Read Modern Chicago and American poetry from Chicago Poet Janet Kuypers

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Obama on the Subway (twitter-length poem)

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of Kuypers reading this poem at the open mike 2/15/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago, from the Samsung

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of Kuypers’ intro to the open mike 2/15/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago, plus other open mike poets, and her poetry (from the Kodak)

Objectifiable (twitter-length poem)

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of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length poem Objectifiable live 9/4/13 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (C)

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of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length poem <Objectifiable live 9/4/13 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (S)

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

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

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of Janet Kuypers finding out she can still be Objectifiable 12/22/15 from men honking horns at her (Vine filmed from a Samsung, from Austin, Texas)

observer’s love poem

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07/19/10, Café Ballou (at Waiting4the Bus), Chicago

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11/23/10, live at the Café in Chicago

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of Kuypers reading this poem 4/8/13 at the Frankenstone art center in Chicago (Sony)

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of Kuypers reading this poem 4/8/13 at the Frankenstone art center in Chicago (Canon)

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of Kuypers performing poetry including this poem in a poetry reading as she was called the “Headliner” 4/8/13 at Chicago’s Frankenstone art center (Sony)

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of Kuypers performing poetry including this poem in a poetry reading as she was called the “Headliner” 4/8/13 at Chicago’s Frankenstone art center (Canon)

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.

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Love in the Universe
5/7/16 at Expressions 2016: Reasons to be Cheerful show in Austin

Observations: Nine and Six

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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

Occupy (twitter-length poem)

See YouTube video of Kuypers reading the poem Occupy live 5/29/13 as the intro to the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (Canon)

See YouTube video of Kuypers reading the poem Occupylive 5/29/13 as the intro to the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (Sony)

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of Kuypers hosting the open mic 5/29/13 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago - and performing this poem

octopi and brains (haiku, on twitter)

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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 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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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 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)

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Octopi Target McDonalds

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to the DMJ Art Connection,
off the CD Indian Flux

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her second set of poetry at her “Unread” Beach Poets feature 7/26/15 in Chicago (video filmed from a Canon Power Shot camera), w/ the poems lava (lamp) at a rolling boil, low-end lipo, Octopi Target McDonald’s, organic sex toy, Basic Investment Question, Pinchy, Opening Our Own Doors, Saving Yourself, Protect Ourselves from Ourselves, Uneven Ground Beneath my Feet, and Evaluation.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her second set of poetry at her “Unread” Beach Poets feature 7/26/15 in Chicago (this video was filmed from a Canon fs200 camera), w/ the poems lava (lamp) at a rolling boil, low-end lipo, Octopi Target McDonald’s, organic sex toy, Basic Investment Question, Pinchy, Opening Our Own Doors, Saving Yourself, Protect Ourselves from Ourselves, Uneven Ground Beneath my Feet, and Evaluation.

Odd How Things Turn Out That Way.

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to the live reading
from the Side A/Side B feature 12/09/03

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

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

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of Kuypers 10/07/11 in the Omniphonic Challenge at St. Paul’s (performing in the de-sanctified church), with John Yotko pre-recorded and live music (from the Sony Camera)

Watch this Complete feature video of the ENTIRE Omniphonic Challenge show 10/07/11 (with this poem) St. Paul’s (de-sanctified church), with John Yotko music (on the Canon Camera)

Watch this Complete feature video of the ENTIRE Omniphonic Challenge show 10/07/11 (with this poem) St. Paul’s (de-sanctified church), with John Yotko music (on the Sony Camera)

of his thirst (haiku, on twitter)

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

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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

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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)

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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’ 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)

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)

of independence or freedom

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of Janet Kuypers reading her poem of independence or freedom live 6/10/15 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (filmed with a Canon fs200)

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of Janet Kuypers reading her poem of independence or freedom live 6/10/15 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (Canon Power Shot)

Ogilvie

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read live 12/11/11, at the Café weekly poetry open mike she hosts in Chicago (with music and video shown from the HA!man of South Africa)

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of the intro to the 12/11/11 weekly poetry open mike at the Café in Chicago, & her reading her new poem & poems from her book Contents Under Pressure (music from the HA!man of South Africa)

oh father

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Oh Father live 6/12/13 as the intro to the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (Canon)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Oh Father live 6/12/13 as the intro to the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (Sony)

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of Kuypers hosting the open mic 6/12/13 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago, including her reading this and other poems & prose!

