Sonya Renee Taylor – “Bodies of Resistance” (Button Live)


Performing at Button Poetry Live.

“Breathless and beleaguered, we coax one another to survive. We are alive despite even our bones’ dissent.”

Don’t miss this amazing poem from Sonya Renee Taylor, performing at Button Poetry Live.

While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, Hanif Abdurraqib, Donte Collins, Melissa Lozada-Oliva, Rachel Wiley, Neil Hilborn, & our newest release from Phil Kaye!

Alexandria Hollett – “Blessed Are the Persecuted: An Open Letter to the Indiana Legislature”

2017 Button Poetry Video Contest.

“If having a gay agenda means believing in my right to continue to breathe despite the way your mouth puckers when you look at me like I have a disease and it’s catching, then yeah, I have an agenda.”

Don’t miss this marvelous poem by Alexandria Hollett, featured contestant from the 2017 Button Poetry Video Contest!

While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, including books by Donte Collins, Sabrina Benaim, Melissa Lozada-Oliva, Rudy Francisco, Neil Hilborn, & our newest release from Phil Kaye!

Spencer Brownstein – “Jew(ish)” (Button Live)


Performing at Button Poetry Live.

“America, great melting pot, you’ve boiled me down to resin, clinging to the bottom of the saucepan.”

Don’t miss this phenomenal poem from Spencer Brownstein, performing at Button Poetry Live.

While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, Hanif Abdurraqib, Donte Collins, Melissa Lozada-Oliva, Rachel Wiley, Neil Hilborn, & our newest release from Phil Kaye!

Andrea Gibson – “Ode to the Public Panic Attack”


Featuring at Button Poetry Live.

“If you’ve never had a panic attack, there’s a good chance you’ve been an ass
to someone who has.”

Don’t miss this important poem from Andrea Gibson, featuring at Westcott Theater in Syracuse, NY.

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While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, Hanif Abdurraqib, Donte Collins, Melissa Lozada-Oliva, Rachel Wiley, Neil Hilborn, & our newest release from Phil Kaye!

Daniel – “Flowers (or, A Beginner’s Guide to Surviving Sexual Assault)”


Performing at Button Poetry Live.

“It is okay to feel broken. Broken is where the healing begins. This is where we begin.”

Don’t miss this magnificent 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, Hanif Abdurraqib, Donte Collins, Melissa Lozada-Oliva, Rachel Wiley, Neil Hilborn, & our newest release from Phil Kaye!

Marcel “Fable the Poet” Price – “Don’t Mind Me”

2017 Button Poetry Video Contest.

“Why at times does it feel like there’s nothing left but there is everything?”

Don’t miss this powerful poem by Marcel “Fable the Poet” Price, featured contestant from the 2017 Button Poetry Video Contest!

While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, including books by Donte Collins, Sabrina Benaim, Melissa Lozada-Oliva, Rudy Francisco, Neil Hilborn, & our newest release from Phil Kaye!

Ajanae Dawkins – “For The Blonde Girl and the Classrooms of Ghosts”


Performing at the 2018 Rustbelt Poetry Festival.

“She just don’t know. She just ain’t never had nothing taken from her.”

Don’t miss this astonishing poem from Ajanae Dawkins, performing at the 2018 Rustbelt Poetry Festival in Detroit, MI.



While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, including books by Olivia Gatwood, Hanif Abdurraqib, Sabrina Benaim, Rachel Wiley, Neil Hilborn, & our newest release from Phil Kaye!

Dua Saleh – “The Romanticization of Poverty”


Performing at 7th St Entry.

“You’re beautiful. Beauty like sentiment of desirability, desire like anything other than the fear of being unfulfilled.”

Don’t miss this wonderful poem from Dua Saleh, performing at 7th St Entry in Minneapolis, MN.



While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, including books by Olivia Gatwood, Hanif Abdurraqib, Sabrina Benaim, Rachel Wiley, Neil Hilborn, & our newest release from Phil Kaye!