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“Shattering the Glass Ceiling” was conceived of by publishers at cyberwit.net, asking Janet Kuypers to compile her poetry, & she developed this book of women’s issues - and this collection includes poetry not only about acquaintance rape (since she worked as an acquaintance rape workshop facilitator for years), violence against woman and sexism in general, but also about women’s issues that relate to events and dates in the calendar year. Select poetry in this collection is also translated into Hindi, Dutch, Slovak, Spanish, Farsi, Lithuanian, and Chinese. This book also contains select essays, prose and a journal entry about feminism globally, and even includes the section “the book for men” about terminology for women.
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poetry “No One Reports for Women” Follow this poem link to see YouTube videos of readings of this poem for this book during her feature “Behind the Mask” (and chapbook) in HotSprings, AR and her “Poetry & Open Mic at The Gallery Cabaret 3/30/22” feature night in Chicago & the 9/7/22 and the 1/4/23 readings (in honor of the once-existing Community Poetry reading), as well as during her “Poetic License 5/1/22 global open mic”. “Like Nothing Ever Happened” Follow this poem link to see YouTube videos of readings of this poem for this book during her “Poetry & Open Mic at The Gallery Cabaret 3/30/22” feature night in Chicago. “Escaping Rapeugees” Follow this poem link to see YouTube videos of readings of this poem for this book during her “Beach Poets bonus week with Janet Kuypers feature” 6/26/22 in Chicago. “A Woman Talking About Her Rapist Friend” Follow this poem link to see a YouTube video & Facebook live video stream of reading this poem from this book during her “Poetic License 7/2/23 global open mic” “Coslow’s” Follow this poem link to see YouTube videos of readings of this poem for this book Including YouTube videos from Panasonic Lumix 2500 & FZ300 cameras, plus a Facebook live video stream on 4/27/25 during the 2025 Poetry Bomb. “Raped with Words” Follow this poem link to see a YouTube video & Facebook live video stream of reading this poem from this book during her “Poetic License 8/7/22 global open mic” “Gasoline” Follow this poem link to see YouTube videos of readings of this poem for this book Including YouTube videos from Panasonic Lumix 2500 & FZ300 cameras, plus a Facebook live video stream on 4/27/25 during the 2025 Poetry Bomb. “the Room of the Rape” Follow this poem link to see YouTube videos of readings of this poem for this book at her Poetic License 9/4/22 global open mic, and at her honorary 1/4/23 “Community Poetry” book reading. “Rape Education one” Follow this poem link to see YouTube videos of readings of this poem for this book at her “Poetic License 12/4/22 global open mic” and her honorary 4/5/23 “Community Poetry” book reading. “Rape Education two” Follow this poem link to see YouTube video & Facebook video stream of this poem for this book at her honorary 12/7/22 “Community Poetry” book reading as well as her 4/5/23 honorary “Community Poetry” book reading. “Rape Education three” Follow this poem link to see YouTube video & Facebook video stream of this poem for this book at her honorary 12/7/22 “Community Poetry” book reading as well as her 4/5/23 honorary “Community Poetry” book reading. “Best Friend” Follow this poem link to see YouTube videos of readings of this poem for this book Including YouTube videos from Panasonic Lumix 2500 & FZ300 cameras, plus a Facebook live video stream on 4/27/25 during the 2025 Poetry Bomb. “Pushed Aside” Follow this poem link to see YouTube videos of readings of this poem for this book Including YouTube videos from Panasonic Lumix 2500 & FZ300 cameras, plus a Facebook live video stream on 4/27/25 during the 2025 Poetry Bomb. “A Socially Accepted Target” Follow this poem link to see YouTube videos of readings of this poem for this book Including YouTube videos from Panasonic Lumix 2500 & FZ300 cameras, plus a Facebook live video stream on 4/27/25 during the 2025 Poetry Bomb. “Killing, Loving, and the Power of Women” Follow this poem link to see YouTube videos of readings of this poem for this book during her “Poetry & Open Mic at The Gallery Cabaret 3/30/22” feature night in Chicago. “Quenching Anybody’s Thirst” Follow this poem link to see a YouTube video & Facebook live video stream of reading this poem from this book during her “Poetic License 7/2/23 global open mic” “from In the Air” Follow this poem link to see YouTube videos of readings of this poem for this book during her “Poetry & Open Mic at The Gallery Cabaret 3/30/22” feature night in Chicago, as well as 10/5/22 and 2/1/23 in honor of “Community Poetry”, or in three video recordings in Hot Springs, AR on 8/2/23(from Samsung S7, a Panasonic Lumix T56 & 2500 cameras); also in a YouTube & Facebook live video stream @ her “Poetic License 5/5/24 Global Open Mic”. “Objectifiable 2021” Follow this poem link to see YouTube videos of readings of this poem for this book during her “Poetry & Open Mic at The Gallery Cabaret 3/30/22” feature night in Chicago. “QLG six four seven” Follow this poem link to see YouTube videos of