Sealey Challenge
@sealeychallenge.bsky.social
a community challenge to read one book of poems every day for the month of august. challenge begins august 1! 📚 ✨#sealeychallenge
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Signing off for some much-needed rest 😴💤 but keeping the spirit of poetry alive!
Thank you to everyone who read, posted, shared, and engaged with poetry this August!
We’ll see you same time next year for the next #SealeyChallenge!
Thank you to everyone who read, posted, shared, and engaged with poetry this August!
We’ll see you same time next year for the next #SealeyChallenge!
September 11, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Signing off for some much-needed rest 😴💤 but keeping the spirit of poetry alive!
Thank you to everyone who read, posted, shared, and engaged with poetry this August!
We’ll see you same time next year for the next #SealeyChallenge!
Thank you to everyone who read, posted, shared, and engaged with poetry this August!
We’ll see you same time next year for the next #SealeyChallenge!
You did it! Cheers to a wonderful month of reading poetry!
Don’t forget to claim your golden sealies + #SealeyChallenge postcards for a job well done! (Psst perfection isn't a requirement)
forms.gle/N9735imfCHq6...
Don’t forget to claim your golden sealies + #SealeyChallenge postcards for a job well done! (Psst perfection isn't a requirement)
forms.gle/N9735imfCHq6...
September 3, 2025 at 5:23 PM
You did it! Cheers to a wonderful month of reading poetry!
Don’t forget to claim your golden sealies + #SealeyChallenge postcards for a job well done! (Psst perfection isn't a requirement)
forms.gle/N9735imfCHq6...
Don’t forget to claim your golden sealies + #SealeyChallenge postcards for a job well done! (Psst perfection isn't a requirement)
forms.gle/N9735imfCHq6...
August is about to draw to a close, and our final #TuesdayTip is this: return to these books again and again. Which books of poetry have you (or do you plan to) come back to over and over—and what made them so special?
August 26, 2025 at 4:48 PM
August is about to draw to a close, and our final #TuesdayTip is this: return to these books again and again. Which books of poetry have you (or do you plan to) come back to over and over—and what made them so special?
Happy Tuesday everyone! Today's #TuesdayTip is to listen to audiobooks or recordings of poetry readings on Voca. What's Voca? A treasure trove of poetry readings from the Poetry Center over the past 60+ years—all free, fully transcribed + captioned!
voca.arizona.edu
voca.arizona.edu
August 12, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Happy Tuesday everyone! Today's #TuesdayTip is to listen to audiobooks or recordings of poetry readings on Voca. What's Voca? A treasure trove of poetry readings from the Poetry Center over the past 60+ years—all free, fully transcribed + captioned!
voca.arizona.edu
voca.arizona.edu
One of the core values of the #sealeychallenge is to engage with diverse voices. What new voices have you read this summer?
August 9, 2025 at 4:29 PM
One of the core values of the #sealeychallenge is to engage with diverse voices. What new voices have you read this summer?
Thrilled to share this year's shiny new #SealeyChallenge postcards, designed by Tucson artist Sophie McTear!
Get yours by visiting the Poetry Center, or requesting them online through our google form: forms.gle/UHGejuzT9SUk...
Get yours by visiting the Poetry Center, or requesting them online through our google form: forms.gle/UHGejuzT9SUk...
August 7, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Thrilled to share this year's shiny new #SealeyChallenge postcards, designed by Tucson artist Sophie McTear!
Get yours by visiting the Poetry Center, or requesting them online through our google form: forms.gle/UHGejuzT9SUk...
Get yours by visiting the Poetry Center, or requesting them online through our google form: forms.gle/UHGejuzT9SUk...
Today's #Tuesdaytip : Your local library and the libby app are great resources, if you want access to free books this Sealey Summer! And if you live in Tucson, you're welcome to one of the largest public poetry library collections in the world at the University of Arizona Poetry Center!
August 5, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Today's #Tuesdaytip : Your local library and the libby app are great resources, if you want access to free books this Sealey Summer! And if you live in Tucson, you're welcome to one of the largest public poetry library collections in the world at the University of Arizona Poetry Center!
Ready, set, READ! For suggestions where to start, check out our new list on the Sealey Challenge website, curated by Nicole Sealey and University or Arizona Poetry Library staff:
www.thesealeychallenge.com/start-here
www.thesealeychallenge.com/start-here
August 2, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Ready, set, READ! For suggestions where to start, check out our new list on the Sealey Challenge website, curated by Nicole Sealey and University or Arizona Poetry Library staff:
www.thesealeychallenge.com/start-here
www.thesealeychallenge.com/start-here
Welcome to DAY 1 of the 2025 #SealeyChallenge! 31 books of poetry in 31 days: let's goooooooo!
#sealeychallenge #poetry
#sealeychallenge #poetry
August 1, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Welcome to DAY 1 of the 2025 #SealeyChallenge! 31 books of poetry in 31 days: let's goooooooo!
#sealeychallenge #poetry
#sealeychallenge #poetry
Psst, have you heard of #SealeyChallenge BINGO? We've got a whole new series of challenges and some amazing giveaways!
Get your bingo card here: www.thesealeychallenge.com/s/2025-Bingo...
Get your bingo card here: www.thesealeychallenge.com/s/2025-Bingo...
July 31, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Psst, have you heard of #SealeyChallenge BINGO? We've got a whole new series of challenges and some amazing giveaways!
Get your bingo card here: www.thesealeychallenge.com/s/2025-Bingo...
Get your bingo card here: www.thesealeychallenge.com/s/2025-Bingo...
The celebration starts tomorrow!! Can't wait to kick off an amazing month of reading with the whole #SealeyChallenge community!
