Want to Hear a Poem?
The list of books ::
“Museum” by Rita Dove - “The Rest of Love” by Carl Phillips - “Leaflets” by Adrienne Rich - “Postcolonial Love Poem” by Natalie Diaz
“The Tradition” by Jericho Brown - “Felt” by Alice Fulton - “Overpour” by Jane Wong - “The Dream of a Common Language” by
Adrienne Rich - “Contraband of the Hoopoe” by Ewa Chrusciel - “Sorry, Tree” by Eileen Myles - “Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude”
by Ross Gay - “She Had Some Horses” by Joy Harjo - “There are More Beautiful Things than Beyonce” by Morgan Parker
“The Jacob’s Ladder” by Denise Levertov - “Why I Wake Early” by Mary Oliver - “Standing on Earth” by Mohsen Emadi
“The Duino Elegies” by Rainer Rilke - “Split” by Cathy Linh Che - “Blue Hour” by Carolyn Forche - “Cruel Fiction” by Wendy Trevino
“Once” by Alice Walker - “District and Circle” by Seamus Heaney - “On A Stair” by Ann Lauterbach - “Ariel” by Sylvia Plath
“Guillotine” by Eduardo Corral - “Obit” by Victoria Chang - “Music for the Dead and Resurrected” by Valzhyna Mort
“Tiger Girl” by Pascale Petit - “Rendang” by Will Harris - “Homie” by Danez Smith - “Years, Months, and Days” by Amanda Jernigan
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31 days, 31 books.
The Sealey Challenge, started by poet Nicole Sealey, asks you to read a book of poetry every day during the month of August.
It’s a simple challenge that is anything but simple. It’s a way to connect to the written word and to hold myself accountable to a reading practice.
It’s also a practice in abundance. To be bursting with poetry. It’s too many letters for my hands to carry alone, so I want to share it. I want to read to people. Do you want to hear a poem?
On the weekends, I’ll turn CAM’s window into a comfy living room and sit down to finish a book of poems. If someone walking by wants to hear a poem, they can wave and I’ll read from whatever is in my hand at the moment. As the days go by, the titles will stack up.
