Ugly babies need the most love (twitter-length poem)
Visit the Kuypers Twitter page for short poems— join http://twitter.com/janetkuypers.
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  See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length poem Ugly babies need the most love from cc&d mag, v245 live 10/16/13 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (C) |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length poem Ugly babies need the most love from cc&d mag, v245 live 10/16/13 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (S) |
unclean left hands
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem unclean left hands live 12/4/13 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (C) |
 See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem unclean left hands live 12/4/13 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (Posterized) |
Unconscious
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Live in Chicago at the Café
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 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” |
uncuffed
 See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her Star Trekpoem uncuffed live 3/18/15 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (Canon fs200) |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her Star Trekpoem uncuffed live 3/18/15 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (Canon Power Shot) |
See YouTube video of the Janet Kuypers reading her Star Trek poem Uncuffed in her 3/21/15 show Imzadi at Ch Fi 2015 in Chicago (Canon fs200) |
See YouTube video of the Janet Kuypers reading her Star Trek poem Uncuffed in her 3/21/15 show Imzadi at Ch Fi 2015 in Chicago (Canon Power Shot) |
Download this poem in the free chapbook “Imzadi”, w/ poems read on 3/21/15 at the Ch Fi 2015 convention in Chicago, including this poem. |
uncuffed and printed
Under Constant Supervision
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Under Constant Supervision live 9/4/13 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (C) |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading ther poem Under Constant Supervision live 9/4/13 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (S) |
See YouTube video of Eric Esden reading the Janet Kuypers poem Under Constant Supervision live 9/18/13 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (C) |
See YouTube video of Eric Esden reading the Janet Kuypers poem Under Constant Supervision live 9/18/13 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (posterized) |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Under Constant Supervision in Nashville 10/26/13 in her Nashville Halloween feature |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her “Periodic Table” poems (and two original songs) live in her Chicago 10/20/13 feature Nashville Halloween feature, including this writing |
Download this free chapbook of the Nashville Halloween feature, w/ Tag Team and Periodic Table poems in this show. |
Under his Bed
from the plush horse stories - under his jeans
This poem is in the Starite Cafe
 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 |
Under my Fingers (from the “this poem is about...” series)
Watch the YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem at the open mike 2/1/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago |
Watch the YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem at the open mike 2/1/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago (from the Sony cam) |
Watch the YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem at the open mike 2/1/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago (w/ music & video from the HA!man of South Afric / Francois Le Roux) from Samsung |
Under the Sea
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Listen  Live at the Cafe,now available in a 3 CD set |
Watch this 05/16/07 video: (0:36)This film is from the Internet Archive |
(05/16/07, 0:44) Watch this YouTube video |
Watch video from the show A Night of Firsts This film is from the Internet Archive |
Watch this YouTube video (1:36) from the show A Night of Firsts |
Watch the YouTube video (1:25) live 08/05/07 at Beach poets |
Watch this YouTube video (:42) recorded on the Pacific Ocean 12/07 near the Galapagos Islands you can also find the above YouTube video listed at  AOL television |
Watch this YouTube video (:44) video 12/07 collage (of Kuypers swimming in the Pacific Ocean with many blue fish, a Sally Longfoot (crab), a dolphin in the Pacific, a lion seal, and a Giant Tortoise from the Galapagos Islands 12/07) |
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Listen to the DMJ Art Connection
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Watch the YouTube video (1:31) live 4/14/09 at the Cafe |
Watch this YouTube video read at Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco (with Alcatraz in the background) 09/14/09 |
Watch this YouTube video of the Cutting Room Floor at the Palos Park Public Library 10/07/09 |
or see the full 10/07/09 Video at the Palos Park Public Library of the Cutting Room Floor via the Internet Archive |
Watch this YouTube video 06/21/10, Café Ballou (at Waiting 4 the Bus) in Chicago |
Watch this YouTube video read live 12/18/11, at the Café weekly poetry open mike she hosts in Chicago |
