” revisited” from the newly-released “the 2023 flash fiction date book”, then her new poems “Old Enough to Choose” and “X is for Pope Innocent X, not Women” (that are also slated to appear in the CyberWit.net 2023 Janet Kuypers poetry book “Testament”) to close her “Poetic License 12/4/22 global open mic” she close through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).
This was also filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera & posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Tumblr, & Instagram). #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypers #janetkuyperswomensrights #janetkuypersequalityforwomen #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoeticlicense
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“the Robot Zombie Witch Girl”
revisited
Janet Kuypers
5/20/00
THIS IS MY CURSE. How many demons am I supposed to fight? How many barricades to progress am I supposed to either find a way around or physically break down with the palms of my hands? I know no one believes me & keeps shoveling the tasks for me to do into a heap in front of me, & keeps shoveling the mounds of loose rock & top soil over my casket, waiting to bury me. But I’m like one of those zombies in those bad black & white b horror movies that doesn’t seem to die & keeps coming back, I’m one of those zombies lacking all color & having orbs for eyes, with arms outstretched, letting you know that I’m very slowly, with my right foot draped in torn gauze, that I’m very slowly coming back, that somehow, I’ll make it back to haunt you. This is my curse.
THE PROBLEM is, with that bad right foot & all that gauze & that zombie walk I have to do when my legs are straight, I feel like one of those buxom zombie witches with long straight black hair & my feet thunk on the ground & my one foot drags & I’m in this long black dress & all that gauze from my foot is dragging behind me & it’s so unattractive & I can never make a surprise entrance.
I THINK THAT’S THE WHOLE PROBLEM with being a zombie girl who dresses in black & keep coming back: unlike an angel, my wounds don’t get better & I’m walking around with bandages & I leave a blood trail behind me, even when I try to clean up the mess I’ve made. It makes this undying zombie-girl want to find religion so a god can come along and save me from all of this. I look for crosses in everything, I look for the meaning in everything & I try to get poetic & I just fumble with the masses & wonder if they all think like me, that nothing makes sense. So, I can’t seem to wax poetic & I can’t seem to get religious & I’m left just as lost as I was before, &I’m dressed in black & I’m losing blood and... and Hell, I don’t know what else, I just know that I look depressing & keep coming back, so don’t be surprised, it’s just me again.
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