poem Tin, a poem from the “Periodic Table of Poetry” series (#050, Sn, meant to be sung to a beat) By Chicago Poet Janet Kuypers 7#8212; Tin poem, Periodic Table poem, brain poem, roof poem, sleep poem, night poem, rain poem, wind poem, tin cup poem, change poem, commuters poem, Chicago river poem, train poem, money poem, God bless poem, fancy restaurant poem, plastic bib poem, poor poem, drinking poem, Fanta poem, eating poem, soup poem, Tin pan alley poem

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of Kuypers reading this poem 4/18/13 for “The Return of Joe Roarty” at the Loft at Fizz Bar in Chicago (from the Canon camera)

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of Kuypers reading this poem 4/18/13 for “The Return of Joe Roarty” at the Loft at Fizz Bar in Chicago (from the Sony camera)

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of Kuypers performing poetry (including this poem) in her feature 4/18/13 for “The Return of Joe Roarty” at the Loft at Fizz Bar (Canon)

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of Kuypers performing poetry (including this poem) in the feature 4/18/13 for “The Return of Joe Roarty” at the Loft at Fizz Bar (Sony, Edge Detection filter)

See YouTube video
of Kuypers performing poetry (including this poem) in the feature 4/18/13 for “The Return of Joe Roarty” at the Loft at Fizz Bar (Sony)

See YouTube video
of Kuypers performing poetry (including this poem) in the feature 4/18/13 for “The Return of Joe Roarty” at the Loft at Fizz Bar (Sony, Watercolor filter)

Download this poem in the free chapbook
in Homage, w/ Periodic Table poems
read live 4/18/13 at Fizz bar - to a beat - in Chicago

See YouTube video
of Kuypers reading this poem 5/8/13 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (Canon)

See YouTube video
of Kuypers reading this poem 5/8/13 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (Sony)

See YouTube video
of Kuypers hosting the open mic 5/8/13 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago, plus the Charlie Newman feature

Watch this Youtube video
of Janet Kuypers reading this Periodic Table poem “Tin” in Nashville TN 5/18/13 before her Tag Team feature reading

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of Janet Kuypers performing Periodic Table poetry to a beat in Nashville TN 5/18/13 before the Tag Team feature reading

Watch this YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading this “Periodic Table of Poetry” poem Tin read live in Chicago 7/7/13 at Kitchen Sink’s “What Is It In Your Heart?” open mic & variety show night

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of Janet Kuypers (Sony) reading the “Periodic Table of Poetry” poems Tin, Einsteinium & Nobelium live in Chicago 7/7/13 at Kitchen Sink’s “What Is It In Your Heart?” open mic & variety show night

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of Janet Kuypers reading the “Periodic Table of Poetry” poems Tin, Einsteinium & Nobelium in Chicago 7/7/13 at Kitchen Sink’s “What Is It In Your Heart?” open mic & variety show night (Samsung)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her Periodic Table poem Tin live 2/23/14 at Chemistry, Poetry and a Brat in Kenosha WI at the Brat Stop (C)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her Periodic Table poem Tin live 2/23/14 at Chemistry, Poetry and a Brat in Kenosha WI at the Brat Stop (C, Threshold)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Tin in Chicago 3/17/14 at the open mic Waiting 4 the Bus

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading many of her poems live (8 haiku poems, 4 poems, and a Periodic Table poem) in Chicago 3/17/14 at the Waiting 4 the Bus open mic INCLUDING THIS POEM

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Tin (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 Tin (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 4 poems 9/7/15 at the Chicago open mic Weeds (Canon fs200), w/ Vent, Tin, Entering the Lake of Fire, & electromagnetism.

See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading 4 poems 9/7/15 at the Chicago open mic Weeds (Canon P.S.), with Vent, Tin, Entering the Lake of Fire, & electromagnetism.

See YouTube video 2/26/16 (Cps) of Janet Kuypers reading her 2 new poems Life got in the Way & newspaper ink’s the blood of a dying species, and her Periodic Table poem Tin at Georgetown’s Poetry Plus open mic at Cianfrani’s.

See YouTube video 2/26/16 (N) of Janet Kuypers reading her 2 new poems Life got in the Way & newspaper ink’s the blood of a dying species, and her Periodic Table poem Tin at Georgetown’s Poetry Plus open mic at Cianfrani’s.

Tin
Janet Kuypers
from the “Periodic Table of Poetry” series (#050, Sn)
4/2/13 (sung to a beat)
If I only had a brain
if I only had a brain
I’d get out from under
this bent tin roof
that covers me
as I sleep at night
tin metal sheets
keep the rain away
but the wind
but the wind
if I only had a brain
I wouldn’t use
my old tin cup
to stand and face east
at Canal and Randolph
and ask for change
I wait for commuters
to cross the Chicago river
to get to their train
you see, I wait
at the other side
and the ones with the money
have to walk right by
that’s when I rattle
my old tin cup
give them doe eyes
say “God bless”
but if I only had a brain
I wouldn’t rattle
my tin cup
and ask for tin change
I’d get myself up
if I only had a brain
I’d have a lot of money
I’d eat at fancy restaurants
I’d wear the plastic bib
if I only had a brain
I wouldn’t be poor
drinking
tin cans of Fanta
eating
soup from a tin can
living
on Tin pan alley
if I only had a brain
you might bend me
but I just won’t break
‘cause if I had a brain
then I’d be great

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