Sarah O'Connor
@sarahocwrites.bsky.social
Writer, Poet, Theatre goer, Music lover, Irishwoman abroad she/her
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So my final stack for #TheSealeyChallenge I got to 23 rather than 31 but given the number of collections & a few languages scattered through I'm more than happy. Some excellent writers discovered & the realisation there are loads of pockets of time in my day for #MorePoems #SealeyChallenge #Booksky
August 31, 2025 at 8:59 PM
So my final stack for #TheSealeyChallenge I got to 23 rather than 31 but given the number of collections & a few languages scattered through I'm more than happy. Some excellent writers discovered & the realisation there are loads of pockets of time in my day for #MorePoems #SealeyChallenge #Booksky
One last collection... book 23 for the #Sealeychallenge. Not 31 but definitely more than I would have thought possible in one month!
August 31, 2025 at 8:39 PM
One last collection... book 23 for the #Sealeychallenge. Not 31 but definitely more than I would have thought possible in one month!
Book 22 of the #SealeyChallenge was a random selection that caught my eye in the library yesterday. Really excellent, absorbing poetry, I need to read more of her work! 💙📚
August 31, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Book 22 of the #SealeyChallenge was a random selection that caught my eye in the library yesterday. Really excellent, absorbing poetry, I need to read more of her work! 💙📚
Book 21 of the #SealeyChallenge & I'm very ready for some fiction next week! So thank god for this burst of kinetic poetic electricity. A wonderful book and it has left me eager to see her perform her work to better understand the live-ness of it
August 29, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Book 21 of the #SealeyChallenge & I'm very ready for some fiction next week! So thank god for this burst of kinetic poetic electricity. A wonderful book and it has left me eager to see her perform her work to better understand the live-ness of it
Book 20 for the #SealeyChallenge and I'm clearly getting quicker reading French! This collection didn't hold me as much as some of her earlier work unfortunately but I do love the physical size/shape of these poche editions 💙📚
August 27, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Book 20 for the #SealeyChallenge and I'm clearly getting quicker reading French! This collection didn't hold me as much as some of her earlier work unfortunately but I do love the physical size/shape of these poche editions 💙📚
Book 19 of the #SealeyChallenge is this snack-size pamphlet from Salo press. One of the more experimental works I've read and one I will need to digest & re-read next month
August 27, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Book 19 of the #SealeyChallenge is this snack-size pamphlet from Salo press. One of the more experimental works I've read and one I will need to digest & re-read next month
Another pamphlet for book 18 of the #SealeyChallenge and this one is a lovely exploration of the role of matriarchs in a family without getting overly sentimental
August 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Another pamphlet for book 18 of the #SealeyChallenge and this one is a lovely exploration of the role of matriarchs in a family without getting overly sentimental
Book 17 of the #SealeyChallenge and this one though short is like a rich deep drink of language. Really original use of imagery that you must read slowly to absorb 💙📚
August 25, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Book 17 of the #SealeyChallenge and this one though short is like a rich deep drink of language. Really original use of imagery that you must read slowly to absorb 💙📚
Book 16 of the #SealeyChallenge holds a power and a sadness within some incredibly well crafted poems. Glad this was one I read at home when I could sit with it & not out & about
August 23, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Book 16 of the #SealeyChallenge holds a power and a sadness within some incredibly well crafted poems. Glad this was one I read at home when I could sit with it & not out & about
Book 15 of the #SealeyChallenge is this explosion of poetry. Sharp, energetic and unblinking this book dares you to look pain in the face and sit with it. Absolutely wonderful 💙📚
August 23, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Book 15 of the #SealeyChallenge is this explosion of poetry. Sharp, energetic and unblinking this book dares you to look pain in the face and sit with it. Absolutely wonderful 💙📚
Book 14 of the #SealeyChallenge is actually a journal because this appeared in the post. Excited to read @carolinebracken.bsky.social prize winning pamphlet now from the sample in this
August 22, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Book 14 of the #SealeyChallenge is actually a journal because this appeared in the post. Excited to read @carolinebracken.bsky.social prize winning pamphlet now from the sample in this
Book 13 of the #SealeyChallenge and I would usually push away from this era of poetry or overly formal work. But something in here really grabbed me and there is a liveness & play within the language and form that I really enjoyed
August 18, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Book 13 of the #SealeyChallenge and I would usually push away from this era of poetry or overly formal work. But something in here really grabbed me and there is a liveness & play within the language and form that I really enjoyed
I fell off the #SealeyChallenge wagon for a few days but today this one took my hand & brought me on a rollercoaster of thought & language & emotion. A brilliant book, beautifully moving
August 17, 2025 at 2:36 PM
I fell off the #SealeyChallenge wagon for a few days but today this one took my hand & brought me on a rollercoaster of thought & language & emotion. A brilliant book, beautifully moving
Book 11 of the #SealeyChallenge This one took me a few days to read in small snippets. Her biog tells me Eiléan is an Aosdána Saoi and it shows, I feel like my brain has had an extra intense workout with these poems
August 13, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Book 11 of the #SealeyChallenge This one took me a few days to read in small snippets. Her biog tells me Eiléan is an Aosdána Saoi and it shows, I feel like my brain has had an extra intense workout with these poems
#SealeyChallenge Book 10 is Maya's pamphlet from OutSpoken. Some of these poems were familiar to me, some new, all gorgeous 💙📚
August 13, 2025 at 6:02 PM
#SealeyChallenge Book 10 is Maya's pamphlet from OutSpoken. Some of these poems were familiar to me, some new, all gorgeous 💙📚
Book 9 of the #SealeyChallenge was another pamphlet. The last of Gboyega's work I had left to read and as always the formal dexterity, innovative language-play and sheer entertaining readability is at work.
