Performed at the Button Studio in Minneapolis, MN in 2023.
“my wish for you on this longest night, is that the sky becomes all of your safest things.”
Don’t miss this poem from Ollie Schminkey, performing at the Button Studio in Minneapolis, MN in 2023.
Get Ollie’s book, Where I Dry the Flowers.
“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: Ollie Schminkey, Alex Dang, Edwin Bodney, Rudy Francisco, and Sean Patrick Mulroy! 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 Neil Hilborn!
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Performed at the Button Studio in Minneapolis, MN in 2023.
“What is an obituary but a note passed between fingers underneath the desk during class?”
Don’t miss this poem from Ollie Schminkey, performing at the Button Studio in Minneapolis, MN in 2023.
Get Ollie’s book, Where I Dry the Flowers.
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“Maybe love stays, maybe love can’t. Maybe love shouldn’t.”
Don’t miss this week’s Best of Button playlist. Today’s additions: Rudy Francisco, Ollie Schminkey, John Lotti, and Zach Goldberg! 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 Rudy Francisco!
Performed at the Strike Theater in Minneapolis, MN
“she feels like my mother and not just a person who is watching the same man die.”
Don’t miss this poem from Ollie Schminkey, performing at the Strike Theater in Minneapolis, MN
Get Ollie’s book, Dead Dad Jokes.
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Performed at The Strike Theater in Minneapolis, MN
“”Newly awakened grief has hands wrapped around his neck twisted like rosary beads tightening in prayer clinging to the last breath of his body like a final amen.””
Don’t miss this poem from Ollie Schminkey, performing at The Strike Theater in Minneapolis, MN
Get Ollie’s book, Dead Dad Jokes.
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Performed at the Strike Theater in Minneapolis, MN
“On Thursday, I got into a car accident, and my hands already started calling him. I hung up before he couldn’t answer.”
Don’t miss this poem from Ollie Schminkey, performing at the Strike Theater in Minneapolis, MN
Get Ollie’s book, Dead Dad Jokes
Performed
“What do you call it when you cremate your father’s body? I can’t talk about it, it’s un-buriable.”
Don’t miss this poem from Ollie Schminkey, performing
Get Ollie’s book, Dead Dad Jokes.
Performed at the Button Studio
“My cousin Henry sends me a photo of my father, and I time-travel. I glitch on his smile, how I held his body.”
Don’t miss this poem from Ollie Schminkey, performing at the Button Studio
Get Ollie’s book, Dead Dad Jokes.
“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!
