poem Neon, a poem from the “Periodic Table of Poetry” series By Chicago Poet Janet Kuypers, bar poem, chemical poem, dance club poem, element poem, neon poem, periodic table poem

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Neon
Janet Kuypers
from the “Periodic Table of Poetry” series
4/20/12
Walked toward the entrance
of the now-closed dance club
I used to go to every weekend.
(You see, I’d get the free
weekly newspaper, with coupons
for free admission for girls before midnight.)
Now I go to the Vortex
look for Shelter
and only see broken neon signs.
It reminds me that neon
is common in the universe,
but rare on Earth —
and the only way we get neon
is by liquefying our air,
then actually distilling the neon out.
So I guess it’s fitting,
seeing the broken neon signs
of the once-popular dance clubs,
knowing that all I can do now,
everywhere I go,
is just breathe the neon in.

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Download the free chapbook with this poem of the 2012 Poetry Bomb, with the Periodic Table of Poetry poems.

Download edited astronomy-related “the Periodic Table of Poetry” poems
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the Elements of Astronomy.

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of Kuypers reading this poem (from “the Periodic Table of Poetry”) in “the Elements of Astronomy” live at Evanston’s Perla Cafe 8/25/12 (Canon)

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of Kuypers reading this poem (from “the Periodic Table of Poetry”) in “the Elements of Astronomy” live at Evanston’s Perla Cafe 8/25/12 (Samsung)

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of Kuypers reading 5 poems (inlcuding this one) from “the Periodic Table of Poetry” in “the Elements of Astronomy” live at Evanston’s Perla Cafe 8/25/12 (Canon)

See YouTube video
of Kuypers reading 5 poems (inlcuding this one) from “the Periodic Table of Poetry” in “the Elements of Astronomy” live at Evanston’s Perla Cafe 8/25/12 (Samsung)

Watch this YouTube video
of this “Periodic Table of Poetry” poem read live in Chicago 12/12/12 (Canon) at Elizabeth’s Crazy Little Thing

Watch this YouTube video
of Kuypers reading 3 “Periodic Table of Poetry” poems (Einsteinium, Neon, & Nickel, recorded from a Canon video camera) read live in Chicago 12/12/12 at Elizabeth’s Crazy Little Thing

Watch this YouTube video
of Kuypers reading 3 “Periodic Table of Poetry” poems (Einsteinium, Neon, & Nickel, recorded from a Motorola phone video camera) read live in Chicago 12/12/12 at Elizabeth’s Crazy Little Thing

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