Order this iTunes track: from Chaotic Elements (a 2 CD set)...Or order the entire CD set from iTunes CD: |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem I’ll Push the Cart 4/24/16 at Chicago’s 2016 Poetry Bomb at Bagdad Cemetery in Leander Texas (filmed with a Canon Power Shot camera). |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem I’ll Push the Cart 4/24/16 at Chicago’s 2016 Poetry Bomb at Bagdad Cemetery in Leander Texas (filmed with a Sony camera). |
Order this iTunes track: from the Chaotic Collection ...Or order the entire 5 CD set from iTunes: CD: |
Order this iTunes track: from the poetry audio CDetc. ...Or order the entire CD set from iTunes CD: |
Listen to the DMJ Art Connection, off the CD the DMJ Art Connection Disc One |
Listen Live at the Cafe, now available in a 3 CD set bonus track from the Chicago Poetry Fest, 2004 |
Watch this YouTube video of this poem read live in Chicago 09/12/03 at the “the Cycle of Life” DvA art gallery show |
Or watch the FULL video from the Internet Archive of the whole live the Cycle of Life DvA art gallery 09/12/03 Chicago show |
Listen to the live track (1:54, 09/12/03) from the DvA Art Gallery Chicago 09/12/03 performance The Cycle of Life. |
This is on the collection CD The Final. Get a copy for only $6.22. |
Watch this YouTube video (1:31) studio session “etc.” book reading for audio CD |
Watch this YouTube video read at at the open mic It’s A Grind (at a Coffee House) in Berkeley CA 09/14/09 |
Watch this YouTube video read at at the open mic It’s A Grind (at It’s A Grind Coffee House) in Berkeley CA 09/14/09 |
Order this iTunes track from the collection poetry music CD the Final ...Or order the entire CD from iTunes: |
edit this poem in wandering words... rearrange the words... or make a new poem either in Flash or in Java (Windows only)! |
Order this iTunes track: from the poetry audio CDetc. ...Or order the entire CD set from iTunes CD: |
Watch this YouTube video Live at Creation Relation (reading poetry live outdoors in Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana & Illinois 05/10/09 |
Order this iTunes track: from the Chaotic Collection ...Or order the entire 5 CD set from iTunes: CD: |
Order this iTunes track from the collection poetry music CD Side A ...Or order the entire CD from iTunes: |
Listen to The DMJ Art Connection, off the CD The DMJ Art Connection Disc One You can also hear a different version of this off the CD Indian Flux |
Watch half of the show video from Death Comes In Threes, with this writing, via the Internet Archive (31:34) |
Watch this YouTube video from Death Comes In Threes, live 03/18/03 in Chicago |
Listen to the CD recording of this piece used with the performance art show Death Comes in Threes 03/18/03 |
Watch the YouTube video The poems (I’m Not Sick, But I’m Not Well and Death is a Dog, 4:11) at the Jesse Oaks Lake County Politically UNcorrect poetry open mic (n. of Chicago) on 05/24/07 |
Watch this YouTube video (2:10) live at Jesse Oaks 07/19/07 The above YouTube video can also be seen at TAGGEDblinkx is also a location for the above YouTube video< |
Order this iTunes track: from the poetry audio CDetc. ...Or order the entire CD set from iTunes CD: |
Watch this YouTube video read at at the open mic at Sacred Grounds in San Francisco CA 09/16/09 |
Watch this YouTube video read at at the open mic at Sacred Grounds in San Francisco CA 09/16/09 |
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 3/5/11 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 Live at My Soul in the Trunk of my Car at Trunk Fest (part 2), in an outdoor Evanston IL feature 05/28/11 |
See the YouTube full video of My Soul in the Trunk of my Car (part 2) at Trunk Fest, live 05/28/11, w/ this writing |
Download the chapbook with this writing in My Soul in the Trunk of my Car (part 2) |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem I’m Not Sick, but I’m Not Well (from the book Fragments) in Chicago 11/24/13 (C) at her feature Book Expo 2013 Chicago |
Watch this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem I’m Not Sick, but I’m Not Well (from the book Fragments) in Chicago 11/24/13 (Threshold filter) at her feature Book Expo 2013 Chicago |
See YouTube video 7/3/16 of Janet Kuypers reading her 3 poems I’m not Sick, but I’m not Well, One oh Three Destruction Instructions: Run Faster and Oh, She Was a Woman at the Austin open mic Kick Butt Poetry (filmed from a Canon Power Shot camera). |
