Performing at IWPS 2019.
“To be dyslexic is to be a grown man who is still afraid to read out loud.”
Don’t miss this great poem from RJ Wright, performing at IWPS 2019 in San Diego, CA.
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New Hampshire Institute of Art
“There is no proper way to watch someone you love dance right out of their body.”
Don’t miss this fantastic poem from Brandon Melendez, performing at the New Hampshire Institute of Art.
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“I try and disappear because how else are Black girls suppose to use their magic?”
Congratulations to Ebony Stewart for topping 100,000 views on this powerful poem!
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Featuring at Icehouse
“You could light a whole city on what is gone.”
Don’t miss this powerful 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
“What happens to a love not forgotten or lost, but paused?”
Don’t miss this fantastic poem from Jakia Propst, a submission from the 2019 Video Contest.
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Button Poetry Live
“I learned to be a shadow before I learned to be sunlight.”
Don’t miss this incredible poem from Zack Lesmeister, performing at Button Poetry Live.
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Filmed by SlamFind
“When you’re gay, loving yourself becomes a political statement, an act of defiance.”
Don’t miss this fantastic poem from Charles Hines, filmed by SlamFind.
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Performing at Icehouse.
“Is a name dead, really, if it still lives in the mouths of the family that raised me? If it still conjures my response like a back-porch dinner bell?”
Don’t miss this powerful poem from K McClendon, performing at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN.
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“You made it through, girl. You made it through every single time the world scratched and skid to an end. You woke up. Tomorrow shoved you out of bed.”
Congratulations to Blythe Baird for topping 100,000 views on this absolutely incredible poem! Watch more from Button Poetry Live here.
Blythe’s book, IF MY BODY COULD SPEAK, is now available!
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Filmed by SlamFind.
“We only want to go where we can shine and become nothing but our names.”
Don’t miss this amazing poem from Myles Taylor, filmed by SlamFind.
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