Prose, Short Stories, and monologues
are sorted alphabetically.
poetry converted to prose:
A Little Angel Inside 2010
 Listen  to the DMJ Art Connection, off the CD Singular 
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  Watch this YouTube video (2:45) read from her ISBN# book Distinguidhed Writing (the Kuypers edition) live 03/22/11 at the Café in Chicago |
 Watch this YouTube video of the intro to the 03/22/11 open mic at the Café in Chicago |
  See YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem 10/3/12 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (Canon) |
 See YouTube video of Kuypers’ open mic intro 10/3/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago, + poetry (including this piece) |
Aim Carefully 2010
 Watch this YouTube video of the Cutting Room Floor at the Palos Park Public Library 10/07/09 |
or see the full 10/07/09 Video at the Palos Park Public Library of the Cutting Room Floor via the Internet Archive |
See the YouTube ½ Show of the 1st 10 minutes of the show the Cutting Room Floor from YouTube, at the Palos Park Public Library 10/07/09 |
Listen to & download this track from the DMJ Art Connection
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Watch this YouTube video read from the 08/11 issue (v223) of cc&d magazine, live 08/09/11, at the Café open mic she hosts in Chicago |
Watch this YouTube video
of the intro to the 08/09/11 weekly poetry open mic at the Café in Chicago, & her reading poems, including “Aim Carefully”, John Yotko reading her poem “Frozen Together” and them covering the Sinead O’Connor song “Black Boys on Mopeds”
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All I Can Capture 2010
Watch this YouTube video live at the Café in Chicago 09/22/09 |
Watch this YouTube video live at Waiting4the Bus at Jak’s Tap in Chicago 3/4/13 |
Watch this YouTube video live at Waiting4the Bus at Jak’s Tap in Chicago 3/4/13 (Edge Detection filter) |
Watch this YouTube video live at Waiting4the Bus at Jak’s Tap in Chicago 3/4/13 (Posterize filter) |
Watch this YouTube video live at Waiting4the Bus at Jak’s Tap in Chicago 3/4/13 (Watercolor filter) |
Watch this YouTube video of Kuypers reading All I Can Capture and Momento Mori live at Waiting4the Bus at Jak’s Tap in Chicago 3/4/13 |
and What I Want to Know 2010
Order this iTunes track from the poetry audio CD “Oh.” audio CD ...Or order the entire CD set from iTunes:
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Order this iTunes track: from the Chaotic Collection ...Or order the entire 5 CD set from iTunes: CD:
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Listen (or listen live) to the DMJ Art Connection, off the CD Contact•Conflict•Control |
Watch the YouTube video (3:02) 04/01/05 (April Fool’s Day) Live at the DvA Chicago Art Gallery show Conflict • Contact • Control |
Watch this YouTube video live at the Café in Chicago 12/15/09 |
Watch this YouTube video read live 12/18/11, at the Café weekly poetry open mike she hosts in Chicago (with music and video shown from the HA!man of South Africa) |
Watch this YouTube video of ther reading many poems 12/18/11 at the Café in Chicago (music by the HA!man of South Africa, vocals by Suzanne Hettinger, guitar by John Yotko) including this writing |
Watch this 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 |
Watch this YouTube video read live 12/18/11, at the Café weekly poetry open mike she hosts in Chicago (with music and video shown from the HA!man of South Africa), from the Kodak Camera |
Watch this YouTube video read live 12/18/11, at the Café weekly poetry open mike she hosts in Chicago (with music and video shown from the HA!man of South Africa), from the Samsung Camera |
Are The Things That I Like 2010
ask me if i’m a truck 2010
Watch the YouTube video Published in her book Close Cover Before Striking, read (for future audio CD release) 06/28/11 on WZRD radio, from the main camera |
Watch the YouTube video Published in her book Close Cover Before Striking, read (for future audio CD release) 06/28/11 on WZRD radio, from the mini camera |
See feature-length YouTube video 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 YouTube video 06/26/11 of ~45 minutes of the WZRD radio show with her reading poetry (including this poem) from the mini cam |
Be Free Of You 2010
Visit the Kuypers Twitter page for short poems— join http://twitter.com/janetkuypers.
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Watch this YouTube videoread from cc&d magazine from Scars Publications, in the 12/10 v215 issue, which was also released as the 6" x 9" ISBN# book Entering the Ice Age, live 12/07/10, live at the Café in Chicago |
Before Taking Over the Controls 2010
Watch this YouTube video live, Regina’s Place 01/15/10 Chicago |
or watch this in part of the YouTube show live at New Year’s Unplugged |
Build Your Own Cross 2010
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Visit the Kuypers Twitter page for short poems— join http://twitter.com/janetkuypers.
