poetic device: Narrative Poems

Narrative poems are poems that tell a story. It doesn’t have to be a long or complex story. It can even be a short narrative poem that describes something that happened.

Narrative poems are one of the main poetic styles. Others include lyric poems, which describe the narrator’s emotions or feelings, and descriptive poems, which give a detailed description of a person, an object, or an event.

Each of these poems tell a story. Some are short and some are long, while most are somewhere in the middle, but all of them are fun.

Electronic Christmas
I Took My Canoe to the Ocean by Kenn Nesbitt
I Took My Canoe to the Ocean
The Pretzel, the Pig, and the Baby Baboon
Josh, Who Didn’t Like to Wash
I Knew a Guy poem by Kenn Nesbitt
I Knew a Guy
The Aliens Have Landed!
A Valentine for Mom
The Eggs Were All Bedeviled by Kenn Nesbitt
The Eggs Were All Bedeviled
The Teachers Jumped Out of the Windows by Kenn Nesbitt
The Teachers Jumped Out of the Windows
Computer Boot by Kenn Nesbitt
Computer Boot
December 26
I Love to Do the Laundry by Kenn Nesbitt
I Love to Do the Laundry
My Baby Brother’s Birthday
Snow Mail by Kenn Nesbitt
Snow Mail
Imaginary Friend
I Got a New Laptop for Christmas
Fancy Dancer by Kenn Nesbitt
Fancy Dancer
Snow Day
Digging for Diamonds by Kenn Nesbitt
Digging for Diamonds
My Family Portrait by Kenn Nesbitt
My Family Portrait
Costume Classroom by Kenn Nesbitt
Costume Classroom
My Parents Sent Me To the Store
Monkey Dream
Bob’s Sled

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