“I don’t know when I became a space to be filled, my thigh an open lease.”
Congratulations to Reagan on topping 500,000 views on this powerful poem.
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“Call it self-hate. Call it ‘I just need an alone day.’ Take an alone day every day.”
Congratulations to Ollie on topping 250,000 views on this powerful poem. Check out more from Ollie here and here.
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“We forgot crowns do nothing for kings but put weight on their heads and a target on their backs.”
Congratulations to Loyce on topping 250,000 views on this brilliant poem.
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“A good time is the most honest thing in the universe, so why do I feel like the only liar here?”
Congratulations to Aaron on topping 500,000 views on this excellent poem.
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“When his eyes first meet mine, I get lost in the color of my skin.”
Congratulations to Kate Hao & Kristen Sze-Tu on topping 100,000 views on this brilliant poem.
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“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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“With your corporate conglomerate co-sponsors and policemen lining the sidewalks, whose equality are you celebrating anyway?”
Congratulations to Sibel & Violet on topping 100,000 views on this great poem. Help support Button Poetry so we can continue broadcasting all these artists!
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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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