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.

Today I Met an Octopus by Kenn Nesbitt
Today I Met an Octopus
My Teacher Took My iPod by Kenn Nesbitt
My Teacher Took My iPod
Overslept by Kenn Nesbitt
Overslept
I Took My Doggy for a Walk by Kenn Nesbitt
I Took My Doggy for a Walk
Cooking Class by Kenn Nesbitt
Cooking Class
An Ogre Came Over for Dinner by Kenn Nesbitt
An Ogre Came over for Dinner
With Christmas Coming Soon by Kenn Nesbitt
With Christmas Coming Soon
My Sister Found Some Scissors by Kenn Nesbitt
My Sister Found Some Scissors
My Brother Ate My Smartphone by Kenn Nesbitt
My Brother Ate My Smartphone
My Mother Took Me to the Mall by Kenn Nesbitt
My Mother Took Me to the Mall
Today I Wrote this Poem by Kenn Nesbitt
Today I Wrote this Poem
I Helped My Mom Make Dinner by Kenn Nesbitt
I Helped My Mom Make Dinner
My Puppy Ate My Earbuds by Kenn Nesbitt
My Puppy Ate My Earbuds
Basketball's My Favorite Sport by Kenn Nesbitt
Basketball’s My Favorite Sport
My Dog Is Always Shivering by Kenn Nesbitt
My Dog Is Always Shivering
I Dreamed it Was December by Kenn Nesbitt
I Dreamed it Was December
Santa's Feeling Sick by Kenn Nesbitt
Santa’s Feeling Sick
Santa Got Stuck in the Chimney by Kenn Nesbitt
Santa Got Stuck in the Chimney
Deep Sea Dance by Kenn Nesbitt
Deep Sea Dance
Running Late by Kenn Nesbitt
Running Late
Yesterday I Took a Test
When Larry Made Lasagna
Rapunzel by Kenn Nesbitt
Rapunzel! Rapunzel!
My Book Report Is Due Today by Kenn Nesbitt
My Book Report Is Due Today

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