Button Poetry

Button Poetry Promoting and producing spoken word poetry since 2011. We seek to showcase the power and diversity of voices in our community.
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By encouraging and broadcasting the best and brightest performance poets of today, we hope to broaden poetry’s audience, to expand its reach and develop a greater level of cultural appreciation for the art form.

09/08/2026

THE INFORMATION MAN by Buddy Wakefield, from his book Stunt Water.

"So please
stop inviting all these walls
into wide open spaces."

09/07/2026

Which line from “Bi***es” gets your vote?

A: “The women in my family are bi***es. Cranky bi***es, stuck-up bi***es, customer-service-turned-sour bi***es.”

B: “It’s okay to not be liked bi***es. On our own until infinity bi***es.”

Watch the video, then comment A or B. If another line is your favorite, tell us which one.

From Bi***es by Melissa Lozada-Oliva

origin story by Adrienne Novy, from her book good luck in the real world.
09/07/2026

origin story by Adrienne Novy, from her book good luck in the real world.

And we eagerly await when our newest order, Tooth Gaps in the Archives by Francis Dylan Waguespack, will arrive
09/07/2026

And we eagerly await when our newest order, Tooth Gaps in the Archives by Francis Dylan Waguespack, will arrive

robin's egg blue by Adrienne Novy, from her book good luck in the real world."There’s a cracked-open robin’s egg on the ...
09/07/2026

robin's egg blue by Adrienne Novy, from her book good luck in the real world.

"There’s a cracked-open robin’s egg on the sidewalk,
which either means a deep loss or miracle happened here."

09/07/2026

THE SECOND TIME by Rachel Camacho, from their book Pink Elephant.

"And I hated her for that. For being nothing more than a woman, hated her for the pity I could not feel."

09/06/2026

Which passage from this poem stays with you more?

A: “I inherited an invisible umbilical cord and life of servitude all in the name of being my mother’s prodigy.”

B: “Eldest daughters are also born with their mother’s mouth. And when I speak, her voice exits, I must confess, whenever someone asks me my dreams I tell them my mother’s.”

Watch the video, then comment A or B.

From The Surrogate Mother Speaks to Her Coming of Age Story by Hailey Tran

Instead of Depression by Ollie Schminkey, from their book DON’T BE AFRAID TO BE BAD.
09/06/2026

Instead of Depression by Ollie Schminkey, from their book DON’T BE AFRAID TO BE BAD.

8 by , from their book DON’T BE AFRAID TO BE BAD."We're always writing odes to other things, but let's write an ode to y...
09/06/2026

8 by , from their book DON’T BE AFRAID TO BE BAD.

"We're always writing odes to other things, but let's write an ode to yourself. An ode is a poem of celebration, usually speaking directly to the person, place, or thing being celebrated."

09/06/2026

"Take the memory of solid ground, not to return to it, but to remember what it cost to leave our footprints underwater."

- Communal will from the last dry-born from Tooth Gaps in the Archives by Francis Dylan Waguespack

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