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

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The Million-Petalled Flower of Being Here by Vidyan Ravinthiran

The Million-Petalled Flower of Being Here

Vidyan Ravinthiran

60 pages • 2019 • 2 editions

poetry emotional reflective medium-paced
Pilgrim Bell: Poems by Kaveh Akbar

Pilgrim Bell: Poems

Kaveh Akbar

80 pages • 2021 • 6 editions

nonfiction poetry emotional reflective medium-paced
The Penguin Book of Spiritual Verse: 110 Poets on the Divine by Kaveh Akbar

The Penguin Book of Spiritual Verse: 110 Poets on the Divine

Kaveh Akbar

400 pages • 2022 • 3 editions

nonfiction poetry religion challenging reflective medium-paced
Please Love Me at My Worst by Michaela Angemeer

Please Love Me at My Worst

Michaela Angemeer

144 pages • 2021 • 8 editions

fiction lgbtqia+ poetry emotional reflective medium-paced
Nothing Is Okay by Rachel Wiley

Nothing Is Okay

Rachel Wiley

96 pages • 2018 • 4 editions

nonfiction feminism lgbtqia+ poetry emotional reflective fast-paced
The Care We Dream Of: Liberatory and Transformative Approaches to LGBTQ+ Health by Zena Sharman

The Care We Dream Of: Liberatory and Transformative Approaches to LGBTQ+ Health

Zena Sharman

352 pages • 2021 • 2 editions

nonfiction essays health lgbtqia+ poetry emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Mouthful of Forevers by Clementine von Radics

Mouthful of Forevers

Clementine von Radics

112 pages • 2015 • 3 editions

nonfiction lgbtqia+ poetry romance emotional reflective fast-paced
Soft Science by Franny Choi

Soft Science

Franny Choi

95 pages • 2019 • 4 editions

nonfiction lgbtqia+ poetry science technology challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
The Tradition by Jericho Brown

The Tradition

Jericho Brown

110 pages • 2019 • 13 editions

nonfiction lgbtqia+ poetry race challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
When My Brother Was an Aztec by Natalie Díaz

When My Brother Was an Aztec

Natalie Díaz

103 pages • 2012 • 6 editions

nonfiction lgbtqia+ poetry emotional reflective fast-paced