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Split This Rock
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Split This Rock cultivates, teaches & celebrates poetry for social change: https://www.splitthisrock.org/

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Join us for Trans Ruckus, a virtual poetry reading for Trans Day of Remembrance on November 20, 6:30-8 pm ET. Featuring Chrysanthemum, Ezra Fox, Golden, Jimena Lucero, Zuggie Tate & Cai Sherley. Hosted by Kay Ulanday Barrett. Tickets start at $10 w/discounts available. More at: bit.ly/TransRuckus
Image Description: Over a gradient rainbow background, Split This Rock's red logo in the upper left corner and a URL in the upper right corner: splitthisrock.org. Below, a collage of the 7 featured poets at the Trans Ruckus reading. From left to right in the first row: Kay Ulanday Barrett, Cai Sherley, and Zuggie Tate. From left to right in the second row: Chrysanthemum, Golden, Ezra Fox, and Jimena Lucero. At the bottom, big bold text with a slight bright blue and pink outline reads: "TRANS RUCKUS: A Virtual Poetry Reading." Smaller text along the bottom reads: "Nov 20. 6:30-8 pm ET. Tickets $5-20." The poets’ names are written beneath.
November 7, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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Join us for Trans Ruckus, a virtual poetry reading for Trans Day of Remembrance on November 20, 6:30-8 pm ET. Featuring Chrysanthemum, Ezra Fox, Golden, Jimena Lucero, Zuggie Tate & Cai Sherley. Hosted by Kay Ulanday Barrett. Tickets start at $10 w/discounts available. More at: bit.ly/TransRuckus
Split This Rock's logo at the top of a white rectangle with a gradient rainbow-colored frame. The graphic reads "[Split This Rock] presents TRANS RUCKUS, a virtual poetry reading. Nov. 20, 6:30-8 pm ET. Tickets $5-20." Includes names of the host & featured poets from post.
October 17, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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LIMITED SEATS! Register for "I Am Here: Affirmation As Resistance," a virtual writing workshop where we can speak back to what has made us feel small, invisible & impossible. Facilitated by Gabriel Ramirez on 11/6*, 6:30-8 pm ET. Scholarships available. Learn more & register: bit.ly/4q8DipU
Split This Rock's red logo is at the top of a light grey box with a black border. Bold black text reads "I AM HERE: AFFIRMATION AS RESISTANCE. Virtual Writing Workshop. Thursday, November 6, 2025. 6:30-8 pm ET. Tickets $60-$100. Featuring Gabriel Ramirez." Over aqua and orange shapes, there is a photo of Gabriel Ramirez wearing a baseball cap and a brown leather jacket with a white collared shirt and patterned vest. Photo by Boujee Mustard.
October 15, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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SAVE THE DATE!: Trans Ruckus: A Trans Non-Binary Celebration of Poetry, hosted & curated by Kay Ulanday Barrett (@brownroundboi.bsky.social) to honor Trans Day of Remembrance on November 20. Featuring Chrysanthemum, Ezra Fox, Jimena Lucero, Zuggie Tate, and Cai Sherley. Learn more: bit.ly/46YUwNk
Split This Rock's red logo is at the top of a semi-transparent white rectangle with a slightly faded rainbow-colored frame. The graphic reads: “TRANS RUCKUS aims to honor Transgender & Non-Binary poetry through remembrance & celebration. Trans poetics is a vibrant force to reclaim, to archive lineages, and to plot our futures with care & candor.”
October 10, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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LIMITED SEATS! Join us for Odes: The Art of Salvaging, a virtual writing workshop with Ana Portnoy Brimmer on Thursday, November 13, 6:30 - 8 pm ET. Help us raise funds to close our funding gap! A handful of scholarships are available. Learn more and register online:: bit.ly/4mTUUCL
Split This Rock's red logo is at the top of a light grey box with a black border. Bold black text reads "ODES: THE ART OF SALVAGING. Virtual Writing Workshop. Thursday, November 13, 2025. 6:30-8 pm ET. Tickets $60-$100. Featuring Ana Portnoy Brimmer." Over aqua and orange shapes, there is a photo of Ana Portnoy Brimmer sitting with an open book in her hands and smiling softly. She wears a bright yellow button down shirt, sparkly green earrings, and a gold ring. Photo by Carolina Porras Monroy.
October 10, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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LIMITED SEATS! Join us for "I Am Here: Affirmation As Resistance," a virtual writing workshop with Gabriel Ramirez on Friday, November 7, 6:30 - 8 pm ET. Help us raise funds to close our funding gap! A handful of scholarships are available. Learn more and register online: bit.ly/4q8DipU
Split This Rock's red logo is at the top of a light grey box with a black border. Bold black text reads "I AM HERE: AFFIRMATION AS RESISTANCE. Virtual Writing Workshop. Friday, November 7, 2025. 6:30-8 pm ET. Tickets $60-$100. Featuring Gabriel Ramirez." Over aqua and orange shapes, there is a photo of Gabriel Ramirez wearing a baseball cap and a brown leather jacket with a white collared shirt and patterned vest. Photo by Boujee Mustard.
October 10, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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This November, join us for virtual writing workshops and a poetry reading! Poets have donated their time and talents to help us bridge a funding gap. Join us to reclaim, salvage, and remember what powers and sustains us. Learn more and register at Split This Rock’s website: bit.ly/46YUwNk
Over a black background, a bold white heading: "Upcoming Events." Below, three rectangles with November 2025 virtual workshop and reading dates, titles, and facilitator names. Over the two rectangles with virtual workshop information, there is a light purple callout bubble that reads "LIMITED SEATS!" At the bottom is a website icon with a URL: splitthisrock.org.
October 10, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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Celebrate our nominations for the 2026 Best of the Net Anthology! Revisit or discover evocative poems by Dorsía Smith Silva, Jonny Teklit, Lehua M. Taitano, Mandy Shunnarah, Mia S. Willis & Quenton Baker for free at The Quarry: A Social Justice Poetry Database: bit.ly/3ZFwcfG
#BestoftheNet #Poetry
Over a black background, Split This Rock's red logo is above bold blue glowing text that reads "2026 Best of the Net Nominations." Below the text is a collage featuring photos of the 6 nominees. From left to right: Mandy Shunnarah, Jonny Teklit, Mia S. Willis, Dorsía Smith Silva, Quenton Baker, and Lehua M. Taitano.
September 19, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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That’s a wrap on our Youth Activist Poetry Anthology summer program hosted in partnership with Shout Mouse Press! For 6 weeks, 20 young poets from the DC area gathered for political education & poetry workshops. Check out the behind the scenes from the program: bit.ly/47Xc1jg
#DCarts #DCpoets
In a green speech bubble, a testimonial from a participant in the Youth Activist Poetry Anthology Project reads: “I noticed when I would see things happen in the world that made me feel powerless, I could get a little bit of my power back if I wrote a poem.”
September 5, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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Dream with us! As we fundraise toward a more sustainable future for Split This Rock, we want to know: what programming most excites you?