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Watch this YouTube video live at the Café in Chicago 07/27/10 |
Watch this YouTube video of the intro from the open mic @ the Café in Chicago 07/27/10, w/ Kuypers reading her poem “You Will”, “Marine Rifle Poem” “Build Your Own Cross”, and “Waiting for a Sign” |
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Watch this YouTube video (:36) read from cc&d magazine from Scars Publications, in the 12/10 v215 issue, which was also released as the 6" x 9" ISBN# book Entering the Ice Age, live 12/07/10, live at the Café in Chicago |
Watch this YouTube video of the intro at the Café poetry open mic in Chicago 12/07/10 with this poem and other poems read live |
Canned Condolences 2010
Watch this YouTube video performed for C Ra McGuirt (Penny Dreadful Press) in Nashville 12/20/08 |
Watch this YouTube video Live at Mercury Cafe, live in Chicago 02/28/09 |
Or see the full YouTube video of the full (give me 5 minutes) show, live in Chicago 02/28/09 |
Watch this YouTube video (studio session 03/16/09) |
Cashews 2010
Watch this YouTube video live at Beach Poets 07/13/08 |
07/13/08, Beach PoetsSee the entire performance video, which contains this poem (25:19) This film is from the Internet Archive |
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Watch the YouTube video Published in her book Close Cover Before Striking, read (for future audio CD release) 06/28/11 on WZRD radio, from the main camera |
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Watch the YouTube video Published in her book Close Cover Before Striking, read (for future audio CD release) 06/28/11 on WZRD radio, from the mini camera |
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See feature-length YouTube video 06/26/11 of the majority of the WZRD radio show with her reading poetry (including this poem) from the main camera |
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See feature-length YouTube video 06/26/11 of ~45 minutes of the WZRD radio show with her reading poetry (including this poem) from the mini cam |
Decorating the Palm Trees 2010
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Watch the YouTube video Published in her book Close Cover Before Striking, read (for future audio CD release) 06/28/11 on WZRD radio, from the mini camera |
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See feature-length YouTube video 06/26/11 of ~45 minutes of the WZRD radio show with her reading poetry (including this poem) from the mini cam |
Don’t Go To Denny’s 2010
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Watch this YouTube video live, Regina’s Place 01/15/10 Chicago |
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or watch this in part 2 of the YouTube show live at New Year’s Unplugged |
Dreams 01/19/04 one 2010
Watch this YouTube video live at the Café in Chicago 10/06/09 |
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Listen to the DMJ Art Connection, off the CD the DMJ Art Connection Disc One or Listen to & download this track from the DMJ Art Connection
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Listen to this radio recording from WZRD Radio (in a 2 CD set) |
Watch this Youtube video of Janet Kuypers reading this poem 5/18/13 “Dog Stuck to my Face” in Nashville TN in the Tag Team feature reading |
Watch this Youtube video of the Janet Kuypers & C Ra McGuirt “Tag Team” 1+ hour feature in Nashville 5/18/13 (which includes this poem) |
Download this in a free 5/18/13 chapbook the Tag Team Reading, of poems slated for the Janet Kuypers/C Ra McGuirt book “Tag Team Poets” |
Dreams 09/07/07 2010
Watch this YouTube video read live at the Café 07/08/08 |
See the video of Now You’re Nothing To Me & Dreams 09/07/07 live 07/08/08 (6:48) This film is from the Internet Archive |
Dreams 12/24/05: Aeon Flux Crawl 2010
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Listen to the DMJ Art Connection, off the CD Indian Flux |
| Listen: (2:56) to this recording from Fusion |
Watch this YouTube video Live at Chicago Calling, at the last night of poetry performance at Mercury Cafe 10/02/09 |
Watch this full video from Chicago Calling, at the last night of poetry performance at Mercury Cafe 10/02/09, via the Internet Archive |
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Watch this Youtube video of Janet Kuypers reading this poem 5/18/13 “Aeon Flux Crawl” in Nashville TN in the Tag Team feature reading |
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Watch this Youtube video of the Janet Kuypers & C Ra McGuirt “Tag Team” 1+ hour feature in Nashville 5/18/13 (which includes this poem) |
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Download this in a free 5/18/13 chapbook the Tag Team Reading, of poems slated for the Janet Kuypers/C Ra McGuirt book “Tag Team Poets” |
Egg for a Week 2010
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Visit the Kuypers Twitter page for short poems— join http://twitter.com/janetkuypers.
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Watch the YouTube video of this in a live performance in Chicago of the “a Very Goth Beach Party” feature 07/03/11 at “Beach Poets” |
Watch the YouTube video of the eye cam recording of this in the “a Very Goth Beach Party” feature, live 07/03/11 at “Beach Poets” |
See feature-length YouTube video of many poems read 07/03/11 at Beach Poets from the live feature “a Very Goth Beach Party” |
See feature-length YouTube video of the eye-cam of the entire show at Beach Poets 07/03/11 from the “a Very Goth Beach Party” feature |
 
Download the chapbook with this writing in a Very Goth Beach Chapbook
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Evicted Today 2010
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Visit the Kuypers Twitter page for short poems— join http://twitter.com/janetkuypers.
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read from cc&d (v213), the 10/10 issue and the 6" x 9" ISBN# book Out of the Web, live at the Café in Chicago 10/12/10 |
Faith Comes Only 2010
Watch this YouTube video live at the Café in Chicago 08/18/09 |
Fingers Black 2010
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Visit the Kuypers Twitter page for short poems— join http://twitter.com/janetkuypers.
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read from cc&d (v213), the 10/10 issue and the 6" x 9" ISBN# book Out of the Web, live at the Café in Chicago 10/12/10 |
Fitting the Mold 2010
Order this iTunes track from the poetry music CD String Theory ...Or order the entire CD set from iTunes:
Listen to & download this track from the DMJ Art Connection
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Get this on Poetic Pieces -a CD of poetry & editorials for only $14.99 (with free shipping!). |
Flooded War Memories 2010
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Listen Live at the Café, now available in a 3 CD set |
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Get this on Poetic Pieces - a CD of poetry & editorials for only $14.99 (with free shipping!). |
Watch the YouTube video (3:49) live, WordSlingers feature, WLUW Chicago radio 88.9FM |
Watch this YouTube video live at the Café in Chicago 03/16/10 |
Watch this YouTube video (with the “line drawing” filter) live at the Café in Chicago 03/16/10 |
Watch this YouTube video (recorded with a metallic filter) live at the Café in Chicago 03/16/10 |
Watch this YouTube video (with the Pastel Sketch filter) live at the Café in Chicago 03/16/10 |
Watch this YouTube video (with the Posterize filter) live at the Café in Chicago 03/16/10 |
Watch this YouTube video of the introduction at the Café in Chicago, & the poem Flooded War Memorieslive 03/16/10; at the Café; in Chicago |
Watch the YouTube video of this poem read live in her Pilsen feature “Games We Play” 3/17/12 at Café Mestizo (music from Francois Le Roux, the HA!man of South Africa) |
See feature-length YouTube video of many poems read 3/17/12 at Café Mestizo from the live feature “Games We Play”, w/ this poem |
Four Syllables 2010
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Watch the YouTube video Published in her book Close Cover Before Striking, read (for future audio CD release) 06/28/11 on WZRD radio, from the main camera |
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Watch the YouTube video Published in her book Close Cover Before Striking, read (for future audio CD release) 06/28/11 on WZRD radio, from the mini camera |
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See feature-length YouTube video 06/26/11 of the majority of the WZRD radio show with her reading poetry (including this poem) from the main camera |
