Read Modern Chicago and American poetry from Chicago Poet Janet Kuypers

2014 poetry

addiction (haiku, on twitter)

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See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku addiction live 9/27/14 on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio (Canon)

See YouTube video
9/27/14 of Janet Kuypers on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio performing many poems, including this one (Canon)

See a Vine video

of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku addiction as a looping JKPoetryVine video on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio (C, flipped, with a heat wave filter)

See a Vine video
of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku addiction as a looping JKPoetryVine video on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio (C)

Ants and Crosses (haiku, on twitter)

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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku Ants and Crosses in Chicago 3/17/14 (C) 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 HAIKU

See a Vine video
of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku ants and crosses as a looping JKPoetryVine video live 3/17/14 at the Waiting 4 the Bus open mic Jaks Tap in Chicago (C, glow and saturated filters)

See a Vine video
of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku ants and crosses as a looping JKPoetryVine video live 3/17/14 at the Waiting 4 the Bus open mic Jaks Tap in Chicago (C)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading (C) her poem Ants and crosses from her “Partial Nudity” book release feature live 6/18/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading (S) her poem Ants and crosses from her “Partial Nudity” book release feature live 6/18/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery

See Vine video of Janet Kuypers performing her poem Ants and Crosses (originally in her books Partial Nudity and 100 Haikus) live 12/17/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (Canon)

See Vine video of Janet Kuypers performing her poem Ants and Crosses (originally in her books 100 Haikus and Partial Nudity) live 12/17/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (Sony, posterize)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers performing her series of her haiku poems (read to “Dead Man” sampled background music, including love, opening, force, free, jobless, job, the poem “depression” read as two separated haiku pieces, judge, defenses, bear, difference, ants and crosses, enemies, sort, behind, everyone, end, universe, explosions, and mister) live 12/17/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (Canon fs200)

See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers hosting the open mic 12/17/14 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago (this video includes this haiku reading)

See a Vine video
of John reading Janet K.’s haiku ants and crosses, from Scars’ Down in the Dirt 2015 issues book the Intersection (11/29/15, Samsung, from Austin, Texas)

Arsenic and Syphilis (bonus haiku from the “Periodic Table of Poetry” series, on twitter)
also see this poem at Artvilla

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See YouTube video (C) of Avrom Litin reading the Janet Kuypers haiku Arsenic and Syphilis in the “Partial Nudity” book release show 6/18/14 at Chicago’s the Café Gallery

See YouTube video (S) of Avrom Litin reading the Janet Kuypers haiku Arsenic and Syphilis in the “Partial Nudity” book release show 6/18/14 at Chicago’s the Café Gallery

See YouTube video
of the Janet Kuypers book release feature “Partial Nudity” (S, CONTAINING THIS POEM) live 6/18/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery

See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku Arsenic and Syphilis live 9/27/14 on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio (C)

See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku Arsenic and Syphilis live 9/27/14 on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio (S)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ 2 poems Arsenic and Syphilis & Juxtaposition, or Irony? from memory; then she read her 2 Periodic Table poems Potassium Chloride and Thallium at Georgetown’s Poetry Plus open mic at Cianfrani’s 2/26/16 (w/ a Cps).

barbed (haiku, on twitter)

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See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku barbed live 9/27/14 on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio (Canon)

See a Vine video

of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku barbed as a looping JKPoetryVine video on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio (C, flipped, with a heat wave filter)

See a Vine video
of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku barbed as a looping JKPoetryVine video on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio (C)

bear (haiku, on twitter)

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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku bear live 2/26/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (C)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku bear live 2/26/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (S)

See Vine video of Janet Kuypers performing her poem bear (originally in her books Partial Nudity and 100 Haikus) live 12/17/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (Canon)

See Vine video of Janet Kuypers performing her poem bear (originally in her books 100 Haikus and Partial Nudity) live 12/17/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (Sony, posterize)

behind (haiku, on twitter)

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See YouTube video #1 of U.K. poet Oz Hardwick reading Janet Kuypers’ twitter-length haiku behind live 5/11/14 near a church in Chicago

See YouTube video #2 of U.K. poet Oz Hardwick reading Janet Kuypers’ twitter-length haiku behind live 5/11/14 near a church in Chicago

See YouTube video #3 of U.K. poet Oz Hardwick reading Janet Kuypers’ twitter-length haiku behind live 5/11/14 near a church in Chicago

See YouTube video (C) of Oz Hardwick on video reading the Janet Kuypers haiku behind in the “Partial Nudity” book release show 6/18/14 at Chicago’s the Café Gallery

See YouTube video (S) of Oz Hardwick on video reading the Janet Kuypers haiku behind in the “Partial Nudity” book release show 6/18/14 at Chicago’s the Café Gallery

See Vine video of Janet Kuypers performing her poem behind (originally in her books Partial Nudity and 100 Haikus) live 12/17/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (Canon)

See Vine video of Janet Kuypers performing her poem behind (originally in her books 100 Haikus and Partial Nudity) live 12/17/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (Sony, posterize)

Berkelium (from the “Periodic Table of Poetry” series)
also see this poem at Artvilla

Watch YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading this Periodic Table poem Berkelium in her Visionaries Behind the Stars feature, live in Chicago 9/12/14 at “Poetry ‘Love Letter’” (C)

Watch YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading this Periodic Table poem Berkelium in her Visionaries Behind the Stars feature, live in Chicago 9/12/14 at “Poetry ‘Love Letter’” (S)

blood (haiku, on twitter)

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See YouTube video (C) of Esteban Colon reading the Janet Kuypers haiku blood in the “Partial Nudity” book release show 6/18/14 at Chicago’s the Café Gallery

See YouTube video (S) of Esteban Colon reading the Janet Kuypers haiku blood in the “Partial Nudity” book release show 6/18/14 at Chicago’s the Café Gallery

See Vine video of Janet Kuypers performing her poem blood (in her books Partial Nudity and 100 Haikus) live 12/3/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (Canon)

See Vine video of Janet Kuypers performing her poem blood (in her books 100 Haikus and Partial Nudity) live 12/3/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (Sony, crop & color)

Bohrium (from the “Periodic Table of Poetry” series)
also see this poem at Artvilla

See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading this Periodic Table poem Bohrium in her Crossing Borders for International (and Interplanetary) Peace feature, live in Chicago 10/8/14 at Cup & Spoon, for Chicago Calling (C)

Download this poem & more in the free PDF
Crossing Borders for International
(and Interplanetary) Peace chapbook,
w/ Periodic Table of Poetry poems.

bruised (haiku, on twitter)
This poem was nominated in the 100 Haikus 2014 press release for the (40 year) Pushcart Prize

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See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku bruised 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 haiku poem bruised live 4/1/15 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (Canon fs200)

See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku poem bruised live 4/1/15 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (Canon Power Shot)

cage (haiku, on twitter)

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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading (S) her poem cage from her “Partial Nudity” book release feature live 6/18/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading (C) her poem cage from her “Partial Nudity” book release feature live 6/18/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery

See Vine video of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku cage from Down in the Dirt’s Scars Publications book 6 Feet Under as a looping JKPoetryVine video 5/30/16.

can’t get you (haiku, on twitter)

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See YouTube video of poet Elizabeth Harper reading Janet Kuypers’ twitter-length haiku can’t get you live 6/2/14 in Chicago

See YouTube video (C) of Elizabeth Harper on video reading the Janet Kuypers haiku can’t get you in the “Partial Nudity” book release show 6/18/14 at Chicago’s the Café Gallery

See YouTube video (S) of Elizabeth Harper on video reading the Janet Kuypers haiku can’t get you in the “Partial Nudity” book release show 6/18/14 at Chicago’s the Café Gallery

See Vine video of Janet Kuypers performing her poem can’t get you (in her books Partial Nudity and 100 Haikus) live 12/3/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (Canon)

See Vine video of Janet Kuypers performing her poem can’t get you (in her books 100 Haikus and Partial Nudity) live 12/3/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (Sony, crop & color)

census (haiku, on twitter)

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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku census in Chicago 3/17/14 (C) at the open mic Waiting 4 the Bus

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of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku census as a looping JKPoetryVine video live 3/17/14 at the Waiting 4 the Bus open mic Jaks Tap in Chicago (C, glow and saturated filters)

See a Vine video
of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku census as a looping JKPoetryVine video live 3/17/14 at the Waiting 4 the Bus open mic Jaks Tap in Chicago (C)

choke (haiku, on twitter)
This poem was nominated in the 100 Haikus 2014 press release for the (40 year) Pushcart Prize

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See YouTube video (C) of Jenene Ravesloot reading the Janet Kuypers haiku choke in the “Partial Nudity” book release show 6/18/14 at Chicago’s the Café Gallery

See YouTube video (S) of Jenene Ravesloot reading the Janet Kuypers haiku choke in the “Partial Nudity” book release show 6/18/14 at Chicago’s the Café Gallery

See Vine video of Janet Kuypers performing her poem choke (in her books Partial Nudity and 100 Haikus) live 12/3/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (Canon)

See Vine video of Janet Kuypers performing her poem choke (in her books 100 Haikus and Partial Nudity) live 12/3/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (Sony, crop & color)

See Vine video of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku choke from Down in the Dirt’s Scars Publications book 6 Feet Under as a looping JKPoetryVine video 5/30/16.

civil (haiku, on twitter)

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See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku civil live 9/27/14 on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio (Canon)

