Sierra DeMulder – The Fawn

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Performed at Albany Barn in Albany, NY in 2023.

“”I believe it was her again, the lost sibling on the other side of time and blood, watching us from beyond a thousand unrewindable moments, in another world where I cannot reach her, where all unfinished things dwell.””

Don’t miss this poem from Sierra DeMulder, performing at Albany Barn in Albany, NY in 2023.

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Mariam Dembélé – The Black Girl ABC’s

Performed at The Town Hall in NY, during Black History Month 2024

“why are you ignorant to these dirty systems you’ve set up?”

Don’t miss this poem from Mariam Dembélé, performing at The Town Hall in NY, during Black History Month 2024

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Anna Šverclová – The Carving

Performed at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN in 2023.

“My therapist tells me you’re looking for a mother in every bed. I am looking for a mother but all I am finding is her fingers.”

Don’t miss this poem from Anna Šverclová, performing at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN in 2023.

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Clint Smith – Ode to the Electric Baby Swing

Performed at The Bell House in Brooklyn, NY

“You came in and we sat together on the floor and I put on some smooth jazz and helped you put yourself together the best way I knew how.”

Don’t miss this poem from Clint Smith, performing at The Bell House in Brooklyn, NY

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Best of Button – Week 47

“as a boy, my father once trained a crow to return nightly to the porch. i try to train my memory the same way.”

Don’t miss this week’s Best of Button playlist. Today’s additions: Ollie Schminkey, Ms. Butterfly, Alex Aimee Kist, Bhumika Billa, Ellen T. Dotts, Sparrow, Jessica Thiru, Ashlee Connors, Cassandra IsFree, Drew Drake, Kelsey Bigelow, Kenneth Bradley, Ren L[i]u, Little Blue, Madeline October, Mary Maxfield, Rashad Wright, and Shahamat Uddin! Congrats Poets!

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Andrea Gibson – Glider Plane

Performed at The Button Poetry Studio in Longmont, CO in 2021.

“I wore a flowered dress to my boy birthday party. Don’t look at me like that. I’m not the box the gift came in.”

Don’t miss this poem from Andrea Gibson, performing at The Button Poetry Studio in Longmont, CO in 2021.

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Meaghan Ford – The Body As Reclamation

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Performed NorthBeast Regional 2023 Finals

“Praise to the sun as it dances across my love’s eyes.”

Don’t miss this poem from Meaghan Ford, performing NorthBeast Regional 2023 Finals

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Ms. Butterfly – Chinese Take Out

Performed at WOWPS 2023 in Baltimore, MD

“Say you already learned how to use chopsticks so that means you’re already entitled to pick me apart.”

Don’t miss this poem from Ms. Butterfly, performing at WOWPS 2023 in Baltimore, MD

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