“Maybe love stays, maybe love can’t. Maybe love shouldn’t.”
Don’t miss this week’s Best of Button playlist. Today’s additions: Neil Hilborn, Jesse Parent, and Neiel Israel! Congrats Poets!
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Performed at The 2023 Roxbury Poetry Festival in Boston, MA
“When I was born, I nearly killed her. When she had me, I almost died, and our two lives have been one slow suicide pact ever since.”
Don’t miss this poem from Aparna, performing at The 2023 Roxbury Poetry Festival in Boston, MA
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Performed in NYC
“While all studies of the human psyche would suggest shame to be more harmful than fists, there are fists, still.”
Don’t miss this poem from Sean Patrick Mulroy, performing in NYC
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Performed at the Strike Theater in Minneapolis, MN
“You know what’s good? A stack of 20s and three days off. A blank check from you to you.”
Don’t miss this poem from Neil Hilborn, performing at the Strike Theater in Minneapolis, MN
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“Maybe love stays, maybe love can’t. Maybe love shouldn’t.”
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Performed at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN
“You conflating ‘patriots’ with ‘runaways’, not my boys.”
Don’t miss this poem from Junious ‘Jay’ Ward, performing at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN
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Performed at Queen Bee’s Art and Cultural Center in San Diego, CA
“I believe that masculinity is a wet fish that most men are just trying to hold onto.”
Don’t miss this poem from Rudy Francisco, performing at Queen Bee’s Art and Cultural Center in San Diego, CA
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“The breeders make their monsters out of anyone who dares to cross the space between the simple-minded genders they have sanctified, each a legend, and a prison, and a lie.”
Don’t miss this poem from Sean Patrick Mulroy.
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“Love had terrible rhythm on the dance floor, but made sure we never missed a slow song.”
Don’t miss this week’s Best of Button playlist. Today’s additions: Rudy Francisco, Darius Simpson, Scout Bostley, Sean Patrick Mulroy, and Ariana Brown! Congrats Poets!
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Performed at The Roxbury Poetry Festival in Boston, MA
“When the same red flag on which he bled for white right refuses to tourniquet his blue wounds.”
Don’t miss this poem from Miya Coleman, performing at The Roxbury Poetry Festival in Boston, MA
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