Wole Soyinka reads his poem 'Her Joy is Wild'

Wole Soyinka reads his poem 'Her Joy is Wild.' Reading from Southbank Centre's Poetry Parnassus Festival, 2012 at the National Poetry Library. Her Joy is Wild by Wole Soyinka Her joy is wild, wild Wave-breaking she proclaims, Your strong teeth will weaken If you nibble the rind. Her strength is wild, wild Wild as the love that sings - This is the last-born; give me A joyful womb to bind. Subscribe for the latest videos: https://southbankc.re/youtube TikTok ➳   / southbank.centre   Instagram ➳   / southbankcentre   Facebook ➳   / southbankcentre   X ➳   / southbankcentre   #SouthbankCentre #WoleSoyinka #NationalPoetryLibrary Wole Soyinka reads 'Her Joy is Wild' | National Poetry Library    / southbankcentre   Akinwande Oluwole Babatunde Soyinka Hon. FRSL known as Wole Soyinka, is a Nigerian playwright, novelist, poet, and essayist in the English language. He was awarded the 1986 Nobel Prize in Literature, for "in a wide cultural perspective and with poetic overtones fashioning the drama of existence." National Poetry Library We believe poetry is for everyone to enjoy and is a great way to understand the world around us. The poetry that excites us includes all languages, dialects and accents in which it is written, wherever they are spoken and written, and we aim to collect them all. We collect and lend every style and form of poetry, in every format, as widely as possible for free, for everyone: