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Image Description: Black rectangle with Split This Rock's red logo at the top, and a red button that reads "17 YEARS OF POETRY FOR SOCIAL CHANGE" at the bottom. In between are five photos with poets of all ages writing, reading, and performing their work.

Black rectangle with Split This Rock's red logo at the top, and a red button that reads "17 YEARS OF POETRY FOR SOCIAL CHANGE" at the bottom. In between are five photos with poets of all ages writing, reading, and performing their work.

With heavy hearts, we share that Split This Rock must suspend its work for the time being. Your support can help us make this pause temporary. This is a rallying call to help us bridge a $68,750 funding gap. Read the full announcement & learn how you can help: bit.ly/HelpSplitThisRock

Split This Rock’s Poem of the Week Series logo appears at the top of the graphic. With the bold text underneath, it reads “Split This Rock Poem of the Week Presents A Poetry Playlist.” Below, a black rectangle with rounded corners and a red shadow contains bold white text with the playlist’s title “Poetry & Shelter” with red rewind, play, and fast forward icons. Behind the rectangle, there are thin concentric geometric lines which peek out at the top and bottom. A URL to Split This Rock’s website is in the lower right-hand corner: splitthisrock.org.

This week, Split This Rock offers a Poetry & Shelter Playlist as part of this year’s Poetry Coalition themed programming. These 12 poems curated from The Quarry explore the power of our imaginations to hold one another in tenderness, care, and generosity. Tune in: bit.ly/45cXLzT

#PoetryAndShelter

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This poetry playlist is part of the Poetry Coalition's 2025 summer programming, inspired by the theme Poetry & Shelter.

#PoetryAndShelter #PoetryCoalition #PoetryPlaylist #SplitThisRock #PoemoftheWeek #Poetry #PoetryCommunity #Poets #Poems

Featured poets: Noʻu Revilla, @summ.bsky.social, Jonny Teklit, Taylor Alyson Lewis, @andreagibson.bsky.social, @friendlypoet.bsky.social, @milleroberman.bsky.social, Lehua M. Taitano, Adrian Gaston Garcia, A.D. Lauren-Abunassar, Gabriel Ramirez & @adriennemareebrown.bsky.social.
#PoetryandShelter

Split This Rock’s Poem of the Week Series logo appears at the top of the graphic. With the bold text underneath, it reads “Split This Rock Poem of the Week Presents A Poetry Playlist.” Below, a black rectangle with rounded corners and a red shadow contains bold white text with the playlist’s title “Poetry & Shelter” with red rewind, play, and fast forward icons. Behind the rectangle, there are thin concentric geometric lines which peek out at the top and bottom. A URL to Split This Rock’s website is in the lower right-hand corner: splitthisrock.org.

This week, Split This Rock offers a Poetry & Shelter Playlist as part of this year’s Poetry Coalition themed programming. These 12 poems curated from The Quarry explore the power of our imaginations to hold one another in tenderness, care, and generosity. Tune in: bit.ly/45cXLzT

#PoetryAndShelter

Image Description: Poem of the Week graphic, which includes the poem title, author, and excerpt with a photo of Monica Sok in a circle. Monica, a Khmer American woman with black, shoulder-length hair, sits in front of a white concrete wall. She turns her head toward the camera and smiles slightly.

Poem of the Week graphic, which includes the poem title, author, and excerpt with a photo of Monica Sok in a circular frame. Monica Sok, a Khmer American woman with black, shoulder-length hair, sits in front of a white concrete wall with her body angled to the right. She turns her head toward the camera and smiles slightly. She wears a blue long-sleeved shirt, a small gold pendant, and gold circle earrings.

Content Notice: refers to the Cambodian Genocide

A daughter of survivors stands in the grass among tattered military tanks. She is the only one in her family who wants to visit the museum.

Poem of the Week: “Self-Portrait as War Museum Captions" by Monica Sok. Poem as audio & text: bit.ly/3GVQXP0

Split This Rock is proud to house two poems by Andrea Gibson in The Quarry: A Social Justice Poetry Database. You can experience them both here, for free: bit.ly/3IPhGgJ

Thank you for sharing your brilliance with the world, Andrea. Rest in peace.
@andreagibson.bsky.social

from "Say Yes" by Andrea Gibson:

The world needs us right now more than it ever has before.
Pull all your strings.
Play every chord.
If you’re writing letters to the prisoners
start tearing down the bars.
If you’re handing out flashlights in the dark
start handing out stars.

