poem “Verses on Display&38221;, a poem written for National Poetry Day, a U.K.-inspired holiday on the 1st Saturday of October, about how poetry is everywhere in your lives over the course of your life, so why not highlight it to remind os of the value of poetry, By Chicago Poet Janet Kuypers

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See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Noble Cause” and “Verses on Display” from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)” live 9/24/20 during the Virtual Austin Poetry Society New World Poetry open mic (video filmed and streamed live from a Samsung S9 camera).

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her v215 1/24 Down in the Dirt issue/book “Oa sis” poems “Otherwise Forget Life” & “Verses on Display”, then her poem “Chromium” (which is also in the book “Periodic Ta ble Poetry”, + show image 2) & “Chromium Shine” (which is also in the book “Twitter Verse Periodic Table Poetry”, and show images 1, 2, & 3) during her “Poetic License 1/7/24 global open mic” she hosted through a Zoom meeting & a Facebook event page (this “Poetic License” video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera, and posted on Facebook, Twitter, Link ed in, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).
Also enjoy this as a Facebook live video stream (that was filmed & streamed live from a Samsung S9 camera with a Paper Tear filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Link ed in, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

Verses on Display
Janet Kuypers
10/5/19, for the U.K.
National Poetry Day, the
1st Thursday in October
What if you arrived at Heathrow Airport
and saw Shakespeare verses on displays?
Or made it to the Paddington train station,
or maybe the Waterloo, to see T. S. Eliot
verses appearing on assorted light boards?
And what if you stopped, looked up at
those verses, maybe read a stanza and saw
how it may have changed your mood for one
brief moment before you went on your way...
maybe once in a while, you need a reminder
of how poetry infiltrates every aspect
of our lives, from nursery rhymes to rap,
to singing the country’s anthem in unison,
to not being able to shake that pop song
stuck in your head. Poetry throughout history
has been a medium to pull at your heartstrings,
to tell detailed stories, to teach our children,
to dance on your wedding day, and to make you
feel a bit more alive for once more. For poetry
is the gift that should be remembered everywhere.

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