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.”
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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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Performed at the 2022 Womxn of the World Poetry Slam in Baltimore, MD
“Everything that we think is shining is actually burning.”
Don’t miss this poem from Keyma Flight, performing at the 2022 Womxn of the World Poetry Slam in Baltimore, MD
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Performed at the Button studio
“The truth is, the body wants to live, and so there is always gasping.”
Don’t miss this poem from Ollie Schminkey, performing at the Button studio
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“Your job is not just to look up and imagine, your job is to look down and laugh. Your job is not just to understand flight. It’s to fly.”
Don’t miss this week’s Best of Button playlist. Today’s additions: Ebony Stewart, Kyle ‘Guante’ Tran Myhre, Steven Willis, and Edwin Bodney! Congrats Poets!
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Performed LIVE @ Button Poetry
“Everything that we think is shining is actually burning.”
Don’t miss this poem from Porsha Olayiwola, performing LIVE @ Button Poetry
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Performed at WoWPS 2020 in Dallas, TX
“I was 11 years old when my mother handed me a purity contract”
Don’t miss this poem from Aris Kian, performing at WoWPS 2020 in Dallas, TX
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Performed at the Button Studio
“What she got on ain’t nothing to do with how she should be treated.”
Don’t miss this poem from Ebony Stewart, performing at the Button Studio
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“No named land will grow my brand of briar so now i belong to both culprit and casualty.”
Don’t miss this week’s Best of Button playlist. Today’s additions: Zach Goldberg, Erica Abbott, Rudy Francisco, and Sarah Kay! Congrats Poets!
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