See YouTube video 7/3/16 of Janet Kuypers reading her 3 poems I’m not Sick, but I’m not Well, One oh Three Destruction Instructions: Run Faster and Oh, She Was a Woman at the Austin open mic Kick Butt Poetry (this video was filmed from a Sony camera). |
Watch this YouTube video afé in Chicago 06/22/10 |
Watch this YouTube video of part two of the “40” show live at the Café w/ this piece 06/22/10 |
Watch this YouTube video of part 2 of the “40” show w/ camera 2 @ the Café w/ this piece 06/22/10 |
Watch the Full Video from camera #1 as a downloadable mp4 file, live at the Café w/ this piece 06/22/10, from the Internet Archive. |
Watch the Full Video from camera #2 as a downloadable mp4 file, live at the Café w/ this piece 06/22/10, from the Internet Archive. |
Watch this YouTube video of this poem read live at the 07/19/11 open mic at the Café in Chicago (for her book Close Cover Before Striking) |
Watch this YouTube video of the intro to the 07/19/11 open mic at the Café in Chicago, & 3 poems (including this one) from her book Close Cover Before Striking |
Watch this YouTube video (2:05, 06/12/07, live at the Cafe) |
Watch this YouTube video C Ra McGuirt reading live at the 2009 Cana-Dixie Union 05/09/09, Memphis |
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 |
or read this poem, written by Cathleen Schandelmeier-Bartels, based on this poem (written 10/29/08), called Honoring Your Choices |
Watch this YouTube video live at the Lake County 2010 Poetry Bomb at Independence Grove forest preserve 04/18/10 |
Listen to this radio recording from WZRD Radio (in a 2 CD set) |
Order this iTunes track: from the Chaotic Collection ...Or order the entire 5 CD set from iTunes: CD: |
Listen to the CD recording from the CD Rough Mixes, by Pointless Orchestra |
Order this iTunes track from the collection poetry music CD the Final ...Or order the entire CD from iTunes: |
Order this iTunes track from the collection poetry music CD Side A ...Or order the entire CD from iTunes: |
Watch this YouTube video (:51) at a pool 06/16/07 in Denver, Colorado |
Listen to this live recording, performed at Cafe Aloha 04/23/02. |
Watch the YouTube video (1:03) live 08/05/07 at Beach Poets |
Watch this YouTube video (:31) live 11/09/10, at the Café opetry open mic in Chicago |
Watch this YouTube video 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 l12/04/10 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) |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem I’m Thinking About Myself Too Much (from the book The Stories of Women) in Chicago 11/24/13 (C) at her feature Book Expo 2013 Chicago |
Watch this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem I’m Thinking About Myself Too Much (from the book The Stories of Women) in Chicago 11/24/13 (S) at her feature Book Expo 2013 Chicago |
Watch this YouTube video live at the Cafe in Chicago 11/24/09 |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem i’ve played this game in Chicago 3/17/14 at the open mic Waiting 4 the Bus |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading many of her poems live (8 haiku poems, 4 poems, and a Periodic Table poem) in Chicago 3/17/14 at the Waiting 4 the Bus open mic INCLUDING THIS POEM |
Watch this YouTube video performed for C Ra McGuirt (Penny Dreadful Press) in Nashville 12/20/08 |
Watch the YouTube video from the show Stop. live 09/10/02 in Chicago |
Or see the full “Stop” show including the performance of this piece, as a .mov file, an .mp4 file, or as a raw .ogv file, from the Internet Archive |
Watch the YouTube video of a 10 minute portion of the 09/10/02 poetry show Stop, includeing this piece |
Listen live from the 03/03/02 CD & the Chicago 09/10/02 performance art show Stop. Look. Listen. |
Listen to the DMJ Art Connection, off the CD Manic Depressive or Something |
Listen or live tracks from the CD & performance art show How Do I Get There? |
Watch this YouTube video live at the show How Do I Get There 02/15/05, Chicago |
see the entire performance of How Do I Get There? 02/15/05 in Chicago live, via the Internet Archive |
Listen: (1:23) to this recording from Fusion Or order any track from the CD Fusion off of iTunes... |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ 3 poems Have You Ever Had, Understanding what’s Crazy and I Blow Bubbles at Georgetown’s Poetry Plus open mic at Cianfrani’s 3/11/16 (from a Canon Power Shot camera). |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ 3 poems Have You Ever Had, Understanding what’s Crazy and I Blow Bubbles at Georgetown’s Poetry Plus open mic at Cianfrani’s 3/11/16 (from a Nikon CooPix S7000 camera). |
