Topaz Winters – “Ars Poetica #2”

Performing at the Button Studio

“These days every letter I write to my girlfriend ends not with ‘I love you,’ but with ‘I am so glad we are both alive.’”

Don’t miss this incredible poem from Topaz Winters, performing at the Button Studio in Minneapolis, MN

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Ariana Brown – “Odisea (for Ozuna)”

Performing at AWP

“I think I have always deserved this. A sound. A happy sound, a song I can live inside of safely, and not question the intent of what is being sung to me.”

Don’t miss this great poem from Ariana Brown, performing at AWP in San Antonio, TX

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Ollie Schminkey – “The Bandaid in the Pool Filter”

Performing in Longmont, CO

“I want them to feel sad but not for me. I want them to feel sad for me.”

Don’t miss this incredible poem from Ollie Schminkey, performing in Longmont, CO.

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Andrea Gibson – “Your Life”

Performing in Longmont, CO

“Choose to spend your whole life telling secrets you owe no one to everyone, until there isn’t anyone who can insult you by calling you what you are: you holy blinking star.”

Don’t miss this wonderful poem from Andrea Gibson, performing in Longmont, CO.

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Liv McKee – “Ode to the Unpraised Deity”

Performing at the 2022 Womxn of the World Poetry Slam

“Sex worker does more for the resistance than the DNC ever did.”

Don’t miss this powerful poem from Liv McKee, performing at the 2022 Womxn of the World Poetry Slam in Baltimore, MD

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Kyle “Guante” Tran Myhre – “A Hundred People Died on First Hill”

Performing at the Button Studio

“It’s easier to talk about ‘tragedy’ than it is to talk about ‘injustice.’”

Don’t miss this fantastic poem from Kyle “Guante” Tran Myhre, performing at the Button Studio.

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Steven Willis – “Big Mama Roots for Everybody Black when Watching Wheel of Fortune”

Performing at the Button Studio

“It is here that it becomes obvious the priceless thing you read about as a child, saw in movies, heard about in song, up close is small. Demure. Simple. Of course it deserves to be protected.”

Don’t miss this great poem from Steven Willis, performing at the Button Studio.

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While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, including books by Rudy Francisco, Rachel Wiley, Dave Harris, Porsha Olayiwola, Ebony Stewart, Andrea Gibson, and our newest release from Topaz Winters!

Sarah Kay – “Unreliable”

Performing at Gray Area

“I slip single doses of myself into the pockets of everyone that I love, worried about serving sizes, hoping they do not sour once I’m gone.”

Don’t miss this amazing poem from Sarah Kay, performing at Gray Area in San Francisco, CA

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Phil Kaye – “Priceless”

Performing at Gray Area

“It is here that it becomes obvious the priceless thing you read about as a child, saw in movies, heard about in song, up close is small. Demure. Simple. Of course it deserves to be protected.”

Don’t miss this phenomenal poem from Phil Kaye, performing at Gray Area in San Francisco, CA.

Get Phil’s award-winning book, Date & Time.

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While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, including books by Rudy Francisco, Rachel Wiley, Dave Harris, Porsha Olayiwola, Ebony Stewart, Andrea Gibson, and our newest release from Topaz Winters!

Raych Jackson – “Numbers 16”

Performing at Rustbelt 2018

“Your God is the creator and the destroyer. Your loyalty depends on what side the coin lands on.”

Don’t miss this fantastic poem from Raych Jackson, performing at Rustbelt 2018 in Detroit, MI.

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While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, including books by Rudy Francisco, Rachel Wiley, Dave Harris, Porsha Olayiwola, Ebony Stewart, Andrea Gibson, and our newest release from Topaz Winters!