“The first person I tried to have sex with (after I break up with the person I’ve ever first had sex with) gave me head like a shy frog trying to catch a fly.”
Don’t miss this incredible poem from Raych Jackson, featuring at Button Poetry Live.
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!
“Do not forget it is the women who move quietly until it is time to pounce on our prey. Do not speak ill of this lest you find yourself dangling from our teeth.”
Don’t miss this marvelous poem from Ashlee Haze, featuring at Button Poetry Live.
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!
2017 Button Poetry Video Contest.
“Dad got mad at me because I wanted to wear a pink shirt to the dance. He should’ve been mad because it was a polo and my light wash jeans were straight cut and very ill-fitting.”
Don’t miss this beautiful poem by Julian Iriarte, featured contestant in the 2017 Button Poetry Video Contest!
While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, including books by Donte Collins, Sabrina Benaim, Melissa Lozada-Oliva, Rudy Francisco, & our newest release from Neil Hilborn!
“Stop mourning. He will never be over you. He will be ungrateful and distracted but he will never have it so good. Karma, it’s petty that way.”
Don’t miss this week’s Best of Button playlist, featuring the top-viewed recent videos on the Button YouTube Channel. Today’s additions: Rachel Wiley, & Jesse Parent. Congrats poets!
Check out more from Jesse Parent, including all of his available books!
Don’t miss Rachel’s incredible book, NOTHING IS OKAY, now available!
While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, including books by Hanif Abdurraqib, Donte Collins, Melissa Lozada-Oliva, William Evans, and our newest release from Neil Hilborn!
“I wanted to, but could not explain the loss of someone I would never meet.”
Don’t miss this magnificent poem from Siaara Freeman, 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, & our newest release from Neil Hilborn!
“Foreign: I don’t see myself that way. I see myself as red, white, and blue as the people who tell me to go back to my country when I never left in the first place.”
Don’t miss this phenomenal poem from Summer Durant, performing at Button Poetry Live.
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!
“I cannot get you out, no matter how many times I wash you.”
Don’t miss this fantastic poem from Talia Young, performing at Honey in Minneapolis.
While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, including books by Olivia Gatwood, Donte Collins, Sabrina Benaim, Melissa Lozada-Oliva, Rachel Wiley, & our newest release from Neil Hilborn!
“God, if you be at all, be a song that gets me out of bed when my cinderblock depression weigh my thoughts down.”
Don’t miss this phenomenal poem from Gabriel Ramirez, 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, & our newest release from Neil Hilborn!
“Every day I am here is another day the ache did not swallow me. It will not swallow me. My body is not his to take.”
Congratulations to Evan Knoll on topping 100,000 views on this magnificent poem!
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, and our newest release from Neil Hilborn!
“Tomorrow is a lease I have to sign every morning.”
Don’t miss this beautiful poem from Neil Hilborn, featuring at his book release party at Icehouse in Minneapolis. Make sure to grab a copy of Neil’s newest book, THE FUTURE.
While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, Olivia Gatwood, Hanif Abdurraqib, Sabrina Benaim, Guante, & Rachel Wiley!
