Performed at the Button Studio

“‘Tom Purty,’ you called him, your body swelling with desire like your first acoustic in summer. The one you learned on until the neighbor boy smashed it like in the videos.”

Don’t miss this fantastic poem from Michael Mlekoday, performing at the Button Studio in Minneapolis, MN.

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Performed at the Button Studio

“We can talk about guns, we can talk about access to mental health, but why aren’t we talking about men?”

Don’t miss this phenomenal poem from Kyle “Guante” Tran Myhre, performed at the Button Studio in Minneapolis, MN.

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Performed at Main Street Players

“It took years for people to read what everyone thought was Da Vinci’s own invented language when all he did was just write backwards.”

Don’t miss this fantastic poem from Carlos Andrés Gómez, performed at Main Street Players in Miami Lakes, FL.

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2021 Button Poetry Video Contest

“Safe havens are a scarcity. No more clubs, no more slam poets. Nonprofits are run by the city. If it ain’t lucrative, then it ain’t poppin’.”

Don’t miss this fantastic poem from Leya Greene, a Runner Up from the 2021 Button Poetry Video Contest!

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2021 Button Poetry Video Contest

“Make America Great, again? So, like, implying it’s not great now, but once was? When was that?”

Don’t miss this incredible poem from Brian James Polak, a Runner Up in the 2021 Button Poetry Video Contest!

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Performing at Icehouse

“Let us wake up tomorrow to a bountiful harvest. It is said, so it is so.”

Don’t miss this fantastic poem from Rachel Wiley, performing at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN.

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Performed at WoWPS 2020

“Baby, with all this thick come a lot of heavy, and ‘would you take all the pain that came with all this’ thick?”

Don’t miss this fantastic poem from LeChell “The Shootah” R.H., performed at WoWPS 2020 Finals in Dallas, TX.

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Performed at IWPS 2019

“When you notice their microaggressive behavior asking you to dim your light, remind them you are not here for their comfort, and this sunshine cannot be put in a box.”

Don’t miss this fantastic poem from CocoaFlo, performed at IWPS 2019 in San Diego, CA.

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Performed by Steven Willis

“This is war by Copaganda. Turn your favorite Black radical into Officer Friendly. Give them a seat in middle-class America with a budget the size of a buddy cop film.”

Don’t miss this powerful poem from Steven Willis, performing for #theoneactseries.

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Performed at the Button studio

“My dad doesn’t have a grave except the one inside my lungs. I visit the cemetery anyway.”

Don’t miss this powerful poem from Ollie Schminkey, performed at the Button studio.

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