Performing at WOWPS 2016.
“One time I said, ‘Mom, calm down,’ and she slapped me
so hard I forgot her name.”
Don’t miss this amazing poem from Jeanann Verlee, performing at the 2016 Women of the World Poetry Slam in Brooklyn, NY.
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“Both of my parents died of overdoses. I paid for their funerals
with drug money. There goes that irony again.”
Don’t miss this week’s Best of Button playlist, featuring the top-viewed recent videos on the Button YouTube Channel. Today’s additions: Amin Drew Law & FreeQuency!
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Aaron Coleman is the author of the chapbook St. Trigger, which won the 2015 Button Poetry Chapbook Contest.
A Fulbright Scholar and Cave Canem Fellow from Metro-Detroit, Aaron has lived and worked with youth in locations including Kalamazoo, Chicago, Spain, and South Africa. A graduate of Washington University in St. Louis’ MFA Program and Kalamazoo College in Psychology, Aaron most recently taught Poetry Writing at Washington University in St. Louis and worked as Public Projects Assistant at Pulitzer Arts Foundation. His recent poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Apogee, Boston Review, Fence, The Greensboro Review, Meridian, Pinwheel, River Styx, Southern Indiana Review, Third Coast, Tupelo Quarterly, and elsewhere. A two-time semifinalist for the 92Y Discovery Poetry Contest and winner of the Tupelo Quarterly TQ5 Poetry Contest.
Aaron is currently a PhD student in Washington University in St. Louis’ Comparative Literature Program, where he is studying translation.
Performing at Button Poetry Live
“Don’t tell your Uber driver you’re going to an orgy.”
Don’t miss this stunning poem from Donte Collins, performing at Button Poetry Live, July 2016. If you’re in the Twin Cities, don’t miss the next Button Poetry Live show, first Monday of every month in downtown Saint Paul.
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“I don’t know when I became a space to be filled,
my thigh an open lease.”
Congratulations to Reagan on topping 250,000 views on this necessary poem.
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Performing at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe.
“If you were 8 years old today, you would not know
a world without a black president.”
Don’t miss this powerful poem from Anthony McPherson, performing at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe. Check out more from Anthony here and here.
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Performing at Southern Fried
“Cause this is my moment, not yours.”
Don’t miss this inspiring poem from De Dove, performing at the 2016 Southern Fried Poetry Slam in Greensboro, NC. Support Button on Patreon so we can continue to broadcast these amazing poets!
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“My grandfather died as the moon. I am not him.
I am black, and full of stars. I am not the absence of light.
I am who allows light to exist.”
Congratulations to Gabriel on topping 100,000 views on their excellent poem.
And while you’re here, make sure to check out our books and merch as well, including our awesome t-shirts and poster and new books by Jacqui Germain and Hanif Abdurraqib!
Performing at Button Poetry Live
“I have a bank account with $5,000
that I’ve started calling bail.”
Don’t miss this great poem from Mikkel Snyder, performing at Button Poetry Live, July 2016. Support Button on Patreon so we can continue to broadcast these amazing poets!
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“The blood learns to bend another way
like the legs of a crane.”
Don’t miss this week’s Best of Button playlist, featuring the top-viewed recent videos on the Button YouTube Channel. Today’s additions: Aziza Barnes, Melissa Lozada-Oliva & Nia Lewis!
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