Oh Mother

the poetry audio CD set“HopeChest in the Attic”

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1:15, live at Jesse Oaks 04/17/08

Oh, 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 (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).

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Obey
6/4/16 at Expressions 2016: June is a Woman! show in Austin

See YouTube video 7/3/16 of Janet Kuypers reading her 3 poems I’m not Sick, but I’m not Well, One oh Three Destruction Instructions: Run Faster and Oh, She Was a Woman at the Austin open mic Kick Butt Poetry (filmed from a Canon Power Shot camera).

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.

Okay, it’s all about the Oxygen (bonus poem from the “Periodic Table of Poetry” series)
also see this poem at Artvilla (with embedded video links).

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of Janet Kuypers reading her Periodic Table bonus poem Okay, it’s all about the Oxygen live 9/25/13 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (C)

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of Janet Kuypers reading her Periodic Table bonus poem Okay, it’s all about the Oxygen live 9/25/13 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (S)

Oklahoma water-surfing (twitter-length poem)

See YouTube video of Kuypers reading the poem Oklahoma water-surfing live 5/29/13 at the end of the evening like conversation at the Café Gallery in Chicago (Sony)

See YouTube video of Kuypers reading the poem Oklahoma water-surfing live 5/29/13 at the end of the evening like conversation at the Café Gallery in Chicago (Canon)

old school and high-tech monuments

See YouTube video of the poem reading by Janet Kuypers of old school and high-tech monuments (w/ John playing guitar) in her 3/28/15 show “Journey” at Sisters on a Journey in Hyde Park in Chicago (Canon fs200)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem old school and high-tech monuments live 4/1/15 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (Canon fs200)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem old school and high-tech monuments live 4/1/15 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (Canon Power Shot)

Old Star, New elemental Tricks (bonus poem from the “Periodic Table of Poetry” series)
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of Janet Kuypers reading this Periodic Table of Poetry poem Old Star, New elemental Tricks 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

on a bike

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

On a Downtown Chicago Light Pole (twitter-length poem)

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(:35) live 04/05/11 at the Café in Chicago

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of the intro to the 04/05/11 open mic at the Café in Chicago as well as original writing, including this piece

On a High Horse Like This
This poem was nominated in the Revealed 2014 release for the (40 year) Pushcart Prize

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(2:23) live 05/11/11 at “Elizabeth’s Crazy Little Thing” Chicago open mic

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read live in the show “hmmm” 11/20/11 at the Café open mike in Chicago

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of the entire Janet Kuypers show “hmm” live 11/20/11 at the Café open mike in Chicago

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read live at Café Mestizo 1/21/12, with music & video from the HA!man of South Africa (Francois Le Roux) open mike in Chicago

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of her reading “Upstage Everyone Else” and “on a High Horse Like This” live at Café Mestizo 1/21/12, with music & video from the HA!man of South Africa (Francois Le Roux) open mike 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 reading her poem On a High Horse Like This (in the chapbook “Attacking with Poetry”) 4/27/14 (C) at Chicago’s 2014 Poetry Bomb (in Lincoln Square)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem On a High Horse Like This (in the chapbook “Attacking with Poetry”) 4/27/14 (C) at Chicago’s 2014 Poetry Bomb (in Lincoln Square), Threshold

See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading her poem On a High Horse Like This from her book Bon Voyage! live 7/25/15 on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio (Cfs)

See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading her poem On a High Horse Like This from her book Bon Voyage! live 7/25/15 on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio (Cfs200, FlCrSat)

See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading her poems Everything was Alive and Dying and On a High Horse Like This 1/10/16 at the Austin open mic Kick Butt Poetry (from a Canon Power Shot).

