List of Somali poets

This is a list of Somali poets.

Somali society is synonymous with poetry and also has a longstanding oratory tradition. Of internationally available published verse, Arabic poetry has the oldest and most diverse corpus. With Greater Somalia's proximity to the Middle East, similar attachments to poetry exist in Somali culture and traditions. Poetry has played an important role in Somali society since antiquity. Urban and rural poets memorized entire volumes of poems, with some spanning centuries.

Notable Somali poets include Sayyid Mohammed Abdullah Hassan and his contemporaries, such as Ismail Mire. It also features later generation poets like Mohamed Ibrahim Warsame (Hadraawi), Abdillahi Suldaan Mohammed Timacade,Ali bu’ul and Abdulkadier Hersi Siyad Yamyam. Maxamed cabdi axmed(maxammad gallaydh) (Mohamed Omar Dage) (UNUUN ABDILLE KHALAF)

A

• Abdillahi Suldaan Mohammed Timacade
• Abdulle GeDada Masiti
• Aadan-Gurey Maxamed Cabdille
• Yamyam - Abdulkadir Hersi Siyad

F

• Farah Hussein Sharmarke

H

• Haji Ali Majeerteen
• Hassan Sheikh Mumin

I

• Ismail Mire

K

• k'naan

L

• Ladan Osman

M

• Mohamed Ibrahim Warsame (Hadraawi)
• Mohammed Abdullah Hassan (Sayid Mohamed)
• Mohamud Siad Togane
• maxammad-gallaydh

N

• Nuruddin Farah

S

• Said Salah Ahmed
• Shadya Yasin
• Shaykh Sufi

W

• Warsame Shire Awale
• Warsan Shire
• Yamyam