“It is the tenth time this year that my mental health has deferred me from cleaning my room.”
Congratulations to Julissa Emile on topping 100,000 views on this remarkable poem! Watch more videos from the 2018 Rustbelt Poetry Festival here!
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“Every Thursday, I go to couples therapy with my depression. He whispers in my ear to stay in bed for another day, presses his palm into my chest, afraid I’m going to escape the covers.”
Congratulations to Patrick Roche on topping 500,000 views on this powerful poem! Watch more videos from Patrick here and here!
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“Black privilege is me having already memorized my nephew’s eulogy. My brother’s eulogy. My father’s eulogy. My unconceived child’s eulogy.”
Congratulations to Crystal Valentine on topping 1,000,000 views on this powerful poem! Watch more videos from Crystal here and here!
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“Some men will want to hold you like the answer. You are not the answer. You are not the problem.”
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“My body is a burning home. Everyone wants out or they want a redeeming story about the arsonist.”
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“‘That time of the month’ has about double the amount of syllables as ‘period.’”
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“If I italicize my sadness, does that make it more romantic?”
Don’t miss this week’s Best of Button playlist, featuring the top-viewed recent videos on the Button YouTube Channel. Today’s additions: River Mason, Sabrina Benaim, & Eliza Hope Duran! Congrats poets!
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