Read Modern Chicago and American poetry from Chicago Poet Janet Kuypers

Cadmium (from the “Periodic Table of Poetry” series)
also see this poem at Artvilla

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

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

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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

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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

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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)

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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)

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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

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Mega Reading, w/ Periodic Table poems
read live 4/13/13 at the Art Colony in Chicago

cage (haiku, on twitter)

Visit the Kuypers Twitter page for short poems— join http://twitter.com/janetkuypers.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading (C) her poem cage from her “Partial Nudity” book release feature live 6/18/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading (S) her poem cage from her “Partial Nudity” book release feature live 6/18/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery

See Vine video of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku cage from Down in the Dirt’s Scars Publications book 6 Feet Under as a looping JKPoetryVine video 5/30/16.

Calcium (from the “Periodic Table of Poetry” series)
also see this poem at Artvilla

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of this Kuypers reading the poem live 1/26/13 on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio (Canon),
with music from the HA!Man of South Africa
(2011 Hotel music “the Ice is Melting”)

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1/26/13 of Kuypers reading 8 Periodic Table poems (including this poem) on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio (Canon), with the HA!Man of South Africa’s 2011 Hotel music the Ice is Melting playing

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1/26/13 of Kuypers reading 8 Periodic Table poems (including this poem) on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio (Samsung), with the HA!Man of South Africa’s 2011 Hotel music the Ice is Melting playing

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of this “Periodic Table of Poetry” poem read live in Chicago 1/30/13 (Canon) at her feature Poetry Saloon at Noon

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of Kuypers reading her “Periodic Table” poems, including this one, live in her Chicago 1/30/13 feature Poetry Saloon at Noon, with background music from the HA!Man of South Africa’ “Wayward Waltz of the Fractured Wind”

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the Poetry Saloon at Noon,
w/ the Periodic Table of Poetry poems
chapbook of poems in this show.

Californium (from the “Periodic Table of Poetry” series)
also see this poem at Artvilla
as well as Poetry Life & Times Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2013 (through paper.li)

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of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Californium in Nashville 10/26/13 in her Nashville Halloween feature

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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

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Nashville Halloween feature,
w/ Tag Team and Periodic Table poems in this show.

Called Me Twice
This poem is in the Starite Cafe

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sung, 03/26/09
(music from John Yotko)

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sung poetry reading 03/26/09 (with guitar by J. Yotko, 1:38)
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partially sung, 03/26/09
(music from John Yotko)

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sung poetry reading 03/26/09 (with guitar by J. Yotko, 2:12)
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Live at a Woman on the Beach (Beach Poets 08/02/09) (camera #1)

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Live at a Woman on the Beach (Beach Poets 08/02/09) (camera #2)

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This film is from the Internet Archive

Can I Ask You Something?

Canned Condolences

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performed for C Ra McGuirt (Penny Dreadful Press) in Nashville 12/20/08

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Live at Mercury Cafe, live in Chicago 02/28/09

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of the full (give me 5 minutes) show, live in Chicago 02/28/09

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(studio session 03/16/09)

Can’t Answer That One

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Live at Taking Poetry to the Streets, in New Orleans 12/28/08

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(1:02) at a pool 06/16/07 in Denver, Colorado

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of Charlie Newman reading her poem live in Chicago at Café Ballou, thru the Waiting4the Bus open mic 4/2/12

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of Kuypers singing What We Need in life (John on guitar) while interspersing 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 mic 6/9/12 (Sony)

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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 mic 6/9/12 (Samsung)

can’t get you (haiku, on twitter)

Visit the Kuypers Twitter page for short poems— join http://twitter.com/janetkuypers.

See YouTube video of poet Elizabeth Harper reading Janet Kuypers’ twitter-length haiku can’t get you live 6/2/14 in Chicago

See YouTube video (C) of Elizabeth Harper on video reading the Janet Kuypers haiku can’t get you in the “Partial Nudity” book release show 6/18/14 at Chicago’s the Café Gallery

See YouTube video (S) of Elizabeth Harper on video reading the Janet Kuypers haiku can’t get you 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 can’t get you (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 can’t get you (in her books 100 Haikus and Partial Nudity) live 12/3/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (Sony, crop & color)

Carbon (from the “Periodic Table of Poetry” series)
also see this poem at Artvilla

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

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of this poem read live outdoors
at the Chicago “L” train for the 2012 Poetry Bomb 4/29/12

Watch this Youtube video
of Kuypers reading ALL Periodic Table of Poetry poems (including this poem) at the Chicago “L” train for the 2012 Poetry Bomb 4/29/12

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of Kuypers reading this poem 11/7/12 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (Canon)

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of Kuypers reading this poem 11/7/12 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (Sony)

See YouTube video
of Kuypers hosting the open mic 11/7/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago, plus this poem

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

Cardboard Bending At WalMart 09/08/06

Carpet

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(1:23) studio session “etc.” book reading for audio CD 08/14/07

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carrying me through

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of the Cutting Room Floor at the Palos Park Public Library 10/07/09

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at the Palos Park Public Library of the Cutting Room Floor
via the Internet Archive

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of the 1st 10 minutes of the show the Cutting Room Floor from YouTube, at the Palos Park Public Library 10/07/09

Visit the Kuypers Twitter page for short poems— join http://twitter.com/janetkuypers.