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 (from memory) 12/18/11, at the last meeting at the Café weekly poetry open mike she hosts in Chicago, from the Samsung Camera |
Watch this YouTube video read live (from memory) 12/18/11, at the last meeting at the Café weekly poetry open mike she hosts in Chicago, from the Kodak Camera |
Watch this YouTube video the majority (all but th last 2 poems) of her reading many poems 12/18/11 at the Café in Chicago (from the Kodak camera) including this writing |
Watch the YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem at the open mike 01/18/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago |
Watch the YouTube video of Kuypers reading poetry (including this poem) at the open mike 01/18/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago |
Watch the YouTube video of Kuypers in the 2nd half of the poetry open mike 01/18/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago (which includes this poem reading) |
Watch the YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem at the open mike 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 mike 5/9/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago, plus her poetry (w/ live piano from Gary) from the Sony video camera |
Watch this YouTube video of Kuypers singing this poem live in Chicago at Ruffled Feathers open mike 6/11/12 (from the Sony camera) |
Watch this YouTube video of Kuypers singing this poem live in Chicago at Ruffled Feathers open mike 6/11/12 (from the Samsung camera) |
Watch the YouTube video of this Kuypers reading the poem live 1/26/13 on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio (Canon) |
See YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem 3/13/13 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (from the Canon) |
See YouTube video of Kuypers hosting the open mic 3/13/13 at the Café Gallery in Chicago, plus her reading this poem |
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 Dave Gecic reading this Janet Kuypers poem Under the Sea live 6/26/13 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago |
See YouTube video of Kuypers hosting the open mic 6/26/13 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago — with Dave Gecic reading this poem |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her Periodic Table poem Under the Sea live 11/6/13 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (C) |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers hosting the open mic 11/6/13 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago, plus reading this poem |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Under the Sea live 4/29/15 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (video recorded with a Canon fs200 video camera) |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Under the Sea live 4/29/15 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (video recorded with a Canon Power Shot) |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers singing (John on guitar) Leonard Cohen’s Coming Back to You, her poem Made Any Difference, the Eurythmics’ I Need You, her poem Under the Sea (set to Beatles music), & George Michael’s Waiting (Reprise) 2/16/16 at The Uptown Social open mic in Georgetown TX (Cps). |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers singing (John on guitar) Leonard Cohen’s Coming Back to You, her poem Made Any Difference, the Eurythmics’ I Need You, her poem Under the Sea (set to Beatles music), & George Michael’s Waiting (Reprise) 2/16/16 at The Uptown Social open mic in Georgetown TX (N). |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ 3 poems from memory, Too Far, Fantastic Car Crash, and Under the Sea 6/26/16 at the Austin music open mic Kick Butt Poetry (this video was filmed with a Canon Power Shot camera). |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ 3 poems from memory, Too Far, Fantastic Car Crash, and Under the Sea 6/26/16 at the Austin music open mic Kick Butt Poetry (this video was filmed with a Sony camera). |
Experimental Poetry: Understand
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Understanding what’s Crazy
 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). |
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). |
Understood
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Understood live 1/29/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (C) |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Understoodlive 1/29/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (S) |
Under Your Total Control (from the “this poem is about...” series)
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Watch the YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem at the open mike 2/1/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago |
unique noise
See YouTube video (Cps) of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Unique Noise 11/22/15 at the Austin open mic Kick Butt Poetry |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading 3 poems 11/22/15 at the Austin open mic Kick Butt Poetry (Canon Power Shot), with Us, Actually Touching, Entering the Lake of Fire, & Unique Noise. |
Uneven Ground Beneath my Feet
universe ((haiku, on twitter)
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Visit the Kuypers Twitter page for short poems— join http://twitter.com/janetkuypers.