On All Fours Sequoia in a bowl

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live at the Cafe in Chicago 08/18/09

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of Janet Kuypers reading this poem “On All Fours” in Nashville TN 5/18/13 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”

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

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to the DMJ Art Connection,
off the CD Indian Flux

the poetry EP from the concert “Live in Alaska”

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

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

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to the Second Axing
off the CD Live in Alaska.

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

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

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

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

Watch this YouTube video (:15) from the v217, 02/11 cc&d (& the 6" x 9" ISBN# book Life... from Nothing, live 02/15/11 at the Café in Chicago

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of the intro at the the Café Chicago open mic 02/15/11 & a number of poems from 02/11 cc&d, plus a song

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of Kuypers reading this poem at the open mike 4/25/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago (W/ by live piano music from Gary)

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of Kuypers’ open mike 4/25/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago, plus her poetry (w/ music from the HA!man of South Africa, and live piano from Gary)

See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading her poem On Ashes from the Water of Life press chapbook “Unzip the Body Bag” live 8/5/15 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (from a Canon Power Shot)

On Becoming a Woman

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Obey
6/4/16 at Expressions 2016: June is a Woman! show in Austin

w On that Summer Day (from the “Depression... The singles” series)

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of Kuypers reading this poem 9/26/26 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (Canon) as if she were on the phone

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of Kuypers reading this poem 9/26/26 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (Sony) as if she were on the phone

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of Kuypers’ “Listening In” 9/26/26 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (Canon), with this poem said on the phone

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of Kuypers’ “Listening In” 9/26/26 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (Sony), with this poem said on the phone

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of Kuypers’ open mike 9/26/26 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago, plus her poetry (including this poem)

On the California Streets
On the California Streets - in Bulgarian

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read at at Mediterranean Cafe in Berkeley CA 09/17/09

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read at at Mediterranean Cafe in Berkeley CA 09/17/09

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rearrange the words... or make a new poem
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to the CD recording of this piece
from the CD (used for the show) Changing Gears

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

watch the full Questions in a World Withough Answers video live, including this poem in Chicago 10/05/04 (~21:56)

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(:31) live at Changing Gears 06/17/03

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of the live show Changing Gears 06/17/03, hosted by the Internet Archive

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

Watch this Complete feature video of Kuypers reading poems (including this poem) live 10/03/11 in the Waiting 4 the Bus show at Café Ballou for Chicago Calling, performing poetry with music & video from the HA!man of South Africa

On the Flip side
On the Flip side - in Welsh

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On Their Way

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of Kuypers reading this poem at the open mike 6/9/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago (W/ by live piano music from Gary) Canon

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of Kuypers’ open mike 6/9/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago (w/ live piano from Gary), which includes this poem

On This Ride (a “two tweet” twitter-length poem)

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read live 11/01/11, at the Café open mike she hosts in Chicago

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of Kuypers reading this and other new poems & poetry from 11/11 cc&d and Down in the Dirt magazines, the day they were released

on Witnessing the Icy Graveyard (twitter-length poem)

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

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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)

once i saw

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of this poem performed live at the “Ruffled Feathers” open mike at Rewster’s Café in Chicago 5/14/12

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of all of Kuypers’ performances (which includes this poem) at Chicago’s Ruffled Feathers open mike 5/14/12

Once Wanted You as my Friend

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

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(3:37) studio session “etc.” book reading for audio CD 08/14/07

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Live at Creation Relation (reading poetry live outdoors in Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana & Illinois 05/10/09

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of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Once Wanted You as my Friend 10/6/15 at Quenchers open mic in Chicago (Cfs)

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of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Once Wanted You as my Friend 10/6/15 at Quenchers open mic in Chicago Cps

See YouTube video (Cfs)
of Janet Kuypers reading 5 poems: Once Wanted You as my Friend, Escaping Every Cage, and a Scars medley (based on parts of the prose poem Scars and the poems Scars 1997 and Scars 2000, then Too Far and Children, Churches and Daddies 10/6/15 at Quenchers open mic in Chicago

