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