Performing at Icehouse.
“Is a name dead, really, if it still lives in the mouths of the family that raised me? If it still conjures my response like a back-porch dinner bell?”
Don’t miss this powerful poem from K McClendon, performing at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN.
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“You made it through, girl. You made it through every single time the world scratched and skid to an end. You woke up. Tomorrow shoved you out of bed.”
Congratulations to Blythe Baird for topping 100,000 views on this absolutely incredible poem! Watch more from Button Poetry Live here.
Blythe’s book, IF MY BODY COULD SPEAK, is now available!
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Filmed by SlamFind.
“We only want to go where we can shine and become nothing but our names.”
Don’t miss this amazing poem from Myles Taylor, 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 Omar Holmon & George Abraham!
2019 Video Contest
“You are not finished. Who you are now is not who you will be.”
Don’t miss this amazing poem from Caleb “The Negro Artist” Rainey, a submission from the 2019 Video Contest.
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Featuring at Button Poetry Live.
“We are lov/e/ed/ing/able. We are the daylight and no one can go on if the day starts hiding.”
Don’t miss this terrific poem from Rachel Wiley, featuring at Button Poetry Live.
Get your copy of Rachel’s book, NOTHING IS OKAY, 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, Michael Lee, Blythe Baird, Raych Jackson, & our newest releases from Kerrin McCadden & Omar Holmon!
Performing at Storytellers X.
“Did you honestly think you were big enough to copyright a culture?”
Don’t miss this amazing poem from Chibbi, performing at Storytellers X at the Kroxon in Miami, FL.
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“I try and disappear; because how else are Black girls supposed to use their magic?”
Don’t miss this week’s Best of Button playlist, featuring the top-viewed recent videos on the Button YouTube Channel. Today’s additions: Ebony Stewart, & Dua Saleh! Congrats Poets!
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 Omar Holmon!
Featuring at Icehouse.
“He gets out the car, slams the door, say, “Shawty you thick as hell! I know you out here belonging to somebody looking like how you look.’”
Don’t miss this powerful poem from Porsha Olayiwola, featuring at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN.
Get your copy of Porsha’s debut book, I SHIMMER SOMETIMES, TOO, now available to order!
Featuring at Icehouse.
“Cousin Josh was the first gay man I knew who wasn’t on TV.”
Don’t miss this unbelievable poem from Adam Falkner, featuring at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN.
Adam’s highly-anticipated debut book, THE WILLIES, 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, Michael Lee, Blythe Baird, Raych Jackson, & our newest releases from George Abraham & Kerrin McCadden!
Filmed by SlamFind.
“The first time I heard a poem about gender on a stage, it hit me right in the binary.”
Don’t miss this amazing poem from Robyn Kaur Sidhu, 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 Omar Holmon & George Abraham!