Waiting for a Sign
   Watch this YouTube video Live at One Acts (camera #1, 07/06/09 |
See another YouTube video Live at One Acts (camera #2, 07/06/09 |
  Watch the full show of One Acts (camera #1, 07/06/09) from the Internet Archive |
 Watch the full show of One Acts (07/06/09, camera #2)... from the Internet Archive |
Watch this YouTube video live at the Café in Chicago 07/27/10 |
Watch this YouTube video of the intro from the open mic @ the Café in Chicago 07/27/10, w/ Kuypers reading her poem “You Will”, “Marine Rifle Poem” “Build Your Own Cross”, and “Waiting for a Sign” |
one of six poems about one person —
Waiting For You
Listen live  from the 03/03/02 CD& the Chicago 09/10/02 performance art show Stop. Look. Listen. |
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 |
| edit this poem in wandering words... rearrange the words... or make a new poem either in Flash or in Java (Windows only)! |
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Listen to the CD recording from the CD Rough Mixes, by Pointless Orchestra |
Watch this YouTube video Live at Chicago Calling, at the last night of poetry performance at Mercury Cafe 10/02/09 |
Watch this full video from Chicago Calling, at the last night of poetry performance at Mercury Cafe 10/02/09, via the Internet Archive |
| Listen from Kiki, Jake & Haytstack off the CD an american portrait |
Watch this YouTube video live at the Café in Chicago 02/09/10 |
Watch this YouTube video of Kuypers reading poetry 02/28/08 |
Walking Home from School
one of six poems about one person —
Walking With You
This series of with/without you poems is in the Starite Cafe
Watch this YouTube video live at Cana-Dixie to Chi-town 12/15/09 |
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Listen live from the 03/03/02 CD & the Chicago 09/10/02 performance art show Stop. Look. Listen. |
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Watch the YouTube video from the show Stop. live 09/10/02 in Chicago |
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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 |
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Watch the YouTube video of a 10 minute portion of the 09/10/02 poetry show Stop, includeing this piece |
| Listen from Kiki, Jake & Haytstack off the CD an american portrait |
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Watch this YouTube video live at the Café in Chicago 02/09/10 |
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Watch this YouTube video of Kuypers reading poetry 02/28/08 |
Want That Too You Know
Want That Too You Know - in Telugu
This poem is in the Starite Cafe
Watch this YouTube video live at the 2009 Cana-Dixie Union 05/09/09, Memphis w/ C Ra McGuirt |
Order this iTunes track:  from Chaotic Elements (a 2 CD set)...Or order the entire CD set from iTunes CD:
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Wanted To Play
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 |
Wanting to Touch a Corpse
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Listen to the DMJ Art Connection, off the CD Manic Depressive or Something |
  See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Wanting to Touch a Corpse 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 Wanting to Touch a Corpse 4/24/16 at Chicago’s 2016 Poetry Bomb at Bagdad Cemetery in Leander Texas (filmed with a Sony camera). |
one of six poems about one person —
Wanting You
This series of with/without you poems is in the Starite Cafe
| edit this poem in wandering words... rearrange the words... or make a new poem either in Flash or in Java (Windows only)! |
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Listen live from the 03/03/02 CD & the Chicago 09/10/02 performance art show Stop. Look. Listen. |
| Listen from Kiki, Jake & Haytstack off the CD an american portrait |
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Watch this YouTube video live at the Café in Chicago 02/09/10 |
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Watch this YouTube video of Kuypers reading poetry 02/28/08 |
Warren Stories
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Listen to the CD recording from the CD Rough Mixes, by Pointless Orchestra |
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Listen to the CD recording from the 09/20/05 performance art show SIN (Scars Internet News) |
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Listen to this from the CD release from the first performance art show (08/14/97) Seeing Things Differently |
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Go to the Raw readings page and search for videos of this poem. |
Watch this YouTube video (1:23, at the Coors Brewery in Golden, CO 06/15/07) |
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 |
Order this iTunes track: from Chaots in Motion (a 6 CD set)...Or order the entire CD set from iTunes CD:
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Watch this YouTube video live at the Café in Chicago 03/30/10 |
Watch this YouTube video (:34) live 06/14/11 at the Café in Chicago |
See YouTube video of Kuypers’ feature Ten Minutes With Warren at the 06/14/11 open mic at the Café in Chicago, of her poems The Things Warren Says, No One Will, Warren Stories, Before I Can Put a Smile on my Face Again, It’s Someone’s Job, and You Carried It, & her covering the Eurythmics song I Need you, + her MFV song What We Need In Life
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See YouTube video from camera #2 of Kuypers’ feature Ten Minutes With Warren at the 06/14/11 open mic at the Café in Chicago, of her poems The Things Warren Says, No One Will, Warren Stories, Before I Can Put a Smile on my Face Again, It’s Someone’s Job, and You Carried It, & her covering the Eurythmics song I Need you, + her MFV song What We Need In Life
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See YouTube video from the intro to the 06/14/11 open mic at the Café in Chicago, & Kuypers’ poems The Things Warren Says, No One Will, Warren Stories, Before I Can Put a Smile on my Face Again, It’s Someone’s Job, and You Carried It, & her covering the Eurythmics’ I Need you, + her MFV song What We Need In Life
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Was Immune
[in French] [in German] [in Italian] [in Portuguese] [in Spanish]
Watch this YouTube video Live at Getting Wired (camera #1 at Starbucks, Chicago, 08/08/09) |
Watch this YouTube video Live at Getting Wired (camera #2 at Starbucks, Chicago, 08/08/09) |
See the full Getting Wired show video w/ this poem (camera #1) This film is from the Internet Archive |
See the full Getting Wired show video w/ this writing (camera #2) This film is from the Internet Archive |
Watch the YouTube video 06/07/11 at the Café in Chicago (from her book Close Cover Before Striking) |
See feature-length YouTube
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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Watch this YouTube video of the intro to the 06/07/11 open mic at the Café in Chicago, plus 2 new poems, & Close Cover Before Striking poems |
from the poems about mom - watching my father die
 Watch this YouTube video read live 08/30/11, at the Café open mike she hosts in Chicago |
Watch this YouTube video
of the intro to the 08/30/11 weekly poetry open mike at the Café in Chicago, & her reading her poem “Watching my Father Die”