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this track from the DMJ Art Connection

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read live 11/20/11 at the Café open mic in Chicago

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of the entire Janet Kuypers show “hmm” live 11/20/11 at the Café open mic in Chicago

from the plush horse stories - cashews
This poem is in the Starite Cafe

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live at Beach Poets 07/13/08

07/13/08, Beach Poets

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(25:19) This film is from the Internet Archive

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Published in her book Close Cover Before Striking, read (for future audio CD release) 06/28/11 on WZRD radio, from the main camera

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Published in her book Close Cover Before Striking, read (for future audio CD release) 06/28/11 on WZRD radio, from the mini camera

See feature-length YouTube
video 06/26/11 of the majority of the WZRD radio show with her reading poetry (including this poem) from the main camera

See feature-length YouTube
video 06/26/11 of ~45 minutes of the WZRD radio show with her reading poetry (including this poem) from the mini cam

Cast in Stone
This poem was nominated in the Partial Nudity 2014 release for the (40 year) Pushcart Prize

This poem appears in the 2008 Poetry Wall Calendar (in march 2008, with an image of two statues outdoors in Beijing, China)

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(1:39) live at Mercury Cafe, live in Chicago 11/30/07

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at Taking Poetry to the Streets, in front of the Parthenon, Nashville 12/22/08

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of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Cast in Stone (from the book Taking Poetry to the Streets) in Chicago 11/24/13 (C) at her feature Book Expo 2013 Chicago

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of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Cast in Stone (from the book Taking Poetry to the Streets) in Chicago 11/24/13 (S) at her feature Book Expo 2013 Chicago

Catching a Muscovy

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live at Beach Poets 07/13/08

07/13/08, Beach poets
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25:19, from the Internet Archive

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11/23/10, live at the Café in Chicago

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of the intro from the open mic at the Café and then the reading of this poem, read in Chicago 11/23/10

See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading her 2 poems Catching a Muscovy, into Couldn’t Take It Home 7/9/16 at Native South Food Park poetry and music event in Austin TX (iPhone).

census (haiku, on twitter)

Visit the Kuypers Twitter page for short poems— join http://twitter.com/janetkuypers.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku census in Chicago 3/17/14 (C) 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 HAIKU

See a Vine video
of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku census as a looping JKPoetryVine video live 3/17/14 at the Waiting 4 the Bus open mic Jaks Tap in Chicago (C)

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of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku census as a looping JKPoetryVine video live 3/17/14 at the Waiting 4 the Bus open mic Jaks Tap in Chicago (C, glow and saturated filters)

Cerium (from the “Periodic Table of Poetry” series)
also see this poem at Artvilla

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of Janet Kuypers reading her Periodic Table poem Cerium live in Chicago 8/28/13 (C) at her interview & reading

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of Janet Kuypers’ interview and her reading her “Periodic Table” poems live in her Chicago 8/28/13 feature Interview to Poetry at Poetry Saloon at Noon (in the Lerner Auditorium at the Sulzer Public Library), containing this poem

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“Interview to Poetry”,
w/ the Periodic Table of Poetry poems chapbook
of poems performed during this hour-long event.

Cesium (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

Chances One - Yes, It’s Yes

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live at the Winking Lizard in Ohio 10/10/08

(1:04, 07/12/11)
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Live in her feature Celebrating with Song at the Café in Chicago

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of Kuypers from the lip camera 07/12/11 at Chicago ’s the Café in her feature Celebrating with Song

See feature-length YouTube
video 07/12/11 of Janet Kuypers performing her poetry at Chicago’s the Café weekly poetry open mic

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from the lip camera of Kuypers’ feature Celebrating with Song on 07/12/11 at the Café in Chicago

Chances Two - Here I Am

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live 11/05/08, finale feature in Chicago at St. Paul’s, a desanctified church

Watch the complete St. Paul’s 11/05/08 show in Chicago, with 11 poems live, filmed from above in the choir seating of this desanctified church
(23:58, from the Internet Archive)

Watch the complete feature video from the St. Paul’s 11/05/08 show in Chicago

(23:58) from the Internet Archive

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change

Change (2015 edit)

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.

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.

Download poems in the free chapbook
Farewell Chicago

of this & other poems read 8/14/15 at a live Chicago show

Change My Perspective
This poem is in the Starite Cafe
in two separate locations

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	Watch this YouTube video (1:32) studio session “etc.” book reading for audio CD 08/14/07

Change your Clothes

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Live at a Woman on the Beach (Beach Poets 08/02/09) (camera #1)

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Changing City
This poem is in the Starite Cafe

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live at the Cafe in Chicago 04/13/10

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to the intro live at the Cafe in Chicago 04/13/10, after this poem and the Robert Lawrence Haiku (wind) from v207 (April 2010) of cc&d magazine

Changing Garments
2012 translation of Changing Garments - in Slovak: “Striedanie Odevov”

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recovery poems “Changing Garments”, “Supposed To Be Done”, “Making Sense Out Of The Insane”, “Someone Give Me the Answers”, & “Feel So Much” read live at Lake Dememted Poets 03/23/02

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live at the Lake County 2010 Poetry Bomb at Independence Grove forest preserve 04/18/10

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from WZRD Radio (in a 2 CD set)

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(:38, at Lookout Mountain in Golden, CO 06/15/07)

Listen: (1:09)

to this recording from Fusion

King of the Universe and Changing Garments (6:52)
from the show 6/11 06/11/02
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live at 6/11 in Chicago 06/11/02

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Live at Chicago Calling, at the last night of poetry performance at Mercury Cafe 10/02/09

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from Chicago Calling, at the last night of poetry performance at Mercury Cafe 10/02/09, via the Internet Archive

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live in Death ‘n’ Rebirth 07/11/10 at Beach Poets

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with all of the writing in the live show

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11/23/10, live at the Café in Chicago

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from the poems about mom - changing the locks

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live at Beach Poets 07/13/08

07/13/08, Beach poets
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25:19, from the Internet Archive

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Published in her book Close Cover Before Striking, read (for future audio CD release) 06/28/11 on WZRD radio, from the main camera

