Day 15 of #thesealeychallenge • Our featured poet is Esther Sadoff, whose work appeared in Burningword Literary Journal (@burningword.bsky.social). For the whole month of August, we'd like to put a spotlight on individual poets as well as some of our favourite lit mags.

Day 14 of #thesealeychallenge • Our featured poet is Bunkong Tuon (@bunkong.bsky.social), whose work appeared in Shō Poetry Journal (@shopoetryjournal.bsky.social). For the whole month of August, we'd like to put a spotlight on individual poets as well as some of our favourite lit mags.

Day 13 of #thesealeychallenge • Our featured poet is Derek Chan, whose work appeared in wildness. For the whole month of August, we'd like to put a spotlight on individual poets as well as some of our favourite lit mags.

Day 12 of #thesealeychallenge • Our featured poet is Jackie Sherbow, whose work appeared in Okay Donkey (@okaydonkeymag.com). For the whole month of August, we'd like to put a spotlight on individual poets as well as some of our favourite lit mags.

Day 11 of #thesealeychallenge • Our featured poet is travis tate, whose work appeared in ANMLY (@anmlymag.bsky.social). For the whole month of August, we'd like to put a spotlight on individual poets as well as some of our favourite lit mags.

Day 10 of #thesealeychallenge • Our featured poet is Benjamin Niespodziany (@neonpajamas.bsky.social), whose work appeared in HAD (@havehashad.com). For the whole month of August, we'd like to put a spotlight on individual poets as well as some of our favourite lit mags.

Day 9 of #thesealeychallenge • Our featured poet is Christy Lee Barnes, whose work appeared in RHINO Poetry (@rhinopoetry.bsky.social). For the whole month of August, we'd like to put a spotlight on individual poets as well as some of our favourite lit mags.

Day 8 of #thesealeychallenge • Our featured poet is Ross White, whose work appeared in 32 Poems. For the whole month of August, we'd like to put a spotlight on individual poets as well as some of our favourite lit mags.

Day 7 of #thesealeychallenge • Our featured poet is Seema Reza, whose work appeared in Hunger Mountain. For the whole month of August, we'd like to put a spotlight on individual poets as well as some of our favourite lit mags.

Day 6 of #thesealeychallenge • Our featured poet is Nate Marshall, whose work appeared in Split Lip Magazine (@splitlipthemag.bsky.social). For the whole month of August, we'd like to put a spotlight on individual poets as well as some of our favourite lit mags.

Day 5 of #thesealeychallenge • Our featured poet is Dominique Ahkong (@domkeykong.bsky.social), whose work appeared in Outskirts Literary Journal. For the whole month of August, we'd like to put a spotlight on individual poets as well as some of our favourite lit mags.

Day 4 of #thesealeychallenge • Our featured poet is Ellen Kombiyil (@ellenkombiyil), whose work appeared in Sixth Finch (@sixthfinch.bsky.social). For the whole month of August, we'd like to put a spotlight on individual poets as well as some of our favourite lit mags.

Day 3 of #thesealeychallenge • Our featured poet is Khadijah Queen (@khadijahqueen.com), whose work appeared in Amsterdam Review. For the whole month of August, we'd like to put a spotlight on individual poets as well as some of our favourite lit mags. Shared here with deep gratitude.

Day 2 of #thesealeychallenge • Our featured poet is Jayne Marek, whose work appeared in Bellevue Literary Review, Issue 49. For the whole month of August, we'd like to put a spotlight on individual poets as well as some of our favourite lit mags. Shared here with deep gratitude.

Day 1 of #thesealeychallenge • Our featured poet is Yunkyo Moon-Kim, whose work appeared in Hayden’s Ferry Review, Issue 78. For the whole month of August, we'd like to put a spotlight on individual poets as well as some of our favourite lit mags. Shared here with deep gratitude.

“one second separates us / from breathing in / each other’s skin” — Brandon Shimoda . . . This poem appeared in Poem-a-Day by the Academy of American Poets, 2022. Shared here with deep gratitude.

“Never pretend / to be a unicorn” — Martín Espada . . . This poem appeared in The Republic of Poetry by Martine Espada, published by W.W. Norton & Company, 2008. Shared here with deep gratitude.

“The universe in fact is monstrously indifferent to the presence of man” — Inua Ellams . . . This poem appeared in Poetry Magazine, 2020. Shared here with deep gratitude.

“so your hand isn’t in mine, but I feel / it there—when I am asleep, awake, inside my mind room.” — Renia White . . . This poem appeared in Casual Conversation by Renia White, published by BOA Editions, Ltd., 2022. Shared here with deep gratitude.

“Sometimes, I wonder if I would know a beautiful thing / if I saw it.” — Megan Fernandes . . . This poem appeared in The American Poetry Review, Volume 50, No. 03, 2021. Shared here with deep gratitude.

“Sometimes, I hold my breath in the bath / and imagine myself beautiful” — Lyn Li Che . . . This poem appeared in Passages North, 2023. Shared here with deep gratitude.

"inside of the ocean, / I am pushed to the brink, where I realize / that death is not what I want and divorce isn’t / either." — Ambalila Hemsell . . . This poem appeared in The Rumpus, 2022. Shared here with deep gratitude.

"It must not feel the weight of the all-blue sky, but I do. / It kicks its claws in the sand, shouts out falcon sounds." — Majda Gama (@majda.bsky.social) . . . This poem appeared in Memorius Issue 33, 2023. Shared here with deep gratitude.

"I’m asking you / to open so wide / there’s room for all the ways / I come apart." — James A. Pearson . . . This poem appeared in The Wilderness That Bears Your Name by James A. Pearson, published by Goat Trail Press, 2024. Shared here with deep gratitude.

"Dear girl. They will not—it’s we who do—end." — David Baker . . . This poem appeared in Never-Ending Birds by David Baker, published by W. W. Norton & Company, 2011. Shared here with deep gratitude.

"Why on earth now, on Tuesday of all days, / and why on earth, pinned down by this star’s pin?" — Wisława Szymborska

"I want you / like owls want eyes" — Edgar Anawrok . . . This poem appeared in The Gift of Tongues: Twenty-five Years of Poetry from Copper Canyon Press edited and introduced by Sam Hamill, published by Copper Canyon Press, 1996. Shared here with deep gratitude.

"genocide. at least, what births us should kill us genocide" — Emmanuel Umeji . . . This poem appeared in Chestnut Review Winter (Volume 6, Number 3), 2025. Shared here with deep gratitude.

"You will remain unlovable / to those who cannot love you." — Omotara James . . . This poem appeared in Honey Literary Issue 8, 2024. Shared here with deep gratitude.

"This attempt to boundary it into a claim. / To remake wind into a territory." — Mistee St. Clair . . . This poem appeared in The Hopper, Summer 2025. Shared here with deep gratitude.