“But alas, Meek remained as silent as Frank Ocean’s third album.”
Don’t miss this week’s Best of Button playlist, featuring the top-viewed recent videos on the Button YouTube Channel. Today’s additions: Michael Mlekoday and the Temple University slam team!
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Featuring at CUPSI 2016.
“Back home we are plagued by a politeness so dense, even the doctors
cannot call things what they are.”
Don’t miss this incredible poem from Safia Elhillo, featuring at the 2016 College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational in Austin, TX. Check out Safia’s main feature performance here.
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Performing at CUPSI 2016
“This is what happens when trigger fingers
turn to Twitter fingers.”
Don’t miss this hilarious poem from the Temple University poetry slam team, performing during semifinals at the 2016 College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational. Temple went on to win the tournament.
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Performing at CUPSI 2016.
“The doctor named me woman before
I ever really even existed.”
Don’t miss this excellent poem from Ollie Schminkey, performing at the 2016 College Unions Poetry Slam Invtiational in Austin, TX.
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“Got no chains on my feet but I still ain’t free.”
Don’t miss this excellent piece from Cameron Flowers, performing for Tufts at the 2016 College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational.
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“To be gendered is to answer every question before it is asked.”
Don’t miss this great poem from Max Binder & Morgan Crist, performing for Barnard during finals at the 2016 College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational. Barnard placed 3rd overall in the tournament.
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“If you are alive, you are descended from a people who refused to die.”
Don’t miss this powerful poem from Ariana Brown, performing for UT Austin at the 2016 College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational.
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Performing at CUPSI 2016.
“Because no one wants to clean for a living, but they do want to live.”
Don’t miss this powerful poem from Jonathan Mendoza & Joaquina Mertz, performing for Berklee College of Music as part of the “Best of the Rest” on finals stage at the College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational. Subscribe to us on YouTube to stay up to date on all these amazing performances.
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Performing at CUPSI 2016.
“When was the last time you saw a face like mine without the glow of a mob’s torch?”
Don’t miss this amazing poem from Chrysanthemum Tran, performing for Brown at the 2016 College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational. Subscribe to us on YouTube to stay up to date on all these amazing performances.
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Performing at the 2016 College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational.
“Once you are used to the idea of losing things, it no longer holds its value.”
Don’t miss this powerful poem from Soré Agbaje, performing for Brooklyn College at the 2016 College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational. Subscribe to us on YouTube to stay up to date on all these amazing performances.
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