grandmother’shandsrosewaterfragrant/perfume/aromasmell ofmom’scookingsomethingaboutbranchesor rootsbirdmetaphorspicesdaddyissuesthe poemis reallyjust asentenceheart/soulhomelandmad atamerica/whitepeoplenour/light/flame/lanternsewing/stitchingdeepthoughtsaboutsomeone’snamelessonsaboutself-loveuses a 3+syllablepoliticaltermnames aspecificplantlargebody ofwaterorangesonewordlineflowerbombs/dronesentirepoemrhymesborders/immigrationoliveswarreferencesedward said,mahmouddarwish, orghassankanafanisurveillancegrandmother’shandsrosewaterfragrant/perfume/aromasmell ofmom’scookingsomethingaboutbranchesor rootsbirdmetaphorspicesdaddyissuesthe poemis reallyjust asentenceheart/soulhomelandmad atamerica/whitepeoplenour/light/flame/lanternsewing/stitchingdeepthoughtsaboutsomeone’snamelessonsaboutself-loveuses a 3+syllablepoliticaltermnames aspecificplantlargebody ofwaterorangesonewordlineflowerbombs/dronesentirepoemrhymesborders/immigrationoliveswarreferencesedward said,mahmouddarwish, orghassankanafanisurveillance

DIASPORA POETRY - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


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  1. grandmother’s hands
  2. rose water
  3. fragrant/ perfume/aroma
  4. smell of mom’s cooking
  5. something about branches or roots
  6. bird metaphor
  7. spices
  8. daddy issues
  9. the poem is really just a sentence
  10. heart/soul
  11. homeland
  12. mad at america/white people
  13. nour/light/ flame/lantern
  14. sewing/ stitching
  15. deep thoughts about someone’s name
  16. lessons about self-love
  17. uses a 3+ syllable political term
  18. names a specific plant
  19. large body of water
  20. oranges
  21. one word line
  22. flower
  23. bombs/drones
  24. entire poem rhymes
  25. borders/ immigration
  26. olives
  27. war
  28. references edward said, mahmoud darwish, or ghassan kanafani
  29. surveillance