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See YouTube video Live at the Cafe, in Chicago 03/10/09

See YouTube video or all of the poems read live at the Cafe, in Chicago 03/10/09

See YouTube video (a poem mentioning fire, read in front of a fire 07/12/09)

See YouTube video (studio session 03/16/09)

See this YouTube video (posted 5/31/22, a Tuesday like The Café Gallery open mic dates) of Janet Kuypers reading her poems ““that’s from the barbed wire””, “the Cycle of Life”, “Finding Faith in a Grocery Store”, and “Painted Buddhas” from the Down in the Dirt v194 4/22 book “Seahorse” when visiting Chicago 3/29/22 for “The Café Gallery 5/31/22 Book Reading” in The Café Gallery Book Reading series (video from a Samsung S9 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersthecafegallery

See this YouTube video (posted 6/7/22, a Tuesday like The Café open mic dates) of Janet Kuypers reading her poems ““that’s from the barbed wire””, “the Cycle of Life”, “Finding Faith in a Grocery Store”, and “Painted Buddhas” from the Down in the Dirt v194 4/22 book “Seahorse” when visiting Chicago 3/29/22 for “The Café Gallery 6/7/22 Book Reading” in The Café Gallery Book Reading series (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoem #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem #janetkuypersthecafegallery

Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “How People Interpret My Words”, “you’ve already paid for this”, “Chicago”, “that’s from the barbed wire”, and “the Cycle of Life” from the Down in the Dirt 1-4/22 Down in the Dirt issue collection book “The Ice that Was” on 8/3/22 on the 1st Wednesday of the month (1:00-3:00 PM CST) in honor of ‘Community Poetry’ (from a Samsung S9 camera; posted on Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “How People Interpret My Words”, “you’ve already paid for this”, “Chicago”, “that’s from the barbed wire”, and “the Cycle of Life” from the Down in the Dirt 1-4/22 Down in the Dirt issue collection book “The Ice that Was” on 8/3/22 on the 1st Wednesday of the month (1:00-3:00 PM CST) in honor of ‘Community Poetry’ (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

the Cycle of Life Janet Kuypers, 03/03/09 when my mother died that’s when the forest fire started and the whole forest burned down i know, i know, the cycle of life i get it but since then i’ve collected plants i can’t let things die my office is like a rainforest & these hanging growing creatures have taken over my home i know, i get it, the cycle of life but now that she’s gone i want to make sure that everything lives Copyright © 2009 Janet Kuypers. All rights reserved. No material may be reprinted without express permission.