Live at “Trunk Fest” in Evanston IL 6/25/11: Striking with Nature and Humanity     Janet Kuypers was thrilled to be a feature on June 25th at Trunk Fest...     People could listen from the street (or walk down the sidewalk, or hang out on the lawn or the parking lot) during this Evanston mini-feature June 25th at Trunk Fest, where Kuypers did a feature of poems (and two poems that were converted from prose, primarily from the from the 6" x 9" ISBN# book Close Cover Before Striking, for future audio CD release) to perform in “Striking with Nature and Humanity ”, where artists bring books for sale literally in the trunks of their cars.     Follow the links below to see or hear poetry from this live Evanston IL show, or even download the chapbook! download the chapbook Striking with Nature and Humanity (writings from live show 6/25/11) enjoy the full video of the entire show See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers performing her entire poetry/prose/music show Striking with Nature and Humanity with live guitar from John at Trunk Fest, live outdoors in Evanston IL 6/25/11, which includes her poems Guilt (which is based on the prose that appears in the book), When You’re Gone, Our Lady of Humility’s Hypocrisy, Reason to Stand, Dreams Turned into Nightmares (Which is based on the prose that appears in the book), and I Want, then her encore poem Tumbling Diaper Seeks Fresh Baby and then her encore Mom’s Favorite Vase song What We Need in Life. ...on to the poems: (in the order they were read during the show) Guilt See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Guilt (which is based on the prose that appears in the book Close Cover Before Striking) with live guitar from John, read (for future audio CD release) live at Striking with Nature and Humanity at Trunk Fest, in an outdoor Evanston IL feature 6/25/11. Download the chapbook with this writing in Striking with Nature and Humanity Rather read it? Then check out Guilt (which is based on the prose that appears in the book) When You’re Gone See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem When You’re Gone with live guitar from John, 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 6/25/11. Download the chapbook with this writing in Striking with Nature and Humanity Rather read it? Then check out When You’re Gone Our Lady of Humility’s Hypocrisy See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Our Lady of Humility’s Hypocrisy live at Striking with Nature and Humanity at Trunk Fest, in Evanston IL feature 6/25/11. Download the chapbook with this writing in Striking with Nature and Humanity Rather read it? Then check out Our Lady of Humility’s Hypocrisy Reason to Stand See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Reason to Stand with live guitar from John, 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 6/25/11. Download the chapbook with this writing in Striking with Nature and Humanity Rather read it? Then check out Reason to Stand Dreams Turned into Nightmares See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Dreams Turned into Nightmares (Which is based on the prose that appears in the book Close Cover Before Striking) with live guitar from John, read (for future audio CD release) live at Striking with Nature and Humanity at Trunk Fest, in an outdoor Evanston IL feature 6/25/11. Download the chapbook with this writing in Striking with Nature and Humanity Rather read it? Then check out Dreams Turned into Nightmares (Which is based on the prose that appears in the book) I Want See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem I Want with live guitar from John, 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 6/25/11. Download the chapbook with this writing in Striking with Nature and Humanity Rather read it? Then check out I Want and during the encore... Tumbling Diaper Seeks Fresh Baby See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Tumbling Diaper Seeks Fresh Baby live at Striking with Nature and Humanity at Trunk Fest, in Evanston IL feature 6/25/11. Rather read it? Then check out Tumbling Diaper Seeks Fresh Baby What We Need in Life See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers singing her Mom’s Favorite Vase song What We Need in Life with live guitar from John (and also published in her book Close Cover Before Striking), performed (for future audio CD release) live at Striking with Nature and Humanity at Trunk Fest, in an outdoor Evanston IL feature 6/25/11. Rather read it? Then check out What We Need in Life Directions to Trunk Fest: The address is 1400 Oakton - when driving on I94, get off at Dempster and go east 3 or 4 miles to Asbury, turn right on Asbury to get to Oakton and turn right - west - and the parking lot is less than a half a block on the south side. (You can also go a search for Trunk Fest at facebook to see more info.) download the chapbook Striking with Nature and Humanity (writings from live show 6/25/11)