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from the poems about mom - watching people play
This poem is published with a series of poem about Kuypers’ mother
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 |
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 |
one of six poems about one person —
Watching You
This series of with/without you poems is in the Starite Cafe
Watch this YouTube video performed for C Ra McGuirt (Penny Dreadful Press) in Nashville 12/20/08 |
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Listen live from the 03/03/02 CD & the Chicago 09/10/02 performance art show Stop. Look. Listen. |
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Watch the YouTube video from the show Stop. live 09/10/02 in Chicago |
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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 |
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Watch the YouTube video of a 10 minute portion of the 09/10/02 poetry show Stop, includeing this piece |
| Listen from Kiki, Jake & Haytstack off the CD an american portrait |
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Watch this YouTube video live at the Café in Chicago 02/09/10 |
watching you eat a donut (written with Lance)
Watch this YouTube video of John Yotko reading the Janet Kuypers poem (from the book Contents Under Pressure) live 09/13/11, at the Café open mike in Chicago |
Watch this YouTube video of her reading this poem live in Chicago at Café Ballou, thru the Waiting4the Bus open mike 4/2/12 |
Water on the Street
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Watch this YouTube video of John Yotko reading the Janet Kuypers poem (from the book Contents Under Pressure) live 09/13/11, at the Café open mike in Chicago |
Ways to Spend your Money
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Listen to the CD recording of this piece from the CD (used for the show) Changing Gears |
Watch the YouTube video (:48) live at Changing Gears 06/17/03 |
See the entire performance of the live show Changing Gears 06/17/03, hosted by the Internet Archive |
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 |
Watch this YouTube video (1:30)... Bob Rashkow reading this 11/30/10, live at the Café in Chicago |
Listen to this radio recording from WZRD Radio (in a 2 CD set) now available directly through amazon!
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See YouTube video as Bob Rashkow reads 2 of Janet Kuypers’ poems, “Ways to Spend Your Money” and “Pop a Pill” in Poetry At The Gallery Cabaret 9/2/15 in Chicago |
We’re Not Making Any More Appointments
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Listen to the DMJ Art Connection, off the CD Manic Depressive or Something |
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Watch this YouTube video Live at Chicago Calling, at the last night of poetry performance at Mercury Cafe 10/02/09 |
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Watch this full video from Chicago Calling, at the last night of poetry performance at Mercury Cafe 10/02/09, via the Internet Archive |
We’re Trying
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem We’re Trying 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 We’re Trying 4/24/16 at Chicago’s 2016 Poetry Bomb at Bagdad Cemetery in Leander Texas (filmed with a Sony camera). |
We’re Your Children
We All Want That
This poem is in the Starite Cafe
We Listened
Get this on Poetic Pieces -a CD of poetry & editorials for only $14.99 (with free shipping!). |
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this same track also is on Live at the Café, now available in a 3 CD set |
Watch this YouTube video (4:25) from the Chicago performance art show {Stripped} live 6/7/05 You can also see the above video at TRUVEO |
see the entire performance of {Stripped} live 6/7/05 in Chicago, via the Internet Archive |
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Listen: (4:41) to this recording from Fusion |
| Listen to this collaboration of Peter Bartels & Janet Kuypers: pb&j |
Wearing Her Jewelry
Wedding Lost
Listen to this live recording as an mp3 file, a (low quality)  wav file or even as a  real audio (.ra) file, performed live at Cafe Aloha 05/22/01. |
Order this iTunes track from the poetry audio CD “Oh.” audio CD ...Or order the entire CD set from iTunes:
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Watch this YouTube videolive 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 |
Order this iTunes track from the poetry audio CD Hope Chest In The Attic 13 Years of Poetry & Prose ...Or order the entire CD set from iTunes:
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Order this iTunes track: even in different forms: from the Chaotic Collection ...Or order the entire 5 CD set from iTunes: CD:
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See YouTube video 1/8/16 of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Wedding Lost from her book Hope Chest in the Attic live at the open mic Poetry Plus at Cianfrani’s in Austin (filmed from a Canon Power Shot camera) |
See YouTube video 1/8/16 of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Wedding Lost from her book Hope Chest in the Attic live at the open mic Poetry Plus at Cianfrani’s in Austin (filmed from a Nikon CoolPix S7000 camera) |
See YouTube video 1/8/16 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems the Cycle, Wedding Lost and the Page (to inspiration) from her book Hope Chest in the Attic live at Austin’s Poetry Plus open mic at Cianfrani’s (Canon) |
See YouTube video 1/8/16 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems the Cycle, Wedding Lost and the Page (to inspiration) from her book Hope Chest in the Attic live at Austin’s Poetry Plus open mic at Cianfrani’s (Nikon) |
Weeping Willow
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 |
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Order this iTunes track: from Chaotic Elements (a 2 CD set)...Or order the entire CD set from iTunes CD:
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Well, I Didn’t Think About It
Watch this YouTube video live at the Cafe in Chicago 09/29/09 |
Well, Someone Is
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Listen Live at the Café, now available in a 3 CD set |
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Order this iTunes track: from Chaotic Elements (a 2 CD set)...Or order the entire CD set from iTunes CD:
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Well, What About Me
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Listen Live at the Café, now available in a 3 CD set |
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Order this iTunes track: from Chaotic Elements (a 2 CD set)...Or order the entire CD set from iTunes CD:
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Weren’t Even Married
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Order this iTunes track: even in different forms: from the Chaotic Collection ...Or order the entire 5 CD set from iTunes: CD:
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Order this iTunes track: from the poetry audio CD etc....Or order the entire CD set from iTunes CD:
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Watch this YouTube video (3:22) at the live Jesse Oaks live “UNcorrect” feature 06/21/07 |
| Listen from Kiki, Jake & Haytstack off the CD an american portrait |
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.
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 Watch this YouTube video (2:59) from the 6" x 9" ISBN# book Uncorrect, live 03/01/11 at the Café in Chicago |
Watch this YouTube video of the intro to the 03/01/11 open mic at the Café Chicago, &poems “Eating”, “Weren’t Even Married”, and “Death Takes Many Forms” |
What Are Those Noises In The Dark?
What Do We Say
[in French] [in German] [in Italian] [in Portuguese] [in Spanish]
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Listen to the CD recording of this, from the CD Change/Rearrange |
Listen  or live tracks from the CD & performance art show How Do I Get There?
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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 |
Watch this YouTube video read live 09/13/11, at the Café open mike she hosts in Chicago |
Watch this YouTube video
of the introduction to the 09/13/11 weekly poetry open mike she hosts live at the Café in Chicago, & her reading poetry (including this poem) from her ISBN# poetry book Contents Under Pressure
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Watch this YouTube video read live 11/13/11, at the Café open mike she hosts in Chicago This video was also released at metacafe |
Watch this YouTube video of the intro to the 11/13/11 weekly poetry open mike at the Café in Chicago, & her reading her poem “What Do We Say” |
What Do You Do
What Do You do - in Papiamentu
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| edit this poem in wandering words... rearrange the words... or make a new poem either in Flash or in Java (Windows only)! |
Watch half of the show video from Death Comes In Threes, with this writing, via the Internet Archive (31:34) |
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Listen to the CD recording of this piece used with the performance art show Death Comes in Threes 03/18/03
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What Have I Won
2012 translation of What Have I Won - in Slovak: Čo som vyhrala?
This poem (in both languages) was nominated in the Rape, Sexism, Life & Death 2014 release for the (40 year) Pushcart Prize
| 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 performed for C Ra McGuirt (Penny Dreadful Press) in Nashville 12/20/08 |
Watch this YouTube video part of the poem read from memory in from of the Miami Holocaust Memorial 12/26/08 |
 See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem What Have I Won 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 What Have I Won live 1/6/16 at Rad Radam Open Stage in Austin TX (from a Canon Power Shot camera). |
What I Go Through
What I Would Ask
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Listen to the CD recording from the 09/20/05 performance art show SIN (Scars Internet News) |
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Listen to the DMJ Art Connection
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Watch this YouTube video from the Chicago performance art show SIN live 09/20/05 You can also see the above video at Video Google & China YouTube (TubeCH). 
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Watch this YouTube video live in Chicago 05/17/10 at Café Ballou (Waiting4the Bus, w/ Buddha 309) |
What It All Means
Listen: (7:39) to this recording from Fusion |
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Order this iTunes track: from Chaotic Elements (a 2 CD set)...Or order the entire CD set from iTunes CD:
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem What it all Means from the book Burn Through Me live 12/18/13 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (C) |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem What it all Means from the book Burn Through Me live 12/18/13 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (C, posterize) |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem What it all Means from the book Burn Through Me live 12/18/13 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (S) |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem What it all Means from the book Burn Through Me live 12/18/13 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (S hue cycle) |
What It Felt Like
This poem is in the Starite Cafe
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Order this iTunes track from the poetry audio CD “Oh.” audio CD ...Or order the entire CD set from iTunes:
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| Listen to this live recording as an mp3 file, a (low quality) wav file or even as a real audio (.ra) file, performed live at Cafe Aloha 05/22/01. |
Watch this YouTube video Live at Creation Relation (reading poetry live outdoors in Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana & Illinois 05/10/09 |
(Not To Share My Dreams Again) - What Makes Me Real
What the Hell is She Complaining About
2012 translation of What the Hell is She Complaining About - in Slovak: “Na čo sa do pekla sťažuje”
This poem was nominated in the cc&d 2014 release idols for the (40 year) Pushcart Prize
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Listen to the DMJ Art Connection, off the CD the DMJ Art Connection Disc One |
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Get this on Poetic Pieces - a CD of poetry & editorials for only $14.99 (with free shipping!). |
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this same track also is on Live at the Café, now available in a 3 CD set |
Watch this YouTube video (2:40) from the Chicago performance art show {Stripped} live 6/7/05 |
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see the entire performance of {Stripped} live 6/7/05 in Chicago, via the Internet Archive |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading (C) her poem What the Hell is she Complaining About live 8/13/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem What the Hell is she Complaining About live 8/13/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (S) |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem What the Hell is she Complaining About live 1/6/16 at Rad Radam Open Stage in Austin TX (Nikon Cool Pix). |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem What the Hell is she Complaining About live 1/6/16 at Rad Radam Open Stage in Austin TX (Canon P.S.). |
what the truth looks like
What We Are Supposed To Do
This poem is in the Starite Cafe
Watch this YouTube video (2:59) studio session “etc.” book reading for audio CD |
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Order this iTunes track: from the poetry audio CD etc....Or order the entire CD set from iTunes CD:
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading (C) her poem What We Are Supposed to Do live 7/30/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem What We Are Supposed to Do live 7/30/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (Edge Detection) |
What We Need In Life - a song
Order this iTunes track from the poetry music CD Torture & Triumph ...Or order the entire CD set from iTunes:
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Watch, fromMom’s Favorite Vase: ~3:59, from their last live concert This film is from the Internet Archive |
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Listen to this radio recording from WZRD Radio (in a 2 CD set) |
Watch, fromMom’s Favorite Vase: This film is from the Internet Archive |
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Listen Live at the Café, now available in a 3 CD set |
Watch, fromMom’s Favorite Vase: This 1:00 film is from the Internet Archive |
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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. |
Watch, fromMom’s Favorite Vase: This 1:10 film is from the Internet Archive |