See YouTube video (Cps)
of Janet Kuypers reading 5 poems: Once Wanted You as my Friend, Escaping Every Cage, and a Scars medley (based on parts of the prose poem Scars and the poems Scars 1997 and Scars 2000, then Too Far and Children, Churches and Daddies 10/6/15 at Quenchers open mic in Chicago

one and six

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

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

one by one, the beech trees fell
This poem was nominated in the Partial Nudity 2014 release for the (40 year) Pushcart Prize

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(1:17) live 05/17/11 at the Café in Chicago

See YouTube video from the intro to the 05/17/11 open mic at the Café in Chicago, and her poems End of an Empire, Escape my Brain Somehow, Elephants Carry the World, one by one, the beech trees fell, Before it Occurred to Me, & her short story Stalker

See YouTube video of two mini-features at the 05/17/11 open mic at the Café in Chicago, 1st of her poems End of an Empire, Escape my Brain Somehow, Elephants Carry the World, one by one, the beech trees fell, Before it Occurred to Me, then of her short story Stalker

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Live at My Soul in the Trunk of my Car at Trunk Fest (part 2), in an outdoor Evanston IL feature 05/28/11

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read live 11/01/11, at the Café open mike she hosts in Chicago

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of Kuypers reading this and other new poems & poetry from 11/11 cc&d and Down in the Dirt magazines, the day they were released

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems one by one, the beech trees fell, Vegetarian Stands by the Meat Sale, and My Future Job Options 1/31/16 at the Austin music open mic Kick Butt Poetry (Cps).

See YouTube video from 5/27/16 (Cps) of Janet Kuypers reading her 3 poems David, Drinking Coffee and So, and then John came on stage and read her poem one by one, the beech trees fell as well as a cc&d poem at Georgetown’s Poetry Plus open mic.

See YouTube video from 5/27/16 (Sony) of Janet Kuypers reading her 3 poems David, Drinking Coffee and So, and then John came on stage and read her poem one by one, the beech trees fell as well as a cc&d poem at Georgetown’s Poetry Plus open mic.

one oh one destruction instructions: a man calls a woman

See YouTube video of a reading by Janet Kuypers of her poem one oh one destruction instructions: a man calls a woman live 2/18/15 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (Canon FS200)

See YouTube video of a reading by Janet Kuypers of her poem one oh one destruction instructions: a man calls a woman live 2/18/15 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (Canon FS200 posterized)

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of Janet Kuypers reading her poem one oh one destruction instructions: a man calls a woman live 2/27/15 in her Chicago Destruction Instructions show (Canon fs200)

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of Janet Kuypers reading her poem one oh one destruction instructions: a man calls a woman live 2/27/15 in her Chicago Destruction Instructions show (Canon Power Shot)

one oh two destruction instructions: self-destructive

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of Janet Kuypers reading her poem one oh two destruction instructions: self-destructive live 2/27/15 in her Chicago Destruction Instructions show (Canon fs200)

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of Janet Kuypers reading her poem one oh two destruction instructions: self-destructive live 2/27/15 in her Chicago Destruction Instructions show (Canon Power Shot)

one oh three destruction instructions: run faster

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of Janet Kuypers reading her poem one oh three destruction instructions: run faster live 2/27/15 in her Chicago Destruction Instructions show (Canon fs200)

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of Janet Kuypers reading her poem one oh three destruction instructions: run faster live 2/27/15 in her Chicago Destruction Instructions show (Canon Power Shot)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem one oh three destruction instructions: run faster at the Wormwood Poetry Collective in Chicago 3/10/15 (Canon Power Shot)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem one oh three destruction instructions: run faster at the Wormwood Poetry Collective in Chicago 3/10/15 (Canon fs200)

one twenty fifteen destruction instructions: on destroying a relationship

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of Janet Kuypers reading her poem one twenty fifteen destruction instructions: on destroying a relationship live 2/27/15 in her Chicago Destruction Instructions show (Canon fs200)

one twenty fifteen destruction instructions: use drones to kill

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of Janet Kuypers reading her poem one twenty fifteen destruction instructions: use drones to kill live 2/27/15 in her Chicago Destruction Instructions show (Canon fs200)

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of Janet Kuypers reading her poem one twenty fifteen destruction instructions: use drones to kill live 2/27/15 in her Chicago Destruction Instructions show (Canon Power Shot)

One of the Carts

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of Janet Kuypers reading her poem One of the Carts in cc&d magazine live 5/22/13 in Chicago at her the Café Gallery poetry open mic (S)

See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading her poem One of the Carts in cc&d magazine live 5/22/13 in Chicago at her the Café Gallery poetry open mic (C)

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

One Summer

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One Summer Traveled

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one, two, three strikes you’re out

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem One, Two, Three Strikes You’re Out (in the chapbook “Bases Loaded”) 4/26/15 (C) at Chicago’s 2015 Poetry Bomb (at Wrigley Field) filmed with a Canon Power Shot

See YouTube video of the Janet Kuypers 4/26/15 show “Bases Loaded” just outside Wrigley Field at the 2015 Poetry Bomb in Chicago (filmed with a Canon Power Shot), of poems relating to baseball - including this poem

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One who Has Too Much

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).

only (haiku, on twitter)

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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)

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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)

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“6 Second Poems”,
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Only a Year

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

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

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

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

Only For One Night

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from the 6" x 9" ISBN# book “40”s, live 02/22/11 at the Café in Chicago

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

only in dreams
Only Occasionally (twitter-length poem from the “this poem is about...” series)

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of Kuypers reading this poem at the open mike 2/29/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago, from the Kodak camera

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Only Occasionally live 1/29/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (C)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Only Occasionallylive 1/29/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (S)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers hosting the open mic and the Patrick Hurley feature 1/29/14 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago WITH THIS PIECE

only option is fighting

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ poetry feature “Rap Sheet” (Cfs) live at the Cafe Cabaret at Cafe Ballou in Chicago 6/19/15, with the poems each of you carry one body each, uncuffed and printed, Entering Courtroom 101, Vent, and only option is fighting.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ poetry feature “Rap Sheet” (Cps) live at the Cafe Cabaret at Cafe Ballou in Chicago 6/19/15, with the poems each of you carry one body each, uncuffed and printed, Entering Courtroom 101, Vent, and only option is fighting.

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with long versions of poems (and a bonus poem) in her “Rap Sheet” show 6/19/15 at Cafe Ballou, in the Cafe Cabaret (Chicago)

only philosophy

See YouTube video of the poem only philosophy, read by Janet Kuypers (w/ John playing guitar) in her 4/10/15 show “Love” at Poetry’s “Love Letter” (@ Let Them Eat Chocolate) in Chicago (Canon fs200)

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

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem only philosophy live 4/15/15 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (filmed with a Canon fs200 video camera)

Only Searching

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of Kuypers reading this poem 2/13/13 at the Café Gallery in Chicago, with John playing their song “Tight Rope Affair” (from the Canon camera)

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of Kuypers reading this poem 2/13/13 at the Café Gallery in Chicago, with John playing their song “Tight Rope Affair” (from the Sony camera)

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of Kuypers hosting the open mic 2/13/13 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago, starting w/ her poetry (including her performing this piece)

See YouTube video
of Kuypers performng poetry in a last-minute mini-features @ the open mic 2/13/13 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago, which includes this piece (Canon)

See YouTube video
of Kuypers performng poetry in a last-minute mini-features @ the open mic 2/13/13 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago, which includes this piece (Sony)

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

Open Book

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers in her 9/2/15 show “Like a Lamb to the Slaughter” in her feature at Poetry At The Gallery Cabaret in Chicago (Canon fs200), with her poems Entering the Lake of Fire, unless it happens to you, Open Book, electromagnetism, an edited version of the poem Everything was Alive and Dying, Death Takes Many Forms, and Under the Sea.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers in her 9/2/15 show “Like a Lamb to the Slaughter” in her feature at Poetry At The Gallery Cabaret in Chicago (Canon Power Shot), with her poems Entering the Lake of Fire, unless it happens to you, Open Book, electromagnetism, an edited version of her poem Everything was Alive and Dying, Death Takes Many Forms, and Under the Sea.

