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Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her v206 4/23 Down in the Dirt issue/book “Floating Island” poems “Oganesson, bending time inside” (which is also in her book “Twitter Verse Periodic Table Poetry”), “Potassium Chloride” (which is also in her book “Periodic Table Poetry”), “Only If She Had a Choice” and “Evil of What They’ve Done” (which is also in the 2023 CyberWit.net book “Testament”) during her “Poetic License 4/2/23 global open mic” she hosted through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). This was also a Facebook live video stream (on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem #janetkuypers #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperspoeticlicense #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperswomensrights

Enjoy this YouTube video on 8/9/23 of Janet Kuypers during her “Poetry Open Mic at The Gallery Cabaret with feature Janet Kuypers” feature night in Chicago, where she read her poems “Evil of What They’ve Done”, “After All We’ve Accomplished”, “On a Sunday after a Sermon”, “Question and Answer time”, “Using the Nazi Approach to Women’s Right”, and “Oh No — is Art not Safe from Big Brother?” in her poetry feature “Into the Spotlight” of women’s rights poems from the CyberWit 2023 Janet Kuypers book “Testament”, performed just after the anniversary of the overturning of Roe v. Wade (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). Also enjoy this YouTube video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). Also enjoy this YouTube video filmed from a Samsung S9 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). This (now deleted) Facebook live video stream was filmed from a Samsung S9 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr) before it was deleted, was liked & loved on its Facebook page & its “Fallen Angel Poetry” page, & was liked on its Instagram page & its “Poetic of Heart”, “Poetry Super Highway”, & “Poets of Merit & Expression” pages too. #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypers #janetkuyperswomensrights #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersfeminism #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersthecafegallery

Enjoy this YouTube” video on 8/12/23 of Janet Kuypers on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM radio, where during her interview on the air she read her “Testament” book poems “Journalisming the Story of Equal Rights”, “Kerning, Ballots, and Women’s Rights”, portions of the poem “Quickly Washing Away Women’s Rights”, and as a bonus, the first poem she performed in her “Into the Spotlight” Chicago feature, “Evil of What They’ve Done” (this video was filmed live in studio from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). Also enjoy this YouTube” video filmed live in studio from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). This (now deleted) Facebook live video stream from this radio show interview was filmed & streamed from a Samsung S9 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr, loved on its Facebook page, liked from its “GAS: Poetry, Art & Music” (as well as images 1, 2, 3, & 4), on its Instagram page, liked & commented on this on its LinkedIn page, & liked on its “ Audio Video Poetry/Songs Online Out Loud...Listen In”, “Austin Artmosphere Artists”, “Poetry Super Highway”, & “Poets On Fire Worldwide” pages too. #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersinterview #janetkuypersradio Download all of the poems shared during this radio show interview in the free chapbook ““Testament” on WZRD”, w/ poems read on 8/12/23 WZRD 88.3 FM radio

Evil of What They’ve Done Janet Kuypers 8/24/22 When women are not treated as equals, When women still make less pay                                                       per dollar Than any man, and are stunted from Advancement in the workplace, I suppose it’s not hard to believe That supporting women’s healthcare Is also such an insurmountable task. After the religious right, usually male, in the Often more rural half of this “united” nation Used their interpretations of their religious dogma To push women back to the dark ages (By overturning legislation that has Existed for all of my sentient life) — They removed woman’s choice,                                                       and in turn Placed so many people, health-wise, In such grave danger. We women felt a cushy kind of comfort Knowing that Roe v Wade was on our side. Not even Democrats pushed to make Our rights more legal, more permanent Than a single Supreme Court decision. And now that the religious right, usually male, In the often more rural half of this “united” nation Pushed women back to the dark ages, Politicians and policy makers Now work furiously,         Even across party lines, To codify Roe. Now, a bipartisan bill has been made, Sponsored by Republican and Democrat Senators That, in order to be agreeable, Is so vague that it doesn’t uphold anything. Abortion rights groups hate it, And the nit-picking battle Over every technical phrase in this bill Makes any message in the bill Lost to the average American. I think of my husband now, who once said, “There is no task so simple         that it cannot be made impossible         through the actions of a bureaucracy.” Because this is exactly what this is, The inability of the U.S. Government To accomplish anything for women. Even if the Kaine-Collins bill never passes, Senator Kaine still holds great fear. “I think life post-Dobbs is a series of tragedies” — For he may fear, like me, That it may take too many medical tragedies Against full-grown women Before our lawmakers realize                                                 the Evil of what they’ve done                                                 and correct the mistakes they’ve made to women. “A series of tragedies” makes me think Of how back in the day (and still, I’m sure) There would be what now seems to be One mass shooting from one crazed male Almost every week. People protested, wanted something Radical passed into law, But there were never 60 votes, So nothing changed. Apparently after one tragedy too many, The Senate decided to move — Passing a gun bill One day after the Overturning of Roe v Wade. But don’t worry, tragedy is never far away When it comes to guns and More restrictive laws. Violent killings are still up, and Daily shootings still reign supreme Around my hometown too. So, whether change is Eventually made In the laws for women or not, All prospects scream That no matter what happens, It looks like we’re in this fight For the long haul. It may take more than a miracle For women to be treated equally by “man”kind. Since I don’t believe in miracles, We’ll all just keep fighting Until something like women’s healthcare Isn’t so insurmountable after all.

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