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Published in her book Close Cover Before Striking, read (for future audio CD release) 06/28/11 on WZRD radio, from the mini camera

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video 06/26/11 of the majority of the WZRD radio show with her reading poetry (including this poem) from the main camera

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video 06/26/11 of ~45 minutes of the WZRD radio show with her reading poetry (including this poem) from the mini cam

Chess Game Again

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Live at the Cafe,
now available in a 3 CD set

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(2:49) 02/26/08
Live at the Cafe in Chicago

Listen: (2:38)

to this recording from Fusion

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of Kuypers reading poetry 02/28/08

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06/07/11 at the Café in Chicago (from her book Close Cover Before Striking)

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video (21:47) of Kuypers reading her poems My First Time, Chicago West Side, Chess Game Again, Arrowhead, Realistic Dreams, Was Immune, To Be Different, Sunrise, Meant To Be, New Vacuum Cleaner and Skittery live 06/07/11 at the Café

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of the intro to the 06/07/11 open mic at the Café in Chicago, plus 2 new poems, & Close Cover Before Striking poems

Chicago

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live at the Cafe in Chicago 01/19/10

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(studio session 03/16/09)

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.

Download poems in the free chapbook
Farewell Chicago

of this & other poems read 8/14/15 at a live Chicago show

Chicago, West Side
[in French] [in German] [in Italian] [in Portuguese] [in Spanish]
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(7:17) 03/16/08 live at the WordSlingers radio feature on WLUW Chicago radio (88.9FM)

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Live at Getting Wired (camera #1 at Starbucks, Chicago, 08/08/09)

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Live at Getting Wired (camera #2 at Starbucks, Chicago, 08/08/09)

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06/07/11 at the Café in Chicago (from her book Close Cover Before Striking)

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of the intro to the 06/07/11 open mic at the Café in Chicago, plus 2 new poems, & Close Cover Before Striking poems

Childhood Memories one

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(1:58) live 03/16/08, WordSlingers radio feature on WLUW Chicago 88.9FM

Childhood Memories two

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live, 18 Years of Beach Poets
08/31/08, Chicago

Childhood Memories three
Childhood Memories four

Childhood Memories five

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live at Beach Poets 07/13/08

07/13/08, Beach poets
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(25:19) from the Internet Archive

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performed for C Ra McGuirt (Penny Dreadful Press) in Nashville 12/20/08

Childhood Memories six

Listen

Live at the Cafe,
now available in a 3 CD set

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live, 18 Years of Beach Poets
08/31/08, Chicago

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of Kuypers reading this poem 12/5/12 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (Canon)

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of Kuypers reading this poem 12/5/12 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (Sony)

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of Kuypers hosting the open mic 12/5/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago, plus her poetry

Childhood Memories seven

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performed for C Ra McGuirt (Penny Dreadful Press) in Nashville 12/20/08

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performed for C Ra McGuirt (Penny Dreadful Press) in Nashville 12/20/08

children, churches and daddies
This poem was nominated in the cc&d 2014 release sea drift for the (40 year) Pushcart Prize
children, churches and daddies - in Finnish: kinderen, kerken en vaders
This poem translation was nominated in the cc&d 2014 release idols for the (40 year) Pushcart Prize

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(1:48) live 08/05/07 at Beach poets

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(2:00) 02/26/08, Live at the Cafe in Chicago

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of Janet Kuypers reading this poem 5/18/13
“Children, Churches and Daddies” in Nashville TN after her Tag Team feature reading

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of Janet Kuypers reading “Scars” and “Children, Churches and Daddies” in Nashville TN 5/18/13 after the Tag Team feature reading

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Children, Churches and Daddies (in books Life on the Edge, or It All Comes Down, or Hope Chest in the Attic, or Oeuvre, or Janet and Jean Together) in Chicago 11/24/13 (C) at her feature Book Expo 2013 Chicago

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Children, Churches and Daddies (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 3 poems, Too Far, the Burning and Children, Churches and Daddies 9/16/15 at In One Ear open mic in Chicago (Cfs)

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of Janet Kuypers reading 3 poems, Too Far, the Burning and Children, Churches and Daddies 9/16/15 at In One Ear open mic in Chicago (Cps)

See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Children, Churches and Daddies 10/6/15 at Quenchers open mic in Chicago (Cfs)

See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Children, Churches and Daddies 10/6/15 at Quenchers open mic in Chicago (Cps)

See YouTube video (Cfs)
of Janet Kuypers reading 5 poems: Once Wanted You as my Friend, Escaping Every Cage, and a Scars medley (based on parts of the prose poem Scars and the poems Scars 1997 and Scars 2000, then Too Far and Children, Churches and Daddies 10/6/15 at Quenchers open mic in Chicago

See YouTube video (Cps)
of Janet Kuypers reading 5 poems: Once Wanted You as my Friend, Escaping Every Cage, and a Scars medley (based on parts of the prose poem Scars and the poems Scars 1997 and Scars 2000, then Too Far and Children, Churches and Daddies 10/6/15 at Quenchers open mic in Chicago

Chlorine (from the “Periodic Table of Poetry” series)
also see this poem at Artvilla

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of this “Periodic Table of Poetry” poem read live in Chicago 1/30/13 (Canon) at her feature Poetry Saloon at Noon

See YouTube video

Download this poem in the free chapbook
the Poetry Saloon at Noon,
w/ the Periodic Table of Poetry poems
chapbook of poems in this show.

choice (haiku, on twitter)

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See YouTube video of the Janet Kuypers reading her haiku choice 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 haiku choice in her 3/14/15 show “India Stories” at the Art Colony in Chicago (Canon Power Shot) w/ HA!Man of South Africa music

