Of Late, I Have Been Thinking About Despair its ruthless syntax, and the ease with which it interjects itself into our days. I thoug...

What an an exciting season for poetry it is in our nation's capital! Allow us to share a few reasons why. DC poetry wins! Phot...

Test for Cognitive Function            Don’t bring no ghosts in the front door                 Bessie Smith Mother Slipper Jul...

not an elegy for Mike Brown I am sick of writing this poem but bring the boy. his new name his same old body. ordinary, bla...

excerpt from THANK YOU BUT       PLEASE DON'T BUY MY CHILDREN CLOTHES WITH MONKEYS ON THEM Used by permission. From ...

"Waters" by  Morgan Butler, Malachi Byrd, Chyna McCombs & Thomas Hill The DC Youth Slam Team  is a program of Split ...

As an organization whose very existence was born from the global Poets Against the War movement, we at Split This Rock are grieved and outr...