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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 of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “This Halloween”, then her poem “The State of the Nation” from the cc&d 2019 re-release of the May 1996 v79 book “Poetry and Prose” in her first reading, then later reading her poems “Exude More in Black” “Zynsky’s Manifesto” from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” 10/27/19 at Austin’s “Spoken and Heard” open mic (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera, and posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “This Halloween”, then her poem “The State of the Nation” from the cc&d 2019 re-release of the May 1996 v79 book “Poetry and Prose” in her first reading, then later reading her poems “Exude More in Black” “Zynsky’s Manifesto” from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” 10/27/19 at Austin’s “Spoken and Heard” open mic (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her cc&d 4/20 v296 Amazon book “Aesthetic” poems “Zynski’s Manifesto”, “Journalists Revealing the World”, “Opportunity to Share Globally”, “Burning Building (Day of Silence edit)”, “Earth was Alive and Dying”, and “Eat your vegetables, be a proper girl” during the “Poetic License open mic 4/5/20 home edition” she hosted in Austin, but globally through a Facebook event page (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera, and was posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her cc&d 4/20 v296 Amazon book “Aesthetic” poems “Zynski’s Manifesto”, “Journalists Revealing the World”, “Opportunity to Share Globally”, “Burning Building (Day of Silence edit)”, “Earth was Alive and Dying”, and “Eat your vegetables, be a proper girl” during the “Poetic License open mic 4/5/20 home edition” she hosted in Austin, but globally through a Facebook event page (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix t56 camera, and was posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Ask Me if I’m a Truck (2019 April Fool’s Edit)” for April Fool’s Day on April 1st, “Zynski’s Manifesto” for the day the Unabomber was arrested on April 3rd , and “Journalists Revealing the World” for Hug a Newsperson day on April 4th , 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 (this video was filmed 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 “Ask Me if I’m a Truck (2019 April Fool’s Edit)” for April Fool’s Day on April 1st, “Zynski’s Manifesto” for the day the Unabomber was arrested on April 3rd , and “Journalists Revealing the World” for Hug a Newsperson day on April 4th , 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 (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera, and also posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See YouTube video from 4/26/20 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Hide from the World”, “Zynski’s Manifesto”, “Journalists Revealing the World”, “Opportunity to Share Globally”, “Burning Building (Day of Silence edit)”, “Earth was Alive and Dying”, and “Knowing Panic Becomes a Picnic” from the v296 “Aesthetic” section of the cc&d magazine February-April 2020 issue collection book “Aiming at Immortality” for “The 2020 #poetrybomb” (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 “Hide from the World”, “Zynski’s Manifesto”, “Journalists Revealing the World”, “Opportunity to Share Globally”, “Burning Building (Day of Silence edit)”, “Earth was Alive and Dying”, and “Knowing Panic Becomes a Picnic” from the v296 “Aesthetic” section of the cc&d magazine February-April 2020 issue collection book “Aiming at Immortality” for “The 2020 #poetrybomb” (this video was filmed from a Samsung S9 camera).

Zynski’s Manifesto Janet Kuypers 4/3/19, written the calendar day Ted Kaczynski was arrested in 1996 As a journalist, and as a woman who wanted to share the news with her literary compatriots, it seemed fitting to include the Unabomber Manifesto in the — get this — electronic version of my literary magazine. How is that not a stab in the back for the man who hated technology. As a writer, I try to get the word out to as many people as I can, so sure, I chose to sell my soul and succumb to the World Wide Web as a means to an end, and although the expanded audience is great, you do lose humanity in interactions with people on the other side of the planet you’ll probably never meet. By the way, the only reason I ever got a “smart” phone was after a move across the country and looking for a home when I’m alone. So, I suppose I’m a luddite at heart, and I can totally comprehend how, when I sometimes want my space, how too many people can be too much of a problem. If I wanted to be left alone, if I was trying to shock the system and I was trying to keep my space, sure, I’d remain unkempt. Even Albert Einstein didn’t worry about his looks or getting out of his pajamas, when he was writing his manifesto. Now, I still even wear my “Vegetarian Planet” hoodie sweatshirt and call myself the vegetarian Unabomber. But I lack the sunglasses from those police sketches of him... and I suppose I also lack the bombs. Unless it’s the bombs in what I write. If only people would read my words. If only people would react, respond. I wonder if he knew what I am only beginning to understand. That sometimes words are not enough.

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