Sealey Challenge 2025

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29 participants (334 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

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Poetry for Kids: Carl Sandburg by Robert Crawford, Kate Benzel, Carl Sandburg

Poetry for Kids: Carl Sandburg

Robert Crawford, Kate Benzel, Carl Sandburg

48 pages • hardcover

nonfiction childrens poetry challenging lighthearted reflective medium-paced
The World Is Round by Nikky Finney

The World Is Round

Nikky Finney

108 pages • paperback • 2002

poetry emotional reflective slow-paced
Wolf Girls vs. Horse Girls by Catherine Weiss

Wolf Girls vs. Horse Girls

Catherine Weiss

88 pages • paperback • 2021

nonfiction lgbtqia+ poetry
Salted Wounds by Mohammed Moussa

Salted Wounds

Mohammed Moussa

80 pages • 2023 user-added

nonfiction poetry
Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: Poems from Gaza by Mosab Abu Toha

Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: Poems from Gaza

Mosab Abu Toha

126 pages • digital • 2022

nonfiction memoir poetry emotional reflective sad medium-paced
a body more tolerable by jaye simpson

a body more tolerable

jaye simpson

87 pages • digital • 2025

fiction lgbtqia+ poetry emotional reflective fast-paced
We Are All So Good at Smiling by Amber McBride

We Are All So Good at Smiling

Amber McBride

304 pages • digital • 2023

fiction fantasy poetry young adult dark emotional sad medium-paced
Golden Girl by Reem Faruqi

Golden Girl

Reem Faruqi

336 pages • hardcover • 2022

fiction middle grade poetry emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
Life of the Party: Poems by Olivia Gatwood

Life of the Party: Poems

Olivia Gatwood

176 pages • paperback • 2019

nonfiction feminism poetry dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Getting by Not Fitting In by Les Wicks
Getting by Not Fitting In
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Les Wicks

Getting by Not Fitting In

Les Wicks

96 pages