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FROM THE VAULT: Chris Leja - “Aporia” (IWPS 2014)
“This sorrow, it didn’t always hang from me like a tailored suit. I wasn’t always a hollow thing that had outlasted its own potential.”
Chris Leja, performing at the 2014 Individual World Poetry Slam. Subscribe to Button on YouTube!
Semi-regular reminder that one time I did a thing and there's proof on the Internet. I'm still really grateful/honored that button poetry put this up.
Bobby Crawford - “Church” (NPS 2015)
“Is it sin to desire men despite what men have done to me?”
Performing for Boston Cantab during prelims at the 2015 National Poetry Slam. Subscribe to Button on YouTube!
This poem is amazing.
Will Evans - “How to Find a Heaven You Don’t Deserve” (NPS 2015)
“Ever since a cop told me that my son looks older than he actually is, I don’t let him walk home from school anymore.”
Performing for Columbus during prelims at the 2015 National Poetry Slam. Subscribe to Button on YouTube!
the bullet is his whole life. his mother named him & the bullet was on its way. in another life the bullet was a girl & his skin was a boy with a sad laugh. they say he asked for it— must I define they? they are not monsters, or hooded or hands black with cross smoke.they teachers, they pay tithes they like rap, they police—good folks gather around a boy’s body to take a picture, share a prayer.oh da horror, oh what a shame why’d he do that to himself? they really should stop getting themselves killed
Danez Smith, “the bullet was a girl” (via myshoesuntied)
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At Least 6 Predominately Black Southern Churches Burned Down Within A Week. Arson Suspected In At Least Three
In the week after nine people were shot dead at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in South Carolina, six, possibly seven, churches with predominately black congregations in five southern states have burned. Three of them were being investigated as arson. The seventh possibly being a fire at the Greater Miracle Apostolic Holiness Church in Tallahassee, Florida on Friday that destroyed the church and caused an estimated $700,000 in damage. Authorities suspect a tree limb that fell on electrical lines is what caused it, however they’re still investigating it further.
The FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are working with local authorities to find those who set them.
“They’re being investigated to determine who is responsible and what motives are behind them,” FBI spokesperson Paul Bresson told BuzzFeed News. “I’m not sure there is any reason to link them together at this point.”
An arsonist set fire to the College Hills Seventh Day Adventist Church in Knoxville, Tennessee, on Monday. The following day, God’s Power Church of Christ in Macon, Georgia, was gutted by flames. And on Wednesday, Briar Creek Baptist Church in Charlotte, North Carolina, was deliberately set ablaze, and took more than 75 firefighters over an hour to get the fire under control. but by then, it had caused more than $250,000 worth of damage and demolished the church’s main building.
Other churches in South Carolina and Ohio have also caught fire, though it’s unclear if arsonists began the blazes.
Despite the cause, all the churches have predominately black congregations. The legal advocacy organization said that even if the events are determined to be arson, it takes additional proof to classify the acts as hate crimes. Since 1956, there have been at least 91 violent attacks on black churches.
The investigations are still ongoing.
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#StayWoke
this whole mix of things that have happened since the 9 souls were murdered in Charleston is somewhat strange. It seems to me strings are being pulled and some kinda manipulation is going on. We need to step way back and get a clear view of our surrounding and see just what the fuck they are trying to do. The flag riff, same-sex ruling, churches burning, no terrorist label for the terrorist etc. Something is happening and I think it’s happening soon. Be your brother’s and sister’s keeper.
Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib - “A Geneaology”
“It must be nice to wrap your arms around an unscathed body. It must be nice to wrap your tongue around every word in a song without also asking to bleed out on a sidewalk.”
Forthcoming Button author Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib, performing during prelims at the Individual World Poetry Slam. Subscribe to Button on YouTube!
this is one of my favorite poems. Hanif is a genius.
Riots are a symptom, not the disease.
Show me a single American social justice movement that did not involve a riot. Riots are a natural reaction of those who feel unheard in the face of systemic brutality and injustice. Direct your anger at the systems of power, not at the protesters.
I hope all of yr loved ones are safe tonight. And I hope change comes about quick.
J. Cole on ‘good cops’ x The Combat Jack Show
He explained it so perfect <3
I’ve never even thought about it this way
I love how a middle aged white man was seen placing the bomb that exploded next to the NAACP Chapter and no one is even talking about it.
All this just happens to come about right after the NAACP called to investigate the Darren Wilson grand jurors and not a single news station wants to report it? please.
#StayWoke
#BlackLivesMatter #Detroit #Ferguson Don’t forget our women because they support us the most.
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My death needs to mean something. My death needs to be counted in the number of transgender people who commit suicide this year. I want someone to look at that number and say “that’s fucked up” and fix it. Fix society. Please.
Transgender teen Leelah Alcorn in heartbreaking farewell note left on her Tumblr
Let this be a wake-up call for us all.
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the new public lynching.
leave a black body in the street for hours. call for crowd control, but never an ambulance. create a spectacle that says, “this could be you.”
Chris Leja - “Aporia” "My life, it used to be this vibrant thing, overflowing with potential." Performing at the 2014 Individual World Poetry Slam. Subscribe to Button on YouTube!
Hey guys, I'm really excited and grateful that Button Poetry posted this video of my poem!
Millions March in New York City. #BlackLivesMatter