readings of this poem for this book Including YouTube videos from Panasonic Lumix 2500 & FZ300 cameras, plus a Facebook live video stream on 4/27/25 during the 2025 Poetry Bomb. “Scratch the Surface” Follow this poem link to see YouTube videos of readings of this poem for this book during her “Poetic License global open mic 6/5/22” she hosted through a zoom meeting. “Confident Women” Follow this poem link to see YouTube videos of readings of this poem for this book, including round 1 at her “Poetic License 10/2/22 global open mic” she hosted through a zoom meeting as well as in a reading 2/1/23 in honor of “Community Poetry”. “Keeps Repeating” Follow this poem link to see a YouTube video of readings of this poem from this book during the intro to the 7/24/22 Spoken and Heard open mic at Kick Butt Coffee in Austin, TX. poetry related to events in history “Meitnerium: For All We Women Must Do” Follow this poem link to see YouTube videos of readings of this poem for this book during her “Poetry & Open Mic at The Gallery Cabaret 3/30/22” feature night in Chicago. “Opened the Door for All” Follow this poem link to see YouTube videos of readings of this poem for this book during her “Poetry & Open Mic at The Gallery Cabaret 3/30/22” feature night in Chicago.; “Extension of “Him”” Follow this poem link to see YouTube videos of readings of this poem for this book during her “Poetry & Open Mic at The Gallery Cabaret 3/30/22” feature night in Chicago. “You’ve Tucked us Women Away” Follow this poem link to see YouTube videos of readings of this poem for this book Including YouTube videos from Panasonic Lumix 2500 & FZ300 cameras, plus a Facebook live video stream on 4/27/25 during the 2025 Poetry Bomb. “Keep Looking Happy” Follow this poem link to see YouTube videos of readings of this poem for this book during her “Poetry & Open Mic at The Gallery Cabaret 3/30/22” feature night in Chicago. “Everyone is to Blame” Follow this poem link to see YouTube videos of readings of this poem for this book Including YouTube videos from Panasonic Lumix 2500 & FZ300 cameras, plus a Facebook live video stream on 4/27/25 during the 2025 Poetry Bomb. “Kill Us for Our Beliefs” Follow this poem link to see YouTube videos of readings of this poem for this book during her feature “Behind the Mask” (and chapbook) in HotSprings, AR. “Vacuum of Space” Follow this poem link to see YouTube videos of readings of this poem for this book during her “Poetry & Open Mic at The Gallery Cabaret 3/30/22” feature night in Chicago. “Judged on Looks” Follow this poem link to see YouTube videos of readings of this poem for this book Including YouTube videos from Panasonic Lumix 2500 & FZ300 cameras, plus a Facebook live video stream on 4/27/25 during the 2025 Poetry Bomb. “Know Peace and Rise to Power” Follow this poem link to see YouTube videos of readings of this poem for this book Including YouTube videos from Panasonic Lumix 2500 & FZ300 cameras, plus a Facebook live video stream on 4/27/25 during the 2025 Poetry Bomb. “Otherwise Reigned Supreme” Follow this poem link to see YouTube videos of readings of this poem for this book Including YouTube videos from Panasonic Lumix 2500 & FZ300 cameras, plus a Facebook live video stream on 4/27/25 during the 2025 Poetry Bomb. “Vaulted to Silhouette the Sky” Follow this poem link to see YouTube videos of readings of this poem for this book Including YouTube videos from Panasonic Lumix 2500 & FZ300 cameras, plus a Facebook live video stream on 4/27/25 during the 2025 Poetry Bomb. “Veins Burn Blue with Greatness” Follow this poem link to see YouTube videos of readings of this poem for this book Including YouTube videos from Panasonic Lumix 2500 & FZ300 cameras, plus a Facebook live video stream on 4/27/25 during the 2025 Poetry Bomb. “Voluptuous, and Intelligent Too” Follow this poem link to see YouTube videos of readings of this poem for this book during her “Poetry & Open Mic at The Gallery Cabaret 3/30/22” feature night in Chicago. “Emphatic One” Follow this poem link to see a YouTube video & Facebook live video stream of reading this poem from this book during her “Poetic License 7/2/23 global open mic” “Driving By His House” (prose) Follow this poem link to see YouTube videos of readings of this poem for this book Including YouTube videos from Panasonic Lumix 2500 & FZ300 cameras, plus a Facebook live video stream on 4/27/25 during the 2025 Poetry Bomb. “Journal 20150116 8:07AM IST” Follow this poem link to see this journal entry performed in the first round of the Poetic License 11/5/23 global open mic. poetry with Hindi translation “Unmarried Women and Dead Bodies Everywhere”  Follow this poem link to see YouTube videos of readings of this poem for this book during her “Poetry & Open Mic at The Gallery Cabaret 3/30/22” feature night in Chicago, and was also read in an honorary “Community Poetry” 10/5/22 and 2/1/23 book reading. poetry with Dutch translations “The Burning” Follow this poem link to see YouTube videos of readings of this poem for this book, with YouTube video & a Facebook live video stream at WNP in Hot Springs, AR on 8/7/24. “het verbranden” “All Men Have Secrets” Follow this poem link to see YouTube videos of readings of this poem for this