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L.M. Cole × scoops @scoops.bsky.social · 18/08/2023

Sealey Challenge Day 17 Heaven, Ekphrasis by sterling-elizabeth arcadia from Kith Books Transformative, raw, innovative.

Black background, image of a bird in flight with fire in its talons.

Text: Heaven, Ekphrasis

sterling-elizabeth arcadia

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L.M. Cole × scoops @scoops.bsky.social · 18/08/2023

Sealey Challenge Day 16 (Yes, I forget to add these every other day.) Little Climates by L.A. Johnson from Bull City Press This one is feral and wild. It harnesses nature and human and connects them.

Little Climates
Poems
L.A. Johnson

Image of a colorful sunset in clouds

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L.M. Cole × scoops @scoops.bsky.social · 15/08/2023

Sealey Challenge Day 15 the fine line by nat raum from Kith Books This one is chaos/sex/edge and I'm here for it. @gr8earlofhell.bsky.social

the fine line by nat raum

A Polaroid photo of a red haired person with their mouth pressed to the skin of another. I think.

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L.M. Cole × scoops @scoops.bsky.social · 15/08/2023

Sealey Challenge Day 14 Magic Lives in Girls by Sadee Bee from Kith Books @sadeebee.bsky.social This is a spell and a storm wrapped up together. 💜

Magic Lives in Girls by Sadee Bee

Portrait in red/pink of a woman in a veil with a flower in her mouth and in front of her chest.

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L.M. Cole × scoops @scoops.bsky.social · 15/08/2023

I'm excited to have a CNF piece in the newest issue of All My Relations! You can read it here: www.talbot-heindl.com/relations-iss…

Image of a hand holding a small white flower. Text to the right:
Stigma by L.M. Cole
CW: Mental Health, institutionalization
Wind has a way of whispering through grass, through flowers, through leaves of trees. If I lie in the green and close my eyes under the sun, my vision turns pink. I am a a stargazer lily unfurling in the warmth of day, wind whispering through me. In this light, I am as lovely as the flowers, as freckled, as beloved. The wind stirs my hair with a sigh, as if to lull me to rest.

Read more in All My Relations, Vol. 5

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L.M. Cole × scoops @scoops.bsky.social · 13/08/2023

Sealey Challenge Day 13 Dead Name: The Names of My Dead by Kayden Vargas from Kith Books. This chapbook is strong, shouting trans truths in verdant language and religious artifact.

Cover Dead Name: The Names of My Dead by Kayden Vargas

Layered post cards on a green background.

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L.M. Cole × scoops @scoops.bsky.social · 13/08/2023

This North Carolina treasure of a book shop just bought some of my chapbook copies. If you're ever in Little Switzerland, NC, you can pick up a signed copy of SALT MOUTH MOSS QUEEN!! Or here: linktr.ee/lmcole

Photo of a small town storefront. Green Sign above a red awning says Little Switzerland Books and Beans.

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L.M. Cole × scoops @scoops.bsky.social · 13/08/2023

Sealey Challenge Day 12 Peanut [the cat] auditions as Courage [from Courage the Cowardly Dog] by Tommy Wyatt Blake Cats are honestly the best and Peanut is no different. Peanut as watchdog, as hero, as hope is exactly what I needed. @tommywyattblake.bsky.social

Peanut [the cat] auditions as Courage [from Courage the Cowardly Dog] by Tommy Blake

Grey/ blue cat in a Courage the Cowardly Dog art style standing on a red, circular stage.

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L.M. Cole × scoops @scoops.bsky.social · 11/08/2023

Sealey Challenge Day 11 Slack Tongue City by MacKenzie Berry from Sundress Publications This is part diatribe, part memory, all love letter for Louisville. ❤️

Slack Tongue City
Poems
MacKenzie Berry

An abstract image black over neon pink and orange

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L.M. Cole × scoops @scoops.bsky.social · 11/08/2023

Sealey Challenge Day 10 Douchebag Sonnets by Jeremy Freedman from Bullshit Lit @bullshitlit.bsky.social This one has so much worms. 10/10 would recommend.

Cover for Douchebag Sonnets by Jeremy Freedman

Abstract portrait

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L.M. Cole × scoops @scoops.bsky.social · 10/08/2023

Legitimately one of the best gifts I've ever gotten. 🥺

Cloth bag in red, white text
Legendary
Est.1971 PDX, OR
Powell's
City of Books
Independent

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L.M. Cole × scoops @scoops.bsky.social · 09/08/2023

Sealey Challenge Day 9 Cajoncito: Poems on Love, Loss y Otras Locuras by Elizabeth M. Castillo A collection of poems that tells a powerful story in three acts. ✨️

Cajoncito: Poems on Love, Loss, y Otras Locuras by Elizabeth M. Castillo

Parchment like background with a central collage of travel themed images: an airplane, a heart, planets, a jellyfish, flowers, mountains

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L.M. Cole × scoops @scoops.bsky.social · 09/08/2023

Sealey Challenge Day 8 Utopia in Green by Magi Sumpter from Kith Books. Lush and sensual, at times tumultuous. Lovely throughout.

Cover Utopia in Green by Magi Sumpter

A skull surrounded by verdant nature, flowers, a moth.

