Best of Button Week 231

“Always it’s in a car, always the windows down, always the music too loud. It’s never apparent that none of us can sing.”

Don’t miss this week’s Best of Button playlist, featuring the top-viewed recent videos on the Button YouTube Channel. Today’s additions: Neil Hilborn, Raych Jackson, Blythe Baird, & Guante! Congrats Poets!

While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, including books by Sabrina Benaim, Neil Hilborn, Phil Kaye, Andrea Gibson, Blythe Baird, Desireé Dallagiacomo, Dave Harris, & our newest release from Michael Lee!

EJ Schoenborn – “When My Now Ex-Friend Is Outed as a Serial Abuser”

Performing at Rustbelt 2018.

“I wonder if it’s possible to swallow a hook so deep it becomes a part of you.”

Don’t miss this powerful poem from EJ Schoenborn, performing at the 2018 Rustbelt Poetry Festival in Detroit, MI.

While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, including books by Sabrina Benaim, Neil Hilborn, Andrea Gibson, Blythe Baird, Desireé Dallagiacomo, & our newest release from Michael Lee!

Crystal Valentine – “Tempest” (100K Views!)

“I was never prey, but I was always preyed upon.”

Congratulations to Crystal Valentine on topping 100,000 views on this powerfully built poem! Watch more videos from Crystal here and here.



While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, including books by Sabrina Benaim, Neil Hilborn, Andrea Gibson, Blythe Baird, Desireé Dallagiacomo, Dave Harris, & our newest release from Michael Lee!

Rachel Wiley – “Prozac 30mg”

Featuring at Icehouse.

“She wrote me a prescription for three green pills I swallow every day with breakfast. On the days I forget, I am less a person and more a flock of hummingbirds.”

Don’t miss this fantastic poem from Rachel Wiley, featuring at Icehouse in Minneapolis.

Get your copy of Rachel’s debut book, NOTHING IS OKAY, now available!

While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, including books by Sabrina Benaim, Neil Hilborn, Andrea Gibson, Blythe Baird, Desireé Dallagiacomo, & our newest release from Michael Lee!

Crystal Valentine – “What I Learned at Afropunk” (Button Live)

Featuring at Button Poetry Live.

“Black girl loses her face. White girl finds it on outside the mosh pit. Slips it on over her straight blonde hair.”

Don’t miss this terrific poem from Crystal Valentine, featuring at Button Poetry Live.

While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, including books by Sabrina Benaim, Neil Hilborn, Andrea Gibson, Blythe Baird, Desireé Dallagiacomo, & our newest release from Michael Lee!

Best of Button Week 230

“You can tell he was too busy loving to know that there was a war going on.”

Don’t miss this week’s Best of Button playlist, featuring the top-viewed recent videos on the Button YouTube Channel. Today’s additions: Breeze the Poet, They/Them, & Michael Lee! Congrats Poets!

While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, including books by Sabrina Benaim, Neil Hilborn, Phil Kaye, Andrea Gibson, Blythe Baird, Desireé Dallagiacomo, Dave Harris, & our newest release from Michael Lee!

Andrea Gibson – “Thankstaking”

Featuring at Fine Line.

“Before I got the scoop on what really happened at Plymouth Rock, before I learned the word genocide…”

Don’t miss this thought provoking poem from Andrea Gibson, featuring at Fine Line in Minneapolis, MN.

Make sure to check out Andrea’s book, LORD OF THE BUTTERFLIES, now available!

While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, including books by Sabrina Benaim, Neil Hilborn, Andrea Gibson, Blythe Baird, Desireé Dallagiacomo, & our newest release from Michael Lee!