Experimental Poetry: backbone family act
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Bad And Good
This poem is in the Starite Cafe
   Watch this YouTube video C Ra McGuirt reading live at the 2009 Cana-Dixie Union 05/09/09, Memphis |
Bad Rhyming Poetry can be Contagious
Watch the YouTube video Live at the Cafe in Chicago 10/27/09 |
Bad Tricks with the Cue Stick
Listen  to the CD recording from the 09/20/05 performance art showSIN (Scars Internet News) |
 Watch this YouTube video from the Chicago performance art show SIN live 09/20/05 |
see the entire performance of SIN (the Scars Internet News show) live 09/20/05, via the Internet Archive |
barbed (haiku, on twitter)
Visit the Kuypers Twitter page for short poems— join http://twitter.com/janetkuypers.
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  See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku barbed live 9/27/14 on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio (Canon) |
  See a Vine video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku barbed as a looping JKPoetryVine video on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio (C, flipped, with a heat wave filter) |
See a Vine video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku barbed as a looping JKPoetryVine video on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio (C) |
Barbie
[in French] [in German] [in Italian] [in Portuguese] [in Spanish]
Watch this YouTube video Live at a Woman on the Beach (Beach Poets 08/02/09) (camera #1) |
Watch this YouTube video Live at a Woman on the Beach (Beach Poets 08/02/09) (camera #2) |
See the full a Woman on the Beach (Beach Poets 08/02/09) show video (08/02/09, from camera #1) This film is from the Internet Archive |
See the full a Woman on the Beach (Beach Poets 08/02/09) show video (08/02/09, from camera #1) This film is from the Internet Archive |
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Listen Live at the Cafe, now available in a 3 CD set |
Watch this YouTube video read live 09/13/11, at the Café open mike she hosts in Chicago |
Watch this YouTube video
of the introduction to the 09/13/11 weekly poetry open mike she hosts live at the Café in Chicago, & her reading poetry (including this poem) from her ISBN# poetry book Contents Under Pressure
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Barium (from the “Periodic Table of Poetry” series)
also see this poem at Artvilla
Watch this YouTube video of this “Periodic Table of Poetry” poem read live in Chicago 11/21/12 (Canon) at the Café Gallery |
Watch this YouTube video of this “Periodic Table of Poetry” poem read live in Chicago 11/21/12 (Sony) at the Café Gallery |
Watch this YouTube video of poems read from Janet Kuypers’ “Periodic Table of Poetry” series, live in Chicago 11/21/12 (Canon) at the Café Gallery (inlcuding this poem) |
Watch this YouTube video of poems read from Janet Kuypers’ “Periodic Table of Poetry” series, live in Chicago 11/21/12 (Sony) at the Café Gallery (inlcuding this poem) |
Download this poem in the free 11/21/12 “Periodic Poetry” chapbook, w/ the Periodic Table of Poetry poems. |
Download this poem in the free 11/21/12 “Lights on our Insides” chapbook (as part of the “Periodic Poetry” chapbook) w/ the Periodic Table of Poetry poems. |
Bar Poem 20100423
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 Watch this YouTube video of Kuypers singing What We Need in life (John on guitar) while interspersing 4 of her poems (Keep Them Apart, Got on the Road Again and Keep Driving) live in Chicago at Ruffled Feathers open mike 6/11/12 (from the Sony camera) |
Watch this YouTube video of Kuypers singing What We Need in life (John on guitar) while interspersing 4 of her poems (Keep Them Apart, Got on the Road Again and Keep Driving) live in Chicago at Ruffled Feathers open mike 6/11/12 (from the Samsung camera) |
Bases Loaded
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Bases Loaded (in the chapbook “Bases Loaded”) 4/26/15 (C) at Chicago’s 2015 Poetry Bomb (at Wrigley Field) filmed with a Canon Power Shot video camera |
See YouTube video of the Janet Kuypers 4/26/15 show “Bases Loaded” just outside Wrigley Field at the 2015 Poetry Bomb in Chicago (filmed with a Canon Power Shot), of poems relating to baseball - INCLUDING THIS POEM |
Download this poem in the free chapbook “Bases Loaded” w/ poems read on 4/26/15 at the 2015 Poetry Bomb in Chicago |
Basic Investment Question
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her second set of poetry at her “Unread” Beach Poets feature 7/26/15 in Chicago (this video was filmed from a Canon fs200 camera), w/ the poems lava (lamp) at a rolling boil, low-end lipo, Octopi Target McDonald’s, organic sex toy, Basic Investment Question, Pinchy, Opening Our Own Doors, Saving Yourself, Protect Ourselves from Ourselves, Uneven Ground Beneath my Feet, and Evaluation.
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her second set of poetry at her “Unread” Beach Poets feature 7/26/15 in Chicago (video filmed from a Canon Power Shot camera), w/ the poems lava (lamp) at a rolling boil, low-end lipo, Octopi Target McDonald’s, organic sex toy, Basic Investment Question, Pinchy, Opening Our Own Doors, Saving Yourself, Protect Ourselves from Ourselves, Uneven Ground Beneath my Feet, and Evaluation.
