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Watch the YouTube video (1:21) 03/16/08 Live, WordSlingers feature, WLUW Chicago radio 88.9FM

Watch this YouTube video live at the Café in Chicago 03/30/10

Watch the YouTube video of the open mic intro at the Café in Chicago 03/30/10 & the poems More Believable That Way, Thank You, Women Who Work 1, Thank You, Women Who Work 2, Fulfill Their Deepest Vocation, and Hiding Vices

Watch the YouTube video of all of the religion-inspired poems read live at the Café on 03/30/10: More Believable That Way, Thank You, Women Who Work 1, Thank You, Women Who Work 2, Fulfill Their Deepest Vocation, Hiding Vices, Gift of Motherhood 1, and Gift of Motherhood 2 (with the “line drawing” filter)

Watch the YouTube video of all of the religion-inspired poems read live at the Café on 03/30/10: More Believable That Way, Thank You, Women Who Work 1, Thank You, Women Who Work 2, Fulfill Their Deepest Vocation, Hiding Vices, Gift of Motherhood 1, and Gift of Motherhood 2 (with the “solarize” filter)

Watch the YouTube video of all of the religion-inspired poems read live at the Café on 03/30/10: More Believable That Way, Thank You, Women Who Work 1, Thank You, Women Who Work 2, Fulfill Their Deepest Vocation, Hiding Vices, Gift of Motherhood 1, and Gift of Motherhood 2 (with a metallic filter)

Watch the YouTube video of all of the religion-inspired poems read live at the Café on 03/30/10: More Believable That Way, Thank You, Women Who Work 1, Thank You, Women Who Work 2, Fulfill Their Deepest Vocation, Hiding Vices, Gift of Motherhood 1, and Gift of Motherhood 2

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Thank You, Women Who Work 1 live 1/6/16 at Rad Radam Open Stage in Austin TX (Nikon Cool Pix S7000).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Thank You, Women Who Work 1 live 1/6/16 at Rad Radam Open Stage in Austin TX (Canon Power Shot).

See YouTube video 5/13/16 of Janet Kuypers reading her 3 poems Lambs To Heaven’s Gate, Why I Didn’t See God and thank you, women who work one, plus her bonus reading of the Ai poem The Good Shepherd at Georgetown’s Poetry Plus open mic at Cianfrani’s (from a Canon Power Shot camera).

See YouTube video 5/13/16 of Janet Kuypers reading her 3 poems Lambs To Heaven’s Gate, Why I Didn’t See God and thank you, women who work one, plus her bonus reading of the Ai poem The Good Shepherd at Georgetown’s Poetry Plus open mic at Cianfrani’s in Texas (from a Sony camera).

Thank you, women who work I Thank you, women who work In this way you make an indispensable contribution to the growth of a culture which unites reason and feeling, to a model of life ever open to the sense of “mystery”         Letter to Women, Message of His Holiness         POPE JOHN PAUL II, July 10 Thank you, women who work because you take on the responsibilities of men while still having to be mothers, wives good little daughters and feminine creatures Thank you, women who work because you are the ones we can blame when the family falls apart Thank you, women who work because you make a point to do more than your fair share without being paif fairly even though no man would do the same for you Thank you, women who work for you know you have to prove yourselves over and over and over again and that it still isn’t enough, so keep up the good work, ladies Copyright Janet Kuypers. All rights reserved. No material may be reprinted without express permission.