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How do you tell a story?

Martin Kinyua 1999 (Nyeri)

I am trying to tell a story.
Let it flow .
A storytelling poem
Become a storytelling poet .

Then I discover my life isn't that eventful.
Have I always been this sheltered?
Never been involved in a fight.
I only remember one when I was a kid
It didn't end well.

About this poem

I really love Rap music. The art of storytelling fascinates me

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Written on January 21, 2023

Submitted by Banbeast on January 21, 2023

Modified on March 14, 2023

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Scheme XXXX XXXXX
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 265
Words 59
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 5
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