See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku civil live 9/27/14 on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio (Sony)

See a Vine video

of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku civil as a looping JKPoetryVine video on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio (filmed with a Canon camera)

See a Vine video
of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku civil as a looping JKPoetryVine video on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio (filmed with a Sony camera)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers in her 6/4/16 show “Obey” at Expressions 2016: June is a Woman! in Austin (Sony), first reading her haiku poems progress, extend, falling, civil, and greatest, then reading her poems Earth is a Topiary (her 1st of 2 poems where she used a voice modulator to reads parts of her poem in a male voice), On Becoming a Woman (an editing and expansion of her 1999 poem Becoming a Woman), Viewing the Woman in a 19th Century Photograph (an editing of her 1991 poem Photograph, Nineteenth Century and her 2nd of 2 poems where she used a voice modulator to reads parts of her poem in a male voice), Content With Inferior Men, portions of her poem In The Air with slightly altered wording, and Oh, She Was a Woman (an editing of her 1997 poem She Was a Woman).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers in her 6/4/16 show “Obey” at Expressions 2016: June is a Woman! in Austin (Cps), first reading her haiku poems progress, extend, falling, civil, and greatest, then reading her poems Earth is a Topiary (her 1st of 2 poems where she used a voice modulator to reads parts of her poem in a male voice), On Becoming a Woman (an editing and expansion of her 1999 poem Becoming a Woman), Viewing the Woman in a 19th Century Photograph (an editing of her 1991 poem Photograph, Nineteenth Century and her 2nd of 2 poems where she used a voice modulator to reads parts of her poem in a male voice), Content With Inferior Men, portions of her poem In The Air with slightly altered wording, and Oh, She Was a Woman (an editing of her 1997 poem She Was a Woman).

Download all of the show poems in the free chapbook
Obey
6/4/16 at Expressions 2016: June is a Woman! show in Austin

clogged (haiku, on twitter)

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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku clogged live 2/26/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (C)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku clogged live 2/26/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (S)

See Vine video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku clogged as a looping JKPoetryVine video live 2/12/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (C)

See Vine video
of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku clogged as a looping JKPoetryVine video live 2/12/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (C, hard light saturate)

close (haiku, on twitter)

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See YouTube video of poet Wayne Allen Jones reading Janet Kuypers’ twitter-length haiku close live 6/2/14 in Chicago

See YouTube video (C) of Wayne Allen Jones on video reading the Janet Kuypers haiku close in the “Partial Nudity” book release show 6/18/14 at Chicago’s the Café Gallery

See YouTube video (S) of Wayne Allen Jones on video reading the Janet Kuypers haiku close in the “Partial Nudity” book release show 6/18/14 at Chicago’s the Café Gallery

coincidence? (haiku, on twitter)

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See YouTube video (C) of John reading the Janet Kuypers haiku coincidence? in the “Partial Nudity” book release show 6/18/14 at Chicago’s the Café Gallery

See YouTube video (S) of John reading the Janet Kuypers haiku coincidence? in the “Partial Nudity” book release show 6/18/14 at Chicago’s the Café Gallery

console (haiku, on twitter)

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See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku console live 9/27/14 on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio (Canon)

See YouTube video
9/27/14 of Janet Kuypers on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio performing many poems, including this one (Canon)

See a Vine video

of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku console as a looping JKPoetryVine video on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio (C, with a “day to night” filter)

See a Vine video
of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku console as a looping JKPoetryVine video on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio (C)

defenses (haiku, on twitter)

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See YouTube video of poet Bruce Matteson reading Janet Kuypers’ twitter-length haiku defenses live 6/2/14 in Chicago

See YouTube video of Bruce Matteson (C, posterized) on video reading the Janet Kuypers haiku defenses in the “Partial Nudity” book show 6/18/14 at Chicago’s the Café Gallery

See YouTube video of Bruce Matteson (S, posterized) on video reading the Janet Kuypers haiku defenses in the “Partial Nudity” book show 6/18/14 at Chicago’s the Café Gallery

See Vine video of Janet Kuypers performing her poem defenses (in her books Partial Nudity and 100 Haikus) live 12/3/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (Canon)

See Vine video of Janet Kuypers performing her poem defenses (in her books 100 Haikus and Partial Nudity) live 12/3/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (Sony, crop & color)

See Vine video of Janet Kuypers performing her poem defenses (originally in her books Partial Nudity and 100 Haikus) live 12/17/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (Canon)

See Vine video of Janet Kuypers performing her poem defenses (originally in her books 100 Haikus and Partial Nudity) live 12/17/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (Sony, posterize)

See Vine video of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku defenses with the Down in the Dirt magazine / book the Breaking while she was blindfolded 5/19/16 in Austin TX.

Depth of Field

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her prose a Life Goes By from the book Don’t Listen. Read. live 2/12/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (C)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her prose a Life Goes By from the book Don’t Listen. Read. live 2/12/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (S)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers performing her poem Depth of Field from v251 of cc&d magazine, Approaching Front, live 10/8/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (C)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers performing her poem Depth of Field from v251 of cc&d magazine, Approaching Front, live 10/8/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (S)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Depth of Field from the book Need to Know Basis (extended edition) live 1/7/15 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (from Canon video camera)

See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers hosting the Café Gallery open mic & Patrick Hurley show 1/7/15 at Gallery Cabaret’ in Chicago, INCLDING THIS POEM

destroy (haiku, on twitter)

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See YouTube video (C) of Michael Hoag reading the Janet Kuypers haiku destroy in the “Partial Nudity” book release show 6/18/14 at Chicago’s the Café Gallery

See YouTube video (S) of Michael Hoag reading the Janet Kuypers haiku destroy in the “Partial Nudity” book release show 6/18/14 at Chicago’s the Café Gallery

See Vine video of Janet Kuypers performing her poem destroy (in her books Partial Nudity and 100 Haikus) live 12/3/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (Canon)

See Vine video of Janet Kuypers performing her poem destroy (in her books 100 Haikus and Partial Nudity) live 12/3/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (Sony, crop & color)

Diburnium (bonus poem from the “Periodic Table of Poetry” series)
also see this poem at Artvilla

See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading this Periodic Table poem Diburnium in her Chicago Calling Crossing Borders for International (and Interplanetary) Peace feature, live in Chicago 10/8/14 at Cup & Spoon (C)

Download this poem & more in the free PDF
Crossing Borders for International
(and Interplanetary) Peace chapbook,
w/ Periodic Table of Poetry poems.

See YouTube video of the Janet Kuypers reading her poem Diburnium in her 3/20/15 show “Resistance is Futile” at Ch Fi 2015 in Chicago (Canon fs200)

See YouTube video of the Janet Kuypers reading her poem Diburnium in her 3/20/15 show “Resistance is Futile” at Ch Fi 2015 in Chicago (Canon Power Shot)

See YouTube video
of the Janet Kuypers 3/20/15 show
“Resistance is Futile” at Ch Fi 2015 in Chicago (Canon fs200), of poems relating to Star Trek including this poem

See YouTube video
of the Janet Kuypers 3/20/15 show
“Resistance is Futile” at Ch Fi 2015 in Chicago (Canon Power Shot), of poems relating to Star Trek including this poem

difference (haiku, on twitter)

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See YouTube video of poet Jackie Wolk reading Janet Kuypers’ twitter-length haiku defenses live 6/2/14 in Chicago

See YouTube video (C) of Jackie Wolk on video reading the Janet Kuypers haiku difference in the “Partial Nudity” book release show 6/18/14 at Chicago’s the Café Gallery

See YouTube video (S) of Jackie Wolk on video reading the Janet Kuypers haiku difference in the “Partial Nudity” book release show 6/18/14 at Chicago’s the Café Gallery

See YouTube video
of the Janet Kuypers book release feature “Partial Nudity” (C, CONTAINING THIS POEM) live 6/18/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery

See Vine video of Janet Kuypers performing her poem difference (originally in her books Partial Nudity and 100 Haikus) live 12/17/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (Canon)

See Vine video of Janet Kuypers performing her poem difference (originally in her books 100 Haikus and Partial Nudity) live 12/17/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (Sony, posterize)

See Vine video of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku difference from Down in the Dirt’s Scars Publications book 6 Feet Under as a looping JKPoetryVine 5/30/16.