Watch this YouTube video Live at Disenfranchised Doggerel (camera #1, Chicago, 07/31/09) |
Watch this YouTube video Live at Disenfranchised Doggerel (camera #2, Chicago, 07/31/09) |
See the full Disenfranchised Doggerel show video w/ this poem (camera #1) This film is from the Internet Archive |
See the full Disenfranchised Doggerel show video w/ this poem (camera #2) This film is from the Internet Archive |
edit this poem in wandering words... rearrange the words... or make a new poem either in Flash or in Java (Windows only)! |
Watch this YouTube video (:28, 06/12/07, live at the Winking Lizard in Macedonia Ohio 07/24/09) |
Watch this YouTube video Live at Disenfranchised Doggerel (camera #1, Chicago, 07/31/09) |
Watch this YouTube video Live at Disenfranchised Doggerel (camera #2, Chicago, 07/31/09) |
See the full Disenfranchised Doggerel show video w/ this poem (camera #1) This film is from the Internet Archive |
See the full Disenfranchised Doggerel show video w/ this poem (camera #2) This film is from the Internet Archive |
Order this iTunes track from the collection poetry music CD Side A ...Or order the entire CD from iTunes: |
Watch this YouTube video Live at Creation Relation (reading poetry live outdoors in Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana & Illinois 05/10/09 |
Listen to the CD recording of this, from the CD Change/Rearrange |
Listen to this radio recording from WZRD Radio (in a 2 CD set) |
Listen: (1:02) to this recording from Fusion |
Order this iTunes track: from the poetry audio CDetc. ...Or order the entire CD set from iTunes CD: |
Watch this YouTube video read at at Mediterranean Cafe in Berkeley CA 09/17/09 |
Watch this YouTube video read at at Mediterranean Cafe in Berkeley CA 09/17/09 |
Listen to the CD recording from the CD Rough Mixes, by Pointless Orchestra |
Listen to this live at Live at Cafe Aloha (Janet Kuypers/Jason Pettus show) |
Listen Live at the Cafe, now available in a 3 CD set |
Watch the YouTube video (1:51) live at Beach Poets 08/14/05 You can also see the above video at Files Tube |
Watch this YouTube video (4:07) recorded on the Pacific Ocean 12/07 near the Galapagos Islands |
Listen to this w/ The DMJ Art Connection off the CD Chaos In Motion |
Order this iTunes track: from the poetry audio CDetc. ...Or order the entire CD set from iTunes CD: |
Watch this YouTube video read live 12/18/11, at the Café weekly poetry open mike she hosts in Chicago (with music and video shown from the HA!man of South Africa) |
Watch this YouTube video 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 |
Watch this YouTube video read live 12/18/11, at the Café weekly poetry open mike she hosts in Chicago (with music and video shown from the HA!man of South Africa), from the Samsung Camera |
Order this iTunes track from the poetry audio CD “Oh.” audio CD ...Or order the entire CD set from iTunes: |
See YouTube video of Kuypers reading PART of this poem (video cut off) at Chicago’s Poetry Love Letters |
See YouTube video of Kuypers reading the poems “Touching Cobalt” and PART of the poem “I Dreamt About You Last Night” (video cut off) at Chicago’s Poetry Love Letters |
See YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem 4/24/13 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (Canon) |
See YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem 4/24/13 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (Sony) |
See YouTube video of Kuypers hosting the open mic 4/24/13 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago, plus her poem “I Dreamt About You Last Night” |
See YouTube video 9/11/15 of Janet Kuypers at the Chicago’s Roots Room reading her poems operation diligence and Looking fora Worthy Adversary, then singing her original song What we Need in Life, then reading her poem I dreamt about you last night, then covering the 1925 song (a cappella) Brother, Can you Spare a Dime, & finishing with her poem Under the Sea (Canon fs200, cropped & saturated). |
