Poetry Fest 08/28 2004 and 08/27 2005 and 08/25 2006, Janet Kuypers

The Chicago Poetry Fest
(2004, 2005, and 2006)

Poetry Fest 08/25/06 Poetry Fest 8/28/05

click from highlights from shows from three years...

2004
outdoors in Lincoln Square in Chicago

2005
outdoors in Lincoln Square in Chicago

2006
at the Society of Professional Journalists Convention in downtown Chicago

The crowds came for the Chicago Poetry Fest in 2004, 2005 and 2006, and we’ve got clips from the first day of both two-day festivals — August 28^th 2004 and August 27^th 2005. We also have select pieces from the August 25^th 2006 show, at the Society of Professional Journal;ists convention (held in downtown Chicago). And if you want more readings from these Poetry Fests, you can also listen to Scars Internet Radio, where there are two days worth of live clips from the 2004 show (these recordings plus the live readings of many people at the Weeds in Chicago), which are set to play in the radio line-up.
If you’d like to get a hold of any live recordings from these live Chicago annual events, you’ve come to the right place. Below are selections from recordings from the Chicago Poetry Fest.

from the 08/28/04 Chicago Poetry Fest...

Poetry Fest 8/28/05
Too Far
(live 8/28/04)

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or download the full track: 1:56
...bonus track off the CD
Live at the Cafe

1:56 (low quality)

1:56 (low quality)

1:56 (low quality)

original writing, of
“Too Far”

The Burning
(live 8/28/04)

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or download the full track:
1:38
...bonus track off the CD
Live at the Cafe

1:38 (low quality)

1:38 (low quality)

1:38 (low quality)

original writing, of
“The Burning”

Poetry Fest 8/28/05
I’m a Record Now
(live 8/28/04)

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or download the full track:
1:23
...bonus track off the CD
Live at the Cafe

1:23 (low quality)

1:23 (low quality)

1:23 (low quality)

original writing, of
“I’m a Record Now”

New To Chicago
(live 8/28/04)

1:44 (2 meg)

1:44 (low quality)

1:44 (low quality)

1:44 (low quality)

original writing, of
“New To Chicago”

Poetry Fest 8/28/05
Fantastic Car Crash
(live 8/28/04)

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or download the full track:
2:33
...bonus track off the CD
Live at the Cafe

2:33 (low quality)

2:33 (low quality)

2:33 (low quality)

original writing, of
“Fantastic Car Crash”

the entire Chicago Poetry Fest
Kuypers reading (live 8/28/04)

- 9:04 (10.4 meg)

9:04 (low quality)

9:04 (low quality)

9:04 (low quality)

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Poetry Fest 8/28/05
from the 8/28/05 Chicago Poetry Fest...
You can also download or view the chapbook for the Chicago Poetry Fest feature show, called Sensuality in Poetry, which contains all the writings (and more!) that were read in this show.
map to 2005 Chicago Poetry Fest 8/28/05

Poetry Fest 8/28/05
The Way You Tease Me
(live 8/28/05)

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or download the full track:
3:10
...bonus track off the CD
Live at the Cafe

3:10 (low quality)

3:10 (low quality)

3:10 (low quality)

original writing, of
“The Way You Tease Me”

Watch the YouTube video

live 8/28/05 at Poetry Fest
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12:22, of this poem in the entire 2005 Chciago Poetry Fest show on video
(This film’s at the Internet Archive)

Poetry Fest 8/28/05
Grab the Other’s Neck
(live 8/28/05)

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or download the full track:
2:45
...bonus track off the CD
Live at the Cafe

2:45 (low quality)

2:45 (low quality)

2:45 (low quality)

original writing, of
“Grab the Other’s Neck”

Watch the YouTube video

live 8/28/05 at Poetry Fest
Watch this complete video:

12:22, of this poem in the entire 2005 Chciago Poetry Fest show on video
(This film’s at the Internet Archive)

Poetry Fest 8/28/05
Praying To Idols
(live 8/28/05)

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or download the full track:
1:57
...bonus track off the CD
Live at the Cafe

1:57 (low quality)

1:57 (low quality)

1:57 (low quality)

original writing, of
“Praying To Idols”

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live 8/28/05 at Poetry Fest
Watch this complete video:

12:22, of this poem in the entire 2005 Chciago Poetry Fest show on video
(This film’s at the Internet Archive)

Desire
(live 8/28/05)

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or download the full track:
1:02
...bonus track off the CD
Live at the Cafe

1:02 (low quality)

1:02 (low quality)

1:02 (low quality)

original writing, of
“ Desire”

Watch the YouTube video

live 8/28/05 at Poetry Fest
Watch this complete video:

12:22, of this poem in the entire 2005 Chciago Poetry Fest show on video
(This film’s at the Internet Archive)

Poetry Fest 8/28/05
The Muse, The Messiah
(live 8/28/05)

- 3:20 (3.8 meg)

3:20 (low quality)

3:20 (low quality)

3:20 (low quality)

original writing, of
“The Muse, The Messiah”

Watch the YouTube video

live 8/28/05 at Poetry Fest
Watch this complete video:

12:22, of this poem in the entire 2005 Chciago Poetry Fest show on video
(This film’s at the Internet Archive)

