In Europe there is an ancient tradition (and I mean "ancient tradition", not just 50 years old) of "improvisational poets",
literally people who can improvise poetry out of nothing.
You will be surprised they are generally very old, have had very little "official" education (many barely made it past elementary school)
yet have whittled their intellect and mind by absorbing culture.
It's not just the errant bard who can sing 5 or 6 epics offhand, but the farmers, sheperds and the like who will take to this form of culture as a highly respected form of art.
Many made history as Court Jesters, or Bards, many simply stayed put, got married, settled down and handed their "art" from father to son, generation after generation.
Oddly, it's always been considered a "man thing"; men would recite improvised poems, women would sing improvised chants.
See "Buccio di Ranallo" (1342) (I admit it, I found him on Google - had to start my search somewhere)
This guy below is an old friend of mine...