Janet Kuypers’ baseball poems read outdoors in front of Wrigley Field 4/26/15 in Chicago’s “Poetry Bomb”

February 11, 2019May 25, 2015 by Janet Kuypers

See YouTube video of the Janet Kuypers 4/26/15 selected readings for Bases Loaded just outside Wrigley Field at the 2015 Poetry Bomb in Chicago (filmed with a Canon Power Shot), of poems relating to baseball

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Entire Town’s Baseball Team outdoors 4/26/15 at Chicago’s 2015 Poetry Bomb (at Wrigley Field) filmed with a Canon Power Shot video camera

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem New to Chicago (2015 baseball edition) outdoors 4/26/15 (C) at Chicago’s 2015 Poetry Bomb (at Wrigley Field) filmed with a Canon Power Shot video camera

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Even Got to First Base outdoors 4/26/15 at Chicago’s 2015 Poetry Bomb (at Wrigley Field) filmed with a Canon Power Shot video camera

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem One, Two, Three Strikes You’re Out outdoors 4/26/15 at Chicago’s 2015 Poetry Bomb (at Wrigley Field) filmed with a Canon Power Shot video camera

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Somebody’s Scoring Somewhere outdoors 4/26/15 at Chicago’s 2015 Poetry Bomb (at Wrigley Field) filmed with a Canon Power Shot video camera

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Bases Loaded outdoors 4/26/15 at Chicago’s 2015 Poetry Bomb (at Wrigley Field) filmed with a Canon Power Shot video camera

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Young Dreams from a Potential Legend outdoors 4/26/15 at Chicago’s 2015 Poetry Bomb (at Wrigley Field) filmed with a Canon Power Shot video camera

Download these poems in the free chapbook“Bases Loaded” w/ poems read on 4/26/15 at the 2015 Poetry Bomb in Chicago

“Love ”, Janet Kuypers’ Poetry’s “Love Letter” live feature at Let Them Eat Chocolate, in Chicago 4/10/15

May 19, 2015May 19, 2015 by Janet Kuypers

See YouTube video of the 4/10/15 Janet Kuypers show Love (with John playing guitar) at Poetry’s “Love Letter” in Let Them Eat Chocolate in Chicago (filmed with a Canon fs200 video camera), of 6 new love poems

See YouTube video of the 4/10/15 Janet Kuypers show Love (with John playing guitar) at Poetry’s “Love Letter” in Let Them Eat Chocolate in Chicago (filmed with a Canon Power Shot), of 6 new love poems

See YouTube video of the poem “eyes”, read by Janet Kuypers (with John playing guitar) in her 4/10/15 show Love at Poetry’s “Love Letter” (@ Let Them Eat Chocolate) in Chicago (filmed with a Canon fs200 video camera)

See YouTube video of the poem “just you”, read by Janet Kuypers (with John playing guitar) in her 4/10/15 show Love at Poetry’s “Love Letter” (@ Let Them Eat Chocolate) in Chicago (filmed with a Canon fs200 video camera)

See YouTube video of the poem “electricity”, read by Janet Kuypers (with John playing guitar) in her 4/10/15 show Love at Poetry’s “Love Letter” (@ Let Them Eat Chocolate) in Chicago (filmed with a Canon fs200 video camera)

See YouTube video of the poem “jihadists and astrophysics”, read by Janet Kuypers (with John playing guitar) in her 4/10/15 show Love at Poetry’s “Love Letter” (@ Let Them Eat Chocolate) in Chicago (filmed with a Canon fs200 video camera)

See YouTube video of the haiku poem drowning”, read by Janet Kuypers (with John playing guitar) in her 4/10/15 show Love at Poetry’s “Love Letter” (@ Let Them Eat Chocolate) in Chicago (filmed with a Canon fs200 video camera)

See a Vine video of the haiku poem drowning”, read by Janet Kuypers (with John playing guitar) in her 4/10/15 show Love at Poetry’s “Love Letter” (@ Let Them Eat Chocolate) in Chicago (Samsung)

See YouTube video of the poem “only philosophy”, read by Janet Kuypers (with John playing guitar) in her 4/10/15 show Love at Poetry’s “Love Letter” (@ Let Them Eat Chocolate) in Chicago (filmed with a Canon fs200 video camera)

