Ross Gay reads “To the Mulberry Tree” from his poetry collection Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2015), which is a finalist for the 2015 National Book Award.

In a video shared by Button Poetry, Nate Marshall reads his poem "Prelude (R.I.P.)" at the Fox Egg Gallery in Minneapolis. Marshall is featured in "Winners on Winning (and Losing)" in the May/June issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.

"Your neck is a whistling firework singing to the light of me. I am only amplifying sound." Spoken word poet Edwin Bodney reads his poem "Good Morning" in this video performance from Button Poetry.

"It's not about whether or not the shooter is racist. It's about how poor black boys are treated as problems well before we are treated as people." Award-winning slam poet Javon Johnson performs a personal and impassioned poem at the 2013 National Poetry Slam semifinals in Boston.

Award-winning slam poet and teacher Joaquin Zihuatanejo performs a moving poem in sign language to thank his student Jon. This performance is from the 2014 Individual World Poetry Slam in Phoenix, Arizona, and shared by Button Poetry.

“When you name your daughter it is a prayer for everything you want her to be.” Poet Rachel Rostad explores the power of a name, and what is lost when a person is renamed for cultural reasons.

"Nostalgia forgets to visit this street." Hieu Nguyen reads his poem, "It Was The Winter...," in this video from Button Poetry's 2013 Write Bloody Publishing Contest.