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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“I say, ‘I am fat.’ He says, ‘no, you’re beautiful.’ I wonder why I cannot be both.”
Don’t miss this week’s Best of Button playlist. Today’s additions: Sierra DeMulder, Rachel Wiley, Ollie Schminkey, Darius Simpson, Sabrina Benaim, Hanif Abdurraqib, Arianna Monet, Rudy Francisco, and Maggie Smith! Congrats Poets!
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Performed their poem “The Joke and The Noise”
“When the bleak chaotic void peers into my soul, I have no idea I have the ability to look back.”
Don’t miss this poem from Catherine Weiss, performing their poem “The Joke and The Noise”
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Performed their poem “Mango Season”
“Someone somewhere said happy mango season, and for a few seconds every child of the diaspora glowed green and orange and gold.”
Don’t miss this poem from Arianna Monet, performing their poem “Mango Season”
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Performed at the Button Studio
“What’s Black life to a murder machine? What good is mattering to a wolf’s front teeth?”
Don’t miss this poem from Darius Simpson, performing at the Button Studio
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“But to tell me you know my pain is to stab yourself in the leg because you saw me get shot. We have two different wounds, and looking at yours does nothing to heal mine.”
Don’t miss this week’s Best of Button playlist. Today’s additions: Darius Simpson, Scout Bostley, Rachel Wiley, Ollie Schminkey, Keyma Flight, Sierra DeMulder, and Tess Siegel! Congrats Poets!
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Performed at the Strike Theater in Minneapolis, MN
“Even after my father died I couldn’t go for a walk, or take a bath, or laugh at a stupid TV show without the guilt burning in my knuckles. The alchemy of dying joy transformed to shame at the first cough.”
Don’t miss this poem from Ollie Schminkey, performing at the Strike Theater in Minneapolis, MN
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