Sealey Challenge Week 1
August 2026 starts with some hot poetry
Welcome to our community Sealey Challenge!
I suggest reading one poem a day and taking a couple of minutes to reflect on it (and read it again!)
Paid subscribers should expect to see a couple of prompts at the bottom of the post each week. This week, the prompts are combined with days 1 and 4.
Everyone should feel free to post their comments, observations, thoughts, and questions here! Let me know if any of these move you to look up more poems by the poet, or inspire you to write.
All the poems I’m sharing this week are in the public domain, so please share the post or poems you like with friends!
August 1st:
August 2nd:
Public Works by Brandon Rushton
August 3rd:
Mama Amazonica by Pascale Petit is quite long, so you can read and listen to it on the link. Don’t miss out on this powerful poem!
August 4th:
August 5th:
The Naming of Cats by T. S. Eliot
August 6th:
August 7th:
