Kyle “Guante” Tran Myhre – Ten Responses to the Phrase ‘Man Up’

Performed at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN

“Being directly, explicitly ordered around by commercials, magazines, music, and media is dehumanizing.”

Don’t miss this poem from Kyle “Guante” Tran Myhre, performing at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN

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Kyle “Guante” Tran Myhre – BTS 40K

Performed at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN

“As we march we sing and when the wave comes, oh, let us light up the night”

Don’t miss this poem from Kyle “Guante” Tran Myhre, performing at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN

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Best of Button – Week 11

““Love arrives exactly when love is supposed to, and love leaves exactly when love must.”

Don’t miss this week’s Best of Button playlist. Today’s additions: Rudy Francisco,Cameron Dada, Kyle “Guante” Tran Myhre, and Sam Sax! Congrats Poets!

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

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Kyle “Guante” Tran Myhre – When It Really Is Just The Wind And Not A Furious Vexation

Performed at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN

“Survival is not a fortress, it is a garden.”

Don’t miss this poem from Kyle “Guante” Tran Myhre, performing at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN

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Best of Button – Week 5

“Your job is not just to look up and imagine, your job is to look down and laugh. Your job is not just to understand flight. It’s to fly.”

Don’t miss this week’s Best of Button playlist. Today’s additions: Ebony Stewart, Kyle ‘Guante’ Tran Myhre, Steven Willis, and Edwin Bodney! Congrats Poets!

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

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Kyle “Guante” Tran Myhre – Poem for the First Day of the Poetry Unit

Performed at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN

“Tell your story, whether it rhymes or not. Tell the truth, whether it gets a good grade or not.”

Don’t miss this poem from Kyle “Guante” Tran Myhre, performing at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN

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Kyle “Guante” Tran Myhre – All the People I Want to Say ‘I Told You So’ To Are Dead

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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Kyle “Guante” Tran Myhre – “To the Informants in the Audience Tonight”

Performed at the Button Studio

“To the informants in the audience tonight: Welcome to a heaven that hates you.”

Don’t miss this amazing poem from Kyle “Guante” Tran Myhre, performing at the Button Studio in Minneapolis, MN

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Kyle “Guante” Tran Myhre – “Riverbed”

Performed at Icehouse

“I don’t think you die when you die. I don’t think we really understand what it means to be alive.”

Don’t miss this incredible poem from Kyle “Guante” Tran Myhre, performing at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN

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Kyle “Guante” Tran Myhre – “A Hundred People Died on First Hill”

Performing at the Button Studio

“It’s easier to talk about ‘tragedy’ than it is to talk about ‘injustice.’”

Don’t miss this fantastic poem from Kyle “Guante” Tran Myhre, performing at the Button Studio.

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While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, including books by Rudy Francisco, Rachel Wiley, Dave Harris, Porsha Olayiwola, Ebony Stewart, Andrea Gibson, and our newest release from Topaz Winters!