Andrea Gibson – Tincture

Performed performing at The Button Poetry Studio in Longmont, CO in 2021.

“The soul misses what the body could not let go–what else could hold on that tightly to everything?”

Don’t miss this poem from Andrea Gibson, performing performing at The Button Poetry Studio in Longmont, CO in 2021.

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Andrea Gibson – Give Her

Performed in Longmont, CO

“When I gave you my heart, I gave my life, my word, that it wouldn’t be the same heart that I have given before.”

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

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Andrea Gibson – Etiquette Leash

Performed in Longmont, CO

“It is never polite to throw back the tear gas.”

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

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Best of Button – Week 22

“Love arrives exactly when love is supposed to. And love leaves exactly when love must. When love arrives, say, Welcome, make yourself comfortable. If love leaves, ask her to leave the door open behind her. Turn off the music, listen to the quiet. Whisper, Thank you for stopping by.

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Andrea Gibson – The Last Hours

Performed in Longmont, CO

“Now tonight, this simple garden is its own church as she tells me about the last hours of her grandfather’s life.”

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Andrea Gibson – The Nutritionist

Performed in Longmont, CO

“If the only thing we have to gain in staying is each other, my God, that is plenty. My God, that is enough.”

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Andrea Gibson – Pursuit of Happiness

Performed in Longmont, CO

“Tell me again how you intend to rescue their women. How you will teach them how to read in the schools you have turned to prisons, how you will offer them doctors in the hospitals you have burned with their children inside.”

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

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