Poetry Fest 8/28/05
the entire Chicago Poetry Fest
Kuypers reading (live 8/28/05)

- 12:10 (13.9 meg)

12:10 (low quality)

12:10 (low quality)

12:10 (low quality)

Watch this complete video:

12:22, of this poem in the entire 2005 Chciago Poetry Fest show on video
(This film’s at the Internet Archive)

photograph from ChicagoPoetry.com

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the Chicago Poetry Fest, Saturday, August 26^th, 2006

headline poet at the SPJ Chicago Poetry Fest
press pass worn at the SPJ show
    Kuypers was scheduled as the final of 15 poets with a 10 minute feature at the 2006 Society of Professional Journalism Expo’s Chicago Poetry Showcase of “A Celebration of the First Amendment” on Saturday, August 26, from 1 until 4 PM at the Hyatt Regency, 151 E. Wacker Drive, in Chicago via the 2006 Chicago Poetry Fest. Thousands of professional journalists from around the country are attending this Journalism Expo, and anyone can attend this free poetry showcase at the Hyatt Regency in downtown Chicago. Kuypers (the Journalism major and member of Kappa Tau Alpha National Honor Society in Journalism, as well as a magazine editor and publisher of books with her editorials, available for sale on line) was thrilled to be the ending highlight this poetry feature.

Kuypers photographed by chicagopoetry.com during the show at the 2006 SPJ Convention & National Journalism Conference, August 24-27, Chicago
    Kuypers also practiced her performance at the Lake County Poets Society open mic (hosted by “JPoetic,” who appeared in the second day of the 2006 Poetry Fest), days before the actual SPJ show. Although the materials were altered last minute after this show (in this practice performance, for example, the poem A Great American is used, which was pulled from the show for another poem), we have an mpeg recording and an mp3 recording of this practice session as well.

    Info on the schedule for this performance art show (including all of the people that are performing, in order) can also be found at http://chicagopoetryfest.com.
    You can also click here for a Chiago Sunday Sun Times article about this...

Let’s start with a practice performance
for the 2006 final feature...
at the Lake County Poets Society 08/22/06

the entire practice performance,
practiced at the Lake County Poets Society
08/22/06

SAMPLE
or get the full 10:12 file at iTunes:

off the CD Chaos In Motion

10:25, the entire show on video

This film is from
the Internet Archive

here are the individual poems
from the practice performance...
(in the order they were performed...)

(part) People’s Rights Misunderstood

Order the LIVE track on CD 6
from the CD set Live:   :46

Watch this YouTube video

(:52)
from the Poetry Fest 2006 Lake County Poets Society practice performance, live 08/22/06

the original writing

(part)
Everything Was Alive and Dying

Order the LIVE track on CD 6
from the CD set Live:   3:15

Watch this YouTube video

(3:22)
from the Poetry Fest 2006 Lake County Poets Society practice performance, live 08/22/06

the original writing

A Great American

Order the LIVE track on CD 6
from the CD set Live:   1:14

Watch this YouTube video

(1:23)
from the Poetry Fest 2006 Lake County Poets Society practice performance, live 08/22/06

the original writing

The State of the Nation

Order the LIVE track on CD 6
from the CD set Live:   2:07

Watch this YouTube video

(2:16)
from the Poetry Fest 2006 Lake County Poets Society practice performance, live 08/22/06

the original writing

(part) Burn It In

Order the LIVE track on CD 6
from the CD set Live:   2:09

Watch this YouTube video

(2:22)
from the Poetry Fest 2006 Lake County Poets Society practice performance, live 08/22/06

the original writing

on to the final feature 08/26/06...

headline poet reading at the SPJ Chicago Poetry Fest

the entire final performance
12:36, 08/25/06

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a combination of two poems:
People’s Right Misunderstood and
Everything Was Alive And Dying
08/25/06

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get the high-res details for each poem...

a combination of two poems:
People’s Right Misunderstood
08/25/06

SAMPLE
or get the full file at iTunes:
off the CD Chaos In Motion

a combination of two poems:
Everything Was Alive And Dying
08/25/06

SAMPLE
or get the full file at iTunes:
off the CD Chaos In Motion

headline poet reading at the SPJ Chicago Poetry Fest

headline poet reading at the SPJ Chicago Poetry Fest

True Happiness
in the New Millennium
2:00, 08/25/06

SAMPLE
or get the full file at iTunes:
off the CD Chaos In Motion

(low res)

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headline poet reading at the SPJ Chicago Poetry Fest

The State of the Nation
1:35, 08/25/06

SAMPLE
or get the full file at iTunes:
off the CD Chaos In Motion

(low res)

(low res)

(low res)

headline poet at the SPJ Chicago Poetry Fest

headline poet reading at the SPJ Chicago Poetry Fest

Burn It In
1:35, 08/25/06

SAMPLE
or get the full file at iTunes:
off the CD Chaos In Motion

(low res)

(low res)

(low res)

headline poet at the SPJ Chicago Poetry Fest

Come here for Kuypers’ work highlighted in Chicagopoetry.com...

headline poet after the SPJ Chicago Poetry Fest

click from highlights from shows from three years...

the Chicago Poetry Fest, Saturday, August 26th, 2006

the Chicago Poetry Fest, Saturday, August 26^th, 2006