Read Modern Chicago and American poetry from Chicago Poet Janet Kuypers

Naivety

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

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read live 09/06/11, at the Café open mike she hosts in Chicago

Watch this Complete feature video of Kuypers live 09/06/11, at the Café open mike in Chicago, performing readings (including this writing) from the book Contents Under Pressure

need (haiku, on twitter)

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

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

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“6 Second Poems”,
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Needy Person
This poem is in the Starite Cafe

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live, the Cafe 09/09/08, Chicago

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live at the Cafe 09/09/08

Neon (from the “Periodic Table of Poetry” series)
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of Kuypers reading this poem (from “the Periodic Table of Poetry”) in “the Elements of Astronomy” live at Evanston’s Perla Cafe 8/25/12 (Canon)

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of Kuypers reading this poem (from “the Periodic Table of Poetry”) in “the Elements of Astronomy” live at Evanston’s Perla Cafe 8/25/12 (Samsung)

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of Kuypers reading 5 poems (inlcuding this one) from “the Periodic Table of Poetry” in “the Elements of Astronomy” live at Evanston’s Perla Cafe 8/25/12 (Canon)

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of Kuypers reading 5 poems (inlcuding this one) from “the Periodic Table of Poetry” in “the Elements of Astronomy” live at Evanston’s Perla Cafe 8/25/12 (Samsung)

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of this “Periodic Table of Poetry” poem read live in Chicago 12/12/12 (Canon) at Elizabeth’s Crazy Little Thing

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of Kuypers reading 3 “Periodic Table of Poetry” poems (Einsteinium, Neon, & Nickel, recorded from a Canon video camera) read live in Chicago 12/12/12 at Elizabeth’s Crazy Little Thing

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of Kuypers reading 3 “Periodic Table of Poetry” poems (Einsteinium, Neon, & Nickel, recorded from a Motorola phone video camera) read live in Chicago 12/12/12 at Elizabeth’s Crazy Little Thing

Neptunium (from the “Periodic Table of Poetry” series)
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of Kuypers reading this poem (from “the Periodic Table of Poetry”) in “the Elements of Astronomy” live at Evanston’s Perla Cafe 8/25/12 (Canon)

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of Kuypers reading this poem (from “the Periodic Table of Poetry”) in “the Elements of Astronomy” live at Evanston’s Perla Cafe 8/25/12 (Samsung)

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of Kuypers reading 5 poems (inlcuding this one) from “the Periodic Table of Poetry” in “the Elements of Astronomy” live at Evanston’s Perla Cafe 8/25/12 (Canon)

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of Kuypers reading 5 poems (inlcuding this one) from “the Periodic Table of Poetry” in “the Elements of Astronomy” live at Evanston’s Perla Cafe 8/25/12 (Samsung)

Download edited astronomy-related “the Periodic Table of Poetry” poems
in the free PDF flie chapbook
the Elements of Astronomy.

Never Did The Same

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of a 10 minute portion of the 09/10/02 poetry show Stop, includeing this piece

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from the 03/03/02 CD
& the Chicago 09/10/02 performance
art show Stop. Look. Listen.

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

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to this recording from Fusion

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(:47) 06/20/08 Live at Mercury Cafe

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of the entire fortune featurette

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

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read live 09/06/11, at the Café open mike she hosts in Chicago

Watch this Complete feature video of Kuypers live 09/06/11, at the Café open mike in Chicago, performing readings (including this writing) from the book Contents Under Pressure

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

Neodymium (from the “Periodic Table of Poetry” series)
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of Janet Kuypers performing Periodic Table poetry to a beat in Nashville TN 5/18/13 before the Tag Team feature reading

New

newspaper ink’s the blood of a dying species

See YouTube video 2/26/16 (Cps) of Janet Kuypers reading her 2 new poems Life got in the Way & newspaper ink’s the blood of a dying species, and her Periodic Table poem Tin at Georgetown’s Poetry Plus open mic at Cianfrani’s.

