2021 Button Poetry Video Contest
“The men in my family love to say ‘not all men,’ but why is it all women, then?”
Don’t miss this powerful poem from Isabella Ramirez, a Category Winner of the 2021 Button Poetry Video Contest!
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, Blythe Baird, Andrea Gibson, and our newest release from Ebony Stewart!
Performing at IWPS 2019
“Turn down, for what? So they can forget how beautiful you sounded?”
Don’t miss this powerful poem from Bluz, performing at IWPS 2019 in San Diego, CA
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“Cupid is irresponsible, and I’m tired of him using me for target practice.”
Congratulations to Rudy Francisco for topping 1,000,000 views on this incredible poem! Watch more from Rudy here and here.
The gorgeous re-release of Rudy’s Helium, is now available!
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Performing at Little Island
“It has been said that being a human is the top of the reincarnation pyramid. That our consciousness lives many lifetimes, working its way up through good deeds in less glamorous flesh.”
Don’t miss this beautiful poem from Phil Kaye, performing at Little Island in New York, NY.
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Performing at Icehouse
“I call my mother to ask who one contacts to collect no one’s dead dog. She says that the dead dogs she has handled have all been her own.”
Don’t miss this great poem from Rachel Wiley, performing at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN.
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Performing at IWPS 2019
“You love destruction more than you’ve ever loved my humanity.”
Don’t miss this fantastic poem from AP, performing at IWPS 2019 in San Diego, CA
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“Dear universe, I’m still standing here. I’m still loving here, in this body, with this heart.”
Don’t miss this week’s Best of Button playlist, featuring the top-viewed recent videos on the Button YouTube Channel. Today’s addition: Ebony Stewart! Congrats Poet!
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Performing at Button Poetry Live
“Love has always been a four-letter knife, inches away from ending her life.”
Don’t miss this phenomenal poem from Bilal Moon, performing at Button Poetry Live, November 2017.
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2021 Button Poetry Video Contest
“I think about the future a lot. About how I want a daughter. I want her to be strong and tall, but most of all I want her to know there are things more important in life than knowing the benefits of milk.”
Don’t miss this powerful poem from Elsa Sajjad, a Category Winner of the 2021 Button Poetry Video Contest!
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, Blythe Baird, Andrea Gibson, and our newest release from Ebony Stewart!
Performed at the Striver’s Row
“How many children, how many masterfully written lives, must be dashed into the ground before we can call this a genocide on creativity?”
Don’t miss this inspiring poem from Joshua Bennett, performing at the Striver’s Row
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