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See YouTube video (C) of Bob Lawrence reading the Janet Kuypers haiku universe in the “Partial Nudity” book release show 6/18/14 at Chicago’s the Café Gallery |
See YouTube video (S) of Bob Lawrence reading the Janet Kuypers haiku universe 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 universe (originally in her books Partial Nudity and 100 Haikus) live 12/17/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (Canon) |
See Vine video of Janet Kuypers performing her poem universe (originally in her books 100 Haikus and Partial Nudity) live 12/17/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (Sony, posterize) |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers performing her series of her haiku poems INCLUDING THIS ONE live 12/17/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (Canon) |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers performing her series of her haiku poems INCLUDING THIS ONE 12/17/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (Sony, posterize) |
See a Vine video of Janet Kuypers practicing her twitter-length haiku universe as a looping JKPoetryVine video 5/7/16 for her poetry show today at Austin’s the Baha’i Center. |
See a Vine video of Janet Kuypers practicing her twitter-length haiku universe as a looping JKPoetryVine video 5during her Expressions 2016 show, her 1st Austin poetry show 5/7/16. |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers in her 5/7/16 show “Love in the Universe” in her first scheduled feature at Expressions 2016: Reasons to be Cheerful in Austin (Cps), first singing (with John singing and on guitar) the Depeche Mode song The Bottom Line (with altered chorus lyrics for heir wedding), then with her poems
Pluto, Plutonium & Death (a bonus Periodic Table poem),
her haiku universe,
observer’s love poem (2016 edit),
everything is my home,
Wanted To Play, and
electricity.
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers in her 5/7/16 show “Love in the Universe” in her first scheduled feature at Expressions 2016: Reasons to be Cheerful in Austin (Sony), first singing (with John singing and on guitar) the Depeche Mode song The Bottom Line (with altered chorus lyrics for heir wedding), then with her poems
Pluto, Plutonium & Death (a bonus Periodic Table poem),
her haiku universe,
observer’s love poem (2016 edit),
everything is my home,
Wanted To Play, and
electricity.
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Download all of the show poems in the free chapbook Love in the Universe 5/7/16 at Expressions 2016: Reasons to be Cheerful show in Austin |
See Twitter video of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku universe from Down in the Dirt’s v137 Scars Publications book The Hive 5/30/16. |
Universe... Now In Color
Watch this YouTube video of this poem read live at the 07/19/11 mini-feature night at the Café in Chicago at her feature Astronomy 101 |
See feature-length YouTube video 07/19/11 of Janet Kuypers performing her poetry in her feature Astronomy 101 @ Chicago’s the Café |
 
Download this writing in the free 07/19/11 PDF feature chapbook Astronomy 101 |
unless (haiku, on twitter)
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Visit the Kuypers Twitter page for short poems— join http://twitter.com/janetkuypers.
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See YouTube video of the Janet Kuypers reading her haiku unless 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 unless in her 3/14/15 show “India Stories” at the Art Colony in Chicago (Canon Power Shot) w/ HA!Man of South Africa music |
unmarried women and dead bodies everywhere
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem unmarried women and dead bodies everywhere at the Wormwood Poetry Collective in Chicago 3/10/15 (Canon Power Shot) |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem unmarried women and dead bodies everywhere at the Wormwood Poetry Collective in Chicago 3/10/15 (Canon Power Shot, Posterize) |
See YouTube video of the Janet Kuypers reading her poem unmarried women and dead bodies everywhere in her 3/14/15 show “India Stories” at the Art Colony in Chicago (Canon fs200) w/ HA!Man of South Africa music |
See YouTube video of the Janet Kuypers reading her poem unmarried women and dead bodies everywhere in her 3/14/15 show “India Stories” at the Art Colony in Chicago (Canon Power Shot) w/ HA!Man of South Africa music |
Unscathed
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Watch this YouTube video Live at the 2009 Poetry Game Show, live in Chicago 04/14/09 |
Or see the complete feature video with Kuypers & 6 readers, w/ 15 poems & prose poems live at the 2009 Poetry Game Show 04/14/09 in Chicago. This video is w/ the Internet Archive |
Or view the the 2009 Poetry Game Show mpeg video (from another camera) at the Internet Archive |
until the next truck comes (twitter-length poem)
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Visit the Kuypers Twitter page for short poems— join http://twitter.com/janetkuypers.
