Yoruba Poems - Poems about Yoruba

...THE EAST & WEST LOVEY-DOVEY The tribe that loves is the one that blooms. A house in unison is where love fills it rooms. Graceful GOODNESS glows in glory, Victorious VICTOR volts into victory.......Read the rest...

...You were the first To speak to herbs And make the ailing cured. The greatest healer known to all Like ripples, your fame Was far spread. Olubikin! Olubikin! Heed the elders' call— Bitter ......Read the rest...

...Black is Gold Makinde Adebayo Adeniyi Speak your culture Wear your language Profess your art Own your shadow Love the man in the mirror Don't change a thing Black is gold I am ......Read the rest...

...In my mind's eye I see this incredible vision that would make a beautiful African painting. Perhaps I shall try to make it real. I dedicate this poem to the women of Africa. Be inspired by Archan......Read the rest...

...Riding on the longest road taken on the filthy path not yet walked building Mecca without its bricks The Kaaba stood on lonely strip who is bold to take from devil? lying on a dead man’s gra......Read the rest...

...Igba Irunmole, These armies in bright blinding splendour, Arrayed in unfathomable beauties, Winged being from beyond the galaxies’ Tracking the blues skies unnoticed, They walk this eart......Read the rest...

...October is Dancing she is a trap of joy for a mark to those tunes tapping on line stepping out in her black before the white for a remark for the dance shoes redefine the effect of all the mon......Read the rest...

...The pregnant grey hairs Will continue to have heirs His pure heart Has always paint itself raw in art Where the blur sun Shines bright to caress and rerun Continuously in classical ......Read the rest...

...Time is different in its fulfilment Yoruba status is unique in its path Western education isn't enough reason to activate its abandonment Black soap is good for bath Worthy is informal educa......Read the rest...

...On my death bed, I will shake the warm hands of death Like a revered ofo-title holder. Clutch him in warm embrace. For his cold hands are for the Lovers of his hate: life. On my death be......Read the rest...

...People are separated from good food, Babies delayed reunion with mother’s breasts; The innocent begin to ape the crude, Killer attacks a fresh retest of previous bomb tests. Gravediggers maximi......Read the rest...

...DRUM CIRCLE FEBRUARY 16, 2018 Tonight we talked to the earth with our drums, our pulsating prayers a rhythm and blues, a galloping growl, an angry lament, a wretched outpouring at the new Hun......Read the rest...

...(Some words here might not be totally correct because this website does not support all Yoruba letters. Please refer to the audio attached to get the correct reading) Mo fé d'ogún, mo fé d'ogbòn n......Read the rest...

...Please be informed: The Nigerian youths have agreed together in love and oneness that in 2023 presidential election and in every other elections, whether state or local government. We will not vo......Read the rest...

...Sojourner to far-flung climes; When you return, Will you remember the evening songs Chorused by chirping under the baobab tree? Will you still remember the fame of the great hunter Whose courage......Read the rest...