Performing at WOWPS 2016.
“I know I am most aware of myself as broken when someone else
is holding me together.”
Don’t miss this amazing poem from Erin Schick, performing at the 2016 Women of the World Poetry Slam in Brooklyn, NY. You can check out more of Erin’s work here and here.
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“It’s hard to make sense of a heart
that speaks louder than the body it fails to fit within.”
Don’t miss this excellent poem from Beck Cooper, performing at the 2016 Women of the World Poetry Slam in Brooklyn, NY. You can check out more of Sam(ira)’s work here.
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“Dear God, if you are a season,
let it be the one I pass through to get here.”
Don’t miss this week’s Best of Button playlist, featuring the top-viewed recent videos on the Button YouTube Channel. Today’s additions: Ocean Vuong, Crystal Valentine & Aaliyah Jihad. Congratulations poets!
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“If I should die today, I hope I’ve done all the laughing
I can let out of this body.”
Don’t miss this beautiful, hilarious poem from Mike McGee, performing in Minneapolis. If you’re in the Twin Cities, make sure to check out our next show!
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“You’ll be a party trick for parents, a disappearing act.”
Don’t miss this excellent poem from Taylor Seaberg, performing at Button Poetry Live. If you’re in the Twin Cities, make sure to check out our next show!
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“My eye was fixed, but I still see two of you.”
Don’t miss this great poem from Spencer Brownstein, performing at Button Poetry Live. If you’re in the Twin Cities, make sure to check out our next show!
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“I have no problem with my body, just the things everyone else seems to assign to it.”
Don’t miss this excellent poem from Ashe Vernon, performing at the 2016 Women of the World Poetry Slam in Brooklyn, NY.
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Performing at Button Poetry Live, April 2016.
“You convinced yourself the higher your test scores got,
the lighter your skin would turn.”
Don’t miss this great poem from Rob Mitchell, performing at Button Poetry Live, our monthly live show in Saint Paul. Subscribe to us on YouTube to stay up to date on all these amazing performances.
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“Loneliness is my specialty, like trembling is that of an earthquake, or how a closet is supposed to hide all the right parts of me.”
Don’t miss this week’s Best of Button Playlist, featuring the hottest recent videos on the Button YouTube channel. Updated every week! Today’s additions: Iain Kohn, Rachel Wiley, Crystal Valentine, & Carrie Rudzinski. Congratulations poets!