Performed at The Ill List 2023 in Modesto, CA
“Oh good grief, tell me, what next should I do?”
Don’t miss this poem from Ebony Stewart, performing at The Ill List 2023 in Modesto, CA
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Performed at the Button Studio
“Tell the law nothin of substance; tell the people everything you can.”
Don’t miss this incredible poem from Darius Simpson, performing at the Button Studio
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Performed at the Button studio
“My father has never had a job, which made the transition easy, from absent father to dying father.”
Don’t miss this powerful poem from Ollie Schminkey, performing at the Button studio
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Performed in Longmont, CO
“Lover, you will never lose me to the wind. You are the lightning that made me fill my chest with candles. You are the thunder clapping for the poem that nobody else wants to hear.”
Don’t miss this powerful poem from Andrea Gibson, performing in Longmont, CO
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Performed at Camp Bar in Saint Paul, MN
“Weeds and willows bowed green spines to him and he swore he could hear the dirt singing his name, saying it right.”
Don’t miss this gripping poem from Danez Smith, performing at Camp Bar in Saint Paul, MN
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Performed at The Roxbury Poetry Festival in Boston, MA
“I call my loved ones, pray I don’t hear the vacuum of a dial tone, and then I wait, quiet like an empty cathedral.”
Don’t miss this striking poem from Usman Hameedi, performing at The Roxbury Poetry Festival in Boston, MA
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“You do not have to be a catastrophe to prove you are worth paying attention to.”
Don’t miss this week’s Best of Button playlist, featuring the top-viewed recent videos on the Button YouTube Channel. Today’s addition: Blythe Baird! Congrats Poet!
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Performed at Rustbelt 2019
“Welcome to Willie Lynch Records, where you will either buy the product or be the product.”
Don’t miss this powerful poem from Junious ‘Jay’ Ward, performing at Rustbelt 2019
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Performed at the Button Studio
“You do not have to be a catastrophe to prove you are worth paying attention to.”
Don’t miss this impactful poem from Blythe Baird, performing at the Button Studio
Get Blythe’s cathartic book, Sweet, Young, & Worried.
While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, or check out our newest release from Junious ‘Jay’ Ward!
“Being angry at dying people is never fair. They need you. You’re the one that’s still alive.”
Don’t miss this week’s Best of Button playlist, featuring the top-viewed recent videos on the Button YouTube Channel. Today’s addition: Ollie Schminkey! 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 Junious ‘Jay’ Ward!