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See YouTube video 9/4/16 of Janet Kuypers saying her poem “Opposite” in conversation, then reading her poems “Marilyn Monroe Falling Through the Cracks”, “This May Sound (edited)”, and “Childhood Memories Four” at the Austin open mic Kick Butt Poetry (from a Canon Power Shot camera).

See YouTube video 9/4/16 of Janet Kuypers saying her poem “Opposite” in conversation, then reading her poems “Marilyn Monroe Falling Through the Cracks”, “This May Sound (edited)”, and “Childhood Memories Four” at the Austin open mic Kick Butt Poetry (from a Sony camera).

Childhood Memories four I was in the first grade, in Mrs. Lindstrom’s class and every morning, probably around ten-thirty, we would have snack-time. And everyone would get their snacks that their mommies made for them, and we’d all sit and eat. But me and Lori Zlotow, we would take our math books, hold them up like a tray, throw a napkin over our arms, put all of our snacks on our books, and walk around the room bartering for better snacks. “I’ll give you this apple for your candy bar.” We’d finish trading, come back with a quarter of an orange, an extra piece of gum. We’d put the orange quarter in our mouths, peel and all, and act like monkeys. And laugh. Copyright Janet Kuypers. All rights reserved. No material may be reprinted without express permission.