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See feature-length YouTube video 06/26/11 of ~45 minutes of the WZRD radio show with her reading poetry (including this poem) from the mini cam |
Frozen Together 2010
Watch this YouTube video live at the Café in Chicago 12/15/09 |
Watch this YouTube video live at the Café in Chicago 05/18/10 |
Watch this YouTube video read (with additional vocals from U.K. poet Oz Hardwich) 07/26/11, live at the Café in Chicago |
Watch this YouTube video of the intro to the 07/26/11 open mic at the Café in Chicago, and her poem “Frozen Together” (w/ U.K. poet Oz Hardwick vocals) |
Watch this YouTube video of John Yotko reading from the 08/11 issue (v223) of cc&d magazine, live 08/09/11, at the Café in Chicago |
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Watch this YouTube video
of the intro to the 08/09/11 weekly poetry open mic at the Café in Chicago, & her reading poems, including “Aim Carefully”, John Yotko reading her poem “Frozen Together” and them covering the Sinead O’Connor song “Black Boys on Mopeds”
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Going Nowhere 2010
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Watch this YouTube video Live at Mercury Cafe, live in Chicago 02/28/09 |
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Or see the full YouTube video of the full (give me 5 minutes) show, live in Chicago 02/28/09 |
Got on the Road Again 2010
Watch the YouTube video Live at Twitter Inside Chicago feature 05/21/10 |
or See the YouTube video of the first third of the Chicago feature Twitter Inside 05/21/10 with this writing |
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Watch this YouTube video live at the Café in Chicago 06/22/10 |
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Watch this YouTube video of part four of the “40” show live at the Café in Chicago 06/22/10 |
Watch this YouTube video of pt. 4 of the “40” show from camera 2 @ the Café in Chicago 06/22/10 |
Watch the Full Video from camera #1 as a downloadable mp4 file, live at the Café w/ this piece 06/22/10, from the Internet Archive. |
Watch the Full Video from camera #2 as a downloadable mp4 file, live at the Café w/ this piece 06/22/10, from the Internet Archive. |
Watch this YouTube video of Kuypers singing What We Need in life (John on guitar) while nterspersing 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 |
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Watch this Youtube video of Janet Kuypers reading this poem 5/18/13 “Got on the Road Again” in Nashville TNin the Tag Team feature reading |
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Watch this Youtube video of the Janet Kuypers & C Ra McGuirt “Tag Team” 1+ hour feature in Nashville 5/18/13 (which includes this poem) |
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Download this in a free 5/18/13 chapbook the Tag Team Reading, of poems slated for the Janet Kuypers/C Ra McGuirt book “Tag Team Poets” |
Grab the Other’s Neck 2010
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Listen to the DMJ Art Connection, off the CD Indian Flux |
Order this iTunes track from the collection poetry music CD the Final ...Or order the entire CD from iTunes:
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Listen Live at the Café, now available in a 3 CD set, as a bonus track from the Chicago Poetry Fest, 2005 |
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This is on the collection CD The Final. Get a copy for only $6.22. |
 Watch this YouTube video (3:26) at the live Jesse Oaks live “UNcorrect” feature 06/21/07 |
Watch this YouTube video (3:09) studio session “etc.” book reading for audio CD |
Watch the YouTube video or get the full audio track: live 08/27/05 at Poetry Fest |
Watch this complete video:12:22, of this poem in the entire 2005 Chicago Poetry Fest show on video (This film’s at the Internet Archive) |
Order this iTunes track: from the poetry audio CD etc....Or order the entire CD set from iTunes or Napster CD:
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Order this iTunes track: from Chaotic Elements (a 2 CD set)...Or order the entire CD set from iTunes or Napster CD:
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Helping Men in Public Places 2010
Order this iTunes track: from Chaots in Motion (a 6 CD set)...Or order the entire CD set from iTunes or Napster CD:
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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 to music from the CD Tick Tock (with music by 5D/5D) |
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Order this iTunes track: from the Chaotic Collection ...Or order the entire 5 CD set from iTunes: CD:
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Listen Live at the Café, now available in a 3 CD set |
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Watch this YouTube video live, Regina’s Place 01/15/10 Chicago |
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or watch this in part of the YouTube show live at New Year’s Unplugged |
Ice Cream Stain 2010
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Watch the YouTube video Published in her book Close Cover Before Striking, read (for future audio CD release) 06/28/11 on WZRD radio, from the main camera |
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Watch the YouTube video Published in her book Close Cover Before Striking, read (for future audio CD release) 06/28/11 on WZRD radio, from the mini camera |
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See feature-length YouTube video 06/26/11 of the majority of the WZRD radio show with her reading poetry (including this poem) from the main camera |
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See feature-length YouTube video 06/26/11 of ~45 minutes of the WZRD radio show with her reading poetry (including this poem) from the mini cam |
In a Cardboard Box 2010
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Watch the YouTube video Published in her book Close Cover Before Striking, read (for future audio CD release) 06/28/11 on WZRD radio, from the main camera |
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Watch the YouTube video Published in her book Close Cover Before Striking, read (for future audio CD release) 06/28/11 on WZRD radio, from the mini camera |
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See feature-length YouTube video 06/26/11 of the majority of the WZRD radio show with her reading poetry (including this poem) from the main camera |
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See feature-length YouTube video 06/26/11 of ~45 minutes of the WZRD radio show with her reading poetry (including this poem) from the mini cam |
John Stories 2010
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Listen to the CD recording from the 09/20/05 performance art show SIN (Scars Internet News) |
Watch this YouTube video from the Chicago performance art show SIN live 09/20/05 Also see the above video at music.com. |
see the entire performance of SIN (the Scars Internet News show) live 09/20/05, via the Internet Archive |
Joy 2010
Watch this YouTube video Live at Creation Relation (reading poetry live outdoors in Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana & Illinois 05/10/09 |
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Listen Live at the Café, now available in a 3 CD set |
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Order this iTunes track: from the poetry audio CD etc....Or order the entire CD set from iTunes or Napster CD:
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Just Let Her Rest 2010
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Order this from the DMJ Art Connection, off the CD Singular
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See YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem 10/3/12 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (Canon) |
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See YouTube video of Kuypers’ open mic intro 10/3/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago, + poetry (including this piece) |
Just Out of Reach (Edges of their Ocean) 2010
Watch this YouTube video (1:47) live 10/08/10 at the Chicago Public Library (Avalon Branch), with cello from the HAman of South Africa This video is also found at kendincos |
 Watch this YouTube video (1:39) from the v217, 02/11 cc&d (& the 6" x 9" ISBN# book Life... from Nothing, live 02/15/11 at the Café in Chicago |
Watch this YouTube video of the intro at the the Café Chicago open mic 02/15/11 & a number of poems from 02/11 cc&d, plus a song |
Keep Driving 2010
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Visit the Kuypers Twitter page for short poems— join http://twitter.com/janetkuypers.
