“The hollow auditorium of my chest swoons with echoes of a heartbeat, but I am a careless tourist here.”

Don’t miss this week’s Best of Button playlist. Today’s additions: Sierra DeMulder, Ariana Brown, Ollie Schminkey, Reagan Myers, and Rudy Francisco! Congrats Poets!

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Performed at the Button Studio in Minneapolis, MN in 2023.

“I wondered, how many nights he pushed down his panic, how often he reached out a hand to God, all of his prayers whispered like prescription drugs.”

Don’t miss this poem from Ollie Schminkey, performing at the Button Studio in Minneapolis, MN in 2023.

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“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: Muhazza, Doc Luben, Anita Dias, And Ollie Schminkey! Congrats Poets!

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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: Ollie Schminkey, Reagan Myers, Ty Chapman, and Patrick Roche! Congrats Poets!

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Performed at the Button Studio in Minneapolis, MN in 2023.

“I have this dream over and over, he dies but he’s still sick forever.”

Don’t miss this poem from Ollie Schminkey, performing at the Button Studio in Minneapolis, MN in 2023.

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Performed at the Button Studio in Minneapolis, MN in 2023.

“the stench of dying, of an animal reborn.”

Don’t miss this poem from Ollie Schminkey, performing at the Button Studio in Minneapolis, MN in 2023.

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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.

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“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!

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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.

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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!

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