“How could I not fall in love with my illness?”
Don’t miss this week’s Best of Button playlist. Today’s additions: Rudy Francisco, Blythe Baird, Phil Kaye, Andrea Gibson, Sabrina Benaim ! Congrats Poets!
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Performed his poem “So my grandmother once told me…”
“Don’t we all need a little editing? Aren’t we all waiting to be read by someone, praying they will tell us that we make sense?”
Don’t miss this poem from Rudy Francisco, performing his poem “So my grandmother once told me…”
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Performed his poem “Summer, New York City”
“Praise you, boys on bicycles who tell me to ‘watch your skinny ass’ when I know they mean ‘please be careful, we care about you and your relatively average sized ass.’”
Don’t miss this poem from Phil Kaye, performing his poem “Summer, New York City”
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Performed at Rustbelt 2019
“A lot of folk love to be surrounded by Black culture, but not necessarily Black people.”
Don’t miss this poem from Junious ‘Jay’ Ward, performing at Rustbelt 2019
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Performed in Longmont, CO
“…and I’d finally grown wise enough to never trust my preferences.”
Don’t miss this poem from Andrea Gibson, performing in Longmont, CO
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“A weapon will always be a weapon, but we choose how we fight the war.”
Don’t miss this week’s Best of Button playlist. Today’s additions: Rudy Francisco, Rachel Wiley, Sierra DeMulder, Sarah Kay, Phil Kaye, Andrea Gibson, and Sabrina Beniam! Congrats Poets!
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While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, or check out our newest release from Matt Coonan !
Performed at the Button Studio
“My cousin Henry sends me a photo of my father, and I time-travel. I glitch on his smile, how I held his body.”
Don’t miss this poem from Ollie Schminkey, performing at the Button Studio
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Performed
“She carries a knife, just in case she finds something she wants to carve her name into.”
Don’t miss this poem from Andrea Gibson, performing
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Performed at WoWPS 2020 in Dallas, TX
“I need to mention that I love my father and I would never change him, but he will always be the first black man that I have never felt black enough for.”
Don’t miss this poem from R. M., performing at WoWPS 2020 in Dallas, TX
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Performed by Rudy Francisco
“We learn that the heart is the same size as the fist, but we keep forgetting they don’t have the same functions.”
Don’t miss this poem from Rudy Francisco, performing by Rudy Francisco
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