PAST: Silent March to the White House, Closing Ceremony, SUN, March 23rd

Poetry in the Streets Sunday's March and Cento On Sunday, March 23, Split This Rock Poetry Festival will culminate with a Silent March to the White House for a closing ceremony. After four days of poetry and learning from one another, we will take to the streets of Washington, DC. We will walk about five city blocks, from the final featured reading at George Washington University to Lafayette Park, across from the White House. Please bring signs with art and poetry. For the closing ceremony, we will create and read aloud a collaborative Cento, a form whose name is derived from the Latin word for patchwork. Please bring a favorite line from a poem (up to 12 words) in the spirit of Split This Rock, written or typed on a piece of paper. Include the name of the poet, your name (if different), and your hometown. The Cento will begin with these lines sent to us by Adrienne Rich, from An Atlas of the Difficult World: I know you are reading this poem listening for something, torn between bitterness and hope / turning back once again to the task you cannot refuse. We'll join our poetic voices together for peace and a hopeful and just future.