#AndreaGibson

We're feeling deep grief in the wake of the news of poet Andrea Gibson's passing. It was a blessing to be a part of sharing their incredible work, as a featured poet at the 2010 Festival & through Poem of the Week. Wishing everyone who loved Andrea care in the midst of this loss.

Image Description: Poem of the Week graphic, which includes the poem title, author & excerpt with a photo of JoAnn Balingit in a circular frame. JoAnn, a Kapampángan German American woman with olive skin, black hair, & glasses, smiles. Behind her are an ocean, sky, & palm trees.

Poem of the Week graphic, which includes the poem title, author, and excerpt with a photo of JoAnn Balingit in a circular frame. JoAnn Balingit, a Kapampángan German American woman, smiles. She has olive skin, black hair, and large round glasses. Behind her are blue ocean, sky, and palm fronds.

the invisible birth waters
rain from our past
already bewater our future

Poem of the Week is “Water Birth" by JoAnn Balingit @balingit.bsky.social

The poem is available as audio and text at The Quarry: A Social Justice Poetry Database: bit.ly/4eH1E4y

#PoemoftheWeek #Poetry #Poems #Poets

Image Description: Poem of the Week graphic, which includes the poem title, author, and excerpt with a photo of Ashley Hajimirsadeghi in a circular frame. Ashley Hajimirsadeghi stands outside. She has medium-length brown hair and wears a buttoned-up short sleeve blue blazer.

Poem of the Week graphic, which includes the poem title, author, and excerpt with a photo of Ashley Hajimirsadeghi in a circular frame. Ashley Hajimirsadeghi stands outside. She has medium-length brown hair and wears a buttoned-up short sleeve blue blazer.

If I could do my life all over again, I would leave footprints in / the mud every time a storm drifted past.

Poem of the Week: “APOTHEOSIS: DROUGHT" by Ashley Hajimirsadeghi. The poem is available as audio & text at The Quarry: A Social Justice Poetry Database: bit.ly/3IiBWXY
#PoemoftheWeek #Poetry

Thank you to @splitthisrock.bsky.social for including me in The Quarry!

This poem surprised me one morning during a twenty minute writing practice. I hope it moves you.

Poem of the Week graphic, which includes the poem title, author, and excerpt with a photo of Ajanaé Dawkins in a circular frame. Ajanaé Dawkins has brown skin with curly afro textured hair. She wears a blue and white striped dress and red glasses. Behind her is a soft pink wall with a black-and-white photograph in a frame. Ajanaé's chin rests on her hand and she's looking directly at the camera.

O anything is possible in water’s memory. we could be ‘bout anything.

Poem of the Week: “Last Century, Last Week: Holy Will" by Ajanaé Dawkins @moonsatdusk.bsky.social

Poem available as audio & text for free at The Quarry: A Social Justice Poetry Database: bit.ly/4jTJIot

#PoemoftheWeek #Poetry

Image Description: Poem of the Week graphic, which includes the poem title, author & excerpt with a photo of Yanyi in a circular frame. Yanyi smiles slightly as a beam of morning sun shines on him. He has short black hair & wears glasses with thin black frames & a navy collarless buttoned shirt.

Poem of the Week graphic, which includes the poem title, author, and excerpt with a photo of Yanyi in a circular frame. Yanyi smiles slightly toward the camera as a beam of morning sun shines on him. He has short black hair and wears glasses with thin black frames and a navy blue collarless buttoned shirt.

Then the dish in the air touches
down at its place on red carpet

Poem of the Week: “Immigration" by Yanyi @yanyiii.com
The poem is available as audio and text for free at The Quarry: A Social Justice Poetry Database: bit.ly/45WBzMw

#PoemoftheWeek #Poetry #Poems #Poets

TOMORROW! 🌟 [glowing star emoji]

Join us for the last youth writing workshop in the series! Come through American Poetry Museum in DC for an evening of creativity with teaching artist Brandon Douglas.

See you there!
#FreeinDC #DCpoets #DCwriters #DCarts #DC

Image Description: Poem of the Week graphic, which includes the poem title, author & excerpt with a photo of Adrian Gaston Garcia in a circle frame. Garcia speaks into a microphone. He has short dark hair & a trimmed beard. He wears a black V-neck shirt & a small star-shaped earring in his left ear.