See YouTube video of the Janet Kuypers 3/14/15 show “India Stories” at the Art Colony in Chicago (Canon Power Shot), of 14 poems (INCLUDING THIS HAIKU POEM) with background music

See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku Choice from Down in the Dirt v130, “Too Many Miles” live 8/5/15 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (filmed with a Canon fs200)

See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku Choice from Down in the Dirt v130, “Too Many Miles” live 8/5/15 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (from a Canon Power Shot)

See Vine video of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku choice read from Scars Publications’ Down in the Dirt issue ISBN book the Intersection (Samsung)

Choices
[in Heiroglyphics] [in Slovene]

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live at the Winking Lizard in Ohio 10/10/08

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07/12/11)
Or watch the YouTube video

Live in her feature Celebrating with Song at the Café in Chicago

See the YouTube video
of Kuypers from the lip camera 07/12/11 at Chicago ’s the Café in her feature Celebrating with Song

See feature-length YouTube
video 07/12/11 of Janet Kuypers performing her poetry at Chicago’s the Café weekly poetry open mic

See the YouTube video
from the lip camera of Kuypers’ feature Celebrating with Song on 07/12/11 at the Café in Chicago

choke (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 (S) of Jenene Ravesloot reading the Janet Kuypers haiku choke in the “Partial Nudity” book release show 6/18/14 at Chicago’s the Café Gallery

See YouTube video (C) of Jenene Ravesloot reading the Janet Kuypers haiku choke 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 choke (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 choke (in her books 100 Haikus and Partial Nudity) live 12/3/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (Sony, crop & color)

See Vine video of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku choke from Down in the Dirt’s Scars Publications book 6 Feet Under as a looping JKPoetryVine video 5/30/16.

Choose Your Fate: by Knife or by Car

Listen

to the CD recording from the 09/20/05 performance art show
SIN (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

Christmas Eve

Listen

to the CD recording from the
CD Rough Mixes, by Pointless Orchestra

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poem video broadcast on Nashville
TV, show #1 of Speer Presents

Watch this video

This film is from
the Internet Archive

Watch this YouTube video
(1:21)

Listen

to this from the CD release
from the first performance art show
(08/14/97) Seeing Things Differently

Listen

Live at the Cafe,
now available in a 3 CD set

Watch the YouTube video

(2:01) live 03/16/08, at WordSlingers radio feature, WLUW Chicago 88.9FM

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read Christmas Day in Naples FLA 2008

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live at Regina’s Place 12/18/09

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05/24/11 at the Café in Chicago (read from the ISBN# book the Window)

See YouTube video of the intro to the 05/24/11 open mic at the Café in Chicago, plus her poems He Told Me His Dreams 5, He Told Me His Dreams 6, She Told Me Her Dreams 3, Ice Cream, Games, Vittorio Carli reading her poem Christmas Eve, and Kuypers reading her poem Private Lives 2

See YouTube video (9:35) of Kuypers 05/24/11 at the Café reading her poems He Told Me His Dreams 5, He Told Me His Dreams 6, She Told Me Her Dreams 3, Ice Cream, Games, Vittorio Carli reading her poem Christmas Eve, and Kuypers reading her poem Private Lives 2

Watch this YouTube video

read live 12/18/11, at the Café weekly poetry open mic she hosts in Chicago (with Opera vocals by Suzanne Hettinger)

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of ther reading many poems 12/18/11 at the Café in Chicago (music bt the HA!man of South Africa, vocals by Suzanne Hettinger, guitar by John Yotko) including this writing

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read live 12/18/11, at the Café weekly poetry open mic she hosts in Chicago (with Opera vocals by Suzanne Hettinger), from the Samsung Camera

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read live 12/18/11, at the Café weekly poetry open mic she hosts in Chicago (with Opera vocals by Suzanne Hettinger), from the Kodak Camera

Chromium (from the “Periodic Table of Poetry” series)
also see this poem at Artvilla

Download this poem in the free chapbook
the 7/22/12 Beach Poets chapbook,
w/ the Periodic Table of Poetry poems.

See YouTube video
of Kuypers reading this poem at her Beach Poets feature 7/22/12 in Chicago (from the Canon)

See YouTube video
of Kuypers reading 7 poems from her series “Periodic Table of Poetry” at her Beach Poets feature 7/22/12 in Chicago, including this poem (from the Canon)

Cigarette Butts are Lethal

Listen

to the CD recording from the 09/20/05 performance art show
SIN (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

civil (haiku, on twitter)

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See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku civil live 9/27/14 on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio (Canon)

See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku civil live 9/27/14 on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio (Sony)

See a Vine video

of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku civil as a looping JKPoetryVine video on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio (filmed with a Canon camera)

See a Vine video
of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku civil as a looping JKPoetryVine video on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio (filmed with a Sony camera)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers in her 6/4/16 show “Obey” at Expressions 2016: June is a Woman! in Austin (Sony), first reading her haiku poems progress, extend, falling, civil, and greatest, then reading her poems Earth is a Topiary (her 1st of 2 poems where she used a voice modulator to reads parts of her poem in a male voice), On Becoming a Woman (an editing and expansion of her 1999 poem Becoming a Woman), Viewing the Woman in a 19th Century Photograph (an editing of her 1991 poem Photograph, Nineteenth Century and her 2nd of 2 poems where she used a voice modulator to reads parts of her poem in a male voice), Content With Inferior Men, portions of her poem In The Air with slightly altered wording, and Oh, She Was a Woman (an editing of her 1997 poem She Was a Woman).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers in her 6/4/16 show “Obey” at Expressions 2016: June is a Woman! in Austin (Cps), first reading her haiku poems progress, extend, falling, civil, and greatest, then reading her poems Earth is a Topiary (her 1st of 2 poems where she used a voice modulator to reads parts of her poem in a male voice), On Becoming a Woman (an editing and expansion of her 1999 poem Becoming a Woman), Viewing the Woman in a 19th Century Photograph (an editing of her 1991 poem Photograph, Nineteenth Century and her 2nd of 2 poems where she used a voice modulator to reads parts of her poem in a male voice), Content With Inferior Men, portions of her poem In The Air with slightly altered wording, and Oh, She Was a Woman (an editing of her 1997 poem She Was a Woman).

