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See YouTube video 9/21/17 of Janet Kuypers in her show “Seasons Change”, with her poems “True Happiness in the New Millennium (2017 Dripping Springs edit)”, “Knew I Had to be Ready”, “Original Snowbirds” (in her book “(pheromemes) 2015-2017 show poems”), “Autumn (2017 Dripping Springs / Bahá’í Faith Center edit)”, “Marry you in Autumn”, “Sepia Leaves”, “Quell the Vibrancy”, “Seasons 1998”, and “Death Takes Many Forms” (video filmed from a Lumix camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperspoetryshow

See YouTube video 9/21/17 of Janet Kuypers in her show “Seasons Change”, with her poems “True Happiness in the New Millennium (2017 Dripping Springs edit)”, “Knew I Had to be Ready”, “Original Snowbirds” (in her book “(pheromemes) 2015-2017 show poems”), “Autumn (2017 Dripping Springs / Bahá’í Faith Center edit)”, “Marry you in Autumn”, “Sepia Leaves”, “Quell the Vibrancy”, “Seasons 1998”, and “Death Takes Many Forms” (this video was filmed from a Sony camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperspoetryshow

Download all of these songs & poems in the free PDF file chapbook “Seasons Change” with “True Happiness in the New Millennium (2017 Dripping Springs edit)”, “Knew I Had to be Ready”, “Original Snowbirds”, “Autumn (2017 Dripping Springs / Bahá’í Faith Center edit)”, “Marry you in Autumn”, “Sepia Leaves”, “Quell the Vibrancy”, “Seasons 1998”, and “Death Takes Many Forms”.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers 10/8/17 (S) singing and reading her poem “True Happiness in the New Millennium (2017 Dripping Springs edit)”, then reading her poem “Every Street Corner” from her book “(pheromemes) 2015-2017 show poems”, and then singing the Bree Sharp Song “America” with John on guitar at the Austin open mic Kick Butt Poetry.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers 10/8/17 (L) singing and reading her poem “True Happiness in the New Millennium (2017 Dripping Springs edit)”, then reading her poem “Every Street Corner” from her book “(pheromemes) 2015-2017 show poems”, and then singing the Bree Sharp Song “America” with John on guitar at the Austin open mic Kick Butt Poetry.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers saying her poems “True Happiness in the New Millennium (2017 Dripping Springs edit)”, “Your Imaginary Soul Weighs 21 Grams”, and “I’m not sick but I’m not well (Future Imperfect edit)” live 6/4/18 at Buzz Mill open mic (S. Galaxy S7).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers saying her poems “True Happiness in the New Millennium (2017 Dripping Springs edit)”, “Your Imaginary Soul Weighs 21 Grams”, and “I’m not sick but I’m not well (Future Imperfect edit)” live 6/4/18 at Buzz Mill open mic (S G S7; B&W).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers saying her poems “True Happiness in the New Millennium (2017 Dripping Springs edit)”, “Your Imaginary Soul Weighs 21 Grams”, and “I’m not sick but I’m not well (Future Imperfect edit)” live 6/4/18 at Buzz Mill open mic (S G S7; E.D.).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers saying her poems “True Happiness in the New Millennium (2017 Dripping Springs edit)”, “Your Imaginary Soul Weighs 21 Grams”, and “I’m not sick but I’m not well (Future Imperfect edit)” live 6/4/18 at Buzz Mill open mic (S G S7; Post.).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers saying her poems “True Happiness in the New Millennium (2017 Dripping Springs edit)”, “Your Imaginary Soul Weighs 21 Grams”, and “I’m not sick but I’m not well (Future Imperfect edit)” live 6/4/18 at Buzz Mill open mic (S G S7; S. T.).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers saying her poems “True Happiness in the New Millennium (2017 Dripping Springs edit)”, “Your Imaginary Soul Weighs 21 Grams”, and “I’m not sick but I’m not well (Future Imperfect edit)” live 6/4/18 at Buzz Mill open mic (S G S7; Thr.).

