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video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her new poem “One Lonesome Whale”, then her poems “Fantastic Car Crash” and “Everything Was Alive And Dying (12/8/19 studio TV show recording)”, originally from her Scars Publications bonus cc&d chapbook “Public Access Poetry” but appearing in and read from the Scars Publications 7-12 2019 cc&d expanded issue collection book “Among the Debris”, 1/18/20 at Austin’s “Open Mic Showcase” at Recycled Reads (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her new poem “One Lonesome Whale”, then her poems “Fantastic Car Crash” and “Everything Was Alive And Dying (12/8/19 studio TV show recording)”, originally from her Scars Publications bonus cc&d chapbook “Public Access Poetry” but appearing in and read from the Scars Publications 7-12 2019 cc&d expanded issue collection book “Among the Debris”, 1/18/20 at Austin’s “Open Mic Showcase” at Recycled Reads (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera/ Hue Cycling; on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her 2020 Animal Tales poems “Española Lore”, “One Lonesome Whale”, and “Until I Choose Life” during the “Poetic License open mic 2/2/20”, while hosting “Poetic License” monthly at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; also posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr).
video See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her 2020 Animal Tales poems “Española Lore”, “One Lonesome Whale”, and “Until I Choose Life” during the “Poetic License open mic 2/2/20”, while hosting “Poetic License” monthly at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” (from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; also posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr).
video See this YouTube video from 5/8/21 of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “One Lonesome Whale” during the Tablerock Poetry Festival 2021 at Tablerock of Salado, TX (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera, & posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoem #janetkuypersveglife
video See this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “One Lonesome Whale” during the Tablerock Poetry Festival 2021 at Tablerock of Salado, TX 5/8/21 (this video was filmed and streamed from a Samsung S9 camera). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoem #janetkuypersveglife
video See this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her animal-themed poems “One Lonesome Whale”, “Española Lore”, and “Until I Choose Life” from the v186 8/21 Down in the Dirt book “Three Things” during the “Poetic License virtual open mic 8/1/21” 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
video See this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her animal-themed poems “One Lonesome Whale”, “Española Lore”, and “Until I Choose Life” from the v186 8/21 Down in the Dirt book “Three Things” during the “Poetic License virtual open mic 8/1/21” she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoeticlicense
video Enjoy this YouTube of Janet Kuypers reading her animal-themed poems “One Lonesome Whale”, “Española Lore”, and “Until I Choose Life” from the v186 8/21 Down in the Dirt book “Three Things” during the “Poetic License virtual open mic 8/1/21 she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (this video was filmed with a Samsung S9 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoeticlicense
video Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her animal-themed poems “One Lonesome Whale”, “Española Lore”, and “Until I Choose Life” from the v186 8/21 Down in the Dirt book “Three Things” during the “Poetic License virtual open mic 8/1/21 she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoeticlicense
video Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Viruses: Entirely Human After All”, “Our Society, Glossed Over”, “One Lonesome Whale”, “Española Lore”, “Until I Choose Life”, and “Knowing that Instant” from the Down in the Dirt magazine 5-8/21 issue collection book “Lockdown’s Over” 12/1/21 on the 1st Wednesday of the month from 1:00-3:00 PM CST during the usual time for the “Community Poetry” open mic (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading
video Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Viruses: Entirely Human After All”, “Our Society, Glossed Over”, “One Lonesome Whale”, “Española Lore”, “Until I Choose Life”, and “Knowing that Instant” from the Down in the Dirt magazine 5-8/21 issue collection book “Lockdown’s Over” 12/1/21 on the 1st Wednesday of the month from 1:00-3:00 PM CST during the usual time for the “Community Poetry” open mic (this video was filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera with a bubble filter). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

One Lonesome Whale

Janet Kuypers
1/17/20, based on her poem “Unique Noise

after I heard the entire story
of one lonesome whale in the Pacific
whose mating call was 52 Hertz,
higher than what any other whale could hear

after I heard the entire story
of Naval researchers studying this sound
for years, and learning
that only one whale made this mating call —

after I heard this entire story
it pulled on my heart strings, playing a
melancholy melody that only
I could hear, as I fear for this one lost whale

never knowing the entire story,
always feeling neglected, abandoned and alone
so is this how some sad souls
are bound to feel throughout their lives —

will I swim to the deepest depths
of the Pacific, just so I could find this one lonely
creature, so we could be together,
but alone, neither one of us able to share our souls

because hearing the entire story
may not make a difference, to help the truly
unique creatures with their truly
unique noises, calling, hoping someone will hear


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