Download all of the show poems in the free chapbook
Obey
6/4/16 at Expressions 2016: June is a Woman! show in Austin

Civil War
[in French] [in German] [in Italian] [in Norwegian] [in Portuguese] [in Spanish]

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Listen

to the CD recording
of this, from the CD Change/Rearrange

Listen

Live at the Cafe,
now available in a 3 CD set

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(1:39) live at Mercury Cafe, live in Chicago 11/30/07

Listen: (:38)

to this recording from Fusion

Listen to & download

this track from the DMJ Art Connection

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read live 10/03/11 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

Cliques Gathered Together (from the “Depression... The singlesy” series)

See YouTube video
of Kuypers reading this poem 9/26/26 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (Canon) as if she were on the phone

See YouTube video
of Kuypers reading this poem 9/26/26 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (Sony) as if she were on the phone

See YouTube video
of Kuypers’ “Listening In” 9/26/26 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (Canon), with this poem said on the phone

See YouTube video
of Kuypers’ “Listening In” 9/26/26 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (Sony), with this poem said on the phone

See YouTube video
of Kuypers’ open mic 9/26/26 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago, plus her poetry (including this poem)

from poems with David Jarvie — climbing trees

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live at Beach Poets 07/13/08

07/13/08, Beach Poets
Watch the entire performance video, which contains this poem
(25:19), from the Internet Archive

Watch the YouTube video
of this poem 08/28/11, first in in her book Contents Under Pressure, read on WZRD radio, from the Canon camera

See feature-length YouTube
video 08/26/11 of the majority of the WZRD radio show with her reading poetry (incliding this writing) from the Canon camera

See YouTube video 7/10/16 of Janet Kuypers reading her 2 poems Climbing Trees and Death Takes Many Forms at the Austin open mic Kick Butt Poetry (tCanon Power Shot camera).

See YouTube video 7/10/16 of Janet Kuypers reading her 2 poems Climbing Trees and Death Takes Many Forms at the Austin open mic Kick Butt Poetry (from a Sony camera).

clogged (haiku, on twitter)

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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku clogged 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 clogged live 2/26/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (S)

See Vine video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku clogged as a looping JKPoetryVine video live 2/12/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (C)

See Vine video
of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku clogged as a looping JKPoetryVine video live 2/12/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (C, hard light saturate)

close (haiku, on twitter)

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See YouTube video of poet Wayne Allen Jones reading Janet Kuypers’ twitter-length haiku close live 6/2/14 in Chicago

See YouTube video (S) of Wayne Allen Jones on video reading the Janet Kuypers haiku close in the “Partial Nudity” book release show 6/18/14 at Chicago’s the Café Gallery

See YouTube video (C) of Wayne Allen Jones on video reading the Janet Kuypers haiku close in the “Partial Nudity” book release show 6/18/14 at Chicago’s the Café Gallery

Clouds Over Blue Sky’s

cocoon i’ve created

Watch the YouTube video
of Kuypers reading this poem at the open mic 5/9/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago (W/ by live piano music from Gary) from the Sony video camera

Watch the YouTube video
of Kuypers reading this poem at the open mic 5/9/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago (W/ by live piano music from Gary) from the Canon video camera

Watch the YouTube video
of Kuypers’ open mic 5/9/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago where she reads this poem, plus her poetry (w/ live piano from Gary) from the Sony video camera

from the poems about mom - cocktail hour
This poem is published with a series of poem about Kuypers’ mother
in the Starite Cafe

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Kuypers and C Ra McGuirt, Memphis, at the 2009 Cana-Dixie Union 05/09/09

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Published in her book Close Cover Before Striking, read (for future audio CD release) 06/28/11 on WZRD radio, from the main camera

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Published in her book Close Cover Before Striking, read (for future audio CD release) 06/28/11 on WZRD radio, from the mini camera

See feature-length YouTube
video 06/26/11 of the majority of the WZRD radio show with her reading poetry (including this poem) from the main camera

See feature-length YouTube
video 06/26/11 of ~45 minutes of the WZRD radio show with her reading poetry (including this poem) from the mini cam

coincidence? (haiku, on twitter)

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See YouTube video (S) of John reading the Janet Kuypers haiku coincidence? in the “Partial Nudity” book release show 6/18/14 at Chicago’s the Café Gallery

See YouTube video (C) of John reading the Janet Kuypers haiku coincidence? in the “Partial Nudity” book release show 6/18/14 at Chicago’s the Café Gallery

Communication
[in French] [in German] [in Italian] [in Portuguese] [in Spanish]
This poem is in the Starite Cafe

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to the CD recording
of this, from the CD Change/Rearrange

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to this live

at
Live at Cafe Aloha (Janet Kuypers/Jason Pettus show)

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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)

Listen

to this from the CD release
from the first performance art show
(08/14/97) Seeing Things Differently

Listen

to this radio recording
from WZRD Radio (in a 2 CD set)

Watch this YouTube video

(8:18) at the live Jesse Oaks live “UNcorrect” feature 06/21/07

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to this recording from Fusion