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L.M. Cole × scoops @scoops.bsky.social · 09/08/2023

Poet making a poem. #poetry (Continuing this chain started by @hanvanderhart.bsky.social )

Illustration of a large boa constrictor in a tree, ready to strike at a frightened deer.

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L.M. Cole × scoops @scoops.bsky.social · 09/08/2023

Sealey Challenge Day 7 Daughters of the State by Leigh Chadwick Everything that Leigh Chadwick writes is haunting and heartbreaking. I recommend her to.. everyone.

Cover: daughters of the state by Leigh Chadwick

Image is an illustration of a female child walking towards an orange house in the distance.

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L.M. Cole × scoops @scoops.bsky.social · 07/08/2023

Sealey Challenge Day 6 random access memory by nat raum from Bullshit Lit. @gr8earlofhell.bsky.social @bullshitlit.bsky.social A perfect kind of chaos that cuts through to truth. I've never read anything like it. 💜

Cover:

nat raum

random access memory in purple fading down to pink on a white background.

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L.M. Cole × scoops @scoops.bsky.social · 05/08/2023

Sealey Challenge Day 5 Roadside Frutería by J. Villanueva from Bullshit Lit @bullshitlit.bsky.social Packed with flavor. Sweet and bitter. Beautiful.

Cover: Roadside Frutería Poems by J. Villanueva

Image of an outdoor Frutería, fruit/produce stand.

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L.M. Cole × scoops @scoops.bsky.social · 04/08/2023

Sealey Challenge Day 4 Icarus Rising by Dre Levant from Kith Books @drethepiper.bsky.social Beautiful, insightful, complicated. ☀️🔥

A sketch from behind a person with multicolored hair half in a ponytail. Text: icarus rising, dre levant, "too close to the sun?" I'm heading straight for it

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L.M. Cole × scoops @scoops.bsky.social · 04/08/2023

Sealey Challenge Day 3 I've Been Going Thru Some Things by Clem Flowers from Kith Books @clemflowers.bsky.social Relatable. Real. Really great.

Image of a dark road with cars traveling on it. Text in neon aqua "I've been going thru some things" text in neon orange "Clem Flowers"

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L.M. Cole × scoops @scoops.bsky.social · 02/08/2023

Sealey Challenge Day 2 Sophomore Slump by Leigh Chadwick from Malarkey Books @malarkeybooks.bsky.social A book. A banger. A broken heart.

Cover of Sophomore Slump by Leigh Chadwick from Malarkey Books.

Appearance of a swirled image of a woman in dark blue and black as a cd case. Parental advisory sticker on lower right.

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L.M. Cole × scoops @scoops.bsky.social · 01/08/2023

Here's a photo I took the other evening. I find the label delightfully helpful.

A photo of a blue sky with fluffy white clouds and the corner of a building with a metal sign that reads "sky"

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L.M. Cole × scoops @scoops.bsky.social · 01/08/2023

Sealey Challenge Day 1 Hands That Break and Scar - Sarah A. Chavez (Sundress Publications)

Book Cover

HANDS THAT BREAK AND SCAR

Sarah A. Chavez

Illustration of a body in two halves. One blue, one pink, wearing a yellow shirt

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L.M. Cole × scoops @scoops.bsky.social · 01/08/2023

Took some photos at Jimmy Eat World/Manchester Orchestra/Middle Kids last night. I love how this one turned out.

Black and white image of the band Manchester Orchestra silhouetted on a darkened concert stage with various instruments, smoke rising behind them.

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L.M. Cole × scoops @scoops.bsky.social · 31/07/2023

If you're reading new poetry chapbooks for the #SealeyChallenge in August, I have one that's fresh from the publisher and available in print or pdf. www.kithbooks.com/shop/p/cole #poetry #writing

COVER

A grainy, aged image of a woman in a green semi formal dress holding a platter on which lies an uncooked roast of red meat. Her smile is placid and her eyes are hooded and glazed.

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L.M. Cole × scoops @scoops.bsky.social · 27/07/2023

@stanchion.bsky.social has always been and continues to be one of the BEST PUBLICATIONS. I finally got around to reading the most recent issue, and there are so many excellent pieces! Go buy an issue! Heck, buy everything Stanchion publishes! Here's art I made based on the final poem by Ella Latham

Background of various images of tomatoes, an illustrated vintage styled woman lounging and looking at tomatoes. Thought bubble text "Be an utter slut for tomatoes in August." From Ella Latham's poem "The Tomato at the End of the World "

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L.M. Cole × scoops @scoops.bsky.social · 24/07/2023

ALERT ‼️ Eat Me(at) Your Earliest Convenience is available NOW‼️ Print Listing: www.kithbooks.com/shop/p/cole Digital Listing: www.kithbooks.com/digital/p/cole

MEAT ME

The word MEAT is repeated over and over in black ink in seven lines across the page just slightly above center. In alternating columns the 'ME' of the word is rendered in red.

the nature of parting

sometimes losses
are negligible
various conditions
such as the opening
and closing of doors or cracks about the door
[warm drafts]
hot sun over city streets
close
dripping
during the summer months
in spite of
the conditions which exist

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