Dubnium (from the “Periodic Table of Poetry” series)
also see this poem at Artvilla

Watch YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading this Periodic Table poem Dubnium in her Visionaries Behind the Stars feature, live in Chicago 9/12/14 at “Poetry ‘Love Letter’” (C)

Watch YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading this Periodic Table poem Dubnium in her Visionaries Behind the Stars feature, live in Chicago 9/12/14 at “Poetry ‘Love Letter’” (S)

See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading her Periodic Table poem Dubnium live 9/24/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (C)

See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading her Periodic Table poem Dubnium live 9/24/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (S)

easy (haiku, on twitter)

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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku easy in Chicago 3/17/14 (C) at the open mic Waiting 4 the Bus

See a Vine video
of Janet Kuypers’ haiku easy @ the pond @ Jan & Palos drives 6/5/15 (Motorola)

See Twitter video of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku easy from Down in the Dirt’s Scars Publications book The Hive 5/30/16.

eight ball answers all (performance art for 10/7/14 Chicago improvisation show)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers performing her improv of eight ball answers all live 10/7/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (C)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers performing her improv of eight ball answers all live 10/7/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (S)

Eight to Sixteen

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers performing her poem Eight to Sixteen live 10/8/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (C)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers performing her poem Eight to Sixteen live 10/8/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (S)

See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Eight to Sixteen 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)

elusive (haiku, on twitter)

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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading (C) her poem elusive from her “Partial Nudity” book release feature live 6/18/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading (S) her poem elusive from her “Partial Nudity” book release feature live 6/18/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery

end (haiku, on twitter)

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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku end live 2/26/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (C)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku end live 2/26/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (S)

See Vine video of Janet Kuypers performing her poem end (originally in her books Partial Nudity and 100 Haikus) live 12/17/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (Canon)

See Vine video of Janet Kuypers performing her poem end (originally in her books 100 Haikus and Partial Nudity) live 12/17/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (Sony, posterize)

ends (haiku, on twitter)

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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading (C) her poem ends from her “Partial Nudity” book release feature live 6/18/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading (S) her poem ends from her “Partial Nudity” book release feature live 6/18/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery

enemies (haiku, on twitter)

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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku enemies in Chicago 3/17/14 (C) at the open mic Waiting 4 the Bus

See Vine video of Janet Kuypers performing her poem enemies (originally in her books Partial Nudity and 100 Haikus) live 12/17/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (Canon)

See Vine video of Janet Kuypers performing her poem enemies (originally in her books 100 Haikus and Partial Nudity) live 12/17/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (Sony, posterize)

energy (haiku, on twitter)

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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku energy live 3/26/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (C)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku energy live 3/26/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (S)

Erbium (poem from the “Periodic Table of Poetry” series)
also see this poem at Artvilla

Watch YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading this Periodic Table poem Erbium in her this Poetry is Money feature, live in Chicago 7/7/14 at “Waiting 4 the Bus” (C)

Watch YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading this Periodic Table poem Erbium in her this Poetry is Money feature, live in Chicago 7/7/14 at “Waiting 4 the Bus” (S)

errors (haiku, on twitter)

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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku errors live 3/26/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (Canon camera)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku errors live 3/26/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (Sony camera)

escape (haiku, on twitter)

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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading (C) her poem escape from her “Partial Nudity” book release feature live 6/18/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading (S) her poem escape from her “Partial Nudity” book release feature live 6/18/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery

See YouTube video
of the Janet Kuypers book release feature “Partial Nudity” (S, CONTAINING THIS POEM) live 6/18/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery

See a Vine video
of Janet Kuypers’ escape haiku 6/4/15 (derived from her poem the muse, the messiah) @ the gazebo (Motorola)

See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Escape live 7/22/15 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago, from the October 2009 v201 issue of cc&d (filmed with a Canon fs200)

See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Escape live 7/22/15 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago, from the October 2009 v201 issue of cc&d (filmed with a Canon Power Shot)

everyone (haiku, on twitter)

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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku everyone live 3/26/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (C)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku everyone live 3/26/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (S)

See Vine video of Janet Kuypers performing her poem everyone (originally in her books Partial Nudity and 100 Haikus) live 12/17/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (Canon)

See Vine video of Janet Kuypers performing her poem everyone (originally in her books 100 Haikus and Partial Nudity) live 12/17/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (Sony, posterize)

eventually (haiku, on twitter)

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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku eventually in Chicago 3/17/14 (C) at the open mic Waiting 4 the Bus

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of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku eventually as a looping JKPoetryVine video in Chicago 3/17/14 at the open mic Waiting 4 the Bus (Canon, hard light, green filter)

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of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku eventually as a looping JKPoetryVine video in Chicago 3/17/14 at the open mic Waiting 4 the Bus (C)

evil (haiku, on twitter)

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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading (C) her poem evil from her “Partial Nudity” book release feature live 6/18/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading (S) her poem evil from her “Partial Nudity” book release feature live 6/18/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery

See Vine video of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku evil from cc&d’s Scars Publications book a Perfect Solitude as a looping JKPoetryVine video after Poetry Plus in Georgetown 5/27/16.

See Twitter video of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku evil from Down in the Dirt’s v137 Scars Publications book The Hive 5/30/16.

existence (haiku, on twitter)

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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku existence in Chicago 3/17/14 (C) at the open mic Waiting 4 the Bus

See Vine video of Janet Kuypers performing her poem “existence” from Down in the Dirt’s “the Breaking” for the 2016 Poetry Bomb at Bagdad Cemetery in Texas.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku existence 4/24/16 at the end of her readings at Chicago’s 2016 Poetry Bomb at Bagdad Cemetery in Leander Texas (filmed with a Canon Power Shot camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku existence 4/24/16 at Chicago’s 2016 Poetry Bomb at the end of her readings at Bagdad Cemetery in Leander Texas (filmed with a Sony camera).

explosions (haiku with bonus line, on twitter)
This poem was nominated in the 100 Haikus 2014 press release for the (40 year) Pushcart Prize

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See YouTube video (C) of Bob Lawrence reading the Janet Kuypers haiku explosion in the “Partial Nudity” book release show 6/18/14 at Chicago’s the Café Gallery

See YouTube video (S) of Bob Lawrence reading the Janet Kuypers haiku explosion in the “Partial Nudity” book release show 6/18/14 at Chicago’s the Café Gallery

See Vine video of Janet Kuypers performing her poem explosions (originally in her books Partial Nudity and 100 Haikus) live 12/17/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (Canon)

See Vine video of Janet Kuypers performing her poem explosions (originally in her books 100 Haikus and Partial Nudity) live 12/17/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (Sony, posterize)

extinct (haiku, on twitter)

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See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku extinct live 9/27/14 on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio (Canon)

See YouTube video
9/27/14 of Janet Kuypers on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio performing many poems, including this one (Canon)

See a Vine video

of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku extinct as a looping JKPoetryVine video on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio (C, flipped and posterized)

See a Vine video
of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku extinct as a looping JKPoetryVine video on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio (C)

fader, his mädchen and the Führer

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading (C) her poem fader, his mädchen and the Führer from the cc&d book Idols live 5/21/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading (S) her poem fader, his mädchen and the Führer from the cc&d book Idols live 5/21/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery

faith (haiku, on twitter)

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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku faith in Chicago 3/17/14 (C) at the open mic Waiting 4 the Bus

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of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku faith as a looping JKPoetryVine video live 3/17/14 at the Waiting 4 the Bus open mic Jaks Tap in Chicago (C)

See a Vine video
of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku faith as a looping JKPoetryVine video live 3/17/14 at the Waiting 4 the Bus open mic Jaks Tap in Chicago (Canon, negative w and saturated filters)

falling (haiku, on twitter)

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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku falling in Chicago 3/17/14 (C) at the open mic Waiting 4 the Bus

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku poems, “falling”, “sort”, and “upturn” from the v252 issue of cc&d magazine, titled Beyond the Gates live 10/22/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (C)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku poems, “falling”, “sort”, and “upturn” from the v252 issue of cc&d mag, titled Beyond the Gates live 10/22/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (Canon Power Shot)

Download all of the show poems in the free chapbook
Obey
6/4/16 at Expressions 2016: June is a Woman! show in Austin

feel (haiku, on twitter)

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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku feel live 4/9/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (C)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku feel live 4/9/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (posterize)

See Vine video of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku feel from cc&d’s Scars Publications book a Perfect Solitude live outdoors in New Orleans 5/29/16.

Order this book in the Janet Kuypers haiku collection book 100 Haikus, or in the 2014 collection book Partial Nudity.

fit (haiku, on twitter)

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See YouTube video of poet Charlie Newman reading Janet Kuypers’ twitter-length haiku fit live 6/2/14 in Chicago

See YouTube video (C) of Charlie Newman on video reading the Janet Kuypers haiku fit in the “Partial Nudity” book release show 6/18/14 at Chicago’s the Café Gallery

See YouTube video (S) of Charlie Newman on video reading the Janet Kuypers haiku fit in the “Partial Nudity” book release show 6/18/14 at Chicago’s the Café Gallery

See YouTube video
of the Janet Kuypers book release feature “Partial Nudity” (S, CONTAINING THIS POEM) live 6/18/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery

See Vine video of Janet Kuypers performing her poem fit (in her books Partial Nudity and 100 Haikus) live 12/3/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (Canon)

See Vine video of Janet Kuypers performing her poem fit (in her books 100 Haikus and Partial Nudity) live 12/3/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (Sony, crop & color)

floor (haiku, on twitter)

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of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku floor live 9/27/14 on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio (Canon)

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of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku floor live 9/27/14 on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio (Sony)

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of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku floor as a looping JKPoetryVine video on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio (filmed with a Canon camera)

See a Vine video
of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku floor as a looping JKPoetryVine video on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio (filmed with a Sony camera)

See Vine video of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku floor from Down in the Dirt’s Scars Publications book The Hive as a looping JKPoetryVine video 5/30/16.

fog (haiku, on twitter)

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See YouTube video (C) of Tom Roby reading the Janet Kuypers haiku fog in the “Partial Nudity” book release show 6/18/14 at Chicago’s the Café Gallery

See YouTube video (S) of Tom Roby reading the Janet Kuypers haiku fog in the “Partial Nudity” book release show 6/18/14 at Chicago’s the Café Gallery

See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku fog 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)

force (haiku, on twitter)

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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku force live 3/26/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (Canon camera)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku force live 3/26/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (Sony camera)

See Vine video of Janet Kuypers performing her poem force (originally in her books Partial Nudity and 100 Haikus) live 12/17/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (Canon)

See Vine video of Janet Kuypers performing her poem force (originally in her books 100 Haikus and Partial Nudity) live 12/17/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (Sony, posterize)

forever (haiku, on twitter)

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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku forever live 2/12/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (C)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku forever live 2/12/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (S)

See Vine video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku forever as a looping JKPoetryVine video live 2/12/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (C)

See Vine video
of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku forever as a looping JKPoetryVine video live 2/12/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (C, hard light saturate)

See Vine video of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku forever from Down in the Dirt’s Scars Publications book the Breaking live outdoors in New Orleans 5/29/16.

