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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Vastness of Just the Right Moon” (written 7/9/19, the day Saturn is closest and brightest to Earth because Saturn was opposite the Sun as seen from the Earth), “Vexing” (written on the anniversary of the day in 1878 the last witchcraft trial held in the United States), and “Voice and Word” (written on the calendar day George Michael was born, and the later calendar day Michael Jackson passed away) 7/20/19 at “Recycled Reads” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Vastness of Just the Right Moon” (written 7/9/19, the day Saturn is closest and brightest to Earth because Saturn was opposite the Sun as seen from the Earth), “Vexing” (written on the anniversary of the day in 1878 the last witchcraft trial held in the United States), and “Voice and Word” (written on the calendar day George Michael was born, and the later calendar day Michael Jackson passed away) 7/20/19 at “Recycled Reads” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Voice and Word” (written 6/25/19, on the calendar day George Michael was born, and the calendar day Michael Jackson passed away), read from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” on 6/25/20 (on this event date), and then sang the George Michael song “Heal the Pain” acapella, during the VAPS New World Poetry open mic (this video filmed from a Samsung S9 camera). #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

See this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Learning More (2020 edit)”, “Vortex Sucks Us In”, “Uphill Battles lead to Changing it Up”, “Voice and Word”, and “Your Essence” from the v184 May 2021 Down in the Dirt book “Sprung from Grief”, read 6/2/21 during the usual first Wednesdays time for Austin’s “Community Poetry” feature reading (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersinstagram

See this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Learning More (2020 edit)”, “Vortex Sucks Us In”, “Uphill Battles lead to Changing it Up”, “Voice and Word”, and “Your Essence” from the v184 5/21 Down in the Dirt book “Sprung from Grief”, read 6/2/21 during the usual time for Austin’s “Community Poetry” feature reading (this video was filmed and streamed from a Samsung S9 camera). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

See this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Uphill Battles lead to Changing it Up”, “Voice and Word”, and “Your Essence” from the Down in the Dirt magazine May-August 2021 issue collection book “Lockdown’s Over” at the end of the “Poetic License virtual open mic 9/5/21” 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 #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her “Uphill Battles lead to Changing it Up”, “Voice and Word”, and “Your Essence” from the Down in the Dirt magazine May-August 2021 issue collection book “Lockdown’s Over” at the end of the “Poetic License virtual open mic 9/5/21” she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (this video was filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

Voice and Word Janet Kuypers 6/25/19, written on the calendar day the day George Michael was born, and the day Michael Jackson passed away I always thought I knew what I wanted. When you’re young, you get this image in your head of being adored by everyone, and even if I was too young to know my talent, this desire took over my soul. And now everywhere I go I can take the stage and astonish anyone with all the notes I hit and all the words I speak. And after a set people would tell me that I remind them of Janice Joplin — and people come to me to tell me that my words changed the actions, and changed their lives. I had done it. People loved listening to the sound of my voice, I had made a difference in people’s lives... so, I don’t know why I now feel like nothing is ever enough. After a few life-rattling, life threatening events in my life, I could not shake the pain, so I tried to use this pain to share in my work, and the masses appreciated it, but I think in the end they were all tired of the sob stories and wanted to only be entertained. You tell me I have talent, and I do, but I am not your plaything, and I don’t want to be a corporate puppet. Let me have my respite from hunters who want to turn my talent to nothing. And after I’m gone, try to remember my voice, my words.

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