poem Manganese, a poem from the “Periodic Table of Poetry” series (#025, Mn) By Chicago Poet Janet Kuypers — Manganese poem, www.janetkuypers.com poem, Janet Kuypers poem, Periodic Table poem, Poetry poem, Became a Jungle poem, Everything Lives With Her poem, plants poem, thrive poem, control poem, water poem, leaves poem, window poem, chlorophyll poem, carbon dioxide poem, photosynthesis poem, oxygen poem, depend poem, supplement poem

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Manganese
Janet Kuypers
from the “Periodic Table of Poetry” series (#025, Mn)
(stemming from “Became a Jungle”, written 05/17/10,
with references to “Everything Lives With Her”, written 9/2/06)
3/28/13
I wanted plants around.
She always had plants around,
everything thrived with her.
Ever since she died
my home has become a jungle.
Let me have control over this.
Let me add water nearly daily
to the plant I bought when I visited her,
or to the tree she gave me years ago.
Add plant food to the water.
Because I don’t want anything to die.
Trim the dried leaves,
because they would remind me
that even nature misses her.
Keep plants near windows,
they need their light.
Their Manganese needs it
for their chlorophyll production.
Actually, their Manganese assimilates
the carbon dioxide in photosynthesis.
So breathe in our carbon dioxide
and give me more
of my precious oxygen,
so we can realize
how we depend on each other so.
Actually, I should stock up
on Manganese plant supplements.
I’ll make sure you get everything you need.
I’ll make sure nothing happens to you.

See YouTube video
of Kuypers reading this poem 4/10/13 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (from the Canon camera)

See YouTube video
of Kuypers reading this poem 4/10/13 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (from the Sony camera)

See YouTube video
of the Janet Kuypers Periodic Table mini feature 4/10/13 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago (Canon) that includes this poem

See YouTube video
of the Janet Kuypers Periodic Table mini feature 4/10/13 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago (Sony) that includes this poem

See YouTube video
of Kuypers hosting the open mic 4/10/13 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago, starting and ending w/ her poetry mini features, with this poem

See YouTube video
of the Janet Kuypers reading this Periodic Table poem in her mini feature “Mega Reading” 4/13/13 at the Art Colony in Chicago (Sony)

See YouTube video
of the Janet Kuypers reading this Periodic Table poem in her mini feature “Mega Reading” 4/13/13 at the Art Colony in Chicago (Canon)

See YouTube video
of the Janet Kuypers Periodic Table mini feature “Mega Reading” 4/13/13 at the Art Colony in Chicago (Sony) that includes this poem

See YouTube video
of the Janet Kuypers Periodic Table mini feature “Mega Reading” 4/13/13 at the Art Colony in Chicago (Canon) that includes this poem

Download this poem in the free chapbook
Mega Reading, w/ Periodic Table poems
read live 4/13/13 at the Art Colony in Chicago

See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading this Periodic Table poem Manganese in her Crossing Borders for International (and Interplanetary) Peace feature, live in Chicago 10/8/14 at Cup & Spoon, for Chicago Calling (C)

See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading this Periodic Table poem Manganese in her Crossing Borders for International (and Interplanetary) Peace feature, live in Chicago 10/8/14 at Cup & Spoon, for Chicago Calling (S)

Download this poem & more in the free PDF
Crossing Borders for International
(and Interplanetary) Peace chapbook,
w/ Periodic Table of Poetry poems.

Manganese

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