“You’re beautiful. Beauty like sentiment of desirability, desire like anything other than the fear of being unfulfilled.”
Don’t miss this wonderful poem from Dua Saleh, performing at 7th St Entry in Minneapolis, MN.
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“I don’t know when I became a space to be filled, my thigh an open lease.”
Congratulations to Reagan Myers on topping 1,000,000 views on this stunning poem! Watch more videos from Reagan here!
And while you’re here, make sure to check out our other books and merch as well, including our awesome t-shirts and posters, and books by Olivia Gatwood, Donte Collins, Melissa Lozada-Oliva, Rudy Francisco, Rachel Wiley, Neil Hilborn, & our newest release from Phil Kaye!
“You watch the sunset too often it just becomes 6pm. You make the same mistake over & over you’ll stop calling it a mistake. If you just wake up wake up wake up wake up wake up wake up one day you’ll forget why.”
Don’t miss this exquisite poem from Phil Kaye, featuring at Honey in Minneapolis. Don’t miss Phil’s debut book, DATE & TIME, now available!
While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, Hanif Abdurraqib, Donte Collins, Melissa Lozada-Oliva, Rachel Wiley, & our newest release from Neil Hilborn!
“When you are fat (and I am fat) the streets are full of soothsayers telling you how you will die.”
Don’t miss this amazing poem from Rachel Wiley, featuring at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN.
While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, Hanif Abdurraqib, Donte Collins, Melissa Lozada-Oliva, Neil Hilborn, & our newest release from Phil Kaye!
“Last week, I was informed that when Black people die and go to heaven, they go through this purification process, and God will turn them white, like everybody else in heaven.”
Don’t miss this week’s Best of Button playlist, featuring the top-viewed recent videos on the Button YouTube Channel. Today’s additions: Jahman Hill, & Ollie Schminkey! Congrats poets!
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“I should call you ghost before I call you father. Ain’t a ghost someone that came before you that keeps haunting you even when you never see them?”
Don’t miss this incredible poem from Ephraim Nehemiah, performing at the 2018 Rustbelt Poetry Festival in Detroit, MI.
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“To be queer and Black is to walk out of the closet into a casket.”
Don’t miss this remarkable poem from Donte Collins, featuring at his book release party at Honey in Minneapolis. Get your copy of Donte’s book, AUTOPSY.
While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, Olivia Gatwood, Hanif Abdurraqib, William Evans, Guante, Rachel Wiley, Neil Hilborn, & our newest release from Phil Kaye!
“We are human. We know this because we can look down on almost anything.”
Congratulations to Meghann Plunkett on topping 100,000 views on this awesome poem! Watch more videos from the 2017 Video Contest here!
And while you’re here, make sure to check out our other books and merch as well, including our awesome t-shirts and posters, and books by Donte Collins, Melissa Lozada-Oliva, Rudy Francisco, Rachel Wiley, Neil Hilborn, and our newest release from Phil Kaye!
“Put my pen to paper, the first thing to come out is yesterday’s name.”
Don’t miss this beautiful poem from Sabrina Benaim, featuring at her book release party at Icehouse in Minneapolis. Get your copy of Sabrina’s book, DEPRESSION & OTHER MAGIC TRICKS.
While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, Olivia Gatwood, Hanif Abdurraqib, Donte Collins, Melissa Lozada-Oliva, Guante, Rachel Wiley, Neil Hilborn, & our newest release from Phil Kaye!
“I’m afraid of the parade. Of forcing my body into lines of police assaultants that are complacent in the killing of Black children.”
Don’t miss this phenomenal poem from Zenaida Peterson, performing at the 2018 Rustbelt Poetry Festival in Detroit, MI.
While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, including books by Olivia Gatwood, Hanif Abdurraqib, Sabrina Benaim, Rachel Wiley, Neil Hilborn, & our newest release from Phil Kaye!
