Shams Alkamil

About The Author

Shams Alkamil 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 When Time Is Circular (Broadstone Books, 2024).

Her writing has appeared in House of Amal, Adi Magazine, Rowayat, Mizna, Four Way Review, Ghost City Press, Qafiyah Review, The Ana, Torch Literary Arts, and more. In 2025, she was shortlisted as a finalist for Sundress Publications’ Light Bill Incubator Microgrant.

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Books by Shams Alkamil

I Who Have Always Felt Words

Poems

By Shams Alkamil

For anyone who has ever carried the weight of inheritance, faith, and survival—and refused to be silent.

I Who Have Always Felt Words

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