Narrative Poems. Examples of Narratives and a list of new poems in the correct poetic form and technique. Share and read short, long, best, and famous Narrative poetry while accessing rules, format, types, and a comprehensive literary definition of a Narrative.
A narrative poem is a form of poetry that tells a story. They are poems that have a plot, characters, and setting while presenting a series of events through action and conversations between two or more people. However, there is more. What is narrative in poetry (complete definition)?
Grandmothers HouseMy Grandmother's House!
That country-styled house of yesteryear has gone so fast now a sweet memory of times gone away from me, You could smell the breeze pushing and blowing a fragrance in the air. This...
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Categories:
appreciation, care, dedication, endurance,
Form: Narrative
The Dreaded Messy ClosetI see the closet door and I hear the theme song to Shark.
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
The one they used to play on Saturday Night Live in the eighties.
You know the one.
I...
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Categories:
sister,
Form: Narrative
I Recognize Daddys PenmanshipI recognized the hand immediately
Daddy never used cursive
He dropped out of school in eighth grade.
He always printed.
Maybe he forgot cursive?
His blocky dark blue letters were put painstakingly onto a page.
He wrote his memoirs more than...
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Categories:
writing,
Form: Narrative
She drew it with a SharpieShe drew it with a Sharpie
I am sitting at the table about to have my tea.
When screams of horror reach my ears I jump and run to see.
My wife is in our daughter’s room with...
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Categories:
childhood, children, humor, humorous,
Form: Narrative
Arms Full of Linnet Wings
“Arms Full of Linnet Wings”
In the garden
that afternoon
she planted seeds
in their ripe minds
their eyes looking
up to hers their
irises dazzling
in the late afternoon
sunshine wide open
as if waiting hungrily
for more food
she...
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Categories:
love, mother daughter, muse,
Form: Narrative
My Newest Power Animal is a SnakeI believe my newest power animal is a Kansas snake
As I have a ten foot black rat snake in my driveway
She is beginning to go up my siding, and she is beautiful
I look her up,...
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Categories:
animal,
Form: Narrative
The Land Of The Midnight Sun
I went cruising to Norway with my wife across the North Sea
We travelled the route the Vikings took but with added luxury
Our first port of call was Stavanger, it was nice to be on dry...
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Categories:
boat, friend, holiday, sea,
Form: Narrative
OXFORDDesmond Tutu 1931–
South African Clergyman
If you are neutral in situations of injustice,
you have chosen the side of the oppressor.
If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse
and you say that...
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Categories:
africa, anti bullying, bible,
Form: Narrative
Another DayI got up to face another day hoping that something positive would come my way but it was the same toxic energy that keeps roaming about the place spitting the heat of aggression into my...
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Categories:
business, celebration, confidence, courage,
Form: Narrative
In the Kiss of Echoes
“In the Kiss of Echoes”
Eventually
all traces
erased
and what is left
remains
in the kiss
of echoes
in sound
memories wade
through the Light
whispers touch us
sometimes
like feathers
or spider webs
against our face
the veil is thin
they are...
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Categories:
journey, muse,
Form: Narrative
at eventideat eventide
i look up in the sky to see your essence
just to find out i have lost you
even though you were in a state of senescence
you should've remained you, the pretty you
i tend to find...
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Categories:
11th grade, death, dream,
Form: Narrative
at eventideat eventide
i look up in the sky to see your essence
just to find out i have lost you
even though you were in a state of senescence
you should've remained you, the pretty you
i tend to find...
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Categories:
11th grade, death, dream,
Form: Narrative
at eventideat eventide
i look up in the sky to see your essence
just to find out i have lost you
even though you were in a state of senescence
you should've remained you, the pretty you
i tend to find...
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Categories:
11th grade, death, dream,
Form: Narrative
at eventideat eventide
i look up in the sky to see your essence
just to find out i have lost you
even though you were in a state of senescence
you should've remained you, the pretty you
i tend to find...
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Categories:
11th grade, death, dream,
Form: Narrative
at eventideat eventide
i look up in the sky to see your essence
just to find out i have lost you
even though you were in a state of senescence
you should've remained you, the pretty you
i tend to find...
Read More
Categories:
11th grade, death, dream,
Form: Narrative
Specific Types of Narrative Poems
Read wonderful narrative poetry on the following sub-topics:
christmas, 4th grade, funny, high school, kids, life, middle school, nature, rhyme, 3rd grade,
and more.
Definition | What is Narrative in Poetry?