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading (C) hertwitter-length poem Until the Next Truck Comes from cc&d magazine, in the book and Then he Moved live 8/27/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length poem Until the Next Truck Comes from cc&d magazine, in the book and Then he Moved live 8/27/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (S) |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers hosting the open mic 8/27/14 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago, where she reads poetry, including this poem |
Untitled (1986)
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 |
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Order this iTunes track:  from Chaotic Elements (a 2 CD set)...Or order the entire CD set from iTunes or Napster CD:
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untitled (1988)
untitled 6/11/15 (two-tweet poem)
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem untitled 6/11/15 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 untitled 6/11/15 4/24/16 at Chicago’s 2016 Poetry Bomb at Bagdad Cemetery in Leander Texas (filmed with a Sony camera). |
untitled, Father’s Day
Ununoctium (from the “Periodic Table of Poetry” series)
also see this poem at Artvilla
Watch this YouTube video of this “Periodic Table of Poetry” poem read live in Chicago 11/17/12 (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 |
Download this free chapbook On the Edge of the Table, w/ the Periodic Table of Poetry poems toward the end of the Periodic Table. |
Ununpentium (from the “Periodic Table of Poetry” series)
also see this poem at Artvilla
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Download this free chapbook On the Edge of the Table, w/ the Periodic Table of Poetry poems toward the end of the Periodic Table. |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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, with a Posterize filter) |
Watch this YouTube video of this “Periodic Table of Poetry” poem read live in Chicago’ Frankenstone Art Gallery 12/17/12 (Canon, with a Sepia Tone filter) |
Watch this YouTube video of this “Periodic Table of Poetry” poem read live in Chicago’ Frankenstone Art Gallery 12/17/12 (Canon) |
Watch this YouTube video of this “Periodic Table of Poetry” poem read live in Chicago’ Frankenstone Art Gallery 12/17/12 (Canon, with a sharpened film grain filter) |
Ununseptium (from the “Periodic Table of Poetry” series)
also see this poem at Artvilla
This poem was nominated in the Periodic Table of Poetry 2014 release for the Pushcart Prize
See YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem 1/2/13 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (from the Canon camera) |
See YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem 1/2/13 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (from the Sony camera) |
See YouTube video of Kuypers reading 5 Periodic Table of Poetry” poems 1/2/13 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (from the Canon camera), including this poem |
See YouTube video of Kuypers reading 5 Periodic Table of Poetry” poems 1/2/13 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (from the Canon, w#&047; Threshold filter), including this poem |
See YouTube video of Kuypers reading 5 Periodic Table of Poetry” poems 1/2/13 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (from the Sony camera), including this poem |
See YouTube video of Kuypers reading 5 Periodic Table of Poetry” poems 1/2/13 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (from the Sony, w/ Posterize filter), including this poem |
See YouTube video of Kuypers hosting the open mic 1/2/13 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago, plus this periodica table poem |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her Periodic Table poem Ununseptium 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 Ununseptium live 2/23/14 at Chemistry, Poetry and a Brat in Kenosha WI’s the Brat Stop (C, Edge Det.) |
See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading this Periodic Table poem Ununseptium in her Crossing Borders for International (and Interplanetary) Peace feature, live in Chicago 10/8/14 at Cup & Spoon, for Chicago Calling (C)
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See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading this Periodic Table poem Ununseptium in her Crossing Borders for International (and Interplanetary) Peace feature, live in Chicago 10/8/14 at Cup & Spoon, for Chicago Calling (Sony)
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Download this poem & more in the free PDF Crossing Borders for International (and Interplanetary) Peace chapbook, w/ Periodic Table of Poetry poems. |
Ununtrium (from the “Periodic Table of Poetry” series)
also see this poem at Artvilla
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her “Periodic Table of Poetry” poem Ununtrium in Nashville 10/26/13 in her Nashville Halloween feature |
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her “Periodic Table” poems (and two original songs) live in her Chicago 10/20/13 feature Nashville Halloween feature, including this writing |
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Download this free chapbook of the Nashville Halloween feature, w/ Tag Team and Periodic Table poems in this show. |
Update 2011 on the Man who Loved me
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 |
See YouTube video
Live in her feature Celebrating with Song at the Café in Chicago
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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 |
Upstage Everyone Else
Watch this YouTube video read live in the show “hmmm” 11/20/11 at the Café open mike in Chicago |
Watch this YouTube video of the entire Janet Kuypers show “hmm” live 11/20/11 at the Café open mike in Chicago |
Watch this YouTube video read live at Café Mestizo 1/21/12, with music & video from the HA!man of South Africa (Francois Le Roux) open mike in Chicago |
 Watch this YouTube video of her reading “Upstage Everyone Else” and “n a High Horse Like This” live at Café Mestizo 1/21/12, with music & video from the HA!man of South Africa (Francois Le Roux) open mike in Chicago |
See YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem 3/18/13 at the Frankenstone art center in Chicago (Canon) |
See YouTube video of Kuypers performing 5 poems (including this one) in a poetry reading to “Make people Think” 3/18/13 at Chicago’s Frankenstone art center (Canon) |
upturn ((haiku, on twitter)
This poem was nominated in the 100 Haikus 2014 press release for the (40 year) Pushcart Prize
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Visit the Kuypers Twitter page for short poems— join http://twitter.com/janetkuypers.
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku upturn live 3/12/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (C) |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku upturnlive 3/12/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (C, Postrize) |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku poems, “falling”, “sort”, and “upturn” from the v252 issue of cc&d mag, titled Beyond the Gates live 10/22/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (Canon Power Shot) |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her haiku poems, “falling”, “sort”, and “upturn” from the v252 issue of cc&d magazine, titled Beyond the Gates live 10/22/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (C) |
Uranium (from the “Periodic Table of Poetry” series)
also see this poem at Artvilla
See YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem (from “the Periodic Table of Poetry”) in “the Elements of Astronomy” live at Evanston’s Perla Cafe 8/25/12 (Canon) |
See YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem (from “the Periodic Table of Poetry”) in “the Elements of Astronomy” live at Evanston’s Perla Cafe 8/25/12 (Samsung) |
See YouTube video of Kuypers reading 5 poems (inlcuding this one) from “the Periodic Table of Poetry” in “the Elements of Astronomy” live at Evanston’s Perla Cafe 8/25/12 (Canon) |
See YouTube video of Kuypers reading 5 poems (inlcuding this one) from “the Periodic Table of Poetry” in “the Elements of Astronomy” live at Evanston’s Perla Cafe 8/25/12 (Samsung) |
Download edited astronomy-related “the Periodic Table of Poetry” poems in the free PDF flie chapbook the Elements of Astronomy. |
See YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem 1/16/13 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (from the Canon camera) |
See YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem 1/16/13 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (from the Sony camera) |
See YouTube video of Kuypers hosting the open mic 1/16/13 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago, plus her poetry |
Watch this Youtube video of Janet Kuypers reading the poem Uranium live at “Poetry Love Letters” 7/12/13 |
Watch this Youtube video of Janet Kuypers reading the poems Radium and Uranium live at “Poetry Love Letters” 7/12/13 (with the Watercolor filter) |
Us, Actually Touching
This poem was nominated in the Partial Nudity 2014 release for the (40 year) Pushcart Prize
Watch this YouTube video read live 11/27/11, at the Café open mike she hosts in Chicago |
Watch this YouTube video of the intro to the 11/27/11 weekly poetry open mike at the Café in Chicago, & her reading her poem “Us, Actually Touching” |
Watch this YouTube video live at Café Ballou 1/2/12, with John Yotko on guitar and sampled wind-up clock ticking (from the Samsung) |
Watch this YouTube video live at Café Ballou 1/2/12, with John Yotko on guitar and sampled wind-up clock ticking (from the Sony) |
See YouTube video of Kuypers reading this piece in the live show the Janet Kuypers with the music of HA! at Chicago’s Gallery Cabaret 20121003 (Canon) |
See YouTube video of Kuypers reading this piece in the live show the Janet Kuypers with the music of HA! at Chicago’s Gallery Cabaret 20121003 (Kodak) |
See YouTube video of the Janet Kuypers with the music of HA! full live show at Gallery Cabaret in Chicago 20121003 (Canon), including this piece |
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See YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem 3/18/13 at the Frankenstone art center in Chicago (Canon) |
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See YouTube video of Kuypers performing 5 poems (including this one) in a poetry reading to “Make people Think” 3/18/13 at Chicago’s Frankenstone art center (Canon) |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Us, Actually Touching live 6/19/13 as the intro to the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (Canon) |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Us, Actually Touching live 6/19/13 as the intro to the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (Sony) |