See YouTube video 9/11/15 of Janet Kuypers at the Chicago’s Roots Room reading her poems operation diligence and Looking fora Worthy Adversary, then singing her original song What we Need in Life, then reading her poem I dreamt about you last night, then covering the 1925 song (a capella) Brother, Can you Spare a Dime, & finishing with her poem Under the Sea (Canon fs200, cropped/saturated w/ sci-fi filter). |
See YouTube video 6/13/16 of Janet Kuypers reading her 3 poems Death is a Dog, and What I Want to Know and I Dreamt About You Last Night at the Austin open mic Kick Butt Poetry (from a Canon Power Shot camera). |
See YouTube video 6/13/16 of Janet Kuypers reading her 3 poems Death is a Dog, and What I Want to Know and I Dreamt About You Last Night at the Austin open mic Kick Butt Poetry (from a Sony camera). |
Watch this YouTube video live in the show Seeing a Psychiatrist 09/09/08, Chicago at the Cafe |
Order this iTunes track: from the Chaotic Collection ...Or order the entire 5 CD set from iTunes: CD: |
edit this poem in wandering words... rearrange the words... or make a new poem either in Flash or in Java (Windows only)! |
Watch this YouTube video (:19) at a pool 06/16/07 in Denver, Colorado |
Watch this YouTube video llive at the Café in Chicago 05/18/10 |
Watch this YouTube video of the Janet Kuypers poems Anyone Good Enough & I Have My Dreams, & Issues, at the intro for the open mic @ the Café in Chicago 05/18/10 |
Visit the Kuypers Twitter page for short poems— join http://twitter.com/janetkuypers. |
Listen: (:29) to this recording from Fusion And order this track, or ANY track, off the cd Fusion available at iTunes. |
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: |
Watch the YouTube video (1:24) live 08/05/07 at Beach poets |
edit this poem in wandering words... rearrange the words... or make a new poem either in Flash or in Java (Windows only)! |
Watch this YouTube video (1:19) live w/ music 09/07/10 at Elizabeth’s Crazy Little Thing at Phyllis’ Musical Inn in Chicago, w/ John Yotko |
Listen: (2:44) to this recording from Fusion |
Order this iTunes track: from Chaotic Elements (a 2 CD set)...Or order the entire CD set from iTunes CD: |
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: |
Watch this YouTube video live at Mercury Cafe in Chicago 08/28/09 |
Watch this YouTube video live at the Café in Chicago 03/09/10 |
Watch this YouTube video (with the “line drawing” filter) live at the Café in Chicago 03/09/10 |
Watch this YouTube video (recorded with a metallic filter) live at the Café in Chicago 03/09/10 |
Watch this YouTube video (with the Pastel Sketch filter) live at the Café in Chicago 03/09/10 |
Watch this YouTube video of the introduction at the Café in Chicago, plus the 2 poems Weeping Willow and I Look at the Letters Again |
Order this iTunes track: from the Chaotic Collection ...Or order the entire 5 CD set from iTunes: CD: |
edit this poem in wandering words... rearrange the words... or make a new poem either in Flash or in Java (Windows only)! |
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 |
Watch this YouTube video Live at Waiting4the Bus in Chicago 05/18/09 |
Watch this YouTube video of part 1 of the poem live at Waiting4the Busin Chicago 05/18/09 |
Watch this YouTube video of part 2 of the poem live at Waiting4the Busin Chicago 05/18/09 |
Watch this YouTube video of part 2 of the poem live at Waiting4the Busin Chicago 05/18/09 |
Watch this YouTube video of her reading this poem 10/01/11 at Studio 914/Chicago Underground Library (Sony), for Chicago Calling |
Watch this YouTube video of her reading this poem 10/01/11 at Studio 914/Chicago Underground Library (Canon), for Chicago Calling |
Watch this YouTube video of her poem readings 10/01/11 at Studio 914/Chicago Underground Library (Canon), for Chicago Calling |
Order this iTunes track: from Chaotic Elements (a 2 CD set)...Or order the entire CD set from iTunes CD: |
Order this iTunes track: from Chaotic Elements (a 2 CD set)...Or order the entire CD set from iTunes CD: |
Watch this YouTube video read live 09/06/11, at the Café open mike she hosts in Chicago |
Watch this Complete feature video of Kuypers live 09/06/11, at the Café open mike in Chicago, performing readings (including this writing) from the book Contents Under Pressure |
Order this iTunes track: from the Chaotic Collection ...Or order the entire 5 CD set from iTunes: CD: |
Watch this YouTube video live, the Cafe 12/16/08, Chicago |
Watch this YouTube video original poem read backwards in New Orleans 12/22/08 |