Janet Kuypers’ “Journey” poetry feature 3/28/15, with poetry about her mother

May 10, 2015 by Janet Kuypers

the 3/28/15 Janet Kuypers show “Journey” (with John playing guitar) at Sisters on a Journey in Hyde Park in Chicago (filmed with a Canon fs200 video camera), of 14 poem readings about her mother

the 3/28/15 Janet Kuypers show “Journey” (with John playing guitar) at Sisters on a Journey in Hyde Park in Chicago (filmed with a Canon Power Shot video camera), of 14 poem readings about her mother

See YouTube video of the poem reading by Janet Kuypers of cry for me (with John playing guitar) in her 3/28/15 show “Journey” at Sisters on a Journey in Hyde Park in Chicago (filmed with a Canon fs200 video camera)

See YouTube video of the poem reading by Janet Kuypers of Story Telling (part one) (a portion of her 2006 poem Story Telling, with John playing guitar) in her 3/28/15 show “Journey” at Sisters on a Journey in Hyde Park in Chicago (filmed with a Canon fs200 video camera)

See YouTube video of the poem reading by Janet Kuypers of It Hurts in the Bones (2015 edit) (with John playing guitar) in her 3/28/15 show “Journey” at Sisters on a Journey in Hyde Park in Chicago (filmed with a Canon fs200 video camera)

See YouTube video of the poem reading by Janet Kuypers of Your Soul is Shaking (with John playing guitar) in her 3/28/15 show “Journey” at Sisters on a Journey in Hyde Park in Chicago (filmed with a Canon fs200 video camera)

See YouTube video of the poem reading by Janet Kuypers of Listening to the Cancer Ads (with John playing guitar) in her 3/28/15 show “Journey” at Sisters on a Journey in Hyde Park in Chicago (filmed with a Canon fs200 video camera)

See YouTube video of the poem reading by Janet Kuypers of Reduced To Now (an edit of her 2006 poem This Is What It’s Reduced To Now, with John playing guitar) in her 3/28/15 show “Journey” at Sisters on a Journey in Hyde Park in Chicago (filmed with a Canon fs200 video camera)

See YouTube video of the poem reading by Janet Kuypers of final rally (2015 edit) (an edit of her 2006 poem Final Rally, with John playing guitar) in her 3/28/15 show “Journey” at Sisters on a Journey in Hyde Park in Chicago (filmed with a Canon fs200 video camera)

See YouTube video of the poem reading by Janet Kuypers of Seven Ten, Seven Twenty (with John playing guitar) in her 3/28/15 show “Journey” at Sisters on a Journey in Hyde Park in Chicago (filmed with a Canon fs200 video camera)

See YouTube video of the poem reading by Janet Kuypers of the Messenger (2015 edit) (an edit of her 2006 poem The Messenger, with John playing guitar) in her 3/28/15 show “Journey” at Sisters on a Journey in Hyde Park in Chicago (filmed with a Canon fs200 video camera)

See YouTube video of the poem reading by Janet Kuypers of Knelt and Cried (with John playing guitar) in her 3/28/15 show “Journey” at Sisters on a Journey in Hyde Park in Chicago (filmed with a Canon fs200 video camera)

See YouTube video of the poem reading by Janet Kuypers of A Little Angel Inside (with John playing guitar) in her 3/28/15 show “Journey” at Sisters on a Journey in Hyde Park in Chicago (filmed with a Canon fs200 video camera)

See YouTube video of the poem reading by Janet Kuypers of Story Telling (the end) (the end of her 2006 poem Story Telling, with John playing guitar) in her 3/28/15 show “Journey” at Sisters on a Journey in Hyde Park in Chicago (filmed with a Canon fs200 video camera)

See YouTube video of the poem reading by Janet Kuypers of extinct on planet earth (with John playing guitar) in her 3/28/15 show “Journey” at Sisters on a Journey in Hyde Park in Chicago (filmed with a Canon fs200 video camera)

See YouTube video of the poem reading by Janet Kuypers of old school and high-tech monuments (with John playing guitar) in her 3/28/15 show “Journey” at Sisters on a Journey in Hyde Park in Chicago (filmed with a Canon fs200 video camera)

See YouTube video of the haiku poem reading by Janet Kuypers of Lucille Ann to make a Vine video in the middle of her poem reading for old school and high-tech monuments (with John playing guitar) in her 3/28/15 show “Journey” at Sisters on a Journey in Hyde Park in Chicago (filmed with a Canon fs200 video camera)

