“If you break her heart, I will hear it snap with the ear I pressed against her mother’s belly.”
Congratulations to Jesse Parent on topping 4,000,000 views on this remarkable poem! Watch more videos from Jesse here and here!
And while you’re here, make sure to check out our other books and merch as well, including our awesome t-shirts and posters, and books by Donte Collins, Melissa Lozada-Oliva, Rudy Francisco, Rachel Wiley, Neil Hilborn, and our newest release from Phil Kaye!
Performing at the 2018 Get Lit Classic Slam.
“We are the breath before the verse.”
Don’t miss this fantastic poem from Mady Park, performing during the 2018 Get Lit Words Ignite Classic Slam, the largest youth poetry tournament in Southern California. Order Get Lit Rising today at simonandschuster.com, and join the #LiteraryRiot at getlit.org.
Send us your poetry! 2018 Chapbook Contest is open Now – January 15th, 2019! Submit Here!
While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, Melissa Lozada-Oliva, Neil Hilborn, Phil Kaye, & our newest release from Andrea Gibson!
“To the hipster couple spooning in the corner booth: Put your fucking shoes on, this is not your living room.”
Don’t miss this hilarious poem from Shane Hawley, performing in Minnesota.
Make sure to check out Shane’s phenomenal new book, ABC Death, a picture-book for the entire family!
While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, including books by Olivia Gatwood, Sabrina Benaim, Rachel Wiley, Neil Hilborn, Phil Kaye, & our newest release from Andrea Gibson!
“She says, ‘See? Don’t you feel better?’ And she does not know that I tried to drown myself accidentally on purpose for the second time today.”
Don’t miss this remarkable poem from RJ Walker, performing at Button Poetry Live.
Send us your poetry! 2018 Chapbook Contest is NOW OPEN! Submit Here!
While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, including books by Olivia Gatwood, Sabrina Benaim, Rachel Wiley, Neil Hilborn, Phil Kaye, & our newest release from Andrea Gibson!
“Ain’t a lion still a lion without his mane?”
Don’t miss this week’s Best of Button playlist, featuring the top-viewed recent videos on the Button YouTube Channel. Today’s additions: Raych Jackson, Sophie Priceman, & Neil Hilborn! Congrats poets!
While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, including books by Hanif Abdurraqib, Donte Collins, Melissa Lozada-Oliva, Neil Hilborn, Phil Kaye, and our newest release from Andrea Gibson!
“Bless all this life thrashing against death’s garish precipice.”
Don’t miss this awesome poem from Sam Sax, featuring at Button Poetry Live.
Send us your poetry! 2018 Chapbook Contest is NOW OPEN! Submit Here!
Make sure to check out Sam’s book, A GUIDE TO UNDRESSING YOUR MONSTERS.
While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, including books by Olivia Gatwood, Sabrina Benaim, Rachel Wiley, Neil Hilborn, Phil Kaye, & our newest release from Andrea Gibson!
“Humanity, dignity challenged on a daily basis, yet you bring respectability politics to the village.”
Don’t miss this incredible poem from Billy Tuggle, performing at the 2018 Rustbelt Poetry Festival in Detroit, MI.
Send us your poetry! 2018 Chapbook Contest is NOW OPEN! Submit Here!
While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, including books by Olivia Gatwood, Sabrina Benaim, Rachel Wiley, Neil Hilborn, Phil Kaye, & our newest release from Andrea Gibson!
“Did our mothers invent loneliness, or did it make them our mothers?”
Congratulations to Safia Elhillo on topping 100,000 views on this immaculate poem! Watch more videos from Safia here and here!
And while you’re here, make sure to check out our other books and merch as well, including our awesome t-shirts and posters, and books by Donte Collins, Melissa Lozada-Oliva, Rudy Francisco, Rachel Wiley, Neil Hilborn, and our newest release from Phil Kaye!
Performing at the 2018 Get Lit Classic Slam.
“The price of her existence is silence.”
Don’t miss this phenomenal poem from Treniece Moné and Bryce Banks, performing during the 2018 Get Lit Words Ignite Classic Slam, the largest youth poetry tournament in Southern California. Order Get Lit Rising today at simonandschuster.com, and join the #LiteraryRiot at getlit.org.
Send us your poetry! 2018 Chapbook Contest is NOW OPEN! Submit Here!
While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, Melissa Lozada-Oliva, Neil Hilborn, Phil Kaye, & our newest release from Andrea Gibson!
“I have a few happy friends. I ask them about being happy the same way my high school friends ask me about being gay, ‘So, what do you people do exactly? How do you do IT?’”
Don’t miss this marvelous poem from Andrea Gibson, featuring at Westcott Theater in Syracuse, NY.
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, Hanif Abdurraqib, Donte Collins, Melissa Lozada-Oliva, Rachel Wiley, Neil Hilborn, & our newest release from Phil Kaye!