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bear (haiku, on twitter)
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku bear live 2/26/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (C) |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku bear live 2/26/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (S) |
See Vine video of Janet Kuypers performing her poem bear (originally in her books Partial Nudity and 100 Haikus) live 12/17/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (Canon) |
See Vine video of Janet Kuypers performing her poem bear (originally in her books 100 Haikus and Partial Nudity) live 12/17/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (Sony, posterize) |
Beauty in the Eyes of Einstein
Watch this YouTube video read live in the show “hmmm” 11/20/11 at the Café open mike in Chicago |
Watch this YouTube video of the entire Janet Kuypers show “hmm” live 11/20/11 at the Café open mike in Chicago |
Watch the YouTube video of this poem read live in her Pilsen feature “Games We Play” 3/17/12 at Café Mestizo (music from Francois Le Roux, the HA!man of South Africa) |
See feature-length YouTube video of many poems read 3/17/12 at Café Mestizo from the live feature “Games We Play”, w/ this poem |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading 3 poems 9/14/15 at the Chicago open mic Weeds, w/ “So”, Beauty in the Eyes of Einstein, & Burn It In (Canon fs200)
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading 3 poems 9/14/15 at the Chicago open mic Weeds, w/ “So”, Beauty in the Eyes of Einstein, & Burn It In (Canon PS).
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Beauty in the Eyes of Einsteinium (a bonus poem from the “Periodic Table of Poetry” series)
also see this poem at Artvilla
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading this Periodic Table poem Beauty in the Eyes of Einsteinium in her Opening Act feature (with music by the HA!Man of South Africa, with “Quiet Stream”), live in Chicago 10/4/13 (filmed with a Canon video camera)
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading this Periodic Table poem Beauty in the Eyes of Einsteinium in her Opening Act feature (with music by the HA!Man of South Africa, with “Quiet Stream”), live in Chicago 10/4/13 (filmed with a Sony video camera)
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Watch YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading eleven Periodic Table poems in her show “Opening Act” with music from the HA!Man of South Africa in Chicago (filmed with the Canon video camera), including this poem |
Watch YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading 9 Periodic Table poems in her show “Opening Act” with music from the HA!Man of South Africa in Chicago (filmed with the Sony video camera), including this poem |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her Periodic Table poem Beauty in the Eyes of Einsteinium (with background music from the HA!Man of South Africa, with Quiet Stream) live 10/16/13 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (C)
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her Periodic Table poem Beauty in the Eyes of Einsteinium (with background music from the HA!Man of South Africa, with Quiet Stream) live 10/16/13 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (S)
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Became a Jungle
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Watch the YouTube video :22 of just the poem Live at Twtter Inside Chicago feature 05/21/10 |
or See the YouTube video of the middle third of the Chicago feature Twtter Inside that contains this writing |
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Watch this YouTube video read live 11/20/11 at the Café open mike in Chicago |
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Watch this YouTube video of the entire Janet Kuypers show “hmm” live 11/20/11 at the Café open mike in Chicago |
Because I Am Told
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Watch this YouTubevideo live in the show Seeing a Psychiatrist 09/09/08, Chicago at the Cafe |
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Because There’s Nothing To Tell
Watch this YouTube video (1:54) studio session “etc.” book reading for audio CD 08/14/07 |
| you can also find this song listed at FlixYa |
Order this iTunes track from the poetry audio CD “Oh.” audio CD ...Or order the entire CD set from iTunes: 
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Listen Live at the Cafe, now available in a 3 CD set |
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Listen: (2:16) to this recording from Fusion |
| Listen to this collaboration of Peter Bartels & Janet Kuypers: pb&j |
Order this iTunes track: from the poetry audio CD etc....Or order the entire CD set from iTunes or Napster CD:
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 See YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem at the open mike Waiting 4 the Bus 5/19/14 in Chicago (from the Canon) |
See YouTube video of Kuypers reading 3 poems (including this one) at the open mike Waiting 4 the Bus 5/19/14 in Chicago (Posterized) |
Because This Is What We Do
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Listen to the DMJ Art Connection, off the CD the DMJ Art Connection Disc One |
 Watch this YouTube video (1:07, at the Coors Brewery in Golden, CO 06/15/07) |
Watch this YouTube video (2:08, live at the Cafe 07/10/07) |
| Listen from Kiki, Jake & Haytstack off the CD an american portrait |
Watch the YouTube video Live at Taking Poetry to the Streets, in New Orleans 12/28/08 |
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Becoming a Woman
This poem is in the Starite Cafe
Been a World Leader
See YouTube video of Kuypers reading this piece in the live show the Janet Kuypers with the music of HA! at Chicago’s Gallery Cabaret 20121003 (Canon) |
See YouTube video of Kuypers reading this piece in the live show the Janet Kuypers with the music of HA! at Chicago’s Gallery Cabaret 20121003 (Kodak) |
