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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her Periodic Table poems “Molybdenum” from her 4/18/13 “In Homage” poetry feature and read from her v5 cc&d poetry anthology “On the Edge”, then her poem “One oh One Destruction Instructions: Self-Destructive” originally from her poetry feature “Destruction Instructions” and read from her poetry performance art collection book “A Year-Long Journey”, and “Opens the Way” live 2/16/19 at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her Periodic Table poems “Molybdenum” from her 4/18/13 “In Homage” poetry feature and read from her v5 cc&d poetry book “On the Edge”, then her poem “One oh One Destruction Instructions: Self-Destructive” originally from her poetry feature “Destruction Instructions” and read from her poetry performance art collection book “A Year-Long Journey”, and “Opens the Way” live 2/16/19 at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

See YouTube video 8/17/19 of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Opens the Way” from the cc&d v291 7-8/19 book “Of This I am Certain” and from her 2019 book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” as the intro poem for her guest-hosting the Austin “Open Mic Showcase” at Recycled Reads, then also read her poem “Poetry on a Stick” from the Down in the Dirt 2019 issue collection book “The Flickering Light” (from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video 8/17/19 of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Opens the Way” from the cc&d v291 7-8/19 book “Of This I am Certain” and from her 2019 book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” as the intro poem for her guest-hosting the Austin “Open Mic Showcase” at Recycled Reads, then also read her poem “Poetry on a Stick” from the Down in the Dirt 2019 issue collection book “The Flickering Light” (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ “Beach Poets bonus feature at the Armadillo’s Pillow” reading poetry from 2 books, including her poem “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed” from her 2019 poetry books “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” and “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”, then her poems “nonetheless”, “brittle”, “brain”, “Quiver in Thought”, “Opens the Way”, “Became a Circus”, and “Listen to Life”, all read from her 2019 poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”, then her haiku and poems “know”, “extinct”, “This is Only a Test”, “elusive”, “Vase of Tulips”, “That Dress”, “Escape to Peace”, and “Uncharted Land” from her 20019 poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” as the feature to the “Beach Poets 9/1/19 with Janet Kuypers” in Chicago (from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ “Beach Poets bonus feature at the Armadillo’s Pillow” reading poetry from 2 books, including her poem “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed” from her 2019 poetry books “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” and “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”, then her poems “nonetheless”, “brittle”, “brain”, “Quiver in Thought”, “Opens the Way”, “Became a Circus”, and “Listen to Life”, all read from her 2019 poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”, then her haiku and poems “know”, “extinct”, “This is Only a Test”, “elusive”, “Vase of Tulips”, “That Dress”, “Escape to Peace”, and “Uncharted Land” from her 20019 poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” as the feature to the “Beach Poets 9/1/19 with Janet Kuypers” in Chicago (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; Sepia).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ “Beach Poets bonus feature at the Armadillo’s Pillow” reading poetry from 2 books, including her poem “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed” from her 2019 poetry books “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” and “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”, then her poems “nonetheless”, “brittle”, “brain”, “Quiver in Thought”, “Opens the Way”, “Became a Circus”, and “Listen to Life”, all read from her 2019 poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”, then her haiku and poems “know”, “extinct”, “This is Only a Test”, “elusive”, “Vase of Tulips”, and “That Dress” from her 20019 poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” as the feature to the “Beach Poets 9/1/19 with Janet Kuypers” in Chicago (this video was filmed live from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ “Beach Poets bonus feature at the Armadillo’s Pillow” reading poetry from 2 books, including her poem “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed” from her 2019 poetry books “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry” and “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”, then her poems “nonetheless”, “brittle”, “brain”, “Quiver in Thought”, “Opens the Way”, “Became a Circus”, and “Listen to Life”, all read from her 2019 poetry book “(pheromones) haiku, Instagram, Twitter, and poetry”, then her haiku and poems “know”, “extinct”, “This is Only a Test”, “elusive”, “Vase of Tulips”, and “That Dress” from her 20019 poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” as the feature to the “Beach Poets 9/1/19 with Janet Kuypers” in Chicago (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; Posterize filter).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Opens the Way”, and “Genesis Four: Cain and Abel, and Sin from Killing”, read from the Scars Publications 7-12 2019 cc&d issue collection book “Imagery of Place”, 1/11/20 at Georgetown’s “Poetry Aloud” (video from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Opens the Way”, and “Genesis Four: Cain and Abel, and Sin from Killing”, read from the Scars Publications 7-12 2019 cc&d issue collection book “Imagery of Place”, 1/11/20 at Georgetown’s “Poetry Aloud” (video from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “True Happiness in the New Millennium” from the Down in the Dirt 7-12 2019 issue collection book “Legacy”, then her poems “Other People’s Worlds” and “Opens the Way”, read from the cc&d 7-12 2019 issue collection book “Imagery of Place”, 1/18/20 at Austin’s “Open Mic Showcase” at Recycled Reads (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “True Happiness in the New Millennium” from the Down in the Dirt 7-12 2019 issue collection book “Legacy”, then her poems “Other People’s Worlds” and “Opens the Way”, read from the cc&d 7-12 2019 issue collection book “Imagery of Place”, 1/18/20 at Austin’s “Open Mic Showcase” at Recycled Reads (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her “the 2020 Poetry Review Date Book” poems “mirror”, “Opens the Way”, and “Ominous Day” during the “Poetic License open mic 5/3/20 home edition” she hosted in Austin, but globally through a Facebook event page (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera, and was posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See Facebook live video of Janet Kuypers reading her “the 2020 Poetry Review Date Book” poems “mirror”, “Opens the Way”, and “Ominous Day” during the “Poetic License open mic 5/3/20 home edition” she hosted in Austin, but globally through a Facebook event page (from a Samsung S9 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Opens the Way”, “Other People’s Worlds”, and “I Want Love”, her prose “Dandelions for a Passing Stranger” and “Scars”, her poems “the State of the Nation”, “People’s Rights Misunderstood”, and “The Carpet Factory, The Shoes”, in set 1 from the cc&d July-December 2018 expanded issue collection book “Among the Debris” during the “Poetic License open mic 6/7/20 home edition” she hosted in Austin, but globally through a Facebook event page (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera, and was posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Opens the Way”, “Other People’s Worlds”, and “I Want Love”, her prose “Dandelions for a Passing Stranger” and “Scars”, her poems “the State of the Nation”, “People’s Rights Misunderstood”, and “The Carpet Factory, The Shoes”, in set 1 from the cc&d July-December 2018 expanded issue collection book “Among the Debris” during the “Poetic License open mic 6/7/20 home edition” she hosted in Austin through a Facebook event page (video filmed from a Samsung S9 camera).

Opens the Way Janet Kuypers poem on Instagram and twitter, 1/7/19 I walked down the streets of my village once and stopped when I saw a doorknob in the dirt. I couldn’t help but pick it up, and keep it. There was no lock, just this black doorknob and base. It was so rusted that the doorknob wouldn’t even turn, almost like it was a finial and not a doorknob. I don’t know why I decided to keep this thing, other than with the hope that wherever I go, one day this doorknob may begin to turn and open the way for me from deep in the depths of oceans, to up mountains, to up through the sky — until it opens the way to where I could only dream to be.

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