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a new day
Best Friend
  Watch this YouTube video read live 10/11/11 at the Café in her mini-feature of Contents Under Pressure book poems |
Watch this YouTube video of the her mini-feature INCLUDING THIS POEM (with background base by John Yotko) live 10/11/11 at the Café |
Because I Am Told
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 Watch this YouTubevideo live in the show Seeing a Psychiatrist 09/09/08, Chicago at the Cafe |
Visit the Kuypers Twitter page for short poems— join http://twitter.com/janetkuypers.
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Find Myself
 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 |
   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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Finest Feeling
Watch this YouTube video live at Cana-Dixie to Chi-town 12/15/09 |
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Watch this YouTube video read live 09/06/11, at the Café open mike she hosts in Chicago |
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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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Gasoline
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 |
Watch this YouTube video of the Omniphonic Challenge at St. Paul’s (de-sanctified church), with John yotko music (on the Canon Camera) |
Watch this YouTube video of Kuypers 10/07/11 in the Omniphonic Challenge at St. Paul’s (performing in the de-sanctified church), with John Yotko pre-recorded and live music (from the Sony Camera) |
Watch this Complete feature video of the ENTIRE Omniphonic Challenge show 10/07/11 (with this poem) St. Paul’s (de-sanctified church), with John Yotko music (on the Canon Camera)
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Watch this Complete feature video of the ENTIRE Omniphonic Challenge show 10/07/11 (with this poem) St. Paul’s (de-sanctified church), with John Yotko music (on the Sony Camera)
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Gasoline live 9/18/13 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (C) |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Gasoline live 9/18/13 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (S) |
He’s Gone
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Watch this YouTube video Live at Disenfranchised Doggerel (camera #1, Chicago, 07/31/09) |
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Watch this YouTube video Live at Disenfranchised Doggerel (camera #2, Chicago, 07/31/09) |
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See the full Disenfranchised Doggerel show video w/ this poem (camera #1) This film is from the Internet Archive |
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See the full Disenfranchised Doggerel show video w/ this poem (camera #2) This film is from the Internet Archive |
Ice Cubes
Watch this YouTube video live at Cana-Dixie to Chi-town 12/15/09 |
Watch this YouTube video read live 09/06/11, at the Café open mike she hosts in Chicago |
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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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I Cannot Love
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Watch this YouTube video Live at Disenfranchised Doggerel (camera #1, Chicago, 07/31/09) |
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Watch this YouTube video Live at Disenfranchised Doggerel (camera #2, Chicago, 07/31/09) |
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See the full Disenfranchised Doggerel show video w/ this poem (camera #1) This film is from the Internet Archive |
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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 (:28, 06/12/07, live at the Winking Lizard in Macedonia Ohio 07/24/09) |
I Knew I Had To
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Watch this YouTube video live w/ music 09/07/10 at Elizabeth’s Crazy Little Thing at Phyllis’ Musical Inn in Chicago, w/ John Yotko |
Irony
 Watch this YouTube video read live 10/04/11 in the the Café show 10/04/11, with music & video from the HA!man of South Africa |
Watch this Complete feature video of Kuypers live 10/04/11 in the the Café show 10/04/11, performing this poem and more with video & music from musicians around the world
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Watch this Complete feature video of the FULL SHOW of most everyone live 10/04/11 at the Café for Chicago Calling, including Kuypers performing poetry with music & video
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i see the scene
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Watch this YouTube video read live 09/06/11, at the Café open mike she hosts in Chicago |
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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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i’ve played this game
 See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem i’ve played this game in Chicago 3/17/14 at the open mic Waiting 4 the Bus |
 See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading many of her poems live (8 haiku poems, 4 poems, and a Periodic Table poem) in Chicago 3/17/14 at the Waiting 4 the Bus open mic INCLUDING THIS POEM |
Like Daggers
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Watch this YouTube video read live 09/06/11, at the Café open mike she hosts in Chicago |
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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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love poem
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Watch this YouTube video live at the Café in Chicago 07/06/10 |
Make Me
see this poem at morpo magazine
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Watch this YouTube video read live 09/06/11, at the Café open mike she hosts in Chicago |
