52 For 25: Poetry Edition

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9 participants (129 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Read one collection of poetry per week in 2025.

Additional personal goal within the numeric challenge;

  • more than 50% of these works should be by global majority poets
  • at least 25% should be by queer and/or trans poets
  • at least 50% of these should be by women, non-binary, and/or GNC persons

A good companion challenge would be the on-going "Gremlins Do Poetry" challenge which has challenges based on theme, region, collection type, poet, etc!

Challenge Books

All books added
The Hurting Kind by Ada Limón

The Hurting Kind

Ada Limón

100 pages • hardcover • 2022

nonfiction nature poetry emotional reflective medium-paced
Gay Girl Prayers by Emily Austin

Gay Girl Prayers

Emily Austin

68 pages • digital • 2024 user-added

nonfiction feminism lgbtqia+ poetry emotional funny reflective medium-paced
Theophanies by Sarah Ghazal Ali

Theophanies

Sarah Ghazal Ali

100 pages • paperback • 2024

nonfiction poetry challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Homegirls and Handgrenades by Sonia Sanchez

Homegirls and Handgrenades

Sonia Sanchez

112 pages • paperback • 1984

fiction feminism poetry race emotional reflective slow-paced
Night Sky with Exit Wounds by Ocean Vuong

Night Sky with Exit Wounds

Ocean Vuong

89 pages • digital • 2016

nonfiction lgbtqia+ poetry emotional reflective sad medium-paced
American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin by Terrance Hayes

American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin

Terrance Hayes

112 pages • paperback • 2018

nonfiction poetry race challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Dear God. Dear Bones. Dear Yellow. by Noor Hindi

Dear God. Dear Bones. Dear Yellow.

Noor Hindi

66 pages • paperback • 2022

nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir poetry politics challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
The Complete Poems of Anna Akhmatova by Anna Akhmatova

The Complete Poems of Anna Akhmatova

Anna Akhmatova

948 pages • paperback • 1965

nonfiction poetry emotional reflective medium-paced
The Water Horse by Nuala Ni Dhomhnaill

The Water Horse

Nuala Ni Dhomhnaill

127 pages • paperback

nonfiction poetry reflective medium-paced
Aina Hanau / Birth Land by Brandy Nalani McDougall

Aina Hanau / Birth Land

Brandy Nalani McDougall

160 pages • paperback

poetry