“This body hates being told to love itself.”
Don’t miss this week’s Best of Button playlist, featuring the top-viewed recent videos on the Button YouTube Channel. Today’s additions: Tanesha Nicole Tyler, & Pages Matam! Congrats Poets!
While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, including books by Sabrina Benaim, Neil Hilborn, Phil Kaye, Andrea Gibson, Blythe Baird, Desireé Dallagiacomo, Dave Harris, Michael Lee, & our newest release from Raych Jackson!
Featuring at Button Poetry Live.
“If I shouldn’t be offended, why do you say something you believe has a chance of offending me?”
Don’t miss this powerful poem from Porsha Olayiwola, featuring at Button Poetry Live.
Get your copy of Porsha’s debut book, I SHIMMER SOMETIMES, TOO, now available to pre-order!
While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, including books by Sabrina Benaim, Neil Hilborn, Andrea Gibson, Blythe Baird, Michael Lee, & our newest release from Raych Jackson!
Performing at Icehouse.
“There is no voice willing to speak for us, so it’s a good thing we know how to yell.”
Don’t miss this intense poem from Guante, performing at Icehouse.
Guante’s book, A LOVE SONG, A DEATH RATTLE, A BATTLE CRY, is now available!
While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, including books by Sabrina Benaim, Neil Hilborn, Andrea Gibson, Blythe Baird, Desireé Dallagiacomo, & our newest release from Michael Lee!
“At this rate, we will have to lower our dead into ground they could not afford to live in.”
Congratulations to Javon Johnson on topping 100,000 views on this moving poem! Watch more videos from Javon here and here.
While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, including books by Sabrina Benaim, Neil Hilborn, Andrea Gibson, Blythe Baird, Desireé Dallagiacomo, Dave Harris, & our newest release from Michael Lee!
Performing at Button Poetry Live.
“I don’t just speak two written languages, I speak two cultures.”
Don’t miss this amazing poem from Diana Nguyen, performing at Button Poetry Live.
While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, including books by Sabrina Benaim, Neil Hilborn, Andrea Gibson, Blythe Baird, Desireé Dallagiacomo, & our newest release from Michael Lee!
Featuring at Icehouse.
“Like a man, I lied to myself saying I would do better than my father.”
Don’t miss this powerful poem from Dave Harris, featuring at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN.
Dave’s debut book, PATRICIDE, is now available to order!
While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, including books by Sabrina Benaim, Neil Hilborn, Andrea Gibson, Blythe Baird, Desireé Dallagiacomo, & our newest release from Michael Lee!
Performing at Rustbelt 2018.
“Erasure of the mouth is to colonize the plate and the tongue that licks it clean.”
Don’t miss this incredible poem from Cassandra Myers, 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 Sabrina Benaim, Neil Hilborn, Andrea Gibson, Blythe Baird, Desireé Dallagiacomo, & our newest release from Michael Lee!
“The way I got here wasn’t learning about me and my culture. The way I got here was learning about you and your culture.”
Don’t miss this week’s Best of Button playlist, featuring the top-viewed recent videos on the Button YouTube Channel. Today’s additions: Muna Abdulahi, EJ Shoenborn, & Brenna Twohy! Congrats Poets!
While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, including books by Sabrina Benaim, Neil Hilborn, Phil Kaye, Andrea Gibson, Blythe Baird, Desireé Dallagiacomo, Dave Harris, & our newest release from Michael Lee!
Featuring at Icehouse.
“It’s 15 degrees and we’re in a tent at the Grand Canyon and he holds the water bottle so I can pee and still stay under the covers.”
Don’t miss this powerful poem from Desireé Dallagiacomo, featuring at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN.
Desireé’s book, SINK, is now available to order! Get your copy now!
While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, including books by Sabrina Benaim, Neil Hilborn, Andrea Gibson, Blythe Baird, Desireé Dallagiacomo, & our newest release from Michael Lee!
Performing at Button Poetry Live.
“This body hates being told to love itself.”
Don’t miss this touching poem from Tanesha Nicole Tyler, performing at Button Poetry Live.
While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, including books by Sabrina Benaim, Neil Hilborn, Andrea Gibson, Blythe Baird, Desireé Dallagiacomo, & our newest release from Michael Lee!