Julian Iriarte – “Brave”

2017 Button Poetry Video Contest.

“Dad got mad at me because I wanted to wear a pink shirt to the dance. He should’ve been mad because it was a polo and my light wash jeans were straight cut and very ill-fitting.”

Don’t miss this beautiful poem by Julian Iriarte, featured contestant in the 2017 Button Poetry Video Contest!

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Siaara Freeman – “Orange is the new blood”


Performing at the 2018 Rustbelt Poetry Festival.

“I wanted to, but could not explain the loss of someone I would never meet.”

Don’t miss this magnificent poem from Siaara Freeman, performing at the 2018 Rustbelt Poetry Festival in Detroit, MI.



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Summer Durant – “Future Not Fetish” (Button Live)


Performing at Button Poetry Live.

“Foreign: I don’t see myself that way. I see myself as red, white, and blue as the people who tell me to go back to my country when I never left in the first place.”

Don’t miss this phenomenal poem from Summer Durant, performing at Button Poetry Live.

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Gabriel Ramirez – “Whenever I Look Over My Balcony”


Performing at the 2018 Rustbelt Poetry Festival.

“God, if you be at all, be a song that gets me out of bed when my cinderblock depression weigh my thoughts down.”

Don’t miss this phenomenal poem from Gabriel Ramirez, performing at the 2018 Rustbelt Poetry Festival in Detroit, MI.

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Neil Hilborn – “The Door”


Featuring at Icehouse in Minneapolis.

“Tomorrow is a lease I have to sign every morning.”

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


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Asia Samson – “Bathtub”

2017 Button Poetry Video Contest.

“He knows how to love because he is loved. I pray every child could be as lucky.”

Don’t miss this remarkable poem by Asia Samson, featured contestant in the 2017 Button Poetry Video Contest!

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Rudy Francisco – “Ouch”


Featuring at Icehouse in Minneapolis.

“At this age, my body is a stranger that I keep meeting over and over again.”

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Rachel Wiley – “Horoscope For The Premature Scorpio”


Featuring at Icehouse.
“Stop mourning. He will never be over you. He will be ungrateful and distracted but he will never have it so good. Karma, it’s petty that way.”
Don’t miss this remarkable poem from Rachel Wiley, featuring at her book release party at Icehouse in Minneapolis.


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Jesse Parent – “The Parts of Her That Matter”


Performing at the 2018 Rustbelt Poetry Festival.

“When we had to tell our kids that my wife had cancer, my eldest son held it together, made it into math. My daughter shattered like a slipped and soapy plate, but my youngest, the eight-year-old, went silent as sleep, eyes wide and wet.”

Don’t miss this magnificent poem from Jesse Parent, performing at the 2018 Rustbelt Poetry Festival in Detroit, MI.

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