11
minstrel(noun, poetry, entertainer, ballad)
10
troubadour(noun, poetry, singer, minstrel)
9
storyteller(noun, person, individual, author, narrator)
8
poet(noun, person, poetry, verse, poet)
6
rhymester(noun, person, poetry, poet)
6
lyricist(noun, author, writer, poet)
6
muse(noun, person, poet)
6
poetaster(noun, person, author, writer, poetry)
5
caparison(noun, verb)
5
versifier(noun, person, author, writer, poetry)
4
lyrist(noun, author, writer, poetry)
4
skald(noun, poetry)
3
barde
3
dress up(verb, expression, phrasal verb)
3
minnesinger(noun, poetry)
3
poet laureate(expression, idiom, poetry)
2
rhymer(noun, person, author, writer, poetry)
2
poetess(noun, person, poet)
2
balladeer
2
laureate
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