{"product_id":"i-who-have-always-felt-words","title":"I Who Have Always Felt Words \/\/ Poems (Pre-order, Jan 5 2027)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor anyone who has ever carried the weight of inheritance, faith, and survival—and refused to be silent.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eI Who Have Always Felt Words\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a poetry collection shaped by inheritance, faith, and the radical act of thriving amid hardship. Moving through the four temperaments, Shams Alkamil crafts a lyric architecture that holds Sudanese identity, familial lineage, political violence, spirituality, and the pursuit of compassion in delicate tension.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThese poems braid etymology with embodiment, tracing how language is inherited, questioned, and transformed. Alkamil interrogates what it means to belong—to a homeland fractured by violence, to a lineage marked by survival, to a spiritual tradition that both anchors and unsettles. Across the collection, voice becomes both offering and resistance: a means of devotion, protest, and continuity.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRooted in Black diasporic consciousness and spiritual inquiry, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eI Who Have Always Felt Words\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e insists on the necessity of speech even when silence is demanded. This is a book that listens deeply—to ancestors, to faith, to grief—and answers with clarity, grace, and unflinching honesty.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eShams Alkamil\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a Sudanese-American poet, educator, and copywriter based in Texas. Her work is shaped by Sudanese heritage and explores Black identity, spirituality, lineage, and political commentary. She is the author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhen Time Is Circular\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (Broadstone Books, 2024).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHer writing has appeared in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eHouse of Amal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eAdi Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eRowayat\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eMizna\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eFour Way Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eGhost City Press\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eQafiyah Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Ana\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eTorch Literary Arts\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and more. In 2025, she was shortlisted as a finalist for Sundress Publications’ Light Bill Incubator Microgrant.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublisher: Central Avenue Poetry\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublish Date: January 05, 2027\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePages: 96\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eType: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEAN\/UPC: 9781771684828\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDimensions: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e8 in H | 5.3 in W | 0.2 lb Wt\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBISAC Categories: Poetry\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Shams Alkamil","offers":[{"title":"(Pre-order, Jan 5 2027) Paperback","offer_id":49170233426155,"sku":"9781771684828","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0253\/4014\/9820\/files\/9781771684828.jpg?v=1786203685","url":"https:\/\/rep.club\/products\/i-who-have-always-felt-words","provider":"Reparations Club","version":"1.0","type":"link"}