Best Griot Poems

I, griot, of the Hamitic shrine
I, oracle of the orisha's ebon throne
I, child, of Melchizedek line
I, olive tree in a desert sown
Mantled in the robe of his grace
Amid cherubic beasts all four
Upon golden ground bend my face
And felt his spirit in my core
I, messenger, I,...

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Jali, jeli
African historian
You’re a storyteller;
Praise singer;griot

Griot, jali, jeli
You’re a storyteller;
Singing, telling your tales;
Words songs in harmony wails;
Poet or musician;
Oral repository tradition;
Seen often as leader;
Advisor to royal personages;
Kings and Queens

Jali, jeli
African historian
You’re a storyteller;
Praise singer;

Sometimes called a bard;
Lyrics and words taking charge;
Peoples of West Africa;
Captured into...

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They kept a record of time,
They were history’s shelves,
They were memory pages,
An honour that ran through the family.

They sang songs of the land,
To them, the sand was more than the traveller’s pathway,
It spoke volumes of the human’s quest and final rest,
They understood how to commune...

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The breath came in
and then was gone
Just as the beautious visions resonated
with my dna then resolved
Each inspiration 
paired with expiration
wonderfully frames
the joy of living
the joy of loving
the day will come 
to honor this beautiful life 
with one beautiful death...

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