“How many times have I opened my mouth
only to hear someone else’s voice?”
Don’t miss this week’s Best of Button playlist, featuring the top-viewed recent videos on the Button YouTube Channel. Today’s additions: Joseph Capehart, Jeanann Verlee & Javon Johnson!
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“Maybe I’m always speaking in questions
because I’m so used to being cut off.”
Congratulations to Melissa on topping 500,000 views on this excellent poem! Check out more of Melissa’s work here and here.
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“If you were 8 years old today, you would not know
a world without a black president.”
Don’t miss this week’s Best of Button playlist, featuring the top-viewed recent videos on the Button YouTube Channel. Today’s additions: Anthony McPherson & Ashley August!
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Performing at the Get Lit Classic Slam.
“Can I use this to scrub the uncontrollable black
from the surface of my daughter?”
Don’t miss this incredible poem from Patricia Smith, featuring during the finals of the Get Lit Words Ignite Classic Slam, the largest youth poetry tournament in Southern California. Order Get Lit Rising today at simonandschuster.com, and join the #LiteraryRiot at getlit.org.
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“Listen to one another like you know you are scholars. Artists. Scientists. Athletes. Musicians. Like you know you will be the ones to shape this world.”
Congratulations to Sarah on topping 100,000 views on this wonderful poem! Check out more of Sarah’s work here and here.
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“A sparrow flew just over my feet, its wings
beating against its own body, a sound not unlike applause.”
Congratulations to Neil on topping 100,000 on this gorgeous poem. You can get this poem and more in his best-selling book, Our Numbered Days.
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“Tragedy and silence have the exact same address.”
Congratulations to Rudy on topping 250,000 views on this great poem! Check out more of Rudy’s work here and here.
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“Both of my parents died of overdoses. I paid for their funerals
with drug money. There goes that irony again.”
Don’t miss this week’s Best of Button playlist, featuring the top-viewed recent videos on the Button YouTube Channel. Today’s additions: Amin Drew Law & FreeQuency!
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“I don’t know when I became a space to be filled,
my thigh an open lease.”
Congratulations to Reagan on topping 250,000 views on this necessary poem.
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“My grandfather died as the moon. I am not him.
I am black, and full of stars. I am not the absence of light.
I am who allows light to exist.”
Congratulations to Gabriel on topping 100,000 views on their excellent poem.
And while you’re here, make sure to check out our books and merch as well, including our awesome t-shirts and poster and new books by Jacqui Germain and Hanif Abdurraqib!