“You don’t know my god. You and mine ain’t on speaking terms.”
Congratulations to Elizabeth on topping 100,000 views on this fantastic poem. Watch more from Elizabeth here and here.
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2016 Button Poetry Video Contest.
“The doorbell rings, the mailman is at the front and he’s carrying every love letter that every stranger has ever written for you.”
Don’t miss this brilliant poem from Juan Camillo Garza, featured contestant in the 2016 Button Poetry Video Contest. Join our mailing list and get notified for our next submission period!
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Performing at Button Poetry Live.
“I think about each relationship sitting at the table, how we trust each other with our whole bodies, how that’s love; now, isn’t that love?”
Don’t miss this magnificent new poem from Sabrina Benaim, featuring at Button Poetry Live, January 2017. Pre-order your copy of Sabrina’s forthcoming book, Depression & Other Magic Tricks, out Fall 2017 with Button!
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“How do you raise a Black child? From the dead. With pallbearers who are half as young as their faces suggest and twice the oxen they should be.”
Don’t miss this week’s Best of Button playlist, featuring the top-viewed recent videos on the Button YouTube Channel. Today’s additions: Cortney Lamar Charleston, Meghann Plunkett & Alysia Harris. Congratulations poets!
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Donte Collins!
2016 Button Poetry Video Contest.
“Now that your child has come out to you, free to choose to live anyway they feel right to, you’re not allowed to resign.”
Don’t miss this fabulous poem from Poet Jen Harris, featured contestant in the 2016 Button Poetry Video Contest. Join our mailing list and get notified for our next submission period!
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Performing at his book release in Minneapolis.
“My mother now wears the world: Dresses herself with the tall grass, blushes her cheeks with red clay, she laughs and a forest fire awakens, she laughs and every mountain bows to her sharp thunder, she laughs and every cicada begins to sing.”
Don’t miss this spectacular poem from Donte Collins, performing at his book release in Minneapolis.
Check out Donte’s book, Autopsy.
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“We spelled love, G-I-V-E.”
Congratulations to Sarah on topping 500,000 views on this amazing poem. Watch more from Sarah here and here.
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A poetry film by Motionpoems.
“I go quiet for days. I turn the color of mirrors. I turn the color of smoke.”
Don’t miss this marvelous poem by Safia Elhillo, filmed by Motionpoems. Join our mailing list and get notified for our next submission period!
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“This is not female privilege; this is survival of the prettiest.”
Congratulations to Blythe on topping 1 MILLION VIEWS on this remarkable poem. Check out more from Blythe here and here.
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Performing at Button Poetry Live.
“Fuck these guys, we’re perfect as we are.”
Don’t miss this remarkable poem from Khary Jackson, 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.
While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, including books by Neil Hilborn, Mahogany L. Browne, Olivia Gatwood, Hanif Abdurraqib, Sabrina Benaim, Jacqui Germain, Aaron Coleman & more.