Read Modern Chicago and American poetry from Chicago Poet Janet Kuypers

1996

A Retired Policeman Talks
About the Suicides He’s Seen.

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of this piece, on the Entropy Project

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Living in a Big World

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Living in a Big World

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of the Omniphonic Challenge at St. Paul’s (de-sanctified church), with John Y. music (on the Canon Camera)

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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)

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read live 10/11/11 at the Café in her mini-feature of Contents Under Pressure book poems

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of the her mini-feature INCLUDING THIS POEM (with background base by John Yotko) live 10/11/11 at the Café

Anyone Good Enough

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Live at Taking Poetry to the Streets, live in New Orleans 12/28/08

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(:40, at a bar 06/09/07)

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live at the Café in Chicago 05/18/10

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of the Janet Kuypers poems Anyone Good Enough
& I Have My Dreams, & Issues, at the intro for the open mic @ the Café in Chicago 05/18/10

Before I Learned Better

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Live at the Cafe ,
now available in a 3 CD set

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(1:07, at Cafe Netherworld in Denver, CO 06/15/07)

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(1:26) 06/20/08 Live at Mercury Cafe<

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(13:33) 06/20/08 Live at Mercury Cafe

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Live at Taking Poetry to the Streets, in New Orleans 12/28/08

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of Kuypers reading this poem at the open mike 2/29/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago (w/ music from the HA!man of South Africa) from the house camera

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of Kuypers reading this poem at the open mike 2/29/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago (w/ music from the HA!man of South Africa) from the Kodak camera

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of Kuypers singing What We Need in life (John on guitar) while nterspersing 3 of her poems (Never Did the Same, Before I Learned Better, Can’t Answer That One and Sorry Flowers) live in Chicago at Poetry “Love Letters” open mike 6/9/12 (Samsung)

Bizarre Sexual Stories in the News

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from the first performance art show
(08/14/97) Seeing Things Differently

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of the first 4 poems performed (3:58) at the Red Lion Pub 08/14/07 at the live show Seeing Things Differently

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to the CD from the 09/20/05 performance art show SIN (Scars Internet News)

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1:32, live at Jesse Oaks 04/17/08

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(1:21) from the Chicago performance
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of SIN (the Scars Internet News show) live 09/20/05, via the Internet Archive

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Bring Her Back

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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

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Burn Through Me

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live in the show Seeing a Psychiatrist 09/09/08, Chicago at the Cafe

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Can’t Answer That One

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Live at Taking Poetry to the Streets, in New Orleans 12/28/08

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(1:02) at a pool 06/16/07 in Denver, Colorado

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of Charlie Newman reading her poem live in Chicago at Café Ballou, thru the Waiting4the Bus open mike 4/2/12

Catching a Muscovy

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live at Beach Poets 07/13/08

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25:19, from the Internet Archive

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of the intro from the open mic at the Café and then the reading of this poem, read in Chicago 11/23/10

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of Janet Kuypers reading her 2 poems Catching a Muscovy, into Couldn’t Take It Home 7/9/16 at Native South Food Park poetry and music event in Austin TX (iPhone).

Chances One - Yes, It’s Yes

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live at the Winking Lizard in Ohio 10/10/08

(1:04, 07/12/11)
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Live in her feature Celebrating with Song at the Café in Chicago

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of Kuypers from the lip camera 07/12/11 at Chicago ’s the Café in her feature Celebrating with Song

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video 07/12/11 of Janet Kuypers performing her poetry at Chicago’s the Café weekly poetry open mic

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from the lip camera of Kuypers’ feature Celebrating with Song on 07/12/11 at the Café in Chicago

Chances Two - Here I Am

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live 11/05/08, finale feature in Chicago at St. Paul’s, a desanctified church

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(23:58, from the Internet Archive)

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from the poems about mom - changing the locks

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live at Beach Poets 07/13/08

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25:19, from the Internet Archive

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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

Couldn’t Take It Home

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(1:11) read live 01/25/11 from the ISBN# & ISSN# book a Wake-up Call from Tradition, live at the Café in Chicago

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of the intro at the the Café Chicago open mic 01/25/11 & the poems Getaway, Couldn’t Take It Home, His Mom’s Car, At Least That’s What I Hear, and Thinking. I Hate That.

Desire

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track from the Chicago Poetry Fest, 2005

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live 08/27/05 at Poetry Fest

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12:22, of this poem in the entire 2005 Chicago Poetry Fest show on video
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(1:12) 10/15/07 Peter Jones art gallery, Chicago

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of Kuypers reading this poem 10/16/11 on WZRD radio (filmed from the Canon camera)

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10/16/11 of the Janet Kuypers appearance on WZRD radio, with her talking about and reading poetry, which includes this poem performed live (filmed from the Canon camera)

emergency room stories

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of the intro to the 02/22/11 open mic at the Café Chicago, & her poetry in 2011 books, including this poem

false suicide

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live at Beach Poets 07/13/08

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live at the Café in Chicago 06/08/10