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(2:22) 04/01/05 (April Fool’s Day) Live at the DvA Chicago Art Gallery show Conflict • Contact • Control

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Watch this YouTube video
(4:05) live 10/15/10 at Power Networking for Success JK poetry show

See the full Youtube show
live JK poetry show w/ gutar 10/15/10 at
Power Networking for Success with
“Type A Person” & “Communication”

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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
(5:56, 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) of Kuypers in the “Letting it All Out” show, live in Lake Villa 03/05/11 with this writing at Swing State

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading 4 poems 8/31/15 at the Chicago open mic Weeds (Canon Power Shot), with an edited version of her poem Communication, plus her poems Death Takes Many Forms, True Happiness in the New Millennium, and Other Souls.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading 4 poems 8/31/15 at the Chicago open mic Weeds (Canon fs200), with an edited version of her poem Communication, plus her poems Death Takes Many Forms, True Happiness in the New Millennium, and Other Souls.

Communication ‘05

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(or listen

live)
to the CD & performance art show at a Chicago
art gallery Conflict • Contact • Control

poetic pieces: poetry & editorials CD by Janet Kuypers

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(8:18) at the live Jesse Oaks live
“UNcorrect” feature 06/21/07

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Communication ‘05 (6:01) 4/1/05 (April Fool’s Day) Live at the DvA Chicago Art Gallery show Conflict • Contact • Control

Watch this YouTube video
(4:05) live 10/15/10 at Power Networking for Success JK poetry show

See the full Youtube show
live JK poetry show w/ gutar 10/15/10 at
Power Networking for Success with
“Type A Person” & “Communication”

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
(5:56, 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) of Kuypers in the “Letting it All Out” show, live in Lake Villa 03/05/11 with this writing at Swing State

Communication 2012

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 part of 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 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 Kuypers reading most of this piece in the live show the Janet Kuypers with the music of HA! at Chicago’s Gallery Cabaret 20121003 (Samsung)

Confident Women
[in French] [in German] [in Italian] [in Portuguese] [in Spanish]

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13 Years of Poetry & Prose ...Or order
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3 CD set from iTunes.

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(2:17) studio session 11/13/07

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(1:39) Live at Mercury Cafe,
live in Chicago 11/30/07

Watch this YouTube video
(2:48) read for the spiral-bound ISBN# book (woman) Jenene Raveslloot 03/29/11, live at the Café in Chicago

Watch this YouTube video
of the intro to the 03/29/11 open mic at the Café in Chicago (where she is the host), with this poem reading

See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Confident Women live 1/6/16 at Rad Radam Open Stage in Austin TX (Nikon Cool Pix S7000).

See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Confident Women live 1/6/16 at Rad Radam Open Stage in Austin TX (Canon Power Shot).

Conflicting Convictions

(07/12/11)
Or watch the YouTube video

Live in Chicago at the Café

See the YouTube video

of Kuypers from the lip camera 07/12/11 at Chicago ’s the Café

Watch this YouTube video

of the intro to the 07/12/11 open mic at the Café in Chicago, with the poems “Unconscious” and “Conflicting Convictions”

Conscious Of It

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live at Beach Poets 07/13/08

07/13/08, Beach Poets
Watch the entire performance video, which contains this poem

(25:19), from the Internet Archive

console (haiku, on twitter)

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See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku console live 9/27/14 on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio (Canon)

See YouTube video
9/27/14 of Janet Kuypers on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio performing many poems, including this one (Canon)

See a Vine video

of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku console as a looping JKPoetryVine video on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio (C, with a “day to night” filter)

See a Vine video
of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku console as a looping JKPoetryVine video on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio (C)

from poems on religion - contempt for man

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read live 12/11/11, at the Café weekly poetry open mic she hosts in Chicago (with music and video shown from the HA!man of South Africa)

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of the intro to the 12/11/11 weekly poetry open mic at the Café in Chicago, & her reading her new poem & poems from her book Contents Under Pressure (music from the HA!man of South Africa)

Content With Inferior Men

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live at the show Questions in a World Without Answers 10/05/04, Chicago

watch the complete video

of Questions in a World Withough Answers live, including this poem in Chicago 10/05/04 (~21:56)

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Watch this YouTube video
(1:11, 06/15/07)

Listen: (1:31)

to this recording from Fusion

Watch the YouTube video

1:32, live at Jesse Oaks 04/17/08

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at Google Video

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12/04/10 from the TV camera in Lake Villa at Swing State, live in her show the Stories of Women

Watch this YouTube video
(1:10, of just the poem) 12/04/10 in Lake Villa at Swing State, live in her “Visual Nonsense” show the Stories of Women

See Kuypers’ full show video
with this & more from the TV monitor in the the Stories of Women show, in Visual Nonsense, live in Lake Villa 12/04/10 at Swing State

See the full show video of Kuypers reading this & more in the the Stories of Women show in in Visual Nonsense, live in Lake Villa 12/04/10 with this writing at Swing State (last line of last story cut off)

Download all of the show poems in the free chapbook
Obey
6/4/16 at Expressions 2016: June is a Woman! show in Austin

conversations one (a day of grieving)

Watch this YouTube video
live, 18 Years of Beach Poets
08/31/08, Chicago

Watch the YouTube video
of Kuypers reading this poem at the open mic 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

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of Kuypers reading this poem at the open mic 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

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of Kuypers’ intro to the open mic 2/29/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago, plus other open mic poets, and her poetry (from the house camera), including this poem

conversations two (a day of grieving)

Listen

to the CD recording from the
CD Rough Mixes, by Pointless Orchestra

Listen

from Kiki, Jake & Haytstack
off the CD an american portrait

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live, 18 Years of Beach Poets
08/31/08, Chicago

