The 2023 Button Poetry Chapbook Contest is NOW OPEN!
WINNER of the Editor’s Choice category in the 2022 Video Contest
“They ask me to write them a Black poem and then erase myself.”
Don’t miss this poem from Jassmine Parks, WINNER of the Editor’s Choice category in the 2022 Video Contest.
The 2023 Button Poetry Chapbook Contest is NOW OPEN!
RUNNER-UP of the Editor’s Choice category in the 2022 Video Contest
“Make me forget about all the garbage in my life, if only for a few minutes.”
Don’t miss this poem from Darian Dauchan, RUNNER-UP of the Editor’s Choice category in the 2022 Video Contest.
The 2023 Button Poetry Chapbook Contest is NOW OPEN!
WINNER of the International Submitters category in the 2022 Video Contest
“I’m taking notes of all the details I didn’t notice before.”
Don’t miss this poem from Angela Kong, WINNER of the International Submitters category in the 2022 Video Contest.
Performed at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN
“All that I have taken for granted keeps ringing in my ears with the same metronome as his life support.”
Don’t miss this poem from Usman Hameedi, performing at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN
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Performed at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN
“Because, this morning, I made a list of all of my top priorities. I am one of them.”
Don’t miss this poem from Rudy Francisco, performing at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN
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“Love will tell you are beautiful, and mean it, over and over again.”
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Michael Harriot performing “For White People Who Have To Listen To Black Poems”
“Away from thse stages, we must erase a few levels of base in our voices, make instant choices, live empty-handed.”
Don’t miss this fantastic poem from Michael Harriot.
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Performed at Queen Bee’s Art and Cultural Center in San Diego, CA
“I believe that masculinity is a wet fish that most men are just trying to hold onto.”
Don’t miss this poem from Rudy Francisco, performing at Queen Bee’s Art and Cultural Center in San Diego, CA
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Performed at WoWPS 2020 in Dallas, TX
“Please, let him stay in the blue of otherworldliness.”
Don’t miss this poem from Aris Kian, performing at WoWPS 2020 in Dallas, TX
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Performed at the Button Studio
“Oh how humbling it is to know, the body I threw stones at is still determined to write love letters to me.”
Don’t miss this poem from Blythe Baird, performing at the Button Studio
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