grandmother’shandssomethingaboutbranchesor rootsheart/soulrosewaterwarlargebody ofwaterfragrant/perfume/aromasmell ofmom’scookingorangeshomelandsurveillancespicesentirepoemrhymesbombs/droneslessonsaboutself-lovenames aspecificplantuses a 3+syllablepoliticaltermnour/light/flame/lanternsewing/stitchingonewordlineolivesmad atamerica/whitepeopleflowerbirdmetaphorreferencesedward said,mahmouddarwish, orghassankanafanideepthoughtsaboutsomeone’snamethe poemis reallyjust asentenceborders/immigrationdaddyissuesgrandmother’shandssomethingaboutbranchesor rootsheart/soulrosewaterwarlargebody ofwaterfragrant/perfume/aromasmell ofmom’scookingorangeshomelandsurveillancespicesentirepoemrhymesbombs/droneslessonsaboutself-lovenames aspecificplantuses a 3+syllablepoliticaltermnour/light/flame/lanternsewing/stitchingonewordlineolivesmad atamerica/whitepeopleflowerbirdmetaphorreferencesedward said,mahmouddarwish, orghassankanafanideepthoughtsaboutsomeone’snamethe poemis reallyjust asentenceborders/immigrationdaddyissues

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