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of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Know You from her 2014 poetry book Partial Nudity at an 8/18/14 open mic at Chicago’s Waiting 4 the Bus (C)
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video video YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems Know You, Physical Reactions to Emotional Traumas and Overweight Reasons, plus Robin Williams’ lines on why we read and write poetry in an excerpt from Dead Poets Society at an 8/18/14 open mic at Chicago’s Waiting 4 the Bus (C)
video videoYouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems Know You, Physical Reactions to Emotional Traumas and Overweight Reasons, plus Robin Williams’ lines on why we read and write poetry in an excerpt from Dead Poets Society at an 8/18/14 open mic at Chicago’s Waiting 4 the Bus (S)
video See this YouTube video from 4/15/17 of Janet Kuypers in Austin reading her poems “On All Fours” and “Know You” at “Recycled Reads” (this video was filmed from a Canon Power Shot SX720 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry
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See YouTube video from 4/15/17 of Janet Kuypers in Austin reading her poems On All Fours” and “Know You
at “Recycled Reads(Canon Power Shot SX700 camera video w/ an Edge Detection filter).
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See YouTube video from 4/15/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems On All Fours”, “Know You” and “erasure poem: a Poetic History at Austin’s “Recycled Reads(from a Sony camera).
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See YouTube video from 4/15/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems On All Fours”, “Know You” and “erasure poem: a Poetic History at Austin’s “Recycled Reads”; (Sony, Sepia Tone filter).
video Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Everyone Else”, “Surviving the Apocalypse”, “Know You”, “Quenching Anybody’s Thirst”, “Worth Something”, “Everyone Has a Choice”, and “Zach Makes Me Think About These Things” from the Down in the Dirt 6/22 v195 issue/book “Bridge” on 6/1/22, the 1st Wednesday of the month from 1:00-3:00 PM CST in honor of the “Community Poetry” reading (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry
video Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Everyone Else”, “Surviving the Apocalypse”, “Know You”, “Quenching Anybody’s Thirst”, “Worth Something”, “Everyone Has a Choice”, and “Zach Makes Me Think About These Things” from the Down in the Dirt 6/22 v195 issue/book “Bridge” on 6/1/22, the 1st Wednesday of the month from 1:00-3:00 PM CST in honor of the “Community Poetry” reading (this video was filmed and streamed live from a Samsung S9 camera with a b&w Old Film filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypers
video Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Everyone Else”, “Surviving the Apocalypse”, “Know You”, “Quenching Anybody’s Thirst”, “Worth Something”, “Everyone Has a Choice”, “Zach Makes Me Think About These Things”, “Been a World Leader”, and “Enough’s Enough” from section 2 of the from the Down in the Dirt 5-8/22 issue collection book “The Final Frontier” on 10/5/22 on the 1st Wednesday of the month (1:00-3:00 PM CST) in honor of ‘Community Poetry’ (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading
video Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Everyone Else”, “Surviving the Apocalypse”, “Know You”, “Quenching Anybody’s Thirst”, “Worth Something”, “Everyone Has a Choice”, “Zach Makes Me Think About These Things”, “Been a World Leader”, and “Enough’s Enough” from section 2 of the Down in the Dirt 5-8/22 issue collection book “The Final Frontier” on 10/5/22 on the 1st Wednesday of the month (1:00-3:00 PM CST) in honor of ‘Community Poetry’ (filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypers #janetkuypersbookreading

Know You

Janet Kuypers
5/10/12

It’s weird
wearing a
name tag
for this job
because
every once
in a while
someone starts
talking to you
and they
make a point
to state
your name

And that’s when
you realize
you’re suddenly
at a
disadvantage
because
you’re just
trying
to do
your job
and this
stranger
keeps saying
your name

When they
say your name
like that
it sounds like
they’re
broadcasting
it
to the
world

You almost feel
like you’re in
an interrogation
room
with the light
in your face
and they
already know
you


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