“This town raised me to only cheer for the team we knew would win anyway. To only accept those who already fit in.”

Congratulations to Ollie Schminkey & Wyatt Fleckenstein for topping 250,000 views on this fantastic poem! Watch more from CUPSI 2014 here.

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“I’ll always be someone living who is asked about their final exit.”

Don’t miss this week’s Best of Button playlist, featuring the top-viewed recent videos on the Button YouTube Channel. Today’s addition: Kevin Kantor! Congrats Poet!

While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, including books by Rudy Francisco, Sabrina Benaim, Neil Hilborn, Phil Kaye, Andrea Gibson, Blythe Baird, & our newest releases from Natasha T. Miller and Kevin Kantor!

“Sometimes, ‘I’m fine,’ is the quickest way to say, ‘I don’t want to talk about it.’”

Don’t miss this week’s Best of Button playlist, featuring the top-viewed recent videos on the Button YouTube Channel. Today’s addition: Rudy Francisco! Congrats Poet!

While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, including books by Rudy Francisco, Sabrina Benaim, Neil Hilborn, Phil Kaye, Andrea Gibson, Blythe Baird, & our newest releases from Natasha T. Miller and Kevin Kantor!

2020 Button Poetry Video Contest

Thank you to everyone who submitted to the 2020 video contest!

Congratulations to our finalists and winners!

Stay tuned for our 2021 video contest in July…

Scroll down to see our 2020 finalists and winners!

Congratulations to our winners, and thank you to everyone who submitted. Watch the winning videos on our YouTube channel!

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“To be in love with someone 500 miles away is to always be waiting.”

Don’t miss this week’s Best of Button playlist, featuring the top-viewed recent videos on the Button YouTube Channel. Today’s addition: Rola Alasmar! Congrats Poet!

While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, including books by Rudy Francisco, Sabrina Benaim, Neil Hilborn, Phil Kaye, Andrea Gibson, Blythe Baird, & our newest release from Natasha T. Miller!

“I say Black fatherhood. One of his coworkers decides to drag a joke through the conversation says, ‘That’s kind of an oxymoron, right?’”

Don’t miss this week’s Best of Button playlist, featuring the top-viewed recent videos on the Button YouTube Channel. Today’s addition: Rudy Francisco! Congrats Poet!

While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, including books by Rudy Francisco, Sabrina Benaim, Neil Hilborn, Phil Kaye, Andrea Gibson, Blythe Baird, & our newest release from Natasha T. Miller!

“Black lives can’t matter unless all Black lives matter, and all Black lives include trans.”

Don’t miss this week’s Best of Button playlist, featuring the top-viewed recent videos on the Button YouTube Channel. Today’s addition: They/Them! Congrats Poet!

While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, including books by Rudy Francisco, Sabrina Benaim, Neil Hilborn, Phil Kaye, Andrea Gibson, Blythe Baird, & our newest release from Javon Johnson!