Prose, Short Stories, and monologues
are sorted alphabetically.
A Child in the Park, 2005
   Watch the YouTube video (3:10) Live at Beach Poets 08/14/05 |
Watch this YouTube video (5:54) recorded on the Pacific Ocean 12/07 near the Galapagos Islands |
Listen  to this collaborationof Peter Bartels & Janet Kuypers: pb&j |
Listen to & download 
this track from the DMJ Art Connection |
A Dream About Murder.
[ a Dream About Murder. in French ]
[ a Dream About Murder. in German ]
Watch this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her prose “A Dream About Murder” (2:33) from the 2/3/04 “Dreams” show in Chicago (this video was posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetryshow
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  Watch the YouTube video of this prose 08/28/11, first in in her book Contents Under Pressure, read on WZRD radio, from the Canon camera |
Watch the YouTube video of this prose 08/28/11, first in in her book Contents Under Pressure, read on WZRD radio, from the Sony camera |
Watch the YouTube video of this prose 08/28/11, first in in her book Contents Under Pressure, read on WZRD radio, from the Mini camera |
See feature-length YouTube video 08/26/11 of the majority of the WZRD radio show with her reading poetry (incliding this writing) from the Canon camera |
See feature-length YouTube video 08/26/11 of the majority of the WZRD radio show with her reading poetry (including this writing) from the Sony camera |
 See feature-length YouTube video 08/26/11 of her prose (and this writing) read at the WZRD radio show from the mini cam |
  See YouTube video 6/24/16 of Janet Kuypers’ 2 poems The One At Mardi Gras & kids wielding freedom and sin; then her flash fiction A Dream About Murder at Georgetown’s Poetry Plus open mic at Cianfrani’s (Canon P.S.). |
See YouTube video 6/24/16 of Janet Kuypers’ 2 poems The One At Mardi Gras & kids wielding freedom and sin; then her flash fiction A Dream About Murder at Georgetown’s Poetry Plus open mic at Cianfrani’s (Sony). |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers 1/7/18 in Austin reading her prose “A Dream About Murder” from her book “When you Dream Tonight” at the “Recycled Reads” book reading (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). |
 See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers 1/7/18 in Austin reading her prose “A Dream About Murder” from her book “When you Dream Tonight” at the “Recycled Reads” book reading (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; Threshold). |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers 1/7/18 reading her poems “He Told Me His Dreams 4” & “The Dream” & her prose “A Dream About Murder” from her book “When you Dream Tonight” live at “Recycled Reads” (this video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera). |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers 1/7/18 reading her poems “He Told Me His Dreams 4” & “The Dream” & her prose “A Dream About Murder” from her book “When you Dream Tonight” live at “Recycled Reads” (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; Edge Detection). |
A (Fe)male Behind Bars
Order this writing in the book (woman.)
a letter
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her prose a Letter live 9/17/15 at Story Teller Night at Roots Room in Chicago (filmed with a Canon fs200 video camera) |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her prose a Letter live 9/17/15 at Story Teller Night at Roots Room in Chicago (filmed with a Canon Power Shot camera) |
Order this iTunes track from the poetry audio CD Hope Chest In The Attic 13 Years of Poetry & Prose ...Or order the entire CD set from iTunes:
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a Life Goes By
A Lifetime Together, 2005
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem a Lifetime Together live 6/19/13 as the intro to the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (Canon) |
See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem a Lifetime Together live 6/19/13 as the intro to the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (Sony) |
See YouTube video of Kuypers hosting the open mic 6/19/13 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago, in a video that contains this writing |
A Little Angel Inside 2010
 Listen to the DMJ Art Connection, off the CD Singular 
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 Watch this YouTube video (2:45) read from her ISBN# book Distinguidhed Writing (the Kuypers edition) live 03/22/11 at the Café in Chicago |
Watch this YouTube video of the intro to the 03/22/11 open mic at the Café in Chicago |
See YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem 10/3/12 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (Canon) |
See YouTube video of Kuypers’ open mic intro 10/3/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago, + poetry (including this piece) |
A Microcosm of Society
Order this writing in the book (woman.)