Poem of the Week graphic, which includes the poem title, author, and excerpt with a photo of Adrian Gaston Garcia in a circular frame. Adrian Gaston Garcia speaks into a microphone on a stand. He has short, neatly groomed dark hair and a trimmed beard. He wears a simple black V-neck shirt and a small star-shaped earring in his left ear.

Content Notice: cancer

I cannot remember the last time we held hands

Poem of the Week: “Cutting my dad’s fingernails" by Adrian Gaston Garcia. The poem is available as audio and text for free at The Quarry: A Social Justice Poetry Database: bit.ly/4lbHq53

#PoemoftheWeek #Poetry #Poems #DCPoets

NEXT WEEK: the last youth writing workshop in the Celebrating Neurodiversity Series! Come through American Poetry Museum in DC for an evening of creativity with teaching artist Brandon Douglas. See you there!

#DCpoets #DCpoetry #FreeinDC #DC #DCarts #DCyouth

Split This Rock’s red logo is centered above a bold heading: “Meet our new board members.” There are three columns with each board member’s photo in a circular frame at the top as well as their names and a brief description of their work. Alexa Patrick is a vocalist, poet, teaching artist, and Program Director at Shout Mouse Press. Danielle Badra is a poet, the 2022-2024 Fairfax County Poet Laureate & creator of Poetry in the Parks. Tatiana Figueroa Ramírez is a poet, teaching artist, and Senior Program Director of Poetry & Community Arts at DC SCORES. At the bottom, a URL: splitthisrock.org.

Split This Rock is thrilled to announce three new members on our Board of Directors: Alexa Patrick, Danielle Badra, and Tatiana Figueroa Ramírez!

Get to know them and all present members of the Board at Split This Rock’s website: bit.ly/43B9hWw

#DCpoets #DCpoetry #DC

Youth Writing Workshop Series | Programs | Split This Rock Calling poets to a greater role in public life and fostering a national network of socially engaged poets.

MARK YOUR CALENDAR!
The last free Celebrating Neurodiversity Youth Workshop will be on June 25, 6-8 pm at the American Poetry Museum in Washington, DC with Teaching Artist Brandon Douglas.

Learn more about Brandon & the workshop at Split This Rock’s website: bit.ly/4mYSp3q

#FreeinDC #DCarts #DC

Image Description: Poem of the Week graphic, which includes the poem title, author & excerpt with a photo of Jzl Jmz in a circle. Jzl, a Black woman, poses with one hand at her cheek & the other on the side of her neck. Jzl wears her hair in long waves with bangs with a black-&-white leather jacket.

Poem of the Week graphic, which includes the poem title, author, and excerpt with a photo of Jzl Jmz in a circular frame. Jzl Jmz, a Black woman, poses with one hand at her cheek and the other on the side of her neck. Jzl wears her hair in long waves with bangs, a black-and-white leather jacket off her shoulders, a silver septum nose ring, and several rings.

I AM NOT / ALWAYS FIXED - I AM
TRYING ALWAYS NEW

MOVEMENTS

Poem of the Week is “Obligation #25 (TRANSACTION)" by Jzl Jmz. The poem is available as audio and text for free at The Quarry: A Social Justice Poetry Database: bit.ly/4mOLwlh

@jxzzhndz.bsky.social‬
#PoemoftheWeek #Poetry #Poems #Poets

Split This Rock’s red logo is centered above a bold heading: “Meet our new board members.” There are three columns with each board member’s photo in a circular frame at the top as well as their names and a brief description of their work. Alexa Patrick is a vocalist, poet, teaching artist, and Program Director at Shout Mouse Press. Danielle Badra is a poet, the 2022-2024 Fairfax County Poet Laureate & creator of Poetry in the Parks. Tatiana Figueroa Ramírez is a poet, teaching artist, and Senior Program Director of Poetry & Community Arts at DC SCORES. At the bottom, a URL: splitthisrock.org.

Split This Rock is thrilled to announce three new members on our Board of Directors: Alexa Patrick, Danielle Badra, and Tatiana Figueroa Ramírez!

Get to know them and all present members of the Board at Split This Rock’s website: bit.ly/43B9hWw

#DCpoets #DCpoetry #DC

Image Description: A screenshot of Split This Rock's June 2025 email newsletter. Under Split This Rock's red logo, there is a bold heading: "Program Updates and Announcements." Beneath the heading, there is a table of contents with five headlines referred to in the text post.