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Listen to this with the Second Axing (live at the Lake Demented Poets, Hendersonville 03/23/01 
Watch this YouTube video live at Lake Dememted Poets 03/23/02 or Listen to this with the Second Axing(Live at the Café, Chicago 11/04/03 |
Watch this video performed live at the performance art show A Night Of Firsts, 06/22/04 This film is from the Internet Archive |
Watch this YouTube video 4:11, performed live at the performance art show A Night Of Firsts, 06/22/04 |
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Listen to this original song from Mom’s Favorite Vase. |
Watch this YouTube video 4:09, performed live for a CD recording, parts of the song What We Need In Life before the poem Fantastic Car Crash 05/19/07 |
Watch this YouTube video (3:31) Blue Design Studios |
Watch the YouTube video (3:30) live 08/05/07 at Beach poets |
Watch this YouTube video (3:58) performed live at the Galapagos Islands 12/24/07 to people from South America, Canada, the U.S., and Austria (on a boat) |
Watch this YouTube video live 05/29/10 just before the Indy 500 (Indianipolis, IN) |
Watch this YouTube video live 05/29/10 just after the Indy 500 (Indianipolic, IN) on the race track |
Watch this YouTube video live at the Café in Chicago 06/22/10 |
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Watch this YouTube video of part four of the “40” show live at the Café in Chicago 06/22/10 |
Watch this YouTube video of pt. 4 of the “40” show from camera 2 @ the Café in Chicago 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 (3:51) live 06/24/10 at Timothy O’Toole’s Pub, guitar by John Yotko |
Watch this YouTube video “London”, “I am Not a Pretty Girl”, and “What We Need In Life”, live 07/08/10 at Timothy O’Toole’s Pub, w/ Janet Kuypers voalcs & John Yotko guitar |
Watch the YouTube video (3:35) live in Death ‘n’ Rebirth 07/11/10 |
Watch the full video of the full Death ‘n’ Rebirth 07/11/10 show at Beach Poets, from archive.org |
download the free chapbook Death ‘n’ Rebirthwith all of the writing in the live show |
Watch this YouTube video (3:57, John Yotko on guitar) live 09/07/10 at Elizabeth’s Crazy Little Thing at Phyllis’ Musical Inn in Chicago |
Watch this YouTube video of Wayne Allen Jones reading this 11/02/10, live at the Café in Chicago |
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
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Watch this YouTube video 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 |
Watch this YouTube video live at Chicago’s Gallery Cabaret 06/29/11 |
Watch this YouTube video live in Severn Maryland (JK singing, JY guitar) 10/22/11 |
Watch this YouTube video live at Gallery Cabaret in Chicago, with John Yotko on guitar 12/18/11 |
Watch the YouTube video of Kuypers singing this song at the open mike 2/1/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago |
Watch the YouTube video of Kuypers singing this Mom’s Favorite Vase song (tonight with the Second Axing) at the open mike 2/1/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago (w/ the Samsung cam) |
 Watch this YouTube video of Kuypers singing What We Need In Life (John on guitar) while interspersing 3 of her poems (Keep Them Apart, Got on the Road Again and Keep Driving) live in Chicago at Café Ballou, thru the Waiting4the Bus open mike 6/4/12 |
See YouTube video of Kuypers singing What We Need in life (John on guitar) while interspersing 4 of her poems (Never Did the Same, Before I Learned Better, Can’t Answer That One and Sorry Flowers) live in Chicago at Poetry “Love Letters” open mike 6/8/12 (Sony) |
See YouTube video of Kuypers singing What We Need in life (John on guitar) while interspersing 4 of her poems (Never Did the Same, Before I Learned Better, Can’t Answer That One and Sorry Flowers) live in Chicago at Poetry “Love Letters” open mike 6/8/12 (Samsung) |
Watch this YouTube video of Kuypers singing What We Need in life (John on guitar) while interspersing 3 of her poems (Keep Them Apart, Got on the Road Again and Keep Driving) live in Chicago at Ruffled Feathers open mike 6/11/12 (from the Sony camera) |
Watch this YouTube video of Kuypers singing What We Need in life (John on guitar) while interspersing 3 of her poems (Keep Them Apart, Got on the Road Again and Keep Driving) live in Chicago at Ruffled Feathers open mike 6/11/12 (from the Samsung camera) |
See YouTube video of Kuypers performing this song (w/ John on guitar; original music by Warren Peterson) live 8/29/12 at the singer/songwriter night at the Gallery Cabaret in Chicago (from the Sony) |
Watch this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers singing her Mom’s Favorite Vase song What we Need in Life (John on guitar) live in Chicago 8/28/13 (C) at her interview & reading |
See YouTube video
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), ending with this song
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers singing her poem What we Need in Life in Nashville 10/26/13 in her Nashville Halloween feature |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her “Periodic Table” poems (and two original songs) live in her Chicago 10/20/13 feature Nashville Halloween feature, including this writing |
Download this free chapbook of the Nashville Halloween feature, w/ Tag Team and Periodic Table poems in this show. |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers sings her original song What we Need in Life acapella live 12/18/13 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (C) |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers sings her original song What we Need in Life acapella live 12/18/13 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (S) |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers performing a mix of her song What we Need in Life and her poem Fantastic Car Crash in her 8/2/14 Beast Women audition in Chicago’s the Den Theatre (Sony) |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers performing a mix of her song What we Need in Life and her poem Fantastic Car Crash in her 8/2/14 Beast Women audition in Chicago’s the Den Theatre (Sony, edge detection) |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers performing a mix of her song What we Need in Life and her poem Fantastic Car Crash in her 9/21/14 Beast Women Rising show performance at Chicago’s the Den Theatre (Canon) |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers singing her song What we Need in Life and her poem Fantastic Car Crash in her 9/21/14 Beast Women Rising show performance at Chicago’s the Den Theatre (Canon, posterize) |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers performing a mix of her song What we Need in Life and her poem Fantastic Car Crash in her 9/21/14 Beast Women Rising show performance at Chicago’s the Den Theatre (Sony) |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers singing her song What we Need in Life and her poem Fantastic Car Crash in her 9/21/14 Beast Women Rising show performance at Chicago’s the Den Theatre (Sony, edge detection) |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers performing her song What we Need in Life and her poem Fantastic Car Crash live 9/24/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (C) |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers performing her song What we Need in Life and her poem Fantastic Car Crash live 9/24/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (S) |
See YouTube video of Kuypers singing this song What we Need in Life7/22/15 at the Café Gallery (which was filmed from the Canon fs200) |
See YouTube video of Kuypers singing this song What we Need in Life7/22/15 at the Café Gallery (which was filmed from the Canon Power Shot) |
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).
