“But to tell me you know my pain is to stab yourself in the leg because you saw me get shot. We have two different wounds, and looking at yours does nothing to heal mine.”

It’s week 1 again for our Best of Button playlist! Come back EACH WEEK to see our newest and most popular videos.

Check out the top-viewed recent videos on the Button YouTube Channel. Today’s additions: Darius Simpson, Scout Bostley, Ollie Schminkey, Gigi Bella, Olivia Gatwood, and Natasha Hooper! Congrats Poets!

While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, or check out our newest release from Sierra DeMulder!

“What if I cared for myself half as much as I care about what people think of me?”

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

While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, or check out our newest release from Sierra DeMulder!

“A meal cannot be friends with a mouth, especially when it’s feeding time. It’s always feeding time.”

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

While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, or check out our newest release from Sierra DeMulder!

“You got me blushing in rainbows. You got me wanting to share the other half of my sandwich.”

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

While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, or check out our newest release from Sierra DeMulder!

“This is for everything we own, and for the day we’ll learn how much we have when we learn to give that all away.”

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

While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, or check out our newest release from Usman Hameedi!

“I wish I was a photograph tucked into the corners of your wallet. I wish I was a photograph you carried like a future in your back pocket.”

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

While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, including books by Dave Harris, George Abraham, Ebony Stewart, William Evans, Michael Lee, Andrea Gibson, Rachel Wiley, and our newest release from Darius Simpson!

“Good god, there isn’t a healthy body in the world that is stronger than a sick person’s spirit.”

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

While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, including books by Dave Harris, George Abraham, Natasha T. Miller, Porsha Olayiwola, L.E. Bowman, Andrea Gibson, Rachel Wiley, and our newest release from Darius Simpson!

“My body is not a temple; it’s a chandelier of strange fruit, a museum of memories.”

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!

While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, including books by Dave Harris, George Abraham, Natasha T. Miller, Porsha Olayiwola, L.E. Bowman, Andrea Gibson, Rachel Wiley, and our newest release from Topaz Winters!

Performing at Rustbelt 2018

“An ode to crocs: You rubber god, you who let me walk on water and sidewalk and mountain without changing shoes. People of all ages see you on my feet and laugh.”

Don’t miss this great poem from Darius Simpson, performing at Rustbelt 2018 in Detroit, MI

Get Darius’ incredible book, Never Catch Me.

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, Ebony Stewart, Andrea Gibson, and our newest release from Topaz Winters!

Performing at Gray Area

“Color blooms through every city whether you see it or don’t, whether you seek it or don’t. So why not seek? Why not see? Why not ask yourself: Who am I looking for?”

Don’t miss this phenomenal poem from Sarah Kay, performing at Gray Area in San Francisco, CA

Get Sarah’s fantastic book, No Matter the Wreckage.

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, Ebony Stewart, Andrea Gibson, and our newest release from Topaz Winters!