“When his eyes first meet mine, I get lost in the color of my skin.”
Congratulations to Kate Hao & Kristen Sze-Tu on topping 100,000 views on this brilliant poem.
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“If you develop an eating disorder when you are already thin to begin with, you to go the hospital. If you develop an eating disorder when you are not thin to begin with, you are a success story.”
Congratulations to Blythe Baird on topping ONE MILLION views on this amazing poem. Check out more from Blythe here and here.
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“I think being landlocked has kept you from seeing the horizon.”
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“Just because I own slaves doesn’t mean I’m racist.
I don’t even see color; you’re racist for being slaves.”
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“She isn’t dying, but I’ve spent my whole life
watching her eat herself into the earliest grave she can fit into”
Congratulations to Imani Cezanne on topping 100,000 views on this powerful poem. Check out more of Imani’s work here and here.
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“It feels like staring at the sun, hard; so when I look away it stays, printed in my mind, making other images melt.”
Congratulations to Joy Young on topping 250,000 views on this lovely poem. Check out more of Joy’s work here and here.
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“I count my brothers, and in the morning when some do not
survive to be counted, I count the holes they leave.”
Congratulations to Button author Danez Smith on topping 250,000 views on this powerful poem. Check out this poem and more from Danez in his book, black movie.
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“How bad does the news have to be before you get to shoot the messenger? How can we bury the hatchet when it always ends up in my back?”
Congratulations to Button author Sam Sax on topping 250,000 views on this incredible poem. Check out more of Sam’s work in his book, A Guide to Undressing Your Monsters.
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“I’m a walking history lesson, proof that we all come from
the same tree but eventually outgrow our roots.”
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“Nobody sees me and thinks feed her.
Nobody knows not to trust me alone in a bathroom.”
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