book, including during her “Poetic License 10/2/22 global open mic”, as well as in the 11/2/22, 2/1/23, and 3/1/23 book reading in honor of “Community Poetry”. “iedereen heeft geheimen” “I Wanted Pain” “Ik verlangde naar pijn” Follow this poem link to see YouTube videos of readings of this poem for this book during her honorary “Community Poetry” 10/5/22 and 2/1/23 book reading. “the Martyr and the Saint” Follow this poem link to see YouTube videos of readings of this poem for this book, including during her “Poetic License 10/2/22 global open mic”, and her her honorary “Community Poetry” 2/1/23 book reading. “de martelaar en de heilige” poetry with Slovak translations “White Knuckled” Follow this poem link to see YouTube videos of readings of this poem for this book at her Poetic License 9/4/22 global open mic, and at her honorary 1/4/23 “Community Poetry” book reading.. “biele hánky” “Women’s Very Existence” Follow this poem link to see YouTube videos of readings of this poem for this book at her Poetic License 9/4/22 global open mic, and at her honorary 1/4/23 “Community Poetry” book reading.. “Podstata ženského bytia” “Part of the poem Right There, By Your Heart” “Čas¥ básne Práve Tam, pri Tvojom srdci” Follow this poem link to see YouTube videos of readings of this poem for this book, including the 11/2/22 and 3/1/23 book reading in honor of “Community Poetry” as well as at the Poetic License 11/6/22 global open mic. “What the Hell is She Complaining About” Follow this poem link to see YouTube videos of readings of this poem for this book Including YouTube videos from Panasonic Lumix 2500 & FZ300 cameras, plus a Facebook live video stream on 4/27/25 during the 2025 Poetry Bomb. “Na čo sa do pekla s¥ažuje” “Burn It In” Follow this poem link to see YouTube videos of readings of this poem for this book Including YouTube videos from Panasonic Lumix 2500 & FZ300 cameras, plus a Facebook live video stream on 4/27/25 during the 2025 Poetry Bomb. “Vypáĺ to” “Domestic Violence in America, Nashville, Tennessee (nose)” “domáce násilie v Amerike, Nashville, Tennessee (nos)”; Follow this poem link to see YouTube videos of readings of this poem for this book, including the first round of the Poetic License 4/2/23 global open mic. “Domestic Violence in America, Nashville, Tennessee (stick)” “domáce násilie v Amerike, Nashville, Tennessee (palica)” Follow this poem link to see YouTube video and Facebook live video stream of readings of this poem for this book at on 9/7/22 on the 1st Wednesday of the month (1:00-3:00 PM CST) in honor of ‘Community Poetry’, and at her honorary 1/4/23 “Community Poetry” book reading, as well as in the first round of the Poetic License 11/5/23 global open mic. “Thank You, Women who Work I” Follow this poem link to see YouTube videos of readings of this poem for this book from 2 cameras at at the Spoken and Heard Austin open mic 7/27/22. “Ďakujem vám, ženy, ktoré pracujete” Follow this poem link to see YouTube video and Facebook live video stream of readings of this poem for this book at on 9/7/22 on the 1st Wednesday of the month (1:00-3:00 PM CST) in honor of ‘Community Poetry’, and at her honorary 1/4/23 “Community Poetry” book reading.. “Photograph, Nineteenth Century” Follow this poem link to see YouTube videos of readings of this poem for this book at her Poetic License 9/4/22 global open mic, and at her honorary 1/4/23 “Community Poetry” book reading.. “fotografia, devätnáste storočie” poetry with Spanish translation “Diane Talking About her Trip to Mexico City” “Diane hablando sobre su viaje a la Ciudad de México” Follow this poem link to see YouTube videos of readings of this poem for this book during her honorary “Community Poetry” 10/5/22 book reading as well as in the final round of the “Poetic License 2/5/23 global open mic”.
poetry with Lithuanian translation “Against my Will” Follow this poem link to see YouTube videos of readings of this poem for this book, including the 2nd Facebook video stream at her Poetic License 3/8/26 global open mic. “Prieš Mano valią” poetry with Chinese translation “Oriental” Follow this poem link to see a YouTube video and a Facebook live video stream of readings of this poem for this book at the 9/7/22, 10/5/22, 1/4/23, and 2/1/23 readings (in honor of “Community Poetry”), as well as at her Poetic License 9/4/22 global open mic.  “Modern Day Footbindings and the Oppression of Women” (prose) “a book for men” poetry “of Independence or Freedom” “Too Far (2020 edit)” “Kurt Irons (it’s just a girl)” “Marilyn Monroe Falling Through the Cracks” “Oh, She Was a Woman” Follow this poem link to see YouTube videos of readings of this poem for this book during her “Poetry & Open Mic at The Gallery Cabaret 3/30/22” feature night in Chicago. “Sexism in General” (prose) Follow this essay link to see a YouTube video and a Facebook live video stream of this essay for this book including her 10/5/22 and 2/1/23 readings for “Community Poetry” monthly Austin feature space. “Finally Treated Fairly (what we need in life)” Follow this poem link to see multiple YouTube videos of this poem for this book at her honorary 12/7/22 “Community Poetry” book reading. image index |
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