In this live spur of the moment event at the Café in Chicago IL, Kuypers read new poems in the equivalent of a two-part mini feature set... The first part of the evening brought new poems from Kuypers, including a poem already accepted for publication at Heavy Hands Ink, in addition to newly-created “historical” poetry about Field Marshall Rommnel’s actions in Normandy just before D Day. This set of poetry included her political poetry, as well as her poetry about women’s issues. (And thanks to Jenene Ravesloot for joining Kuypers in reading the last poem in her poetry set!)
The second part of this mini-feature event from Kuypers has her short story “Stalker” (which was previously performed with John Yotko in her 2010 show the Stories of Women). (And thanks to John Yotko for joining Kuypers in reading this short story with her — not only in her poetry set, but also in her 2010 45+ minute poetry/prose/video/music performance art show...)
Follow the links below to read, see or hear poetry and short prose from this live Chicago book reading.
enjoy two mini-features the Café
from Janet Kuypers
The 1st feature of her poems “End of an Empire”, “Escape my Brain Somehow”, “Elephants Carry the World”, “one by one, the beech trees fell”, and finally “Before it Occurred to Me” (last poem read with Jenene Ravesloot).
The 2nd feature (at the end of the evening) of her short story “Stalker” (read with John Yotko)
See YouTube video of two mini-features at the 05/17/11 open mic at the Café in Chicago, 1st of her poems End of an Empire, Escape my Brain Somehow, Elephants Carry the World, one by one, the beech trees fell, Before it Occurred to Me, then of her short story Stalker
the introduction to the Café
and then her poems “End of an Empire”, “Escape my Brain Somehow”, “Elephants Carry the World”, “one by one, the beech trees fell”, and finally “Before it Occurred to Me” (last poem read with Jenene Ravesloot), then (at the end of the evening) her short story “Stalker” (read with John Yotko)
See YouTube video from the intro to the 05/17/11 open mic at the Café in Chicago, and her poems End of an Empire, Escape my Brain Somehow, Elephants Carry the World, one by one, the beech trees fell, Before it Occurred to Me, & her short story Stalker
