“Prosecutors announce the officers involved in the fatal [verb] of [Proper Noun] have not been indicted. The unarmed black [noun] was no angel. [Proper Noun] lay dead as the gravel refused to eat the body. This was the [number] civilian killing this year.”
Don’t miss this stunning poem from Charlotte Abotsi, performing at the 2016 Women of the World Poetry Slam in Brooklyn, NY.
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It’s a huge day here at Button, as we just hit 500,000 subscribers on our YouTube channel! It’s also World Poetry Day. With all these reasons to celebrate, we’re doing a giveaway. Sign up for our email list below, and you’ll be entered into a raffle for a free Button Poetry book or shirt of your choice!
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“Black privilege is me having already memorized my nephew’s eulogy, my brother’s eulogy, my father’s eulogy, my unconceived child’s eulogy.”
Congratulations to Crystal Valentine on topping 500,000 views on YouTube! See more of her work here, here, and here.
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“Thank you for reminding me to appreciate the stillness when you’re gone.”
Don’t miss this week’s Best of Button playlist, featuring the hottest recent videos on the Button YouTube Channel. Today’s additions: Rebeca Mae & Alessandria Rhines. Congratulations poets!
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“If you break her heart, I will hear it snap with the ear I pressed against her mother’s belly.”
Congratulations to Jesse Parent for becoming the sixth video on Button to reach 3,000,000 views on YouTube!
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“I will turn hacksaw. I will turn grenade. I will invent for you a throat and choke you.”
Don’t miss this stunning video, the first in our collaboration with the amazingly talented folks at Motionpoems. Check out more from them here.
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“Every parent dreads having to talk about the birds and bees with their children.”
Don’t miss this week’s Best of Button playlist, featuring the hottest recent videos on the Button YouTube Channel. Today’s additions: Mallary M. & Paul Tran. Congratulations poets!
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“Know this: the person who did this to you is broken. Not you.”
Check out this powerful poem from Sierra DeMulder, performing at Button Poetry Live. And don’t miss her books, available here in the Button Store!
Minnesota: the next Button Poetry Live is Monday, March 7, featuring G. Yamazawa and hosted by Guante. Don’t miss it!
“Five years from now, you will miss all of this. The beauty of soaring, of being sore.”
Check out this great poem from Nate Marshall, performing at the book release show for his Button chapbook, Blood Percussion, available here.
“I am a turtle without a shell and I have the scars to prove it.”
Don’t miss this amazing poem from Guante, performing in Minneapolis at the release part for Sierra DeMulder’s new book.
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