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read from cc&d (v213), the 10/10 issue and the 6" x 9" ISBN# book Out of the Web, live at the Café in Chicago 10/12/10 | |
Watch the YouTube video Live at My Soul in the Trunk of my Car at Trunk Fest (part 2), in an outdoor Evanston IL feature 05/28/11 | |
See the YouTube full video of My Soul in the Trunk of my Car (part 2) at Trunk Fest, live 05/28/11, w/ this writing | |
Download the chapbook with this writing in My Soul in the Trunk of my Car (part 2) | |
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Watch this YouTube video of Kuypers singing What We Need in life (John on guitar) while nterspersing 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 |
Keep me Sane 2010
Watch this YouTube video live at the Café in Chicago 08/10/10 |
Watch this YouTube video of the intro from the open mic @ the Café in Chicago 08/10/10, w/ Kuypers reading this poem - and more |
Watch this YouTube video of Kuypers singing What We Need in life (John on guitar) while interspersing 4 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) |
Watch this YouTube video of Kuypers singing What We Need in life (John on guitar) while interspersing 4 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) |
Keep Them Apart 2010
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Watch the YouTube video Live at Twitter Inside Chicago feature 05/21/10 |
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or See the YouTube video of the first third of the Chicago feature Twitter Inside 05/21/10 with this writing |
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Watch this YouTube video live at the Café in Chicago 06/22/10 |
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Watch this YouTube video of part four of the “40” show live at the Café in Chicago 06/22/10 |
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Watch this YouTube video of pt. 4 of the “40” show from camera 2 @ the Café in Chicago 06/22/10 |
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Watch the 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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Watch the Full Video from camera #2 as a downloadable mp4 file, live at the Café w/ this piece 06/22/10, from the Internet Archive. |
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See the YouTube video Live at My Soul in the Trunk of my Car at Trunk Fest (part 2), in an outdoor Evanston IL feature 05/28/11 |
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See the YouTube full video of My Soul in the Trunk of my Car (part 2) at Trunk Fest, live 05/28/11, w/ this writing |
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Download the chapbook with this writing in My Soul in the Trunk of my Car (part 2) |
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Watch this YouTube video of Kuypers singing What We Need in life (John on guitar) while nterspersing 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 |
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Watch this Youtube video of Janet Kuypers reading this poem 5/18/13 “Keep Them Apart” in Nashville TN in the Tag Team feature reading |
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Watch this Youtube video of the Janet Kuypers & C Ra McGuirt “Tag Team” 1+ hour feature in Nashville 5/18/13 (which includes this poem) |
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Download this in a free 5/18/13 chapbook the Tag Team Reading, of poems slated for the Janet Kuypers/C Ra McGuirt book “Tag Team Poets” |
Key To Survival 2010
Watch this YouTube video Live at Getting Wired (camera #1 at Starbucks, Chicago, 08/08/09) |
Watch this YouTube video Live at Getting Wired (camera #2 at Starbucks, Chicago, 08/08/09) |
See the full Getting Wired show video w/ this poem (camera #1)  This film is from the Internet Archive |
See the full Getting Wired show video w/ this writing (camera #2) This film is from the Internet Archive |
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this same track also is on Live at the Café, now available in a 3 CD set |
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Get this on Poetic Pieces - a CD of poetry & editorials for only $14.99 (with free shipping!). |
Watch this YouTube video (5:34) from the Chicago performance art show {Stripped} live 06/07/05 |
see the entire performance of {Stripped} live 06/07/05 in Chicago, via the Internet Archive |
Knelt and Cried 2010
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Listen to the DMJ Art Connection, off the CD Singular
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Knotted Hate 2010
Watch this YouTube video Live at Disenfranchised Doggerel (camera #1, Chicago, 07/31/09) |
Watch this YouTube video Live at Disenfranchised Doggerel (camera #2, Chicago, 07/31/09) |
See the full Disenfranchised Doggerel show video w/ this poem (camera #1) This film is from the Internet Archive |
See the full Disenfranchised Doggerel show video w/ this poem (camera #2) This film is from the Internet Archive |
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Watch this Youtube video of Janet Kuypers reading this poem 5/18/13 “Knotted Hate” in Nashville TN in the Tag Team feature reading |
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Watch this Youtube video of the Janet Kuypers & C Ra McGuirt “Tag Team” 1+ hour feature in Nashville 5/18/13 (which includes this poem) |
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Download this in a free 5/18/13 chapbook the Tag Team Reading, of poems slated for the Janet Kuypers/C Ra McGuirt book “Tag Team Poets” |
Left with a Hole 2010
Watch the YouTube video live in Death ‘n’ Rebirth 07/11/10 at Beach Poets |
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 |
Watch this YouTube video (3:04, of just the poem) 11/23/10, live at the Café in Chicago |
See YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem 4/8/13 at the Frankenstone art center in Chicago (Sony) |
See YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem 4/8/13 at the Frankenstone art center in Chicago (Canon) |
See YouTube video of Kuypers performing poetry including this poem in a poetry reading as she was called the “Headliner” 4/8/13 at Chicago’s Frankenstone art center (Sony) |
See YouTube video of Kuypers performing poetry including this poem in a poetry reading as she was called the “Headliner” 4/8/13 at Chicago’s Frankenstone art center (Canon) |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Left with a Hole live 9/18/13 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (C) |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Left with a Hole live 9/18/13 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (S) |
Let Me Be 2010
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Watch this YouTube video of the Cutting Room Floor at the Palos Park Public Library 10/07/09 |
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or see the full 10/07/09 Video at the Palos Park Public Library of the Cutting Room Floor via the Internet Archive |
See YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem 4/8/13 at the Frankenstone art center in Chicago (Sony) |
See YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem 4/8/13 at the Frankenstone art center in Chicago (Canon) |
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See YouTube video of Kuypers performing poetry including this poem in a poetry reading as she was called the “Headliner” 4/8/13 at Chicago’s Frankenstone art center (Sony) |
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See YouTube video of Kuypers performing poetry including this poem in a poetry reading as she was called the “Headliner” 4/8/13 at Chicago’s Frankenstone art center (Canon) |
Like I Was Never There 2010
