Performed in Longmont, CO

“I changed my mind more often than I changed my socks, and whenever I was criticized for mismatched thoughts, I’d say, ‘Who wants to be today who they were yesterday?’”

Don’t miss this breathtaking poem from Andrea Gibson, performing in Longmont, CO

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Performed at the Button Studio

“I’ve wanted to be an incredible mother for as long as I have feared being a regrettable daughter.”

Don’t miss this phenomenal poem from Blythe Baird, performing at the Button Studio in Minneapolis, MN

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“The viewers at home are dying to know your secret. as if the shortcut was as simple as the first night you listened to Fiona Apple sing, ‘hunger hurts / but starving works.’”

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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Jasmin Roberts, performing “Hidden Figures”

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Performed at the Button Studio

“He can’t drive, or really even walk, but he is always going somewhere. He talks a lot about going home.”

Don’t miss this powerful poem from Ollie Schminkey, performing at the Button Studio in Minneapolis, MN

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Performed at the Button Studio

“Colonialism don’t respect finders keepers; all’s fair in genocide except self-defense.”

Don’t miss this fantastic poem from Darius Simpson, performing at the Button Studio in Minneapolis, MN

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“We could no longer be threatened into submission or be stared into repentance. Their hope was that as we feared them less, we would fear God more.”

Don’t miss this week’s Best of Button playlist, featuring the top-viewed recent videos on the Button YouTube Channel. Today’s addition: Steven Willis! Congrats Poet!

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