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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).
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See YouTube video (Cps) of Janet Kuypers singing her song What We Need In Life 12/13/15 at the Austin open mic Kick Butt Poetry |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers performing poetry and song (with John on guitar) 12/13/15 at the Austin open mic Kick Butt Poetry (Canon Power Shot), with her song What We Need In Life (with her poem Fantastic Car Crash inside the song), X-rays and broken hearts, & the Burning. |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers performing 3 songs (with John on guitar) 12/27/15 at the Austin music open mic B.B. Rover’s (Nikon CoolPix S7000), with her songs What We Need In Life and Made Any Difference and the Feedback song Vintage Wine. |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers performing 3 songs (with John on guitar) 12/27/15 at the Austin music open mic B.B. Rover’s (Canon Power Shot), with her songs What We Need In Life and Made Any Difference and the Feedback song Vintage Wine. |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers performing 4 songs (with John on guitar) 1/29/16 (C) at the Round Rock music open mic at the American Legion, covering Morrissey’s There is a Place in Hell for Me and my Friends, Nancy Sinatra’s These Boots are Made for Walking, the Chruch’s Under the Milky Way, & singing her MFV song What we Need in Life (with her poem Fantastic Car Crash). |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers performing 4 songs (with John on guitar) 1/29/16 (N) at the Round Rock music open mic at the American Legion, covering Morrissey’s There is a Place in Hell for Me and my Friends, Nancy Sinatra’s These Boots are Made for Walking, the Chruch’s Under the Milky Way, & singing her MFV song What we Need in Life (with her poem Fantastic Car Crash). |
See YouTube video of Jane Kuypers (and John on guitar and some vocals) performing 7 songs 5/6/16 (C) at Round Rock’s American Legion, covering Depeche Mode’s Th Bottom Line (w/ altered wedding chorus lyrics), Peter Gabriel’s Washing of the Water, her MFV song My Love for You will Stay the Same, flowing straight into George Michael’s Waiting (Reprise), the Eurythmics’ I Need You, her MFV song What we Need in Life, & ending with her poem in The Second Axing song Made Any Difference. |
See YouTube video of Jane Kuypers (and John on guitar and some vocals) performing 7 songs 5/6/16 (C) at Round Rock’s American Legion, covering Depeche Mode’s Th Bottom Line (w/ altered wedding chorus lyrics), Peter Gabriel’s Washing of the Water, her MFV song My Love for You will Stay the Same, flowing straight into George Michael’s Waiting (Reprise), the Eurythmics’ I Need You, her MFV song What we Need in Life, & ending with her poem in The Second Axing song Made Any Difference. |
See YouTube video 7/8/16 of Janet Kuypers reading her poem The Things They Did To You, then sings her song What we Need in Life (with her poem Fantastic Car Crash inside) in the 2nd round at the Austin installment (at her house) of the Poetry Plus open mic 7/8/16 (filmed w/ a Canon Power Shot camera).
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See YouTube video 7/8/16 of Janet Kuypers reading her poem The Things They Did To You, then sings her song What we Need in Life (with her poem Fantastic Car Crash inside) in the 2nd round at the Austin installment (at her house) of the Poetry Plus open mic 7/8/16 (filmed w/ a Sony camera).
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What Women Want
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Watch this YouTube video (2:04) studio session “etc.” book reading for audio CD |
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Listen to this live recording from the book Urbanation release show |
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what you could make me do
[in French] [in German] [in Italian] [in Portuguese] [in Spanish]
[electronically translated from English to Spanish, then back to English]
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Order this iTunes track from the poetry audio CD Hope Chest In The Attic 13 Years of Poetry & Prose ...Or order the entire CD set from iTunes:
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See YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem 10/12/12 at Poetry Love Letters in Chicago (filmed with the Sony video camera) |
When I Am Weak
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Watch the YouTube video Live at Taking Poetry to the Streets, in New Orleans 12/28/08 |
When You’re Gone
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Watch this YouTube video live in the show Seeing a Psychiatrist 9/9/08, Chicago at the Cafe |
| The “Seeing a Psychiatrist” video above is also at Love Destiny ... All you need is love... |
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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 |
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See the full YouTube video of Striking with Nature and Humanity at Trunk Fest, live 06/25/11, with this writing |
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Download the chapbook with this writing in Striking with Nature and Humanity
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When You’ve Only Got You
When You Go Home this Evening
Watch this YouTube video of this poem read in the 1st performer at the last show at Café Nestizo 4/21/12 |
Watch this YouTube video of Kuypers’ full reading (including this poem) as the 1st performer at the last show at Café Nestizo 4/21/12 |
When You Walk
Where Does The Love Go
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See YouTube video live in the show Seeing a Psychiatrist 9/9/08, Chicago at the Cafe |
See YouTube video of part 2 of the Janet Kuypers show Seeing a Psychiatrist 9/9/08 in Chicago at the Cafe (this is the first poem in that set). |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Where Does The Love Go 5/22/16 at the Austin open mic Kick Butt Poetry (from a Canon Power Shot camera). |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Where Does The Love Go 5/22/16 at the Austin open mic Kick Butt Poetry (video filmed from a Sony camera and given an Edge Detection filter). |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her 3 poems Where Does The Love Go, Don’t Go To Denny’s and Like I Was Never There 5/22/16 at the Austin open mic Kick Butt Poetry (Canon Power Shot camera). |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her 3 poems Where Does The Love Go, Don’t Go To Denny’s and Like I Was Never There 5/22/16 at the Austin open mic Kick Butt Poetry (from a Sony camera). |
Where Else Would I Be
Where I Belong (written to sing to a song)
[in French] [in German] [in Italian] [in Portuguese] [in Spanish]
[electronically translated from English to Spanish, then back to English]
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 Janet Kuypers singing 2 of her songs a Cappella 2/5/16 at the Round Rock music open mic at the American Legion: Why and Where I Belong (from a Nikon CoolPix S7000 camera). |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers singing 2 of her songs a Cappella 2/5/16 at the Round Rock music open mic at the American Legion: Why and Where I Belong (filmed from a Canon Pro Shot camera). |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers sings her (expanded) poem Where I Belong to an instrumental of Depeche Mode’s Home live 2/19/16 at Austin’s the Water Tank (from a Canon Power Shot camera) |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers sings her (expanded) poem Where I Belong to an instrumental of Depeche Mode’s Home live 2/19/16 at Austin’s the Water Tank (recorded with a Nikon CoolPix S7000 camera) |
where i left off
Where the Blackberries Came From
Where To Go
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers (C) reading her poem Where To Go at the open mike 8/4/12 Waiting 4 the Bus in Chicago |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers (S) reading her poem Where To Go at the open mike 8/4/12 Waiting 4 the Bus in Chicago |
See YouTube video (C) of Janet Kuypers’ 3 poems (“Sheri”, “Where To Go” & “John (edited)”) 8/4/12 at Chicago’s Waiting 4 the Bus |
Whether Or Not It Is From Religion
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Order this in volume 2 of the cc&d editor’s collection book A Wake-Up Call From Tradition as a 5.5"x8.5" paperback today. |
Listen to the DMJ Art Connection, off the CD Manic Depressive or Something.