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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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Masquerade
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Watch this YouTube video live at Beach Poets 07/13/08 |
07/13/08, Beach poetsWatch the entire performance video, which contains this poem (25:19) This film is from the Internet Archive |
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My
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Watch this YouTube video Live at Disenfranchised Doggerel (camera #1, Chicago, 07/31/09) |
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Watch this YouTube video Live at Disenfranchised Doggerel (camera #2, Chicago, 07/31/09) |
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See the full Disenfranchised Doggerel show video w/ this poem (camera #1) This film is from the Internet Archive |
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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 (:28, 06/12/07, live at the Winking Lizard in Macedonia Ohio 07/24/09) |
Watch the YouTube video of this in a live Pilsen feature of poems in her book Contents Under Pressure 09/03/11 at Café Mestizo |
See feature-length YouTube video of many poems (including this one) read 09/03/11 at Café Mestizo from the live feature |
Naivety
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Watch this YouTube video Live at Disenfranchised Doggerel (camera #1, Chicago, 07/31/09) |
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Watch this YouTube video Live at Disenfranchised Doggerel (camera #2, Chicago, 07/31/09) |
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See the full Disenfranchised Doggerel show video w/ this poem (camera #1) This film is from the Internet Archive |
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See the full Disenfranchised Doggerel show video w/ this poem (camera #2) This film is from the Internet Archive |
| edit this poem in wandering words... rearrange the words... or make a new poem either in Flash or in Java (Windows only)! |
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Watch this YouTube video read live 09/06/11, at the Café open mike she hosts in Chicago |
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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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Nights
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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 read live 09/06/11, at the Café open mike she hosts in Chicago |
pocket knife
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Watch this YouTube video live at Beach Poets 07/13/08 |
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07/13/08, Beach poets Watch 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 of this in a live Pilsen feature of poems in her book Contents Under Pressure 09/03/11 at Café Mestizo |
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See feature-length YouTube video of many poems (including this one) read 09/03/11 at Café Mestizo from the live feature |
Pushed Aside
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Watch this YouTube video read live 10/11/11 at the Café in her mini-feature of Contents Under Pressure book poems |
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Watch this YouTube video of the her mini-feature INCLUDING THIS POEM (with background base by John Yotko) live 10/11/11 at the Café |
r.f.b.
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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 Pilsen feature of poems in her book Contents Under Pressure 09/03/11 at Café Mestizo |
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See feature-length YouTube video of many poems (including this one) read 09/03/11 at Café Mestizo from the live feature |
Religion
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Watch the YouTube video of this in a live Pilsen feature of poems in her book Contents Under Pressure 09/03/11 at Café Mestizo |
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See feature-length YouTube video of many poems (including this one) read 09/03/11 at Café Mestizo from the live feature |
Rendering Me
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Watch this YouTube video Live at Disenfranchised Doggerel (camera #1, Chicago, 07/31/09) |
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Watch this YouTube video Live at Disenfranchised Doggerel (camera #2, Chicago, 07/31/09) |
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See the full Disenfranchised Doggerel show video w/ this poem (camera #1) This film is from the Internet Archive |
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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 (:28, 06/12/07, live at the Winking Lizard in Macedonia Ohio 07/24/09) |
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Watch this YouTube video read live 09/06/11, at the Café open mike she hosts in Chicago |
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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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Sobering
Watch this YouTube video live at the Café in Chicago 07/13/10 |
Watch this YouTube video of this poem & the intro from the open mic @ the Café in Chicago 07/13/10 |
Sometimes the Light
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Watch this YouTube video or listen from iTunes: live 10/21/03 in her show the Other Side at theCafé in Chicago
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Or watch the complete video of The Other Side live, including this poem in Chicago 10/21/03 (37:01) |
Watch this YouTube video read live10/03/11 in the Waiting 4 the Bus show at Café Ballou for Chicago Calling, with music & video from the HA!man of South Africa |
Watch this Complete feature video of Kuypers reading poems (including this poem) live 10/03/11 in the Waiting 4 the Bus show at Café Ballou for Chicago Calling, performing poetry with music & video from the HA!man of South Africa
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superficial
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Superficial 4/24/16 at Chicago’s 2016 Poetry Bomb at Bagdad Cemetery in Leander Texas (filmed with a Sony camera). |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Superficial 4/24/16 at Chicago’s 2016 Poetry Bomb at Bagdad Cemetery in Leander Texas (filmed with a Sony camera, Posterized and hue cycled). |
The Best Times In My Life
 See YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem at the open mike Waiting 4 the Bus 5/19/14 in Chicago (from the Canon) |
See YouTube video of Kuypers reading 3 poems (including this one) at the open mike Waiting 4 the Bus 5/19/14 in Chicago (Canon) |
The Hammer Falls
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Watch this YouTubevideo live in the show Seeing a Psychiatrist 09/09/08, Chicago at the Cafe |
You can also see this in Part One of the 09/09/08 show Seeing a Psychiatrist at Poetry Visualized |
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See the YouTube video of John Yotko reading this Janet Kuypers poem, live in the “Chicago Calling” show at the Café 10/04/11 |
the Hand
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Watch the YouTube video of this in a live Pilsen feature of poems in her book Contents Under Pressure 09/03/11 at Café Mestizo |
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See feature-length YouTube video of many poems (including this one) read 09/03/11 at Café Mestizo from the live feature |
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Watch this YouTube video live at Cana-Dixie to Chi-town 12/15/09 |
The Nightmare
 Watch this YouTube video of the intro and readings (including this piece), live 01/18/11 at the Chicago open mic at the Café |
 Watch this YouTube video read live 01/18/11 from the ISSN# & ISBN# book Finally, Literature for the Snotty and Elite, live at the Café in Chicago |
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the road not taken
Listen  to this recordingfrom The DMJ Art Connection (1:12, recorded 06/06/08) |
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Watch this YouTubevideo live in the show Seeing a Psychiatrist 09/09/08, Chicago at the Cafe |
Order this iTunes track: from Seeing a Psychiatrist (a 2 CD set)...Or order the entire CD set from iTunes/font> CD:
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The Sky Is Always Blue
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem The Sky Is Always Blue 4/24/16 at Chicago’s 2016 Poetry Bomb at Bagdad Cemetery in Leander Texas (filmed with a Sony camera). |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem The Sky Is Always Blue 4/24/16 at Chicago’s 2016 Poetry Bomb at Bagdad Cemetery in Leander Texas (filmed with a Sony camera, w/ a Cyan hue). |
The Tears
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Watch this YouTube video Live at Disenfranchised Doggerel (camera #1, Chicago, 07/31/09) |
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Watch this YouTube video Live at Disenfranchised Doggerel (camera #2, Chicago, 07/31/09) |
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See the full Disenfranchised Doggerel show video w/ this poem (camera #1) This film is from the Internet Archive |
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See the full Disenfranchised Doggerel show video w/ this poem (camera #2) This film is from the Internet Archive |
| edit this poem in wandering words... rearrange the words... or make a new poem either in Flash or in Java (Windows only)! |
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Watch this YouTube video (:28, 06/12/07, live at the Winking Lizard in Macedonia Ohio 07/24/09) |
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See the YouTube video of John Yotko reading this Janet Kuypers poem, live in the “Chicago Calling” show at the Café 10/04/11 |
They Tried
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Watch this YouTube video live at Beach Poets 07/13/08 |
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07/13/08, Beach poets Watch the entire performance video, which contains this poem (25:19) This film is from the Internet Archive |
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Watch this YouTube video read live 10/04/11 in the the Café show 10/04/11, with music & video from the HA!man of South Africa |
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Watch this Complete feature video of Kuypers live 10/04/11 in the the Café show 10/04/11, performing poetry with music & video from the HA!man of South Africa
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Watch this Complete feature video of the FULL SHOW of most everyone performing live 10/04/11 at the Café for Chicago Calling, including Kuypers performing poetry with accompanying music & video
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to lisa
Touch
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Order this iTunes track: from Chaotic Elements (a 2 CD set)...Or order the entire CD set from iTunes CD:
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Watch this YouTube video read live 09/06/11, at the Café open mike she hosts in Chicago |
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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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When I am Weak
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Watch the YouTube video Live at Taking Poetry to the Streets, in New Orleans 12/28/08 |
Writing Your Name
writing your name - in Finnish
Watch this YouTube video live at the Lake County 2010 Poetry Bomb at Independence Grove forest preserve 04/18/10 |
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Order this iTunes track: even in different forms: from the Chaotic Collection ...Or order the entire 5 CD set from iTunes: CD:
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Listen to studio  or live tracks from the CD & performance art show How Do I Get There?
