Performing at Hamline University VIII.
“I sit in a Burger King parking lot staring at a notebook, wondering how to write an elegy for a friend I no longer loved.”
Don’t miss this great poem from Eric Sirota, performing at Hamline University in St. Paul, MN.
While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, including books by Sabrina Benaim, Neil Hilborn, Michael Lee, Blythe Baird, Raych Jackson, & our newest releases from Jared Singer & Adam Falkner!
“I’m sure that when a person is willing to share with you the trauma of someone trying to take their body from them, you should not try to take their body from them.”
Don’t miss this week’s Best of Button playlist, featuring the top-viewed recent videos on the Button YouTube Channel. Today’s addition: Kevin Kantor! Congrats Poet!
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, & our newest release from Kerrin McCadden!
Featuring at Honey.
“If this whole town is a lesson on escape, I am a nest or a hive or a swarm bumping up against the edges of an eardrum and calling it the entire world.”
Don’t miss this amazing poem from Brenna Twohy, featuring at Honey in Minneapolis.
Brenna’s book, SWALLOWTAIL, is 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, Michael Lee, Blythe Baird, Raych Jackson, & our newest releases from Jared Singer & Adam Falkner!
“The meek shall inherit the Earth, but only after they are buried in it.”
Congratulations to Bianca Phipps for topping 100,000 views on this magnificant poem! Watch more from CUPSI 14 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, Michael Lee, Blythe Baird, Raych Jackson, & our newest releases from Adam Falkner & Kerrin McCadden!
A short film by Mark Koerner starring Neil Hilborn.
“The first time I saw her, everything in my head went quiet.”
Don’t miss this incredible film that follows Neil Hilborn on tour in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Neil’s books, THE FUTURE, and OUR NUMBERED DAYS are must reads!
While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, including books by Sabrina Benaim, Neil Hilborn, Michael Lee, Blythe Baird, Raych Jackson, & our newest releases from Adam Falkner & Kerrin McCadden!
Featuring at Icehouse.
“No one teaches how to feel before the blood. I’m told my body is not built for lust.”
Don’t miss this incredible poem from Raych Jackson, featuring at Icehouse.
Raych’s book, EVEN THE SAINTS AUDITION, is 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, Michael Lee, Blythe Baird, Raych Jackson, & our newest releases from Jared Singer & Adam Falkner!
Performing at Rustbelt 2019.
“A poet will not pluck a stranger from the pavement to dangle their bones above the pages.”
Don’t miss this incredible poem from Darrien Case, performing at Rustbelt 2019 in St. Louis, MO.
While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, including books by Sabrina Benaim, Neil Hilborn, Michael Lee, Blythe Baird, Raych Jackson, & our newest releases from Jared Singer & Adam Falkner!
Announcing the winner of the Button Poetry & Commaful Contest!
WINNER
RJ Walker – “Prosopagnosia”
Congratulations to RJ Walker! Thank you to everyone who participated!
PRIZES
#1 winner as determined by judging will get 5 books and other upvoted stories will get shouted out on Commaful accounts.
The winner will receive the following Button Poetry Books:
Helium by Rudy Francisco
Depression & Other Magic Tricks by Sabrina Benaim
New American Best Friend by Olivia Gatwood
peluda by Melissa Lozada-Oliva
Our Numbered Days by Neil Hilborn
Be sure to check out more great writing opportunities from Commaful!
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, Michael Lee, & our newest release from Adam Falkner!
Reading from Keep This To Yourself
“I wake to the train whistle saying ‘what you don’t know might hurt you’—with nowhere to ship the stories I keep to myself.”
Don’t miss this incredible poem from Kerrin McCadden, reading from her new book, Keep This To Yourself.
Grab your copy of Kerrin’s powerful book, KEEP THIS TO YOURSELF – Winner of the 2018 Button Poetry Prize, 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, Michael Lee, Blythe Baird, Raych Jackson, & our newest releases from Jared Singer & Adam Falkner!
Performing at IWPS 2019.
“Do you know how hard it is to have fun and be woke at the same time?.”
Don’t miss this amazing poem from Xach Blunt, performing at IWPS 2019 in San Diego, CA.
While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, including books by Sabrina Benaim, Neil Hilborn, Michael Lee, Blythe Baird, Raych Jackson, & our newest releases from Jared Singer & Adam Falkner!