2019 Video Contest
“You are not finished. Who you are now is not who you will be.”
Don’t miss this amazing poem from Caleb “The Negro Artist” Rainey, a submission from the 2019 Video Contest.
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Featuring at Button Poetry Live.
“We are lov/e/ed/ing/able. We are the daylight and no one can go on if the day starts hiding.”
Don’t miss this terrific poem from Rachel Wiley, featuring at Button Poetry Live.
Get your copy of Rachel’s book, NOTHING IS OKAY, now available!
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Performing at Storytellers X.
“Did you honestly think you were big enough to copyright a culture?”
Don’t miss this amazing poem from Chibbi, performing at Storytellers X at the Kroxon in Miami, FL.
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Featuring at Icehouse.
“He gets out the car, slams the door, say, “Shawty you thick as hell! I know you out here belonging to somebody looking like how you look.’”
Don’t miss this powerful poem from Porsha Olayiwola, featuring at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN.
Get your copy of Porsha’s debut book, I SHIMMER SOMETIMES, TOO, now available to order!
Featuring at Icehouse.
“Cousin Josh was the first gay man I knew who wasn’t on TV.”
Don’t miss this unbelievable poem from Adam Falkner, featuring at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN.
Adam’s highly-anticipated debut book, THE WILLIES, is now available!
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Filmed by SlamFind.
“The first time I heard a poem about gender on a stage, it hit me right in the binary.”
Don’t miss this amazing poem from Robyn Kaur Sidhu, filmed by SlamFind.
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Performing at the Get Lit Classic Slam.
“Mother nature is gay and we are getting married in the Spring.”
Don’t miss this terrific poem from Olympia Miccio, performing at the 2018 Get Lit Classic Slam in Los Angeles, CA.
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Performing at IWPS 2019.
“Masculinity is just a costume I wear for safety, a performance which manhood has become the greatest theater for.”
Don’t miss this amazing poem from Jarvis Subia, performing at IWPS 2019 in San Diego, CA.
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Button Poetry Live
“Straight pride, or, a new and exciting way to admit in front of God and everybody on Twitter, that you have never brought a woman to orgasm before.”
Don’t miss this powerful poem from Daniel, performing at Button Poetry Live.
While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, including books by Sabrina Benaim, Neil Hilborn, Michael Lee, Blythe Baird, Raych Jackson, & our newest releases from Omar Holmon & George Abraham!
Performing at Black Arts Matter Festival.
“I walk freely on the land that was taken from people that look just like my ancestors.”
Don’t miss this great poem from Xavier Alexander, performing at Black Arts Matter Festival in Madison, WI.
While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, including books by Sabrina Benaim, Neil Hilborn, Michael Lee, Blythe Baird, Raych Jackson, & our newest releases from Omar Holmon & George Abraham!