Prose, Short Stories, and monologues
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daisy
 Order this iTunes track from the poetry audio CD Hope Chest In The Attic 13 Years of Poetry & Prose ...Or order the entire CD set from iTunes: 
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  See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her prose Daisy from the book Bare Minimum live 1/15/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (C) |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her prose Daisy from the book Bare Minimum live 1/15/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (S) |
 See a facebook video of Janet Kuypers’ prose Daisy in the book Bare Minimum live at the Café Gallery poetry open mic 1/15/14 live in Chicago (Sony) at Gallery Cabaret |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers hosting the open mic and the Patrick Hurley feature 1/15/14 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago, with this prose |
dandelions for a passing stranger
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Order this iTunes track from the poetry audio CD Hope Chest In The Attic 13 Years of Poetry & Prose ...Or order the entire CD set from iTunes:
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 See YouTube video of the Janet Kuypers reading her prose dandelions for a passing stranger live 5/9/15 at the Art Colony in Chicago (Canon fs200) |
See YouTube video of the Janet Kuypers reading her prose dandelions for a passing stranger live 5/9/15 at the Art Colony in Chicago (Canon Power Shot) |
  See YouTube video of 2 prose pieces by Janet Kuypers: dandelions for a passing stranger and How a woman falls in love live 5/9/15 at the Art Colony in Chicago (Canon fs200) |
See YouTube video of 2 prose pieces by Janet Kuypers: dandelions for a passing stranger and How a woman falls in love live 5/9/15 at the Art Colony in Chicago (Canon Power Shot) |
Decorating the Palm Trees 2010
 Watch the YouTube video Published in her book Close Cover Before Striking, read (for future audio CD release) 06/28/11 on WZRD radio, from the mini camera |
See feature-length YouTube video 06/26/11 of ~45 minutes of the WZRD radio show with her reading poetry (including this poem) from the mini cam |
Differences in China... Children & Trains
from the 07/19/07 Chicago performance art show Living in a Big World
 Watch this YouTube video (1:54) 07/17/07from Living in a Big World |
Watch this YouTube video (1:53) 07/17/07from Living in a Big World |
doctor
[ doctor - in German ]
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Order this iTunes track from the poetry audio CD Hope Chest In The Attic 13 Years of Poetry & Prose ...Or order the entire CD set from iTunes:
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her prose Doctor from the book Don’t Listen. Read. live 1/29/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (C) |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her prose Doctor from the book Don’t Listen. Read. live 1/29/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (S) |
Done This Before
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Order this iTunes track from the poetry audio CD Hope Chest In The Attic 13 Years of Poetry & Prose ...Or order the entire CD set from iTunes:
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Order this iTunes track: at two locations: from the Chaotic Collection ...Or order the entire 5 CD set from iTunes: CD:
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Watch this YouTube video or listen from iTunes: live 10/21/03 in her show the Other Side at theCafé in Chicago
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Or watch the complete video of The Other Side live, including this poem in Chicago 10/21/03 (3:01) |
Click the cover to see this writing, or order this writing as it appears in v118 of Down in the Dirt magazine |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her prose Done This Before in v118 of Down in the Dirt magazine live 9/18/13 in Chicago at her the Café Gallery poetry open mic (C) |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her prose Done This Before in v118 of Down in the Dirt magazine live 9/18/13 in Chicago at her the Café Gallery poetry open mic (S) |
Don’t Go To Denny’s 2010
 Watch this YouTube video live, Regina’s Place 01/15/10 Chicago |
or watch this in part 2 of the YouTube show live at New Year’s Unplugged |
Do You Still Want To See Me, 2005
Dreams 1/14/04, 2005
Dreams 1/19/04 one, 2005
Dreams 1/19/04 one 2010
Listen  to the DMJ Art Connection,off the CD the DMJ Art Connection Disc One or Listen to & download  this track from the DMJ Art Connection
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Listen to this radio recording from WZRD Radio (in a 2 CD set) |
Watch this Youtube video of Janet Kuypers reading this poem 5/18/13 “Dog Stuck to my Face” in Nashville TN in the Tag Team feature reading |
Watch this Youtube video of the Janet Kuypers & C Ra McGuirt “Tag Team” 1+ hour feature in Nashville 5/18/13 (which includes this poem) |
Download this in a free 5/18/13 chapbook the Tag Team Reading, of poems slated for the Janet Kuypers/C Ra McGuirt book “Tag Team Poets” |
Watch this YouTube video live at the Café in Chicago 10/06/09 |
Dreams 2/20/04 one, 2005
Dreams 9/7/07 2010
Watch this YouTube video read live at the Café 07/08/08 |
See the video of Now You’re Nothing To Me & Dreams 09/07/07 live 07/08/08 (6:48) This film is from the Internet Archive |
Dreams 12/24/05: Aeon Flux Crawl 2010
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Listen to the DMJ Art Connection, off the CD Indian Flux |
| Listen: (2:56) to this recording from Fusion |
Watch this YouTube video Live at Chicago Calling, at the last night of poetry performance at Mercury Cafe 10/02/09 |
Watch this full video from Chicago Calling, at the last night of poetry performance at Mercury Cafe 10/02/09, via the Internet Archive |
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Watch this Youtube video of Janet Kuypers reading this poem 5/18/13 “Aeon Flux Crawl” in Nashville TN in the Tag Team feature reading |
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Watch this Youtube video 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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Download this in a free 5/18/13 chapbook the Tag Team Reading, of poems slated for the Janet Kuypers/C Ra McGuirt book “Tag Team Poets” |
dreams turned into nightmares
Watch the YouTube video Published in her book Close Cover Before Striking, read (for future audio CD release) live at Striking with Nature and Humanity at Trunk Fest , in an outdoor 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 |
Driving By His House
[in French] [in German] [in Italian] [in Portuguese] [in Spanish]
Order this writing in the book (woman.)
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Order this iTunes track from the poetry audio CD Hope Chest In The Attic 13 Years of Poetry & Prose ...Or order the entire CD set from iTunes:
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 Watch the YouTube video (2:29) 02/26/08 Live at the Café in Chicago |
Watch this YouTube video 12/04/10 from the TV camera in Lake Villa at Swing State, live in her show the Stories of Women |
Watch this YouTube video 12/04/10 in Lake Villa at Swing State, live in her “Visual Nonsense” show the Stories of Women |
See Kuypers’ full show videowith this & more from the TV monitor in the the Stories of Women show, in Visual Nonsense, live in Lake Villa 12/04/10 at Swing State |
See the full show video of Kuypers reading this & more in the the Stories of Women show in in Visual Nonsense, live in Lake Villa 12/04/10 with this writing at Swing State (last line of last story cut off) |
Order this track off the CD The Stories of Women (which is now available for sale through amazon.com) |
Or watch the YouTube video Live at My Soul in the Trunk of my Car at Trunk Fest (part 2), in an outdoor Evanston IL feature 05/28/11 |
See the YouTube full video of My Soul in the Trunk of my Car (part 2) at Trunk Fest, live 05/28/11, w/ this writing |
Download the chapbook with this writing in My Soul in the Trunk of my Car (part 2) |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Driving By His House from the collection book Exaro Versus live 9/25/13 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (Samsung) |
Driving To Champaign
Watch this YouTube video from Café Ballou (Waiting 4 the Bus), live in Chicago 02/06/12 |
Dysfunctional
Watch this YouTube video live at Regina’s Place 12/18/09 |
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