Sam Sax – “Ode To The Belt” (Button Live)


Featuring at Button Poetry Live.

“Bless all this life thrashing against death’s garish precipice.”

Don’t miss this awesome poem from Sam Sax, featuring at Button Poetry Live.

Send us your poetry! 2018 Chapbook Contest is NOW OPEN! Submit Here!

Make sure to check out Sam’s book, A GUIDE TO UNDRESSING YOUR MONSTERS.


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Billy Tuggle – “Equal Time”


Performing at the 2018 Rustbelt Poetry Festival.

“Humanity, dignity challenged on a daily basis, yet you bring respectability politics to the village.”

Don’t miss this incredible poem from Billy Tuggle, performing at the 2018 Rustbelt Poetry Festival in Detroit, MI.

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Safia Elhillo – “Alien Suite” (100K Views!)

“Did our mothers invent loneliness, or did it make them our mothers?”

Congratulations to Safia Elhillo on topping 100,000 views on this immaculate poem! Watch more videos from Safia here and here!



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Treniece Moné and Bryce Banks – “Unholy War” (Get Lit)

Performing at the 2018 Get Lit Classic Slam.

“The price of her existence is silence.”

Don’t miss this phenomenal poem from Treniece Moné and Bryce Banks, performing during the 2018 Get Lit Words Ignite Classic Slam, the largest youth poetry tournament in Southern California. Order Get Lit Rising today at simonandschuster.com, and join the #LiteraryRiot at getlit.org.

Send us your poetry! 2018 Chapbook Contest is NOW OPEN! Submit Here!

While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, Melissa Lozada-Oliva, Neil Hilborn, Phil Kaye, & our newest release from Andrea Gibson!

Andrea Gibson – “Living Proof”


Featuring at Button Poetry Live.

“I have a few happy friends. I ask them about being happy the same way my high school friends ask me about being gay, ‘So, what do you people do exactly? How do you do IT?’”

Don’t miss this marvelous poem from Andrea Gibson, featuring at Westcott Theater in Syracuse, NY.

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Jared Singer – “The Entomologist’s Last Love Letter”


Featuring at Icehouse.

“We have to break up. I know, it’s a weird way to start a love letter. But let me explain.”

Don’t miss this beautiful poem from Jared Singer, featuring at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN.

Send us your poetry! 2018 Chapbook Contest is NOW OPEN! Submit Here!

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 Andrea Gibson!

Best of Button Week 192

“My grandma doesn’t post pictures of me on Facebook anymore. In fact, she’s deleted every trace of me. But she can’t delete our history.”

Don’t miss this week’s Best of Button playlist, featuring the top-viewed recent videos on the Button YouTube Channel. Today’s additions: Tabatha Perez, Phil Kaye, & Jaz Sufi! Congrats poets!

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Neil Hilborn – “Psalm 12, in Which the Author Alienates His Audience”


Featuring at Icehouse in Minneapolis.

“I can no longer hide the way I feel. Cats suck. Cats are proof that Satan exists and wants us to suffer.”

Don’t miss this hilarious poem from Neil Hilborn, featuring at Icehouse in Minneapolis. Make sure to grab a copy of Neil’s newest book, THE FUTURE.

Send us your poetry! 2018 Chapbook Contest is NOW OPEN! Submit Here!


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Sophie Priceman – “How Teenage Girls Are Like Poetry” (Get Lit)

Performing at the 2018 Get Lit Classic Slam.

“Like good poems, teenage girls are sharp. Our wit cuts deeply like the scissors we use to cut crop tops out of everything and anything.”

Don’t miss this awesome poem from Sophie Priceman, performing during the 2018 Get Lit Words Ignite Classic Slam, the largest youth poetry tournament in Southern California. Order Get Lit Rising today at simonandschuster.com, and join the #LiteraryRiot at getlit.org.

Send us your poetry! 2018 Chapbook Contest is NOW OPEN! Submit Here!

While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, Hanif Abdurraqib, Donte Collins, Melissa Lozada-Oliva, Neil Hilborn, & our newest release from Phil Kaye!

Patrick Roche – “Every 40 Seconds” (250K Views!)

“This is a eulogy for those swallowed by their own minds.”

Congratulations to Patrick Roche on topping 250,000 views on this powerful poem! Watch more videos from Patrick here and here!



And while you’re here, make sure to check out our other books and merch as well, including our awesome t-shirts and posters, and books by Donte Collins, Melissa Lozada-Oliva, Rudy Francisco, Rachel Wiley, Neil Hilborn, and our newest release from Phil Kaye!