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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Xenogeny” (written during Lent), “Zynsky’s Manifesto” (written the calendar day Ted Kaczynski was arrested in 1996), and “Zouk or Xibelani” (written on International Dance Day) 5/18/19 while she hosted the “Poetry Aloud” open mic (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Xenogeny” (written during Lent), “Zynsky’s Manifesto” (written the calendar day Ted Kaczynski was arrested in 1996), and “Zouk or Xibelani” (written on International Dance Day) 5/18/19 while she hosted the “Poetry Aloud” open mic (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video live 6/30/19 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Xenogeny” (written for Lent), “Unprovable Stories” (written on Atheist Pride Day),and “Vortex Sucks Us In” (written on Flag Day), from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” at “Spoken and Heard” in Austin (video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video live 6/30/19 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Xenogeny” (written for Lent), “Unprovable Stories” (written on Atheist Pride Day),and “Vortex Sucks Us In” (written on Flag Day) from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” at “Spoken and Heard” in Austin (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Xenogeny” (written for Lent), read from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”, as the ending to her “Poetic License open mic 3/1/20”, while hosting “Poetic License” monthly at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera and also posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Xenogeny” (written for Lent), read from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”, as the ending to her “Poetic License open mic 3/1/20”, while hosting “Poetic License” monthly at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” (from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera and also posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Vanishing Psycho in the Rear Window”, “Value of Pi”, “Zeal was Unbridled”, and “Xenogeny”, read from the v169 2/20 Down in the Dirt issue/book “Going Off-Grid”, live 3/4/20 in her March 2020 Book Release Reading through “Community Poetry” at Half Price Books in Austin (video from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Vanishing Psycho in the Rear Window”, “Value of Pi”, “Zeal was Unbridled”, and “Xenogeny”, read from the v169 2/20 Down in the Dirt issue/book “Going Off-Grid”, live 3/4/20 in her March 2020 Book Release Reading through “Community Poetry” at Half Price Books in Austin (video from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See YouTube video from 4/26/20 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Quickly, Life Can Turn”, “Each Trigger Pull”, “Vanishing Psycho in the Rear Window”, “Value of π”, “Zeal was Unbridled”, and “Xenogeny” from the v169 “Going Off-Grid” of the Down in the Dirt February-Aril 2020 issue collection book “Foundations” for “The 2020 #poetrybomb” (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 “Quickly, Life Can Turn”, “Each Trigger Pull”, “Vanishing Psycho in the Rear Window”, “Value of π”, “Zeal was Unbridled”, and “Xenogeny” from the v169 “Going Off-Grid” of the 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 “Vain”, “Know Completeness”, “Quickly, Life Can Turn”, “Each Trigger Pull”, “Vanishing Psycho in the Rear Window”, “Value of π”, “Zeal was Unbridled”, and “Xenogeny” from the v169 “Going Off-Grid” section of the Down in the Dirt 2-4 2020 collection book “Foundations” for The Café Gallery 9/22/20 Book Reading in The Café Gallery 2020 book reading series (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Vain”, “Know Completeness”, “Quickly, Life Can Turn”, “Each Trigger Pull”, “Vanishing Psycho in the Rear Window”, “Value of π”, “Zeal was Unbridled”, and “Xenogeny” from the v169 “Going Off-Grid” section of the Down in the Dirt 2-4 2020 collection book “Foundations” for The Café Gallery 9/22/20 Book Reading in The Café Gallery 2020 book reading series (streamed from a Samsung S9 camera).

See a YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Xenon & PTSD, to Fight that Spiral”, “Earth was Alive and Dying”, “Xenogeny”, “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed”, “Fantastic Car Crash”, “Quiet as a Painting”, “Death takes many forms.”, “Zeal was Unbridled”, and “And I’m Wondering” from the 2020 Scars Publications poetry and art collection book anthology “inside the box” 12/2/20, during the usual time for Austin’s “Community Poetry” open mic (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera, and posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Xenon & PTSD, to Fight that Spiral”, “Earth was Alive and Dying”, “Xenogeny”, “Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed”, “Fantastic Car Crash”, “Quiet as a Painting”, “Death takes many forms.”, “Zeal was Unbridled”, and “And I’m Wondering” from the 2020 Scars Publications poetry and art collection book anthology “inside the box” 12/2/20, during the usual time for Austin’s “Community Poetry” open mic (this video was filmed and streamed with a Samsung S9 camera). #janetkuypers

Xenogeny Janet Kuypers 3/24/19 (written for Lent) Give me this time. After the richness of our foods and our excess drink, wallowing in our wealth with our glutenous indulgencies, please, allow me this time. As days grow longer, I’ll need this time to reflect on myself, to contemplate the world to reach a better understanding and connection. Consider this penance for all I have done, and trust me — I will keep all of my strength as I sacrifice all during these 40 days and 40 nights to focus on what I truly need, and what I truly believe. My soul has been too old to die so young, so this is why I need this time, to reflect, and realize what more I must do to make the world worth celebrating again. Please, I think you have understood that I am so completely different from those around me and those before me. So let me now have this time, so I can piece it all together once and for all. Wait for my return. I believe the reward will be worth the wait.

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