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Watch this YouTube video live at the show How Do I Get There 02/15/05, Chicago |
see the entire performance of How Do I Get There? 02/15/05 in Chicago live, via the Internet Archive |
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Listen to the CD recording from the CD Rough Mixes, by Pointless Orchestra |
Watch the YouTube video :46 live 08/05/07 at Beach poets |
 Watch this YouTube video (:26, 06/11/07) |
Watch this YouTube video (:31, 06/11/07) |
Watch this YouTube video read at at the open mic at Sacred Grounds in San Francisco CA 09/16/09 |
Watch this YouTube video of Kuypers singing this poem live in Chicago at Ruffled Feathers open mike 6/11/12 (from the Sony camera) |
Watch this YouTube video of Kuypers singing this poem live in Chicago at Ruffled Feathers open mike 6/11/12 (from the Samsung camera) |
See YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem as if she were on the phone in her “overheard conversations” series 8/15/12 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (Canon) |
See YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem as if she were on the phone in her “overheard conversations” series 8/15/12 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (Canon) |
See YouTube video of Kuypers reading many poems as if she were on the phone in “overheard conversations” 8/15/12 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (Canon) |
See YouTube video of Kuypers reading many poems as if she were on the phone in “overheard conversations” 8/15/12 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (Canon) |
See YouTube video of Kuypers’ open mike 8/15/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago, plus her poetry - including this piece |
Order this iTunes track from the poetry audio CD Hope Chest In The Attic 13 Years of Poetry & Prose ...Or order the entire CD set from iTunes:
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Writing Your Name (from the book It All Comes Down) in Chicago 11/24/13 (C) at her feature Book Expo 2013 Chicago |
Watch this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Writing Your Name (from the book It All Comes Down) in Chicago 11/24/13 (S) at her feature Book Expo 2013 Chicago |
See YouTube video 2/12/16 of Janet Kuypers reading her a mix of her poems There I Sit & Writing Your Name from memory at the Poetry Plus open mic at Cianfrani’s on the Square in Georgetown TX (Canon Power Shot camera). |
See YouTube video 2/12/16 of Janet Kuypers reading her 2 poems The Fourteenth & Looking for a Worthy Adversary (an extreme sestina variation), and then her 2 poems There I Sit & Writing Your Name as one, at the Poetry Plus open mic at Cianfrani’s on the Square in Georgetown TX (Cps). |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her 3 poems knowing and lurking for eons, Conversations: a Day of Grieving 1/22/94 eight and Writing Your Name 5/1/16 at the Austin open mic Kick Butt Poetry (video filmed from the Canon Power Shot camera).
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her 3 poems knowing and lurking for eons, Conversations: a Day of Grieving 1/22/94 eight and Writing Your Name 5/1/16 at the Austin open mic Kick Butt Poetry (video filmed from the Canon Power Shot camera).
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