Best of Button – Week 7

“I say, ‘I am fat.’ He says, ‘no, you’re beautiful.’ I wonder why I cannot be both.”

Don’t miss this week’s Best of Button playlist. Today’s additions: Sierra DeMulder, Rachel Wiley, Ollie Schminkey, Darius Simpson, Sabrina Benaim, Hanif Abdurraqib, Arianna Monet, Rudy Francisco, and Maggie Smith! Congrats Poets!

Come back each week to see our newest and most popular videos.

While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, or check out our newest release from Matt Coonan!

Darius Simpson – A Poem in Which We Shoot Back

Performed at the Button Studio

“What’s Black life to a murder machine? What good is mattering to a wolf’s front teeth?”

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

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Best of Button – Week 6

“But to tell me you know my pain is to stab yourself in the leg because you saw me get shot. We have two different wounds, and looking at yours does nothing to heal mine.”

Don’t miss this week’s Best of Button playlist. Today’s additions: Darius Simpson, Scout Bostley, Rachel Wiley, Ollie Schminkey, Keyma Flight, Sierra DeMulder, and Tess Siegel! Congrats Poets!

Come back each week to see our newest and most popular videos.

While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, or check out our newest release from Poetry By Chance An Anthology of Poems Powered By Metaphor Dice Edited by Taylor Mali!

Darius Simpson – Yea I Did It

Performed at the Button Studio

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

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Darius Simpson – What is There to Do in Akron, OH

Performed at the Button Studio

“Dream about a city where grief don’t spread like a bad rumor. Where headstones don’t show up to dinner unannounced and fried chicken isn’t on speed dial and diabetes isn’t a family heirloom.”

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

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Best of Button Week 420

“What would Malcolm X’s old zoot suit think? What would a white liberal’s rendition of Dr. King think? What would the noose say?”

Don’t miss this week’s Best of Button playlist, featuring the top-viewed recent videos on the Button YouTube Channel. Today’s additions: Darius Simpson! 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 Usman Hameedi!

Darius Simpson – You Know He Shot at the Police Right

Performed at the Button Studio

“What would Malcolm X’s old zoot suit think? What would a white liberal’s rendition of Dr. King think? What would the noose say?”

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

Get Darius’ inspiring book, Never Catch Me.

While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, or check out our newest release from Usman Hameedi!

Darius Simpson – Ode to Powerline

Performed at the Button Studio

“If you love someone you better get on stage and make em feel like the only person in a packed auditorium, like the last scoop of warm peach cobbler.”

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

Get Darius’s incredible book, Never Catch Me.

While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, or check out our newest release from Usman Hameedi!

Darius Simpson – The Role of the Artist

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

Get Darius’s wonderful book, Never Catch Me.

While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, or check out our newest release from Usman Hameedi!

Darius Simpson – If I’m Caught Between A Badge and A Hard Place

Performed at the Button Studio

“If you say my name and cast iron skillets don’t start to rattlin / that mean you ain’t say it loud enough / will you say it again / if a redwood don’t split open from the trunk?”

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

Get Darius’s amazing book, Never Catch Me.

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!