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of Kuypers reading this poem at the open mic 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

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of Kuypers’ intro to the open mic 2/29/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago, plus other open mic poets, and her poetry (from the house camera)

conversations three (a day of grieving)

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live, the Cafe’s Poetry Wheel (Mach 2) 08/26/08, Chicago

conversations four (a day of grieving)

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live, 18 Years of Beach Poets
08/31/08, Chicago

conversations five (a day of grieving)

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1:53, live at Jesse Oaks 04/17/08

conversations six (a day of grieving)

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live, 18 Years of Beach Poets
08/31/08, Chicago

conversations seven (a day of grieving)

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live, 18 Years of Beach Poets
08/31/08, Chicago

Watch this YouTube video
(2:07, of just the poem)
live at the Café in Chicago 05/25/10

Watch the YouTube video
of this reading with the intro & other writings, live 05/25/10 at the Café

conversations eight (a day of grieving)

Watch this YouTube video
live, 18 Years of Beach Poets
08/31/08, Chicago

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her 3 poems knowing and lurking for eons, Conversations: a Day of Grieving 1/22/94 eight and Writing Your Name 5/1/16 at the Austin open mic Kick Butt Poetry (video filmed from the Canon Power Shot camera).

Copernicium (from the “Periodic Table of Poetry” series)
also see this poem at Artvilla

Download this poem in the free chapbook
On the Edge of the Table,
w/ the Periodic Table of Poetry poems
toward the end of the Periodic Table.

Watch this YouTube video
of this “Periodic Table of Poetry” poem read live in Chicago 11/17/12 (Canon) at her feature On the Edge of the Table

Watch this YouTube video
of this “Periodic Table of Poetry” poem read live in Chicago 11/17/12 (Sony) at her feature On the Edge of the Table

Watch this YouTube video
of poems read from Janet Kuypers’ “Periodic Table of Poetry” series, live in Chicago 11/17/12 (Canon) at her feature On the Edge of the Table

Watch this YouTube video
of poems read from Janet Kuypers’ “Periodic Table of Poetry” series, live in Chicago 11/17/12 (Sony) at her feature On the Edge of the Table

Watch this YouTube video
of this “Periodic Table of Poetry” poem read live in Chicago’ Frankenstone Art Gallery 12/17/12 (Canon)

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of this “Periodic Table of Poetry” poem read live in Chicago’ Frankenstone Art Gallery 12/17/12 (Canon, with a 3D Ripple filter)

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Coping With Her Leaving

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Copper (from the “Periodic Table of Poetry” series)
This poem was nominated in the Periodic Table of Poetry 2014 release for the Pushcart Prize

Download the free chapbook with this poem titled Count Me In, with
the Periodic Table of Poetry poems.

Watch this YouTube video
of this “Periodic Table of Poetry” poem read live in Chicago 11/17/12 (Canon) at Blue Bettie’s Poetry Reading

Watch this YouTube video
of this “Periodic Table of Poetry” poem read live in Chicago 11/17/12 (Sony) at Blue Bettie’s Poetry Reading

Watch this YouTube video
of poems read from Janet Kuypers’ “Periodic Table of Poetry” series, live in Chicago 11/17/12 (Canon) at Blue Bettie’s Poetry Reading, including this poem

Watch this YouTube video
of poems read from Janet Kuypers’ “Periodic Table of Poetry” series, live in Chicago 11/17/12 (Sony) at Blue Bettie’s Poetry Reading, including this poem

Watch this YouTube video
of this “Periodic Table of Poetry” poem read live in Chicago 12/4/12 at Waiting4the Bus at Jaks Tap

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of Janet Kuypers reading both “Radon” and “Copper” from Janet Kuypers’ “Periodic Table of Poetry” series, live in Chicago 12/4/12 at Waiting4the Bus at Jaks Tap

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of Janet Kuypers reading this “Periodic Table of Poetry” poem Copper read live in Chicago 6/10/13 at the Sulzer Library in Poetry Saloon at Noon

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of Janet Kuypers reading her poems White Knuckled and her “Periodic Table of Poetry” poem Copper read live in Chicago 6/10/13 at the Sulzer Library in Poetry Saloon at Noon

See YouTube video 7/8/16 of Janet Kuypers reading her 2 “Periodic Table of Poetry” poems Iron in my Eyes and Copper in the 3rd round at the Austin installment (at her house) of the Poetry Plus open mic 7/8/16 (this video was filmed w/ a Canon Power Shot camera).

Coquinas
This poem is in the Starite Cafe

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read live 12/18/11, at the Café weekly poetry open mic she hosts in Chicago (with Opera vocals by Suzanne Hettinger)

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of the intro to the 12/18/11 poetry open mic at the Café in Chicago, & her reading poems (music from the HA!man of South Africa, vocals by Suzanne Hettinger, guitar by John Yotko) with this writing

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read live 12/18/11, at the Café weekly poetry open mic she hosts in Chicago (with Opera vocals by Suzanne Hettinger), from the Kodak Camera

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read live 12/18/11, at the Café weekly poetry open mic she hosts in Chicago (with Opera vocals by Suzanne Hettinger), from the Samsung Camera

Coslow’s

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Live at a Woman on the Beach (Beach Poets 08/02/09) (camera #1)

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(2:03) live 03/16/08, WordSlingers radio feature. WLUW Chicago 88.9FM

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12/04/10 from the TV camera in Lake Villa at Swing State, live in her show the Stories of Women

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(2:09, of just the poem) 12/04/10 in Lake Villa at Swing State, live in her “Visual Nonsense” show the Stories of Women