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Order this in volume 1 of the cc&d editor’s collection book finally, literature for the snotty and elite as a perfect-bound paperback! |
Listen Live at the Café, now available in a 3 CD set through iTunes.
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Watch this YouTube video live at the Cafe in Chicago 11/03/09 |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ 3 poems A Little Angel Inside, Whether Or Not It Is From Religion and The Power of the Devil at Georgetown’s Poetry Plus open mic at Cianfrani’s 3/25/16 (from a Canon Power Shot). |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ 3 poems A Little Angel Inside, Whether Or Not It Is From Religion and The Power of the Devil at Georgetown’s Poetry Plus open mic at Cianfrani’s 3/25/16 (from a Nikon CooPix S7000). |
Which I Like
This poem is in the Starite Cafe
White Knuckled
2012 translation of White Knuckled - in Slovak: “biele hánky”
This poem (in both languages) was nominated in the Rape, Sexism, Life & Death 2014 release for the (40 year) Pushcart Prize
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Listen Live at the Café, now available in a 3 CD set
through iTunes.
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Listen to the CD recording from the CD Rough Mixes, by Pointless Orchestra |
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Listen to this from the CD release from the first performance art show (08/14/97) Seeing Things Differently |
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Listen to the DMJ Art Connection, off the CD Indian Flux This also exists as a studio track: and as a live track: off the CD Contact•Conflict•Control |
Watch this YouTube video (6:25) opening in a new window, of these three poems (White Knuckled, Last Before Extinction and And I’m Wondering) at the Politically UNcorrect poetry open mic at Jesse Oaks in Lake County (north of Chicago) on 05/24/07 |
Watch this YouTube video (1:22) |
Watch the YouTube video (1:39) Live at the 11/09/07 show The Turn of the Word, Hokin Gallery, Chicago |
Or watch the complete video of The Turn of the Word live 11/09/07 Chicago’s Hokin Gallery 7:54 |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem White Knuckled (1:59) 4/1/05 (April Fool’s Day) Live at the DvA Chicago Art Gallery show Conflict • Contact • Control. |
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 (1:09, 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(45:01, of the full show) 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) |
Watch this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem White Knuckled live in Chicago 6/10/13 at the Sulzer Library in Poetry Saloon at Noon |
Watch this YouTube video 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 1/3/16 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems White Knuckled, Women’s Very Existence and Burn It In from her book Rape, Sexism, Life & Death and her poem ever leave me from the cc&d book When the Walls are Paper Thin at the Austin open mic Kick Butt Poetry (Canon Power Shot)
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See YouTube video 1/3/16 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems White Knuckled, Women’s Very Existence and Burn It In from her book Rape, Sexism, Life & Death and her poem ever leave me from the cc&d book When the Walls are Paper Thin at the Austin open mic Kick Butt Poetry (Nikon CoolPix S7000)
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White Phosphorus (bonus poem from the “Periodic Table of Poetry” series)
also see this poem at Artvilla
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading this Periodic Table poem White Phosphorus in her Opening Act feature (with music by the HA!Man of South Africa, with “on a gallop”), live in Chicago 10/4/13 (C) |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading this Periodic Table poem White Phosphorus in her Opening Act feature (with music by the HA!Man of South Africa, with “on a gallop”), live in Chicago 10/4/13 (S) |
Watch YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading eleven Periodic Table poems in her show “Opening Act” with music from the HA!Man of South Africa in Chicago (filmed with the Canon video camera), including this poem |
Watch YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading 9 Periodic Table poems in her show “Opening Act” with music from the HA!Man of South Africa in Chicago (filmed with the Sony video camera), including this poem |
Download this poem in the free PDF file Opening Act chapbook, w/ Periodic Table of Poetry poems. |
See YouTube video 6/24/16 of Janet Kuypers reading 3 Periodic Table poems (that somehow all incorporate the concept somehow of sin), Hydrogen Cyanide, White Phosphorus & Helium Addiction at Georgetown’s Poetry Plus open mic (w/ a Canon Power Shot). |
See YouTube video 6/24/16 of Janet Kuypers reading 3 Periodic Table poems (that somehow all incorporate the concept somehow of sin), Hydrogen Cyanide, White Phosphorus & Helium Addiction at Georgetown’s Poetry Plus open mic (this video filmed w/ a Sony camera). |
See YouTube video 6/26/16 of Janet Kuypers’ 3 poems, Vent, Each Half is the Enemy, and her Periodic Table poem Vanadium at the Austin open mic Kick Butt Poetry: Spoken & Heard (w/ a Canon Power Shot camera). |
See YouTube video 6/26/16 of Janet Kuypers’ 3 poems, Vent, Each Half is the Enemy, and her Periodic Table poem Vanadium at the Austin open mic Kick Butt Poetry: Spoken & Heard (filmed with a Sony camera). |
White Picket Fence
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Who is at my Side
Who is at my Side - in Russian
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Watch this YouTube video live in the show Seeing a Psychiatrist 9/9/08, Chicago at the Cafe |
Who You Tell Your Dreams To
Order this iTunes track from the poetry music CD the Elements ...Or order the entire CD set from iTunes:
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Watch the YouTube video from the show Stop. live 09/10/02 in Chicago |
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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 |
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Watch the YouTube video of a 10 minute portion of the 09/10/02 poetry show Stop, includeing this piece |
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Listen live from the 03/03/02 CD & the Chicago 09/10/02 performance art show Stop. Look. Listen. |
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Watch the YouTube video (1:13) 06/20/08 Live at Mercury Cafe |
Or watch the complete video of the entire fortune featurette (13:33) 06/20/08 Live at Mercury Cafe |
Watch the YouTube video of this in a live Pilsen feature of poems in her book Contents Under Pressure 09/03/11 at Café Mestizo |
See feature-length YouTube video of many poems (including this one) read 09/03/11 at Café Mestizo from the live feature |
Watch the YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem at the open mike 3/14/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago, from the Kodak |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her Periodic Table poem Who You Tell Your Dreams To from her book Finally, Literature for the Snotty and Elite live 11/20/13 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (C) |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Who You Tell Your Dreams To from her book Finally, Literature for the Snotty and Elite live 11/20/13 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (S) |