Watch this YouTube video original poem read at a bookstore in New Orleans 12/22/08 (of course, with an Ayn Rand Objectivism nonfiction book in her hand...) |
Listen to the DMJ Art Connection, off the CD Manic Depressive or Something |
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 |
Listen to this from the CD release from the first performance art show (08/14/97) Seeing Things Differently |
Listen live to the 2nd Axing at the open mic Sing Your Life |
Watch this YouTube video (1:54) 07/17/07 from Living in a Big World This YouTube video can also be seen at ersn.net |
Watch this YouTube video (1:53) 07/17/07 from Living in a Big World |
Watch the YouTube video Published in her book Close Cover Before Striking, read (for future audio CD release) live at Striking with Nature and Humanity at Trunk Fest , in an outdoor Evanston IL feature 06/25/11 |
See the full YouTube video of Striking with Nature and Humanity at Trunk Fest, live 06/25/11, with this writing |
Download the chapbook with this writing in Striking with Nature and Humanity |
Order this iTunes track: from the Chaotic Collection ...Or order the entire 5 CD set from iTunes: CD: |
edit this poem in wandering words... rearrange the words... or make a new poem either in Flash or in Java (Windows only)! |
Listen to this w/ the DMJ Art Connection with vocals by Monica Fowler |
Listen: (:57) to this recording from Fusion |
Watch this YouTube video live in the show Seeing a Psychiatrist 09/09/08, Chicago at the Cafe |
Watch this YouTube video 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 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) |
edit this poem in wandering words... rearrange the words... or make a new poem either in Flash or in Java (Windows only)! |
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: |
Listen to the DMJ Art Connection, off the CD Indian Flux |
Watch this YouTube video 1:09 live at the Cafe 03/13/07 |
Watch this YouTube video 1:32 from Constantpoetry.com |
Order this iTunes track: from the Chaotic Collection ...Or order the entire 5 CD set from iTunes: CD: |
See YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem as if she were on the phone in her “overheard conversations” series 8/15/12 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (Canon) |
See YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem as if she were on the phone in her “overheard conversations” series 8/15/12 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (Canon) |
See YouTube video of Kuypers reading many poems as if she were on the phone in “overheard conversations” 8/15/12 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (Canon) |
See YouTube video of Kuypers reading many poems as if she were on the phone in “overheard conversations” 8/15/12 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (Canon) |
See YouTube video of Kuypers’ open mike 8/15/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago, plus her poetry - including this piece |
edit this poem in wandering words... rearrange the words... or make a new poem either in Flash or in Java (Windows only)! |
See YouTube video 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 the YouTube video Published in her book Close Cover Before Striking, read (for future audio CD release) 06/28/11 on WZRD radio, from the main camera |
Watch the YouTube video 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 |
Watch this YouTube video live at Cana-Dixie to Chi-town 12/15/09 |
Watch this YouTube video read live 09/06/11, at the Café open mike she hosts in Chicago |
Watch this Complete feature video of Kuypers live 09/06/11, at the Café open mike in Chicago, performing readings (including this writing) from the book Contents Under Pressure |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem If She’s There 10/5/15 at Weeds open mic in Chicago (Canon fs200) |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem If She’s There 10/5/15 at Weeds open mic in Chicago (Canon Power Shot) |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ 4 poems 10/5/15 at the Chicago open mic Weeds (Cfs), w/ Gouge Out Their Eyes, If She’s There — which led into She’s Going Home, and ending with Some People Want to Believe. |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ 4 poems 10/5/15 at the Chicago open mic Weeds (Cps), w/ Gouge Out Their Eyes, If She’s There — which led into She’s Going Home, and ending with Some People Want to Believe. |
