I did the Sealey Challenge again!! The challenge is to read 31 books of poetry in August, and this was my third time ☺️ one of my close friends gave me a bunch of books she recommended and she knows my taste well so there were a lot of 5 star reads this time lol. I put up a little graphic of all the ones I’ve read and my rating 💖

Solid collection, especially if you are of the socialist or communist mindset. Extremely complex; you’ll have to know specifics about the movements, politics, and Algeria. i think some things also got lost in translation as well. I would give this a 3.5/5. my favorite poem was probably Brahim, the Generous.

i read yesterday; i just didn’t post. i also read two poetry collections, but i accidentally read a poetry collection from elizabeth pipko who is the republican national spokesperson. it was honestly really bad, and i didn’t know who pipko was until i saw a political autobiography in her storygraph results. so i thought i should read another collection and count that instead.

a grain of mustard seed is a solid 3/5 for me. sarton is incredibly interesting as a poet and there’s a lot of great analysis that can be had in the first half of this collection. however, the last half fell a bit flat for me. i’ll probably read more of her work later though.

i'm doing the sealey challenge this august; it's basically where you read a book of poetry every day this month. this year, i'm doing it to support gaza and potentially raise funds for the people there.

this is obviously a bit different from my usual aesthetic, but i wanted to put this on my main blog instead of a side one.