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Like a Lamb to the Slaughter

of the NEW poems read 9/2/15 at the Café Gallery show in Chicago

opening (haiku, on twitter)

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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 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
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 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)

Opening Our Own Doors (twitter-length poem)

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operation diligence

See YouTube video 9/11/15 of Janet Kuypers at the Chicago’s Roots Room reading her poems operation diligence and Looking fora Worthy Adversary, then singing her original song What we Need in Life, then reading her poem I dreamt about you last night, then covering the 1925 song (a capella) Brother, Can you Spare a Dime, & finishing with her poem Under the Sea (Canon fs200, cropped/saturated w/ sci-fi filter).

See YouTube video 9/11/15 of Janet Kuypers at the Chicago’s Roots Room reading her poems operation diligence and Looking fora Worthy Adversary, then singing her original song What we Need in Life, then reading her poem I dreamt about you last night, then covering the 1925 song (a cappella) Brother, Can you Spare a Dime, & finishing with her poem Under the Sea (Canon fs200, cropped & saturated).

Opinions

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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Opinions (C, read from her book Twitterati, now globally on sale) live 10/22/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Opinions (S, read from her book Twitterati, now globally on sale) live 10/22/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery

Orders

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers in her 7/2/16 show “Voting for Change” at Expressions 2016: Poets Parliament! in Austin reading her poems True Happiness in the New Millennium (2016 edit), Orders, The State of the Nation (2016 edit), Everything was Alive and Dying (2016 political edit), and a Great American (2016 edit) (filmed from a Canon fs200 video camera for simultaneous television broadcast on stage).

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Voting for Change
containing the poems poems True Happiness in the New Millennium (2016 edit), Orders, The State of the Nation (2016 edit), Everything was Alive and Dying (2016 political edit), and a Great American (2016 edit)

organic sex toy

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

Oriental

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of this poem 08/28/11, first in in her book Contents Under Pressure, read on WZRD radio, from the Canon camera

See feature-length YouTube
video 08/26/11 of the majority of the WZRD radio show with her reading poetry (incliding this writing) from the Canon camera

Orion

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

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

Download this writing in the free 07/19/11 PDF
feature chapbook Astronomy 101

or my happiness, or my life

Osmium (from the “Periodic Table of Poetry” series)
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of this Kuypers reading the poem live 1/26/13 on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio (Canon),
with music from the HA!Man of South Africa
(2011 Hotel music “the Ice is Melting”)

See YouTube video
1/26/13 of Kuypers reading 8 Periodic Table poems (including this poem) on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio (Canon), with the HA!Man of South Africa’s 2011 Hotel music the Ice is Melting playing

See YouTube video
1/26/13 of Kuypers reading 8 Periodic Table poems (including this poem) on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio (Samsung), with the HA!Man of South Africa’s 2011 Hotel music the Ice is Melting playing

Watch this YouTube video
of this “Periodic Table of Poetry” poem read live in Chicago 1/30/13 (Canon) at her feature Poetry Saloon at Noon

See YouTube video

of Kuypers reading her “Periodic Table” poems, including this one, live in her Chicago 1/30/13 feature Poetry Saloon at Noon, with background music from the HA!Man of South Africa’ “Wayward Waltz of the Fractured Wind”

Download this poem in the free chapbook
the Poetry Saloon at Noon,
w/ the Periodic Table of Poetry poems
chapbook of poems in this show.

