[the Writing of Kuypers]    [JanetKuypers.com]    [Bio]    [Poems]    [Prose]

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Vase of Tulips” (written on National Tulip Day), “Quartermaster General, Burying Bodies” (written on the day of the beginning of the Civil War, from the perspective of Montgomery C. Meigs), and “Only Nineteen” (written on her 19-year wedding anniversary) 5/18/19 while she hosted “Poetry Aloud” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Vase of Tulips” (written on National Tulip Day), “Quartermaster General, Burying Bodies” (written on the day of the beginning of the Civil War, from the perspective of Montgomery C. Meigs), and “Only Nineteen” (written on her 19-year wedding anniversary) 5/18/19 while she hosted “Poetry Aloud” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ July 2019 Book Release Reading 7/3/19, where she read her poems “Quarrel Over the Constitution”, “Quartermaster General, Burying Bodies”, and her twitter / Instagram / Tumblr poem “Just Names”, along with the online image for the poem (all of which will appear in her upcoming poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” for many holidays and annual events), plus her twitter and instagram poem “every step”, her twitter and instagram haiku “left living”, her haiku “mirror”, and her twitter and instagram bonus line haiku “our differences”, from the Down in the Dirt 1-6 2019 issue and chapbooks collection book “The Flickering Light”, during Community Poetry at Half Price Books (video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ July 2019 Book Release Reading 7/3/19, where she read her poems “Quarrel Over the Constitution”, “Quartermaster General, Burying Bodies”, and her twitter / Instagram / Tumblr poem “Just Names”, along with the online image for the poem (all of which will appear in her upcoming poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” for many holidays and annual events), plus her twitter and instagram poem “every step”, her twitter and instagram haiku “left living”, her haiku “mirror”, and her twitter and instagram bonus line haiku “our differences”, from the Down in the Dirt 1-6 2019 issue and chapbooks collection book “The Flickering Light”, during Community Poetry at Half Price Books (video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her Down in the Dirt 4/20 v170 Amazon book “Formative” poems “Xenon & PTSD, to Fight that Spiral”, “Quartermaster General, Burying Bodies”, “Quarrel over the Constitution”, “Eat Your Words”, “Zones of Comfort and Taking a Chance”, and “Karma and Lollipops” during the “Poetic License open mic 4/5/20 home edition” she hosted in Austin, but globally through a Facebook event page (video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her Down in the Dirt 4/20 v170 Amazon book “Formative” poems “Xenon & PTSD, to Fight that Spiral”, “Quartermaster General, Burying Bodies”, “Quarrel over the Constitution”, “Eat Your Words”, “Zones of Comfort and Taking a Chance”, and “Karma and Lollipops” during the “Poetic License open mic 4/5/20 home edition” she hosted in Austin, but globally through a Facebook event page (video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Quartermaster General, Burying Bodies” in honor of the April 12th date the U.S. Civil War begins, “Quarrel over the Constitution” on Thomas Jefferson’s birthday April 13th, “from Other Souls” for the April 14th date the Titanic hit an iceberg, 3 poems in honor of Arbor Day on April 24th: “nature I”, “Climbing Trees”, and “I’m Sure We Killed It”, the poem “Zouk or Xibelani” for the April 29th International Dance Day, and “People’s Lives Were at Stake” representing the April 29th Los Angeles riots, April event poems read from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” during her “Poetic License open mic 4/5/20 home edition” she hosted in Austin, but globally through a Facebook event page (video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Quartermaster General, Burying Bodies” in honor of the April 12th date the U.S. Civil War begins, “Quarrel over the Constitution” on Thomas Jefferson’s birthday April 13th, “from Other Souls” for the April 14th date the Titanic hit an iceberg, 3 poems in honor of Arbor Day on April 24th: “nature I”, “Climbing Trees”, and “I’m Sure We Killed It”, the poem “Zouk or Xibelani” for the April 29th International Dance Day, and “People’s Lives Were at Stake” representing the April 29th Los Angeles riots, April event poems read from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” during her “Poetic License open mic 4/5/20 home edition” she hosted in Austin, but globally through a Facebook event page (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera with a Sepia Tone filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See YouTube video from 4/26/20 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Xenon & PTSD, to Fight that Spiral”, then “Quartermaster General, Burying Bodies”, “Quarrel over the Constitution”, “Eat Your Words”, “Zones of Comfort and Taking a Chance”, and “Karma and Lollipops” from the v170 “Formative” section of the Down in the Dirt magazine February-Aril 2020 issue collection book “Foundations” for “The 2020 #poetrybomb” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See Facebook streaming video live from 4/26/20 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Xenon & PTSD, to Fight that Spiral”, then “Quartermaster General, Burying Bodies”, “Quarrel over the Constitution”, “Eat Your Words”, “Zones of Comfort and Taking a Chance”, and “Karma and Lollipops” from the v170 “Formative” section of the Down in the Dirt magazine February-Aril 2020 issue collection book “Foundations” for “The 2020 #poetrybomb” (Samsung S9).

