Shasparay – “The Girl Who Cried Wolf” (Button Live)


Featuring at Button Poetry Live.

“I know that telling someone is a fight within itself. It’s like being swallowed all over again when someone refuses to help. So I see you, and I believe you.”

Don’t miss this incredible poem from Shasparay, featuring at Button Poetry Live.

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Mady Park – “Asian girls love hip hop…”

Performing at the 2018 Get Lit Classic Slam.

“We are the breath before the verse.”

Don’t miss this fantastic poem from Mady Park, performing during the 2018 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.

Send us your poetry! 2018 Chapbook Contest is open Now – January 15th, 2019! Submit Here!

While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, Melissa Lozada-Oliva, Neil Hilborn, Phil Kaye, & our newest release from Andrea Gibson!

Shane Hawley – “There Are Some Things You Just Don’t Do In Restaurants”


Performing at CUPSI 2018.

“To the hipster couple spooning in the corner booth: Put your fucking shoes on, this is not your living room.”

Don’t miss this hilarious poem from Shane Hawley, performing in Minnesota.

Make sure to check out Shane’s phenomenal new book, ABC Death, a picture-book for the entire family!


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RJ Walker – “My Mother Explains My Depression to Me” (Button Live)


Performing at Button Poetry Live.

“She says, ‘See? Don’t you feel better?’ And she does not know that I tried to drown myself accidentally on purpose for the second time today.”

Don’t miss this remarkable poem from RJ Walker, performing at Button Poetry Live.

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Sam Sax – “Ode To The Belt” (Button Live)


Featuring at Button Poetry Live.

“Bless all this life thrashing against death’s garish precipice.”

Don’t miss this awesome poem from Sam Sax, featuring at Button Poetry Live.

Send us your poetry! 2018 Chapbook Contest is NOW OPEN! Submit Here!

Make sure to check out Sam’s book, A GUIDE TO UNDRESSING YOUR MONSTERS.


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Billy Tuggle – “Equal Time”


Performing at the 2018 Rustbelt Poetry Festival.

“Humanity, dignity challenged on a daily basis, yet you bring respectability politics to the village.”

Don’t miss this incredible poem from Billy Tuggle, performing at the 2018 Rustbelt Poetry Festival in Detroit, MI.

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Treniece Moné and Bryce Banks – “Unholy War” (Get Lit)

Performing at the 2018 Get Lit Classic Slam.

“The price of her existence is silence.”

Don’t miss this phenomenal poem from Treniece Moné and Bryce Banks, performing during the 2018 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.

Send us your poetry! 2018 Chapbook Contest is NOW OPEN! Submit Here!

While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, Melissa Lozada-Oliva, Neil Hilborn, Phil Kaye, & our newest release from Andrea Gibson!

Andrea Gibson – “Living Proof”


Featuring at Button Poetry Live.

“I have a few happy friends. I ask them about being happy the same way my high school friends ask me about being gay, ‘So, what do you people do exactly? How do you do IT?’”

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

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Jared Singer – “The Entomologist’s Last Love Letter”


Featuring at Icehouse.

“We have to break up. I know, it’s a weird way to start a love letter. But let me explain.”

Don’t miss this beautiful poem from Jared Singer, featuring at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN.

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Neil Hilborn – “Psalm 12, in Which the Author Alienates His Audience”


Featuring at Icehouse in Minneapolis.

“I can no longer hide the way I feel. Cats suck. Cats are proof that Satan exists and wants us to suffer.”

Don’t miss this hilarious poem from Neil Hilborn, featuring at Icehouse in Minneapolis. Make sure to grab a copy of Neil’s newest book, THE FUTURE.

Send us your poetry! 2018 Chapbook Contest is NOW OPEN! Submit Here!


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