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Park Bench
the poetry audio CD set“HopeChest in the Attic”
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Live at One Acts (camera #1, 07/06/09
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Passed Away 2010
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live at the Café in Chicago 03/02/10
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Passport To Outer Space
from the 07/19/07 Chicago performance art show Living in a Big World

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video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers in her 12/2/17 show “Who What Where When Why” @ “Expressions” in Austin, performing her poems “Who What Where When Why”, “Ocean’s Call to Dive”, “Underwater and Swimming”, “on the Bridge”, “Jumping, Flying”, “Only Voice he could Hear”, “Passport to Outer Space” from the book “Say Nothing”, and “Visiting Pristine Places on the Planet” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersinstagram
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers in her 12/2/17 show “Who What Where When Why” @ “Expressions” in Austin, performing her poems “Who What Where When Why”, “Ocean’s Call to Dive”, “Underwater and Swimming”, “on the Bridge”, “Jumping, Flying”, “Only Voice he could Hear”, “Passport to Outer Space” from the book “Say Nothing”, and “Visiting Pristine Places on the Planet” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersinstagram
View the 12/2/17 show poems in the free PDF file chapbook
Who What Where When Why chapbook Who What Where When Why chapbook Who What Where When Why
containing the poems “Who What Where When Why”, “Ocean’s Call to Dive”, “Underwater and Swimming”, “on the Bridge”, “Jumping, Flying”, “Only Voice he could Hear”, her micro-prose “Passport to Outer Space”, and her poem “Visiting Pristine Places on the Planet”.
video See YouTube video of Chicago poet Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Only Voice he could Hear”, “Passport to Outer Space” and “Visiting Pristine Places on the Planet” from the performance art section in cc&d June 2018 v284 6/18 25-year anniversary issue 6x9 ISBN# paperback book “Shining” 6/3/18 at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” open mic (Lumix 2500).
video See YouTube video of Chicago poet Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Only Voice he could Hear”, “Passport to Outer Space” and “Visiting Pristine Places on the Planet” from the performance art section in cc&d June 2018 v284 6/18 25-year anniversary issue 6x9 ISBN# paperback book “Shining” 6/3/18 at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” open mic (Panasonic L T56).


People’s Lives Were at Stake, 2005
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live at the show Questions in a World Without Answers 10/05/04, Chicago
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Listen mp3 file Live at the Cafe, now available in a 3 CD set (order the CD by clicking on the CD cover or title)
the poetry audio CD set etc.
Listen: (4:49) mp3 file  to this recording from Fusion (or order the CD by clicking on the CD cover)
the poetry audio CD set etc. (mixed 07/03/09) to this poetry, combined with Los - Break Free from the HA!Man of South Africa off the CD “Seeing a Psychiatrist”
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phone calls from Brian Tolle
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Published in her book Close Cover Before Striking, read (for future audio CD release) 06/21/11 live at the Café
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video of Kuypers reading her prose “Phone Calls from Brian Tolle” and her poem “How to Please a Woman
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of the intro to the 06/21/11 open mic at the Café in Chicago, plus her Close Cover Before Striking prose & poem
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Live at Getting Wired (camera #1 at Starbucks, Chicago, 08/08/09)
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video See YouTube video of Chicago poet Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Too Far” from her “a Woman on the Beach” show, then her micro-prose “Phone Calls from Brian Tolle” from her “Getting Wired” show, both performed from her poetry performance art book “Chapter 48 (v 1)”, and then her poem “Each Trigger Pull” 3/3/19 @ “Recycled Reads(Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).
video See YouTube video of Chicago poet Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Too Far” from her “a Woman on the Beach” show, then her micro-prose “Phone Calls from Brian Tolle” from her “Getting Wired” show, both performed from her poetry performance art book “Chapter 48 (v 1)”, and then her poem “Each Trigger Pull” 3/3/19 @ “Recycled Reads(Panasonic Lumix T56; Posterize).
video See YouTube video of Chicago poet Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Too Far” from her “a Woman on the Beach” show, then her micro-prose “Phone Calls from Brian Tolle” from her “Getting Wired” show, both performed from her poetry performance art book “Chapter 48 (v 1)”, and then her poem “Each Trigger Pull” 3/3/19 @ “Recycled Reads(Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).
video See YouTube video of Chicago poet Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Too Far” from her “a Woman on the Beach” show, then her micro-prose “Phone Calls from Brian Tolle” from her “Getting Wired” show, both performed from her poetry performance art book “Chapter 48 (v 1)”, and then her poem “Each Trigger Pull” 3/3/19 @ “Recycled Reads(Panasonic Lumix 2500; Sepia Tone).


Please Drive Through, 2005
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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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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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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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video 06/26/11 of ~45 minutes of the WZRD radio show with her reading poetry (including this poem) from the mini cam


Poam: Militant Man With Schizophrenia, 2005
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of Kuypers reading this poem 10/31/12 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (Canon)
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Pool Together Our Money, 2005
the poetry 2 CD setCHAOTIC ELEMENTS
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Praying To Idols, 2005
the poetry CD Side A
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of this, from the CD Change/Rearrange
the poetry “Oh.” audio CD”
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“Oh.” audio CD
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track from the Chicago Poetry Fest, 2005
Listen: (1:58) mp3 file
to this recording from Fusion
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12:22, of this poem in the entire 2005 Chicago Poetry Fest show on video
(This film’s at the Internet Archive)
the poetry 5 CD THE CHAOTIC COLLECTION
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Prepared For The Worst, 2005
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of Kuypers reading this poem at the open mike 6/20/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago (Canon)
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Private Lives Three
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Live at the 2009 Poetry Game Show, live in Chicago 04/14/09
the 2009 Poetry Game Show
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video See YouTube video from 5/27/16 (Cfs) of Janet Kuypers reading her 3 poems Brewing the Coffee and Remembering Summer, middle eastern man in front of me and her flash fiction Private Lives III, the elevated train, Chicago, Illinois, and then John came on stage and read her poem Freedom Just Past The Fence as well John’s poem at Georgetown’s Poetry Plus open mic.
video See YouTube video from 5/27/16 (Sony) of Janet Kuypers reading her 3 poems Brewing the Coffee and Remembering Summer, middle eastern man in front of me and her flash fiction Private Lives III, the elevated train, Chicago, Illinois, and then John came on stage and read her poem Freedom Just Past The Fence as well John’s poem at Georgetown’s Poetry Plus.


Prom ‘97 — or Doing Things Right
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read live 08/23/11, at the Café open mic she hosts in Chicago
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video of the intro to the 08/23/11 weekly poetry open mic at the Café in Chicago, & her reading her short prose “Prom ‘97 — or Doing Things Right










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