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Watch this YouTube video live, Regina’s Place 01/15/10 Chicago |
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or watch this in part 3 of the YouTube show live at New Year’s Unplugged |
Watch this YouTube video live at the Café in Chicago 08/10/10 |
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Watch this YouTube video of the intro from the open mic @ the Café in Chicago 08/10/10, w/ Kuypers reading her poems “Kurons” with guitar |
Watch this YouTube video read 11/30/10, live at the Café in Chicago |
Watch this YouTube video of the intro and the poem Like I was Never There live 11/30/10 from the open mic at the Café in Chicago |
Loss 2010
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Watch the YouTube video Live at Twitter Inside Chicago feature 05/21/10 |
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or See the YouTube video of the finale of the Chicago feature Twitter Inside 05/21/10 with this writing |
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Watch this YouTube video live at the Café in Chicago 06/22/10 |
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Watch this YouTube video of part three of the “40” show live at the Café w/ this piece 06/22/10 |
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Watch this YouTube video of part 3 of the “40” show w/ camera 2 @ the Café in Chicago 06/22/10 |
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Watch the 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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Watch the Full Video from camera #2 as a downloadable mp4 file, live at the Café w/ this piece 06/22/10, from the Internet Archive. |
Loving Four 2010
Watch this YouTube video live at the Café in Chicago 01/19/10 |
More Believable That Way 2010
Watch the 
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Watch this YouTube video live at the Café in Chicago 02/09/10 |
Watch this YouTube video live at the Café in Chicago 05/04/10 |
Watch this YouTube video of the Janet Kuypers poem My Future Job Options & the Irene Ferraro poem White Moth & the Dina Stuart poem the Mess, at the open mic @ the Café in Chicago 05/04/10 |
Watch this YouTube video l1:11, 11/06/10 in Lake Villa at Swing State, in Sexism and other stories |
Watch this YouTube video 11/06/10 from the TV camera in Lake Villa’s Swing State, live in her “Visual Nonsense” show Sexism and other stories |
See the full show of Kuypers reading in the “Sexism and other stories” show, live in Lake Villa 11/06/10 with this writing at Swing State |
See the full show of Kuypers reading from the TV monitor in the “Sexism and other stories” show, live in Lake Villa’s “Visual Nonsense” 10/20/011/06/10 with this poem at Swing State |
See the YouTube video
05/03/11 at the Café in Chicago (in the ISBN# books Unknown and Sexism and Other Stories and in cc&d mag v220, the 05/11 issue)
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Watch this YouTube video to the intro to the 05/03/11 open mic at the Café in Chicago, with this poem |
New Vacuum Cleaner 2010
Watch this YouTube video performed for C Ra McGuirt (Penny Dreadful Press) in Nashville 12/20/08 |
Watch the YouTube video 06/07/11 at the Café in Chicago (from her book Close Cover Before Striking) |
See feature-length YouTube
video (21:47) of Kuypers reading her poems My First Time, Chicago West Side, Chess Game Again, Arrowhead, Realistic Dreams, Was Immune, To Be Different, Sunrise, Meant To Be, New Vacuum Cleaner and Skittery live 06/07/11 at the Café
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Watch this YouTube video of the intro to the 06/07/11 open mic at the Café in Chicago, plus 2 new poems, & Close Cover Before Striking poems |
90% Sure (Dreams 07/06/06 Two) 2010
Watch this YouTube video live at the Café in Chicago 09/29/09 |
No One Will 2010
Watch this YouTube video live at the Café in Chicago 03/02/10 |
Watch this YouTube video (with the “line drawing” filter) live at the Café in Chicago 03/02/10 |
Watch this YouTube video (with an metallic filter) live at the Café in Chicago 03/02/10 |
Watch this YouTube video (with an pastel sketch filter) live at the Café in Chicago 03/02/10 |
Watch this YouTube video (1:00) live 06/14/11 at the Café in Chicago |
See YouTube video of Kuypers’ feature Ten Minutes With Warren at the 06/14/11 open mic at the Café in Chicago, of her poems The Things Warren Says, No One Will, Warren Stories, Before I Can Put a Smile on my Face Again, It’s Someone’s Job, and You Carried It, & her covering the Eurythmics song I Need you, + her MFV song What We Need In Life
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See YouTube video from camera #2 of Kuypers’ feature Ten Minutes With Warren at the 06/14/11 open mic at the Café in Chicago, of her poems The Things Warren Says, No One Will, Warren Stories, Before I Can Put a Smile on my Face Again, It’s Someone’s Job, and You Carried It, & her covering the Eurythmics song I Need you, + her MFV song What We Need In Life
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See YouTube video from the intro to the 06/14/11 open mic at the Café in Chicago, & Kuypers’ poems The Things Warren Says, No One Will, Warren Stories, Before I Can Put a Smile on my Face Again, It’s Someone’s Job, and You Carried It, & her covering the Eurythmics’ I Need you, + her MFV song What We Need In Life
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Now You’re Nothing To Me 2010
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Watch this YouTube video read live at the Café 07/08/08 |
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See the video of Now You’re Nothing To Me & Dreams 09/07/07 live 07/08/08 (6:48) This film is from the Internet Archive |
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Watch this Youtube video of Janet Kuypers reading this poem 5/18/13 “Now You’re Nothing to Me” in Nashville TN in the Tag Team feature reading |
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Watch this Youtube video of the Janet Kuypers & C Ra McGuirt “Tag Team” 1+ hour feature in Nashville 5/18/13 (which includes this poem) |
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Download this in a free 5/18/13 chapbook the Tag Team Reading, of poems slated for the Janet Kuypers/C Ra McGuirt book “Tag Team Poets” |
Only For One Night 2010
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Watch the YouTube video Live at Twitter Inside Chicago feature 05/21/10 |
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or See the YouTube video of the first third of the Chicago feature Twitter Inside 05/21/10 with this writing |
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Watch this YouTube video live at the Café in Chicago 06/22/10 |
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Watch this YouTube video of part four of the “40” show live at the Café in Chicago 06/22/10 |
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Watch this YouTube video of pt. 4 of the “40” show from camera 2 @ the Café in Chicago 06/22/10 |
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Watch the 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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Watch the Full Video from camera #2 as a downloadable mp4 file, live at the Café w/ this piece 06/22/10, from the Internet Archive. |
Watch this YouTube video (:43) from the 6" x 9" ISBN# book “40”s, live 02/22/11 at the Café in Chicago |
Watch this YouTube video of the intro to the 02/22/11 open mic at the Café Chicago, & her poetry in 2011 books, including this poem |
Our Couple In Love 2010
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Watch this YouTube video live at the Café in Chicago 12/15/09 |
