Short Narrative Poems

Short Narrative Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short Narrative poems by PoetrySoup poets. Search the short Narrative poetry form by poem length and keyword.


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Inspiring Narrative

B-egin
R-eading
A-n
I-nspiring
N-arra tive

Topic: Birthday of Brain S. Garcia (April 4) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
Form: Acrostic

Premium Member Vignette-Heartbreak Hotel

A choirboy from Tupelo
Soon saw his fame grow,
From a gospel sound
To world-wide renown-
Ends suddenly in Memphis town.

Premium Member Cameo-Royal Munster

A kingdom of the Gael
Lying well outside the Pale !
Subjects of an Ardri Lord
From Clare to Kerry
And Cork to Waterford

Powder Puff Moon

A powder puff moon
hangs in a languid sky
gathers stardust from the milky way
and airbrushes the faces of passing angels


Hello Goodbye

In life we laugh
In death we cry
We say hello
We say goodbye
We’re born to live
Yet, we live to die
WIZDUMBs by JA 744
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Teardrops

Trying to stop 
the teardrops 
about to fall,
and with a sigh, 
she said;
I would, if I could
but I can't, so I won't.

Premium Member Clerihew Crabbe

Aldeburgh's George Crabbe
was clearly quite a lad
With inventive narrative verse so fine
used by Brittain in Peter Grimes
Form: Clerihew

No Surrender


"No Surrender" 

The party line
was thrown 
a loop

no surrender

(LadyLabyrinth / 2023)

Premium Member Impulse Over Insight

Heads pull from the sand
Now thinking they understand 
Post on Social media on demand 
Things they know nothing about!

Virus In the Paradox


"Virus in the Paradox"
 

refer Short Stories:
https://www.poetrysoup.com/short_stories/virus_in_the_paradox_8004

Premium Member Narrative Tract

a multitude of pretexts
the foretaste
of argument:
premise explored
ignorance isolated
then
exchanged
for
understanding
Form: Verse

Kind Hearts

Kind hearts
Will 
Always win the day
Because
There’s nothing bad about them
That 
Anyone can ever say
WIZDUMBs BY JA 690
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George Gordon Byron

Lame and beautiful
He walked like a prince
With his eternal fever
In love with starry night skies
Which glowed in his dark eyes

Premium Member Vignette-All of a Zither

Across Vienna's old town
In a sewer underground,
They tracked down..Harry LIme,
A Third Man in a crime-
To music so sublime.

Perplexed

If 
    you’re perplexed
And 
        can’t decide
Just 
         let your heart
Be 
      your guide
WIZDUMBs BY JA 239
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Cuckoo

Why 
Is it that a cuckoo
Is 
Locked up in a clock

While 
Lunatics with guns 
Are 
Left to run amuck
WIZDUMBs BY JA 221
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Premium Member Clerihew Hodler

Ferdinand Hodler had no self doubt
his topical art had much clout
He also loved the silhouette
narrative allegoryhus safe bet
Form: Clerihew

Fans

Tusi zafar day tattay chukan walay fan ho,
Mein zafar day tattay chupan wala fan hun.
Note.Hun daso bohta wada fan kon ay Me..

Premium Member Chattering Chameleons

I watch them as the conversation shifts, chattering chameleons, changing the shades of interpretation to suit their "narrative".
Form: Monoku

Her Face

she didn't have a face like thunder
it was more overcast
like when you don't know
whether to put your washing
out on the line

Happiness

Since 
Happiness is just
A frame of mind

Change the way you think

And 
You’ll be happy
All the time
WIZDUMBs BY JA 262
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Happiness Disease

Happiness
Should be spread
As if it were, diseased
Then 
Anyone infected
Would not be sick, but pleased 
WIZDUMBs BY JA 282
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Premium Member Everything That Was Old

Now that everything that was old,
Now is new,
It is as confusing as,
Living on the corner of,
Sunset Blvd.,
And Sunrise Ave.

Manta Mantra

Female Praying Mantas
Eat their male partner
But males, just won’t do it
Cause, they can’t live without her
WIZDUMBs BY JA 217
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