“Improving a school by picking its pockets is like tuning a guitar by ripping off the strings.”

Congratulations to Dylan on topping 1,000,000 views on this magnificent poem. Check out more videos from Dylan here and here.

Send us your poems! The 2017 Button Poetry Chapbook Contest is now open for submissions. November 15th – January 5th, 2017-2018. Check out the full information and guidelines for the contest here!



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“If you develop an eating disorder when you are already thin to begin with, you to go the hospital. If you develop an eating disorder when you are not thin to begin with, you are a success story.”

Congratulations to Blythe Baird on topping ONE MILLION views on this amazing poem. Check out more from Blythe here and here.



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Rachel one million


“I say, ‘I am fat.’ He says, ‘no, you’re beautiful.’ I wonder why I cannot be both.”

Congratulations to Rachel Wiley on topping 1,000,000 views on YouTube! Check out more of her work here and here.

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