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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her new poem “Do the Dead Still Live",”, then her poems “Valentine’s Day, Every Day” (for Valentine’s Day, 2/14) and “Queasy Feeling” (for World Sword Swallowing Day, 2/24), both read from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”, live 2/8/20 @ “Poetry Aloud” (video from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her new poem “Do the Dead Still Live",”, then her poems “Valentine’s Day, Every Day” (for Valentine’s Day, 2/14) and “Queasy Feeling” (for World Sword Swallowing Day, 2/24), both read from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)”, live 2/8/20 @ “Poetry Aloud” (video from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Gallium”, “Viruses: Entirely Human After All”, “Our Society, Glossed Over”, “Knowing that Instant”, “Do the Dead Still Live”, and “Exactly Where She Belonged (dreams2/29/20)” from the v186 8/21 Down in the Dirt book “Three Things” 9/1/21 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; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersinstagram

Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Gallium”, “Viruses: Entirely Human After All”, “Our Society, Glossed Over”, “Knowing that Instant”, “Do the Dead Still Live”, and “Exactly Where She Belonged (dreams2/29/20)” from the v186 8/21 Down in the Dirt book “Three Things” 9/1/21 on the 1st Wednesday of the month from 1:00-3:00 PM CST during the usual time for the “Community Poetry” open mic (filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

Enjoy this YouTube video of Chicago “The Café Gallery” poetry open mic host Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Do the Dead Still Live” from the Down in the Dirt magazine August 2021 v186 issue/paperback book “Three Things” 8/6/21 in front of the Café in Chicago and uploaded to YouTube 9/14/21 (a Tuesday date the Café was open for the poetry open mic) for The Café Gallery Book Reading series 2020+ (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoem #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersthecafegallery

Enjoy this YouTube video of Chicago “The Café Gallery” poetry open mic host Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Do the Dead Still Live” from the Down in the Dirt magazine August 2021 v186 issue/paperback book “Three Things” 8/6/21 in front of the Café in Chicago and uploaded to YouTube 9/21/21 (a Tuesday date the Café was open for the poetry open mic) for The Café Gallery Book Reading series 2020+ (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoem #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersthecafegallery

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Gallium Anticipation”, “Gallium”, “Nickel the Demon”, “Hydrogen Cyanide Escape”, “Do the Dead Still Live”, “Carbon Based Life Forms”, and “Exactly Where She Belonged (dreams2/29/20)” from the Down in the Dirt magazine May-August 2021 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 #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem

Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Gallium Anticipation”, “Gallium”, “Hydrogen Cyanide Escape”, “Do the Dead Still Live”, “Carbon Based Life Forms”, and “Exactly Where She Belonged (dreams2/29/20)” from the Down in the Dirt 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

Do the Dead Still Live Janet Kuypers 2/5/20 I woke up from a dream last night where a man I once dated who died was still alive in my dream — and another man from my past was there too and when I woke up from this dream in the middle of the night, I thought that I need to remember this, and write it... and then I went back to sleep. I started dreaming again, and when I dreamed again this time someone asked me why I didn’t write my dream down. I answered them with, “Who wants to hear a dream where a man I once dated who died was alive in my dream, and still professed their love to me? Who want to hear about that?” I said, but then I turned around and my mom was there, still alive, and I said “Hi, mom—” and then I woke up. I told a poet friend about these dreams today and they asked if this happens to me often — if the dead come back to me in dreams like this. I told them no. And that is when my poet friend said, and they say the dead do not still live. And I knew exactly what he meant.

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