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video See YouTube video 10/16/16 of Janet Kuypers in her show “Ultimate Connectivity” at the Awesmic City Expo preview in Austin performing her poems “Ultimate Connectivity: disconnect to reconnect”, “Ultimate Connectivity: trying to separate peace from war”, “Ultimate Connectivity: aches and pains”, “Ultimate Connectivity: how coffee can be relaxing”, “Ultimate Connectivity: getting naked with nature”, “Ultimate Connectivity: swimming with the fishes”, “Ultimate Connectivity: forgetting fear and feeling free”, and “Ultimate Connectivity: a bird in the hand” (with poetry that appears in the “Ultimate Connectivity” chapbook, this video was filmed from a Sony camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperspoetryshow
video See YouTube video 10/16/16 of Janet Kuypers in her show “Ultimate Connectivity” at the Awesmic City Expo preview in Austin performing her poems “Ultimate Connectivity: disconnect to reconnect”, “Ultimate Connectivity: trying to separate peace from war”, “Ultimate Connectivity: aches and pains”, “Ultimate Connectivity: how coffee can be relaxing”, “Ultimate Connectivity: getting naked with nature”, “Ultimate Connectivity: swimming with the fishes”, “Ultimate Connectivity: forgetting fear and feeling free”, and “Ultimate Connectivity: a bird in the hand” (with poetry in the “Ultimate Connectivity” chapbook, this video was filmed from a Canon Power Shot camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperspoetryshow
Ultimate Connectivity chapbook Ultimate Connectivity show Get the free PDF file chapbook
Ultimate Connectivity
containing all the poems from the show, in order: “Ultimate Connectivity: disconnect to reconnect”, “Ultimate Connectivity: trying to separate peace from war”, “Ultimate Connectivity: aches and pains”, Ultimate Connectivity showUltimate Connectivity: how coffee can be relaxing”, “Ultimate Connectivity: getting naked with nature”, “Ultimate Connectivity: swimming with the fishes”, “Ultimate Connectivity: forgetting fear and feeling free”, and “Ultimate Connectivity: a bird in the hand”.
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See YouTube video 10/22/16 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “No Compunction” and “Ultimate Connectivity: aches and pains” at “Poetry Aloud” open mic at the Georgetown Public Library (Canon Power Shot).
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See YouTube video 10/22/16 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “No Compunction” and “Ultimate Connectivity: aches and pains” at “Poetry Aloud” open mic at the Georgetown Public Library (Sony camera).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ May 2017 Book Release Reading 5/3/17 of cc&d’s book “the New World” of performance art poetry in Austin’s Community Poetry at Half Price Books, including her “Ultimate Connectivity” poems “Ultimate Connectivity: trying to separate peace from war”, “Ultimate Connectivity: how coffee can be relaxing”, “Ultimate Connectivity: disconnect to reconnect”, “Ultimate Connectivity: aches and pains”, “Ultimate Connectivity: forgetting fear and feeling free”, “Ultimate Connectivity: getting naked with nature”, and “Ultimate Connectivity: a bird in the hand” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ May 2017 Book Release Reading 5/3/17 of cc&d’s book “the New World” of performance art poetry in Austin’s Community Poetry at Half Price Books, including her “Ultimate Connectivity” poems “Ultimate Connectivity: trying to separate peace from war”, “Ultimate Connectivity: how coffee can be relaxing”, “Ultimate Connectivity: disconnect to reconnect”, “Ultimate Connectivity: aches and pains”, “Ultimate Connectivity: forgetting fear and feeling free”, “Ultimate Connectivity: getting naked with nature”, and “Ultimate Connectivity: a bird in the hand” (this video was filmed from a Sony camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Ultimate Connectivity: aches and pains”, “Ultimate Connectivity: how coffee can be relaxing”, “Ultimate Connectivity: swimming with the fishes”, “Ultimate Connectivity: forgetting fear and feeling free” and “Zenith of the Night Sky” from her book “(pheromemes) 2015-2017 show poems” 8/23/17 at Kenosha (WI) Beach (video filmed from a Sony camera, with intro in a Hue Cycling filter and reading in a Posterize filter).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Ultimate Connectivity: aches and pains”, “Ultimate Connectivity: how coffee can be relaxing”, “Ultimate Connectivity: swimming with the fishes”, “Ultimate Connectivity: forgetting fear and feeling free” and “Zenith of the Night Sky” from her book “(pheromemes) 2015-2017 show poems” 8/23/17 at Kenosha (WI) Beach (from a Sony camera).

Ultimate Connectivity:
aches and pains

Janet Kuypers
10/7/16

Had a really heavy workload;
months went by,
the workload piled,
the boyfriend was bringing me down

and I’d wake up every day
in so much pain,
shoulder, elbow, back and knees —
the pain drove me to a doctor

and after the blood tests
they found nothing wrong,
but they guessed it was arthritis
and give me really strong pills.

They’d make me dizzy,
they’d knock me out,
but they didn’t relieve the pain...
So after four months I got away —

got away from the work,
got away from the boyfriend.
Enjoyed the sun and the sand
and felt at peace again.

And that’s when I realized
I didn’t need that boyfriend,
and I can handle the work
so... I didn’t need the pills.

And the aches and pains,
they went away —
and it only happened
when I brought peace back again.


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