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Order this iTunes track from the poetry audio CD Hope Chest In The Attic 13 Years of Poetry & Prose ...Or order the entire CD set from iTunes:
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 Watch this YouTube video PART 1 of the story 10/19/10, live at the Café in Chicago |
Watch this YouTube video PART 2 of the story 10/19/10, live at the Café in Chicago |
A Retired Policemen Talks About the Suicides He’s Seen, 2005
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Listen to the CD recording of this piece, on the Entropy Project |
| edit this poem in wandering words... rearrange the words... or make a new poem either in Flash or in Java (Windows only)! |
Watch this YouTube video (1:54) 07/17/07 from Living in a Big World |
Watch this YouTube video (1:53) 07/17/07 from Living in a Big World |
Watch this YouTube video of the Omniphonic Challenge at St. Paul’s (de-sanctified church), with John Yotko music (on the Canon Camera) |
Watch this YouTube video of Kuypers 10/07/11 in the Omniphonic Challenge at St. Paul’s (performing in the de-sanctified church), with John Yotko pre-recorded and live music (from the Sony Camera) |
Watch this Complete feature video of the ENTIRE Omniphonic Challenge show 10/07/11 (with this poem) St. Paul’s (de-sanctified church), with John Yotko music (on the Canon Camera)
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Watch this Complete feature video of the ENTIRE Omniphonic Challenge show 10/07/11 (with this poem) St. Paul’s (de-sanctified church), with John Yotko music (on the Sony Camera)
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Watch this YouTube video read live 10/11/11 at the Café in her mini-feature of Contents Under Pressure book poems |
Watch this YouTube video of the her mini-feature INCLUDING THIS POEM (with background base by John Yotko) live 10/11/11 at the Café |
Adjusting Your Beliefs
from the 07/19/07 Chicago performance art show Living in a Big World
 Watch this YouTube video (1:54) 07/17/07from Living in a Big World |
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Watch this YouTube video (1:53) 07/17/07from Living in a Big World |
Afraid of Telling The Truth, 2005
Watch the YouTube video Live at the Cafe in Chicago 10/27/09 |
Age
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Watch the YouTube video Live at Beach Poets 08/14/05 |
Order this iTunes track: from the Chaotic Collection ...Or order the entire 5 CD set from iTunes: CD:
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Listen through the DMJ Art Connection, off the CD Indian Flux |
Watch this YouTube video (4:27) recorded of dancing Boobies (birds called Nazca Boobies, Punta Suarez, Espanola Island 12/25/07, Galapagos Islands) |
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Watch this YouTube video @ the Pacific Ocean 12/07 @ the Galapagos Islands |
Watch this YouTube videolive at the Café in Chicago 02/25/10 |
Watch the YouTube video of this reading with the intro & other writings, live 05/25/10 at the Café |
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Order this iTunes track from the poetry audio CD Hope Chest In The Attic 13 Years of Poetry & Prose ...Or order the entire CD set from iTunes:
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Aim Carefully 2010
Watch this YouTube video of the Cutting Room Floor at the Palos Park Public Library 10/07/09 |
or see the full 10/07/09 Video at the Palos Park Public Library of the Cutting Room Floor via the Internet Archive |
See the YouTube ½ Show of the 1st 10 minutes of the show the Cutting Room Floor from YouTube, at the Palos Park Public Library 10/07/09 |
Listen to & download this track from the DMJ Art Connection
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Watch this YouTube video read from the 08/11 issue (v223) of cc&d magazine, live 08/09/11, at the Café open mic she hosts in Chicago |
Watch this YouTube video
of the intro to the 08/09/11 weekly poetry open mic at the Café in Chicago, & her reading poems, including “Aim Carefully”, John Yotko reading her poem “Frozen Together” and them covering the Sinead O’Connor song “Black Boys on Mopeds”
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All I Can Capture 2010
Watch this YouTube video live at the Café in Chicago 09/22/09 |
Watch this YouTube video live at Waiting4the Bus at Jak’s Tap in Chicago 3/4/13 |
Watch this YouTube video live at Waiting4the Bus at Jak’s Tap in Chicago 3/4/13 (Edge Detection filter) |
Watch this YouTube video live at Waiting4the Bus at Jak’s Tap in Chicago 3/4/13 (Posterize filter) |
Watch this YouTube video live at Waiting4the Bus at Jak’s Tap in Chicago 3/4/13 (Watercolor filter) |
Watch this YouTube video of Kuypers reading All I Can Capture and Momento Mori live at Waiting4the Bus at Jak’s Tap in Chicago 3/4/13 |
An Outline to the Apex of Rites of Passage, 2005
Listen Live at the Café,now available in a 3 CD set from iTunes |
Watch this YouTube video Live at a Woman on the Beach (Beach Poets 08/02/09) (camera #1) |
Watch this YouTube video Live at a Woman on the Beach (Beach Poets 08/02/09) (camera #2) |
See the full a Woman on the Beach (Beach Poets 08/02/09) show video (08/02/09, from camera #1) This film is from the Internet Archive |
See the full a Woman on the Beach (Beach Poets 08/02/09) show video (08/02/09, from camera #1) This film is from the Internet Archive |
And I Don’t Care, 2005
Watch this YouTube video C Ra McGuirt reading live at the 2009 Cana-Dixie Union 05/09/09, Memphis |
