Narrative Poems | Narrative Examples

some of the younger ones turned to me, thinking I knew something I know nothing; I do not even know how I got on this beach. A thunderstorm shook me awake in the middle of the night. Crashing and thrashing noises terrified me. I thought it was a mutiny and the captain might have been killed. Said a prayer and...

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A mosquito once cried Why do you all always Clap your hands Whenever you see any of us Some of you buy chemicals To get rid of us When you all know we're harmless and homeless. An insecticide Screamed from a corner You're big liar You blood sucking vampires Not just that You also go around Spreading diseases; eg malaria. A human replied You're...

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he covers up the pain of his upbringing with comedy making people laugh gives him purpose the louder they laugh, the more he performs He is a monster, an alien, a dog and pony show He is a trickster, a jokester, a jester, But wait….. There is a side the people never see Because he is a trickster his feelings are his own he...

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As morose as it may sound I know I’m really just another Death row man. No, I’m not locked away For a crime I have done. I’m free, But that doesn’t mean I’m still not on that row. And that also doesn’t mean There isn’t some crime I could have done That would have me lock away and unfree. I’m sure there are stacks of...

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Cruelty wears a crown in a cloaked place, cold-blooded grins behind mirrored faces. Remorse walks the halls bartering tattle while I fracture. They crowned me in shame, but within a queen still rises. They buried me in a fire of hell, But like ash-gray smoke, I rise and swell. I am the silence of the crown, gone through ups and downs stumbled in...

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The sky was draped in night’s black cloak, With a sprinkle of white specks in bloom. The yellow moon slipped into a gibbous cocoon, As sunshine fretted in crescent-shaped kites. But the streets today were painted in bright colours— They cloaked the rainbow in a toga of envy. Many danced and sang in melodious harmony, Dressed like masquerades with neither masks nor...

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(“Mind’s Eye”, 2017, original encaustic) The Source People say they are searching for the source As if it is somehow something other than this Somehow somewhere other than here. But that is like searching for your own roots Without acknowledging that you yourself Are in fact your father’s sperm And mother’s ovum United in the flesh. We live our lives in ignorance Then in doubt Then in...

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Three dozen or so revelers whoop it up. Prince''s signature smash-hit song, "1999" Is blasting top volume on loud speakers. A rollicking party reaches...

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“Life” Sat here in this god-damned courtroom, unable to move backed into the corner by kangaroos no escape from the ill-informed baptised in their five minutes of fame they like to pin me like I’m a donkey I have no tale to wag... but they’ll beat it and wag the dog just the same, it seems I'm becoming a fable; stupid decisions I made...

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Baby we're still young Vibrant and promising I promise you Together we can grow strong Before we get old We can correct our wrongs So let the bond be strong, holding onto each no matter the circumstances. Let's stay locked in Together we'll build Our own empire I am the king and you are the queen Ruling our...

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A couple of days ago I had an encounter It was very educational Many lives in illusion They're very delusional If you're not aware You'll fall in their well Then You start living in a warfare. They believe in illusion Which is void Thinking it's reality No wonder Christ was crucified The truth is really bitter They all like sugar...

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In the beginning two lovers were born In the campus parking lot behind the student union They clung together for 60 years Until one day my wounded bird knew Her broken hip would not allow her to fly again I was too old and weak to pick her up off the floor When she fell...she said she wanted to go to...

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Last Dance One grows with adventure true anticipations across a lonely sea but logically my work is safe tuck away in Anthology Fate published and quoted by millions all over the world so far just three they are No Matter What one two my Piano Teacher and Roses Are Red Violet are Blue...

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I will forever treasure the two of them. One was a homeless man I met when I was in the process of moving. He said his name was Sky. My Heart feels warmth each time I think of him. You might say that Meeting Sky was a 'going away Present from God. The other treasure, I never met. She passed by and obtained a...

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(“The Longest Journey”, 2020, original encaustic) Along For The Ride The older I get the less I seem to know Or even care And the more I feel a somewhat detached Observer. I’m okay with this Simply because there is no alternative Although I’m sure a doctor could give me Some drug or hormone to change my view. And being okay with it, Not resisting or...

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