Performed at Queen Bee’s Art and Cultural Center in San Diego, CA
“I know a few things about forgiving. It’s harder than it looks but it feels a lot better than it sounds.”
Don’t miss this poem from Rudy Francisco, performing at Queen Bee’s Art and Cultural Center in San Diego, CA
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Performed at IWPS 2015
“Sooner or later you will realize that you are praying to your own shadow; that you are standing in front of mirrors and are worshipping your own reflection.”
Don’t miss this poem from Rudy Francisco, performing at IWPS 2015
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Performed at IWPS 2015
“I’m not saying you should end the world, but you could at least knock over a mailbox.”
Don’t miss this poem from Rudy Francisco, performing at IWPS 2015
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Performed at IWPS 2015
“They do it so often they probably wouldn’t be able to recognize a photograph of their own skin, they think it’s far better to be invisible.”
Don’t miss this poem from Rudy Francisco, performing at IWPS 2015
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As a boy, my father once trained a crow to return nightly to the porch. I tried to train my memory the same way.”
Don’t miss this week’s Best of Button playlist. Today’s additions: Ollie Schminkey, Rudy Francisco, Makinsey Jones, Zach Goldberg, Clint Smith, Meaghan Ford, and Usman Hameedi! Congrats Poets!
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“The hollow auditorium of my chest swoons with echoes of a heartbeat, but I am a careless tourist here.”
Don’t miss this week’s Best of Button playlist. Today’s additions: Sierra DeMulder, Ariana Brown, Ollie Schminkey, Reagan Myers, and Rudy Francisco! Congrats Poets!
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“Love had terrible rhythm on the dance floor, but made sure we never missed a slow song.”
Don’t miss this week’s Best of Button playlist. Today’s additions: Phil Kaye, Mariama Savage, and Rudy Francisco! Congrats Poets!
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“Love arrives exactly when love is supposed to, and love leaves exactly when love must.”
Don’t miss this week’s Best of Button playlist. Today’s additions: Ollie Schminkey, Alex Dang, Edwin Bodney, Rudy Francisco, and Sean Patrick Mulroy! Congrats Poets!
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“Love changed. Love disappeared, slowly, like baby teeth; losing parts of me I thought I needed. Love vanished like an amateur magician; everyone could see the trap door but me.”
Don’t miss this week’s Best of Button playlist. Today’s additions: Rudy Francisco and Bri Esoteric! Congrats Poets!
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Performed performing at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN in 2023.
“We learn the heart is the same size as the fist, but we keep forgetting they don’t have the same function.”
Don’t miss this poem from Rudy Francisco, performing performing at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN in 2023.
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