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See YouTube video (7:17) 03/16/08 live at the WordSlingers radio feature on WLUW Chicago radio (88.9FM)

See YouTube video Live at Getting Wired (camera #1 at Starbucks, Chicago, 08/08/09)

See YouTube video Live at Getting Wired (camera #2 at Starbucks, Chicago, 08/08/09)

See the full Getting Wired show video (8/8/09, from camera #1). This film is from the Internet Archive (from a Sony camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr. #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersfeature

See the full Getting Wired show video 8/8/09 at a Chicago Starbucks (from camera two; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersfeature

See 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

See 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

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Gift of Motherhood 1”, “Thank You, Women Who Work I”, “Coslow’s”, “Chicago, West Side”, “All These Reminders”, “She Told Me Her Dreams I”, “Childhood Memories I”, “Christmas Eve”, “Flooded War Memories”, and “There I Sit”, in this “Slinging the Word” WLUW Chicago 88/3 FM Radio supplement from the cc&d July-December 2018 expanded issue collection book “Among the Debris” live 8/11/20 in her Tuesday night “Buidlers Book Club” reading (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Gift of Motherhood 1”, “Thank You, Women Who Work I”, “Coslow’s”, “Chicago, West Side”, “All These Reminders”, “She Told Me Her Dreams I”, “Childhood Memories I”, “Christmas Eve”, “Flooded War Memories”, and “There I Sit”, in this “Slinging the Word” WLUW Chicago 88/3 FM Radio supplement from the cc&d July-December 2018 expanded issue collection book “Among the Debris” live 8/11/20 in her Tuesday night “Buidlers Book Club” reading (video filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera).

chicago, west side she knew who they were coming for she crouched in front of the window straddling her chair she moved from the corner her coffee sat in the window sill the condensation rising, beading on the window right about at her eye level. she took the side of her index finger periodically and smeared some of the water away to look into the streets. the snow was no longer falling on the west side of Chicago; it just packed itself darker and deeper into the ground with every car that drove over it. she gunshot was ringing in her ear still. it was so loud. the earth cried when she pulled that trigger. let out a loud, violent scream. she could still hear it. for these few moments, she had to just stare out the window and wait. she didn’t know if she should bother running, if it mattered or not. she couldn’t think. all she knew was that this time, when she heard the sirens coming from the streets, she’d know why they were coming. she’d know who they were coming for. Copyright Janet Kuypers. All rights reserved. No material may be reprinted without express permission.