Performing at the 2018 Get Lit Classic Slam.

“Apologies can never pull the bullets out of their backs.”

Don’t miss this impressive poem from Francis Rundle, 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.

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!


Featuring at Westcott Theater.

“I wrote you too many poems in a language I did not yet know how to speak.”

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

Make sure to check out Andrea’s book, LORD OF THE BUTTERFLIES, now available!


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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!


Featuring at Button Poetry Live.

“A good kid won’t wear his pants like our expectations. Did you wear them low, Darius?”

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

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


Performing at CUPSI 2018.

“Your blood has traveled oceans so that it would not be spilled. You are too alive to be a martyr.”

Don’t miss this powerful poem from Khoi the Poet, performing at CUPSI 2018 in Philadelphia, PA.

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

2017 Button Poetry Video Contest.

“No matter what I do, I will always be a haunted house I am too afraid to live in.”

Don’t miss this incredible poem by Jonathan Salazar, 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 Olivia Gatwood, Sabrina Benaim, Rachel Wiley, Neil Hilborn, Phil Kaye, & our newest release from Andrea Gibson!

Featuring at the 2018 Get Lit Classic Slam.

“My body is a burning home. Everyone wants out or they want a redeeming story about the arsonist.”

Don’t miss this phenomenal poem from Mary Lambert, featuring 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.

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!


Featuring at Icehouse.

“Whoa, be thankful that I am wanted by the earth, if no one else is waiting to hold my body again.”

Don’t miss this awesome poem from Phil Kaye, featuring at Icehouse in Minneapolis. Don’t miss Phil’s debut book, DATE & TIME, now available!


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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 Andrea Gibson!


Performing at CUPSI 2018.

“You don’t know how hard it is to watch when the soil you stand on supplies all the ammo for your country’s annihilation.”

Don’t miss this outstanding poem from Khalid Abu Dawas & Sejahari Saulter-Villegas, performing at CUPSI 2018 in Philadelphia, PA.

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

2017 Button Poetry Video Contest.

“I did this all on my own: romanticized depression and became my own villain and victim in same breath. I am the double-edged sword.”

Don’t miss this magnificent poem by River Mason, 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 Olivia Gatwood, Sabrina Benaim, Rachel Wiley, Neil Hilborn, Phil Kaye, & our newest release from Andrea Gibson!