“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!
While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, including books by Rudy Francisco, Sabrina Benaim, Neil Hilborn, Phil Kaye, Andrea Gibson, Blythe Baird, & our newest release from Javon Johnson!
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.
While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, including books by Sabrina Benaim, Neil Hilborn, Michael Lee, Blythe Baird, Raych Jackson, & our newest releases from Rudy Francisco & Javon Johnson!
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.
While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, including books by Sabrina Benaim, Neil Hilborn, Michael Lee, Blythe Baird, Raych Jackson, & our newest releases from Rudy Francisco & Javon Johnson!
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.
While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, including books by Sabrina Benaim, Neil Hilborn, Michael Lee, Blythe Baird, Raych Jackson, & our newest releases from Rudy Francisco & Javon Johnson!
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.
While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, including books by Sabrina Benaim, Neil Hilborn, Michael Lee, Blythe Baird, Raych Jackson, & our newest releases from Rudy Francisco & Javon Johnson!
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.
While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, including books by Sabrina Benaim, Neil Hilborn, Michael Lee, Blythe Baird, Raych Jackson, & our newest releases from Rudy Francisco & Javon Johnson!
Featuring at Button Poetry Live
“Say it. Say it. Say it loud, ‘I’m Black, and I’m proud.’”
Don’t miss this fantastic poem from Porsha Olayiwola, featuring at Button Poetry Live.
Get your copy of Porsha’s debut book, I SHIMMER SOMETIMES, TOO, now available to order!
Rustbelt 2019
“They say our poems are often too Black, too full of death, that maybe we should add some humor, include a joke or two.”
Don’t miss this awesome poem from Black Chakra & Kenneth Something, performing at Rustbelt 2019 in St. Louis, MO.
While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, including books by Sabrina Benaim, Neil Hilborn, Michael Lee, Blythe Baird, Raych Jackson, & our newest releases from Rudy Francisco & Javon Johnson!
“The tiny predator thinks not of history, only survival.”
Don’t miss this week’s Best of Button playlist, featuring the top-viewed recent videos on the Button YouTube Channel. Today’s addition: Phil Kaye! Congrats Poet!
While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, including books by Rudy Francisco, Sabrina Benaim, Neil Hilborn, Phil Kaye, Andrea Gibson, Blythe Baird, & our newest release from Javon Johnson!
A Motionpoems Film
“The world sits at the edge of God’s razor.”
Don’t miss this terrific poem from Robin Coste Lewis, a Motionpoems film.
While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, including books by Sabrina Benaim, Neil Hilborn, Michael Lee, Blythe Baird, Raych Jackson, & our newest releases from Rudy Francisco & Javon Johnson!