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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While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, or check out our newest release Poetry By Chance: An Anthology of Poems Powered By Metaphor Dice edited by Taylor Mali!
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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While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, or check out our newest release, Poetry By Chance, An Anthology of Poems Powered by Metaphor Dice!
Performed at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN
“Tell your story, whether it rhymes or not. Tell the truth, whether it gets a good grade or not.”
Don’t miss this poem from Kyle “Guante” Tran Myhre, performing at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN
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Performed by Junious ‘Jay’ Ward
“The answer to any question is not a trump that raises a wall, it’s a trumpet that brings one down.”
Don’t miss this poem from Junious ‘Jay’ Ward, performing his poem “Black Rapture”
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We had so much fun at Wordplay last weekend! We absolutely loved seeing so many people there celebrating books 💕
We loved that so many of you stopped by and participate in our in-person Short Form Contest. We had some amazing entries! Read the winners’ poems below.
We also want to say ‘Thank you!’ to everyone that came by our booth and contributed to our community poem (and to everyone that commented on our Worldplay community poem post online!). We were thrilled to see so many poets leave a little piece of their work in our comments and on our notepad 🥺🥰
We can’t wait to attend again next year! And a big thanks from everyone here at Button Poetry to The Loft Literary Center for hosting this unbelievable event and letting us be a part of it!