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# Unreliable Narrator
- URL: https://www.hawkword.com/poetry/unreliable-narrator/
- Published: 2024-01-25T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2024-01-25T12:00:00.000Z
- Description: A narrator, reliable or not, should still deliver something of a tale: so be it of a land that time forgot, or a mundane affair, he must regale his audience with brevity and wit, omitting needles words but keeping tho...
- Author: A. Gee
- Tags: Poetry, Sonnet, Allpoetry Import, #Import 2026-04-25 19:56

A narrator, reliable or not,  
should still deliver something of a tale:  
so be it of a land that time forgot,  
or a mundane affair, he must regale  
his audience with brevity and wit,  
omitting needles words but keeping those  
that matter even just a little bit.  
Remembering to plot and juxtapose,  
while banishing a hero here and there,  
their absence timed to make the heart grow fonder,  
and I'd suggest, especially, beware  
of failing to maintain a sense of wonder.  
When all is said and done, the work complete,  
don't hesitate: hit save, and then submit.