Y Chromosome Missing
  See YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem 9/12/12 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (Canon) |
See YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem 9/12/12 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (Sony) |
See YouTube video of Kuypers’ “Grocery Store Stories” 9/12/12 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (with this poem; Canon) |
 See YouTube video of Kuypers’ “Grocery Store Stories” 9/12/12 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (with this poem; Sony) |
 See YouTube video of Kuypers’ open mic 9/12/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago, plus her poetry (including this poem) |
Y-Shaped Cigarette
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   Watch this YouTube video live at Cana-Dixie to Chi-town 12/15/09 |
Visit the Kuypers Twitter page for short poems— join http://twitter.com/janetkuypers.
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Yeah
Watch the YouTube video (4:35) 10/15/07 Peter Jones art gallery, Chicago |
Watch the YouTube video (4:30) 10/15/07 Peter Jones art gallery, Chicago |
Watch the YouTube video (4:33) 10/15/07 Peter Jones art gallery, Chicago |
Watch the YouTube video (4:43) 10/15/07 Peter Jones art gallery, Chicago |
Watch the YouTube video 5:18, during the performance art show “A Foot Fantasia” on the 1st day, 10/16/07, along with the show emding applause, at the Peter Jones art gallery in Chicago |
Watch the YouTube video 5:19, during the performance art show “A Foot Fantasia” 10/17/07, the Peter Jones art gallery, Chicago |
Watch the YouTube video 5:18, during the performance art show “A Foot Fantasia” on the 2nd day, 10/17/07, contributed by franna3 (the HA!man of South Africa) |
Watch this YouTube video (3:28) recorded of dancing Boobies (birds called Nazca Boobies, Punta Suarez, Espanola Island 12/25/07, Galapagos Islands) |
Yeah, the Passion
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Yeah, the Passionat the open mic 7/4/12 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (video filmed from the Canon camera). |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Yeah, the Passionat the open mic 7/4/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago (this video was filmed from the Sony camera). |
See YouTube video of Kuypers’ open mic 7/4/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago, plus her reading poems, including this one (w/ live piano from Gary) |
years (haiku, on twitter)
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 See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading (S) her poem years from her “Partial Nudity” book release feature live 6/18/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading (C) her poem years from her “Partial Nudity” book release feature live 6/18/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery |
See YouTube video of the Janet Kuypers book release feature “Partial Nudity” (S, CONTAINING THIS POEM) live 6/18/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery |
from the poems about mom - you’ll like them
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 |
You’re With Me
Watch this YouTube video live at Cana-Dixie to Chi-town 12/15/09 |
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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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you ((haiku, on twitter)
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku you live 3/26/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (Canon camera) |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku you live 3/26/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (Sony camera) |
You & Me & Your Girlfriend
Watch the YouTube video from the show Stop. live 09/10/02 in Chicago |
 Or see the full “Stop” show including the performance of this piece, as a .mov file, an .mp4 file, or as a raw .ogv file, from the Internet Archive |
Watch the YouTube video of a 10 minute portion of the 09/10/02 poetry show Stop, includeing this piece |
Listen live  from the 03/03/02 CD& the Chicago 09/10/02 performance art show Stop. Look. Listen. |
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Listen: (1:34) to this recording from Fusion |
Watch the YouTube video (1:34) 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 |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her Periodic Table poem You and Me and Your Girlfriend 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 You and Me and Your Girlfriend from her book Finally, Literature for the Snotty and Elite live 11/20/13 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (S) |
You Are
Watch this YouTube video live at the Cafe in Chicago 12/01/09 |
You Carried It
Watch this YouTube video (1:40) live 06/14/11 at the Café in Chicago |
Watch this YouTube video with the Edge Detection filter, live 06/14/11 at the Café in Chicago |
Watch this YouTube video with the Sepia Tone filter, live 06/14/11 at the Café in Chicago |
Watch this YouTube video with the Film Age (older) filter, live 06/14/11 at the Café in Chicago |
Watch this YouTube video with the Threshold filter, live 06/14/11 at the Café in Chicago |
See YouTube video of Kuypers’ feature Ten Minutes With Warren at the 06/14/11 open mic at the Café in Chicago, of her poems The Things Warren Says, No One Will, Warren Stories, Before I Can Put a Smile on my Face Again, It’s Someone’s Job, and You Carried It, & her covering the Eurythmics song I Need you, + her MFV song What We Need In Life
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See YouTube video from camera #2 of Kuypers’ feature Ten Minutes With Warren at the 06/14/11 open mic at the Café in Chicago, of her poems The Things Warren Says, No One Will, Warren Stories, Before I Can Put a Smile on my Face Again, It’s Someone’s Job, and You Carried It, & her covering the Eurythmics song I Need you, + her MFV song What We Need In Life