Other Horizons

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

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(:50) read live 02/08/11 from the ISBN# & ISSN# book Dark Matter: the Mind of Janet Kuypers, at the Café on 02/08/11

Watch this YouTube video
of the intro at the the Café Chicago open mic 02/08/11 & a number of poems from books and magazines

Other Souls

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her 3 poems True Happiness in the New Millennium, Just Desperation and Other Souls at the 5 year anni. of the open mic Elizabeth’s Crazy Little Thing in Wicket Park, Chicago (Cps)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her 3 poems True Happiness in the New Millennium, Just Desperation and Other Souls at the 5 year anniv. of the open mic Elizabeth’s Crazy Little Thing in Wicket Park, Chicago (Cfs)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers (wrapped in VHS tape) in her 8/14/15 show “Farewell Chicago” in her final scheduled feature at Poetry’s “Love Letter” (while living in Chicago) in Chicago (Canon fs200), with her poems Chicago, Breaking Their Heart, change (2015 edit), Planting Palm Tree Seeds, Shared Air, Other Souls, and ever leave me.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers (wrapped in VHS tape) in her 8/14/15 show “Farewell Chicago” in her final scheduled feature at Poetry’s “Love Letter” (while living in Chicago) in Chicago (Canon Power Shot), with her poems Chicago, Breaking Their Heart, change (2015 edit), Planting Palm Tree Seeds, Shared Air, Other Souls, and ever leave me.

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Farewell Chicago

of this & other poems read 8/14/15 at a live Chicago show

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading 4 poems 8/31/15 at the Chicago open mic Weeds (Canon Power Shot), with an edited version of her poem Communication, plus her poems Death Takes Many Forms, True Happiness in the New Millennium, and Other Souls.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading 4 poems 8/31/15 at the Chicago open mic Weeds (Canon fs200), with an edited version of her poem Communication, plus her poems Death Takes Many Forms, True Happiness in the New Millennium, and Other Souls.

Our Anniversary

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live at Cana-Dixie to Chi-town 12/15/09

Our Couple In Love

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live at the Cafe in Chicago 12/15/09

our lady of humility’s hypocrisy (twitter-length poem)

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Watch the YouTube video
live at Striking with Nature and Humanity at Trunk Fest , in Evanston IL feature 06/25/11

See the full YouTube video of Striking with Nature and Humanity at Trunk Fest, live 06/25/11, with this writing

Download the chapbook with this writing in Striking with Nature and Humanity

Watch the YouTube video
of the lip cam of Kuypers hearing Rex read this in Chicago before her feature 07/03/11 at “Beach Poets”

Our Lady of Mercy (twitter-length poem)

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of Janet Kuypers reading (C) her twitter-length poem Our Lady of Mercy from cc&d magazine, in the book and Then he Moved live 8/27/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length poem Our Lady of Mercy from cc&d magazine, in the book and Then he Moved live 8/27/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (S)

Our Music

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live at the Café in Chicago 04/27/10

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of this poem, her reading a Charlie Newman poem & the intro to the open mic @ the Café in Chicago 04/27/10

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)

Outer Space and the Sound of Silence

See YouTube video of the Janet Kuypers reading her poem Outer Space and the Sound of Silence 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 Outer Space and the Sound of Silence 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

Download this poem in the free chapbook
“Resistance is Futile”, of poems read on 3/21/15 at the Ch Fi 2015 convention in Chicago, with this poem.

Out of my Element

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Live at Twitter Inside Chicago feature 05/21/10

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of the first third of the Chicago feature Twitter Inside 05/21/10 with this writing

Out Of Place (Dreams 12/3/13)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Out Of Place (Dreams 12/3/13) live 12/4/13 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (C)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Out Of Place (Dreams 12/3/13) live 12/4/13 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (Posterized)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Out Of Place (Dreams 12/3/13) live 12/4/13 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (filmed with the Sony camera)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Out Of Place (Dreams 12/3/13) live 12/4/13 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (w/ Edge Detection filter)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Out of Place (dreams 12/3/13) from the book Need to Know Basis (extended edition) live 1/7/15 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (Canon video camera)

