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The Sealey Challenge Day 27: the Ruins of Nostalgia by Donna Stonecipher
the Ruins of Nostalgia breaks the rule of repetition. I tell my students "do not repeat the same line or partial line--even, yes, even if...


The Sealey Challenge Day 26: Don't Tickle the Ghost: You might make it Woo... by Usborne Touchy-Feely Sounds
Don't judge. It's kind of like poetry--it gives joy. It's micro. It's for two micro-humans. I had fun. I don't even have them pressing...


The Sealey Challenge Day 25 (catching up on the blog) The Sunflower: Cast a Spell to Save Us from the Void by Jackie Wang
Jackie Wang has an amazing poetry collection here! I will be using it to teach hybrid forms. I just tried lecturing about prose poetry...


The Sealey Challenge Day 23 & 24! The Bookstore Sisters, The Bookstore Wedding by Alice Hoffman
The Fairy Tale Magazine mentioned these gems and I decided why not include short stories in the mix of genres in the Sealey Challenge? I...


The Sealey Challenge Day 22! The Little Edges by Fred Moten
I started strong, became slightly skeptical, became enamored, and then finally read the back of the book. I want to see what I see--not...


The Sealey Challenge Day 21! Commuting: Have gone to Ithaca by Frank Quitely
There are so many plays on language that they are almost indescribable. There is more pleasure in saying and thinking the words than the...


The Sealey Challenge Day 20: chamber after chamber: poems by Saara Myrene Raappana
This is a beautiful collection. I admit that I did not study it closely because of time but I will use it in class. There are marvelous...


The Sealey Challenge Day 19! I Wish I had a Wookie and Other Poems for Our Galaxy by Ian Doescher
SOOOO much fun! I can't wait to share it with the children and adults in my life! There are fun rhymes and inside jokes. Wonderful...


The Sealey Challenge Day 18: Fairy Tale Destruction: A Book of Dark Poetry by Erik Straker
I listened to this collection in the car, and I admit that if you are looking to hear about fancy dresses and glittering wings--this is...


The Sealey Challenge Day 17: Orange Roses by Lucy Ives
I believe that this collection has strong imagery and uses white space well. I find it hanging close to the extreme lyrical (versus...
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