See YouTube video of Kuypers reading this piece in the live show the Janet Kuypers with the music of HA! at Chicago’s Gallery Cabaret 20121003 (Sony) |
See YouTube video of the Janet Kuypers with the music of HA! full live show at Gallery Cabaret in Chicago 20121003 (Canon), including this piece |
See YouTube video of most of the Janet Kuypers with the music of HA! full live show at Gallery Cabaret in Chicago 20121003 (Kodak) including this piece |
See YouTube video of most of the Janet Kuypers with the music of HA! full live show at Gallery Cabaret in Chicago 20121003 (Samsung), including this piece |
See YouTube video of Kuypers reading this piece in the live show the Janet Kuypers with the music of HA! at Chicago’s Gallery Cabaret 20121003 (Samsung) |
Download this poem in the free 10/3/12 “Janet with HA!” chapbook w/ material from their live show together. |
Before I can Put a Smile on my Face Again
Watch this YouTube video (5:07) live 06/14/11 at the Café in Chicago |
Watch this YouTube video with the Edge Detection filter, live 06/14/11 at the Café in Chicago |
Watch this YouTube video with the Sepia Tone filter, live 06/14/11 at the Café in Chicago |
Watch this YouTube video with the Film Age (older) filter, live 06/14/11 at the Café in Chicago |
Watch this YouTube video with the Threshold filter, live 06/14/11 at the Café in Chicago |
See YouTube video of Kuypers’ feature Ten Minutes With Warren at the 06/14/11 open mic at the Café in Chicago, of her poems The Things Warren Says, No One Will, Warren Stories, Before I Can Put a Smile on my Face Again, It’s Someone’s Job, and You Carried It, & her covering the Eurythmics song I Need you, + her MFV song What We Need In Life
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See YouTube video from camera #2 of Kuypers’ feature Ten Minutes With Warren at the 06/14/11 open mic at the Café in Chicago, of her poems The Things Warren Says, No One Will, Warren Stories, Before I Can Put a Smile on my Face Again, It’s Someone’s Job, and You Carried It, & her covering the Eurythmics song I Need you, + her MFV song What We Need In Life
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See YouTube video from the intro to the 06/14/11 open mic at the Café in Chicago, & Kuypers’ poems The Things Warren Says, No One Will, Warren Stories, Before I Can Put a Smile on my Face Again, It’s Someone’s Job, and You Carried It, & her covering the Eurythmics’ I Need you, + her MFV song What We Need In Life
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Before I Learned Better
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Order this iTunes track: from Chaots in Motion (a 6 CD set)...Or order the entire CD set from iTunes or Napster CD:
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Listen to the DMJ Art Connection
, off the CD Indian Flux |
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Listen Live at the Cafe, now available in a 3 CD set |
Watch this YouTube video (1:07, at Cafe Netherworld in Denver, CO 06/15/07) |
Watch the YouTube video (1:26) 06/20/08 Live at Mercury Cafe
The above YouTube video can also be seen at AOL videos
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Or watch the complete video of the entire fortune featurette (13:33) 06/20/08 Live at Mercury Cafe |
Watch the YouTube video Live at Taking Poetry to the Streets, in New Orleans 12/28/08 |
Watch the YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem at the open mike 2/29/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago (w/ music from the HA!man of South Africa) from the house camera |
Watch the YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem at the open mike 2/29/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago (w/ music from the HA!man of South Africa) from the Kodak camera |
Watch this YouTube video of Kuypers singing What We Need in life (John on guitar) while nterspersing 3 of her poems (Never Did the Same, Before I Learned Better, Can’t Answer That One and Sorry Flowers) live in Chicago at Poetry “Love Letters” open mike 6/9/12 (Samsung) |
Watch this YouTube video of Kuypers singing What We Need in life (John on guitar) while nterspersing 3 of her poems (Never Did the Same, Before I Learned Better, Can’t Answer That One and Sorry Flowers) live in Chicago at Poetry “Love Letters” open mike 6/9/12 (Sony) |
Before it Occurred to Me
 Watch this YouTube video (1:00) read w/ Jenene Ravesloot live 05/17/11 at the Café in Chicago |
See YouTube video from the intro to the 05/17/11 open mic at the Café in Chicago, and her poems End of an Empire, Escape my Brain Somehow, Elephants Carry the World, one by one, the beech trees fell, Before it Occurred to Me, & her short story Stalker
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See YouTube video of two mini-features at the 05/17/11 open mic at the Café in Chicago, 1st of her poems End of an Empire, Escape my Brain Somehow, Elephants Carry the World, one by one, the beech trees fell, Before it Occurred to Me, then of her short story Stalker
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Before Taking Over the Controls
Watch this YouTube video live, Regina’s Place 01/15/10 Chicago |
or watch this in part of the YouTube show live at New Year’s Unplugged |
Before Taking Over the Controls 2015
See YouTube video of the 6/20/15 Janet Kuypers show “Poetic Shades of Chocolate” in 10 Shades of Chocolate in 10 Shades of Chocolate in Chicago (Cfs), w/ the poems Under his Bed, oxygen to flame the fire, Fuming in the Morning, PDQ in Tin Foil 2015, melted marshmallow 2015, grandmother charged with murder 2015, Before Taking Over the Controls 2015, and Empty Chocolate Counter.
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See YouTube video of the 6/20/15 Janet Kuypers show “Poetic Shades of Chocolate” in 10 Shades of Chocolate in 10 Shades of Chocolate in Chicago (Cps), w/ the poems Under his Bed, oxygen to flame the fire, Fuming in the Morning, PDQ in Tin Foil 2015, melted marshmallow 2015, grandmother charged with murder 2015, Before Taking Over the Controls 2015, and Empty Chocolate Counter.