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New To Chicago
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(08/14/97) Seeing Things Differently

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1:22, at the First Chicago bldg. 07/14/07

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to this with
the Second Axing

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

(1:48)

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live at 6/11 in Chicago 06/11/02

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to this live recording
from the book Urbanation release show

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live at the Yammer Chicago mini-feature 11/17/99

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live at the Lake County 2010 Poetry Bomb at Independence Grove forest preserve 04/18/10

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of Kuypers reading this poem at the open mike 3/14/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago, from the Kodak

the poetry collection audio CD “Torture & Triumph”

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of Kuypers reading this poem 2/13/13 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (from the Canon camera)

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of Kuypers reading this poem 2/13/13 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (from the Sony camera)

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of Kuypers performing poetry including this poem in a last-minute mini-features @ the open mic 2/13/13 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago (C)

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of Kuypers performing poetry including this poem in a last-minute mini-features @ the open mic 2/13/13 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago (S)

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of 4 mini-features @ the open mic 2/13/13 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago, where Janet Kuypers reads this poem in a “last minute” mini-feature

See YouTube video of Kuypers reading the poem New to Chicago live 5/22/13 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (Sony)

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of Kuypers hosting the open mic 5/22/13 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago, including this poem

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of Janet Kuypers reading her poem New To Chicago (from the book Chaotic Elements) in Chicago 11/24/13 (C) at her feature Book Expo 2013 Chicago

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of Janet Kuypers reading poetry from assorted books at the 2013 Chicago Book Expo (S) - WITH THIS POEM

See YouTube video live of Janet Kuypers reading her poem New To Chicago from memory 10/8/15 with music from the HA!Man of South Africa at Uncommon Ground in Chicago (Canon fs200)

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of Janet Kuypers reading her poems Entering the Lake of Fire & New To Chicago from memory 10/8/15 with music from the HA!Man of South Africa at Uncommon Ground in Chicago (Cfs)

new to chicago (2015 baseball edition)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem New to Chicago (2015 baseball edition) (in the chapbook “Bases Loaded”) 4/26/15 (C) at Chicago’s 2015 Poetry Bomb (at Wrigley Field) filmed with a Canon Power Shot

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“Bases Loaded”
w/ poems read on 4/26/15 at the 2015 Poetry Bomb in Chicago

New Vacuum Cleaner

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

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

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

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

Nickel (from the “Periodic Table of Poetry” series)
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of this “Periodic Table of Poetry” poem read live in Chicago 11/17/12 (Canon) at Blue Bettie’s Poetry Reading

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of this “Periodic Table of Poetry” poem read live in Chicago 11/17/12 (Sony) at Blue Bettie’s Poetry Reading

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of poems read from Janet Kuypers’ “Periodic Table of Poetry” series, live in Chicago 11/17/12 (Canon) at Blue Bettie’s Poetry Reading, including tihs poem

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of poems read from Janet Kuypers’ “Periodic Table of Poetry” series, live in Chicago 11/17/12 (Sony) at Blue Bettie’s Poetry Reading, including tihs poem

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the Periodic Table of Poetry poems.

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of this “Periodic Table of Poetry” poem read live in Chicago 12/12/12 (Canon) at Elizabeth’s Crazy Little Thing

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of Kuypers reading this poem 1/16/13 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (from the Canon camera)

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of Kuypers reading this poem 1/16/13 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (from the Sony camera)

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of Kuypers hosting the open mic 1/16/13 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago, plus her poetry

nightmares (haiku, on twitter)

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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

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

Niobium (from the “Periodic Table of Poetry” series)
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of Janet Kuypers reading this Periodic Table of Poetry poem Niobium in her Mysticism vs. Science feature (with music by the HA!Man of South Africa, with “Where My Home Is”), live in Chicago 7/24/13 at the Café Gallery (C)

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of Janet Kuypers reading 6 never-before read Periodic Table of Poetry poems in her show Mysticism vs. Science with Buddha309 live in Chicago 7/24/13 at the Café Gallery (Canon), which is also in a Mysticism vs. Science chapbook

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of Janet Kuypers reading 6 never-before read Periodic Table of Poetry poems in her show Mysticism vs. Science with Buddha309 live in Chicago 7/24/13 at the Café Gallery (Sony), which is also in a Mysticism vs. Science chapbook

Nitrium (bonus poem from the “Periodic Table of Poetry” series)
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See YouTube video of the Janet Kuypers reading her bonus Periodic Table Star Trek poem (based on Sodium, #11, NA) Nitrium in her 3/21/15 show Imzadi at Ch Fi 2015 in Chicago (Canon fs200)

See YouTube video of the Janet Kuypers reading her bonus Periodic Table Star Trek poem (based on Sodium, #11, NA) Nitrium in her 3/21/15 show Imzadi at Ch Fi 2015 in Chicago (Canon Power Shot)

See YouTube video of the Janet Kuypers 3/21/15 show Imzadi at Ch Fi 2015 in Chicago (filmed with a Canon fs200), of poems relating to Star Trek, INCLUDING THIS POEM

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

Nitrogen (from the “Periodic Table of Poetry” series)
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of this “Periodic Table of Poetry” poem read live in Chicago 11/21/12 (Canon) at the Café Gallery

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of this “Periodic Table of Poetry” poem read live in Chicago 11/21/12 (Sony) at the Café Gallery

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of poems read from Janet Kuypers’ “Periodic Table of Poetry” series, live in Chicago 11/21/12 (Canon) at the Café Gallery (inlcuding this poem)

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of poems read from Janet Kuypers’ “Periodic Table of Poetry” series, live in Chicago 11/21/12 (Sony) at the Café Gallery (inlcuding this poem)

Download this poem in the free 11/21/12
“Periodic Poetry” chapbook,
w/ the Periodic Table of Poetry poems.

Download this poem in the free 11/21/12
“Life, Death & the Universe” chapbook
(as part of the “Periodic Poetry” chapbook)
w/ the Periodic Table of Poetry poems.

Nitrogen in my veins (bonus poem from the “Periodic Table of Poetry” series)
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of this Periodic Table of Poetry poem read by Kuypers in her Science vs. Mysticism feature, live in Chicago 5/10/13 at Poetry Love Letters (S)

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of this Periodic Table of Poetry poem read by Kuypers in her Science vs. Mysticism feature, live in Chicago 5/10/13 at Poetry Love Letters (C)

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of poems read from Janet Kuypers’ Periodic Table of Poetry series back and forth with poems by Buddha309 in Science vs. Mysticism, live in Chicago 5/10/13 at Poetry Love Letters (S)

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Science vs. Mysticism chapbook,
w/ Periodic Table of Poetry poems.

Nights

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read live 09/06/11, at the Café open mike she hosts in Chicago

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Ninety Percent Sure (Dreams 07/06/06 One)

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live at the Cafe in Chicago 09/29/09

Nobelium (from the “Periodic Table of Poetry” series)
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of this “Periodic Table of Poetry” poem read live in Chicago 11/17/12 (Sony) at her feature On the Edge of the Table

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of this “Periodic Table of Poetry” poem read live in Chicago 11/17/12 (Canon) at her feature On the Edge of the Table

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of poems read from Janet Kuypers’ “Periodic Table of Poetry” series, live in Chicago 11/17/12 (Sony) at her feature On the Edge of the Table

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of poems read from Janet Kuypers’ “Periodic Table of Poetry” series, live in Chicago 11/17/12 (Canon) at her feature On the Edge of the Table

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On the Edge of the Table,
w/ the Periodic Table of Poetry poems
toward the end of the Periodic Table.

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of Janet Kuypers reading this “Periodic Table of Poetry” poem Nobelium read live in Chicago 7/7/13 at Kitchen Sink’s “What Is It In Your Heart?” open mic & variety show night

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of Janet Kuypers (Sony) reading the “Periodic Table of Poetry” poems Tin, Einsteinium & Nobelium live in Chicago 7/7/13 at Kitchen Sink’s “What Is It In Your Heart?” open mic & variety show night

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of Janet Kuypers reading the “Periodic Table of Poetry” poems Tin, Einsteinium & Nobelium in Chicago 7/7/13 at Kitchen Sink’s “What Is It In Your Heart?” open mic & variety show night (Samsung)

No Compunction
This poem was nominated in the cc&d 2014 release sea drift for the (40 year) Pushcart Prize

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(7:18) live 10/31/11 at Café Ballou in Chicago

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of Kuypers reading this poem 3/18/13 at the Frankenstone art center in Chicago (Canon)

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of Kuypers performing 5 poems (including this one) in a poetry reading to “Make people Think” 3/18/13 at Chicago’s Frankenstone art center (Canon)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers performing her poem No Compunction live 11/19/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (Canon)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers performing her poem No Compunction live 11/19/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (Canon, hue cycling filter)

No Consequences

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

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Published in her book Close Cover Before Striking, performed live at Trunk Fest’s Triple Threat , her outdoor Evanston IL feature 07/24/11

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no Heat in my Heart

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live at the Café in Chicago 05/11/10

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of the Janet Kuypers poem Hurt Less Then & the Charlie Newman poem If You Could See, at the intro for the Chicago open mic @ the Café 05/11/10

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No Longer Pity You

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

no one will

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live at the Café in Chicago 03/02/10

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live at the Café in Chicago 03/02/10

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live at the Café in Chicago 03/02/10

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live at the Café in Chicago 03/02/10

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(1:00) live 06/14/11 at the Café in Chicago

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

See YouTube video from camera #2 of Kuypers’ feature Ten Minutes With Warren at the 06/14/11 open mic at the Café in Chicago, of her poems The Things Warren Says, No One Will, Warren Stories, Before I Can Put a Smile on my Face Again, It’s Someone’s Job, and You Carried It, & her covering the Eurythmics song I Need you, + her MFV song What We Need In Life

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

No Place

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem No Place 4/24/16 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 poem No Place 4/24/16 at Chicago’s 2016 Poetry Bomb at Bagdad Cemetery in Leander Texas (filmed with a Sony camera).

No Regrets Together

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Live at a Woman on the Beach (Beach Poets 08/02/09) (camera #1)

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Not For Me Yet
This poem is in the Starite Cafe

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live, the Cafe 09/09/08, Chicago

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at YouTube
live at the Cafe 09/09/08

Not Getting Better
2012 translation of Not Getting Better - in Slovak: “Stále mi nie je lepšie”

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no thank you

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11/23/10, live at the Café in Chicago

no there isn’t

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of Janet Kuypers reading her poem no there isn’t (on the anniversary of the day of her accident leading to this poem) 7/14/14 at the “Poetry Love Letters” open mic (C)

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of Janet Kuypers reading 3 recovery poems (INCLUDING THIS POEM) on the anniversary of the day of her near-fatal car accident on 7/14/14 at the “Poetry Love Letters” open mic (C)

Nothing Colorful In My Sight

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

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Nothing Really Matters

Now I’m Strong
Now I’m Strong - in Filipino

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Live at Twitter Inside Chicago feature 05/21/10

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of the middle third of the Chicago feature Twitter Inside that contains this writing

Now That You Got Me (from the “this poem is about...” series)

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of this poem read live in her Pilsen feature “Games We Play” 3/17/12 at Café Mestizo (music from Francois Le Roux, the HA!man of South Africa)

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“Games We Play”, w/ this poem

Now You’re Nothing To Me

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read live at the Cafe 07/08/08

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of Janet Kuypers reading this poem 5/18/13
“Now You’re Nothing to Me” in Nashville TN in the Tag Team feature reading

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of the Janet Kuypers & C Ra McGuirt “Tag Team” 1+ hour feature in Nashville 5/18/13 (which includes this poem)

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the Tag Team Reading, of poems slated
for the Janet Kuypers/C Ra McGuirt book “Tag Team Poets”

Number 136

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Live at the Cafe,
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from the show Stop. live 09/10/02 in Chicago

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including the performance of this piece, as a .mov file, an .mp4 file, or as a raw .ogv file, from the Internet Archive

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of a 10 minute portion of the 09/10/02 poetry show Stop, includeing this piece

Listen live

from the 03/03/02 CD
& the Chicago 09/10/02 performance
art show Stop. Look. Listen.

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(4:21) studio session “etc.” book reading
for audio CD 08/14/07

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from Kiki, Jake & Haytstack
off the CD an american portrait

my hand to jkchair with moving hands, anim

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