“Loneliness is my specialty like trembling that of an earthquake, or how a closet is supposed to hide all the right parts of me.”
Congratulations to Iain Kohn for topping 250,000 views on this amazing poem! Watch more from Get Lit.here.
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Performing at Icehouse.
“When the sun goes down, everything becomes its own shadow.”
Don’t miss this amazing poem from Zach Goldberg, performing at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN.
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2019 Video Contest
“Blood will always be outweighed by the body of water it wades into.”
Don’t miss this fantastic poem from Tariq Luthun, a 2019 Video Submission.
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Button Poetry Live.
“The phone app tells me I live in a neighborhood of headless men.”
Don’t miss this amazing poem from Torrin A. Greathouse, performing at Button Poetry Live.
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“If only you told us something was wrong, we could’ve held you, told you we loved you, we could’ve helped. Maybe it wouldn’t have been enough, but we could’ve helped.”
Don’t miss this week’s Best of Button playlist, featuring the top-viewed recent videos on the Button YouTube Channel. Today’s addition: Jared Singer! Congrats Poet!
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Rustbelt 2019
“My wife thinks I’ll make a good real dad one day.”
Don’t miss this amazing poem from Dasan Ahanu, performing at Rustbelt 2019 in Detroit, MI.
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Button Live.
“This is just to say I have eaten the beauty standards that were in the ice box.”
Don’t miss this amazing poem from Rachel Wiley, performing at Button Poetry Live.
Get your copy of Rachel’s book, FAT GIRL FINISHING SCHOOL, now available!
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A poetry film by Motionpoems
“I was sickened to my stomach with the affairs of human concern.”
Don’t miss this great poem from Emily Jungmin Yoon, filmed by Motionpoems.
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Performing at Icehouse.
“The funny thing about the elephant in the room is how long it remembers.”
Don’t miss this amazing poem from Rob Mitchell, performing at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN.
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2019 Video Contest.
“Be your own beautiful. Own your sexy. We weren’t all created to look the same.”
Don’t miss this fantastic poem from Tosin Ajogbeje, a submission from the 2019 Video Contest.
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