Congratulations to all of the winning poets who were part of our 2024 Video Contest!
Najya Williams – Sweet Tooth
Performed at The 2023 Roxbury Poetry Festival in Boston, MA
“Every tooth I make my way down with extreme precision, every cavity I carve out into the pulp of him”
Don’t miss this poem from Najya Williams, performing at The 2023 Roxbury Poetry Festival in Boston, MA
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Zoe Tagoe – Grains of Mistakes
Performed at The Town Hall in NY, during Black History Month 2024
Don’t miss this poem from Zoe Tagoe, performing at The Town Hall in NY, during Black History Month 2024
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Asher Dawkins – L.M.C.
Performed at the Strike Theater in Minneapolis, MN
“I remind myself that she cannot color inside the lines if I do not draw them before they are crossed”
Don’t miss this poem from Asher Dawkins, performing at the Strike Theater in Minneapolis, MN
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Keyma Flight – Head
Performed at WOWPS 2023 in Baltimore, MD
“Suck the soul out of me like bad poetry”
Don’t miss this poem from Keyma Flight, performing at WOWPS 2023 in Baltimore, MD
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Hieu Minh Nguyen – Diffuse
“He opens my throat, a disposable gutter and I know I’m empty or full or which one he wants me to be”
Don’t miss this poem from Hieu Minh Nguyen
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Ren L[i]u – A Second Coming
Performed NorthBeast Regional 2023 Finals
“That’s the thing about a direct English translation there is never anything correct about it.”
Don’t miss this poem from Ren L[i]u, performing NorthBeast Regional 2023 Finals
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Ariana Brown – There Will Be
Performed at Project Row Houses in Houston, TX
“There will be ease, soft breathing, and your favorite foods, a warm animal crawling into bed to sleep with you.”
Don’t miss this poem from Ariana Brown, performing at Project Row Houses in Houston, TX
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Melissa Lozada-Oliva – Black Thong Underwear
Performed at IWPS 2015
“What is the word for taking bathroom breaks at your retail job to cry?”
Don’t miss this poem from Melissa Lozada-Oliva, performing at IWPS 2015
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Best of Button – Week 57
“Love arrives exactly when love is supposed to, and love leaves exactly when love must.”
Don’t miss this week’s Best of Button playlist. Today’s additions: E.L. and Lily Myers! Congrats Poets!
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