Watch this YouTube video live at Cana-Dixie to Chi-town 12/15/09 |
Visit the Kuypers Twitter page for short poems— join http://twitter.com/janetkuypers. |
See YouTube video of the Janet Kuypers reading her haiku imprisoned / ignorance 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 imprisoned / ignorance 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 Vine video of Janet Kuypers saying her haiku imprisoned / ignorance (written in India) outside near a fence and a metal rail (recorded off I35 in Austin TX 8/19/15 (filmed on a Motorola phone camera) |
See Vine video of Janet Kuypers saying her haiku imprisoned / ignorance (written in India) outside near a fence and a metal rail (recorded off I35 in Austin TX 8/19/15 (filmed on a Motorola, w/ a Threshold filter) |
See Vine video of Janet Kuypers’ haiku imprisoned / ignorance from Scars’ Down in the Dirt issue book the Intersection (Samsung) |
Watch the YouTube video Published in her book Close Cover Before Striking, read (for future audio CD release) 06/28/11 on WZRD radio, from the main camera |
Watch the YouTube video 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 |
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 Periodic Table poem Indium 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 Indium live 2/23/14 at Chemistry, Poetry and a Brat in Kenosha WI at the Brat Stop (C, Edge Detection) |
Listen to this with the Second Axing |
Listen to this track performed live and included in the 3 CD set Live at the Cafe, now available for sale online at iTunes. |
This is on the CD Stop. Look. Listen to the Music, with songs from Mom’s Favorite Vase, Weeds & Flowers & The Second Axing for $6.22. |
Listen to this original song from the 90s band Mom’s Favorite Vase, new available at iTunes. |
Watch video from the show A Night of Firsts, 06/22/04 from the Internet Archive |
Watch this YouTube video 3:48, from the 06/22/04 show A Night of Firsts |
Watch this YouTube video (2:51) at Jesse Oaks 07/19/07 |
(2:33) Watch this YouTube video of PART of the song live, the Galapagos Islands 12/24/07 to people from South America, the U.S., Canada, & Austria (performed on a boat) |
Watch this YouTube video performed for C Ra McGuirt in Nashville 12/20/08 |
Watch this YouTube video live @ Beach Poets 07/18/10 in Chicago |
Watch this YouTube video live at Chicago’s Gallery Cabaret 6/29/11. |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers performing 3 songs (with John on guitar) 1/24/16 at the Austin music open mic at B.B. Rover’s, covering Hank Williams’ I’m Free at Last, the Smiths’ London (changing the town in the song to Houston), & singing her MFV song In Love I Abide (Cps). |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers performing 3 songs (with John on guitar) 1/24/16 at the Austin music open mic at B.B. Rover’s, covering Hank Williams’ I’m Free at Last, the Smiths’ London (changing the town in the song to Houston), & singing her MFV song In Love I Abide (Nikon). |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers performing 3 songs (with John on guitar) 1/31/16 at the Austin music open mic at B.B. Rover’s, covering George Michael’s Waiting (reprise), the Eurythmics’ I Need You, & singing her MFV song In Love I Abide (from a Canon Power Shot). |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers performing 3 songs (with John on guitar) 1/31/16 at the Austin music open mic at B.B. Rover’s, covering George Michael’s Waiting (reprise), the Eurythmics’ I Need You, & singing her MFV song In Love I Abide (from a Nikon CoolPix S7000). |
Listen to this track from the DMJ Art Connection, off the CD Manic Depressive or Something, which is now available for sale online at iTunes. |
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: |
Order this iTunes track: from the Chaotic Collection ...Or order the entire 5 CD set from iTunes: CD: |
Watch this YouTube video (2:27) at the Denver airport 06/17/07 in Denver, Colorado |
Watch this YouTube video (1:53) 07/17/07 from Living in a Big World |
Watch this YouTube video of the most popular video Kuypers has ever released (1:54), 07/17/07 from Living in a Big World |
this is the lead video (of many Kuypers videos) on World News Network |
See the above YouTube video from camera #1 on dipity’s “the Painted Tower” |
Watch the YouTube video (3:47) Live at Beach Poets 08/14/05 |
Watch this YouTube video (6:54) recorded on the Pacific Ocean 12/07 near the Galapagos Islands |