and What I Want to Know 2010
Order this iTunes track from the poetry audio CD “Oh.” audio CD ...Or order the entire CD set from iTunes:
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Order this iTunes track: from the Chaotic Collection ...Or order the entire 5 CD set from iTunes: CD:
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Listen (or listen live) to the DMJ Art Connection, off the CD Contact•Conflict•Control |
Watch the YouTube video (3:02) 04/01/05 (April Fool’s Day) Live at the DvA Chicago Art Gallery show Conflict • Contact • Control |
Watch this YouTube video live at the Café in Chicago 12/15/09 |
Watch this YouTube video read live 12/18/11, at the Café weekly poetry open mike she hosts in Chicago (with music and video shown from the HA!man of South Africa) |
Watch this YouTube video of ther reading many poems 12/18/11 at the Café in Chicago (music bt the HA!man of South Africa, vocals by Suzanne Hettinger, guitar by John Yotko) including this writing |
Watch this YouTube video of the intro to the 12/18/11 poetry open mike at the Café in Chicago, & her reading poems (music from the HA!man of South Africa, vocals by Suzanne Hettinger, guitar by John Yotko) with this writing |
Watch this YouTube video read live 12/18/11, at the Café weekly poetry open mike she hosts in Chicago (with music and video shown from the HA!man of South Africa), from the Kodak Camera |
Watch this YouTube video read live 12/18/11, at the Café weekly poetry open mike she hosts in Chicago (with music and video shown from the HA!man of South Africa), from the Samsung Camera |
Andrew Hettinger, 2005
 Order this iTunes track: from Chaos in Motion (a 6 CD set)...Or order the entire CD set from iTunes or Napster CD:
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Listen to the CD recording of this, from the CD Change/Rearrange |
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Order this iTunes track from the poetry audio CD “Oh.” audio CD ...Or order the entire CD set from iTunes:
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Listen to this radio recordingfrom WZRD Radio (in a 3 CD set) |
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Order this iTunes track: from the Chaotic Collection ...Or order the entire 5 CD set from iTunes: CD:
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Listen to the CD recording from the CD Rough Mixes, by Pointless Orchestra |
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Listen to this w/ the DMJ Art Connection
Listen to & download this track from the DMJ Art Connection
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Listen live to the 2nd Axing at the open mic Sing Your Life |
 Watch this YouTube video (6:55) at the live Jesse Oaks live “UNcorrect” feature 06/21/07 ...or watch this above YouTube video at wn.com  |
Watch the YouTube video (6:18) 02/26/08 live, the Cafe, Chicago |
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Listen: (8:46) to this recording from Fusion |
Listen to the live readingfrom the Side A/Side B feature 12/09/03 |
See YouTube video
Live at St. Mary’s Cemetery (at his gravesite) in Champaign IL 05/27/11
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Are The Things That I Like, 2005
Are The Things That I Like 2010
Around the World... & Sweet Home Chicago
from the 07/19/07 Chicago performance art show Living in a Big World
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Watch this YouTube video (1:54) 07/17/07from Living in a Big World |
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Watch this YouTube video (1:53) 07/17/07from Living in a Big World this video can also be seen on FlixYa |
As I Recovered, 2005
Watch the YouTube video Live at Taking Poetry to the Streets, at a Florida gas station 12/27/08 |
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Order this iTunes track: from Chaotic Elements (a 2 CD set)...Or order the entire CD set from iTunes or Napster CD:
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See YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem live at Dan Shapiro’s rigged open mic in Logan Square (Chicago) at Cole’s bar 4/14/13 |
See YouTube video of Kuypers reading a set of poems (“the Burning” and 3 near-death accident-related poems) live at Dan Shapiro’s rigged open mic in Logan Square (Chicago) at Cole’s bar 4/14/13 |
ask me if i’m a truck 2010
Watch the YouTube video Published in her book Close Cover Before Striking, read (for future audio CD release) 06/28/11 on WZRD radio, from the main camera |
Watch the YouTube video Published in her book Close Cover Before Striking, read (for future audio CD release) 06/28/11 on WZRD radio, from the mini camera |
See feature-length YouTube video 06/26/11 of the majority of the WZRD radio show with her reading poetry (including this poem) from the main camera |
See feature-length YouTube video 06/26/11 of ~45 minutes of the WZRD radio show with her reading poetry (including this poem) from the mini cam |
At Least That’s What I Hear, 2005
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Watch the YouTube video Live at the Cafe in Chicago 10/27/09 |
 Watch this YouTube video l(1:11) read live 01/25/11 from the ISBN# & ISSN# book a Wake-up Call from Tradition, live at the Café in Chicago |
Watch this YouTube video of the intro at the the Café Chicago open mic 01/25/11 & the poems Getaway, Couldn’t Take It Home, His Mom’s Car, At Least That’s What I Hear, and Thinking. I Hate That. |
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