“A dyke brings a date to the family reunion and they both get hung from the family tree.”
Don’t miss this remarkable poem from Porsha Olayiwola, featuring 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, & our newest release from Neil Hilborn!
“I stay quiet when he talks about hunting. I stay quiet when he talks about Muslims, immigrants, queers, as if I am not one of them. As if I am not all of them. As if my silence can buy me safety.”
Don’t miss this remarkable poem from A.M. Pressman, 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 Olivia Gatwood, Hanif Abdurraqib, Sabrina Benaim, Rachel Wiley, & our newest release from Neil Hilborn!
“For a moment, we are together again, two aliens trying to find home, and then you leave, and I ask questions to an empty room.”
Don’t miss this marvelous poem from Phil Kaye, featuring at Honey in Minneapolis.
Keep an eye out for Phil’s debut book, DATE & TIME, dropping on the Button press Fall 2018! Pre-order 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, & our newest release from Neil Hilborn!
“To be a medic is to be a campfire: a thing that holds ghost stories. And I cannot speak yours without smoke in my throat.”
Don’t miss this miraculous poem from RJ Walker, 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, & our newest release from Neil Hilborn!
“These parading men speak loudly of war, but have known none.”
Don’t miss this marvelous poem from Khary Jackson, performing at Augsburg College in Minneapolis.
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, & our newest release from Neil Hilborn!
“You realize it isn’t him you’re hearing, but the muscle memory of what he made you feel.”
Congratulations to Tatyana Brown on topping 100,000 views on this marvelous poem!
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“I can’t think of a better toy for a transgender Irish kid to be than this.”
Don’t miss this incredible poem from Ry Irene, performing at Button Poetry Live
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“Mouth heard too much, now it don’t know how to shut itself.”
Don’t miss this week’s Best of Button playlist, featuring the top-viewed recent videos on the Button YouTube Channel. Today’s additions: Porsha Olayiwola, & T. Miller. Congrats poets!
Keep an eye out for Porsha’s forthcoming book with Button Poetry!
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2017 Button Poetry Video Contest.
“I do not believe anyone died because they were not strong. I believe I survived because I was lucky.”
Don’t miss this wonderful poem by Jonathan Mendoza, featured contestant in the 2017 Button Poetry Video Contest!
Check out our 2018 Video Contest, open now, August 1st – August 31st 2018!
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, & our newest release from Neil Hilborn!
“I’m so tired of talking about my depression as someone else: a ghost that haunts me and I am afraid of the seance.”
Congratulations to Reagan Myers on topping 1,000,000 views on this amazing poem!
Watch more videos from Reagan 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 Olivia Gatwood, Donte Collins, Melissa Lozada-Oliva, Rudy Francisco, Rachel Wiley, and our newest release from Neil Hilborn!