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See YouTube video from the intro to the 06/14/11 open mic at the Café in Chicago, & Kuypers’ poems The Things Warren Says, No One Will, Warren Stories, Before I Can Put a Smile on my Face Again, It’s Someone’s Job, and You Carried It, & her covering the Eurythmics’ I Need you, + her MFV song What We Need In Life
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You Cannot Burn Me
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Watch this YouTube video (:24, of just the poem) live at the Café in Chicago 10/05/10 |
Watch this YouTube video of the intro from the open mic @ the Café in Chicago 10/05/10, w/ Kuypers reading her poems “You Cannot Burn Me” & “Rushed” |
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 |
You Can’t Tell (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 her twitter-length poem You Can᾿ Tell live 9/11/13 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (C) |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length poem You Can᾿ Tell live 9/11/13 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (video with a posterize filter) |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ 3 poems Deity Discipline, You Can’t Tell and a poem she wrote there, just before reading, Quieted Soul, and then she closed by reading the Ai poem The Good Shepherd at Georgetown’s Poetry Plus open mic at Cianfrani’s 3/25/16 (filmed from a Canon Power Shot camera). |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ 3 poems Deity Discipline, You Can’t Tell and a poem she wrote there, just before reading, Quieted Soul, and then she closed by reading the Ai poem The Good Shepherd at Georgetown’s Poetry Plus open mic at Cianfrani’s 3/25/16 (video filmed from a Nikon CooPix S7000 camera). |
You Feel More
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Watch the YouTube video (2:01) 06/20/08 Live at Mercury Cafe |
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Or watch the complete video of the entire fortune featurette (13:33) 06/20/08 Live at Mercury Cafe |
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 music & video from the HA!man of South Africa
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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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You Know It
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Listen Live at the Cafe, now available in a 3 CD set |
Watch this YouTube video (1:24) recorded on the Pacific Ocean 12/07 near the Galapagos Islands The above video can also been seen at aol video 
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Order this iTunes track: from the poetry audio CD etc....Or order the entire CD set from iTunes or Napster CD:
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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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Watch this YouTube video Live at Creation Relation (reading poetry live outdoors in Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana & Illinois 05/10/09 |
You Know What I’m Talking About
This poem is in the Starite Cafe
you once showed me
You Once So Confidently
Watch the YouTube video (1:37) live 08/05/07 at Beach poets |
| Listen from Kiki, Jake & Haytstack off the CD an american portrait |
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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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You Remembered Too
you’ve already paid for this
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 |
You’ve Killed Me
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 |
you’ve left me on Siesta Beach
Watch this YouTube video live at Waiting4the Bus at Café Ballou in Chicago 08/01/11 |
Watch this YouTube video of 3 death-related poems (including this one) live at Waiting4the Bus at Café Ballou in Chicago 08/01/11 |
Watch this YouTube video read 08/02/11, live at the Café in Chicago |
Watch this YouTube video of her reading her death-themed poems 08/02/11 “You’ve Left Me on Siesta Beach” and “Death Takes Many Forms” at the Café in Chicago |
Watch this YouTube video of the intro to the 08/02/11 open mic at the Café in Chicago, and her poems “You’ve Left Me on Siesta Beach” and “Death Takes Many Forms” |
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) |
You Moved from Island to Island
Watch the YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem from her book Stabity Stabity Stab Stab Stab at the open mike 4/11/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago (w/ music from the HA!man of South Africa) |
Watch the YouTube video of Kuypers’ open mike 4/11/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago, plus the entire open mike, w/ this poem (w/ music from the HA!man of South Africa, & piano from Gary) |
You Are a Force
Watch the YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem at the open mike 4/11/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago (w/ music from the HA!man of South Africa) |
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Watch the YouTube video of Kuypers’ open mike 4/11/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago, plus the entire open mike, w/ this poem (w/ music from the HA!man of South Africa, & piano from Gary) |
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 |
You Repel Me “You Are a Force”, edited by John Y., to create the opposite effect
Watch the YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem (editing of her poem You are a Force, to give it the opposite effect) at the open mike 4/11/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery (w/ the HA!man of South Africa music) |
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Watch the YouTube video of Kuypers’ open mike 4/11/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago, plus the entire open mike, w/ this poem (w/ music from the HA!man of South Africa, & piano from Gary) |
You Will
You Will - in Marathi
This poem is in the Starite Cafe
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Watch this YouTube video live at the Café in Chicago 07/27/10 |
Watch this YouTube video of the intro from the open mic @ the Café in Chicago 07/27/10, w/ Kuypers reading her poem “You Will”, “Marine Rifle Poem” “Build Your Own Cross”, and “Waiting for a Sign” |
You Won’t Miss Her
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 |
you would know if you were here
This poem is in the Starite Cafe
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Young Dreams from a Potential Legend
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Young Dreams from a Potential Legend (in the chapbook “Bases Loaded”) 4/26/15 (C) at Chicago’s 2015 Poetry Bomb (at Wrigley Field), from a Canon Power Shot |
See YouTube video of the Janet Kuypers 4/26/15 show “Bases Loaded” just outside Wrigley Field at the 2015 Poetry Bomb in Chicago (filmed with a Canon Power Shot), of poems relating to baseball - INCLUDING THIS POEM |
Download this poem in the free chapbook “Bases Loaded” w/ poems read on 4/26/15 at the 2015 Poetry Bomb in Chicago |
Your Little China Doll
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem your little china doll in Chicago 3/17/14 at the open mic Waiting 4 the Bus |
 See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading many of her poems live (8 haiku poems, 4 poems, and a Periodic Table poem) in Chicago 3/17/14 at the Waiting 4 the Bus open mic INCLUDING THIS POEM |
Your Minions are Dying
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 Cafe, now available in a 3 CD set |
Watch this YouTube video (5:14) from the Chicago performance art show {Stripped} live 6/7/05 |
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See the above YouTube video on Design.com |
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Listen: (6:13) to this recording from Fusion |
See YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem 10/10/12 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (Canon) from her book the one thing the government still has no control over |
See YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem 10/10/12 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (Sony) from her book the one thing the government still has no control over |
See YouTube video of Kuypers hosting the open mic 10/10/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago, plus this poem |
Your Soul is Shaking
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Listen to the DMJ Art Connection, off the CD Singular 
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Watch the YouTube video (1:21) 10/15/07 Peter Jones art gallery in Chicago. |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Your Soul is Shaking at the open mike 7/4/12 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (this video was filmed from the Canon camera). |
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Your Soul is Shaking at the open mike 7/4/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago (this video was filmed from the Sony camera). |
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See YouTube video of Kuypers’ open mike 7/4/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago, plus her reading poems, including this one (w/ live piano from Gary) |
See YouTube video of the poem reading by Janet Kuypers of Your Soul is Shaking (w/ John playing guitar) in her 3/28/15 show “Journey” at Sisters on a Journey in Hyde Park in Chicago (Canon fs200)
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See YouTube video of the poem reading by Janet Kuypers of Your Soul is Shaking (w/ John playing guitar) in her 3/28/15 show “Journey” at Sisters on a Journey in Hyde Park in Chicago (Canon Power Shot)
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See YouTube video of the 3/28/15 Janet Kuypers show “Journey” (w/ John playing guitar) at Sisters on a Journey in Hyde Park in Chicago (filmed with a Canon fs200), of 14 poem readings about her mother
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See YouTube video of the 3/28/15 Janet Kuypers show “Journey” (w/ John playing guitar) at Sisters on a Journey in Hyde Park in Chicago (filmed with a Canon Power Shot), of 14 poem reading about her mother
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Download these poems in the free chapbook “Journey”, w/ poems read 3/28/15 at Sisters on a Journey show in Hyde Park (Chicago) |
Ytterbium (from the “Periodic Table of Poetry” series)
also see this poem at Artvilla
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her “Periodic Table” poem Ytterbium in Chicago 12/13/13 (w/ HA!Man of South Africa music, Canon) her feature and chapbook “an Artist’s Take on Science” |
Watch this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her “Periodic Table” poem Ytterbium in Chicago 12/13/13 (w/ HA!Man of South Africa music, Sony) her feature and chapbook “an Artist’s Take on Science” |
See this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ Periodic Table poems show “an Artist’s Take on Science” live in Chicago’s Fine Arts building 12/13/13 (HA!Man of South Africa music, C) of “Ytterbium”, “Tantalum” & “Lawrencium” |
See this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ Periodic Table poems show “an Artist’s Take on Science” live in Chicago’s Fine Arts building 12/13/13 (HA!Man of South Africa music, S) of “Ytterbium”, “Tantalum” & “Lawrencium” |
Download this free chapbook an Artist’s Take on Science, w/ 3 Janet Kuypers Periodic Table of Poetry poems (“Ytterbium”, “Tantalum”, and “Lawrencium”) |
Yttrium (from the “Periodic Table of Poetry” series)
also see this poem at Artvilla
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading this Periodic Table poem Yttrium at her Beach Poets feature “Periodically on the Beach” 7/21/13 in Chicago (Canon) |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading this Periodic Table poem Yttrium at her Beach Poets feature “Periodically on the Beach” 7/21/13 in Chicago (Sony) |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading Periodic Table poetry at her Beach Poets feature “Periodically on the Beach” 7/21/13 in Chicago (Sony) |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading Periodic Table poetry at MOST of her Beach Poets feature “Periodically on the Beach” 7/21/13 in Chicago (Canon) |
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