Best of Button Week 189

“If you’ve never had a panic attack, there’s a good chance you’ve been an as to someone who has.”

Don’t miss this week’s Best of Button playlist, featuring the top-viewed recent videos on the Button YouTube Channel. Today’s additions: Andrea Gibson, Daniel, & Rachel Wiley! Congrats poets!

Make sure to check out Andrea’s and Rachel’s books!


Get Andrea’s Book Here
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Get Rachel’s Book Here

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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, and our newest release from Phil Kaye!

Sonya Renee Taylor – “Bodies of Resistance” (Button Live)


Performing at Button Poetry Live.

“Breathless and beleaguered, we coax one another to survive. We are alive despite even our bones’ dissent.”

Don’t miss this amazing poem from Sonya Renee Taylor, performing at Button Poetry Live.

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!

Blythe Baird – “The Kindest Thing She Almost Did” (100K Views!)

“When she tells me that she loves me and that she has a lying problem on the same day, I know I am completely and utterly fucked.”

Congratulations to Blythe Baird on topping 100,000 views on this powerful poem! Watch more videos from Blythe 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!

Alexandria Hollett – “Blessed Are the Persecuted: An Open Letter to the Indiana Legislature”

2017 Button Poetry Video Contest.

“If having a gay agenda means believing in my right to continue to breathe despite the way your mouth puckers when you look at me like I have a disease and it’s catching, then yeah, I have an agenda.”

Don’t miss this marvelous poem by Alexandria Hollett, featured contestant from the 2017 Button Poetry Video Contest!

While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, including books by Donte Collins, Sabrina Benaim, Melissa Lozada-Oliva, Rudy Francisco, Neil Hilborn, & our newest release from Phil Kaye!

Best of Button Week 188

“I’m not wasteful with my words anymore.”

Don’t miss this week’s Best of Button playlist, featuring the top-viewed recent videos on the Button YouTube Channel. Today’s additions: Phil Kaye, & Ajanae Dawkins! Congrats poets!


Get Phil’s Book Here
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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, and our newest release from Phil Kaye!

Spencer Brownstein – “Jew(ish)” (Button Live)


Performing at Button Poetry Live.

“America, great melting pot, you’ve boiled me down to resin, clinging to the bottom of the saucepan.”

Don’t miss this phenomenal poem from Spencer Brownstein, performing at Button Poetry Live.

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!

Andrea Gibson – “Ode to the Public Panic Attack”


Featuring at Button Poetry Live.

“If you’ve never had a panic attack, there’s a good chance you’ve been an ass
to someone who has.”

Don’t miss this important poem from Andrea Gibson, featuring at Westcott Theater in Syracuse, NY.

Make sure to check out Andrea’s forthcoming book, LORD OF THE BUTTERFLIES.


Get Andrea’s Book Here
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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!