listen to parts in the CD recording of In The Air from the CD (used for the show) Changing Gears: in the mountains: off the CD Changing Gears, which is now available for sale online at iTunes. |
Watch the YouTube video (:30) the part about mountains, live 06/17/03, Changing Gears |
Watch the YouTube video (:34) the part referencing Fort Myers Florida, live 06/17/03, Changing Gears |
See the entire performance of the live show Changing Gears 06/17/03, hosted by the Internet Archive |
Listen to this live recording, performed at Cafe Aloha 04/23/02. |
Watch this YouTube video 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 (12/4/10 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) |
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 |
Watch this YouTube video live at the Winking Lizard in Ohio 10/10/08 |
Order this from the live CD the Stories of Women (from a live performance at Swing State) ...You can also always order the entire CD from Amazon |
Watch this YouTube video 1:44, 11/06/10 in Lake Villa at Swing State, in Sexism and other stories |
Watch this YouTube video 11/06/10 from the TV camera in Lake Villa’s Swing State, live in her “Visual Nonsense” show Sexism and other stories |
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 |
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 |
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 |
See YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem 12/5/12 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (Sony) |
See YouTube video of Kuypers hosting the open mic 12/5/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago, plus her poetry |
Order this iTunes track: from the Chaotic Collection ...Or order the entire 5 CD set from iTunes: CD: |
Listen to two different versions of this piece this is from the DMJ Art Connection, off the CD Indian Flux |
edit this poem in wandering words... rearrange the words... or make a new poem either in Flash or in Java (Windows only)! |
Watch this YouTube video (1:00, 06/11/07) |
See YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem live at Dan Shapiro’s rigged open mic in Logan Square (Chicago) at Cole’s bar 4/14/13 |
See YouTube video of Kuypers reading a set of poems (“the Burning” and 3 near-death accident-related poems) live at Dan Shapiro’s rigged open mic in Logan Square (Chicago) at Cole’s bar 4/14/13 |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Ingrained in Your Head 4/24/16 at Chicago’s 2016 Poetry Bomb at Bagdad Cemetery in Leander Texas (filmed with a Canon Power Shot camera). |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Ingrained in Your Head 4/24/16 at Chicago’s 2016 Poetry Bomb at Bagdad Cemetery in Leander Texas (filmed with a Sony camera). |
Visit the Kuypers Twitter page for short poems— join http://twitter.com/janetkuypers. |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku instead live 9/27/14 on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio (Canon) |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku instead live 9/27/14 on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio (Sony) |
Download this poem in the free chapbook “6 Second Poems”, w/ poems read on 9/27/14 WZRD 88.3 FM radio |
See Vine video 9/27/14 of Janet Kuypers’ haiku instead live on WZRD Chicago radio 9/27/14 (Canon fs200) |
See Vine video 9/27/14 of Janet Kuypers’ haiku instead live on WZRD Chicago radio 9/27/14 (Sony) |
Watch this YouTube video (5:57) studio session “etc.” book reading for audio CD 08/14/07 |
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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. |
Watch the YouTube video 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”) This radio show reading was also in the “Sweet Home Chicago” podcast at Sundown Lounge (no. 311 2/22/13) |
See YouTube video 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 |
See YouTube video 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 |
Watch this YouTube video 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 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” |
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. |
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. |
Watch this YouTube video of this “Periodic Table of Poetry” poem read live in Chicago 1/9/13 at Elizabeth’s Crazy Little Thing |