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Download these poems in the free chapbook Poetic Shades of Chocolate w/ poems read 6/20/15 at 10 Shades of Chocolate show in Chicago |
be free of you
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Watch this YouTube video(:20) read from cc&d magazine from Scars Publications, in the 12/10 v215 issue, which was also released as the 6" x 9" ISBN# book Entering the Ice Age, live 12/07/10, live at the Café in Chicago |
behind (haiku, on twitter)
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See YouTube video #1 of U.K. poet Oz Hardwick reading Janet Kuypers’ twitter-length haiku behind live 52/11/14 near a church in Chicago |
See YouTube video #2 of U.K. poet Oz Hardwick reading Janet Kuypers’ twitter-length haiku behind live 52/11/14 near a church in Chicago |
See YouTube video #3 of U.K. poet Oz Hardwick reading Janet Kuypers’ twitter-length haiku behind live 52/11/14 near a church in Chicago |
See YouTube video (C) of Oz Hardwick on video reading the Janet Kuypers haiku behind in the “Partial Nudity” book release show 6/18/14 at Chicago’s the Café Gallery |
See YouTube video (S) of Oz Hardwick on video reading the Janet Kuypers haiku behind in the “Partial Nudity” book release show 6/18/14 at Chicago’s the Café Gallery |
See Vine video of Janet Kuypers performing her poem behind (originally in her books Partial Nudity and 100 Haikus) live 12/17/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (Canon) |
See Vine video of Janet Kuypers performing her poem behind (originally in her books 100 Haikus and Partial Nudity) live 12/17/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (Sony, posterize) |
Being God
[in French] [in German] [in Italian] [in Portuguese] [in Spanish]
Listen: (3:48) to this recording from Fusion, which you can order any time from iTunes... |
Order this iTunes track from the poetry audio CD the DMJ Art Connection Disc 1 ...Or order the entire CD from iTunes:
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Listen to the CD recording of this, from the CD Change/Rearrange |
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Listen to the CD recording of this piece used with the performance art show Death Comes in Threes 03/18/03
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Watch this YouTube video from Death Comes In Threes, live 03/18/03 in Chicago |
Watch half of the show video from Death Comes In Threes, with this writing, via the Internet Archive (31:34) |
Watch this YouTube video (3:12) at the live Jesse Oaks live “UNcorrect” feature 06/21/07 |
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Watch this YouTube video read at at the open mic Poetry Express (at Priya Indian Cuisine) in Berkeley CA 09/14/09 |
Watch this YouTube video read at at the open mic Poetry Express (at Priya Indian Cuisine) in Berkeley CA 09/14/09 |
Watch this YouTube video live at the Lake County 2010 Poetry Bomb at Independence Grove forest preserve 04/18/10 |
Watch this YouTube video of this poem read over video of her walking around a Serbian church and gravesite in Gurnee, Illinois 01/03/11 |
Watch this YouTube video 03/05/11 from the TV camera in Lake Villa at Swing State, live in her show Letting it All Out |
Watch this YouTube video (2:22, of just the poem) 03/05/11 in Lake Villa at Swing State, live in her “Visual Nonsense” show Letting it All Out |
Watch this YouTube video of Kuypers from the TV monitor in the “Letting it All Out” show, live in Lake Villa 03/05/11 at Swing State |
Watch this YouTube video (34:48) to the Letting it All Out show, live in Lake Villa’s Swing State 03/05/11 with this piece |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Being God (from the book Get Your Buzz On) in Chicago 11/24/13 (C) at her feature Book Expo 2013 Chicago |
Watch this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Being God (from the book Get Your Buzz On) in Chicago 11/24/13 (S) at her feature Book Expo 2013 Chicago |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading poetry from assorted books at the 2013 Chicago Book Expo (S) - WITH THIS POEM |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Being God (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 Being God Threshold (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 Being God in Vicci’s Chicago studio 7/20/14, with video behind her of her drawing this poem (C, take 1) |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Being God in Vicci’s Chicago studio 7/20/14, with video behind her of her drawing this poem (C, take 2) |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Being God in Vicci’s Chicago studio 7/20/14, with video behind her of her drawing this poem (S, take 1) |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Being God in Vicci’s Chicago studio 7/20/14, with video behind her of her drawing this poem (S, take 2) |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Being God at the Wormwood Poetry Collective in Chicago 3/10/15 (Canon Power Shot) |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Being God at the Wormwood Poetry Collective in Chicago 3/10/15 (Canon Power Shot, Posterize) |
See YouTube video (Nikon CoolPix S7000) of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Being God 12/20/15 at the Austin open mic Kick Butt Poetry |
See YouTube video 12/20/15 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems Being God, Looking For A Worthy Adversary, and True Happiness in the New Millennium at the Austin open mic Kick Butt Poetry (Nikon CoolPix S7000). |
