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Storyteller

February 28, 2013
By oliviapfeil PLATINUM, Hartland, Wisconsin
oliviapfeil PLATINUM, Hartland, Wisconsin
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Five years young,
letting the stories seap in.
Innocent. Naive. Wide-eyed.
Thriving on the tales—
never forgotten.
Seventeen years young,
I see things I didn’t before.
Struggle. Regret. Passion.
Their eyes tell the story—
never forgotten.

Thirty-eight years young,
next generation.
Innocent. Naive. Wide-eyed.
Stories told, stories kept—
never forgotten.
Sixty-one years young,
I’ve lived them now.
Struggle. Regret. Passion.
It’s my turn to tell the stories—
never forgotten.


The author's comments:
Storyteller
The Southwest artist Mary E. Toya of Jemez Pueblo created a ceramic storyteller which was the inspiration for this poem.

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