Native Child – Funny

Performed at WoWPS 2020 in Dallas, TX

“They say laughter is the best medicine, if I keep laughing maybe I’ll be cured.”

Don’t miss this poem from Native Child, performing at WoWPS 2020 in Dallas, TX

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Rudy Francisco – Orville

Performed at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN

“Stupid and brave are just two sides of the same coin, the only difference is whether or not you guessed correctly before the penny hits the floor.”

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

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Sierra DeMulder – Now, Again

Performed at Albany Barn in Albany, NY

“I measure our time apart not in days but in two presidents.”

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

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Zach Goldberg – 15 Seconds

Performed at the Strike Theater in Minneapolis, MN

“My inheritance is a bundle of EKG wires, the strange arrhythmic heart song sung by my father and his father before him. This is what it feels like to drown in your family’s ocean.”

Don’t miss this poem from Zach Goldberg, performing at the Strike Theater in Minneapolis, MN

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Febo – Gmorning #1 Home In Your Head

Performed their poem “Gmorning #1 Home In Your Head”

“If each of my memories are in rooms in my mind, and in each of those rooms are objects that’ll help me remember, what do I do if those doors are locked?”

Don’t miss this poem by Febo!

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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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