Watch this YouTube video of Kuypers reading 3 “Periodic Table of Poetry” poems (Promethium, Livermorium, & Lead, recorded from a Android camera) read live in Chicago 1/9/13 at Elizabeth’s Crazy Little Thing |
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 reading this poem 4/18/13 for “The Return of Joe Roarty” at the Loft at Fizz Bar in Chicago (from the Canon camera) |
See YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem 4/18/13 for “The Return of Joe Roarty” at the Loft at Fizz Bar in Chicago (from the Sony camera) |
See YouTube video of Kuypers performing poetry in her feature 4/18/13 for “The Return of Joe Roarty” at the Loft at Fizz Bar (Canon), which includes this poem. |
See YouTube video of Kuypers performing poetry in the feature 4/18/13 for “The Return of Joe Roarty” at the Loft at Fizz Bar (Sony, Edge Detection filter), which includes this poem. |
See YouTube video of Kuypers performing poetry in the feature 4/18/13 for “The Return of Joe Roarty” at the Loft at Fizz Bar (Sony), which includes this poem. |
See YouTube video of Kuypers performing poetry in the feature 4/18/13 for “The Return of Joe Roarty” at the Loft at Fizz Bar (Sony, Watercolor filter), which includes this poem. |
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). |
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 Sony camera). |
Watch this YouTube video read live 10/04/11 in the the Café show 10/04/11, with music & video from the HA!man of South Africa |
Watch this Complete feature video of Kuypers live 10/04/11 in the the Café show 10/04/11, performing this poem and more with video & music from musicians around the world |
Watch this Complete feature video of the FULL SHOW of most everyone live 10/04/11 at the Café for Chicago Calling, including Kuypers performing poetry with music & video |
Watch this YouTube video C Ra McGuirt reading live at the 2009 Cana-Dixie Union 05/09/09, Memphis |
Order this iTunes track: from Chaotic Elements (a 2 CD set)...Or order the entire CD set from iTunes CD: |
Order this iTunes track from the poetry audio CD the DMJ Art Connection Disc 1 ...Or order the entire CD from iTunes: |
Watch this YouTube video Read by John Yotko live at Cafe Aloha 03/12/02 |
Watch this live video 3/12/02 at Cafe Aloha read by John Yotko from the Internet Archive You can laos listen to this live recording as a (low quality) Macintosh .aif file, a (low quality) Linux .au filean mp3 file, a (low quality) wav file or even as a real audio (.ra) file, performed live at Cafe Aloha 03/12/02. |
Watch this YouTube video (2:15, 06/13/07) |
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Order this iTunes track from the poetry audio CD “Oh.” audio CD ...Or order the entire CD set from iTunes: |
Watch this YouTube video from Death Comes In Threes, live 03/18/03 in Chicago |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Isn’t That What It’s All About live 1/6/16 at Rad Radam Open Stage in Austin TX (from a Nikon Cool Pix S7000). |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Isn’t That What It’s All About live 1/6/16 at Rad Radam Open Stage in Austin TX (from a Canon Power Shot camera). |
Watch this YouTube video live at the Winking Lizard in Ohio 10/10/08 |
Watch this YouTube video llive at the Café in Chicago 05/18/10 |
Watch this YouTube video of the Janet Kuypers poems Anyone Good Enough & I Have My Dreams, & Issues, at the intro for the open mic @ the Café in Chicago 05/18/10 |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading (C) her poem I started writing this poem when from her “Partial Nudity” book release show 6/18/14 at Chicago’s the Café Gallery |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading (S) her poem I started writing this poem when from her “Partial Nudity” book release show 6/18/14 at Chicago’s the Café Gallery |
See YouTube video of the Janet Kuypers book release feature “Partial Nudity” (C) live 6/18/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem It’s Just Not Right 4/24/16 at Chicago’s 2016 Poetry Bomb at Bagdad Cemetery in Leander Texas (filmed with a Canon Power Shot camera). |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem It’s Just Not Right 4/24/16 at Chicago’s 2016 Poetry Bomb at Bagdad Cemetery in Leander Texas (filmed with a Sony camera). |
Watch this YouTube video (1:44) 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 |
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 |
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 |