See YouTube video 5/13/16 of Janet Kuypers reading her 2 new poems Violence There & Quibbling over Religion, and Being God at Georgetown’s Poetry Plus open mic at Cianfrani’s (from a Sony camera). |
See YouTube video 5/13/16 of Janet Kuypers reading her 2 new poems Violence There & Quibbling over Religion, and Being God at Georgetown’s Poetry Plus open mic at Cianfrani’s (from a Canon Power Shot camera). |
Berkelium (from the “Periodic Table of Poetry” series)
also see this poem at Artvilla
Watch YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading this Periodic Table poem Berkelium in her Visionaries Behind the Stars feature, live in Chicago 9/12/14 at “Poetry ‘Love Letter’” (S) |
Watch YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading this Periodic Table poem Berkelium in her Visionaries Behind the Stars feature, live in Chicago 9/12/14 at “Poetry ‘Love Letter’” (C) |
Beryllium (from the “Periodic Table of Poetry” series)
also see this poem at Artvilla
See YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem 1/2/13 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (from the Canon camera) |
See YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem 1/2/13 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (from the Sony camera) |
See YouTube video of Kuypers reading 5 Periodic Table of Poetry” poems 1/2/13 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (from the Canon camera), including this poem |
See YouTube video of Kuypers reading 5 Periodic Table of Poetry” poems 1/2/13 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (from the Canon, w/ Threshold filter), including this poem |
See YouTube video of Kuypers reading 5 Periodic Table of Poetry” poems 1/2/13 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (from the Sony camera), including this poem |
See YouTube video of Kuypers reading 5 Periodic Table of Poetry” poems 1/2/13 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (from the Sony, w/ Posterize filter), including this poem |
See YouTube video of Kuypers hosting the open mic 1/2/13 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago, plus this periodica table poem |
Best Friend
Watch this YouTube video read live 10/11/11 at the Café in her mini-feature of Contents Under Pressure book poems |
Watch this YouTube video of the her mini-feature INCLUDING THIS POEM (with background base by John Yotko) live 10/11/11 at the Café |
Better
Watch this YouTube video live at the 2009 Cana-Dixie Union 05/09/09, Memphis w/ C Ra McGuirt |
Big Hair and Fire Don’t Mix
Listen to & download this track from the DMJ Art Connection
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Bimbo (twitter-length poem)
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length poem Bimbo live 10/16/13 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (C) |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length poem Bimbo live 10/16/13 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (S) |
Bismuth (from the “Periodic Table of Poetry” series)
also see this poem at Artvilla
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 |
bitter suburbs
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See YouTube video 9/12/1 of Janet Kuypers at Chicago’s the Art Colony open mic reading her poems Just Making Face After Face, Tired of Trying, Bitter Suburbs, Pock-Marked Molehills, Dead Grass Fires, Ever Consumed Goat, Even With no Wish Bone, and The Power to Tell Her / The Power To See Her (from a Canon Power Shot, w/ a heat wave filter).
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See YouTube video 9/12/15 of Janet Kuypers at Chicago’s the Art Colony open mic reading her poems Just Making Face After Face, Tired of Trying, Bitter Suburbs, Pock-Marked Molehills, Dead Grass Fires, Ever Consumed Goat, Even With no Wish Bone, and The Power to Tell Her / The Power To See Her (filmed with a Canon Power Shot camera).
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Bizarre Sexual Stories in the News
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Listen to this from the CD release from the first performance art show (08/14/97) Seeing Things Differently |
Order this iTunes track: from Chaotic Elements (2 CD set, w/ live bonus track from the show Seeing Things Differently)...Or order the entire CD set from iTunes or Napster CD:
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Watch this YouTube video of the first 4 poems performed (3:58) at the Red Lion Pub 08/14/07 at the live show Seeing Things Differently |
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Listen to the CD from the 09/20/05 performance art show SIN
(Scars Internet News)
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Watch the YouTube video 1:32, live at Jesse Oaks 04/17/08 |
| You can also see the above YouTube video at Watch U Online |
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Watch this YouTube video (1:21) from the Chicago performance art show SIN live 09/20/05 |
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see the entire performance of SIN (the Scars Internet News show) live 09/20/05, via the Internet Archive |
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Order this iTunes track: from Chaots in Motion (a 6 CD set)...Or order the entire CD set from iTunes or Napster CD:
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blood (haiku, on twitter)
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Visit the Kuypers Twitter page for short poems— join http://twitter.com/janetkuypers.