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of the Janet Kuypers poem Dreams 09/08/07,after the intro for the open mic @ the Café in Chicago 06/08/10

golfing with George Eastman

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Headache

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the Second Axing

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to the 2^nd Axing
at the open mic Sing Your Life

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to this performed live
at the show Not Mute

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(:49, 05/05/07)

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(3:46) 3 poems read live (05/19/07) at the Jared Smith book release: Too Far, Headache & the Burning.
from the Internet Archive

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live at the Winking Lizard in Ohio 10/10/08

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to this performed live at The Cafe 11/04/03 (1:04, 1 meg)

Hiding Vices

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read live 07/13/08, Beach Poets

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(25:19) from the Internet Archive

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live at the Café in Chicago 03/30/10

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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

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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)

from the poems about mom - joe putz-a-vucki

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of the intro to the 02/22/11 open mic at the Café Chicago, & her poetry in 2011 books, including this poem

John (edited)

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live at the Winking Lizard in Ohio 10/10/08

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of Janet Kuypers (C) reading her poem John (edited) at the open mike 8/4/12 Waiting 4 the Bus in Chicago

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of Janet Kuypers (S) reading her poem John (edited) at the open mike 8/4/12 Waiting 4 the Bus in Chicago

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(C) of Janet Kuypers’ 3 poems (“Sheri”, “Where To Go” & “John (edited)”) 8/4/12 at Chicago’s Waiting 4 the Bus

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(S) of Janet Kuypers’ 3 poems (“Sheri”, “Where To Go” & “John (edited)”) 48/4/12 at Chicago’s Waiting 4 the Bus

Knew All Along

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live at the Cafe in Chicago 12/15/09

Knowing Kevorkian

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Live at Getting Wired (camera #1 at Starbucks, Chicago, 08/08/09)

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Live at Getting Wired (camera #2 at Starbucks, Chicago, 08/08/09)

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(1:23) read from the 03/11 issue (v218) of cc&d mag, live 03/15/11 at the Café in Chicago

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of the intro to the 03/15/11 open mic at the Café in Chicago

Make People Think

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Marilyn Monroe’s sex life

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Live at the 2009 Poetry Game Show, live in Chicago 04/14/09

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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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video of many poems (including this one) read 09/03/11 at Café Mestizo from the live feature

Motorcycle (1996 edit)

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of Janet Kuypers (C) reading her poem Motorcycle (edited) at the open mike 7/21/12 Waiting 4 the Bus in Chicago

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of Janet Kuypers (S) reading her poem Motorcycle (edited) at the open mike 7/21/12 Waiting 4 the Bus in Chicago

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of Janet Kuypers (S) reading 3 poems - INCLUDING THIS POEM - 7/21/12 at Chicago’s Waiting 4 the Bus

Odd How Things Turn Out That Way.

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from the Side A/Side B feature 12/09/03

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Live at the 2009 Poetry Game Show, live in Chicago 04/14/09

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of the Omniphonic Challenge at St. Paul’s (de-sanctified church), with John yotko music (on the Canon Camera)

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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)

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On an Airplane With a Frequent Flyer
[in French] [in Spanish]

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the poetry EP from the concert “Live in Alaska”

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live 10/21/03 in her show the Other Side at theCafé in Chicago

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of The Other Side live, including this poem in Chicago 10/21/03 (37:01)

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off the CD Live in Alaska.

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1:51, shot at O’Hare Airport,
just after a flight to Hawaii 12/2/01

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(1:53) 07/17/07, Living in a Big World

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(1:54) 07/17/07, Living in a Big World

Pop a Pill

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as Bob Rashkow reads 2 of Janet Kuypers’ poems, “Ways to Spend Your Money” and “Pop a Pill” in Poetry At The Gallery Cabaret 9/2/15 in Chicago

Probably Not

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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem probably not 4/24/16 at Chicago’s 2016 Poetry Bomb at Bagdad Cemetery in Leander Texas (filmed with a Sony camera).

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Realistic Dreams

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at the open mic Sing Your Life

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(1:08) from the Dreams show, 02/03/04

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(1:07) the TV screen broadcast< from the Chicago performance art show Dreams, live 02/03/04

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06/07/11 at the Café in Chicago (from her book Close Cover Before Striking)

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video (21:47) of Kuypers reading her poems My First Time, Chicago West Side, Chess Game Again, Arrowhead, Realistic Dreams, Was Immune, To Be Different, Sunrise, Meant To Be, New Vacuum Cleaner and Skittery live 06/07/11 at the Café

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of the intro to the 06/07/11 open mic at the Café in Chicago, plus 2 new poems, & Close Cover Before Striking poems

Russians At A Garage Sale

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live at the show Questions in a World Without Answers 10/05/04, Chicago

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read live 10/03/11 in the Waiting 4 the Bus show at Café Ballou for Chicago Calling, with music & video from the HA!man of South Africa

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of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Russians at a Garage Sale (from the book Blister & Burn) in Chicago 11/24/13 (C) at her feature Book Expo 2013 Chicago

