Best of Button Week 419

“English is the shiniest hammer I own, but it’s also the only thing in my toolbox.”

“How many wars will it take us to learn that only the dead return? The rest remain forever trapped between worlds”

Don’t miss this week’s Best of Button playlist, featuring the top-viewed recent videos on the Button YouTube Channel. Today’s additions: Andrea Gibson and Rudy Francisco! Congrats Poet!

While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, or check out our newest release from Usman Hameedi!

Rudy Francisco – Mama Saba asks

Performed by Rudy Francisco

“English is the shiniest hammer I own, but it’s also the only thing in my toolbox.”

Don’t miss this wonderful poem from Rudy Francisco

Get Rudy’s fantastic book, I’ll Fly Away.

While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, or check out our newest release from Usman Hameedi!

Best of Button Week 416

“They never saw me coming, but I’ll make sure they grieve when I leave.”

Don’t miss this week’s Best of Button playlist, featuring the top-viewed recent videos on the Button YouTube Channel. Today’s addition: Rudy Francisco! Congrats Poet!

While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, or check out our newest release from Usman Hameedi!

Rudy Francisco – “Drowning Fish” (250K Views!)

“Sometimes, ‘I’m fine,’ is the quickest way to say, ‘I don’t want to talk about it.’”

Congratulations to Rudy Francisco for topping 250,000 views on this incredible poem! Watch more from Rudy here and here.

Check out the 2022 Button Poetry Chapbook Contest! Open NOW – January 9, 2023. More info and full guidelines here!

While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, or check out our newest release from Siaara Freeman!

Helium’s 5-Year Bookiversary!

It’s the 5-Year Bookiversary of Helium by Rudy Francisco!

We have LIMITED $25 signed copies!

AND 50% OFF paperbacks, eBooks, & audiobooks with code HELIUM5.

We’re also thrilled to announce Rudy’s third book of poetry, EXCUSE ME AS I KISS THE SKY ,forthcoming November 7, 2023.

Pre-order a SIGNED copy before they sell out!

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ABOUT THE BOOK

As seen on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon!

Helium is the debut poetry collection by internet phenom Rudy Francisco, whose work has defined poetry for a generation of new readers. Rudy’s poems and quotes have been viewed and shared millions of times as he has traveled the country and the world performing for sell-out crowds. Helium is filled with work that is simultaneously personal and political, blending love poems, self-reflection, and biting cultural critique on class, race and gender into an unforgettable whole. Ultimately, Rudy’s work rises above the chaos to offer a fresh and positive perspective of shared humanity and beauty.

SALE ENDS 11.6.22.

While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, including books by Rudy Francisco, Rachel Wiley, Dave Harris, Porsha Olayiwola, Ebony Stewart, Andrea Gibson, and our newest release from Topaz Winters!

Button U Workshop Bundle

NEW bundle drop! Get TWO Button U Workshops for less.

*All classes are 6-weeks via Zoom.

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Choose from the 2023 line-up of authors below.

Desireé Dallagiacomo – Who We Are & Who We Come From
Sabrina Benaim – Feels Tripping
Sean Patrick Mulroy – Advanced Poetics for Queer Voices
Siaara Freeman – Series(ly) Speaking: The Alchemy of Turning One Idea Into Many
Rachel Wiley – One Poem Six Ways
Patrick Roche – Reclaiming and Reframing Your Narrative
Topaz Winters – Won’t You Celebrate With Me: The Power of Joy in Poetry
Blythe Baird – How To Bring Your Poetry to the Stage
Stevie Edwards – (Re)Writing the Politicized Body
Junious ‘Jay’ Ward – Such A Vivrant Thing!
Ollie Schminkey – Odes and Elegies: Form Poems for This Century
Rudy Francisco – Getting Stitches

While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, including books by Rudy Francisco, Rachel Wiley, Dave Harris, Porsha Olayiwola, Ebony Stewart, Andrea Gibson, and our newest release from Topaz Winters!

Rudy Francisco – “Things I Strongly Believe” (250K Views!)

“I believe masculinity is a wet fish most men are trying to hold onto.”

Congratulations to Rudy Francisco for topping 250,000 views on this incredible poem! Watch more from Rudy here and 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, Topaz Winters, Michael Lee, L.E. Bowman, Raych Jackson, and our forthcoming release from Darius Simpson!

Rudy Francisco – Scars/To the New Boyfriend (1M Views!)

“Cupid is irresponsible, and I’m tired of him using me for target practice.”

Congratulations to Rudy Francisco for topping 1,000,000 views on this incredible poem! Watch more from Rudy here and here.

The gorgeous re-release of Rudy’s Helium, is now available!

While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, including books by Natasha T. Miller, Phil Kaye, Dave Harris, Kevin Kantor, Blythe Baird, Raych Jackson, and our newest release from Ebony Stewart!

Rudy Francisco – “Drowning Fish” (100K Views!)

“Sometimes, ‘I’m fine,’ is the quickest way to say, ‘I don’t want to talk about it.’”

Congratulations to Rudy Francisco for topping 100,000 views on this incredible poem! Watch more from Rudy here and here.

The LIMITED EDITION copy of Rudy Francisco’s Helium is now available!

While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, including books by George Abraham, Dave Harris, Jared Singer, Rachel Wiley, Raych Jackson, and our newest release from Patrick Roche!