why - a part of a song
Originally written (music and vocals) in 1990; this piece was generated 2/10/03. |
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers singing 2 of her songs a Cappella 2/5/16 at the Round Rock music open mic at the American Legion: Why and Where I Belong (from a Nikon CoolPix S7000 camera). |
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers singing 2 of her songs a Cappella 2/5/16 at the Round Rock music open mic at the American Legion: Why and Where I Belong (filmed from a Canon Pro Shot camera). |
Why Am I Infected
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Why Am I Infected 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 Why Am I Infected 4/24/16 at Chicago’s 2016 Poetry Bomb at Bagdad Cemetery in Leander Texas (filmed with a Sony camera). |
Why Do You
[in French] [in German] [in Italian] [in Portuguese]
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Listen to the CD recording of this, from the CD Change/Rearrange |
Watch this YouTube video live at the Winking Lizard in Ohio 10/10/08 |
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Listen: (3:41) to this recording from Fusion |
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
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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
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Why I Didn’t See God
Watch this YouTube video (studio session 03/16/09) |
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 Live at the Café in Chicago 02/24/09 |
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Watch this YouTube video live at Cana-Dixie to Chi-town 12/15/09 |
See YouTube video 5/13/16 of Janet Kuypers reading her 3 poems Lambs To Heaven’s Gate, Why I Didn’t See God and thank you, women who work one, plus her bonus reading of the Ai poem The Good Shepherd at Georgetown’s Poetry Plus open mic at Cianfrani’s (from a Canon Power Shot camera). |
See YouTube video 5/13/16 of Janet Kuypers reading her 3 poems Lambs To Heaven’s Gate, Why I Didn’t See God and thank you, women who work one, plus her bonus reading of the Ai poem The Good Shepherd at Georgetown’s Poetry Plus open mic at Cianfrani’s in Texas (from a Sony camera). |
Why I’ll Never Get Married
[in Finnish] [in French] [in German] [in Italian] [in Portuguese] [in Spanish]
[electronically translated from English to Spanish, then back to English]
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(3:17)the poem Why I’'ll Never Get Married and Work Journal from the show 6/11 06/11/02 from the Internet Archive |
Watch this YouTube video live at 6/11 in Chicago 06/11/02 |
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Listen to the CD recording for the 06/11/02 performance art show 6/11 |
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Watch this YouTube video read live 10/11/11 at the Café in her mini-feature of Contents Under Pressure book poems |
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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 |
Will Be Just Fine
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Listen to the CD recording of this, from the CD Change/Rearrange |
Watch this YouTube video from Death Comes In Threes, live 03/18/03 in Chicago |
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Watch half of the show video from Death Comes In Threes, with this writing, via the Internet Archive (31:34) |
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Listen to the CD recording of this piece used with the performance art show Death Comes in Threes 03/18/03
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Will You Let Me Know
one of six poems about one person —
With You
This series of with/without you poems is in the Starite Cafe
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Watch this YouTube video live at Cana-Dixie to Chi-town 12/15/09 |
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Listen live from the 03/03/02 CD & the Chicago 09/10/02 performance art show Stop. Look. Listen. |
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Watch the YouTube video from the show Stop. live 09/10/02 in Chicago |
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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 |
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Watch the YouTube video of a 10 minute portion of the 09/10/02 poetry show Stop, includeing this piece |
| Listen from Kiki, Jake & Haytstack off the CD an american portrait |
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Watch this YouTube video live at the Café in Chicago 02/09/10 |
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Watch this YouTube video of Kuypers reading poetry 02/28/08 |
Wither Away
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Listen to the DMJ Art Connection, off the CD Singular 
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without religion
one of six poems about one person —
Without You
This series of with/without you poems is in the Starite Cafe
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Listen live from the 03/03/02 CD & the Chicago 09/10/02 performance art show Stop. Look. Listen. |
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Watch the YouTube video from the show Stop. live 09/10/02 in Chicago |
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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 |
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Watch the YouTube video of a 10 minute portion of the 09/10/02 poetry show Stop, includeing this piece |
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Listen to the CD recording from the CD Rough Mixes, by Pointless Orchestra |
:31, 1990s film This film is from the Internet Archive |
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Watch this YouTube video (:31)
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| Listen from Kiki, Jake & Haytstack off the CD an american portrait |
Watch this poem video broadcast on Nashville TV, show #1 of Speer Presents You can also see the above video at vtap |
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Watch this YouTube video live at the Café in Chicago 02/09/10 |
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Watch this YouTube video of Kuypers reading poetry 02/28/08 |
Without You Getting Something
witnessing hitler’s reign
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Watch this YouTube video of the Cutting Room Floor at the Palos Park Public Library 10/07/09 |
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or see the full 10/07/09 Video at the Palos Park Public Library of the Cutting Room Floor via the Internet Archive |
See the YouTube ½ Show 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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Watch the YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem at the open mike 4/25/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago (W/ by live piano music from Gary) |
Watch the YouTube video of Kuypers’ open mike 4/25/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago, plus her poetry (w/ music from the HA!man of South Africa, and live piano from Gary) |