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of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Russians at a Garage Sale (from the book Blister & Burn) in Chicago 11/24/13 (S) at her feature Book Expo 2013 Chicago

the Last Time

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the moon

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Live at Disenfranchised Doggerel (camera #1, Chicago, 07/31/09)

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(:28, 06/12/07, live at the Winking Lizard in Macedonia Ohio 07/24/09)

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of this poem read live at the 07/19/11 mini-feature night at the Café in Chicago at her feature Astronomy 101

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video 07/19/11 of Janet Kuypers performing her poetry in her feature Astronomy 101 @ Chicago’s the Café

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feature chapbook Astronomy 101

The One At Mardi Gras
[in French] [in German] [in Italian] [in Portuguese] [in Spanish]

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to the CD recording of this piece used with the performance art show Death Comes in Threes 03/18/03

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from Death Comes In Threes, with this writing, via the Internet Archive (31:34)

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from Death Comes In Threes, with this writing, via the Internet Archive (1:59)

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at
Live at Cafe Aloha (Janet Kuypers/Jason Pettus show)

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(4:42) live 03/08/11 at the Café in Chicago

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of the intro to the 03/08/11 open mic at the Café in Chicago, plus the poems The One at Mardi Gras and Coslow’s, plus the Morrissey song Place in Hell covered

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(4:54) live 02/16/10 at the Café in Chicago

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live with a Blue Screen Key Filter 02/16/10 at the Café in Chicago

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live with a Green Screen Key Filter 02/16/10 at the Café in Chicago

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live with a Pastel Sketch Filter 02/16/10 at the Café in Chicago

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live with an Old Film Filter 02/16/10 at the Café in Chicago

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live 02/16/10 at the Café in Chicago

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live with a Metallic Filter 02/16/10 at the Café in Chicago

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live in Chicago 02/20/12 at Café Ballou (the day before Fat Tuesday, via Waiting 4 the Bus)

See YouTube video 6/24/16 of Janet Kuypers’ 2 poems The One At Mardi Gras & kids wielding freedom and sin; then her flash fiction A Dream About Murder at Georgetown’s Poetry Plus open mic at Cianfrani’s (Canon P.S.).

The Things Warren Says

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SIN (Scars Internet News)

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from WZRD Radio (in a 2 CD set)

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(:42, 05/05/07)

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of the first 4 poems performed
(3:58) at the Red Lion Pub 08/14/07
at the live show Seeing Things Differently

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or Google Video

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live at the Café in Chicago 03/30/10

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(:28) live 06/14/11 at

See YouTube video of Kuypers’ feature Ten Minutes With Warren at the 06/14/11 open mic at the Café in Chicago, of her poems The Things Warren Says, No One Will, Warren Stories, Before I Can Put a Smile on my Face Again, It’s Someone’s Job, and You Carried It, & her covering the Eurythmics song I Need you, + her MFV song What We Need In Life

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This You Don’t Hate.
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Watch this YouTube video

performed for C Ra McGuirt (Penny Dreadful Press) in Nashville 12/20/08

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performed for C Ra McGuirt (Penny Dreadful Press) in Nashville 12/20/08

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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

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length poem This you Don’s Hate live 3/12/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (C)

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trust

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of Janet Kuypers reading her 3 never before read poems One and Six, just to be on the safe side and Trust 5/8/16 at the Austin open mic Kick Butt Poetry (from a Sony camera).

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of Janet Kuypers reading her 3 never before read poems One and Six, just to be on the safe side and Trust 45/8/16 at the Austin open mic Kick Butt Poetry (from a Canon Power Shot camera).

Warren Stories

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to the CD recording from the
CD Rough Mixes, by Pointless Orchestra

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to the CD recording from the 09/20/05
performance art show SIN (Scars Internet News)

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to this from the CD release
from the first performance art show
(08/14/97) Seeing Things Differently

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for videos of this poem.

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(1:23, at the Coors Brewery in Golden, CO 06/15/07)

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from the Chicago performance art show SIN live 09/20/05

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of SIN (the Scars Internet News show) live 09/20/05, via the Internet Archive

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live at the Café in Chicago 03/30/10

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(:34) live 06/14/11 at the Café in Chicago

Was Immune
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Live at Getting Wired (camera #1 at Starbucks, Chicago, 08/08/09)

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Live at Getting Wired (camera #2 at Starbucks, Chicago, 08/08/09)

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06/07/11 at the Café in Chicago (from her book Close Cover Before Striking)

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of the intro to the 06/07/11 open mic at the Café in Chicago, plus 2 new poems, & Close Cover Before Striking poems

from the poems about mom - watching my father die

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read live 08/30/11, at the Café open mike she hosts in Chicago

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of the intro to the 08/30/11 weekly poetry open mike at the Café in Chicago, & her reading her poem “Watching my Father Die”

Water on the Street

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of John Yotko reading the Janet Kuypers poem (from the book Contents Under Pressure) live 09/13/11, at the Café open mike in Chicago

my hand to jkchair with moving hands, anim

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