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video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers 8/7/19 reading her Periodic Table Twitter poems “Hydrogen: One On One”, “Hydrogen to Nothing”, “Hydrogen: One Against One”, “Hydrogen Three: Glow for Me”, “Hydrogen Cyanide Escape”, “Helium Rising”, “Helium Addict”, “Lithium Desperation”, “Beryllium Shimmers”, “Carbon Based Life Forms”, “Carbon Copy”, “Nitrogen Needs”, “Oxygen Save Me”, and “Oxygen Feeds” in front of a Buddha statue in Chicago (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers 8/7/19 reading her Periodic Table Twitter poems “Hydrogen: One On One”, “Hydrogen to Nothing”, “Hydrogen: One Against One”, “Hydrogen Three: Glow for Me”, “Hydrogen Cyanide Escape”, “Helium Rising”, “Helium Addict”, “Lithium Desperation”, “Beryllium Shimmers”, “Carbon Based Life Forms”, “Carbon Copy”, “Nitrogen Needs”, “Oxygen Save Me”, and “Oxygen Feeds” in front of a Buddha statue in Chicago (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera and was given a Hue Cycling filter).
video See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her Periodic Table Twitter Verse poem “Elementary, the Coronavirus” and her poem “Zoos, Big Brains and Opposable Thumbs” from the cc&d July 2020 book “So Much Moon” live 8/27/20 during the Virtual Austin Poetry Society New World Poetry open mic (video streamed from a Samsung S9 camera).
video Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her Twitter-length Periodic Table poems Carbon Copy”, “Carbon Based Life Forms”, “Carbon may have killed the dinosaurs after all”, “Nitrogen Needs”, “Elementary, the Coronavirus”, “Oxygen Save Me”, “Oxygen Feeds”, “Oxygen: the Price is Right”, “Oxygen makes superionic ice”, “Fluorine Crystalizes”, “Neon in the Air”, “Sodium: Worth your Weight”, and “Magnesium Burn” from the Scars Publications 2021 book release “Twitter Verse Periodic Table Poetry” 4/6/22 on the 1st Wednesday of the month from 1:00-3:00 PM CST during the usual time for and in honor of the “Community Poetry” reading (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypers #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem
video Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her Twitter-length Periodic Table poems Carbon Copy”, “Carbon Based Life Forms”, “Carbon may have killed the dinosaurs after all”, “Nitrogen Needs”, “Elementary, the Coronavirus”, “Oxygen Save Me”, “Oxygen Feeds”, “Oxygen: the Price is Right”, “Oxygen makes superionic ice”, “Fluorine Crystalizes”, “Neon in the Air”, “Sodium: Worth your Weight”, and “Magnesium Burn” from the Scars Publications 2021 book release “Twitter Verse Periodic Table Poetry” 4/6/22 on the 1st Wednesday of the month from 1:00-3:00 PM CST during the usual time for and in honor of the “Community Poetry” reading (filmed and streamed live from a Samsung S9 camera with a Lava Lamp filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypers #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem
video Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her v203 1/23 Down in the Dirt issue/book “The Gravity Of Imagination” poems “Oxygen Feeds” + its image and “Oxygen Save Me” + its image (which is also in her book “Twitter Verse Periodic Table Poetry”), “Oxygen” (which is also in her book “Periodic Table Poetry”), “Oxygen makes superionic ice” + its image (which is also in her book “Twitter Verse Periodic Table Poetry”), and “Those Were the Days of Our Lives (dreams 8/12/22)” (that is also slated to appear in the her CyberWit 2023 poetry book “Testament”) on 1/4/23, the 1st Wednesday of the month (1:00-3:00 PM CST) in honor of ‘Community Poetry’ (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, video Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). This YouTube video was also filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr. #janetkuypers #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading
video Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her January-April 2023 Down in the Dirt issue collection book “Forbidden Library” poems “Oxygen Feeds” (+ image), “Oxygen Save Me” (+ image), and “Oxygen makes superionic ice” (+ image) — all of which are also in her book “Twitter Verse Periodic Table Poetry”, plus her poem “Oxygen” (which is also in her book “Periodic Table Poetry”) to close her “Poetic License 5/7/23 global open mic” through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). video You can also enjoy this as a Facebook live video stream, filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypers #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperspoeticlicense


Oxygen Save Me

Janet Kuypers
7/27/19, #PeriodicPoetry @cenmag,
on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Tumblr

Snorkeling to the white-tipped sharks
 at the bottom of the Pacific
 I lost my breath
 while oxygen in water surrounded me

Oxygen the wrong way may do me in
 please, give me Oxygen
 up there in the air
 let me breathe it in, and set me free


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