See a Vine video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem witnessing hitler’s reign, from Scars Publications’ “need to know” 2015 literary date book. (12/22/15, Samsung, from Austin, Texas) |
Women’s Very Existence
2012 translation of Women’s Very Existence - in Slovak: “Podstata ženského bytia”
This poem (in both languages) was nominated in the Rape, Sexism, Life & Death 2014 release for the (40 year) Pushcart Prize
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Listen (or listen live) to the DMJ Art Connection, off the CD Contact•Conflict•Control |
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Listen to the CD recording from the CD Rough Mixes, by Pointless Orchestra |
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Watch the YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Women’s Very Existence (2:59) 4/1/05 (April Fool’s Day) Live at the DvA Chicago Art Gallery show Conflict • Contact • Control. |
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 |
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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 |
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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) |
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 |
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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
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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
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See YouTube video 1/3/16 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems White Knuckled, Women’s Very Existence and Burn It In from her book Rape, Sexism, Life & Death and her poem ever leave me from the cc&d book When the Walls are Paper Thin at the Austin open mic Kick Butt Poetry (Canon Power Shot)
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See YouTube video 1/3/16 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems White Knuckled, Women’s Very Existence and Burn It In from her book Rape, Sexism, Life & Death and her poem ever leave me from the cc&d book When the Walls are Paper Thin at the Austin open mic Kick Butt Poetry (Nikon CoolPix S7000)
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Wondering Why
Watch this YouTube video live, the Cafe 12/16/08, Chicago |
Watch this YouTube video performed for C Ra McGuirt (Penny Dreadful Press) in Nashville 12/20/08 |
Worms
| 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 of Kuypers reading this poem 9/24/24 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (Canon) as if she were on the phone |
See YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem 9/24/24 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (Sony) as if she were on the phone |
See YouTube video of Kuypers’ “Airport Phonecall” reading (which includes this poem) 9/24/24 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (Canon) |
See YouTube video of Kuypers’ “Airport Phonecall” reading (which includes this poem) 9/24/24 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (Sony) |
See YouTube video of Kuypers hosting the open mic 10/24/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago, plus her poetry (including this poem) |
Worn Out
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Listen to the DMJ Art Connection, off the CD the DMJ Art Connection Disc One Listen to & download this track from the DMJ Art Connection
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Listen Live at the Café, now available in a 3 CD set |
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Get this on Poetic Pieces - a CD of poetry & editorials for only $14.99 (with free shipping!). |
Watch the YouTube video 2:00, live at Jesse Oaks 04/17/08 |
| You can also see the above YouTube video at Google Video |
Worth Something
Watch the YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem at the open mike 6/20/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago (Canon) |
Watch the YouTube video of Kuypers’ open mike 6/20/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago, which includes this poem |
Wouldn’t Have To
| edit this poem in wandering words... rearrange the words... or make a new poem either in Flash or in Java (Windows only)! |
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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 |
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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 |
Writing Your Name
writing your name - in Finnish
Watch this YouTube video live at the Lake County 2010 Poetry Bomb at Independence Grove forest preserve 04/18/10 |
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Order this iTunes track: even in different forms: from the Chaotic Collection ...Or order the entire 5 CD set from iTunes: CD:
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Listen to studio or live tracks from the CD & performance art show How Do I Get There?
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Watch this YouTube video live at the show How Do I Get There 02/15/05, Chicago |
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see the entire performance of How Do I Get There? 02/15/05 in Chicago live, via the Internet Archive |
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Listen to the CD recording from the CD Rough Mixes, by Pointless Orchestra |
Watch the YouTube video :46 live 08/05/07 at Beach poets |
Watch this YouTube video (:26, 06/11/07) |
Watch this YouTube video (:31, 06/11/07) |
Watch this YouTube video read at at the open mic at Sacred Grounds in San Francisco CA 09/16/09 |
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) |
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 |
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Order this iTunes track from the poetry audio CD Hope Chest In The Attic 13 Years of Poetry & Prose ...Or order the entire CD set from iTunes:
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Writing Your Name (from the book It All Comes Down) in Chicago 11/24/13 (C) at her feature Book Expo 2013 Chicago |
Watch this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Writing Your Name (from the book It All Comes Down) in Chicago 11/24/13 (S) at her feature Book Expo 2013 Chicago |
See YouTube video 2/12/16 of Janet Kuypers reading her a mix of her poems There I Sit & Writing Your Name from memory at the Poetry Plus open mic at Cianfrani’s on the Square in Georgetown TX (Canon Power Shot camera). |
See YouTube video 2/12/16 of Janet Kuypers reading her 2 poems The Fourteenth & Looking for a Worthy Adversary (an extreme sestina variation), and then her 2 poems There I Sit & Writing Your Name as one, at the Poetry Plus open mic at Cianfrani’s on the Square in Georgetown TX (Cps). |
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).
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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).
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Wrong Attention
Wrong Attention - in Tamil
This poem is in the Starite Cafe
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Order this iTunes track: from Chaotic Elements (a 2 CD set)...Or order the entire CD set from iTunes CD:
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