Best Somali Poems

we are torn by war and degrading poverty
so we pick the fruit from the white man’s tree

his ships are our spoil, packed with black oil,
furs and gold bars for our toil

with my brothers ten men strong, we sing
the Somali pirates’ song

“Oom jigga sam sam, oom...

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Somali Pirates prowl the Gulf of Aden
For merchant vessels with cargo laden
From the tenement rows of Puntland
Poor fishermen, ex-militia turned brigand
Now pledge fealty to the lucrative capitalist brand
Which polluted their waters and denuded their coast land
Fitted mercenaries scout the narrow strand
Booty and hostages from itinerant...

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Behold there, a Somali child is standing on dry scorching rocks.
Its two eyes glitter like a rough diamond, parched, bleak and dark.
Its shrunken belly exhibits the fragile bony ribs and silently mocks
The phony Art that seeks artistic beauty even in such scar-mark.

The orphan boy was...

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No need to hurry;
No need to hustle;
The waves do carry
Our each sandcastle.

Life contains a measured beat;
We need to accept all;
Freedom has a deep seat,
As we're given the call.

All things seem pointless;
What is the truth then?
Of all things regardless,
We falsely become insane....

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