See YouTube video of Kuypers hosting the open mic 6/19/13 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago, in a video that contains this writing |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Us, Actually Touching in Nashville 10/26/13 in her Nashville Halloween feature |
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her “Periodic Table” poems (and two original songs) live in her Chicago 10/20/13 feature Nashville Halloween feature, including this writing |
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Download this free chapbook of the Nashville Halloween feature, w/ Tag Team and Periodic Table poems in this show. |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Us, Actually Touching live 12/4/13 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (C) |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Us, Actually Touching live 12/4/13 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (filmed with the Sony camera) |
See YouTube video 4/27/16 of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Us, Actually Touching) in her first appearance/interview on Austin’s KOOP 91.7 FM radio (from a Canon P.S.). |
See YouTube video 4/27/16 of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Us, Actually Touching) in her first appearance/interview on Austin’s KOOP 91.7 FM radio (from a Sony). |
See YouTube video 4/27/16 of part 2 of the Janet Kuypers interview (with her reading her two poems Entering the Lake of Fire and Us, Actually Touching), in her first appearance on Austin’s KOOP 91.7 FM radio (Canon P.S.). |
See YouTube video 4/27/16 of part 2 of the Janet Kuypers interview (with her reading her two poems Entering the Lake of Fire and Us, Actually Touching), in her first appearance on Austin’s KOOP 91.7 FM radio (Sony). |
See YouTube video 6/10/16 of Janet Kuypers reading her 3 poems Questions and Tension, Shared Air & Us, Actually Touching at Georgetown’s Poetry Plus open mic at Cianfrani’s (filmed from a Canon Power Shot camera). |
See YouTube video 6/10/16 of Janet Kuypers reading her 3 poems Questions and Tension, Shared Air & Us, Actually Touching at Georgetown’s Poetry Plus open mic at Cianfrani’s (video filmed from a Sony camera). |
Us Creative Types
See YouTube video of the Janet Kuypers reading her poem Us Creative Types in her 3/14/15 show “India Stories” at the Art Colony in Chicago (Canon fs200) w/ HA!Man of South Africa music |
See YouTube video of the Janet Kuypers reading her poem Us Creative Types in her 3/14/15 show “India Stories” at the Art Colony in Chicago (Canon Power Shot) w/ HA!Man of South Africa music |
use what you had
See YouTube video of Kuypers reading her poem use what you had {2012 edit} at Waiting 4 the Bus 6/2/14 in Chicago (Canon) |
See YouTube video of Kuypers reading her poem use what you had {2012 edit} at Waiting 4 the Bus 6/2/14 in Chicago (Posterized) |
Utopia Planitia, Titan and the Kuiper Belt
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers hosting the Tom Roby feature and the poetry open mic 3/18/15 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago, WHRE SHE ALSO READS THIS POEM |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her Star Trekpoem Utopia Planitia, Titan and the Kuiper Belt live 3/18/15 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (Canon fs200) |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her Star Trekpoem Utopia Planitia, Titan and the Kuiper Belt live 3/18/15 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (Canon Power Shot) |
See YouTube video of the Janet Kuypers reading her poem Utopia Planitia, Titan and the Kuiper Belt in her 3/20/15 show “Resistance is Futile” at Ch Fi 2015 in Chicago (Canon fs200) |
See YouTube video of the Janet Kuypers reading her poem Utopia Planitia, Titan and the Kuiper Belt in her 3/20/15 show “Resistance is Futile” at Ch Fi 2015 in Chicago (Canon Power Shot) |
See YouTube video of the Janet Kuypers 3/20/15 show “Resistance is Futile” at Ch Fi 2015 in Chicago (Canon fs200), of poems relating to Star Trek including this poem |
See YouTube video of the Janet Kuypers 3/20/15 show “Resistance is Futile” at Ch Fi 2015 in Chicago (Canon Power Shot), of poems relating to Star Trek including this poem |
Download this poem in the free chapbook “Resistance is Futile”, of poems read on 3/21/15 at the Ch Fi 2015 convention in Chicago, with this poem. |
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