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with this & more from the TV monitor in the the Stories of Women show, in Visual Nonsense, live in Lake Villa 12/04/10 at Swing State

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live 03/08/11 at the Café in Chicago

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of the intro to the 03/08/11 open mic at the Café in Chicago

Couch Potato

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SIN (Scars Internet News)

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couldn’t (twitter-length poem)

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of Janet Kuypers reading a shortened version of her poem Couldn’t live 9/27/14 on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio (Canon)

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9/27/14 of Janet Kuypers on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio performing many poems, including this one (Canon)

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of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku Couldn’t as a looping JKPoetryVine video on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio (C, flipped, with a day to night filter)

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of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku Couldn’t as a looping JKPoetryVine video on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio (filmed with a Canon camera)

Couldn’t Reach It

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performed for C Ra McGuirt (Penny Dreadful Press) in Nashville 12/20/08

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live at the Cafe in Chicago 11/24/09

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(studio session 03/16/09)

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of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Couldn’t Reach It live 7/22/15 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago, from the November 2009 v202 issue of cc&d (filmed with a Canon fs200)

Couldn’t Take It Home

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read live 01/25/11 from the ISBN# & ISSN# book a Wake-up Call from Tradition, live at the Café in Chicago

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of the intro at the the Café Chicago open mic 01/25/11 & the poems Getaway, Couldn’t Take It Home, His Mom’s Car, At Least That’s What I Hear, and Thinking. I Hate That.

Counting Bodies

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live at the Café in Chicago 04/20/10

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live at the Lake County 2010 Poetry Bomb at Independence Grove forest preserve 04/18/10

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11/06/10 from the TV camera in Lake Villa’s Swing State, live in her “Visual Nonsense” show Sexism and other stories

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2:44, 11/06/10 in Lake Villa at Swing State, in Sexism and other stories

See the full show of Kuypers reading from the TV monitor in the “Sexism and other stories” show, live in Lake Villa’s “Visual Nonsense” 10/20/011/06/10 with this poem at Swing State

See the full show of Kuypers reading in the “Sexism and other stories” show, live in Lake Villa 11/06/10 with this writing at Swing State

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of Janet Kuypers reading this poem 5/18/13
“Counting Bodies” in Nashville TN in the Tag Team feature reading

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of the Janet Kuypers & C Ra McGuirt “Tag Team” 1+ hour feature in Nashville 5/18/13 (which includes this poem)

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the Tag Team Reading, of poems slated
for the Janet Kuypers/C Ra McGuirt book “Tag Team Poets”

cover (haiku, on twitter)

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See YouTube video of the Janet Kuypers reading her haiku cover 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 haiku cover in her 3/14/15 show “India Stories” at the Art Colony in Chicago (Canon Power Shot) w/ HA!Man of South Africa music

See YouTube video of the Janet Kuypers 3/14/15 show “India Stories” at the Art Colony in Chicago (Canon Power Shot), of 14 poems (INCLUDING THIS HAIKU POEM) with background music

See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku cover from her book Bon Voyage! live 7/25/15 on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio (Cfs200, FlCrSat)

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of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku cover from her book Bon Voyage! live 7/25/15 on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio (Cfs)

See Vine video of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku cover read from Scars Publications’ Down in the Dirt issue ISBN book the Intersection (Samsung)

Crazy Women Talking: This Much I’ve Learned
This poem is in the Starite Cafe

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live at the Cafe in Chicago 11/03/09

Creatures Can Live In Worlds
Creatures Can Live In Worlds - in Hindi
“Creatures Can Live In Words” is in the Starite Cafe

Cried Alone

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live at the Cafe in Chicago 12/01/09

Crush/But I Won’t

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live at Cana-Dixie to Chi-town 12/15/09

from the poems about mom - cry for me
This poem is published with a series of poem about Kuypers’ mother
in the Starite Cafe

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Published in her book Close Cover Before Striking, read (for future audio CD release) 06/28/11 on WZRD radio, from the main camera

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Published in her book Close Cover Before Striking, read (for future audio CD release) 06/28/11 on WZRD radio, from the mini camera

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video 06/26/11 of the majority of the WZRD radio show with her reading poetry (including this poem) from the main camera

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video 06/26/11 of ~45 minutes of the WZRD radio show with her reading poetry (including this poem) from the mini cam

See YouTube video of the poem reading by Janet Kuypers of cry for me (w/ John playing guitar) in her 3/28/15 show “Journey” at Sisters on a Journey in Hyde Park in Chicago (Canon fs200)

See YouTube video of the poem reading by Janet Kuypers of cry for me (w/ John playing guitar) in her 3/28/15 show “Journey” at Sisters on a Journey in Hyde Park in Chicago (Canon Power Shot)

See YouTube video of the 3/28/15 Janet Kuypers show “Journey” (w/ John playing guitar) at Sisters on a Journey in Hyde Park in Chicago (filmed with a Canon fs200), of 14 poem readings about her mother, INCLUDING THIS POEM

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“Journey”, w/ poems read 3/28/15
at Sisters on a Journey show in Hyde Park (Chicago)

Cry To Be Held

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C Ra McGuirt reading live at the 2009 Cana-Dixie Union 05/09/09, Memphis

Curium (from the “Periodic Table of Poetry” series)
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as well as Poetry Life & Times Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2013 (through paper.li)

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of Janet Kuypers reading her “Periodic Table of Poetry” poem Curium in Nashville 10/26/13 in her Nashville Halloween feature

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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

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Nashville Halloween feature,
w/ Tag Team and Periodic Table poems in this show.

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of Janet Kuypers reading her Periodic Table poem Curium live 10/30/13 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (C)

See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading her Periodic Table poem Curium live 10/30/13 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (S)

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