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buttonpoetry.bsky.social @buttonpoetry.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
🔈Have you been looking for a sign to buy that poetry book you've been eying up? Well, here it is! Our Black Friday / Cyber Monday sale is running NOW through December 2nd, 2025🔈
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buttonpoetry.bsky.social @buttonpoetry.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Here's a few simple guidelines to get you started on your 2025 Chapbook contest submission(s). Visit buttonpoetry.submittable.com/submit to start your entry today!📚
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buttonpoetry.bsky.social @buttonpoetry.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Happy Fall! 🍂 $12 Paperbacks! Check out our fall clearance sale, filled with books to comfort you during the colder seasons down below! ⬇ bit.ly/467mLKS
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buttonpoetry.bsky.social @buttonpoetry.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Set yourself up for success by joining us in Jared Singer's workshop on Sept 20th! This 4 week online workshop will teach you how to make and use the rules of the world your poems live in so that you can let your imagination off the leash without losing clarity. ✍️ buttonpoetry.com/product/butt...
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buttonpoetry.bsky.social @buttonpoetry.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Introducing our newest forthcoming book... Cipota by Chelsea Guevara! Pre-order today using the link in our bio! 🔗📚
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Litbowl @litbowl.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
@boa-editions.bsky.social, @milkweededitions.bsky.social, and especially @buttonpoetry.bsky.social (I'm actually a little shocked more presses don't have a robust public commitment like this, and would love to see it from everywhere! buttonpoetry.com/policies/)
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Button’s Commitments on Generative AI
Button’s Commitments on Generative AI   As it becomes increasingly transparent that recent developments in AI stand atop the backs of stolen books, art, and other creative property, we believe it is t...
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buttonpoetry.bsky.social @buttonpoetry.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Show us what you've got! #writing #contest #poems #books
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Litbowl @litbowl.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
From Rudy Francisco's book, Helium. Published by @buttonpoetry.bsky.social. Get it here: bit.ly/rfhelium #poem #books #writing
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Dora Malech @doramalech.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
@jaleneutsey.bsky.social’s @buttonpoetry.bsky.social launch yesterday at the Pratt Library was wonderful! thanks to all who came out in person, or tuned in online. pick up a copy of BUBBLE GUM STADIUM: buttonpoetry.com/product/bubb... 🫧🍬 🩷 🏟️ ⚾️ 📕
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John Madera @johnmadera.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Wherein Eric Sirota reads from THE RENT EATS FIRST, a finalist for the 2024 BIG OTHER Book Award for Poetry! www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0sJ... Cc: @buttonpoetry.bsky.social and @bigothermag.bsky.social
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Eric Sirota Reads from THE RENT EATS FIRST, a Finalist for the 2024 BIG OTHER Book Award for Poetry
YouTube video by Big Other
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buttonpoetry.bsky.social @buttonpoetry.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
One of our favorite poems - in honor of National Poetry Month. From "Purple Hearts" by Rachel Wiley in her book Fat Girl Finish School. #nationalpoetrymonth
Purple Hearts

The night my 87-year-old great grandmother died
she was coming home from a date,
but wet pavement and impractical shoes,
a broken hip, a body in shock,
a passing.
The first time I ever heard the word slut
it kettle-steam-slipped from between the plastic
pearl veneers of my aunt Delores
as a procession of antique soldiers
in their dressiest dress blues from the VFW,
where my mamaw gave out warm plates
and warmer hands to troops of empty-housed men,
filed one after another dropping the contents
of their left breast pockets into the box
where my grandmother lay
beautiful in too much rouge,
delicate like some ancient corsage
and I decided that someday I want to be a slut,
just like Grandma, and be sent up to glory
on a parade of grateful, unlonelied hearts.