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See YouTube video (S) of Esteban Colon reading the Janet Kuypers haiku blood in the “Partial Nudity” book release show 6/18/14 at Chicago’s the Café Gallery |
See YouTube video (C) of Esteban Colon reading the Janet Kuypers haiku blood in the “Partial Nudity” book release show 6/18/14 at Chicago’s the Café Gallery |
See Vine video of Janet Kuypers performing her poem blood (in her books Partial Nudity and 100 Haikus) live 12/3/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (Canon) |
See Vine video of Janet Kuypers performing her poem blood (in her books 100 Haikus and Partial Nudity) live 12/3/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (Sony, crop & color) |
Bohrium (from the “Periodic Table of Poetry” series)
also see this poem at Artvilla
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading this Periodic Table poem Bohrium 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 Bohrium 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. |
bored the night before 9/11 (a twitter-length poem)
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems bored the night before 9/11, and September 11, 2001 at Poetry’s “Love Letter” in Chicago 9/11/15 Cfs200). |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems bored the night before 9/11 and September 11, 2001 at Poetry’s “Love Letter” in Chicago 9/11/15 Cps). |
Boron from the Big Bang (from the “Periodic Table of Poetry” series)
also see this poem at Artvilla
Watch YouTube video of this Periodic Table of Poetry poem read by Kuypers in her Science vs. Mysticism feature, live in Chicago 5/10/13 at Poetry Love Letters (S) |
Watch YouTube video of this Periodic Table of Poetry poem read by Kuypers in her Science vs. Mysticism feature, live in Chicago 5/10/13 at Poetry Love Letters (C) |
Watch YouTube video of poems read from Janet Kuypers’ Periodic Table of Poetry series back and forth with poems by Buddha309 in Science vs. Mysticism, live in Chicago 5/10/13 at Poetry Love Letters (S) |
Watch YouTube video of poems read from Janet Kuypers’ Periodic Table of Poetry series back and forth with poems by Buddha309 in Science vs. Mysticism, live in Chicago 5/10/13 at Poetry Love Letters (C) |
Download this poem in the free PDF file Science vs. Mysticism chapbook, w/ Periodic Table of Poetry poems. |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her Periodic Table poem Boron from the Big Bang live (C) 2/23/14 at Chemistry, Poetry and a Brat in Kenosha WI at the Brat Stop |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her Periodic Table poem Boron from the Big Bang live 2/23/14 at Chemistry, Poetry and a Brat in Kenosha WI at the Brat Stop (C, Posterize) |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Boron from the Big Bang live 9/10/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (C) |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Boron from the Big Bang live 9/10/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (S) |
Breakfast in Las Vegas (Dreams 07/06/06 One)
Breaking Their Heart
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Watch this YouTube video (2:00) studio session “etc.” book reading for audio CD 08/14/07 |
Listen: (2:21) to this recording from Fusion |
Listen to Kiki, Jake & Haytstackoff the CD an american portrait |
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers (wrapped in VHS tape) in her 8/14/15 show “Farewell Chicago” in her final scheduled feature at Poetry’s “Love Letter” (while living in Chicago) in Chicago (Canon Power Shot), with her poems
Chicago,
Breaking Their Heart,
change (2015 edit),
Planting Palm Tree Seeds,
Shared Air,
Other Souls, and
ever leave me.
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers (wrapped in VHS tape) in her 8/14/15 show “Farewell Chicago” in her final scheduled feature at Poetry’s “Love Letter” (while living in Chicago) in Chicago (Canon fs200), with her poems
Chicago,
Breaking Their Heart,
change (2015 edit),
Planting Palm Tree Seeds,
Shared Air,
Other Souls, and
ever leave me.
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Download poems in the free chapbook Farewell Chicago of this & other poems read 8/14/15 at a live Chicago show |
brewery (haiku, on twitter)
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her 3 new poems brewery, eating slices of white bread and Jumping from the Mausoleum 4/3/16 at the Austin open mic Kick Butt Poetry (from a Canon Power Shot camera). |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her 3 new poems brewery, eating slices of white bread and Jumping from the Mausoleum 4/3/16 at the Austin open mic Kick Butt Poetry (from a Nikon CoolPix S7000 camera). |
See Vine video of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku brewery from cc&d’s Scars Publications book a Perfect Solitude live on Bourbon Street 5/29/16. |
Brewing the Coffee and Remembering Summer
Order this iTunes track from the poetry audio CD Hope Chest In The Attic 13 Years of Poetry & Prose ...Or order the entire CD set from iTunes:
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Watch the YouTube video (3:11) Live at Mercury Cafe, live in Chicago 02/16/08 |
See YouTube video from 5/27/16 (Cfs) of Janet Kuypers reading her 3 poems Brewing the Coffee and Remembering Summer, middle eastern man in front of me and her flash fiction Private Lives III, the elevated train, Chicago, Illinois, and then John came on stage and read her poem Freedom Just Past The Fence as well John’s poem at Georgetown’s Poetry Plus open mic. |
See YouTube video from 5/27/16 (Sony) of Janet Kuypers reading her 3 poems Brewing the Coffee and Remembering Summer, middle eastern man in front of me and her flash fiction Private Lives III, the elevated train, Chicago, Illinois, and then John came on stage and read her poem Freedom Just Past The Fence as well John’s poem at Georgetown’s Poetry Plus. |
Bring Her Back
Watch this YouTube video read live10/03/11 in the Waiting 4 the Bus show at Café Ballou for Chicago Calling, with music & video from the HA!man of South Africa |
Watch this Complete feature video of Kuypers reading poems (including this poem) live 10/03/11 in the Waiting 4 the Bus show at Café Ballou for Chicago Calling, performing poetry with music & video from the HA!man of South Africa
