“Maybe courage is having the strength to find the fears that are taking up too much space, and press delete.”
Congratulations to Rob Gibsun for topping 100,000 views on this touching poem! Watch more videos from Rob 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, Andrea Gibson, Blythe Baird, Desireé Dallagiacomo, & our newest release from Dave Harris!
Performing at Amsterdam Bar & Hall.
“Thanos snaps on the 1’s and 3’s.”
Don’t miss this incredible poem from Rob Mitchell, performing at Amsterdam Bar & Hall in St. Paul, MN.
While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, including books by Sabrina Benaim, Neil Hilborn, Andrea Gibson, Blythe Baird, Desireé Dallagiacomo, & our newest release from Dave Harris!
Performing at Amsterdam Bar and Hall.
“I miss you, but I don’t wish you were here.”
Don’t miss this beautiful poem from Sabrina Benaim, performing at Amsterdam Bar and Hall in St. Paul, MN.
Sabrina’s highly acclaimed debut book, DEPRESSION & OTHER MAGIC TRICKS, is now available to order! Get your copy now!
While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, including books by Sabrina Benaim, Neil Hilborn, Andrea Gibson, Blythe Baird, Desireé Dallagiacomo, & our newest release from Dave Harris!
Featuring at Button Poetry Live.
“Each day is a mountain and you carry the weight of distance behind you.”
Don’t miss this incredible poem from Jason Bayani, featuring at Button Poetry Live.
While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, including books by Sabrina Benaim, Neil Hilborn, Andrea Gibson, Blythe Baird, Desireé Dallagiacomo, & our newest release from Dave Harris!
“Some days it feels like the only thing standing between me and a relapse is knowing that it is impossible to change the world on an empty stomach.”
Don’t miss this week’s Best of Button playlist, featuring the top-viewed recent videos on the Button YouTube Channel. Today’s additions: Blythe Baird, Golden, Sam Sax, & Andrea Gibson! Congrats Poets!
While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, including books by Sabrina Benaim, Neil Hilborn, Phil Kaye, Andrea Gibson, Blythe Baird, Desireé Dallagiacomo, & our newest release from Dave Harris!
Performing at Amsterdam Bar & Hall.
“I’ve been clean for ten years, sometimes barely. I could throw it away if I wanted and in my favorite dreams I do.”
Don’t miss this heart-wrenching poem from Michael Lee, performing at Amsterdam Bar & Hall in St. Paul, MN.
Grab your copy of Michael’s powerful book, THE ONLY WORLDS WE KNOW , now available for pre-order!
While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, including books by Sabrina Benaim, Neil Hilborn, Andrea Gibson, Blythe Baird, Desireé Dallagiacomo, & our newest release from Dave Harris!
Performing at Button Poetry Live.
“I am watching you watch me finish my last sentence just so you can keep talking.”
Don’t miss this great poem from Alice Asch, performing at Button Poetry Live.
While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, including books by Sabrina Benaim, Neil Hilborn, Andrea Gibson, Blythe Baird, Desireé Dallagiacomo, & our newest release from Dave Harris!
“Last week, I was informed that when Black people die and go to heaven, they go through this purification process, and God will turn them white, like everybody else in heaven.”
Congratulations to Jahman Hill for topping 100,000 views on this comical poem! Watch more from Jahman 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, Andrea Gibson, Blythe Baird, Desireé Dallagiacomo, & our newest release from Dave Harris!
Performing at Rustbelt 2018.
“Take what flowers grow from me, make a bouquet from my mother, for all mothers who lose children and are left with shovels to bury what they thought would be the rest of their lives.”
Don’t miss this phenomenal poem from Gabriel Ramirez, performing at the 2018 Rustbelt Poetry Festival in Detroit, MI.
While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, including books by Sabrina Benaim, Neil Hilborn, Andrea Gibson, Blythe Baird, Desireé Dallagiacomo, & our newest release from Dave Harris!
Featuring at Icehouse.
“Women in my family do not worry about being called bitch; we worry about being buried at the hands of the men we raise, about our daughters being too scared to say, ‘No, you cannot have what is mine.’”
Don’t miss this incredible poem from Desireé Dallagiacomo, featuring at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN.
Desireé’s book, SINK, is now available to order! Get your copy now!
While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, including books by Sabrina Benaim, Neil Hilborn, Andrea Gibson, Blythe Baird, Desireé Dallagiacomo, & our newest release from Dave Harris!
