“though I’m not twenty / and won’t be again but ah! seventy. And still / in love with life.” — Mary Oliver . . . Happy birthday, Mary Oliver. . . . This poem appeared in Red Bird by Mary Oliver, published by Beacon Press, 2008. Shared here with deep gratitude.

“I will never give up longing. / I will let my hair stay long.” — Linda Gregg . . . Happy birthday, Linda Gregg. . . . This poem appeared in All of It Singing: New and Selected Poems by Linda Gregg, published by Graywolf Press, 2009. Shared here with deep gratitude.

“Sometimes, to get back to land / is the worst thing a person can do.” — Jane Mead . . . This poem appeared in House of Poured Out Waters by Jane Mead, published by University of Illinois Press, 2000. Shared here with deep gratitude.

“I love that I decided to live. I love that I decided to live.” — Robin Arble . . . This poem appeared in Passages North, 2025. Shared here with deep gratitude.

“You were first created out of love, / so carry nothing but love / to those who are trembling.” — Hiba Abu Nada . . . This poem appeared in ArabLit Quarterly, 2023. Shared here with deep gratitude.

“I’m beginning to think I may never / not be undecided, about all sorts of things” — Carl Phillips (@cphillipspoet.bsky.social) . . . This poem appeared in Poem-a-Day by the Academy of American Poets, 2016. Shared here with deep gratitude.

“I want to learn closure the way / a door knows it, loud and with purpose.” — K. Mobley . . . This poem appeared in Chestnut Review, Volume 6, Number 2, Autumn 2024. Shared here with deep gratitude.

“We repeat, reshaping and destroying, always starting from the bottom.” — Gillian Sze . . . This poem appeared in An Orange, A Syllable by Gillian Sze, published by ECW Press, 2025. Shared here with deep gratitude.

“It has always been evening // and now you know.” — James Richardson . . . This poem appeared in The Paris Review, Issue no. 249, Fall 2024. Shared here with deep gratitude.

“Always in these friendships / one serves the other, one is less than the other” — Louise Glück . . . This poem appeared in The Triumph of Achilles by Louise Glück, published by Ecco Press, 1985. Shared here with deep gratitude.

Day 31 of #thesealeychallenge • Our featured poet is Jeri Frederickson, whose work appeared in Variant Literature (@variantlit.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 30 of #thesealeychallenge • Our featured poet is Diana Cao (@dianacao.bsky.social), whose work appeared in Equatorial Literary Magazine. 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 29 of #thesealeychallenge • Our featured poet is Jenny Qi, whose work appeared in Diode Poetry Journal (@diodeeditions.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 28 of #thesealeychallenge • Our featured poet is Elena Zhang (@ezhang77.bsky.social), whose work appeared in Frozen Sea (@frozenseapoetry.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 27 of #thesealeychallenge • Our featured poet is Leah Umansky, whose work appeared in Waxwing 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 26 of #thesealeychallenge • Our featured poet is Lizzy Fox, whose work appeared in Small Orange. 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 25 of #thesealeychallenge • Our featured poet is Emilia Phillips, whose work appeared in Southeast 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.

Day 24 of #thesealeychallenge • Our featured poet is Natasha Rao, whose work appeared in The Offing (@theoffingmag.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 23 of #thesealeychallenge • Our featured poet is Ben Kline, whose work appeared in Birdcoat Quarterly (@birdcoatquarterly.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 22 of #thesealeychallenge • Our featured poet is Robin Myers, whose work appeared in Guernica. 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 21 of #thesealeychallenge • Our featured poet is Derek Otsuji, whose work appeared in The Hopper. 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 20 of #thesealeychallenge • Our featured poet is Susan L. Leary (@susanlleary.bsky.social), whose work appeared in Rust & Moth (@rustandmoth.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 19 of #thesealeychallenge • Our featured poet is Uma Dwivedi, whose work appeared in Muzzle Magazine. 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 18 of #thesealeychallenge • Our featured poet is Christopher Citro (@christophercitro.bsky.social), whose work appeared in West Branch (@westbranchmagazine.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 17 of #thesealeychallenge • Our featured poet is Disha Trivedi. whose work appeared in Passages North (@passagesnorth.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 16 of #thesealeychallenge • Our featured poet is Robert Wood Lynn, whose work appeared in Four Way 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.

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.