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Watch the YouTube video of Kuypers reading this poem at the open mike 2/29/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago, from the Kodak camera

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Only Occasionally live 1/29/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (C)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Only Occasionallylive 1/29/14 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (S)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers hosting the open mic and the Patrick Hurley feature 1/29/14 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago WITH THIS PIECE

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her “This Poem is About” poem “Only Occasionally”, then her poem “Knew What He was Talking About”, then singing her poem/song during Austin City Limits music weekend “Made Any Difference”, from her v5 cc&d poetry collection book “On the Edge” at Georgetown’s “Poetry Aloud” 10/13/18 (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her “This Poem is About” poem “Only Occasionally”, then her poem “Knew What He was Talking About”, then singing her poem/song during Austin City Limits music weekend “Made Any Difference”, from her v5 cc&d poetry collection book “On the Edge” at Georgetown’s “Poetry Aloud” 10/13/18 (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; Posterize).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her “This Poem is About” poem “Only Occasionally”, then her poem “Knew What He was Talking About”, then singing her poem/song during Austin City Limits music weekend “Made Any Difference”, from her v5 cc&d poetry collection book “On the Edge” at Georgetown’s “Poetry Aloud” 10/13/18 (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera Cyan filter).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her “This Poem is About” poem “Only Occasionally”, then her poem “Knew What He was Talking About”, then singing her poem/song during Austin City Limits music weekend “Made Any Difference”, from her v5 cc&d poetry collection book “On the Edge” at Georgetown’s “Poetry Aloud” 10/13/18 (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; Threshold).

See this YouTube video (posted 7/6/22, a Wednesday like The Café open mic dates) of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Quiet for a While”, “Push Your Button”, “Under My Fingers”, and “Only Occasionally” from the v323 7/22 cc&d issue/book “Heart of the House” when visiting Chicago 6/23/22 in The Café Gallery Book Reading series (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoem #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem #janetkuypersthecafegallery

Enjoy this YouTube video (posted 7/5/22, a Tuesday like The Café Gallery open mic dates) of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Quiet for a While”, “Push Your Button”, “Under My Fingers”, and “Only Occasionally” from the v323 7/22 cc&d issue/book “Heart of the House” when visiting Chicago 6/23/22 for The Café Gallery Book Reading series (this video was filmed from a Samsung S9 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersthecafegallery

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Quiet for a While”, “Push Your Button”, “Under My Fingers”, “Only Occasionally”, “Quieting Anechoic Chamber”, and “Eleven and Two, plus Eight” from the cc&d 5-8/22 issue collection book “The Wall” on 11/2/22 on the 1st Wednesday of the month in honor of ‘Community Poetry’ (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). This video was also filed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera and given a Hue Cycling filter; and posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem

Only Occasionally Janet Kuypers (02/14/12) I only see you occasionally after being together then dealing with all the hot air you spit at me I can’t take it and must get away   (this poem is about a hair dryer)

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