“Sometimes, I look up at the night sky and it reminds me that people and planets aren’t so different. We all have an orbit, our energy decides what comes into our atmosphere.We all have our own gravity.”

Don’t miss this week’s Best of Button playlist. Today’s additions: Porsha Olayiwola, Reagan Myers, Neil Hilborn, Sarah Kay, and Patrick Roche! Congrats Poets!

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“If you knew her you knew about the dream, the one where her fruitless body wished for the plum-skinned boy and then the boy walked through her front door.”

Don’t miss this poem from Donte Collins

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Performed at The Town Hall in NY, during Black History Month 2024

“it is indeed crazy to hide your feelings, but it is even crazier to experience the things love can truly make you do.”

Don’t miss this poem from Jazzmyne Odom, performing at The Town Hall in NY, during Black History Month 2024

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Performed at IWPS 2015

“Even while being eaten my pussy has an appetite”

Don’t miss this poem from Porsha Olayiwola, performing at IWPS 2015

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Performed at Poets & Pints in Minneapolis, MN

“It clicked that you, father, were a holy man who believed in honeyed concepts.”

Don’t miss this poem from Ty Chapman, performing at Poets & Pints in Minneapolis, MN

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“I know a few things about healing, it’s not a good employee. It shows up when it’s ready, only works when it wants to.”

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Performed at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN

“I’m strong enough to hold my loved ones but I don’t know if I can support a home.”

Don’t miss this poem from Usman Hameedi, performing at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN

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Performed NorthBeast Regional 2023 Finals

“Why call the police on a flock of angels and order them to circle until, exhausted, they fall from the sky?”

Don’t miss this poem from Matthew Richards, performing NorthBeast Regional 2023 Finals

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Performed at the Strike Theater in Minneapolis, MN

“Now, I am gridlocked by my own emptiness. A knife interlocking with a knife.”

Don’t miss this poem from Anna Šverclová, performing at the Strike Theater in Minneapolis, MN

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