Split This Rock Launches The Quarry

Did you know that now there is a public database of contemporary, socially-engaged poetry? It's true! It just launched! The Quarry comes to you courtesy of Split This Rock: a social justice and literary arts non-profit based in the Greater Washington D.C. Area that "celebrates the power of the imagination to transform the individual and society." Poems in The Quarry are "searchable by social justice theme, author’s identity, state, and geographic region." More:

The Quarry is a searchable collection of over 300 poems by a diverse array of contemporary socially engaged poets, published by Split This Rock since 2009. Like all of Split This Rock’s programs, The Quarry is designed to bring poetry fully to the center of public life.

Searchable by social justice theme, author’s identity, state, and geographic region, The Quarry is a unique, rich resource.

Whether you are organizing for social justice, work as a teacher or social worker, or are planning a worship service or other public event, The Quarry offers poems that will inform and inspire you, your peers, and all with whom you work and collaborate.

Split This Rock celebrates the power of the imagination to transform the individual and society. Poems in The Quarry help us name injustices and grieve losses both personal and communal. They speak our rage and our resistance. And they imagine another world, one built on justice and with the power of love. We are so grateful to the brave, visionary poets for their words.

We invite you to explore The Quarry: use the tags at the bottom to let one poem lead you to another, get to know poets in your state or region, watch videos, luxuriate in these gorgeous, hurting, challenging, and comforting words. Split some rocks!

Visit The Quarry and find details about the online database's launch party tomorrow night at Split This Rock.