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Broke the Reflection
Watch this YouTube video (1:09) live 05/11/11 at “Elizabeth’s Crazy Little Thing” Chicago open mic |
Watch the YouTube video from IPB: the feature 06/29/11 of Impromptu Poetry on the Beach |
See feature-length YouTube video of many poems read at Beach Poets from IPB: the Impromptu Poetry on the Beach feature 06/29/11 |
Watch this YouTube video read live 12/04/11, at the Café open mike she hosts in Chicago |
Watch this YouTube video of the intro to the 12/04/11 weekly poetry open mike at the Café in Chicago, & her reading the poems Broke the Reflection, Gonna Break, and Mechanical Soldiers |
Watch this YouTube video read live 1/16/12 at Waiting4the Bus’ Café Ballou open mike in Chicago (from the Samsung) |
Watch this YouTube video read live 1/16/12 at Waiting4the Bus’ Café Ballou open mike in Chicago (from the Sony) |
Watch the YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem at the open mike 4/25/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago (W/ by live piano music from Gary) |
Watch the YouTube video of Kuypers’ open mike 4/25/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago, plus her poetry (w/ music from the HA!man of South Africa, and live piano from Gary) |
Bromine (from the “Periodic Table of Poetry” series)
also see this poem at Artvilla
Watch this Youtube video of this poem read live outdoors at the Lincoln Park Zoo for the 2013 Poetry Bomb 4/28/13 (Kodak) |
Watch this Youtube video of this poem read live outdoors at the Lincoln Park Zoo for the 2013 Poetry Bomb 4/28/13 (Samsung) |
See the Samsung video upside-down, all raw video currently posted at facebook, posted immediately after poetry was read during the 2013 Poetry Bomb |
Download this in a free 7/28/13 chapbook the Lincoln Park Zoo chapbook, w/ the Periodic Table of Poetry poems. |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Bromine live 6/26/13 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (Sony) |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Bromine live 6/26/13 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (Canon) |
See YouTube video of Kuypers hosting the open mic 6/26/13 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago — and reading this poem |
Brother, and Sister, and Father of Mine
bruised (haiku, on twitter)
This poem was nominated in the 100 Haikus 2014 press release for the (40 year) Pushcart Prize
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku bruised in her Chicago feature “Nerves of a Poet” live at Café Cabaret at Café Ballou 11/21/14 with music from the HA!Man of South Africa (C) |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku bruised in her Chicago feature “Nerves of a Poet” live at Café Cabaret at Café Ballou 11/21/14 with music from the HA!Man of South Africa (S crop glow) |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku poem bruised live 4/1/15 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (Canon fs200) |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku poem bruised live 4/1/15 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (Canon Power Shot) |
Building Houses out of Pallets
See YouTube video of the Janet Kuypers reading her poem Building Houses out of Pallets in her 3/14/15 show “India Stories” at the Art Colony in Chicago (Canon fs200) w/ HA!Man of South Africa music |
See YouTube video of the Janet Kuypers reading her poem Building Houses out of Pallets in her 3/14/15 show “India Stories” at the Art Colony in Chicago (Canon Power Shot) w/ HA!Man of South Africa music |
Build Your Own Cross
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Watch this YouTube video live at the Café in Chicago 07/27/10 |
Watch this YouTube video of the intro from the open mic @ the Café in Chicago 07/27/10, w/ Kuypers reading her poem “You Will”, “Marine Rifle Poem” “Build Your Own Cross”, and “Waiting for a Sign” |
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Watch this YouTube video (:36) read from cc&d magazine from Scars Publications, in the 12/10 v215 issue, which was also released as the 6" x 9" ISBN# book Entering the Ice Age, live 12/07/10, live at the Café in Chicago |
Watch this YouTube video of the intro at the Café poetry open mic in Chicago 12/07/10 with this poem and other poems read live |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Build Your Own Cross in Nashville 10/26/13 in her Nashville Halloween feature |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her “Periodic Table” poems (and two original songs) live in her Chicago 10/20/13 feature Nashville Halloween feature, including this writing |
Download this free chapbook of the Nashville Halloween feature, w/ Tag Team and Periodic Table poems in this show. |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Build your Own Cross (from the book She’s an Open Book) in Chicago 11/24/13 (C) at her feature Book Expo 2013 Chicago |
Watch this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Build your Own Cross (from the book She’s an Open Book) in Chicago 11/24/13 (S) at her feature Book Expo 2013 Chicago |
Burn It In
This poem is in the Starite Cafe
2012 translation of Burn It In - in Slovak: “Vypá to<”
[in French] [in Portuguese] [in Spanish]
Watch this YouTube video (5:03, of just the poem) live at the Yammer Chicago mini-feature 11/17/99 |
Watch this YouTube video live at the show Questions in a World Without Answers 10/05/04, Chicago |
watch the full Questions in a World Withough Answers video live, including this poem in Chicago 10/05/04 (~21:56)
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Listen to this radio recording from WZRD Radio (in a 2 CD set) |
Listen to the live readingfrom the Side A/Side B feature 12/09/03 |
Watch this YouTube video (5:18) live at Jesse Oaks 07/19/07 |
Listen to this live  atLive at Cafe Aloha (Janet Kuypers/Jason Pettus show) |
Watch the YouTube video (:56) live at Beach Poets 08/14/05 |
Watch this YouTube video (5:22) recorded on the Pacific Ocean 12/07 near the Galapagos os Islands |
Watch this YouTube video (5:13) recorded of dancing Boobies (birds called Nazca Boobies, Punta Suarez, Espanola Island 12/25/07, Galapagos os Islands) |
Watch this YouTube video (2:22) from the Poetry Fest 2006 Lake County Poets Society practice performance, live 08/22/06 |
