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 close 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 Mohamed Abdullah Hassan and his contemporaries, such as Garad Farah "Wiilwaal", Rage Ugas and Ismail Mire. It also features later generation poets like Mohamed Ibrahim Warsame (Hadraawi), Abdullahi Suldan Tima Adde, Abdulkadier Hersi Siyad Yamyam and Abdullahi Mohamud Isse Sangub.
A
- Abdi Iidan Farah
- Abdi Bashir Indhobuur
- Abdi Gahayr
- Abdi Galayah Mohamed Aw Magan (Abdi Galayah)
- Abdulkadir Hersi Siyad (Yamyam)
- Abdillahi Suldaan Mohammed
- Abdullahi Abdi Shube
- Abdullahi Moalim Dhodan
- Abdullahi Suldan Tima Adde
- Abdulle Geedannaar
- Abdurahman H. H. Osman
- Aadan-gurey maxamed Cabdille 1840-1920
- Ahmed Ismail Diriye Qasim
- Ahmed Gabyow
- Ahmed Sheikh Jama
- Ali Elmi Afyare
D
- Dada Masiti
F
- Faarax Nuur
- Farah Abshir (Abshir Ba’adle)
- Farah Goleley
- Farah Hassan Ali (Farh Afcad)
- Farah Hussein Sharmarke
G
- Garad Wiilwaal
H
- Hassan Haaji Abdillahi ( Xasan ganay)
- Haji Adan Afqalo
- Haji Ali Majeerteen
- Halimo Sofe
- Hasan Hayle
- Hassan Sheikh Mumin
- Hawa Jibril
I
- Ismail Mire
K
- Khalil Abdulkadir Farah Hersi
- Khaliif Shiikh Maxamuud
L
- Ladan Osman
M
- Muse Aaye
- Mohamed Ibrahim Warsame (Hadraawi)
- Mohammed Abdullah Hassan
- Mohamud Siad Togane
N
- Nuruddin Farah
Q
- Qaman Bulhan
R
- Rage Ugas Warfa
S
- Said Salah Ahmed
- Shadya Yasin
- Shaykh Sufi
W
- Warsame Shire Awale
- Warsan Shire