Passed Away 2010
Watch this YouTube video live at the Café in Chicago 03/02/10 |
Watch this YouTube video (with the “air brush” filter) live at the Café in Chicago 03/02/10 |
Watch this YouTube video (with a colorize filter) live at the Café in Chicago 03/02/10 |
Watch this YouTube video (with the “line drawing” filter) live at the Café in Chicago 03/02/10 |
Watch this YouTube video (recorded with a metallic filter) live at the Café in Chicago 03/02/10 |
Watch this YouTube video (with the Pastel Sketch filter) live at the Café in Chicago 03/02/10 |
Seven and Seven, Plus Eighteen 2010
Watch this YouTube video 8:57, as a Christmas gift 12/18/07 at a Christmas tree for her husband |
Watch this YouTube video 7:52, read live at the Galapagos Islands 12/25/07 on a boat for her husband |
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Watch the YouTube video live in Death ‘n’ Rebirth 07/11/10 at Beach Poets |
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Watch the full video of the full Death ‘n’ Rebirth 07/11/10 show at Beach Poets, from archive.org |
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download the free chapbook Death ‘n’ Rebirth with all of the writing in the live show |
“So” 2010
Watch this YouTube video l(2:46) live 09/18/10 at Vittorio Carli’s Pilsen open mic at Cafe Mestizo |
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Watch this YouTube video 11/06/10 from the TV camera in Lake Villa’s Swing State, live in her “Visual Nonsense” show Sexism and other stories |
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Watch this YouTube video l2:22, 11/06/10 in Lake Villa at Swing State, in Sexism and other stories |
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See the full show of Kuypers reading from the TV monitor in the “Sexism and other stories” show, live in Lake Villa’s “Visual Nonsense” 10/20/011/06/10 with this poem at Swing State |
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See the full show of Kuypers reading in the “Sexism and other stories” show, live in Lake Villa 11/06/10 with this writing at Swing State |
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Watch this YouTube video (2:18) read from cc&d magazine from Scars Publications, in the 12/10 v215 issue, which was also released as the 6" x 9" ISBN# book Entering the Ice Age, live 12/07/10, live at the Café in Chicago It’s also on Yasak Tube 
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Sorry Flowers 2010
Watch the YouTube video from the show Stop. live 09/10/02 in Chicago |
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 |
Watch the YouTube video of a 10 minute portion of the 09/10/02 poetry show Stop, includeing this piece |
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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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Listen: (:57) to this recording from Fusion |
Watch this YouTube videolive 11/05/08, finale feature in Chicago at St. Paul’s, a desanctified church |
Watch the 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) |
Watch the complete feature video from the St. Paul’s 11/05/08 show in Chicago (23:58) from the Internet Archive |
Watch this YouTube video read live 09/06/11, at the Café open mike she hosts in Chicago |
Watch this Complete feature video of Kuypers live 09/06/11, at the Café open mike in Chicago, performing readings (including this writing) from the book Contents Under Pressure
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Watch this YouTube video of Kuypers singing What We Need in life (John on guitar) while nterspersing 3 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) |
Watch this YouTube video of Kuypers singing What We Need in life (John on guitar) while nterspersing 3 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 (Sony) |
Sparkle 2010
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Watch the YouTube video Published in her book Close Cover Before Striking, read (for future audio CD release) 06/28/11 on WZRD radio, from the main camera |
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Watch the YouTube video Published in her book Close Cover Before Striking, read (for future audio CD release) 06/28/11 on WZRD radio, from the mini camera |
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See feature-length YouTube video 06/26/11 of the majority of the WZRD radio show with her reading poetry (including this poem) from the main camera |
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See feature-length YouTube video 06/26/11 of ~45 minutes of the WZRD radio show with her reading poetry (including this poem) from the mini cam |
Squid 2010BR>
watch the full Questions in a World Withough Answers video live, including this poem in Chicago 10/05/04 (~21:56)
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Watch this YouTube video live at the show Questions in a World Without Answers 10/05/04, Chicago |
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Order this iTunes track: from the Chaotic Collection ...Or order the entire 5 CD set from iTunes: CD:
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Watch the YouTube video Published in her book Close Cover Before Striking, read (for future audio CD release) 06/28/11 on WZRD radio, from the main camera |
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Watch the YouTube video Published in her book Close Cover Before Striking, read (for future audio CD release) 06/28/11 on WZRD radio, from the mini camera |
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See feature-length YouTube video 06/26/11 of the majority of the WZRD radio show with her reading poetry (including this poem) from the main camera |
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See feature-length YouTube video 06/26/11 of ~45 minutes of the WZRD radio show with her reading poetry (including this poem) from the mini cam |
Story Telling 2010
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Listen in three parts in studio: part 1: - part 2: - part 3: to the DMJ Art Connection, off the CD Singular
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 See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers (C) reading her poem Story Telling at Chicago’s 7/26/14 Sisters on a Journey |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers (C, posterize) reading her poem Story Telling at Chicago’s 7/26/14 Sisters on a Journey |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers (S) reading her poem Story Telling at Chicago’s 7/26/14 Sisters on a Journey |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers (S, edge detection) reading her poem Story Telling at Chicago’s 7/26/14 Sisters on a Journey |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her prose Story Telling 2010 live 9/17/15 at Story Teller Night at Roots Room in Chicago (filmed with a Canon fs200) |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her prose Story Telling 2010 live 9/17/15 at Story Teller Night at Roots Room in Chicago (Canon Power Shot camera) |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ Book Release Reading 4/5/17 of Down in the Dirt book poetry in Austin’s National Poetry Month Community Poetry at Half Price Books, including “Queen ISIS (battling for peace)” from “Waterlogged”, and “Story Telling” from “Spiraling” (this video filmed from a Canon Power Shot SX700 camera).
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ Book Release Reading 4/5/17 of Down in the Dirt book poetry in Austin’s National Poetry Month Community Poetry at Half Price Books, including “Queen ISIS (battling for peace)” from “Waterlogged”, and “Story Telling” from “Spiraling” (from a Canon Power Shot SX700 camera video and given a Hue Cycling filter).
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Ten Minutes 2010
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Listen to this w/ The DMJ Art Connection off the CD Chaos In Motion
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Watch this YouTube video Live at Mercury Cafe, live in Chicago 02/28/09 |
Or see the full YouTube video of the full (give me 5 minutes) show, live in Chicago 02/28/09 |
Watch this YouTube video (1:30) read from the ISBN# book Living in Chaos, live 03/29/11 at the Café in Chicago |
Watch this YouTube video of the intro to the 03/29/11 open mic at the Café in Chicago (where she is the host), with this poem reading |
Watch the YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem at the open mike 01/18/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago |
Watch the YouTube video of Kuypers reading poetry (including this poem) at the open mike 01/18/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago |
“that’s from the barbed wire” 2010
Watch this YouTube video Live at Waiting4the Bus in Chicago 05/18/09 |
Watch this YouTube video read live in the show “hmmm” 11/20/11 at the Café open mike in Chicago |
 Watch this YouTube video of the entire Janet Kuypers show “hmm” live 11/20/11 at the Café open mike in Chicago |
the Cycle of Life 2010
Watch this YouTube video Live at the Café, in Chicago 03/10/09 |
Watch this YouTube video or all of the poems read live at the Café, in Chicago 03/10/09 |
Watch this YouTube video (a poem mentioning fire, read in front of a fire 07/12/09) |
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Watch this YouTube video (studio session 03/16/09) |
The Good “Doctor” 2010
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Listen to the CD recording from the 09/20/05 performance art show SIN (Scars Internet News) |
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Watch this YouTube video (4:56) from the Chicago performance art show SIN live 09/20/05 You can also see the above video at Video Google. |
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see the entire performance of SIN (the Scars Internet News show) live 09/20/05, via the Internet Archive |
the View of the Alley 2010
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Listen Live at the Café, now available in a 3 CD set |
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Get this on Poetic Pieces - a CD of poetry & editorials for only $14.99 (with free shipping!). |
the Writing Of My Life 2010
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Listen Live at the Café, now available in a 3 CD set |
Watch this YouTube video live at the Café in Chicago 09/01/09 |
Thinking. I hate that. 2010
Watch this YouTube video (1:11) read live 01/25/11 from the ISBN# & ISSN# book a Wake-up Call from Tradition, live at the Café in Chicago |
Watch this YouTube video of the intro at the the Café Chicago open mic 01/25/11 & the poems Getaway, Couldn’t Take It Home, His Mom’s Car, At Least That’s What I Hear, and Thinking. I Hate That. |
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Watch this YouTube video of Kuypers singing What We Need in life (John on guitar) while interspersing 4 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) |
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Watch this YouTube video of Kuypers singing What We Need in life (John on guitar) while interspersing 4 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) |
Thirteen Seconds 2010
Watch this YouTube video live at the Café in Chicago 11/17/09 |
Watch this YouTube video read at the Kinzua Bridge (the bridge in the poem a woman committed suicide by jumping from) in Pennsylvania 09/04/09 |
Watch this YouTube video read at the Kinzua Bridge (the bridge in the poem a woman committed suicide by jumping from) in Pennsylvania 09/04/09 |
Watch this YouTube video read at the Kinzua Bridge (the bridge in the poem a woman committed suicide by jumping from) in Pennsylvania 09/04/09 |
Watch this YouTube video read at the Kinzua Bridge (the bridge in the poem a woman committed suicide by jumping from) in Pennsylvania 09/04/09 |
Watch this YouTube video read at the Kinzua Bridge (the bridge in the poem a woman committed suicide by jumping from) in Pennsylvania 09/04/09 |
Watch this YouTube video live, Mercury Cafe 08/09/08, Chicago |
see the entire performance live, Mercury Cafe 08/09/08, Chicago with film from the Internet Archive |
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Listen (1:57) to this studio recording from the DMJ Art Connection |
three minutes for three dollars 2010
Watch this YouTube video live at the Café in Chicago 04/20/10 |
Too Far 2010
Order this iTunes track from the collection poetry music CD Side A ...Or order the entire CD from iTunes:
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Order this iTunes track from the poetry music CD the Elements ...Or order the entire CD set from iTunes:
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Watch this YouTube video live at the Yammer Chicago mini-feature 11/17/99 |
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Order this iTunes track: from the Chaotic Collection ...Or order the entire 5 CD set from iTunes: CD:
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Order this iTunes track: from Chaos in Motion (a 6 CD set)...Or order the entire CD set from iTunes or Napster CD:
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Listen Live at the Café 6/22/04, now available in a 3 CD setor Listen Live at the Café 8/28/04 (bonus track from the Chicago Poetry Fest, 2004)
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Order this iTunes track from the poetry audio CD “Oh.” audio CD ...Or order the entire CD set from iTunes:
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Watch the Urbanation YouTube video (1:21, 02/22/04)
You can also see the above video
on Truveoor Google Video or Video First Game |
Watch the video (3:46) 3 poems read live (05/19/07) at the Jared Smith book release: Too Far, Headache & the Burning. This film is from the Internet Archive |
Watch this YouTube video (1:43, 11/21/95) You can also see the above video on Truveo or Actualite de Stars or Video Fisrt Game or Bollywood or World-Class-Poetry.com |
Watch the video at Poetry Visualized |
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Listen to the CD recording from the CD Rough Mixes, by Pointless Orchestra |
Watch the YouTube video (1:41) live 08/05/07 at Beach Poets |
Listen to this from the CD release from her first performance art show (8/14/97) Seeing Things Differently - or click on the CD cover to order tracks from this release.
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Listen to this radio recording from WZRD Radio (in a 2 CD set) |
Listen to this live track from the Second Axing, or get it off the CD Live in Alaska.
