“A sparrow flew just over my feet, its wings
beating against its own body, a sound not unlike applause.”
Congratulations to Neil on topping 100,000 on this gorgeous poem. You can get this poem and more in his best-selling book, Our Numbered Days.
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Performing at Button Poetry Live.
“How many times have I opened my mouth
only to hear someone else’s voice?”
Don’t miss this amazing poem from Joseph Capehart, performing at Button Poetry Live. 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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Performing at WOWPS 2016.
“They say one cannot tickle oneself, but if I merely
graze you I burst into a festival of arrows.”
Don’t miss this wonderful poem from Jeremy Radin, performing at Art Share-LA. Check out more from Jeremy here and here.
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“Tragedy and silence have the exact same address.”
Congratulations to Rudy on topping 250,000 views on this great poem! Check out more of Rudy’s work here and here.
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Performing at Southern Fried 2016.
“Don’t ever forget you wear my face.
Side by side we look like sisters.”
Don’t miss this great poem from Ashley Lumpkin, 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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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.”
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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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