LeChell The Shootah R.H. – Fake Orgasm

Performed at the 2022 Womxn of the World Poetry Slam in Baltimore, MD

“No wonder he thinks coercion is consent, force be the language of boys looking to be men.”

Don’t miss this poem from LeChell The Shootah R.H., performing at the 2022 Womxn of the World Poetry Slam in Baltimore, MD

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Usman Hameedi – Owed to Ms. Samuel

Performed at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN

“The higher my GPA rose, the more I convinced myself that this was the best mark I could leave behind.”

Don’t miss this poem from Usman Hameedi, performing at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN

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Andrea Gibson – Give Her

Performed in Longmont, CO

“When I gave you my heart, I gave my life, my word, that it wouldn’t be the same heart that I have given before.”

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

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Best of Button – Week 25

“Love changed. Love disappeared, slowly, like baby teeth; losing parts of me I thought I needed. Love vanished like an amateur magician; everyone could see the trap door but me.”

Don’t miss this week’s Best of Button playlist. Today’s additions: Blythe Baird, Elyssa Cook, and Sierra DeMulder! Congrats Poets!

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Rudy Francisco – This song makes me cry. Wanna hear it?

Performed at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN

“It begins like it doesn’t want to interrupt your day, but needs a few minutes of your time.”

Don’t miss this poem from Rudy Francisco, performing at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN

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Elyssa Cook – Nobody Stopped Us

Performed at the Button Studio

“I don’t remember when we started laughing at horrible things, just that we did.”

Don’t miss this poem from Elyssa Cook, performing at the Button Studio

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Blythe Baird – My Power

Performed at the Button Studio

“After another unrequited love leaves me with dandelions wilting in my fists.”

Don’t miss this poem from Blythe Baird, performing at the Button Studio

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Sierra DeMulder – Who made the music?

Performed at Albany Barn in Albany, NY

“I don’t know exactly what a prayer is, but tonight I listen to a dying woman sing. Her body waterless, her tongue a dark dried rose, she knew all the words even from the other side of morphine’s ponds.”

Don’t miss this poem from Sierra DeMulder, performing at Albany Barn in Albany, NY

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Best of Button – Week 24

“Love arrives exactly when love is supposed to, and love leaves exactly when love must.”

Don’t miss this week’s Best of Button playlist. Today’s additions: Rudy Francisco, Lino Anunciacion, Darius Simpson, and Scout Bostley! Congrats Poets!

Come back each week to see our newest and most popular videos.

While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, or check out our newest release from Rudy Francisco!

King Yaw – Black Bible

Performed at the Stonewall International Poetry Slam in Baltimore, MD

“If my body is a holy book, your honor, then it is no coincidence that the bible is the most stolen or the most sold.”

Don’t miss this poem from King Yaw, performing at the Stonewall International Poetry Slam in Baltimore, MD

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