“Black privilege is me having already memorized my nephew’s eulogy, my brother’s eulogy, my father’s eulogy, my unconceived child’s eulogy.”
Congratulations to Crystal Valentine on topping 500,000 views on YouTube! See more of her work here, here, and here.
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“Thank you for reminding me to appreciate the stillness when you’re gone.”
Don’t miss this week’s Best of Button playlist, featuring the hottest recent videos on the Button YouTube Channel. Today’s additions: Rebeca Mae & Alessandria Rhines. Congratulations poets!
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“If you break her heart, I will hear it snap with the ear I pressed against her mother’s belly.”
Congratulations to Jesse Parent for becoming the sixth video on Button to reach 3,000,000 views on YouTube!
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“I will turn hacksaw. I will turn grenade. I will invent for you a throat and choke you.”
Don’t miss this stunning video, the first in our collaboration with the amazingly talented folks at Motionpoems. Check out more from them here.
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“Five years from now, you will miss all of this. The beauty of soaring, of being sore.”
Check out this great poem from Nate Marshall, performing at the book release show for his Button chapbook, Blood Percussion, available here.
“I am a turtle without a shell and I have the scars to prove it.”
Don’t miss this amazing poem from Guante, performing in Minneapolis at the release part for Sierra DeMulder’s new book.
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“Excuse me, sir, are you the moon? Because I need you 238,000 miles away from me.”
Check out this hilarious poem from Desireé Dallagiacomo, performing at Button Poetry Live. If you’re near the Twin Cities, don’t miss the next show on Monday, March 7th!
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“My house only felt like a home underwater, in floods.”
Check out this gorgeous poem from Neil Hilborn, performing from his book, Our Numbered Days, available here from the Button Store.
“It is always easiest to turn our hearts by affecting our eyes.”
Don’t miss this week’s Best of Button playlist, featuring the hottest recent videos on the Button YouTube Channel. Today’s additions: Anis Mojgani & Kayla Q. Congratulations poets!
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“Once, my dad informed me sexism is dead and reminded me to always carry pepper spray in the same breath.”
Check out this brilliant poem from Blythe Baird, performing at Button Poetry Live. Minnesota, don’t miss the next Button Poetry Live show on Monday, March 7th!
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