poem “Lutetium and the crude truth”, a Periodic Table Twitter Verse poem for learning about the element #71 Lutetium (Lu) and discovering that Lutetium & rare earth elements are not rare, extracting them is; the U.S. produces tons of REEs, but ship it to China to extract it, so the United States is still 100% reliant on China - so as we try to find ways to get it for ourselves, Texas, the crude state, may soon mine Lutetium & REEs for future potential use in electric cars. By Chicago Poet Janet Kuypers

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Enjoy this YouTube video from 3/30/22 of Janet Kuypers during her “Poetry & Open Mic at The Gallery Cabaret 3/30/22” feature night in Chicago, where she read 36 of her Twitter-length Periodic Table poems (including this one) as her select “Twitter Verse periodic Table Poetry” poems from her book “Twitter Verse periodic Table Poetry” in her “Twitter Verse periodic Table Poetry” feature (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem

Enjoy this Facebook live video stream from 3/30/22 of Janet Kuypers during her “Poetry & Open Mic at The Gallery Cabaret 3/30/22” feature night in Chicago, where she read 36 of her Twitter-length Periodic Table poems (including this one) as her select “Twitter Verse periodic Table Poetry” poems from her book “Twitter Verse periodic Table Poetry” in her “Twitter Verse periodic Table Poetry” feature (this video was filmed & streamed live from a Samsung S9 camera with a Lava Lamp filter; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her “In Love With Erosion” book poems “Lutetium” (which is also in the book “Periodic Ta ble Poetry”, + showing On the Edge of the Table show images 1 & 2), & “Lutetium and the crude truth” (which is also in the book “Twitter Verse Periodic Table Poetry”, + showing poem image & 3/30/22 show images 1 & 2) & “Lutetium-177: oh, what a relief it is” (+ 10/2/22 images 1 & 2, + poem image) during her “Poetic License 12/1/24 Global Open Mic” she hosted through Zoom & a Facebook event page (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter/X, Link ed In, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).
Also enjoy this Facebook live video stream that was filmed & streamed from a Samsung S24 camera w/ a Toxic Glitch filter; on Facebook, Twitter/X, Link ed in, Instagram, & Tum blr). #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

Lutetium and the
crude truth
Janet Kuypers
1/4/22 Twitter-length Periodic Table poem
for element #71 Lutetium (Lu)
#janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem
on Facebook & video post, Twitter, Instagram, and Tumblr
Lutetium & rare earth elements aren’t rare—
extracting them is. The U.S. produces tons,
but it goes to China to extract it— so we’re
still 100% reliant on China for our tech.
Canada has Saskatoon mines, & Texas—
the “crude” state— may soon mine
Lutetium & REEs— for electric cars.

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