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

out of the space program

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of Wayne Allen Jones reading this 11/02/10, live at the Café in Chicago

Outsourcing the American Dream

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of Kuypers reading this poem 10/10/12 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (Canon) from her book the one thing the government still has no control over

See YouTube video
of Kuypers reading this poem 10/10/12 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (Sony) from her book the one thing the government still has no control over

See YouTube video
of Kuypers hosting the open mic 10/10/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago, plus this poem

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)

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

Over and Over Again

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of Kuypers reading this poem 5/9/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago (W/ by live piano music from Gary) from the Sony

Overdoing It

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Overloaded with Liabilities

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of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Overloaded with Liabilities from cc&d mag, v245 live 10/16/13 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (C)

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of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Overloaded with Liabilities from cc&d mag, v245 live 10/16/13 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (S)

Over my Skin with such Ease

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Over Their Coffins

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of Kuypers reading this poem 12/5/12 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (Sony)

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of Kuypers hosting the open mic 12/5/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago, plus her poetry

Overweight Reasons

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of Janet Kuypers reading her poem (C) Overweight Reasons from her 2014 poetry book Partial Nudity at an 8/18/14 open mic at Chicago’s Waiting 4 the Bus

See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading her poem (S) Overweight Reasons from her 2014 poetry book Partial Nudity at an 8/18/14 open mic at Chicago’s Waiting 4 the Bus

Oxygen (from the “Periodic Table of Poetry” series)
also see this poem at Artvilla.
This is also highlighted in the Generationless Publications Janet Kuypers feature.
This poem was nominated in the Periodic Table of Poetry 2014 release for the Pushcart Prize

Download the free chapbook with this poem of the 2012 Poetry Bomb, with the Periodic Table of Poetry poems.

Download this poem in the free chapbook
the 7/22/12 Beach Poets chapbook,
w/ the Periodic Table of Poetry poems.

See YouTube video
of Kuypers reading this poem at her Beach Poets feature 7/22/12 in Chicago (from the Canon)

See YouTube video
of Kuypers reading 7 poems from her series “Periodic Table of Poetry” at her Beach Poets feature 7/22/12 in Chicago, including this poem (from the Canon)

See YouTube video
of Kuypers reading this poem 11/7/12 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (Canon)

See YouTube video
of Kuypers reading this poem 11/7/12 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (Sony)

See YouTube video
of Kuypers hosting the open mic 11/7/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago, plus this poem

oxygen bars (twitter-length poem)

Visit the Kuypers Twitter page for short poems— join http://twitter.com/janetkuypers.

Watch this YouTube video
of this poem performed live at the “Ruffled Feathers” open mike at Rewster’s Café in Chicago 5/14/12

Watch this YouTube video
of all of Kuypers’ performances (which includes this poem) at Chicago’s Ruffled Feathers open mike 5/14/12

oxygen to flame the fire

See YouTube video of the 6/20/15 Janet Kuypers show “Poetic Shades of Chocolate” in 10 Shades of Chocolate in 10 Shades of Chocolate in Chicago (Cfs), w/ the poems Under his Bed, oxygen to flame the fire, Fuming in the Morning, PDQ in Tin Foil 2015, melted marshmallow 2015, grandmother charged with murder 2015, Before Taking Over the Controls 2015, and Empty Chocolate Counter.

See YouTube video of the 6/20/15 Janet Kuypers show “Poetic Shades of Chocolate” in 10 Shades of Chocolate in 10 Shades of Chocolate in Chicago (Cps), w/ the poems Under his Bed, oxygen to flame the fire, Fuming in the Morning, PDQ in Tin Foil 2015, melted marshmallow 2015, grandmother charged with murder 2015, Before Taking Over the Controls 2015, and Empty Chocolate Counter.

Download these poems in the free chapbook
Poetic Shades of Chocolate

w/ poems read 6/20/15 at 10 Shades of Chocolate show in Chicago

my hand to jkchair with moving hands, anim

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