Duke the Root – In 2016

Performed at the Stonewall International Poetry Slam in Baltimore, MD

“By all means, pray about it but get back to me when you are ready to do the work. Because faith without works is…”

Don’t miss this poem from Duke the Root, performing at the Stonewall International Poetry Slam in Baltimore, MD

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Kyle “Guante” Tran Myhre – BTS 40K

Performed at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN

“As we march we sing and when the wave comes, oh, let us light up the night”

Don’t miss this poem from Kyle “Guante” Tran Myhre, performing at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN

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Andrea Gibson – How I Became a Poet

Performed in Longmont, CO

“Tell me again how you intend to rescue their women. How you will teach them how to read in the schools you have turned to prisons, how you will offer them doctors in the hospitals you have burned with their children inside.”

Don’t miss this poem from Andrea Gibson, performing in Longmont, CO

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Catherine Weiss – Confinement

Performed their poem “Confinement”

“Belugas are captured because they are expressive, and they die less often than other whales in confinement.”

Don’t miss this poem from Catherine Weiss, performing their poem “Confinement”

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Gladys Holman – U.S.A.

Performed at The Town Hall in New York, NY

“We’re not equal, we’re not united, if anything, I think we’re divided.”

Don’t miss this poem from Gladys Holman, performing at The Town Hall in New York, NY

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Andrea Gibson – Radio

Performed in Longmont, CO

“Walking through the cemetery in my hometown, fixing the flowers on a stranger’s grave.”

Don’t miss this poem from Andrea Gibson, performing in Longmont, CO

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Liv McKee – Ten Things Men Have Done after Hearing the Rape Poem

Performed at WoWPS 2020 in Dallas, TX

“We share poems in safe spaces and you think you have rights to our stories.”

Don’t miss this poem from Liv McKee, performing at WoWPS 2020 in Dallas, TX

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Sierra DeMulder – How to Change the Pronouns in Your Love Poems

Performed at the Albany Barn in Albany, NY

“You will tell everyone you are jealous. You will lie and say of her.”

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

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Best of Button – Week 11

““Love arrives exactly when love is supposed to, and love leaves exactly when love must.”

Don’t miss this week’s Best of Button playlist. Today’s additions: Rudy Francisco,Cameron Dada, Kyle “Guante” Tran Myhre, and Sam Sax! Congrats Poets!

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