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Janet Kuypers’ “2017 Austin Rhythm Fire” 4 poem set 3/20/17 w/ improv jazz band

February 11, 2019July 25, 2017 by Janet Kuypers

On March 20th, 2017, people got together at Southern Hospitality in Austin TX for a show to celebrate the spirit of Lonzell Haggary with an evening of mini-features, all potentially accompanied by an improv jazz band. Janet Kuypers was the final feature performance for the evening, where she performed poems reflecting different themes, including “Keeping a Record of Going Too Far”, “Yearning to Break Free”, “Entering the Lake of Fire” and “Only an Observer”.

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Before the show started she also released a chapbook of the poems included int his performance, and this chapbook “2017 Austin Rhythm Fire” is still available online even during her reading, so anyone could (and can) download as the chapbook as a PDF file for free any time.

Poems included in this performance:
“Keeping a Record of Going Too Far”
“Yearning to Break Free”
“Entering the Lake of Fire”
“Only an Observer”

Janet Kuypers’ “Exploring Spring” 3/4/17 poetry feature/show with background music

May 27, 2017 by Janet Kuypers

Below are writing links, video links and images from a March 4^th 2017 (3/4/17, or 20170304) poetry performance of Janet Kuypers’ Austin poetry feature through “Spring Awakenings” live at the Bahá’í Faith Center in Austin Texas.

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The theme of the night with other features was about spring (ergo the “Spring Awakenings” title), so Janet Kuypers’ show “Exploring Spring” was also accompanied by recently recorded sounds of birds chirping outside, accompanying music by “Hotel Music” from the HA!Man of South Africa (Francois Le Roux, with “entering the ruines” from his “Hotel Music”), where she also had video of him playing his cello on a small screen joining her on stage.

Before the show started she also released copies of a chapbook of the writings she was performing in her show (in the order they were performed), and all of the pieces from this reading were also released electronically in a “Exploring Spring” chapbook, which you can download as a PDF file for free any time.

Read the poems from the show:

“Spring”
“Entering the War Room”
“Job that Only Paid the Bills”
“Killing the Survivor Bug”
“Springtime”
“Original Snowbirds”

Bonus videos in the above playlist include readings of these poems individually both before and after the feature presentation.

Janet Kuypers’ “Exalted Love” 2/4/17 poetry feature/show with background music

May 8, 2017 by Janet Kuypers

Below are writing links, video links and images from a February 4^th 2017 (2/4/17, or 20170204) poetry performance of Janet Kuypers’ Austin poetry feature “Exalted Love” through “Greatest Love” live in Austin Texas.

The theme of the night with other features was about poetry and was about not just love (because Valentine’s Day is this month), but the “Greatest Love” , which can be interpreted philosophically in so many ways. So Janet Kuypers covered this very explicitly in her show about the love of a person, the love of nature, the love of astronomy, or even discovering the right book to bring the love of the right philosophy, bringing meaning to your life. Her “Exalted Love” show was also accompanied by music from Mozart (“the Dissonant”) rainforest sounds, and “Hotel Music” from the HA!Man of South Africa (Francois Le Roux, with “the story i am trying to tell” and “easy afternoon” both from his “Hotel Music”).

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Before the show started she also released copies to most everyone there of a chapbook of the writings she was performing in her show (in the order they were performed), and all of the pieces from this reading were also released electronically in a &#8220Exalted Love” chapbook, which you can download as a PDF file for free any time.

Read the poems from the show:

“Mapping the Way to True Love”
“Years, Centuries, Eons”
“Zenith of the Night Sky”
“just one book”

Bonus videos in the above playlist include “after the show” poems, like “Amber Beads”, “Praying to Idols”, “Unless it Happens to You”, and the haiku “oceans”.

Canon Power Shot video still from Exalted Love show

Janet Kuypers’ “Ultimate Connectivity” 10/16/16 poetry feature/show with live guitar

December 12, 2016 by Janet Kuypers

Janet Kuypers’ “Ultimate Connectivity” 10/5/16 poetry feature/show with live guitar

Below are video links from an October 16^th 2016 (10/16/16, or 20161016) poetry performance (with accompanying background guitar by John) of Janet Kuypers’ Austin poetry feature through the Awesmic City Expo preview at the Palmer Events Center that incorporated peace and connectivity into poetry with brand new poems written specifically for this event.

The video listing here includes the two videos FROM the show at the Palmer Events Center in Austin Texas, but the second playlist of videos videos of later readings of individual poems at open mics in Austin (plus a video of one poem performed with live music from the HA!Man of South Africa 11/13/16 at Unity Church of the Hills in Austin).

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Before the show started she also released copies to most everyone there of a chapbook of the writings she was performing in her show (in the order they were performed), and all of the pieces from this reading were also released electronically in a “Ultimate Connectivity” chapbook, which you can download as a PDF file for free any time.

Read the poems from the show:

“Ultimate Connectivity: trying to separate peace from war”

“Ultimate Connectivity: aches and pains”

“Ultimate Connectivity: how coffee can be relaxing”

“Ultimate Connectivity: getting naked with nature”

“Ultimate Connectivity: swimming with the fishes”

“Ultimate Connectivity: forgetting fear and feeling free”

“Ultimate Connectivity: a bird in the hand”

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Janet Kuypers’ “Masquerading in Costumes & Personas” 10/1/16 poetry feature/show

February 12, 2019November 7, 2016 by Janet Kuypers

Janet Kuypers’ “Masquerading in Costumes & Personas” 10/1/16 poetry feature/show

Below are writing links and video links from a October 1^st 2016 (10/1/16, or 20161001) poetry performance (with costume changes for every poem reading) of Janet Kuypers’ Austin poetry feature through Expressions 2016: the Metaphor of Costumes at Austin’s the Bahá’í Center. The usual host for this event (Thom Woodruff) was out of town at another event in Waco TX, so he asked Janet to take over the reigns and host this evening, where she chose the theme of costumes (since for this monthly event, October ends with Halloween).

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Before the show started she also released copies to most everyone there of a chapbook of the writings she was performing in her show (in the order they were performed), and all of the pieces from this reading were also released electronically in a “Masquerading in Costumes & Personas” chapbook, which you can download as a PDF file for free any time.

Read the poems and songs below:

before the show:
“Masquerade”

the show:
“Curium”
“This Halloween”
“This Halloween Again”
“Salesman”

after the show:
“On All Fours”
“Observations: Nine and Six”
“Vanishing Scars”