Order this book in the Janet Kuypers haiku collection book 100 Haikus, or in the 2014 collection book Partial Nudity.

form (haiku, on twitter)

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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku form live 4/9/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (C)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku form live 4/9/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (posterize)

fought (haiku, on twitter)

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See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku fought live 9/27/14 on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio (Canon)

See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku fought live 9/27/14 on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio (Sony)

Download this poem in the free chapbook
“6 Second Poems”,
w/ poems read on 9/27/14 WZRD 88.3 FM radio

See a Vine video

of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku fought as a looping JKPoetryVine video on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio (filmed with a Canon camera)

See a Vine video
of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku fought as a looping JKPoetryVine video on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio (filmed with a Sony camera)

See Vine video of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku found from Down in the Dirt’s Scars Publications book 6 Feet Under as a looping JKPoetryVine video 5/30/16.

found (haiku, on twitter)

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See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku found live 9/27/14 on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio (Canon)

See YouTube video
9/27/14 of Janet Kuypers on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio performing many poems, including this one (Canon)

Download this poem in the free chapbook
“6 Second Poems”,
w/ poems read on 9/27/14 WZRD 88.3 FM radio

See a Vine video
of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku found as a looping JKPoetryVine video on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio (Canon camera, video flipped and posterized)

See a Vine video

of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku found as a looping JKPoetryVine video on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio (filmed with a Canon camera)

found haiku (haiku, on twitter)

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See YouTube video (C) of Joffre Stewart reading the Janet Kuypers’l found haiku in the “Partial Nudity” book release show 6/18/14 at Chicago’s the Café Gallery

See YouTube video (S) of Joffre Stewart reading the Janet Kuypers’l found haiku in the “Partial Nudity” book release show 6/18/14 at Chicago’s the Café Gallery

See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading (C) her poem Found Haiku from memory in conversation live 8/27/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery

See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers hosting the open mic 8/27/14 (w/ 2 features!) at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago - where this poem was read

See a Vine video
of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length found haiku from the Café Gallery book the Chosen Few 1/22/16 as a looping JKPoetryVine video in Austin, TX (Samsung)

See a Vine video from 2/1/16 of
Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length found haiku from Scars Publications’ the Café Gallery book the Chosen Few as a looping JKPoetryVine video in Austin, TX (Samsung)

free (haiku, on twitter)

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See YouTube video (C) of Jerry Pendergast reading the Janet Kuypers haiku free in the “Partial Nudity” book release show 6/18/14 at Chicago’s the Café Gallery

See YouTube video (S) of Jerry Pendergast reading the Janet Kuypers haiku free in the “Partial Nudity” book release show 6/18/14 at Chicago’s the Café Gallery

See Vine video of Janet Kuypers performing her poem free (originally in her books Partial Nudity and 100 Haikus) live 12/17/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (Canon)

See Vine video of Janet Kuypers performing her poem free (originally in her books 100 Haikus and Partial Nudity) live 12/17/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (Sony, posterize)

G Block (bonus poem from the “Periodic Table of Poetry” series)
also see this poem at Artvilla

See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading this Periodic Table poem G Block in her Crossing Borders for International (and Interplanetary) Peace feature, live in Chicago 10/8/14 at Cup & Spoon, for Chicago Calling (C)

Download this poem & more in the free PDF
Crossing Borders for International
(and Interplanetary) Peace chapbook,
w/ Periodic Table of Poetry poems.

gone (haiku, on twitter)

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of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku gone live 9/27/14 on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio (Canon)

See YouTube video
9/27/14 of Janet Kuypers on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio performing many poems, including this one (Canon)

Download this poem in the free chapbook
“6 Second Poems”,
w/ poems read on 9/27/14 WZRD 88.3 FM radio

See Vine video
9/27/14 of Janet Kuypers’ haiku gone live on WZRD Chicago radio 9/27/14 (Canon)

greatest (haiku, on twitter)

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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku greatest live 4/23/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (C)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku greatest live 4/23/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (S)

Download all of the show poems in the free chapbook
Obey
6/4/16 at Expressions 2016: June is a Woman! show in Austin

groove (haiku, on twitter)

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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading (C) her poem groove from her “Partial Nudity” book release feature live 6/18/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading (S) her poem groove from her “Partial Nudity” book release feature live 6/18/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery

guide (haiku, on twitter)

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See YouTube video of poet R. Gibbons reading Janet Kuypers’ twitter-length haiku guide live 6/2/14 in Chicago

See YouTube video (C) of R. Gibbons on video reading the Janet Kuypers haiku guide in the “Partial Nudity” book release show 6/18/14 at Chicago’s the Café Gallery

See YouTube video (S) of R. Gibbons on video reading the Janet Kuypers haiku guide in the “Partial Nudity” book release show 6/18/14 at Chicago’s the Café Gallery

See YouTube video
of the Janet Kuypers book release feature “Partial Nudity” (S, CONTAINING THIS POEM) live 6/18/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery

See Vine video of Janet Kuypers performing her poem guide (in her books Partial Nudity and 100 Haikus) live 12/3/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (Canon)

See Vine video of Janet Kuypers performing her poem guide (in her books 100 Haikus and Partial Nudity) live 12/3/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (Sony, crop & color)

See Vine video of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku guide from Down in the Dirt’s Scars Publications book 6 Feet Under as a looping JKPoetryVine video 5/30/16.

Hafnium (poem from the “Periodic Table of Poetry” series)
also see this poem at Artvilla

Watch YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading this Periodic Table poem Hafnium in her this Poetry is Money feature, live in Chicago 7/7/14 at “Waiting 4 the Bus” (C)

Watch YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading this Periodic Table poem Hafnium in her this Poetry is Money feature, live in Chicago 7/7/14 at “Waiting 4 the Bus” (S)

Hassium (poem from the “Periodic Table of Poetry” series)
also see this poem at Artvilla

Watch YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading this Periodic Table poem Hassium in her Visionaries Behind the Stars feature, live in Chicago 9/12/14 at “Poetry ‘Love Letter’” (C)

Watch YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading this Periodic Table poem Hassium in her Visionaries Behind the Stars feature, live in Chicago 9/12/14 at “Poetry ‘Love Letter’” (S)

heaviness (haiku, on twitter)

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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading (C) her poem heaviness from her “Partial Nudity” book release feature live 6/18/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading (S) her poem heaviness from her “Partial Nudity” book release feature live 6/18/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery

See YouTube video
of the Janet Kuypers book release feature “Partial Nudity” (C, CONTAINING THIS POEM) live 6/18/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery

See Twitter video of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku heaviness from Down in the Dirt’s v137 Scars Publications book The Hive 5/30/16.

hold (haiku, on twitter)

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See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku hold live 9/27/14 on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio (Canon)

See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku hold live 9/27/14 on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio (Sony)

Download this poem in the free chapbook
“6 Second Poems”,
w/ poems read on 9/27/14 WZRD 88.3 FM radio

See Vine video
9/27/14 of Janet Kuypers’ haiku hold live on WZRD Chicago radio 9/27/14 (Canon)

See Vine video
9/27/14 of Janet Kuypers’ haiku hold live on WZRD Chicago radio 9/27/14 (Sony)

See a Vine video of Janet Kuypers’ haiku hold @ the Blue Sky’ls sign 6/8/15 (from looking for a worthy adversary — and looking for a worthy adversary (an extreme sestina variation)), for John (Motorola)

See a Vine video of Janet Kuypers’ haiku hold, from Scars Publications’ Down in the Dirt 2015 Jul.-Dec. issues book the Intersection (11/28/15, Samsung, from Austin, Texas)

holding hands (expanded, extreme sestina variation)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem holding hands in Chicago 3/17/14 at the open mic Waiting 4 the Bus

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Holding Hands live 3/26/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (C)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Holding Hands live 3/26/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (S)

See YouTube video 1/22/16 of Janet Kuypers reading her 2 new poems One who Has Too Much & or my happiness, or my life, and Holding Hands (from her book Let me see you Stripped) at the Round Rock Poetry Plus open mic at Cianfrani’s (from a Canon Power Shot camera).

humans (haiku, on twitter)

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of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku humans live 9/27/14 on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio (Canon)

See YouTube video
9/27/14 of Janet Kuypers on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio performing many poems, including this one (Canon)

Download this poem in the free chapbook
“6 Second Poems”,
w/ poems read on 9/27/14 WZRD 88.3 FM radio

See Vine video 9/27/14 of Janet Kuypers’ haiku humans live on WZRD Chicago radio 9/27/14 (Canon, flipped)

See Vine video
9/27/14 of Janet Kuypers’ haiku humans live on WZRD Chicago radio 9/27/14 (Canon)

instead (haiku, on twitter)

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of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku instead live 9/27/14 on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio (Canon)