See YouTube video live 9/26/18 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Ocean’s Call to Dive”, “Jumping, Flying”, “True Happiness in the New Millennium (2017 Dripping Springs edit)”, “Poem About This”, “For Far Too Many Years”, “Everything was Alive and Dying (2016 cruelty to animals edition)”, “Everything was Alive and Dying (2016 political edit)”, “Juxtaposition, or Irony?”, “Quieted Soul”, “The Page”, “Other Souls”, “yearning to break free”, and “I’m not sick but I’m not well (Future Imperfect edit)”, from her show “to the Bottom of the Earth and Back” with chapbook “to the Bottom of the Earth and Back” performed during the feature performance at In One Ear in Chicago (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video live 9/26/18 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Ocean’s Call to Dive”, “Jumping, Flying”, “True Happiness in the New Millennium (2017 Dripping Springs edit)”, “Poem About This”, “For Far Too Many Years”, “Everything was Alive and Dying (2016 cruelty to animals edition)”, “Everything was Alive and Dying (2016 political edit)”, “Juxtaposition, or Irony?”, “Quieted Soul”, “The Page”, “Other Souls”, “yearning to break free”, and “I’m not sick but I’m not well (Future Imperfect edit)”, from her show “to the Bottom of the Earth and Back” with chapbook “to the Bottom of the Earth and Back” performed during the feature performance at In One Ear in Chicago (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; B&W).

See YouTube video live 9/26/18 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Ocean’s Call to Dive”, “Jumping, Flying”, “True Happiness in the New Millennium (2017 Dripping Springs edit)”, “Poem About This”, “For Far Too Many Years”, “Everything was Alive and Dying (2016 cruelty to animals edition)”, “Everything was Alive and Dying (2016 political edit)”, “Juxtaposition, or Irony?”, “Quieted Soul”, “The Page”, “Other Souls”, “yearning to break free”, and “I’m not sick but I’m not well (Future Imperfect edit)”, from her show “to the Bottom of the Earth and Back” with chapbook “to the Bottom of the Earth and Back” performed during the feature performance at In One Ear in Chicago (Panasonic Lumix T56; Sepia Tone).

See YouTube video live 9/26/18 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Ocean’s Call to Dive”, “Jumping, Flying”, “True Happiness in the New Millennium (2017 Dripping Springs edit)”, “Poem About This”, “For Far Too Many Years”, “Everything was Alive and Dying (2016 cruelty to animals edition)”, “Everything was Alive and Dying (2016 political edit)”, “Juxtaposition, or Irony?”, “Quieted Soul”, “The Page”, “Other Souls”, “yearning to break free”, and “I’m not sick but I’m not well (Future Imperfect edit)”, from her show “to the Bottom of the Earth and Back” with chapbook “to the Bottom of the Earth and Back” performed during the feature performance at In One Ear in Chicago (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video live 9/26/18 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Ocean’s Call to Dive”, “Jumping, Flying”, “True Happiness in the New Millennium (2017 Dripping Springs edit)”, “Poem About This”, “For Far Too Many Years”, “Everything was Alive and Dying (2016 cruelty to animals edition)”, “Everything was Alive and Dying (2016 political edit)”, “Juxtaposition, or Irony?”, “Quieted Soul”, “The Page”, “Other Souls”, “yearning to break free”, and “I’m not sick but I’m not well (Future Imperfect edit)”, from her show “to the Bottom of the Earth and Back” with chapbook “to the Bottom of the Earth and Back” performed during the feature performance at In One Ear in Chicago (Panasonic Lumix 2500; Threshold).

See YouTube video live 9/26/18 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Ocean’s Call to Dive”, “Jumping, Flying”, “True Happiness in the New Millennium (2017 Dripping Springs edit)”, “Poem About This”, “For Far Too Many Years”, “Everything was Alive and Dying (2016 cruelty to animals edition)”, “Everything was Alive and Dying (2016 political edit)”, “Juxtaposition, or Irony?”, “Quieted Soul”, “The Page”, “Other Souls”, “yearning to break free”, and “I’m not sick but I’m not well (Future Imperfect edit)”, from her show “to the Bottom of the Earth and Back” with chapbook “to the Bottom of the Earth and Back” performed during the feature performance at In One Ear in Chicago (Panasonic Lumix 2500;n Edge Det.).

