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My 5 All-Time Favorite Button Poetry Poems

Because sometimes, you just have to find the right poem.

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My 5 All-Time Favorite Button Poetry Poems

Poetry is what I remembered to be one of the most hated subjects in my high school English class.

When the teacher said, "we're going to be doing a unit on Shakespeare!" It seemed like the whole class just collectively died together.

Some people don't like poetry. But in my honest opinion, they only haven't found the right poem yet.

Button Poetry is a small independent distributor of both Spoken Word Poetry and Printed Poetry.

Their mission statement reads: "Button Poetry is committed to developing a coherent and effective system of production, distribution, promotion, and fundraising for performance poetry."

Button Poetry showcases fantastic talent with poems and poets that will make you laugh and cry. As a long time follower of their Youtube Channel, let me show you my top five poems.

1. Neil Hilborn – Punk Rock John

I absolutely love this poem because it reminds me of when I found many of the bands that got me through high school. It's a reminder that no matter what age you become the music you love is eternal.

2. Sabrina Benaim- "Unrequited Love in 9 Parts"

This poem has personally gotten me through many heartbreaks since it's release just last year. Most of these heartbreaks were due to unrequited love and overall feelings if loneliness. Her imagery and tone in this performance bring tears to my eyes.

3. Rudy Francisco - "To The Girl Who Works at Starbucks"

This poem isn't even about me and I find myself blushing. I love this poem because it isn't technically a love poem, it's a poem that resembles infatuation more than anything.

4. Jesse Parent - "The Parts of Her That Matter"

This poem was added on Button's Youtube Channel recently and I haven't been able to stop thinking about it. It's a heartbreaking story but Jesse manages to make you both cry and laugh during this piece. Parts of it brought tears to my eyes.

5. Neil Hilborn - "How do you sleep with an IV in?" 

I've been thinking about this poem a lot recently and that's why it's on this list. Letting go of people you have to let go of is hard. It's something I've been having to do a lot in recent weeks. In this poem, Neil takes his then-ex-girlfriend (now wife!) to the hospital for salmonella just as she was moving out the next day. You can hear how troubled he is in this performance in particular.

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