August 11, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Book 9 of the #SealeyChallenge was another pamphlet. The last of Gboyega's work I had left to read and as always the formal dexterity, innovative language-play and sheer entertaining readability is at work.
Book 8 of the #SealeyChallenge was a wonderful window into an unfamiliar world. Excited to see if there's a full collection from Fahad in the near future 🤞
August 11, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Book 8 of the #SealeyChallenge was a wonderful window into an unfamiliar world. Excited to see if there's a full collection from Fahad in the near future 🤞
Book 7 of the #SealeyChallenge and I can confirm Nobel laureates are not idea subjects for reading at this speed! So much in here that needs a second, slower pass next month 💙📚
August 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Book 7 of the #SealeyChallenge and I can confirm Nobel laureates are not idea subjects for reading at this speed! So much in here that needs a second, slower pass next month 💙📚
Me #SealeyChallenge book 6 is from Mary Noonan a former lecturer in my uni days. A gorgeously smooth & evocative lyric that cross-crosses Europe, placing the reader right into each new locale 💙📚
August 9, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Me #SealeyChallenge book 6 is from Mary Noonan a former lecturer in my uni days. A gorgeously smooth & evocative lyric that cross-crosses Europe, placing the reader right into each new locale 💙📚
Book 5 of the #SealeyChallenge is Brother Poem by Will Harris
August 7, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Book 5 of the #SealeyChallenge is Brother Poem by Will Harris
Falling slightly behind in my #SealeyChallenge by upping the ante to read en français! Book 4 was Mes forêts by Hélène Dorion. Well worth the time, this is a beautiful, blazing burst of eco poetry. I felt every word 📚💙
August 6, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Falling slightly behind in my #SealeyChallenge by upping the ante to read en français! Book 4 was Mes forêts by Hélène Dorion. Well worth the time, this is a beautiful, blazing burst of eco poetry. I felt every word 📚💙
Today was the last Faber in my stack. The clear standout for me was the long poem Seven Songs of Myself
August 3, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Today was the last Faber in my stack. The clear standout for me was the long poem Seven Songs of Myself
Day 2 of the #SealeyChallenge & sticking with Faber I didn't make it easy on myself! A gap in my reading I've been meaning to correct for a while now, so many intensely modern passages relevant to today
August 2, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Day 2 of the #SealeyChallenge & sticking with Faber I didn't make it easy on myself! A gap in my reading I've been meaning to correct for a while now, so many intensely modern passages relevant to today
In a fit of over enthusiasm I've decided to take on the #SealeyChallenge this month! One book in and what a heartbreakingly beautiful, crafted collection this is ❤️📚💙
August 1, 2025 at 4:52 PM
In a fit of over enthusiasm I've decided to take on the #SealeyChallenge this month! One book in and what a heartbreakingly beautiful, crafted collection this is ❤️📚💙
I was too engrossed in the readings to have any photos from tonight. But what a shortlist this is. So much richness of form & content in poetry right now #TSEliotPrize
January 12, 2025 at 10:36 PM
I was too engrossed in the readings to have any photos from tonight. But what a shortlist this is. So much richness of form & content in poetry right now #TSEliotPrize