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see the entire performance at the Lake County 08/22/06 Prep Show live, via the Internet Archive |
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Listen to the full show read live as the final scheduled feature 08/26/06 for the Society of Professional Journalists show thru Chicago Poetry Fest ‘06. |
Watch this YouTube video 03/05/11 from the TV camera in Lake Villa at Swing State, live in her show Letting it All Out |
Watch this YouTube video (4:32, of just the poem) 03/05/11 in Lake Villa at Swing State, live in her “Visual Nonsense” show Letting it All Out |
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Watch this YouTube video of Kuypers from the TV monitor in the “Letting it All Out” show, live in Lake Villa 03/05/11 at Swing State |
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Watch this YouTube video (34:48) to the Letting it All Out show, live in Lake Villa’s Swing State 03/05/11 with this piece |
See YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem 2/27/13 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (from the Canon camera) |
See YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem 2/27/13 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (from the Sony camera) |
See YouTube video of Kuypers hosting the open mic 2/27/13 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago, plus this poem |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Being God in Vicci’s Chicago studio 7/20/14, with video behind her of her drawing this poem (C, take 1) |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Being God in Vicci’s Chicago studio 7/20/14, with video behind her of her drawing this poem (C, take 2) |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Being God in Vicci’s Chicago studio 7/20/14, with video behind her of her drawing this poem (S, take 1) |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Being God in Vicci’s Chicago studio 7/20/14, with video behind her of her drawing this poem (S, take 2) |
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading 3 poems 9/14/15 at the Chicago open mic Weeds, w/ “So”, Beauty in the Eyes of Einstein, & Burn It In (Canon fs200)
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading 3 poems 9/14/15 at the Chicago open mic Weeds, w/ “So”, Beauty in the Eyes of Einstein, & Burn It In (Canon PS).
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See YouTube video 1/3/16 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems White Knuckled, Women’s Very Existence and Burn It In from her book Rape, Sexism, Life & Death and her poem ever leave me from the cc&d book When the Walls are Paper Thin at the Austin open mic Kick Butt Poetry (Nikon CoolPix S7000)
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See YouTube video 1/3/16 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems White Knuckled, Women’s Very Existence and Burn It In from her book Rape, Sexism, Life & Death and her poem ever leave me from the cc&d book When the Walls are Paper Thin at the Austin open mic Kick Butt Poetry (Canon Power Shot)
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Burn Through Me
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Listen: (:36) to this recording from Fusion |
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Watch this YouTube video live in the show Seeing a Psychiatrist 09/09/08, Chicago at the Cafe |
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Order this iTunes track: from the Chaotic Collection ...Or order the entire 5 CD set from iTunes: CD:
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Burning Building
[in French] [in German] [in Italian] [in Portuguese] [in Spanish]
Watch this YouTube video live at Cafe Aloha 03/12/02 |
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Order this iTunes track from the poetry audio CD “Oh.” audio CD ...Or order the entire CD set from iTunes:
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Order this iTunes track from the poetry audio CD the DMJ Art Connection Disc 1 ...Or order the entire CD from iTunes:
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Listen to this radio recording from WZRD Radio (in a 2 CD set) |
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Listen Live at the Cafe, now available in a 3 CD set |
Watch this video read live 3/12/02 at Cafe Aloha from the Internet Archive
You can laos listen to this live recording as a (low quality) |
Watch the YouTube video (1:39) live, Mercury Cafe, Chicago 11/30/07 The above studio video could also be seen at  aol video. |
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Watch this YouTube video (2:10) studio session “etc.” book reading for audio CD 08/14/07 |
Watch the YouTube video of Kuypers reading Present and Past and Burning Building at the open mike 3/28/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago (w/ music from the HA!man of South Africa) |
Macintosh .aif file
Linux .au file
wav fileBut I Won’t
But It Is Cute
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Watch this YouTube video C Ra McGuirt reading live at the 2009 Cana-Dixie Union 05/09/09, Memphis |
But These Pleasures
But You Know What I Mean
By Who I Don’t Know
Watch this YouTube video live, the Cafe’s Poetry Wheel (Mach 2) 08/26/08, Chicago |
See YouTube video of a compilation of Janet Kuypers’ poems Holding My Skin Together, Any Help At All, conversations three (a day of grieving), transcribing dreams one, the flashback, By Who I Don’t Know, and Did you know I was watching? in the Cafe’s Poetry Wheel (Mach 2) 08/26/08, Chicago
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Watch this YouTube video Live at a Woman on the Beach (Beach Poets 08/02/09) (camera #1) |
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Watch this YouTube video Live at a Woman on the Beach (Beach Poets 08/02/09) (camera #2) |
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See the full a Woman on the Beach (Beach Poets 08/02/09) show video (08/02/09, from camera #1) This film is from the Internet Archive |
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See the full a Woman on the Beach (Beach Poets 08/02/09) show video (08/02/09, from camera #1) This film is from the Internet Archive |
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