#sealey challenge

[smokefalls]

Longing saturates the human world, the heavens.

Li Qingzhao, "Offering Incense" from The Magpie at Night: The Complete Poems of Li Qingzhao (translated by Wendy Chen)

[doodleszara]

Looking at us like it’s our fault…

Why do seals look at u like that

He is so cute stop I wanna take him home with me

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[lithub]

This year, the Sealey Challenge is raising funds for Gaza.

This August, you can read poems and support Palestine thanks to the Sealey Challenge and The Sameer Project. The Sealey Challenge is a month

The Sealey Challenge, a month-long project where participants read a book of poetry every day during August, is donating all money collected to The Sameer Project.

[teawiththegods]

I’m going to be doing the Sealey Challenge next month where I’m going to read a poetry book a day for the month of August. Please share your favorite (small) poetry collections! I want to use this as an opportunity to discover new amazing poets! Thanks, love!

[courtesansjewelbox]

Day 1 of (amended) Sealey Challenge

Read a handful of poems from Gary Snyder’s Turtle Island, partial cover pictured here:

And I annotated the poem “For Nothing.” I also riffed off a line in another poem and considered that my response poem of the day.

I didn’t annotate the book though because it’s a library copy, so I wrote it down in my journal. It’s a bit of a mess…

[smokefalls]

I stare to heaven and / weep for / stars whose light I have always known / and understood to be my rooting.

Mai Der Vang, "I Understand This Light to Be My Home" from Primordial

[smokefalls]

Hips against the counter. Lovers know. Breath warms the kitchen but frost clings to the windows.

Patrycja Humienik, "Dig a Cave into the Future" from We Contain Landscapes

[smokefalls]

At dawn, the light is yours. Even if you want nothing to do with it.

Steven Duong, "Untogether" from At the End of the World There Is a Pond