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!

Ollie Schminkey – Caregiver’s Guilt

Performed at the Strike Theater in Minneapolis, MN

“Even after my father died I couldn’t go for a walk, or take a bath, or laugh at a stupid TV show without the guilt burning in my knuckles. The alchemy of dying joy transformed to shame at the first cough.”

Don’t miss this poem from Ollie Schminkey, performing at the Strike Theater in Minneapolis, MN

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Ollie Schminkey – I Watched Him Die

Performed at the Button studio

“The truth is, the body wants to live, and so there is always gasping.”

Don’t miss this poem from Ollie Schminkey, performing at the Button studio

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Ollie Schminkey – Robert Frost Would Have Been a Camping Gay

Performed at the Strike Theater in Minneapolis, MN

“I think if nature was anything they’d have to be trans—all at once being alive and dead and always changing. And how many times have we all lost ourselves in the woods and come out as someone worthy of a new name?”

Don’t miss this poem from Ollie Schminkey, performing at the Strike Theater in Minneapolis, MN

Get Ollie’s book, Dead Dad Jokes.

Ollie Schminkey – That’s What You Swallow When You Let Your Graves Overflow

Performed at the Button studio

Don’t miss this impressive poem from Ollie Schminkey, performing at the Button studio

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Ollie Schminkey – I Find a Chunk of Bone the Width of My Index Finger

Performed at the Button Studio

Don’t miss this Amazing poem from Ollie Schminkey, performing at the Button Studio

Get Ollie’s Awesome book, Dead Dad Jokes.

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!

Ollie Schminkey – My Grandmother

Performed at the Strike Theater in Minneapolis, MN

Don’t miss this great poem from Ollie Schminkey, performing at the Strike Theater in Minneapolis, MN

Get Ollie’s excellent book, Dead Dad Jokes.

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!

Ollie Schminkey – The Scab to Peel Back

Performed at the Strike Theater in Minneapolis, MN

“Every day is not an anniversary.”

Don’t miss this insightful poem from Ollie Schminkey, performing at the Strike Theater in Minneapolis, MN

Get Ollie’s wonderful book, Dead Dad Jokes.

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!

Ollie Schminkey – As The Feminist Saying Goes

Performed at the Button studio

“My father has never had a job, which made the transition easy, from absent father to dying father.”

Don’t miss this powerful poem from Ollie Schminkey, performing at the Button studio

Get Ollie’s brilliant book, Dead Dad Jokes.

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!

Best of Button Week 412

“Being angry at dying people is never fair. They need you. You’re the one that’s still alive.”

Don’t miss this week’s Best of Button playlist, featuring the top-viewed recent videos on the Button YouTube Channel. Today’s addition: Ollie Schminkey! 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 Junious ‘Jay’ Ward!