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.

Amanda Ate an Orange by Kenn Nesbitt
Amanda Ate an Orange
I'm Learning to Play the Piano Today by Kenn Nesbitt
I’m Learning To Play the Piano Today
I'm Arranging All My Pencils by Kenn Nesbitt
I’m Arranging All My Pencils
My Camel Fights
Poor Mrs. Cusick by Kenn Nesbitt
Poor Mrs. Cusick
The Monsters' Musical Contest by Kenn Nesbitt
The Monsters’ Musical Contest
I’m Told By My Snail
While Talking on the Homophone by Kenn Nesbitt
While Talking on the Homophone
What the Teachers Saw at Recess by Kenn Nesbitt
What the Teachers Saw at Recess
Christmas Has Its Ups and Downs
Gilman Glumby Kenn Nesbitt
Gilman Glum
Magic Soup by Kenn Nesbitt
Magic Soup
Hickory, Dickory, Dock
Nile and Nate
While at the Sofa Factory by Kenn Nesbitt
While at the Sofa Factory
Katy Ate a Crate of Dates
A Talkative Man from Seattle by Kenn Nesbitt
A Talkative Man from Seattle
Ebb and Flo by Kenn Nesbitt
Eb and Flo
Buckaroo Huck

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