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See a YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Just one Day, Let a Girl Dream”, “Fiction Becomes Nonfiction”, “Xeryus Colognes, Aromas, and Scents”, “Once Craned my Neck”, and “Just Read a Book” from the April 2021 v308 issue of cc&d’s paperback book “The Garden of Eden” 4/7/21, during the usual time for Austin’s “Community Poetry” open mic (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).  #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersinstagram

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Just one Day, Let a Girl Dream”, “Fiction Becomes Nonfiction”, “Xeryus Colognes, Aromas, and Scents”, “Once Craned my Neck”, and “Just Read a Book” from the April 2021 v308 issue of cc&d’s paperback book “The Garden of Eden” 4/7/21, during the usual time for Austin’s “Community Poetry” open mic (this video was filmed and streamed from a Samsung S9 camera). #janetkuyperspoetry   #janetkuypersbookreading

See this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Just one Day, Let a Girl Dream” from the cc&d 1-4 2021 issue collection book “What Lies on the Other Side”, then her poem “Out to the Horizon” (written as entry 101 to Joined Up Writing, the second installment, then her poem “Us, Actually Touching” from “the 2021 literary review date book”, as the finalé to close the “Poetic License virtual open mic 7/4/21” she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Just one Day, Let a Girl Dream” from the cc&d 1-4 2021 issue collection book “What Lies on the Other Side”, then her poem “Out to the Horizon” (written as entry 101 to Joined Up Writing, the second installment, then her poem “Us, Actually Touching” from “the 2021 literary review date book”, as the finalé to close the “Poetic License virtual open mic 7/4/21” she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperspoeticlicense #janetkuypersbookreading

Just one Day, Let a Girl Dream Janet Kuypers 4/10/19, written on both National Farm Animals Day and American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Day After seeing today was set aside to honor the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, this vegetarian then thinks that it’s good that at least one day is being set aside to honor the cause. When you see that as far as national holidays go, that today is also “National Farm Animals Day”, the side of you that supports life suddenly feels dread, ‘was this created to be nice to animals before they kill them?’ So I had to research this, and I was pleased to learn that “National Farm Animals Day” was created to raise awareness about the plight and slaughter farm animals go through, and to actually look for homes for abandoned and abused animals still alive. Hmmm, this pleases me, maybe I’ll wear my SPAM shirt today (that I only bought for Monty Python), and smile that more than one person cares about the life of animals. Added bonus: this date also doesn’t happen to be ‘national hunter’s day’, or anything else that may revel in the usual American way of reveling in slaughtering animals, So maybe, even if other people aren’t aware of it, the world, for just once day, may subconsciously realize think in the back of their minds that the things humans can do to animals is just not right. I know it won’t change anyone’s minds. But for one day, let a girl dream.

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