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View or download the free PDF chapbook Beginning Anew with her 2017 poems “only choice is to build”, “our futures”, “Evolving, Connecting and Confounding”, and “optimizing your odds” performed in her 1/7/17 show.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers in her 1/7/17 show “Beginning Anew” at “New Year, New Poems” in Austin reading her poems “only choice is to build”, “our futures”, “Evolving, Connecting and Confounding”, and “optimizing your odds” to live guitar (this video was filmed from a Canon Power Shotcamera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers in her 1/7/17 show “Beginning Anew” at “New Year, New Poems” in Austin reading her poems “only choice is to build”, “our futures”, “Evolving, Connecting and Confounding”, and “optimizing your odds” to live guitar (this video was filmed from a Sony camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See YouTube video from 1/8/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her 3 poems “only choice is to build”, “our futures” and “Evolving, Connecting and Confounding” into each other w/ John on acoustic guitar live at Austin’s Kick Butt Poetry (this video was filmed from a Canon Power Shot camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See YouTube video from 1/8/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her 3 poems “only choice is to build”, “our futures” and “Evolving, Connecting and Confounding” into each other w/ John on acoustic guitar live at Austin’s Kick Butt Poetry (this video was filmed from a Sony camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ August 2017 Book Release Reading 8/2/17 of cc&d’s book “While the Waves Crashed” poems “Only Choice is to Build”, “Our Futures”, “Evolving, Connecting and Confounding” and “optimizing your odds” in Community Poetry @ Half Price Books (Sony; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperspoetryshow

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ August 2017 Book Release Reading 8/2/17 of cc&d’s book “While the Waves Crashed” poems “Only Choice is to Build”, “Our Futures”, “Evolving, Connecting and Confounding” and “optimizing your odds” in Community Poetry @ Half Price Books (Lumix camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperspoetryshow

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ “December 2017 Book Release Reading” 12/6/17, where she reads from her book “(pheromemes) 2015-2017 show poems” her poems “our futures”, “Mapping the Way to True Love”, “Kick Someone Out”, “Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls”, “Xerostomia”, and “You Were Meant” in “Community Poetry @ Half Price Books” (L; T56).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ “December 2017 Book Release Reading” 12/6/17, where she reads from her book “(pheromemes) 2015-2017 show poems” her poems “our futures”, “Mapping the Way to True Love”, “Kick Someone Out”, “Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls”, “Xerostomia”, and “You Were Meant” in “Community Poetry @ Half Price Books” (L2500).

See YouTube video from 12/9/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Underwater and Swimming”, then her poems “our futures” & “Mapping the Way to True Love” from her book “(pheromemes) 2015-2017 show poems” at the “Poetry Aloud” open mic at the Georgetown Public Library (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video from 12/9/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Underwater and Swimming”, then her poems “our futures”; & “Mapping the Way to True Love” from her book “(pheromemes) 2015-2017 show poems” at the “Poetry Aloud” open mic at the Georgetown Public Library (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

our futures Janet Kuypers 1/3/17 When the world lays in rubble and everything’s gone, get out the bulldozers and haul out the trash — because I’m here to tell you we’re starting anew, so stop asking for things and start working for things... it’s time to make choices and it’s time to lay claim to everything we’ve been blindly giving away ‘cuz you know it’s now time to get it all back — take it in to your hands, people, mold your own tools. If you’re scared of someone taking charge in this country, take charge of yourself, and I’ll take change of me — because only when we define our role in the future will we see the future we want, and the future we need. We can let others define our futures for us, or we can spread the word, and we can make the difference.

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