Explore

@simeonberry.bsky.social Sep 10, 2026, 5:17 PM

(41/61) “The sea is there, and during / the rainy / season you cannot ask / for more / water or salt.” —Rosamond S. King, “In search of a word” (Rock-Salt-Stone) Nightboat Books #61WomenPoets #WOC #61Books61Days #TheSealeyChallenge #SeptWomenPoets

The cover of Rosamond S. King’s Rock-Salt-Stone: a photograph of a cluster of small black mounds in front of the corner of a sandy-looking beige and orange wall

@simeonberry.bsky.social Sep 9, 2026, 4:11 PM

(40/61) “driven across the country / with half-filled suitcases in a beat-up sedan— / warming my hands in a blurry Denny’s, / my mother giving me medicine with ice cream” — @jennyqi.bsky.social, “Little Fires” (Focal Point) Steel Toe Books #61WomenPoets #WOC #TheSealeyChallenge #SeptWomenPoets

The cover of Jenny Qi’s Focal Point: a photograph of orange clouds in a blue sky funneling toward a point over a darkened landscape

@simeonberry.bsky.social Sep 8, 2026, 6:53 PM

(39/61) “I paid off the debt with a stone that I knew to be worthless.” —Isabelle Baafi, “One side of a conversation with the bailiff at my door” (Chaotic Good) @weslpress.bsky.social #61WomenPoets #WOC #61Books61Days #TheSealeyChallenge #SeptWomenPoets

The cover of Isabelle Baafi’s Chaotic Good: an abstract painting of a red figure stepping out of a lavender ring with other small black-and-white figures still inside it, into a blue, aquatic landscape bordered by reaching red hands.

@tinamariecox.bsky.social Sep 7, 2026, 8:35 PM

Got my official seal for completing The Sealey Challenge in August. I read 31 books of poetry, one for every day of August! This is my 3rd year completing this reading challenge and as always, I read some amazing books!
#thesealeychallenge #poetry #books #tinamariethinkstoomuch #ReadingChallenge

@simeonberry.bsky.social Sep 7, 2026, 6:04 PM

(38/61) “whose smile never swam inside / an ultrasound hum the throat swallowed / before it became breath” —Jasminne Mendez, “Inheritance” (City Without Altar) @noemipress.bsky.social #61WomenPoets #WOC #61Books61Days #TheSealeyChallenge #SeptWomenPoets

The cover of Jasminne Mendez’s City Without Altar: a photograph of two crooked hands inside panty hose grasping white flower blossoms

@simeonberry.bsky.social Sep 6, 2026, 4:41 PM

(37/61) “to swallow / bruise / that begins / in dark blue” — @omotarajames.bsky.social, “Exhibition of the Queered Woman” (Song of My Softening) Alice James Books #61WomenPoets #WOC #61Books61Days #TheSealeyChallenge #SeptWomenPoets

The cover of Omotara James’ Song of My Softening: a photograph of a topless Black woman with braids wearing a gold skirt with her back turned and her arms raised, against a green background

@simeonberry.bsky.social Sep 5, 2026, 7:16 PM

(36/61) “Dead children become sediment, a red moon / hovers over a river. From a telephone pole, / a barn owl watches the house.” —Thea Matthews, “At Gramma’s House” (GRIME) @citylightsbooks.bsky.social #61WomenPoets #WOC #61Books61Days #TheSealeyChallenge #SeptWomenPoets