poem “violent affair”, a poem equating the rhythmic rocking of a boat tied to a dock at the shore to the constant back and forth of an affair, By Chicago Poet Janet Kuypers

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violent affair
Janet Kuypers
(started 8/18/14, finished 10/1/14)
how one-sided
is a violent
passionate
sexual affair
is it
a small metal boat
tied with a long rope to the dock
living
to react to the tide
trapped there
pounding against the ocean alone
then
with the tide
rushing in
seeping out
rhythmically
waiting for that tide
to rush it into the shore
save for that damn rope
holding it back
then being taken away again
to do it all over again
spending it’s time
held back
and waiting
then almost
being
turned upside-down
by that rush
then recovering
and waiting
for it to all happen again

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of Janet Kuypers reading her poem violent affair in her Chicago feature “Nerves of a Poet” live at Café Cabaret at Café Ballou 11/21/14 with music from the HA!Man of South Africa (C)

See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading her poem violent affair in her Chicago feature “Nerves of a Poet” live at Café Cabaret at Café Ballou 11/21/14 with music from the HA!Man of South Africa (S crop glow)

See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers’ poetry feature “Nerves of a Poet” (C, of 4 poems and 4 haiku poems) with music from the HA!Man of South Africa live at Café Cabaret at Café Ballou in Chicago 11/21/14, INCLUDING THIS POEM

See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers’ poetry feature “Nerves of a Poet” (S, of 4 poems and 4 haiku poems) with music from the HA!Man of South Africa live at Café Cabaret at Café Ballou in Chicago 11/21/14, INCLUDING THIS POEM

See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers’ poetry feature “Nerves of a Poet” (S crop, of 4 poems and 4 haiku poems) with music from the HA!Man of South Africa live at Café Cabaret at Café Ballou in Chicago 11/21/14, INCLUDING THIS POEM

See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers’ poetry feature “Nerves of a Poet” (S crop glow, of 4 poems and 4 haiku poems) with music from the HA!Man of South Africa live at Café Cabaret at Café Ballou in Chicago 11/21/14, INCLUDING THIS POEM

See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers’ poem Violent Affair (Cfs) from the cc&d magazine 2015 issue collection book Salvation (issues and chapbooks edition) live 7/22/15 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago

See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers’ poem Violent Affair (Cps) from the cc&d magazine 2015 issue collection book Salvation (issues and chapbooks edition) live 7/22/15 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago

See YouTube video in Chicago of Janet Kuypers hosting the poetry open mic 7/22/15 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery, with her reading this piece

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