See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku instead live 9/27/14 on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio (Sony)

Download this poem in the free chapbook
“6 Second Poems”,
w/ poems read on 9/27/14 WZRD 88.3 FM radio

See Vine video 9/27/14 of Janet Kuypers’ haiku instead live on WZRD Chicago radio 9/27/14 (Canon fs200)

See Vine video
9/27/14 of Janet Kuypers’ haiku instead live on WZRD Chicago radio 9/27/14 (Sony)

I started writing this poem when

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading (C) her poem I started writing this poem when from her “Partial Nudity” book release show 6/18/14 at Chicago’s the Café Gallery

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading (S) her poem I started writing this poem when from her “Partial Nudity” book release show 6/18/14 at Chicago’s the Café Gallery

jabbed into an open nerve

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers performing her improv of Jabbed into an Open Nerve live 10/7/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (S)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers performing her improv of Jabbed into an Open Nerve live 10/7/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (C)

See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading her poem jabbed into an open nerve 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 jabbed into an open nerve from cc&d v254, “Idea”, live 4/29/15 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (Cfs200)

See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading her poem jabbed into an open nerve from cc&d v254, “Idea”, live 4/29/15 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (Cps)

“Jimbo” (haiku, on twitter)

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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku “Jimbo” live in Nashville (to people who knew Jimbo) 10/18/14 (iPhone camera)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku “Jimbo” live in Nashville (to people who knew Jimbo) 10/18/14 (Posterized)

job (haiku, on twitter)

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See YouTube video (C) of Bob Rashkow reading the Janet Kuypers haiku job in the “Partial Nudity” book release show 6/18/14 at Chicago’s the Café Gallery

See YouTube video (S) of Bob Rashkow reading the Janet Kuypers haiku job in the “Partial Nudity” book release show 6/18/14 at Chicago’s the Café Gallery

See Vine video of Janet Kuypers performing her poem job (originally in her books Partial Nudity and 100 Haikus) live 12/17/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (Canon)

See Vine video of Janet Kuypers performing her poem job (originally in her books 100 Haikus and Partial Nudity) live 12/17/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (Sony, posterize)

See Vine video of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku job from Down in the Dirt’s Scars Publications book the Breaking (New Orleans 5/29/16, 1).

See Vine video of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku job from Down in the Dirt’s Scars Publications book the Breaking (New Orleans 5/29/16, 2).

jobless (haiku, on twitter)

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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku jobless live 3/26/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (C)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku jobless live 3/26/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (S)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading (S) her poem jobless from her “Partial Nudity” book release feature live 6/18/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading (C) her poem jobless from her “Partial Nudity” book release feature live 6/18/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery

See Vine video of Janet Kuypers performing her poem jobless (originally in her books Partial Nudity and 100 Haikus) live 12/17/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (Canon)

See Vine video of Janet Kuypers performing her poem jobless (originally in her books 100 Haikus and Partial Nudity) live 12/17/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (Sony, posterize)

John’s Mind (haiku, on twitter)

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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading (C) her poem John’s Mind from her “Partial Nudity” book release feature live 6/18/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading (S) her poem John’s Mind from her “Partial Nudity” book release feature live 6/18/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery

judge (haiku, on twitter)

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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku judge live 3/12/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (C)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku judgelive 3/12/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (S)

See Vine video of Janet Kuypers performing her poem judge (originally in her books Partial Nudity and 100 Haikus) live 12/17/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (Canon)

See Vine video of Janet Kuypers performing her poem judge (originally in her books 100 Haikus and Partial Nudity) live 12/17/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (Sony, posterize)

jumped (haiku, on twitter)

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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku jumped live 4/9/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (Canon camera)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku jumped live 4/9/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (posterized)

junk

See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers performing her poem Junk at the beginning of the evening live 10/22/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (C)

See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers performing her poem Junk at the beginning of the evening live 10/22/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (S)

See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers performing her poem Junk in the middle of the evening live 10/22/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (C)

See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers performing her poem Junk in the middle of the evening live 10/22/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (S)

See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Junk from cc&d v256, “Testament” live 8/5/15 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (from a Canon Power Shot)

See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Junk from cc&d v256, “Testament” live 8/5/15 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (filmed with a Canon fs200)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading poems from various writers from cc&d v256, “Testament” (Including Sheryl L. Nelms’ poem Mental Nervous, Michael Lee Johnson’s poem Possum Slim (V2), G. A. Scheinoha’ poem Silver Anniversary, Luis Cuauhtémoc Berriozabal’s poem “Atonement”, Ronald Charles Epstein’s poem After Alberta’s Centennial, Eric Burbridge’s poem Minute, and Janet Kuypers’s poem Junk) live 8/5/15 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (Canon Power Shot)

JY asks (a two haiku twitter-length poem)

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See YouTube video of the Janet Kuypers reading her 2 haiku poem JY asks in her 3/14/15 show “India Stories” at the Art Colony in Chicago (Canon fs200) w/ HA!Man of South Africa music

See YouTube video of the Janet Kuypers reading her poem JY asks in her 3/14/15 show “India Stories” at the Art Colony in Chicago (Canon Power Shot) w/ HA!Man of South Africa music

See YouTube video (Cps) of Janet Kuypers reading her poem JY asks from cc&d v254, “Idea”, live 4/29/15 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago

See YouTube video (Cfs200) of Janet Kuypers reading her poem JY asks from cc&d v254, “Idea”, live 4/29/15 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago

keep (haiku, on twitter)

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See YouTube video (C) of Robin Fine reading the Janet Kuypers haiku keep in the “Partial Nudity” book release show 6/18/14 at Chicago’s the Café Gallery

See YouTube video (S) of Robin Fine reading the Janet Kuypers haiku keep in the “Partial Nudity” book release show 6/18/14 at Chicago’s the Café Gallery

See Vine video of Janet Kuypers performing her poem keep (in her books Partial Nudity and 100 Haikus) live 12/3/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (Canon)

See Vine video of Janet Kuypers performing her poem keep (in her books 100 Haikus and Partial Nudity) live 12/3/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (Sony, crop & color)

See a Vine video of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku keep from Scars Publications’ the Café Gallery book the Chosen Few 2/11/16 as a looping JKPoetryVine video in Austin, TX (Samsung)

See a Vine video of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku keep from Scars Publications’ the Café Gallery book the Chosen Few 2/11/16 by a pool as a looping JKPoetryVine video in Austin, TX (Samsung)

Keeping a Record of Going Too Far (audition performance of a 2-poem adaptation)
This poem was nominated in the Revealed 2014 release for the (40 year) Pushcart Prize

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers performing from memory her poem Keeping a Record of Going Too Far in her 4/5/14 Beast Women audition in Chicago’s the Den Theatre (C)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers performing from memory most of her poem Keeping a Record of Going Too Far in her 4/5/14 Beast Women audition in Chicago’s the Den Theatre (iPhone)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Keeping a Record of Going Too Far from memory live 4/23/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (C)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Keeping a Record of Going Too Far from memory live 4/23/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (S)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers performing Keeping a Record of Going Too Far, Made Any Difference (to John’s song), and How People Interpret My Words 1/31/16 at the Austin music open mic Kick Butt Poetry (Nikon).

key (haiku, on twitter)

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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading (S) her poem key from her “Partial Nudity” book release feature live 6/18/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading (C) her poem key from her “Partial Nudity” book release feature live 6/18/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery

kids wielding freedom and sin

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading (C) her poem kids wielding freedom and sin from the cc&d book Friction live 5/21/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading (S) her poem kids wielding freedom and sin from the cc&d book Friction live 5/21/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery

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.).

kill (haiku, on twitter)

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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading (C) her poem kill from her “Partial Nudity” book release feature live 6/18/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading (S) her poem kill from her “Partial Nudity” book release feature live 6/18/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery

kindness (haiku, on twitter)

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See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku kindness live 9/27/14 on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio (Canon)

See YouTube video
9/27/14 of Janet Kuypers on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio performing many poems, including this one (Canon)

Download this poem in the free chapbook
“6 Second Poems”,
w/ poems read on 9/27/14 WZRD 88.3 FM radio

See a Vine video
of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku kindness as a looping JKPoetryVine video live live on WZRD Chicago radio 9/27/14 (Canon fs200)

See Vine video of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku kindness from Down in the Dirt’s Scars Publications book 6 Feet Under as a looping JKPoetryVine video 5/30/16.

knees (haiku, on twitter)

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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku knees live 3/26/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (Canon camera)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku knees live 3/26/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (Sony camera)

knife (2014 haiku, on twitter)

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See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku knife live 9/27/14 on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio (Canon)

See YouTube video
9/27/14 of Janet Kuypers on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio performing many poems, including this one (Canon)

Download this poem in the free chapbook
“6 Second Poems”,
w/ poems read on 9/27/14 WZRD 88.3 FM radio

See a Vine video
of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku knife as a looping JKPoetryVine video live live on WZRD Chicago radio 9/27/14 (Canon fs200)

See a Vine video of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku knife in Scars Publications’ 2016 Down in the Dirt book the Breaking as a looping JKPoetryVine video 2/23/16 (filmed w/ a Samsung smartphone)

know (haiku, on twitter)
This poem was nominated in the 100 Haikus 2014 press release for the (40 year) Pushcart Prize

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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading (C) her poem know from her “Partial Nudity” book release feature live 6/18/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading (S) her poem know from her “Partial Nudity” book release feature live 6/18/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery

See a Vine video of Janet Kuypers’ haiku know, in Scars Publications’ Down in the Dirt 2015 Jul-Dec issue book the Intersection (filmed 12/11/15 from a Motorola in Austin, Texas)

See a Vine video of Janet Kuypers’ haiku know in Scars Publications’ Down in the Dirt Nov./Dec. 2015 issue/book Planets Apart (12/14/15 from a Motorola in Austin Texas)

See a Vine video of Janet Kuypers’ haiku know @ her Partial Nudity Chicago show 6/18/14 at the Gallery Cabaret (Sony HW)

See a Vine video of Janet Kuypers’ haiku know @ her Partial Nudity Chicago show 6/18/14 at the Gallery Cabaret (Canon, day2nite)

See a Vine video of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku know from light to dark, from Scars Publications’ the Café Gallery book the Chosen Few 2/12/16 as a looping JKPoetryVine video in Austin, TX (Samsung)

See a Vine video as Janet Kuypers blows out a candle after reading her haiku know, in Scars Publications’ the Café Gallery book the Chosen Few 2/12/16 as a looping JKPoetryVine video in Austin, TX (Samsung)

knowing (haiku, on twitter)

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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading (C) her poem knowing from her “Partial Nudity” book release feature live 6/18/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading (S) her poem knowing from her “Partial Nudity” book release feature live 6/18/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery

See Twitter video of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku knowing from Down in the Dirt’s v137 Scars Publications book The Hive 5/30/16.

labor (haiku, on twitter)

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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku labor live 2/26/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (C)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku labor live 2/26/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (S)

See a Vine video
of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku labor as a looping JKPoetryVine video live 2/26/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (C, close up, hard light, saturated)

See a Vine video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku labor as a looping JKPoetryVine video live 2/26/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (C)

Lanthanum (poem from the “Periodic Table of Poetry” series)
also see this poem at Artvilla

Watch YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading this Periodic Table poem Lanthanum in her this Poetry is Money feature, live in Chicago 7/7/14 at “Waiting 4 the Bus” (C)

Watch YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading this Periodic Table poem Lanthanum in her this Poetry is Money feature, live in Chicago 7/7/14 at “Waiting 4 the Bus” (S)

last (haiku, on twitter)

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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku last live 4/23/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (C)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku last live 4/23/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (S)

See a Vine video
of Janet Kuypers’ haiku last @ a Starbucks 6/7/15 (of the last lines of her poem
the Burning) (filmed with a Motorola)

See Vine video of Janet Kuypers’
haiku last read from Scars’ Down in the Dirt issues book the Intersection (Samsung 11/23/15)

life (a 2014 Periodic Table haiku, on twitter)

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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her Periodic Table haiku life live 2/23/14 at Chemistry, Poetry and a Brat in Kenosha WI at the Brat Stop (C)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her Periodic Table haiku life live 2/23/14 at Chemistry, Poetry and a Brat in Kenosha WI at the Brat Stop (C, Threshold filter)

Lord Have Mercy

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of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Lord Have Mercy 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’ 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

lost (haiku, on twitter)

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See Vine video of Janet Kuypers performing her poem lost (in her books Partial Nudity and 100 Haikus) live 12/3/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (Canon)

See Vine video of Janet Kuypers performing her poem lost (in her books 100 Haikus and Partial Nudity) live 12/3/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (Sony, crop & color)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers performing her series of her haiku poems INCLUDING THIS ONE live 12/3/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (Canon camera)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers performing her series of her haiku poems INCLUDING THIS ONE live 12/3/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (on a Sony camera, negative filter)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers performing her series of her haiku poems INCLUDING THIS ONE live 12/3/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (on a Sony camera, cropped and color balanced)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers performing her series of her haiku poems INCLUDING THIS ONE live 12/3/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (on a Sony camera, x-ray filter)

love (haiku, on twitter)

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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading (C) her poem love from her “Partial Nudity” book release feature live 6/18/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading (S) her poem love from her “Partial Nudity” book release feature live 6/18/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery

See Vine video of Janet Kuypers performing her poem love (originally in her books Partial Nudity and 100 Haikus) live 12/17/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (Canon)

See Vine video of Janet Kuypers performing her poem love (originally in her books 100 Haikus and Partial Nudity) live 12/17/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (Sony, posterize)

Meitnerium (poem from the “Periodic Table of Poetry” series)
This poem was nominated in the Periodic Table of Poetry 2014 release for the Pushcart Prize

Watch YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading this Periodic Table poem Meitnerium in her Visionaries Behind the Stars feature, live in Chicago 9/12/14 at “Poetry ‘Love Letter’” (C)

Watch YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading this Periodic Table poem Meitnerium in her Visionaries Behind the Stars feature, live in Chicago 9/12/14 at “Poetry ‘Love Letter’” (S)

mirror (haiku, on twitter)

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See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku mirror live 9/27/14 on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio (Canon)

See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku mirror live 9/27/14 on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio (Sony)

Download this poem in the free chapbook
“6 Second Poems”,
w/ poems read on 9/27/14 WZRD 88.3 FM radio

See a Vine video
of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku mirror as a looping JKPoetryVine video live live on WZRD Chicago radio 9/27/14 (Canon fs200)

See a Vine video
of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku mirror as a looping JKPoetryVine video live live on WZRD Chicago radio 9/27/14 (Sony)

misogyny (haiku, on twitter)

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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku misogyny live 3/26/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (C)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku misogyny live 3/26/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (S)

mister (haiku, on twitter)

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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku mister live 2/26/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (C)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku mister live 2/26/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (S)

See Vine video of Janet Kuypers performing her poem mister (originally in her books Partial Nudity and 100 Haikus) live 12/17/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (Canon)

See Vine video of Janet Kuypers performing her poem mister (originally in her books 100 Haikus and Partial Nudity) live 12/17/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (Sony, posterize)

See Vine video of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku mister from Down in the Dirt’s Scars Publications book The Hive as a looping JKPoetryVine video 5/30/16.

much (haiku, on twitter)

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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku much live 4/9/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (C)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku much live 4/9/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (posterize)

See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers hosting the open mic and the Deborah Rosen feature 4/9/14 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago WITH THIS HAIKU

See Vine video of Janet Kuypers’
haiku much from Scars’ Down in the Dirt issues book the Intersection (Samsung 11/20/15)

My brain was

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading (C) her poem My brain was from her “Partial Nudity” book release feature live 6/18/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading (S) her poem My brain was from her “Partial Nudity” book release feature live 6/18/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery

need (haiku, on twitter)

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See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku need live 9/27/14 on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio (Canon)

See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku need live 9/27/14 on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio (Sony)

Download this poem in the free chapbook
“6 Second Poems”,
w/ poems read on 9/27/14 WZRD 88.3 FM radio

See a Vine video
of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku need as a looping JKPoetryVine video 9/27/14 on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio (on a Canon fs200 video camera)

See a Vine video
of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku need as a looping JKPoetryVine video 9/27/14 on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio (on a Sony Super Steady Shot camera)

nightmares (haiku, on twitter)

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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading (C) her poem nightmares from her “Partial Nudity” book release feature live 6/18/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading (S) her poem nightmares from her “Partial Nudity” book release feature live 6/18/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery

observer’s improv

Janet Kuypers performs her poetry as improv...
Rather read it? Then read the original poems seven and seven, plus eighteen, observations: nine and six, ten and ten, plus two, eleven and two, plus eight, and observer’s love poem

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers performing her observer’s improv (S, based on the poems seven and seven, plus eighteen, observations: nine and six, ten and ten, plus two, eleven and two, plus eight, and observer’s love poem) live 10/7/14 at Chicago’s the Café Gallery

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers performing her observer’s improv (C, based on the poems seven and seven, plus eighteen, observations: nine and six, ten and ten, plus two, eleven and two, plus eight, and observer’s love poem) live 10/7/14 at Chicago’s the Café Gallery

Observing Theories of the Universe (“twi-tweet” poem, on twitter)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers performing her poem Observing Theories of the Universe live 11/19/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (Canon)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers performing her poem Observing Theories of the Universe live 11/19/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (Sony, Edge Detection filter)

See YouTube video (Cps) of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Observing Theories of the Universe from cc&d v254, “Idea”, live 4/29/15 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago

See YouTube video (Cfs200) of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Observing Theories of the Universe from cc&d v254, “Idea”, live 4/29/15 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago

octopi and brains (haiku, on twitter)

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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku octopi and brains live 4/9/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (C)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku octopi and brains live 4/9/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (posterize)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku poems “octopi and brains”, and “octopi and dogs” from the v126 issue of Down in the Dirt mag, titled a Rural Story live 10/22/14 at Chicago’s the Café Gallery (C)

octopi and dogs (haiku, on twitter)

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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku octopi and dogs live 4/9/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (C)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku octopi and dogs live 4/9/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (posterize)

of his thirst (haiku, on twitter)

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See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku of his thirst live 9/27/14 on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio (Canon)

See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku of his thirst live 9/27/14 on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio (Sony)

Download this poem in the free chapbook
“6 Second Poems”,
w/ poems read on 9/27/14 WZRD 88.3 FM radio

See a Vine video
of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku of his thirst as a looping JKPoetryVine video 9/27/14 on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio (Canon fs200)

