Edwin Bodney – “Good Morning” (100K Views!)

“Your neck is a whistling firework singing to the light of me. I am only amplifying sound.”

Congratulations to Edwin on topping 100,000 views on this beautiful poem. Check out more videos from Edwin here and here.



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Andrea Gibson – “Orlando” (Button Live)

Performing at Button Poetry Live.

“Life, it’s like funeral practice: half of us already dead to our families before we die, half of us on our knees still trying to crawl into the family photo.”

Don’t miss this heartbreaking poem from Andrea Gibson, featuring at Button Poetry Live, April 2017.

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Donte Collins – “Grief, Again”

Performing at his book release in Minneapolis.

“memory taps a gun to your inner skull & demands you bring back the dead”

Don’t miss this amazing poem from Donte Collins, performing at his book release in Minneapolis.

Check out Donte’s book, Autopsy, now available in the Button store!

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Olivia Gatwood – “Fourth Week of Two-a-Days in July”

Performing at Button Poetry Live.

“got a fifteen-second water break ten minutes ago and now we’ve got six miles around the golf course that is supposed to be the color of money but around here, looks like horse food.”

Don’t miss this fantastic poem by Olivia Gatwood, performing at Button Poetry Live. If you’re in the Twin Cities, don’t miss the next Button Poetry Live show, first Monday of every month in downtown Saint Paul, or watch LIVE from our YouTube Channel.

Get your hands on a copy of Olivia Gatwood’s marvelous book New American Best Friend.

Want to have your video featured on Button Poetry? Video submissions are open NOW, August 1st – September 15th!

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Hieu Minh Nguyen – “Ode to the Pubic Hair Stuck in My Throat”

Performing at Honey in Minneapolis.

“How lonely it must be to come from desire but end where light ends.”

Don’t miss this marvelous poem from Hieu Minh Nguyen, performing at Honey in Minneapolis. Check out Hieu’s phenomenal book, “This Way to the Sugar”.

While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out all our books and merch, including books by Neil Hilborn, Danez Smith, Hanif Abdurraqib, Jacqui Germain, Sam Sax, our newest release from Olivia Gatwood & more.