“You open your mouth & the cicadas stop shrieking to listen.”
Don’t miss this week’s Best of Button playlist, featuring the top-viewed recent videos on the Button YouTube Channel. Today’s addition: Blythe Baird! Congrats Poet!
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While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, including books by Rudy Francisco, Rachel Wiley, Dave Harris, Porsha Olayiwola, Ebony Stewart, Andrea Gibson, and our newest release from Topaz Winters!
Performed by Wes Ryan
Don’t miss this fantastic poem from Wes Ryan
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Performed at the Button Studio
“My father’s body is on my way home. His body is on the way to the store.”
Don’t miss this spectacular poem from Ollie Schminkey, performing at the Button Studio
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Check out the 2022 Button Poetry Chapbook Contest! Open NOW – January 9, 2023. More info and full guidelines here!
While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, or check out our newest release from Siaara Freeman!
Performed at IWPS
Don’t miss this fantastic poem from Xach Blunt, performing at IWPS
Check out the 2022 Button Poetry Chapbook Contest! Open NOW – January 9, 2023. More info and full guidelines here!
While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, or check out our newest release from Siaara Freeman!
Performed at the Button Studio
“You open your mouth & the cicadas stop shrieking to listen.”
Don’t miss this powerful poem from Blythe Baird, performing at the Button Studio
Get Blythe’s phenomenal book, Sweet, Young, & Worried.
Check out the 2022 Button Poetry Chapbook Contest! Open NOW – January 9, 2023. More info and full guidelines here!
While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, or check out our newest release from Siaara Freeman!
Performed at Amsterdam Bar and Hall
“In the end all I really need is love, and the talking horse shows me that.”
Don’t miss this incredible poem from Shane Hawley, performing at Amsterdam Bar and Hall, in St. Paul, MN
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Check out the 2022 Button Poetry Chapbook Contest! Open NOW – January 9, 2023. More info and full guidelines here!
While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, or check out our newest release from Siaara Freeman!
Performed at SIPS in Baltimore, MD
Don’t miss this amazing poem from RADI, performing at SIPS in Baltimore, MD
Check out the 2022 Button Poetry Chapbook Contest! Open NOW – January 9, 2023. More info and full guidelines here!
While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, or check out our newest release from Siaara Freeman!
Performed at Rustbelt 2018
Don’t miss this great poem from Mercedes Pergande, performing at Rustbelt 2018 in Detroit, MI
Check out the 2022 Button Poetry Chapbook Contest! Open NOW – January 9, 2023. More info and full guidelines here!
While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, or check out our newest release from Siaara Freeman!
Performed at the Button Studio
“My comrades remind me there are fires to start and I notice my hands are not nearly dirty enough.”
Don’t miss this amazing poem from Darius Simpson, performing at the Button Studio
Get Darius’s beautiful book, Never Catch Me.
Check out the 2022 Button Poetry Chapbook Contest! Open NOW – January 9, 2023. More info and full guidelines here!
While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, or check out our newest release from Siaara Freeman!