All ideas will be considered by staff & board as we reimagine the organization’s work. Share your ideas with us: bit.ly/HelpSplitThisRock

#Poets #Poetry
Split This Rock’s red logo in the upper right corner. Below is bold text that reads “DREAM WITH US” and behind it are multi-colored lines connecting to a question: “As Split This Rock assesses future possibilities and devises a new sustainability model, what kind of programming would you be most excited about the organization offering?” Below is a graphic of people discussing and collaborating on a project. One person sits in a wheelchair with a laptop, two others stand and gesture toward the project, and another holds an infant and listens.
September 2, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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Want to attend a Split This Rock fundraising event? We're gathering community with in-person events in Washington, DC & virtual events to connect to the heart of Split This Rock’s work & raise funds to keep it going. Get your name on the list: bit.ly/HelpSplitThisRock
#Poets
The background of the graphic is a photo of a crowd at a Split This Rock event. At the top, the red logo is on a projector screen above the crowd. Bold white text is overlaid on the image: “WANT TO ATTEND A SPLIT THIS ROCK FUNDRAISER? Let us know if you’re available for virtual or in-person events.” Below is a red box with white text: “Fill you this brief form to get your name on the list: bit.ly/HelpSplitThisRock.”
August 27, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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We're excited to announce a generous challenge grant from the Poetry Foundation! Gratitude to the Poetry Foundation for their support.

Gifts we receive in the coming weeks will be DOUBLED, up to $25,000. Double your impact & donate today! DONATE ONLINE: bit.ly/GiveSplitThisRock

#Poetry
At the top, Split This Rock’s red logo. Below, bold heading text reads “Double Your Donation” with a circle that says “x2” to the right. Body text reads “The Poetry Foundation will now match donations up to $25,000. This is your chance to make your gift to Split This Rock go twice as far. If we unlock this challenge grant, we will have raised over 80% of our $68,750 goal. DONATE TODAY” The Poetry Foundation logo is to the right. There is a URL for Split This Rock’s online giving portal at the bottom: bit.ly/GiveSplitThisRock.
August 22, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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Looking for ways to plug into Split This Rock’s fundraising efforts? Share your experience with our programs! Your testimonial helps us demonstrate the importance of our work.

Share your experience with us by filling out this brief form: bit.ly/HelpSplitThisRock

#Poets #Poetry
Split This Rock’s red logo is at the top. Below, a bold yellow heading reads “WE WANT TO KNOW…” and underneath are two bolded questions: “How have you benefited from Split This Rock’s programs? Why do you feel the organization is of value to the poetry field?” Under the questions is a white graphic of a microphone with emphasis lines radiating from it. Next to the microphone, yellow text reads “THE MIC IS YOURS” with a yellow heart comment bubble above it. At the bottom, a URL: splitthisrock.org.
August 20, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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THANK YOU, COMMUNITY! We unlocked the $3,000 challenge grant from The Cynipid Fund and raised $6,000. Deep gratitude to The Cynipid Fund, and to all who donated and shared. Together is how we navigate tumultuous times. Let’s keep this energy going! Learn more: bit.ly/4mIaRMJ
At the top, a blue megaphone with yellow lightning bolts coming from the speaker and Split This Rock’s red logo. Bold blue text reads: “THANK YOU, COMMUNITY! $3,000 CHALLENGE GRANT UNLOCKED!” Below is The Cynipid Fund’s logo: a painting of a perched cynipid wasp with a bright yellow and green background. At the top, black text reads "The Cynipid Fund."
August 15, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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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
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.
August 8, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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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
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.
August 1, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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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
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.
July 25, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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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
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.
July 18, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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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
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.
July 11, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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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
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.
July 4, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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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
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.
June 27, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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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
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.
June 20, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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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

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#PoemoftheWeek #Poetry #Poems #Poets
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.
June 13, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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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
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.
June 12, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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Split This Rock's June newsletter is hot off the press! Take a look for more information about our current call for support, two writing workshops for young poets, the latest from the Poem of the Week series, writing inspiration & a reading from our archives: bit.ly/3ZnUnQP

#Poetry #DC #Poets
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: "Help Split This Rock Fund the Youth Activist Anthology Project," "Youth Writing Workshops: June 11 & 25," "Latest Poems in the Poem of the Week Series," "Get Inspired with Free Poetry Writing Capsules," and "From the Archives: A Reading from Paul Tran." Below, the beginning of a graphic in the first section of the newsletter.
June 11, 2025 at 3:35 PM