Performing at Button Poetry Live.

“There is survivor in silence as much as there is in speaking out.”

Don’t miss this powerful poem from Muna Abdulahi, performing at Button Poetry Live.

Want to see your poem on Button? Submit your video! 2020 Video Contest is now open!

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Featuring at Icehouse

“Sometimes, I too want to be a poem. I don’t want to be this pain, but the language used to unearth it.”

Don’t miss this amazing poem from Michael Lee, featuring at Icehouse.

Grab your copy of Michael’s powerful book, THE ONLY WORLDS WE KNOW , now available!

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2019 Video Contest

“Ode to Black Jesus, raised in the projects of Nazareth.”

Don’t miss this incredible poem from Kito Fortune, a submission from the 2019 Video Contest.

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Featuring at Icehouse.

“When I say that he is a good looking man, I mean that entirely objectively.”

Don’t miss this incredible poem from Adam Falkner, featuring at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN.

Adam’s highly-anticipated debut book, THE WILLIES, is now available!

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2019 Video Contest

“I’ve seen eyes before, but yours must take the cake, must be the cake.”

Don’t miss this great poem from Hannah Johnson, a submission from the 2019 Video Contest.

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The Amp Room.

“What if the rumor is true, and there is some skinny woman imprisoned inside my body begging to get out?”

Don’t miss this magnificent poem from Rachel Wiley, performing at AWP 2020 at The Amp Room in San Antonio, TX .

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Rustbelt 2019

“Brick is good at being brick. Brick graduated magna cum laude from Brick University, where brick learned how to be brick.”

Don’t miss this incredible poem from RJ Walker, performing at Rustbelt 2019 in St. Louis, MO.

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A poetry film by Motionpoems

“Colonization is still happening, it just looks different.”

Don’t miss this incredible poem from Maggie Smith, filmed by Motionpoems.

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New Hampshire Institute of Art

“I am young enough to know that if you meet a magic cat you must bring him a gift.”

Don’t miss this amazing poem from Sarah Kay, performing at Phil Kaye’s book release show at The Bell House in Brooklyn, NY.

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