“It is the tenth time this year that my mental health has deferred me from cleaning my room.”
Congratulations to Julissa Emile on topping 100,000 views on this remarkable poem! Watch more videos from the 2018 Rustbelt Poetry Festival here!
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“Every Thursday, I go to couples therapy with my depression. He whispers in my ear to stay in bed for another day, presses his palm into my chest, afraid I’m going to escape the covers.”
Congratulations to Patrick Roche on topping 500,000 views on this powerful poem! Watch more videos from Patrick here and here!
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“He once said I’m cute when I’m angry. Well, I’m about to look phenomenal.”
Congratulations to Emi Mahmoud on topping 100,000 views on this incredible poem. Check out more videos from Emi here and here.
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“The hardest thing I ever did was take a shower.”
Congratulations to Jared Singer on topping 100,000 views on this impeccable poem. Check out more videos from Jared here and here.
Send us your poems! The 2017 Button Poetry Chapbook Contest is now open for submissions. November 15th – January 5th, 2017. Check out the full information and guidelines for the contest here!
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“We are the women who dare think of ourselves as more than a fuck. When we lend our thoughts to breath, we know often we are speaking the words that will kill us.”
Congratulations to Tonya & Venessa on topping 250,000 views on this remarkable poem. Check out more videos from Tonya and Venessa here and here.
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“When I orgasm, it only lasts for five minutes, if I am on drugs and also lying.”
Congratulations to Neil Hilborn on topping 500,000 views on this fantastic poem. Check out Neil’s bestselling book Our Numbered Days.
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“Whiteness is like, ‘You know, if you want me to respect you and your cause, you could try being a little less confrontational.’”
Congratulations to Franny on topping 100,000 views on this marvelous poem. Check out more videos from Franny here and here.
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“‘That time of the month’ has about double the amount of syllables as ‘period’.”
Congratulations to Raych on topping 250,000 views on this marvelous poem. Check out more videos from the 2017 Rustbelt Poetry Festival here.
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“I’m so tired of talking about my depression as someone else: a ghost that haunts me and I am afraid of the seance.”
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“To think that you were literally born into blood and pain and shit, and somehow, you grew up to be this beautiful.”
Congratulations to Ollie Schminkey on topping 100,000 views on this fantastic poem. Check out more videos from Ollie here and here.
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