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buttonpoetry.bsky.social @buttonpoetry.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
From SHAPESHIFTER by L.E. Bowman #resilience
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✨ A Goddess has NO KING ✨ @the-goddess-speaks.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
“Homesick, A Plea for our Planet,” by the incomparable Andrea Gibson. I hope you’ll take a few minutes to absorb this beautiful love song to the home we all share. #MomSky 🌎
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Andrea Gibson - Homesick: A Plea For Our Planet (Official Video)
YouTube video by Andrea Gibson
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Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
We have book news on ACCOMPLISHMENT SUNDAY, fam! Contributor @adriennenovy.bsky.social has a book coming out with @buttonpoetry.bsky.social next spring 🎉 This is a poetry collection that explores mental health recovery, and it's available for pre-order now! buff.ly/5AFlnUa
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buttonpoetry.bsky.social @buttonpoetry.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Sabrina Benaim from her book Depression & Other Magic Tricks #mentalhealth
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buttonpoetry.bsky.social @buttonpoetry.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Contest Extended to April 6th Join us for our first foray into fiction! buttonpoetry.submittable.com/submit
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buttonpoetry.bsky.social @buttonpoetry.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Pssst... new book day for Najya Williams - show some love <3 #bookrelease
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Megan Real @meganreal.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Choose 20 Poems that have stayed with you or influenced you. One poem/day for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just a link to the Poem. #BookSky #PoetrySky #Poem Day 8: (by the amazing @buttonpoetry.bsky.social - Rachel Wiley)
A RESPONSE TO THE MEN OF OKCUPID ADAMANT ABOUT
SHOWING ME THEIR COCKS
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I do not wish to see your dick on cam
Nor on Tinder or Instagram
I could not would not on a phone Nor on an iPad, please leave me alone I do not wish to see your cocks Not in your hands, nor in a box I will not see it on a boat
Or side-by-side with the TV remote
I would not could not watch you jerk it online
Not on YouTube, FetLife, or Vine Not on GChat, Tumblr, or Kik No, I do not wish to see your dick.
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A Working List of Places I WOULD Like to See Your Dick:
Thrusting towards the spin of a rusty fan blade
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buttonpoetry.bsky.social @buttonpoetry.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
"Imagine the darkness is a cave in which you will be nurtured by doing absolutely nothing. Hibernating animals don’t even dream. It’s okay if you can’t imagine spring." Andrea Gibson reading "Instead of Depression" from their book You Better Be Lightning @andreagibson.bsky.social #selfcare
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Kyle Tran Myhre @guante.info · 13/03/2025
In case you missed it: a resource w/ a dozen of my favorite links exploring the question of how people can get involved in activism and organizing, especially if they're new to it. Full text is here, plus a printable/foldable PDF for the zine-version you can feel free to share:
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Something to Share with Friends and Neighbors Asking “What Do We DO?”
A resource for people new to activism and organizing, sharing some action ideas.
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Philly Chapbook Review @phillychapbook.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Check out new #poetry #books for the week of 2/18 from Madville Publishing, Mad Creek Books, @blacklawrence.bsky.social, @wwnorton.bsky.social, @buttonpoetry.bsky.social & @zephyrpress.bsky.social . #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity phillychapbookreview.org/new-poetry-t...
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New Poetry Titles (2/18/25)
Check out new poetry books for the week of 2/18 from Madville Publishing, Mad Creek Books, Black Lawrence Press, W. W. Norton, Button Poetry & Zephyr Press.
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Gary Gach @interbeing.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Andrea Gibson / Homesick: A Plea for Our Planet www.tiktok.com/@buttonpoetr... @buttonpoetry.bsky.social #poetry
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“Do you know sometimes when gathering nectar, bees fall asleep in flowers? Do you know fish are so sensitive snowflakes sound like fireworks when they land on the water?” Andrea Gibson - Homesick: A ...
TikTok video by Button Poetry
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Kyle Tran Myhre @guante.info · 19/02/2025
...and for anyone interested, our local @jacl-national.bsky.social asked me to write a poem on this back in 2017. It weaves in some family history, some before-my-time history, and some right-now history. Link below has the full text, plus a 2020 performance that @buttonpoetry.bsky.social captured:
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Video: DUST (Day of Remembrance + #NoBanNoWall Spoken Word)
***EDIT: This poem/post is from 2017 (and includes some specific references to that time), but the video below is the higher-quality version that Button Poetry shared in 2020) The Japanese American Ci...
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buttonpoetry.bsky.social @buttonpoetry.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Rudy Francisco - Why Are You Still In Bed #mentalhealth #poetry
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Blue Fox Moon @bluefoxmoon.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
• Get a library card • Use your library card • Support indie booksellers • Read banned books • Read diverse authors • Resist • Repeat #booksky #resist
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buttonpoetry.bsky.social @buttonpoetry.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Hi Folks! We're new on Blue Sky so we figured we'd try out some new things while we get going. Hope you enjoy! This is @andreagibson.bsky.social - Wellness Check from their book You Better Be Lightning. #poetry #community #loveislove
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