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The Drinking Gourd
The Drinking Gourd provides nuanced depictions of the Black Muslim Diaspora through various forms of media, including but not limited to: visual art, poems, non-fiction, and fiction.
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Sodïq Oyekanmi
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The Drinking Gourd
Jul 16, 2021
adhan
subh:
here in my country the adhan
is more than just a call to prayer
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Abu Bakr Sadiq
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The Drinking Gourd
Jul 2, 2021
my god swears / by the fig, by olive, by the brightest star, by the prophet who penned no ghazal
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Animashaun Ameen
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The Drinking Gourd
Jun 18, 2021
HAND OF GOD
I want to learn how to fly. I want to learn
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Rasaq Malik Gbolahan
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The Drinking Gourd
May 21, 2021
TENDING HIS MOTHER’S GARDEN
my father wakes up each day to carry his grief like an urn
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Animashaun Ameen
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The Drinking Gourd
Apr 23, 2021
THE RENAMING.
i am in an open field, running, legless; a kite
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Olaitan Humble
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The Drinking Gourd
Mar 26, 2021
endangered / engendered
in this sphere we are an endangered species. on the brink of extinction we…
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Timi Sanni
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The Drinking Gourd
Mar 12, 2021
Ode to th
e Boy I was at Genesis
my body still remembers the hand of God
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Soukeyna Osei-Bonsu
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The Drinking Gourd
Feb 26, 2021
The Walls Are Snitching
the same black ink I used to wade in / has congealed like tar about us
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Timi Sanni
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The Drinking Gourd
Jan 29, 2021
My phone auto-corrects ‘in sha Allah” to “in shape (of) Allah”
& I’m left thinking / that this phone…
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orion flowers (they/them)
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The Drinking Gourd
Jan 15, 2021
Nights Lament for Home
if i had a dollar
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