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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers in her 5/7/16 show “Love in the Universe” in her first scheduled feature at Expressions 2016: Reasons to be Cheerful in Austin (Cps), first singing (with John singing and on guitar) the Depeche Mode song The Bottom Line (with altered chorus lyrics for heir wedding), then with her poems Pluto, Plutonium & Death (a bonus Periodic Table poem), her haiku universe, observer’s love poem (2016 edit), everything is my home, Wanted To Play, and electricity.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers in her 5/7/16 show “Love in the Universe” in her first scheduled feature at Expressions 2016: Reasons to be Cheerful in Austin (Sony), first singing (with John singing and on guitar) the Depeche Mode song The Bottom Line (with altered chorus lyrics for heir wedding), then with her poems Pluto, Plutonium & Death (a bonus Periodic Table poem), her haiku universe, observer’s love poem (2016 edit), everything is my home, Wanted To Play, and electricity.

Download all of the show poems in the free chapbook Love in the Universe 5/7/16 at Expressions 2016: Reasons to be Cheerful show in Austin

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers saying her twitter-length poem “Juxtaposition, or Irony?” in conversation, then reading her poems “Pluto, Plutonium & Death”, “Your Minions are Dying” and “Salesman” 10/23/16 at the Austin open mic Kick Butt Poetry (Canon Power Shot camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers saying her twitter-length poem “Juxtaposition, or Irony?” in conversation, then reading her poems “Pluto, Plutonium & Death”, “Your Minions are Dying” and “Salesman” 10/23/16 at the Austin open mic Kick Butt Poetry (from a Sony camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Entering the Lake of Fire”, “Pluto, Plutonium & Death” and “Everything is my Home” from her book “(pheromemes) 2015-2017 show poems” 8/6/17 at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” open mic (Sony camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Entering the Lake of Fire”, “Pluto, Plutonium & Death” and “Everything is my Home” from her book “(pheromemes) 2015-2017 show poems” 8/6/17 at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” open mic (Panasonic Lumix).

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her “Smokes and Dreams” & “Periodic Table Poetry” book poem “Plutonium” (+ showing the “the Elements of Astronomy” 8/25/12 image & the “Chemistry, Poetry and a Brat” 2/23/14 image), her “Smokes and Dreams” & “Twitter Verse Periodic Table Poetry” book poem “Plutonium: the Fat Man on the Scene” (+ showing the 7/23/20 Virtual Austin Poetry Society image), her “Smokes and Dreams” & “Periodic Table Poetry” book poem “Pluto, Plutonium & Death” (+ showing the “Love in the Universe”, 6/4/16 image), & her “Smokes and Dreams” & “Twitter Verse Periodic Table Poetry” book poems “Plutonium (pee-eew)” (+ showing the “Twitter Verse periodic Table Poetry” 3/30/22 video stills 1 & 2) & “Plutonium: Badder than the Fat Man” (+ showing the poem image) during her “Poetic License 7/6/25 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, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Instagram, & Tumblr). Also enjoy this as a Facebook live video stream that was filmed & streamed from a Samsung S24 camera). #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem #janetkuypers #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

Pluto, Plutonium & Death Janet Kuypers Periodic Table of Poetry bonus poem, written 4/10/16 (#94, Pu) “My kingdom is the underworld,” you could imagine the King Pluto from ancient Greek mythology say, and an eleven year old English girl thought this was the perfect name for a planet surrounded by darkness. And for decades the rogue, this rebellious quote unquote planet had a different orbit from its brethren, crossed paths with brother Neptune, was otherwise one that didn’t quite fit in. Maybe that’s why the big boy club of astronomers kicked Pluto out, said you’re not good enough to be one of us. But shrouded in death seems to be the theme for Pluto. .. Man-made element ninety four is not naturally occurring, but only existing after smashing heavy water (deuterium) into Uranium. And for those of you with any nuclear know-how, you know that whatever Uranium smashing makes has to be crazy dangerous.        And it is. Since Plutonium has been on the scene since 1940, the only thing we’ve known it for is for the nuclear bomb, the fat boy that blew up Nagasaki. Great legacy, Plutonium, you first carried the torch of death and destruction before Pluto itself was demoted from planet status. When the fight for Pluto first came to light, even little children wrote letters to protest, don’t kill this dark mystery, they pleaded. Because even little children are fascinated with the the concept, especially because it seems so far away. — I look around me now, I see the destruction we bring upon ourselves: Christians bombing abortion clinics. Muslims shrouding women and beheading non-believers. Chicago gangs shooting some in retribution for more shooting. The violence doesn’t end. But the darkness, the death, that seems to be ruled by the planet / non-planet named from Greek mythology, and the element whose only function we humans know is complete annihilation. How fitting that Pluto and Plutonium are forever locked in this deadly dance.

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