See a Vine video
of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku of his thirst as a looping JKPoetryVine video 9/27/14 on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio (Sony Super Steady Shot)

See a Vine video of Janet Kuypers’ haiku of his thirst, read from Scars Publications’ Down in the Dirt v133 issue book Planets Apart. (filmed 12/3/15 from a Motorola in Austin, Texas)

See a Vine video of Janet Kuypers’ haiku of his thirst, in Scars Publications’ Down in the Dirt 2015 Jul-Dec issue book the Intersection (filmed 12/3/15 from a Motorola in Austin, Texas)

oil (haiku, on twitter)

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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading (C) her poem oil from her “Partial Nudity” book release feature live 6/18/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading (S) her poem oil from her “Partial Nudity” book release feature live 6/18/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery

See Vine video of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku oil from cc&d’s 23 year anniv. Scars Publications book the 23 enigma as a looping JKPoetryVine video 5/30/16.

on Witnessing the Icy Graveyard (twitter-length poem)

Watch this YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading the new poem on Witnessing the Icy Graveyard 1/20/14 at Waiting4the Bus at Jak’s Tap, Chicago (Canon)

Watch this YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading the new poem on Witnessing the Icy Graveyard 1/20/14 at Waiting4the Bus at Jak’s Tap, Chicago (Posterized video)

See YouTube video of Michael Lee Johnson reading two Janet Kuypers poems, on Witnessing the Icy Graveyard (read after he read eyes)

only (haiku, on twitter)

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See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku only live 9/27/14 on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio (Canon)

See YouTube video
9/27/14 of Janet Kuypers on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio performing many poems, including this one (Canon)

See a Vine video
of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku only as a looping JKPoetryVine video 9/27/14 on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio (Canon fs200)

Download this poem in the free chapbook
“6 Second Poems”,
w/ poems read on 9/27/14 WZRD 88.3 FM radio

on the back of a touring bike

See YouTube video of the Janet Kuypers reading her poem on the back of a touring bikein her 3/14/15 show “India Stories” at the Art Colony in Chicago (Canon fs200) w/ background guitar from John

See YouTube video of the Janet Kuypers reading her poem on the back of a touring bike in her 3/14/15 show “India Stories” at the Art Colony in Chicago (Canon Power Shot) w/ background guitar from John

opening (haiku, on twitter)

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See YouTube video (C) of Kottyn Campbell reading the Janet Kuypers haiku opening in the “Partial Nudity” book release show 6/18/14 at Chicago’s the Café Gallery

See YouTube video (S) of Kottyn Campbell reading the Janet Kuypers haiku opening in the “Partial Nudity” book release show 6/18/14 at Chicago’s the Café Gallery

See Vine video of Janet Kuypers performing her poem opening (originally in her books Partial Nudity and 100 Haikus) live 12/17/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (Canon)

See Vine video of Janet Kuypers performing her poem opening (originally in her books 100 Haikus and Partial Nudity) live 12/17/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (Sony, posterize)

organs (haiku, on twitter)

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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading (C) her poem organs from her “Partial Nudity” book release feature live 6/18/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading (S) her poem organs from her “Partial Nudity” book release feature live 6/18/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery

ourselves (haiku, on twitter)

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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku ourselves live 3/26/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (C)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku ourselves live 3/26/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (S)

out (haiku, on twitter)

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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku out live 4/9/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (Canon camera)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku out live 4/9/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (posterized)

See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers hosting the open mic and the Deborah Rosen feature 4/9/14 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago (where she reads this haiku)

See Vine video of Janet Kuypers’
haiku out from Scars Publications’ Down in the Dirt issues book the Intersection (S 11/22/15)

outsourcing the American dream 2014 edit

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem outsourcing the American dream 2014 edit (in the chapbook “Attacking with Poetry”) 4/27/14 (C) at Chicago’s 2014 Poetry Bomb (in Lincoln Square)

out there (haiku, on twitter)

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of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku out there live 9/27/14 on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio (Canon)

See YouTube video
9/27/14 of Janet Kuypers on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio performing many poems, including this one (Canon)

Download this poem in the free chapbook
“6 Second Poems”,
w/ poems read on 9/27/14 WZRD 88.3 FM radio

over (haiku, on twitter)

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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku over live 2/12/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (C)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku overlive 2/12/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (S)

pant (haiku, on twitter)

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See YouTube video (C) of Esteban Colon reading the Janet Kuypers haiku pant in the “Partial Nudity” book release show 6/18/14 at Chicago’s the Café Gallery

See YouTube video (S) of Esteban Colon reading the Janet Kuypers haiku pant in the “Partial Nudity” book release show 6/18/14 at Chicago’s the Café Gallery

See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku pant 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)

pet (haiku, on twitter)

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of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku pet live 9/27/14 on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio (Canon)

See YouTube video
9/27/14 of Janet Kuypers on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio performing many poems, including this one (Canon)

Download this poem in the free chapbook
“6 Second Poems”,
w/ poems read on 9/27/14 WZRD 88.3 FM radio

Pleading (haiku, on twitter)

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of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku pleading live 9/27/14 on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio (Canon)

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9/27/14 of Janet Kuypers on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio performing many poems, including this one (Canon)

Download this poem in the free chapbook
“6 Second Poems”,
w/ poems read on 9/27/14 WZRD 88.3 FM radio

See a Vine video
of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku Pleading as a looping JKPoetryVine video on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio (Canon fs200 camera, video flipped)

See a Vine video
of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku Pleading as a looping JKPoetryVine video on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio (Canon fs200 camera, heat wave filter)

Pleiades

Watch this YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading the new poem Pleiades 1/20/14 at Waiting4the Bus at Jak’s Tap, Chicago (Canon)

Watch this YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading the new poem Pleiades 1/20/14 at Waiting4the Bus at Jak’s Tap, Chicago (Posterized video)

Potassium Chloride (bonus haiku from the “Periodic Table of Poetry” series)
also see this poem at Artvilla

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers performing her Periodic Table bonus poem Potassium Chloride live 11/19/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (Canon)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers performing her Periodic Table bonus poem Potassium Chloride live 11/19/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (Sony, Edge Det. filter)

predator (haiku, on twitter)

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See Vine video of Janet Kuypers performing her poem predator (in her books Partial Nudity and 100 Haikus) live 12/3/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (Canon)

See Vine video of Janet Kuypers performing her poem predator (in her books 100 Haikus and Partial Nudity) live 12/3/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (Sony, crop & color)

progress (haiku, on twitter)

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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading (S) her poem progress from her “Partial Nudity” book release feature live 6/18/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading (C) her poem progress from her “Partial Nudity” book release feature live 6/18/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery

Download all of the show poems in the free chapbook
Obey
6/4/16 at Expressions 2016: June is a Woman! show in Austin

Protactinium (from the “Periodic Table of Poetry” series)
also see this poem at Artvilla

Watch YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading this Periodic Table poem Protactinium in her this Poetry is Money feature, live in Chicago 7/7/14 at “Waiting 4 the Bus” (C)

Watch YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading this Periodic Table poem Protactinium in her this Poetry is Money feature, live in Chicago 7/7/14 at “Waiting 4 the Bus” (S)

Questioning Atoms through Inference (bonus poem from the “Periodic Table of Poetry” series)

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of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Questioning Atoms through Inference live at Ruffled Feathers at Reno in Chicago 12/8/14 (Canon camera, with balance, crop, and saturate filters)

See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Questioning Atoms through Inference live at Ruffled Feathers at Reno in Chicago 12/8/14 (Canon, balance)

Questioning Religion, Father and Son

Watch this YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading the new poem Questioning Religion, Father and Son 1/20/14 at Waiting4the Bus at Jak’s Tap, Chicago (Canon)

Watch this YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading the new poem Questioning Religion, Father and Son 1/20/14 at Waiting4the Bus at Jak’s Tap, Chicago (Posterized video)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading (C) her poem Questioning Religion, Father and Son from the cc&d book a new era live 5/21/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading (S) her poem Questioning Religion, Father and Son from the cc&d book a new era live 5/21/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery

Red Phosphorus (bonus poem from the “Periodic Table of Poetry” series)
also see this poem at Artvilla

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers performing her Periodic Table bonus poem Red Phosphorus live 11/19/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (Canon)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers performing her Periodic Table bonus poem Red Phosphorus live 11/19/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (Sony, Edge Detection filter)

relegated (haiku, on twitter)

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of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku relegated live 9/27/14 on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio (Canon)

See YouTube video
9/27/14 of Janet Kuypers on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio performing many poems, including this one (Canon)

Download this poem in the free chapbook
“6 Second Poems”,
w/ poems read on 9/27/14 WZRD 88.3 FM radio

See a Vine video
of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku relegated as a looping JKPoetryVine video on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio (Canon, flipped, with a heat wave filter)

See a Vine video
of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku relegated as a looping JKPoetryVine video on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio (filmed on a Canon fs200 video camera)

rescue (haiku, on twitter)

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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku rescue live 2/12/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (C)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku rescuelive 2/12/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (S)

Rhenium (from the “Periodic Table of Poetry” series)
also see this poem at Artvilla

See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading this Periodic Table poem Rhenium in her Crossing Borders for International (and Interplanetary) Peace feature, live in Chicago 10/8/14 at Cup & Spoon, for Chicago Calling (C)

run (haiku, on twitter)

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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading (C) her poem run from her “Partial Nudity” book release feature live 6/18/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading (S) her poem run from her “Partial Nudity” book release feature live 6/18/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery

See YouTube video
of the Janet Kuypers book release feature “Partial Nudity” (S, CONTAINING THIS POEM) live 6/18/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery

See Twitter video of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku run from Down in the Dirt’s v137 Scars Publications book The Hive 5/30/16.

