In memory of Kelly “Native Child” Mays.
May her voice and impact live on.
Information on her life and her final journey, from the Saginaw Chippewa Tribe.
7 Videos of her work from 2017-2020:
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2017
Usman Hameedi – Building a Home
Performed at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN
“I’m strong enough to hold my loved ones but I don’t know if I can support a home.”
Don’t miss this poem from Usman Hameedi, performing at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN
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$18.00 – $25.00
Matthew Richards – Hospitality
Performed NorthBeast Regional 2023 Finals
“Why call the police on a flock of angels and order them to circle until, exhausted, they fall from the sky?”
Don’t miss this poem from Matthew Richards, performing NorthBeast Regional 2023 Finals
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Anna Šverclová – Permafrost
Performed at the Strike Theater in Minneapolis, MN
“Now, I am gridlocked by my own emptiness. A knife interlocking with a knife.”
Don’t miss this poem from Anna Šverclová, performing at the Strike Theater in Minneapolis, MN
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Sammi – Flowers like People
Performed at WOWPS 2023 in Baltimore, MD
“I realize now why flowers are too afraid to grow in sand. It’ll always be too draining. Too reserved, too detached and dry.”
Don’t miss this poem from Sammi, performing at WOWPS 2023 in Baltimore, MD
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Jarvis – After Dancing at the Gay Bar
Performed at The 2023 Roxbury Poetry Festival in Boston, MA
“Masculinity is just a costume I wear for safety, a performance which manhood has become the greatest theater for.”
Don’t miss this poem from Jarvis, performing at The 2023 Roxbury Poetry Festival in Boston, MA
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Amiyah Anderson – Be the Change
Performed at The Town Hall in NY, during Black History Month 2024
“I still see the blue beating black until you see red and white. Is this your stars and stripes?”
Don’t miss this poem from Amiyah Anderson, performing at The Town Hall in NY, during Black History Month 2024
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Junious ‘Jay’ Ward – Swingset
Performed at IWPS 2015
“Dandelions are flowers in other countries, we just don’t find them pretty here.”
Don’t miss this poem from Junious ‘Jay’ Ward, performing at IWPS 2015
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$18.00 – $21.00
Ty Chapman – Philophobia: An Heirloom
Performed at Poets & Pints in Minneapolis, MN
“There he is: Another fatherless son, ever clouding away like a drift.”
Don’t miss this poem from Ty Chapman, performing at Poets & Pints in Minneapolis, MN.
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$18.00
Best of Button – Week 53
“On days like this, I think of all things I could be, and I choose to be happy.”
Don’t miss this week’s Best of Button playlist. Today’s additions: Sherrika Mitchell, Ollie Schminkey, Asma, Sarah Kay, and Gabby Elvessie! Congrats Poets!
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