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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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🔈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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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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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
9 months ago
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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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9 months ago
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Introducing our newest forthcoming book... Cipota by Chelsea Guevara! Pre-order today using the link in our bio! 🔗📚
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Litbowl
about 1 year ago
@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...
https://buttonpoetry.com/policies/
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Show us what you've got!
#writing
#contest
#poems
#books
about 1 year ago
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Litbowl
about 1 year ago
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
about 1 year ago
@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
about 1 year ago
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
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0sJeqvD6kc
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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
about 1 year ago
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From SHAPESHIFTER by L.E. Bowman
#resilience
about 1 year ago
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Nikita Gill
about 1 year ago
Needed words from the brilliant Andrea Gibson.
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✨ A Goddess has NO KING ✨
about 1 year ago
“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
https://youtu.be/JsmKDa2qQ-w?si=sPuYBAnXEkkFmIaC
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Split Lip Magazine
about 1 year ago
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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Sabrina Benaim from her book Depression & Other Magic Tricks
#mentalhealth
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about 1 year ago
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Contest Extended to April 6th Join us for our first foray into fiction!
buttonpoetry.submittable.com/submit
about 1 year ago
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Pssst... new book day for Najya Williams - show some love <3
#bookrelease
about 1 year ago
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Megan Real
about 1 year ago
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)
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"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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over 1 year ago
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reposted by
Kyle Tran Myhre
over 1 year ago
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.
https://guante.info/2025/03/04/actionzine/
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Philly Chapbook Review
over 1 year ago
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.
https://phillychapbookreview.org/new-poetry-titles-2-18-25/
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Gary Gach
over 1 year ago
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
https://www.tiktok.com/@buttonpoetry/video/7464683859917966623
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reposted by
Kyle Tran Myhre
over 1 year ago
...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...
https://guante.info/2017/02/17/new-video-dust-day-of-remembrance-nobannowall-spoken-word/
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Rudy Francisco - Why Are You Still In Bed
#mentalhealth
#poetry
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over 1 year ago
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Blue Fox Moon
over 1 year ago
• 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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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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over 1 year ago
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