See YouTube video of Chicago poet Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Quenching Anybody’s Thirst”, “Human Construct of Time” and “True Happiness in the New Millennium (2017 Dripping Springs edit)” from her book “Chapter 48 (v2)” live 10/20/18 at “Recycled Reads” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video of Chicago poet Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Quenching Anybody’s Thirst”, “Human Construct of Time” and “True Happiness in the New Millennium (2017 Dripping Springs edit)” from her book “Chapter 48 (v2)” live 10/20/18 at “Recycled Reads” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ March 2019 Book Release Reading 3/6/19, where she read her haiku “dreams” from the Down in the Dirt issue book “Ornament”, then her “In Autumn, Love is in the Air” show poems “Who You Tell Your Dreams To”, “You and Me and your Girlfriend”, “The Way you Tease Me”, and “True Happiness in the New Millennium (an extreme Sestina variation)” from the cc&d issue book “This is Where I Live”, in Community Poetry @ Half Price Books (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ March 2019 Book Release Reading 3/6/19, where she read her haiku “dreams” from the Down in the Dirt issue book “Ornament”, then her “In Autumn, Love is in the Air” show poems “Who You Tell Your Dreams To”, “You and Me and your Girlfriend”, “The Way you Tease Me”, and “True Happiness in the New Millennium (an extreme Sestina variation)” from the cc&d issue book “This is Where I Live”, in Community Poetry @ Half Price Books (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera, with a Posterize filter).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ March 2019 Book Release Reading 3/6/19, where she read her haiku “dreams” from the Down in the Dirt issue book “Ornament”, then her “In Autumn, Love is in the Air” show poems “Who You Tell Your Dreams To”, “You and Me and your Girlfriend”, “The Way you Tease Me”, and “True Happiness in the New Millennium (an extreme Sestina variation)” from the cc&d issue book “This is Where I Live”, in Community Poetry @ Half Price Books (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera, with a Sepia Tone filter).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ March 2019 Book Release Reading 3/6/19, where she read her haiku “dreams” from the Down in the Dirt issue book “Ornament”, then her “In Autumn, Love is in the Air” show poems “Who You Tell Your Dreams To”, “You and Me and your Girlfriend”, “The Way you Tease Me”, and “True Happiness in the New Millennium (an extreme Sestina variation)” from the cc&d issue book “This is Where I Live”, in Community Poetry @ Half Price Books (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera, with a Threshold filter).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ April 2019 Book Release Reading 4/3/19, where she read her haiku “of his thirst”, then her “to the Bottom of the Earth and Back” show poems “True Happiness in the New Millennium (2017 Dripping Spring edit)”, “Violations Tested”, & “Poem About This”, all from the cc&d 3&4 2019 v289 book “Equal”, in Community Poetry @ Half Price Books (from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypers #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoetryshow

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ April 2019 Book Release Reading 4/3/19, where she read her haiku “of his thirst”, then her “to the Bottom of the Earth and Back” show poems “True Happiness in the New Millennium (2017 Dripping Spring edit)”, “Violations Tested”, & “Poem About This”, all from the cc&d 3&4 2019 v289 book “Equal”, in Community Poetry @ Half Price Books (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypers #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoetryshow

True Happiness in the New Millennium (2017 Dripping Springs edit) Janet Kuypers (written 2/18/98, edited 9/12/17) “Sometimes it seems the more I ask for the less I receive The only true freedom is freedom from the heart’s desires And the only true happiness this way lies”                                                                 - Matt Johnson I’m here to usher in a whole new millennium and I’m here to tell you we’re starting anew so fasten your seat belts      hang on to your hats place your seat trays in their upright and locked position for it’s a bumpy ride, and I’ll tell you why well, you need a leader and I’m stepping up to the plate you keep asking for a big brother and I’m here to set you straight you want someone to wipe your noses for you well, pick up the tissue and do it yourself because when you give up your rights, you take away mine and we’re not having any of that I’m here to usher in a whole new millennium I’m here to usher in a whole new generation they say that Eve ate from the tree from knowledge but you know, she shouldn’t have stopped just there cause the loggers are raping the trees of knowledge the loggers are raping the forests of talent the forests of ability      the forests of reason of skill        of logic        perseverance        and life we’re letting them rape the forests of excellence we’re letting them rape the forests of excellence and you know it’s now time to take it all back because I’m here to usher in a whole new millennium and I’m here to tell you how it’s gonna be done you’re looking for peace in all the wrong places you’re asking your leaders to save you from yourself but your leaders are losers and they’re worse off than you it’s time to make choices and it’s time to lay claim to everything we’ve been blindly giving away because I’m here to usher in a whole new millennium take charge of yourself, and I’ll take charge of me I’m my leader, not yours, so wipe your own noses take it in to your hands, people, mold your own tools this is the new millennium, and this is your chance because no one should be showing us how to fail people mastered that feat a millennia ago so set your own rules and do something fast cause it’s time to take charge and it’s time to be alive I’m here to tell you there’s a new sensation and I’m here to tell you there’s a new salvation and the only true happiness this way lies

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