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video See YouTube video from 3/25/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Ernesto” and “Just Thinking About It” on the theme of circles that she wrote FOR this reading at the “Poetry Aloud” open mic at the Georgetown Public Library (this video was filmed from a Canon Power Shot SX700 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr). #janetkuypers
video See YouTube video from 3/25/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Ernesto” and “Just Thinking About It” on the theme of circles that she wrote FOR this reading at the “Poetry Aloud” open mic at the Georgetown Public Library (this video was filmed from a Sony 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 reading her poems Ernesto”, “You Are a Force” and “One by One the Beech Trees Fell at Austin’s “Recycled Reads(Sony camera).
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See YouTube video from 4/15/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems Ernesto”, “You Are a Force” and “One by One the Beech Trees Fell at Austin’s “Recycled Reads(Sony; Edge Detect).
Hear SoundCloud audio of Janet Kuypers sharing her poetry from her two JanetJanet books, “(pheromemes) 2015-2017 poems” and “(pheromemes) 2015-2017 show poems” (w/ her poems “Ultimate Connectivity: a bird in the hand”, “Original Snowbirds”, “Earth was Crying”, “Just Thinking About It”, “Political Merry-Go-Round”, “Ernesto”, “Endings Bring Light”, and “Everyone Celebrates Together”) in her Chicago 88.3 FM WZRD Radio interview 8/26/17, Part 1.
See YouTube video of part 1 of the Janet Kuypers interview on video WZRD 88.3 FM Chicago Radio 8/24/17, with her reading poetry from her two books “(pheromemes) 2015-2017 poems” and “(pheromemes) 2015-2017 show poems”, including “Ultimate Connectivity: a bird in the hand”, “Original Snowbirds”, “Earth was Crying”, “Just Thinking About It”, “Political Merry-Go-Round”, “Ernesto”, “Endings Bring Light”, and “Everyone Celebrates Together” (this video was filmed from a Sony camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersinterview #janetkuypersradio #janetkuyperschicago
See YouTube video of part 1 of the Janet Kuypers interview on video WZRD 88.3 FM Chicago Radio 8/24/17, with her reading poetry from her two books “(pheromemes) 2015-2017 poems” and “(pheromemes) 2015-2017 show poems”, including “Ultimate Connectivity: a bird in the hand”, “Original Snowbirds”, “Earth was Crying”, “Just Thinking About It”, “Political Merry-Go-Round”, “Ernesto”, “Endings Bring Light”, and “Everyone Celebrates Together” (this video was filmed from a Lumix camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersinterview #janetkuypersradio #janetkuyperschicago
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Verge on Meditation”, “Just Thinking About It”, “Political Merry-Go-Round” and “Ernesto” from her book “(pheromemes) 2015-2017 poems” 8/23/17 at Waukegan (IL) Beach (video filmed from a Sony camera).
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Verge on Meditation”, “Just Thinking About It”, “Political Merry-Go-Round” and “Ernesto” from her book “(pheromemes) 2015-2017 poems” 8/23/17 at Waukegan (IL) Beach (Sony camera w/ a Cartoon filter).
video See YouTube video 8/23/17 of Janet Kuypers’ poem “Knew I Had to be Ready”, then her show “Under My Skin”, with her poems “Protecting Peace can Put you in Prison”, “Ernesto”, “Quivering against the Invading Enemy”, “The Truth Is Out There”, “x-raying metal under my skin”, “X-rays and broken hearts”, “unique noise”, “erasure poem: A Poetic History”, “Just One Book”, and “Returning to Georgetown)” (this video was filmed from a Sony camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperspoetryshow
video See YouTube video 8/23/17 of the Janet Kuypers’ poem “Knew I Had to be Ready”, then her show “Under My Skin”, with her poems “Protecting Peace can Put you in Prison”, “Ernesto”, “Quivering against the Invading Enemy”, “The Truth Is Out There”, “x-raying metal under my skin”, “X-rays and broken hearts”, “unique noise”, “erasure poem: A Poetic History”, “Just One Book”, and “Returning to Georgetown)” (from a Panasonic Lumix camera; Hard Light filter).
video See YouTube video of Janet KuypersNovember 2017 Book Release Reading 11/1/17, where she read her Down in the Dirt 11/17 book “Monsters” haiku poems “knife”, “easy”, and “ghosts”, and her poems “Ernesto” “Just Thinking About It”, “Political Merry-Go-Round” and “Verge on Meditation” in Community Poetry @ Half Price Books (this video was filmed from a Sony camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoetryshow
video See YouTube video of Janet KuypersNovember 2017 Book Release Reading 11/1/17, where she read her Down in the Dirt 11/17 book “Monsters” haiku poems “knife”, “easy”, and “ghosts”, and her poems “Ernesto” “Just Thinking About It”, “Political Merry-Go-Round” and “Verge on Meditation” in Community Poetry @ Half Price Books (this video was filmed from a Lumix camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoetryshow
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See YouTube video of Janet KuypersMarch 2019 Book Release Reading 3/6/19, where she read her “Under My Skin” show poems “Ernesto”, “Quivering Against the Invading Enemy”, and “X-Rays and Broken Hearts”, all from her poetry performance art collection book “Chapter 48 (v2)”, in Community Poetry @ Half Price Books (from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).
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See YouTube video of Janet KuypersMarch 2019 Book Release Reading 3/6/19, where she read her “Under My Skin” poems “Ernesto”, “Quivering Against the Invading Enemy”, & “X-Rays and Broken Hearts”, from her poetry performance art collection book “Chapter 48 (v2)”, in Community Poetry @ Half Price Books (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; Sepia Tone).
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See YouTube video of Janet KuypersMarch 2019 Book Release Reading 3/6/19, where she read her “Under My Skin” show poems “Ernesto”, “Quivering Against the Invading Enemy”, and “X-Rays and Broken Hearts”, all from her poetry performance art collection book “Chapter 48 (v2)”, in Community Poetry @ Half Price Books (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).
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See YouTube video of Janet KuypersMarch 2019 Book Release Reading 3/6/19, where she read her “Under My Skin” poems “Ernesto”, “Quivering Against the Invading Enemy”, & “X-Rays and Broken Hearts”, from her poetry performance art collection book “Chapter 48 (v2)”, in Community Poetry @ Half Price Books (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; Posterize).

Ernesto

Janet Kuypers
3/24/17

As my mother lay dying
on the other side of the country,
I tried to get a flight
so I could see her one last time.

But the ticketing attendant
said she couldn’t help me,
that I couldn’t buy a ticket
because of hurricane Ernesto.

So because this hurricane
was spiraling through
my mother’s town, our lives
were spiraling out of control

as we tried to brace ourselves
for losing our mother,
and picking up the debris
from a disaster we couldn’t control.


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