See a YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Xenon & PTSD, to Fight that Spiral”, “Quartermaster General, Burying Bodies”, “Quarrel over the Constitution”, “Eat Your Words”, “Zones of Comfort and Taking a Chance”, “Karma and Lollipops” from the v170 “Formative” section of the Down in the Dirt 2-4 2020 collection book “Foundations” for The Café Gallery 9/29/20 Book Reading in The Café Gallery 2020 book reading series (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Xenon & PTSD, to Fight that Spiral”, “Quartermaster General, Burying Bodies”, “Quarrel over the Constitution”, “Eat Your Words”, “Zones of Comfort and Taking a Chance”, “Karma and Lollipops” from the v170 “Formative” section of the Down in the Dirt 2-4 2020 collection book “Foundations” for The Café Gallery 9/29/20 Book Reading in The Café Gallery 2020 book reading series (from a Samsung S9 camera).

Quartermaster General,                Burying Bodies Janet Kuypers 4/12/19, on the day of the beginning of the Civil War, from the perspective of Montgomery C. Meigs When I came to these United States back in 1837, I shadowed a man who later became my good friend, Robert E. Lee. I became close to him, this leader of men, I really thought he was what a Christian man should be. So we remained friends until 1861, when war broke out here, and Lee decided to desert us, the Union Army, and attempt to lead the Confederate Army. All I could think was that this was a man that I looked up to, I modeled myself after him, and he’s now the biggest traitor since Benedict Arnold? Yes, I looked up to him, but I don’t admire a man who chooses to be in cahoots with rednecks who love slavery, so my only choice was to battle against this man. I’ve seen their home for years, with his wife Mary tending to the most elaborate rose garden; I’m sure she fumed when Robert made her leave her precious roses because of the war. And eventually I became the Quartermaster General of the Union Army; we crossed the Potomac and actually occupied Robert E. Lee’s residence — we even made it our headquarters, when Lee fought Ulysses S. Grant in their 40-day bloodbath massacre; 82,000 people were killed in one month; and I had to deal with all the incoming dead Union soldiers. Every soldier I had to bury made me more and more angry at Lee. But then, my heart was broken when one of the dead soldiers that came to me was my son. My son. No father should bury their own child like this. And yes, what I am about to say makes me sound like a quasi-madman, but I want to make sure that Robert E. Lee can never come back. And if he does, let him sleep amongst Union ghosts. Where do we put the bodies of our fallen brothers? Let’s bury them right here, on Lee’s property. Bury our men around his house, around his porch, and let’s make a big pit for our dead in Mary’s rose garden. # When we won the Civil War, Robert and his wife Mary came back to find that their precious home they loved so much was turned into a graveyard. # I hear that after I died Lee’s land became the heart of Arlington National Cemetery, as a fitting way to honor all of our soldiers. And to top it all off, Mary’s treasured rose garden became the space for the tomb of the unknown soldier. How perfect. The land that I reclaimed from the leader of the south is now, and will forever be, the heartbeat of America.

Copyright © Janet Kuypers.

All rights reserved. No material
may be reprinted without express permission.

Like Janet Kuypers’ writing on any of these links below: