Sealey Challenge 2025

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29 participants (297 books)

01 Aug 2025—31 Aug 2025

Overview

Read one book of poetry every day during the month of August.

The Sealey Challenge was started by the poet Nicole Sealey in 2017. 

Challenge Books

All books added
Soho by Richard Scott

Soho

Richard Scott

78 pages • paperback • 2018

fiction lgbtqia+ poetry dark emotional reflective fast-paced
Jen Hadfield Selected Poems by Jen Hadfield

Jen Hadfield Selected Poems

Jen Hadfield

112 pages • paperback • 2025 user-added

fiction poetry
Greekling by Kostya Tsolakis

Greekling

Kostya Tsolakis

72 pages • paperback • 2023

fiction lgbtqia+ poetry
Nothing Burns As Bright As You by Ashley Woodfolk

Nothing Burns As Bright As You

Ashley Woodfolk

288 pages • digital • 2022

fiction lgbtqia+ poetry romance young adult emotional reflective sad fast-paced
Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair by Pablo Neruda

Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair

Pablo Neruda

94 pages • paperback • 1924

nonfiction classics poetry romance emotional reflective fast-paced
The Thin Bridge by Andy Jackson

The Thin Bridge

Andy Jackson

38 pages • paperback • 2014

poetry challenging informative inspiring medium-paced
Black Queer Hoe by Britteney Black Rose Kapri

Black Queer Hoe

BreakBeat Poets

Britteney Black Rose Kapri

72 pages • paperback • 2018

nonfiction lgbtqia+ poetry race emotional funny reflective fast-paced
Chasers of the Light: Poems from the Typewriter Series by Tyler Knott Gregson

Chasers of the Light: Poems from the Typewriter Series

Tyler Knott Gregson

144 pages • hardcover • 2014

nonfiction art poetry emotional reflective slow-paced
Data Mind: Poems by Joanna Fuhrman

Data Mind: Poems

Joanna Fuhrman

93 pages • paperback • 2024

nonfiction poetry
Dropbear by Evelyn Araluen

Dropbear

Evelyn Araluen

2 hours, 9 minutes • audio • 2021 user-added

nonfiction poetry challenging emotional reflective medium-paced