“Twitter Inside”

poetry readings from the feature on May 21^st, 2010

Janet Kuypers called this last-minute impromptu feature at Regina’s Place in Logan Square (3608 W. Wrightwood), hosted by Vittorio Carli and Regina, “Twitter Inside“ because she started the show with travel-poems she is reading for her June 22nd feature at the Cafe in Chicago on her birthday called “40“, and she ended the feature with an original long poem about Warren called “Loss“ and ended it with Janet and Warren’s first original song from Mom’s Favorite Vase called “My Love For You Will Stay the Same“ (which will also be in her June 22nd feature at the Cafe in Chicgo on her birthday called “40“), BUT sandwiched between the beginning and ending “40“ show elements she read a large number of twitter-length poems ( “tweets“), because Janet Kuypers started up a twitter account at twitter.com/janetkuypers to intentionally write very short poems (poems that are 140 characters or fewer, including punctuation and spaces). Because these twitter poems were inside Janet Kuypers’ June 22nd “40“ show elements, this low-key feature, Janet Kuypers performed many poems to this live crowd, which eventually also included poets like CJ Laity (founder of chicagopoetry.com).

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part one of the “Twitter Inside” show

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(2:01) Live at Twtter Inside at Regins’s Place, live in Logn Square in Chicago 05/21/10

part two of the “Twitter Inside” show

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(2:01) Live at Twtter Inside at Regins’s Place, live in Logn Square in Chicago 05/21/10

part three of the “Twitter Inside” show

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(2:01) Live at Twtter Inside at Regins’s Place, live in Logn Square in Chicago 05/21/10

...on to the poems:
(in the order they were read during the show)

Keep Them Apart

(1:14) of just the poem

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(2:01) Live at Twtter Inside at Regins’s Place, live in Logn Square in Chicago 05/21/10

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Only For One Night

(:41) of just the poem

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Got on the Road Again

(:56) of just the poem

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Out of my Element

(:20) of just the poem

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How He Failed

(:16) of just the poem

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Drinking Their Life Away

(:15) of just the poem

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labeled me again

(:25) of just the poem

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prefer things soft

(:20) of just the poem

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Became a Jungle

(:22) of just the poem

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Now I’m strong

(:17) of just the poem

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Spit Me Out

(:20) of just the poem

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Painted Buddhas

(:30) of just the poem

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Swallowing Sand & Pebbles

(:40) of just the poem

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Loss

(3:01) of just the poem

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the song My Love For You
Will Stay the Same
by Janet Kuypers & Warren Peterson of Mom’s Favoriee Vase

(3:57) of just the song

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