Rustbelt 2019
“My wife thinks I’ll make a good real dad one day.”
Don’t miss this amazing poem from Dasan Ahanu, performing at Rustbelt 2019 in Detroit, MI.
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Button Live.
“This is just to say I have eaten the beauty standards that were in the ice box.”
Don’t miss this amazing poem from Rachel Wiley, performing at Button Poetry Live.
Get your copy of Rachel’s book, FAT GIRL FINISHING SCHOOL, now available!
Want to see your poem on Button? Submit your video! 2020 Video Contest is now open!
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A poetry film by Motionpoems
“I was sickened to my stomach with the affairs of human concern.”
Don’t miss this great poem from Emily Jungmin Yoon, filmed by Motionpoems.
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Performing at Icehouse.
“The funny thing about the elephant in the room is how long it remembers.”
Don’t miss this amazing poem from Rob Mitchell, performing at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN.
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2019 Video Contest.
“Be your own beautiful. Own your sexy. We weren’t all created to look the same.”
Don’t miss this fantastic poem from Tosin Ajogbeje, a submission from the 2019 Video Contest.
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A poetry film.
“Imagine your father’s eyes the first time he wept. Imagine how your father clutches his sadness, christens it with any other name.”
Don’t miss this incredible poem from Bianca Phipps.
Bianca’s highly-anticipated debut book, CROWN NOBLE, is now available!
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“I’m addicted to my own fatigue.”
Don’t miss this week’s Best of Button playlist, featuring the top-viewed recent videos on the Button YouTube Channel. Today’s addition: Amaya Blankenship! Congrats Poet!
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Performing at the Bowery.
“I’ve never known love or mercy, only obedience.”
Don’t miss this powerful poem from Hong Guangpyo, performing at the Bowery in New York, NY.
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Featuring at Icehouse.
“At first, an artist who loathes her work won’t throw it away. She’ll stare at it on the shelf to remind her of the time wasted.”
Don’t miss this incredible poem from Raych Jackson, featuring at Icehouse in Minneapols,MN.
Raych’s book, EVEN THE SAINTS AUDITION, is now available!
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“When a Black man walks, he is always hunted, he is always animal, he is always standing out like a living corpse.”
Congratulations to Neiel Israel for topping 500,000 views on this absolutely amazing poem! Watch more from Button Poetry Live here.
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