“We were always fighting them. All those people out there fighting us, doing everything to remind us of our place.”
Congratulations to Aja Monet for topping 100,000 views on this amazing poem! Watch more from CUPSI 2016 here.
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Rustbelt 2018
“Hasn’t whiteness and masculinity always been the curse?”
Don’t miss this fantastic poem from Zenaida Peterson, performing at Rustbelt 2018 in Detroit, MI..
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Performing at Main Street Playhouse
“I know you spent those nine months rubbing your belly and fantasizing about how we’d play dress up.”
Don’t miss this stunning poem from Nija “Sweetness” Maxwell, performing at Storytellers VIII at Main Street Playhouse.
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Featuring at Button Poetry Live.
“I say Black fatherhood. One of his coworkers decides to drag a joke through the conversation says, ‘That’s kind of an oxymoron, right?’”
Don’t miss this incredible poem from Rudy Francisco, featuring at Button Poetry Live. Order your copy of Rudy’s NEW book, I’LL FLY AWAY.
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“I am still learning to speak in a love that feels more like birth than goodbye.”
Don’t miss this week’s Best of Button playlist, featuring the top-viewed recent videos on the Button YouTube Channel. Today’s addition: Natasha Hooper! Congrats Poet!
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Filmed by Slamfind
“This world would have you drink a mirage and call it hydration.”
Don’t miss this incredible poem from Kito Fortune, filmed by Slamfind.
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Performing at Button Poetry Live
“To be in love with someone 500 miles away is to always be waiting.”
Don’t miss this incredible poem from Rola Alasmar, performing at Button Poetry Live.
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Filmed by Motionpoems
“The word for ‘religion’ they don’t believe in was ‘magic.’”
Don’t miss this amazing poem from Emily Jungmin Yoon, filmed by Motionpoems.
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Performing at Button Poetry Live
“Some of you ‘too-woke’ motherfuckers must be really sleep-deprived.”
Don’t miss this terrific poem from Pages Matam, performing at Button Poetry Live.
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Performing at Button Poetry Live
“Black lives can’t matter unless all Black lives matter, and all Black lives includes trans.”
Don’t miss this powerful poem from They/Them, performing at Button Poetry Live.
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