Best Storyteller Poems

When I’m craving a well-plotted story
with a strong theme and creative rhymes,
I can say I have found masterpieces
here on Poetry Soup many times.

Give me characters, real or imagined,
that will speak to me right from the page
in a story that holds my attention 
and would be...

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I entered the backyard through the trees,
  Throwing myself down into the white snow;
    I rolled until I was totally covered- even hair,
      And for extra effect I threw snow in my face.
   ...

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I am a story teller born from the central parts of Zebediela district
In Limpopo province.
From Matome mountains inspiration boil from within my soul
While the sounds of cows and goats in Makweng Village 
Continues to remind me about the beauty of story telling
Missing those days when...

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Legends of the grove,
Retold by the howling winds:
Harsh Winter stories....

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Having an obvious proclivity for story-telling,
the old man leaned forward in his chair,
eager to impress the grey-haired men gathered around him
while he continued with the saga of his most peculiar life.
With each slight nuance of his speech
and with every twist in the plot of his...

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The Storyteller

he is always there, in those glamoured
dream soaked holy days,
etched keenly into the memory
a fixture of the summers
that flowed then melted into one another
to eddy around the stone bench
at noon, in the park of Ave Lyon.

faithfully he appeared
on the clocks twelfth stroke
elegant fingers pulled...

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Rustling epic tales,
Aged limbs whisper to the grains:
Myths of olden days....

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Boys and girls, listen well,
For I have a tale to tell.
Wait, why are you leaving?
I promise you this won't be boring!
It's about unicorns and dragons fighting!

Oh good, I finally got your attention,
Come, sit down and listen.
Come on, I'm starting the story,
If you miss it you're...

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I can not trust myself anymore
Ever since you left, walked out the door
It's like I'm stuck, suspended in air
Numb from the pain, fighting back the fear
Every breath I take is agony
Without you it's so hard to be
I'm so lost, don't know what path to take
I...

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Storytelling 

What is a Storyteller
If nothing more than a Lady or a Fella
With a overzealous mind
And an overview of time and the whiles of folk
That have spoke
To a place 
Where the engines awake 
And fire and stoke an Earthquake...

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ODE TO A STORYTELLER

A wise fool once confessed in candour naïve
When asked the question “what are you doing there?”
With insight deep the reply brooked no disbelief. 
His words: “Everyone’s got to be somewhere”

Though we seem to exist in one universal space
A cosmic frame of laws...

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I was mesmerized by the tales he told
of foreign lands and shores.
Tales of bravery and men so bold
going off to fight their wars.

Of foreign lands and shores,
his stories hold rapt attention.
Going off to fight their wars
immersed in intrigue and tension.

His stories hold rapt attention
to all...

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Greetings from the RedKnuckle Storyteller,you may find he;s ann odd kind of feller.
Though he'll do his best to write from the heart,and what you don't like you may always tear 
apart.You see,this storyteller has lived an awful life.A life without family,children,a beautiful 
wife.Now some may...

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Do you want 
your story to be told?
Then, meet the new storyteller:
he'll write down every detail;
pull those memoirs
out of the drawer:
sit down with him
and start telling it all!
Reveal every secret,
be open and be bold:
others can learn
from the tough days
you went through!

From beginning 
to end: get...

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ONCE UPON a RUBY 

Ruby was our storyteller, 
she could spin an A-1 seller.
Tell us bout a buck or doe, 
escaping lions or wild-boar foe. 

She could give a giant rock,
spirit and life, and make it talk. 
If something got in her way,
she’d tell us...

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