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Watch this YouTube video airing 4 times on TV 12/06 You can also see the above video on Truveo or Video Fisrt Game |
from the show A Night of Firsts: This film is from the Internet Archive |
Watch this YouTube video (1:41, 06/22/04) You can also see the above video on Truveo or Video Fisrt Game |
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Listen (or listen live) to the DMJ Art Connection, off the CD Contact•Conflict•Control |
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Watch the YouTube video (2:24) 04/01/05 (April Fool’s Day) Live as the final feature at the DvA Chicago Art Gallery show Conflict • Contact • Control |
Watch this live in the Peter Jones Gallery 10/09/08 Chiago show HA!man Collaborations |
Watch this YouTube video poem video broadcast on Nashville TV, show #1 of Speer Presents |
Watch this poem video broadcast on Nashville TV, show #2 of Speer Presents |
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Watch this YouTube video performed for C Ra McGuirt (Penny Dreadful Press) in Nashville 12/20/08 |
Watch this YouTube video Live at a Woman on the Beach (Beach Poets 08/02/09) (camera #1) |
Watch this 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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Watch this YouTube video ont size="-1">live at the Café in Chicago 01/19/10 |
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Watch this YouTube video live at the Café in Chicago 06/22/10 |
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Watch this YouTube video of part one of the “40” show live at the Café in Chicago 06/22/10 |
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Watch this YouTube video of pt. 1 of the “40” show w/ camera 2 @ the Café twith this piece 06/22/10 |
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Watch the 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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Watch the Full Video from camera #2 as a downloadable mp4 file, live at the Café w/ this piece 06/22/10, from the Internet Archive. |
Watch this YouTube video 12/04/10 from the TV camera in Lake Villa at Swing State, live in her show the Stories of Women |
Watch this YouTube video (1:03, of just the poem) 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) |
Watch the YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem at the open mike 2/15/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago, from the Kodak |
See YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem (about Ani DiFranco, and not Kim Basinger) 9/26/26 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (Canon) |
See YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem (about Ani DiFranco, and not Kim Basinger) 9/26/26 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (Sony) |
See YouTube video of Kuypers’ open mike 9/26/26 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago, plus her poetry (including this poem) |
Order this iTunes track from the poetry music CD Live in Alaska ...Or order the entire CD set from iTunes:
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See YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem 4/8/13 at the Frankenstone art center in Chicago (Sony) |
See YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem 4/8/13 at the Frankenstone art center in Chicago (Canon) |
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See YouTube video of Kuypers performing poetry including this poem in a poetry reading as she was called the “Headliner” 4/8/13 at Chicago’s Frankenstone art center (Sony) |
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See YouTube video of Kuypers performing poetry including this poem in a poetry reading as she was called the “Headliner” 4/8/13 at Chicago’s Frankenstone art center (Canon) |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Too Far live 6/12/13 as the intro to the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (Canon) |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Too Far live 6/12/13 as the intro to the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (Sony) |
See YouTube video of Kuypers hosting the open mic 6/12/13 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago, including her reading this and other poems & prose! |
Watch this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Too Far live in Chicago 8/28/13 (C) at her interview & reading |
Watch this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Too Far live in Chicago 8/28/13 (S) 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), containing this poem
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Tribal Scream 2010
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Watch this YouTube video performed for C Ra McGuirt (Penny Dreadful Press) in Nashville 12/20/08 |
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Order this iTunes track from the collection poetry music CD Side A ...Or order the entire CD from iTunes:
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Listen Live at the Café, now available in a 3 CD set |
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Get this on Poetic Pieces - a CD of poetry & editorials for only $14.99 (with free shipping!). |
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Order the STUDIO track on CD 13 from the CD set Live (an extensive 13 CD 2010 CD set) as performed by Mark Clayton Graham in New Mexico
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Watch this YouTube video Live at Chicago Calling, at the last night of poetry performance at Mercury Cafe 10/02/09 |
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Watch this full video from Chicago Calling, at the last night of poetry performance at Mercury Cafe 10/02/09, via the Internet Archive |
Watch this YouTube video (1:21) read from the full color book Living in a Big World, live 12/14/10, live at the Café in Chicago |
Watch this YouTube video of the intro and the poems “Packing”, “Just Can’t Breathe” and “Tribal Scream” read live 12/14/10 from the open mic at the Café in Chicago |
Trying to Change Fate 2010
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Watch this YouTube video Live at the Café, in Chicago 03/10/09 |
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Watch this YouTube video or all of the poems read live at the Café, in Chicago 03/10/09 |
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Watch this YouTube video (studio session 03/16/09) |
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Watch this Youtube video of Janet Kuypers reading this poem 5/18/13 “Trying to Change Fate” in Nashville TN in the Tag Team feature reading |
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Watch this Youtube video of the Janet Kuypers & C Ra McGuirt “Tag Team” 1+ hour feature in Nashville 5/18/13 (which includes this poem) |
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Download this in a free 5/18/13 chapbook the Tag Team Reading, of poems slated for the Janet Kuypers/C Ra McGuirt book “Tag Team Poets” |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Trying to Change Fate live 6/12/13 as the intro to the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (Canon) |
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Trying to Change Fate live 6/12/13 as the intro to the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (Sony) |
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See YouTube video of Kuypers hosting the open mic 6/12/13 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago, including her reading this and other poems & prose! |
Tuesday Nights 2010
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Watch the YouTube video Published in her book Close Cover Before Striking, read (for future audio CD release) 06/28/11 on WZRD radio, from the main camera |
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See feature-length YouTube video 06/26/11 of the majority of the WZRD radio show with her reading poetry (including this poem) from the main camera |
Venture to the Unknown 2010
Watch this YouTube video or listen from iTunes: live 10/21/03 in her show the Other Side at the Café in Chicago |
Watch this YouTube video (1:47, of just the poem) read 11/30/10, live at the Café in Chicago |
Waiting for a Sign 2010
Watch this YouTube video Live at One Acts (camera #1, 07/06/09 |
See another YouTube video Live at One Acts (camera #2, 07/06/09 |
 Watch the full show of One Acts (camera #1, 07/06/09) from the Internet Archive |
Watch the full show of One Acts (07/06/09, camera #2)... from the Internet Archive |
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Watch this YouTube video live at the Café in Chicago 07/27/10 |
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Watch this YouTube video of the intro from the open mic @ the Café in Chicago 07/27/10, w/ Kuypers reading her poem “You Will”, “Marine Rifle Poem” “Build Your Own Cross”, and “Waiting for a Sign” |
What the Hell is She Complaining About 2010
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Listen to the DMJ Art Connection, off the CD the DMJ Art Connection Disc One |
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Get this on Poetic Pieces - a CD of poetry & editorials for only $14.99 (with free shipping!). |
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this same track also is on Live at the Café, now available in a 3 CD set |
Watch this YouTube video (2:40) from the Chicago performance art show {Stripped} live 06/07/05 |
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see the entire performance of {Stripped} live 06/07/05 in Chicago, via the Internet Archive |
Where Does The Love Go 2010
Watch this YouTube video live in the show Seeing a Psychiatrist 09/09/08, Chicago at the Café |
You can also see this poem video from the 09/09/08 show Seeing a Psychiatrist at Poetry Visualized |
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Why I Didn’t See God 2010
Watch this YouTube video live at Cana-Dixie to Chi-town 12/15/09 |
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Watch this YouTube video (studio session 03/16/09) |
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Watch this YouTube video of the Cutting Room Floor at the Palos Park Public Library 10/07/09 |
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or see the full 10/07/09 Video at the Palos Park Public Library of the Cutting Room Floor via the Internet Archive |
Watch this YouTube video live at the Café in Chicago 02/24/09 |
Worn Out 2010
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Listen to the DMJ Art Connection, off the CD the DMJ Art Connection Disc One Listen to & download this track from the DMJ Art Connection
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Listen Live at the Café, now available in a 3 CD set |
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Get this on Poetic Pieces - a CD of poetry & editorials for only $14.99 (with free shipping!). |
Watch the YouTube video 2:00, live at Jesse Oaks 04/17/08 |
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you’ll like them 2010
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Watch the YouTube video Published in her book Close Cover Before Striking, read (for future audio CD release) 06/28/11 on WZRD radio, from the main camera |
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See feature-length YouTube video 06/26/11 of the majority of the WZRD radio show with her reading poetry (including this poem) from the main camera |
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