“We spelled love, G-I-V-E.”
Congratulations to Sarah on topping 500,000 views on this amazing poem. Watch more from Sarah here and here.
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A poetry film by Motionpoems.
“I go quiet for days. I turn the color of mirrors. I turn the color of smoke.”
Don’t miss this marvelous poem by Safia Elhillo, filmed by Motionpoems. Join our mailing list and get notified for our next submission period!
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“This is not female privilege; this is survival of the prettiest.”
Congratulations to Blythe on topping 1 MILLION VIEWS on this remarkable poem. Check out more from Blythe here and here.
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Performing at Button Poetry Live.
“Fuck these guys, we’re perfect as we are.”
Don’t miss this remarkable poem from Khary Jackson, performing at Button Poetry Live. If you’re in the Twin Cities, don’t miss the next Button Poetry Live show, first Monday of every month in downtown Saint Paul, or watch LIVE from our YouTube Channel.
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2016 Button Poetry Video Contest.
“They mistake our wailing for anger, but it is pain.”
Don’t miss this spectacular poem from Marshall Gillson, featured contestant in the 2016 Button Poetry Video Contest. Join our mailing list and get notified for our next submission period!
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2016 Button Poetry Video Contest.
“I’m a short starving student barely standing five-feet sizzling like Hot Pockets–slick and lisping.”
Don’t miss this wonderful poem from Anne CapCap, featured contestant in the 2016 Button Poetry Video Contest. Join our mailing list and get notified for our next submission period!
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“The women in my family are bitches. Cranky bitches, stuck-up bitches, customer-service-turned-sour bitches.”
Congratulations to Melissa on topping 250,000 views on this magnificent poem. Pre-order your copy of Melissa’s book, Peluda, coming soon from Button Poetry.
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“Opening voicemails. He does not tell anyone he still has ones from his dead father. He will not delete them. He will not delete dead grandparents’ contact information. He will not delete anything.”
Congratulations to Patrick on topping 500,000 views on this amazing poem. Watch more from Patrick here and here.
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A poetry film by Motionpoems.
“How do you raise a Black child? From the dead. With pallbearers who are half as young as their faces suggest and twice the oxen they should be.”
Don’t miss this magnificent film from Motionpoems, inspired by Cortney Lamar Charleston. Join our mailing list and get notified for our next submission period!
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Performing at Button Poetry Live.
“This joke that I heard in Arabic hurts just as much in English, and French, and in any other dialect.”
Don’t miss this brilliant poem from Emi Mahmoud, featuring at Button Poetry Live, June 2017. If you’re in the Twin Cities, don’t miss the next Button Poetry Live show, first Monday of every month in downtown Saint Paul, or watch LIVE from our YouTube Channel.
While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, including books by Neil Hilborn, Mahogany L. Browne, Olivia Gatwood, Hanif Abdurraqib, Sabrina Benaim, Jacqui Germain, Aaron Coleman & more.