“I did just come out against polar bears in an argument. I’m not saying we shouldn’t try to save them, but they are mean, and will eat us.”
Don’t miss this week’s Best of Button Playlist, featuring the hottest recent videos on the Button YouTube channel. Updated every week! Today’s additions: Eric Sirota, Melissa Lozada-Oliva & Jonathan Mendoza. Congratulations poets!
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“They stopped asking me why I howled in my sleep. They knew better than to call you a fever.”
Don’t miss this poem from Khary Jackson, performing at Button Poetry Live (one of the winningest pieces in slam history).
Minnesota folks! Don’t miss the next Button Poetry Live, February 1st in downtown Saint Paul!
“Who am I to punish him for his insight? When teaching our children, we have to remember we were once one of them.”
Don’t miss this great poem from Theresa Davis, performing at Button Poetry Live. If you’re in the Twin Cities, get your tickets now for the next Button Live show on February 1st in downtown Saint Paul.
“The world is trying to kill you. It is trying to do this by stealing your voice.”
Don’t miss this week’s Best of Button Playlist, featuring the hottest recent videos on the Button YouTube channel. Updated every week! Today’s additions: Melissa Newman-Evans & Miss Haze. Congratulations poets!
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“As a young writer, I’m always led to believe that I’m supposed to compose a dead thing.”
Don’t miss this week’s Best of Button Playlist, featuring the hottest recent videos on the Button YouTube channel. Updated every week! Today’s additions: Nkosi Nkululeko & Emily James. Congratulations poets!
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“You, ma’am, want me to be quiet. Want me black enough for decoration. Want me two words or less, obituary ready and dressed.”
Check out this amazing poem from the winner of December’s Button Poetry Live. If you’re in the Twin Cities, head over to January’s show tonight at Camp Bar! For the rest of you, we’re live streaming for the first time ever, so don’t miss it here at 8:00 PM CST.
“Ironic, isn’t it, that I can’t really do this life alone anymore, and this will keep me alone?”
Don’t miss this week’s Best of Button Playlist, featuring the hottest recent videos on the Button YouTube channel. Updated every week! Today’s additions: Anna Binkovitz, Jensen McRae, and Alex Copeland. Congratulations poets!
The Button YouTube channel just topped a hundred million views! What a way to ring in the new year. That’s over 450 years of poetry viewed on our channel in the last few years.
Endless thanks to all of you who have watched and shared these artists. Check out our most popular videos of all time below.
“To tell me you know my pain is to stab yourself in the leg because you saw me get shot. We have two different wounds, and looking at yours does nothing to heal mine.”
Finishing our countdown, here’s the top video on Button from 2015: “Lost Voices” by Darius Simpson & Scout Bostley. Congratulations poets!
“Every day I write a poem titled ‘Tomorrow’. It is a hand-written list of the people I know that love me, and I make sure to put my own name at the top.”
Heading into the new year, we’re counting down the top videos on Button from 2015! Coming in second on the list, “People You May Know” by Kevin Kantor. Congratulations Kevin!