Performed at the Button Studio

“You open your mouth & the cicadas stop shrieking to listen.”

Don’t miss this powerful poem from Blythe Baird, performing at the Button Studio

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Performed at Amsterdam Bar and Hall

“In the end all I really need is love, and the talking horse shows me that.”

Don’t miss this incredible poem from Shane Hawley, performing at Amsterdam Bar and Hall, in St. Paul, MN

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Performed at the Button Studio

“My comrades remind me there are fires to start and I notice my hands are not nearly dirty enough.”

Don’t miss this amazing poem from Darius Simpson, performing at the Button Studio

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Performed at the Button Studio

“Ugly music can be beautiful. A simple song can kindle a complex memory. A living creature gave its skin to that drum. That song we heard here was heard there too, and that means something.”

Don’t miss this stunning poem from Kyle Tran Myhre, performing at the Button Studio

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Performed at Icehouse

“The best way I can tell you about the resiliency of tenderness is with the portrait of the pitbull I share my bed with.”

Don’t miss this wonderful poem from Desireé Dallagiacomo, performing at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN

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Performed at the Button Studio

“God you’re tired, & god you want to be wanted, & god fits perfectly in the space between her mouth & the American dream.”

Don’t miss this incredible poem from Topaz Winters, performing at the Button Studio

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Performed at IWPS 2019 in San Diego, CA

“When I say I know I didn’t do everything right, I also know I didn’t do everything wrong.”

Don’t miss this phenomenal poem from Junious ‘Jay’ Ward, performing at IWPS 2019 in San Diego, CA

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Performed Little Island in New York, NY

“It could be argued that this portrait, depicting the artist only speaking of war, exemplifies his lack of concrete connection with the conflict at all.”

Don’t miss this powerful poem from Phil Kaye, performing Little Island in New York, NY

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“Sometimes, ‘I’m fine,’ is the quickest way to say, ‘I don’t want to talk about it.’”

Congratulations to Rudy Francisco for topping 250,000 views on this incredible poem! Watch more from Rudy here and here.

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“I’ve wanted to be an incredible mother for as long as I have feared being a regrettable daughter.”

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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