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Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading 5 of her “Periodic Table of Poetry” poems, “Livermorium”, “Beryllium”, “Astatine”, “Francium”, and “Dysprosium”, live in her 2nd “After the Apocalypse” mini-feature 1/2/13 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (this video was filmed from a Canon camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem #janetkuypersperiodictablepoetry

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of Kuypers reading 5 Periodic Table of Poetry” poems 1/2/13 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (from the Canon, w/ Threshold filter), including this poem

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading 5 of her “Periodic Table of Poetry” poems, “Livermorium”, “Beryllium”, “Astatine”, “Francium”, and “Dysprosium”, live in her 2nd “After the Apocalypse” mini-feature 1/2/13 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (this video was filmed from a Sony camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem #janetkuypersperiodictablepoetry

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of Kuypers reading 5 Periodic Table of Poetry” poems 1/2/13 at the Café Gallery in Chicago (from the Sony, w/ Posterize filter), including this poem

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of Kuypers hosting the open mic 1/2/13 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago, plus this periodica table poem

See YouTube video (P L T56) of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Smelling Sulfur on 9/11”, “Astatine”, and “Flerovium” from her book “The Periodic Table of Poetry” live 6/9/18 at “Poetry Aloud”.

See YouTube video (P L 2500) of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Smelling Sulfur on 9/11”, “Astatine”, and “Flerovium” from her book “The Periodic Table of Poetry” live 6/9/18 at “Poetry Aloud”.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her Periodic Table poem “Astatine” from her “Astatine in a Fantastic Car Crash” chapbook and reading, then her poems “Osmium” and “Titanium” from her 1/30/13 poetry feature for Poetry Saloon at Noon, all read from her v5 cc&d poetry book “On the Edge” 1/19/19 at “Recycled Reads” (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her Periodic Table poem “Astatine” from her “Astatine in a Fantastic Car Crash” chapbook and reading, then her poems “Osmium” and “Titanium” from her 1/30/13 poetry feature for Poetry Saloon at Noon, all read from her v5 cc&d poetry book “On the Edge” 1/19/19 at “Recycled Reads” (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her “Touching The Moon” & “Periodic Ta ble Poetry” book poem “Astatine” (+ showing the poem image & show images 1 & 2), her “Touching The Moon” & “Twitter Verse Periodic Table Poetry” book poem “Astatine’s rarity may save us from cancer” (+ showing the poem image & reading images 1 & 2), & her “Touching The Moon” & “Periodic Ta ble Poetry” book poem “Astatine in a Fantastic Car Crash” (+ showing the poem image, 3/18/13 image, 10/4/13 image, and 2/23/14 images 1 & 2) during her “Poetic License 4/6/25 Global Open Mic” she hosted through Zoom & a Facebook event page (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter/X, Link ed In, Pinterest, Instagram, & Tumblr).
Also enjoy this YouTube video that was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix FZ 300 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter/X, Link ed In, Pinterest, Instagram, & Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

Astatine
Janet Kuypers
from the “Periodic Table of Poetry” series (#085, At)
(with references to the poem “ Fantastic Car Crash”, 7/3/98)
1/1/13
Everything shatters with you, you know.
I am left picking up the pieces
after dealing with only fractional amounts of you.
I’ve only been able to infer what you’re like
by knowing your brethren, as everyone around me
and all the gapers gawk, as the decay grows.
In your twisted way, you come from the decay
of others... And what do you leave in your wake?
More radioactive destruction, as all around you
slows down to stare, until your instability
corrodes you down to the basics in the world.
And yeah, what was left of you after you were gone
was so much more stable that you were,
but it was only after so much of your destruction
that you left blood dripping down to the street.
So, all I can think is that this continual decay
is your contribution, this radioactive
short-term flash of decay, is you.
I’ve tried to learn, I’ve tried to study these
microscopic parts of you to make sense of you...
But whether or not you ever leave enough,
well, from what you’ve shown me, I have to keep
reminding myself that despite your destruction,
despte this decay of yours, I have to keep going.
Because, when it comes to you,
when it comes to what you do...
This happens all the time.

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