See Vine video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku Lucille Ann as a looping JKPoetryVine video (with John playing guitar) during her 3/28/15 show “Journey” at Sisters on a Journey in Hyde Park in Chicago (filmed on a Samsung smart phone)

See Vine video of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length haiku Lucille Ann as a looping JKPoetryVine video as practice hours before her 3/28/15 show “Journey” at Sisters on a Journey in Hyde Park in Chicago (filmed on a Samsung smart phone)

Eyes by Janet Kuypers | Read by Michael Lee Johnson

May 1, 2015April 28, 2015 by David Jackson

eyes

Janet Kuypers
started 4/4/15, finished 4/6/15

Growing up,
boys didn’t like me,
kids made fun of me.

I was raised to think
that I was a plain girl,
easily overlooked.

I’d look at my eyes,
the same eyes my dad
thought made me

always look sad,
and wanted to think
that the song

“Brown Eyed Girl”
could have been
about me.

How silly of me.

I should know better.

And maybe that is why

I’ve always loved
blue eyes.
Eyes not like mine.

The eye is a fascinating thing,
it’s beautiful to study,
especially yours…

If I were a biologist,
I’d take high-res photos
of that eye of yours,

maybe magnify it as large
as I could, so I could study it
like a slide under a microscope.

I would search for meaning
in those mesmerizing patches
and shades of that unique blue.

They say science
can explain all,
so maybe it can explain

why I’m so in love
with your eyes, or why
I’m so in love with you.

Eyes are our windows
to the outside world, but
they’re also portals inward,

giving us mere mortals
fleeting glimpses
to who you are inside.

I think our colored irises
floating on an ocean of white,
punctuated with a pupil

were designed that way
so we could follow
each other’s gazes closely.

I’m watching you.

You probably see that.

I hope you’ll watch me too.

Because scientists
have studied the crypts,
pigment dots and furrows

of the eye, and scientists
are now figuring out
that the eye really is

the window to the soul.

So, maybe I was
on the right track

by loving your eyes,
and never wanting
to lose sight of them again.

Janet Kuypers’ 3/21/14 Chi Fi poetry show “Imzadi”

April 25, 2015 by Janet Kuypers

See YouTube video of the Janet Kuypers 3/21/15 show “Imzadi” at the “Chi Fi 2015” convention in Chicago (filmed with a filmed with a Canon fs200 video camera), of poems relating to Star Trek

See YouTube video of the Janet Kuypers 3/21/15 show “Imzadi” at the “Chi Fi 2015” convention in Chicago (filmed with a filmed with a Canon Power Shot video camera), of poems relating to Star Trek

See YouTube video of the Janet Kuypers reading her Star Trek poem Star Trek, Star Wars and Storm Troopers in her 3/20/15 show “Imzadi” at the “Chi Fi 2015” convention in Chicago (filmed with a Canon fs200 video camera)

See YouTube video of the Janet Kuypers reading her bonus Periodic Table Star Trek poem Nitrium in her 3/21/15 show “Imzadi” at the “Chi Fi 2015” convention in Chicago (filmed with a Canon fs200 video camera)

See YouTube video of the Janet Kuypers reading her Star Trek poem kinds of interference in her 3/21/15 show “Imzadi” at the “Chi Fi 2015” convention in Chicago (filmed with a Canon fs200 video camera)

See YouTube video of the Janet Kuypers reading her Star Trek poem kinds of interference in her 3/21/15 show “Imzadi” at the “Chi Fi 2015” convention in Chicago (filmed with a Canon Power Shot video camera)

See YouTube video of the Janet Kuypers reading her Star Trek poem Uncuffed in her 3/21/15 show “Imzadi” at the “Chi Fi 2015” convention in Chicago (filmed with a Canon fs200 video camera)

See YouTube video of the Janet Kuypers reading her Star Trek poem Uncuffed in her 3/21/15 show “Imzadi” at the “Chi Fi 2015” convention in Chicago (filmed with a Canon Power Shot video camera)

See YouTube video of the Janet Kuypers reading her Star Trek poem Full Stop in her 3/21/15 show “Imzadi” at the “Chi Fi 2015” convention in Chicago (filmed with a Canon fs200 video camera)

See YouTube video of the Janet Kuypers reading her Star Trek poem Full Stop in her 3/21/15 show “Imzadi” at the “Chi Fi 2015” convention in Chicago (filmed with a Canon Power Shot video camera)