Performed at the Strike Theater in Minneapolis, MN
“It’s easy to think that ‘having an addictive personality’ means no one can get enough of you. Then, you grow up and your poetry professor tells you to stop writing poems about whiskey.”
Don’t miss this poem from Zach Goldberg, performing at the Strike Theater in Minneapolis, MN
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Performed at the Stonewall International Poetry Slam in Baltimore, MD
“I will not die just for you to watch over my corpse mourning as I regret not giving myself the love that I deserve.”
Don’t miss this poem from Blacqwildflowr, performing at the Stonewall International Poetry Slam in Baltimore, MD
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Performed 2023 Button Poetry Video Contest
“I can still hear some quiet beats in the crackling sounds of my old dreams.”
Don’t miss this poem from Bhumika Billa, GRAND PRIZE WINNER of the 2023 Button Poetry Video Contest
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Performed 2023 Button Poetry Video Contest
“Us hood kids knew there was more than the hood, and not only did we see it on TV, but on the faces of the ones who made it out to return and tell us stories.”
Don’t miss this poem from Ellen T. Dotts, RUNNER UP to the grand prize in the 2023 Button Poetry Video Contest
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Performed 2023 Button Poetry Video Contest
“May the hollows and hills of my face mark all the paths of which I trekked.”
Don’t miss this poem from Sparrow, a finalist in the 2023 Button Poetry Video Contest
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Performed 2023 Button Poetry Video Contest
“Is that what a man’s wrath does? Sends darkness elsewhere with its teeth chattering.”
Don’t miss this poem from Jessica Thiru, a finalist in the 2023 Button Poetry Video Contest
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Performed 2023 Button Poetry Video Contest
“Shrink smaller and smaller and look at what a good monster I have become.”
Don’t miss this poem from Kenneth Bradley & Ren L[i]u, a finalist in the 2023 Button Poetry Video Contest
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Performed 2023 Button Poetry Video Contest
“Fatigue flowered like a fungus, a network of rotten blossoms blotting our guts, our hearts, our breath.”
Don’t miss this poem from Mary Maxfield, a finalist in the 2023 Button Poetry Video Contest
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Performed 2023 Button Poetry Video Contest
“A goddess gleaming through the darkness, finally the girl of my dreams, never in spite, but because of you.”
Don’t miss this poem from Madeline October, a finalist in the 2023 Button Poetry Video Contest
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Performed 2023 Button Poetry Video Contest
“She is smiling, not falling to these bullets because there are no more holes to make in her. She knows these wounds.”
Don’t miss this poem from Shahamat Uddin, a finalist in the 2023 Button Poetry Video Contest
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