Rutherfordium (from the “Periodic Table of Poetry” series)
also see this poem at Artvilla

Watch YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading this Periodic Table poem Rutherfordium in her this Poetry is Money feature, live in Chicago 7/7/14 at “Waiting 4 the Bus” (C)

Watch YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading this Periodic Table poem Rutherfordium in her this Poetry is Money feature, live in Chicago 7/7/14 at “Waiting 4 the Bus” (S)

scorches (haiku, on twitter)

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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku scorches live 4/23/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (C)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku scorches live 4/23/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (S)

Read the Janet Kuypers twitter-length poem scorches in the Jan./Feb. 2016 issue (v134) of Down in the Dirt magazine titled the Breaking.

See a Vine video of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku scorches from Scars Publications’ Jan./Feb. 2016 issue (v134) of Down in the Dirt magazine titled the Breaking as a looping JKPoetryVine video 2/27/16 (this video filmed in Austin TX from a Droid Maxx)

Seaborgium (from the “Periodic Table of Poetry” series)
also see this poem at Artvilla

Watch YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading this Periodic Table poem Seaborgium in her Visionaries Behind the Stars feature, live in Chicago 9/12/14 at “Poetry ‘Love Letter’” (C)

Watch YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading this Periodic Table poem Seaborgium in her Visionaries Behind the Stars feature, live in Chicago 9/12/14 at “Poetry ‘Love Letter’” (S)

sort (haiku, on twitter)

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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku sort live 3/12/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (C)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku sortlive 3/12/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (S)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading (C) her poem sort from her “Partial Nudity” book release feature live 6/18/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading (S) her poem sort from her “Partial Nudity” book release feature live 6/18/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery

stagger (haiku, on twitter)

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See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku stagger live 9/27/14 on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio (Canon)

See YouTube video
9/27/14 of Janet Kuypers on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio performing many poems, including this one (Canon)

Download this poem in the free chapbook
“6 Second Poems”,
w/ poems read on 9/27/14 WZRD 88.3 FM radio

See Vine video of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku stagger from Down in the Dirt’s Scars Publications book the Breaking live in New Orleans 5/29/16.

See Vine video of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku stagger from Down in the Dirt’s Scars Publications book 6 Feet Under as a looping JKPoetryVine video 5/30/16.

Star Trek, Star Wars and Storm Troopers

See YouTube video of the Janet Kuypers reading her Star Trek poem Star Trek, Star Wars and Storm Troopers in her 3/20/15 show “Resistance is Futile” at Ch Fi 2015 in Chicago (Canon fs200)

Download this poem in the free chapbook
“Imzadi”,
w/ poems read on 3/21/15 at the Ch Fi 2015 convention in Chicago

sting (haiku, on twitter)

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See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku sting live 9/27/14 on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio (Canon)

See YouTube video
9/27/14 of Janet Kuypers on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio performing many poems, including this one (Canon)

Download this poem in the free chapbook
“6 Second Poems”,
w/ poems read on 9/27/14 WZRD 88.3 FM radio

See Twitter video of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku sting from Down in the Dirt’s v137 Scars Publications book The Hive 5/30/16.

strike (haiku, on twitter)

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See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku strike live 9/27/14 on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio (Canon)

See YouTube video
9/27/14 of Janet Kuypers on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio performing many poems, including this one (Canon)

Download this poem in the free chapbook
“6 Second Poems”,
w/ poems read on 9/27/14 WZRD 88.3 FM radio

See a Vine video of Janet Kuypers’ haiku strike, read from Scars Publications’ Down in the Dirt v133 issue book Planets Apart. (filmed 12/4/15 from a Motorola in Austin, Texas)

See a Vine video of Janet Kuypers’ haiku strike, in Scars Publications’ Down in the Dirt 2015 Jul-Dec issue book the Intersection (filmed 12/4/15 from a Motorola in Austin, Texas)

study (haiku, on twitter)

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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku study live 4/9/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (Canon camera)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku study live 4/9/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (posterized)

See a Vine video of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku titled study from Scars Publications’ Down in the Dirt Jan./Feb. 2016 issue book the Breaking (filmed 2/24/16 from a Motorola in Austin, Texas)

Thallium (from the “Periodic Table of Poetry” series)
also see this poem at Artvilla

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her Periodic Table poem Thallium/U> live 2/23/14 at Chemistry, Poetry and a Brat in Kenosha WI at the Brat Stop (C)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her Periodic Table poem Thallium live 2/23/14 at Chemistry, Poetry and a Brat in Kenosha WI at the Brat Stop (C, Edge Detection)

this is only a test (haiku, on twitter)

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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku this is only a test live 3/26/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (C)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku this is only a test live 3/26/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (S)

Thorium (from the “Periodic Table of Poetry” series)
also see this poem at Artvilla

Watch YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading this Periodic Table poem Thorium in her this Poetry is Money feature, live in Chicago 7/7/14 at “Waiting 4 the Bus” (C)

Watch YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading this Periodic Table poem Thorium in her this Poetry is Money feature, live in Chicago 7/7/14 at “Waiting 4 the Bus” (S)

timing (haiku, on twitter)

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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku timing live 2/12/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (C)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku timinglive 2/12/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (S)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers hosting the open mic and reading this poem 2/12/14 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago — including reading this poem

See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku timing as a 6 second JK Poetry Vine live 2/12/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (C)

Translation (2014 haiku) (haiku, on twitter)

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See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku Translation (2014 haiku) 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)

universe (haiku, on twitter)

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See YouTube video (S) of Bob Lawrence reading the Janet Kuypers haiku universe in the “Partial Nudity” book release show 6/18/14 at Chicago’s the Café Gallery

See YouTube video (C) of Bob Lawrence reading the Janet Kuypers haiku universe in the “Partial Nudity” book release show 6/18/14 at Chicago’s the Café Gallery

See Vine video of Janet Kuypers performing her poem universe (originally in her books Partial Nudity and 100 Haikus) live 12/17/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (Canon)

See Vine video of Janet Kuypers performing her poem universe (originally in her books 100 Haikus and Partial Nudity) live 12/17/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (Sony, posterize)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers performing her series of her haiku poems INCLUDING THIS ONE live 12/17/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (Canon)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers performing her series of her haiku poems INCLUDING THIS ONE 12/17/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (Sony, posterize)

See a Vine video
of Janet Kuypers practicing her twitter-length haiku universe as a looping JKPoetryVine video 5/7/16 for her poetry show today at Austin’s the Baha’i Center.

See a Vine video
of Janet Kuypers practicing her twitter-length haiku universe as a looping JKPoetryVine video 5during her Expressions 2016 show, her 1st Austin poetry show 5/7/16.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers in her 5/7/16 show “Love in the Universe” in her first scheduled feature at Expressions 2016: Reasons to be Cheerful in Austin (Cps), first singing (with John singing and on guitar) the Depeche Mode song The Bottom Line (with altered chorus lyrics for heir wedding), then with her poems Pluto, Plutonium & Death (a bonus Periodic Table poem), her haiku universe, observer’s love poem (2016 edit), everything is my home, Wanted To Play, and electricity.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers in her 5/7/16 show “Love in the Universe” in her first scheduled feature at Expressions 2016: Reasons to be Cheerful in Austin (Sony), first singing (with John singing and on guitar) the Depeche Mode song The Bottom Line (with altered chorus lyrics for heir wedding), then with her poems Pluto, Plutonium & Death (a bonus Periodic Table poem), her haiku universe, observer’s love poem (2016 edit), everything is my home, Wanted To Play, and electricity.

Download all of the show poems in the free chapbook
Love in the Universe
5/7/16 at Expressions 2016: Reasons to be Cheerful show in Austin

See Twitter video of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku universe from Down in the Dirt’s v137 Scars Publications book The Hive 5/30/16.

upturn (haiku, on twitter)
This poem was nominated in the 100 Haikus 2014 press release for the (40 year) Pushcart Prize

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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku upturn live 3/12/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (C)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku upturnlive 3/12/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (C, Postrize)

See a Vine video of Janet Kuypers’ haiku upturn, read from Scars Publications’ Down in the Dirt v133 issue book Planets Apart. (filmed 12/2/15 from a Motorola in Austin, Texas)

See a Vine video of Janet Kuypers’ haiku upturn, in Scars Publications’ Down in the Dirt 2015 Jul-Dec issue book the Intersection (filmed 12/2/15 from a Motorola in Austin, Texas)

Value from Nothingness (a two-tweet poem)

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of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Value from Nothingness/U> live 8/27/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (C)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Value from Nothingness live 8/27/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (S)

See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading her prose Value from Nothingness from Down in the Dirt v129, “a Bad Influence” live 7/22/15 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (filmed with a Canon fs200)

violent affair

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 (C)

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

years (haiku, on twitter)

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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading (C) her poem years from her “Partial Nudity” book release feature live 6/18/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading (S) her poem years from her “Partial Nudity” book release feature live 6/18/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery

you (haiku, on twitter)

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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku you live 3/26/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (Canon camera)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku you live 3/26/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (Sony camera)

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