Performing at Button Poetry Live.
“There is nothing more human than pain, nothing more human than pain. Except that we help each other through it.”
Don’t miss this moving poem from Bilal Moon, performing at Button Poetry Live.
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“I could tell you about the many universes in which bad things happen to people other than the people you love.”
Don’t miss this week’s Best of Button playlist, featuring the top-viewed recent videos on the Button YouTube Channel. Today’s additions: Franny Choi, & Khary Jackson! Congrats Poets!
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Featuring at Icehouse.
“I wondered aloud about repotting it. Perhaps more water and closer attention. A spot in the apartment with direct sunlight. ‘Easier just to get another one,’ comes the new voice from the other room.”
Don’t miss this beautiful poem from Phil Kaye, featuring at Icehouse in Minneapolis.
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Performing at Button Poetry Live.
“I can tell you my history by the things my eyes have seen, but you learn nothing by the shape of them.”
Don’t miss this phenomenal poem from Leah Anderson, performing at Button Poetry Live.
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“A lie this big could move these mountains, but the truth could obliterate them.”
Congratulations to RJ Walker for topping 250,000 views on this incredible poem! Watch more videos from RJ here and here!
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2018 Button Poetry Video Contest.
“We get dressed in the mornings and become architects, and I got different homes for different bodies.”
Don’t miss this awesome poem from Morgynne Tora & Hakeem Furious, a selection from the 2018 Button Poetry Video Contest!
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Featuring at Icehouse.
“It is the curse of an addict to chase the thing that destroys you.”
Don’t miss this fan-favorite poem from Shane Hawley, featuring at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN.
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Featuring at Honey.
“The people I love say I leave and make them feel so far away. I didn’t mean to do that.”
Don’t miss this outstanding poem from Dave Harris, featuring at Honey in Minneapolis, MN.
Dave’s debut book, PATRICIDE, is now available to order!
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Dave Harris is a poet and playwright from West Philly. He graduated from Yale University with a B.A. in Theater Studies in 2016 and is a candidate for the MFA in Playwriting at UC San Diego. He has received fellowships and awards from Cave Canem, Callaloo, Yale University, UC San Diego, The Kennedy Center, New Haven Arts and Humanities Co-Op, and The American Playwriting Foundation.
“Our bodies remember what our senses forget.”
Don’t miss this week’s Best of Button playlist, featuring the top-viewed recent videos on the Button YouTube Channel. Today’s additions: Emi Mahmoud, Buddy Wakefield, Kofie Dadzie, & Blythe Baird! Congrats Poets!
While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, including books by Sabrina Benaim, Neil Hilborn, Phil Kaye, Andrea Gibson, Blythe Baird, & our newest release from Desireé Dallagiacomo!