“The Sealey Challenge, at heart, is a big, raucous, joyful celebration of poetry.” —Laura Sackton
“The Sealey Challenge, at heart, is a big, raucous, joyful celebration of poetry.” —Laura Sackton
July 31, 2025 at 3:29 PM
The celebration starts tomorrow!! Can't wait to kick off an amazing month of reading with the whole #SealeyChallenge community!
“The Sealey Challenge, at heart, is a big, raucous, joyful celebration of poetry.” —Laura Sackton
“The Sealey Challenge, at heart, is a big, raucous, joyful celebration of poetry.” —Laura Sackton
The #SealeyChallenge is two short days away—and you can pre-celebrate by listening to the special 50th episode of Poetry Centered, hosted by @nicolesealey.bsky.social herself!
Listen here: www.buzzsprout.com/1165454/epis...
Listen here: www.buzzsprout.com/1165454/epis...
July 30, 2025 at 6:10 PM
The #SealeyChallenge is two short days away—and you can pre-celebrate by listening to the special 50th episode of Poetry Centered, hosted by @nicolesealey.bsky.social herself!
Listen here: www.buzzsprout.com/1165454/epis...
Listen here: www.buzzsprout.com/1165454/epis...
Don't forget about chapbooks! Today's #TuesdayTip is to include chapbooks in your Sealey Challenge reading! And if you live in Tucson, The Poetry Center has many chapbooks you can browse in-person
July 29, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Don't forget about chapbooks! Today's #TuesdayTip is to include chapbooks in your Sealey Challenge reading! And if you live in Tucson, The Poetry Center has many chapbooks you can browse in-person
“Poetry is the only literary form that can accommodate such a rapid rate of reading; being able to jump seamlessly between voices like this can expand the way we think about the world.”
— Laura Buccieri, Lithub
— Laura Buccieri, Lithub
July 25, 2025 at 2:21 PM
“Poetry is the only literary form that can accommodate such a rapid rate of reading; being able to jump seamlessly between voices like this can expand the way we think about the world.”
— Laura Buccieri, Lithub
— Laura Buccieri, Lithub
Poetry is a linguistic configuration of energy.
—Mary Ruefle
Art by Sophie McTear.
—Mary Ruefle
Art by Sophie McTear.
July 24, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Poetry is a linguistic configuration of energy.
—Mary Ruefle
Art by Sophie McTear.
—Mary Ruefle
Art by Sophie McTear.
The purpose of poetry is to remind us how difficult it is to remain just one person.
—Czeslaw Milosz, “Ars Poetica?” trans. by Czeslaw Milosz and Lillian Vallee
Art by Allison Miller.
—Czeslaw Milosz, “Ars Poetica?” trans. by Czeslaw Milosz and Lillian Vallee
Art by Allison Miller.
July 24, 2025 at 4:17 PM
The purpose of poetry is to remind us how difficult it is to remain just one person.
—Czeslaw Milosz, “Ars Poetica?” trans. by Czeslaw Milosz and Lillian Vallee
Art by Allison Miller.
—Czeslaw Milosz, “Ars Poetica?” trans. by Czeslaw Milosz and Lillian Vallee
Art by Allison Miller.
The celebration starts NEXT WEEK!! Can't wait to kick off an amazing month of reading with the whole #SealeyChallenge community!
July 23, 2025 at 4:38 PM
The celebration starts NEXT WEEK!! Can't wait to kick off an amazing month of reading with the whole #SealeyChallenge community!
Nicole Sealey says poetry today, with its salutary quality, is unique because it “invites us to pause, to find some semblance of beauty amid the ugliness of the moment.”
—Diego Báez
www.pw.org/content/poet...
—Diego Báez
www.pw.org/content/poet...
July 22, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Nicole Sealey says poetry today, with its salutary quality, is unique because it “invites us to pause, to find some semblance of beauty amid the ugliness of the moment.”
—Diego Báez
www.pw.org/content/poet...
—Diego Báez
www.pw.org/content/poet...
A few quick tips to get you prepared for the upcoming #sealeychallenge:
July 22, 2025 at 8:23 PM
A few quick tips to get you prepared for the upcoming #sealeychallenge:
Remember, the point of the Sealey Challenge isn't perfection—the point is to spend (more) time with poetry! Today’s #TuesdayTip is to prioritize enjoyment over perfection!
July 22, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Remember, the point of the Sealey Challenge isn't perfection—the point is to spend (more) time with poetry! Today’s #TuesdayTip is to prioritize enjoyment over perfection!
“The Sealey Challenge, at heart, is a big, raucous, joyful celebration of poetry.” —Laura Sackton
Whether you're brand-new to the challenge or old hat, everyone is invited to read (more) 31 books in 31 days this August!
www.thesealeychallenge.com
Whether you're brand-new to the challenge or old hat, everyone is invited to read (more) 31 books in 31 days this August!
www.thesealeychallenge.com
July 19, 2025 at 8:13 PM
“The Sealey Challenge, at heart, is a big, raucous, joyful celebration of poetry.” —Laura Sackton
Whether you're brand-new to the challenge or old hat, everyone is invited to read (more) 31 books in 31 days this August!
www.thesealeychallenge.com
Whether you're brand-new to the challenge or old hat, everyone is invited to read (more) 31 books in 31 days this August!
www.thesealeychallenge.com
(yawn) Hibernation is almost over! Just a couple of weeks until the 2025 #SealeyChallenge kicks off!
July 19, 2025 at 8:09 PM
(yawn) Hibernation is almost over! Just a couple of weeks until the 2025 #SealeyChallenge kicks off!
Popping out of hibernation to say we're here on Bluesky! (And we'll see you in August of next year!) #sealeychallenge
November 20, 2024 at 9:16 PM
Popping out of hibernation to say we're here on Bluesky! (And we'll see you in August of next year!) #sealeychallenge