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.

Swimming Ool
You Can Never Be Too Careful by Kenn Nesbitt
You Can Never Be Too Careful
The Book of Glue by Kenn Nesbitt
The Book of Glue
Science Homework
Broken
My Mother Said to Do My Chores by Kenn Nesbitt
My Mother Said to Do My Chores
Frank the Friendly Alien
I Let My Mind Wander
Bed Instead by Kenn Nesbitt
Bed Instead
Presently Surprised
Wishing for Fish
I Found a Secret Passageway by Kenn Nesbitt
I Found a Secret Passageway
My Excuse by Kenn Nesbitt
My Excuse
I Got My Mom a Valentine by Kenn Nesbitt
I Got My Mom a Valentine
As I Was Walking Down the Street
Easter Feaster by Kenn Nesbitt
Easter Feaster
The Biggest Burp Ever
I've Started Getting Younger by Kenn Nesbitt
I’ve Started Getting Younger
This Morning at School by Kenn Nesbitt
This Morning at School
My Knee Is for Me by Kenn Nesbitt
My Knee Is for Me
Christmas Shopping
My Goldfish Took Up Tennis by Kenn Nesbitt
My Goldfish Took up Tennis
The Story of Laurie
Revenge of the Lunch Ladies

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