“I say, ‘I am fat.’ He says, ‘no, you’re beautiful.’ I wonder why I cannot be both.”
Congratulations to Rachel Wiley on topping 1,000,000 views on YouTube! Check out more of her work here and here.
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“There are days when my heart feels like it’s swallowing itself, when the lonely feels like both the problem and the cure.”
Congratulations to Javon Johnson on topping 100,000 views on YouTube! Check out more of his work here and here.
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“They pray for you, while you prey on them.”
Don’t miss this week’s Best of Button playlist, featuring the hottest recent videos on the Button YouTube Channel. Today’s additions: Denice Frohamn, Guante & Motionpoems. Congratulations poets!
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“Fat girl heard ‘Nothing tastes as good as being thin feels.’ Fat girl certain soul food tastes better than being thin feels.”
Congratulations to Megan Falley on topping 250,000 views on YouTube! See more of her work here and here.
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“Prosecutors announce the officers involved in the fatal [verb] of [Proper Noun] have not been indicted. The unarmed black [noun] was no angel. [Proper Noun] lay dead as the gravel refused to eat the body. This was the [number] civilian killing this year.”
Don’t miss this stunning poem from Charlotte Abotsi, performing at the 2016 Women of the World Poetry Slam in Brooklyn, NY.
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It’s a huge day here at Button, as we just hit 500,000 subscribers on our YouTube channel! It’s also World Poetry Day. With all these reasons to celebrate, we’re doing a giveaway. Sign up for our email list below, and you’ll be entered into a raffle for a free Button Poetry book or shirt of your choice!
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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 500,000 views on YouTube! See more of her work here, here, and here.
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“Thank you for reminding me to appreciate the stillness when you’re gone.”
Don’t miss this week’s Best of Button playlist, featuring the hottest recent videos on the Button YouTube Channel. Today’s additions: Rebeca Mae & Alessandria Rhines. Congratulations poets!
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“If you break her heart, I will hear it snap with the ear I pressed against her mother’s belly.”
Congratulations to Jesse Parent for becoming the sixth video on Button to reach 3,000,000 views on YouTube!
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“I will turn hacksaw. I will turn grenade. I will invent for you a throat and choke you.”
Don’t miss this stunning video, the first in our collaboration with the amazingly talented folks at Motionpoems. Check out more from them here.
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