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.

An Ogre Came Over for Dinner by Kenn Nesbitt
An Ogre Came over for Dinner
I Took My Doggy for a Walk by Kenn Nesbitt
I Took My Doggy for a Walk
Today I Wrote this Poem by Kenn Nesbitt
Today I Wrote this Poem
Somebody Stole My Butt by Kenn Nesbitt
Somebody Stole My Butt
Cooking Class by Kenn Nesbitt
Cooking Class
On the Thirty-Third of Januaugust by Kenn Nesbitt
On the Thirty Third of Januaugust
Our Math Teacher's Missing by Kenn Nesbitt
Our Math Teacher’s Missing
Running Late by Kenn Nesbitt
Running Late
My Mother Took Me to the Mall by Kenn Nesbitt
My Mother Took Me to the Mall
My Brother Ate My Smartphone by Kenn Nesbitt
My Brother Ate My Smartphone
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
Today a Tiger Tackled Me by Kenn Nesbitt
Today a Tiger Tackled Me
Incomplete Trick-or-Treat by Kenn Nesbitt
Incomplete Trick-or-Treat
My Christmas Travel Plan by Kenn Nesbitt
My Christmas Travel Plan
Rapunzel by Kenn Nesbitt
Rapunzel! Rapunzel!
Deep Sea Dance by Kenn Nesbitt
Deep Sea Dance
Yesterday I Took a Test
Today I Wore a Costume
And Backed My Car into a Tree
With Christmas Coming Soon by Kenn Nesbitt
With Christmas Coming Soon
Perfect by Kenn Nesbitt
Perfect
Santa's Feeling Sick by Kenn Nesbitt
Santa’s Feeling Sick
I Tried to Play Soccer by Kenn Nesbitt
I Tried to Play Soccer