Featuring at Button Poetry Live.
“A native grandmother’s bruised knees are still every resort’s most common amenity.”
Don’t miss this phenomenal poem from William Nu’utupu Giles, 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, Phil Kaye, Andrea Gibson, Blythe Baird, & our newest release from Desireé Dallagiacomo!
2018 Button Poetry Video Contest.
“So many of us live in this city looking for home in places waiting to drown us.”
Don’t miss this incredible poem by Samira Sadeque, an honorable mention in the 2018 Button Poetry Video Contest!
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, & our newest release from Desireé Dallagiacomo!
Featuring at Icehouse.
“To live in the body of a survivor is to never be able to leave the scene of a crime. I cannot ignore the fact that I live here.”
Don’t miss this outstanding poem from Blythe Baird, featuring at Icehouse in Minneapolis.
Blythe’s newest book, IF MY BODY COULD SPEAK, is now available!
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, & our newest release from Desireé Dallagiacomo!
Performing at Button Poetry Live.
“I’m sorry to the parts of me I burned while begging you to stay.”
Don’t miss this amazing poem from Rola Alasmar, 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, Phil Kaye, Andrea Gibson, Blythe Baird, & our newest release from Desireé Dallagiacomo!
“I will not say I learned to stand stiller than air, though not still enough to disappear.”
Don’t miss this week’s Best of Button playlist, featuring the top-viewed recent videos on the Button YouTube Channel. Today’s additions: Ariana Brown, & Mila Cuda! 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, & our newest release from Desireé Dallagiacomo!
Featuring at Button Poetry Live.
“And isn’t this what I went to college for? To buy a home in a place where my daughter can learn about death from small animals instead of classmates?”
Don’t miss this marvelous poem from William Evans, featuring at Button Poetry Live.
Make sure to check out Williams’s book, STILL CAN’T DO MY DAUGHTER’S HAIR, now available!
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, & our newest release from Desireé Dallagiacomo!
Performing at Button Poetry Live.
“I am tired of being viewed as something to fix.”
Don’t miss this phenomenal poem from Shasparay, 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, Phil Kaye, Andrea Gibson, Blythe Baird, & our newest release from Desireé Dallagiacomo!
“I am always amazed that the ability to forget history is a choice for some people.”
Congratulations to Ariana Brown on topping 100,000 views on this incredible poem! Watch more videos from Ariana 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, Phil Kaye, Andrea Gibson, Blythe Baird, & our newest release from Desireé Dallagiacomo!
2018 Button Poetry Video Contest.
“My accent is my tongue dipping itself into sweet spices and exotic juices of our ancestors’ harvest.”
Don’t miss this beautiful poem by Paola Murillo, an honorable mention in the 2018 Button Poetry Video Contest!
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, & our newest release from Desireé Dallagiacomo!
Featuring at The Fine Line.
“I was startled by the beauty of what could be made without me.”
Don’t miss this phenomenal poem from Andrea Gibson, featuring at The Fine Line in Minneapolis, MN.
Make sure to check out Andrea’s book, LORD OF THE BUTTERFLIES, now available!
While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, Hanif Abdurraqib, Melissa Lozada-Oliva, Rachel Wiley, Neil Hilborn, Phil Kaye, & our newest release from Blythe Baird!