Examples Of Narrative Poems - Page 2
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Brave American Knight
Driving home one day after hours of monotonous office work,
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Saw a man sitting by the road; looked as one down on his luck.
Paid small notice to the figure; my lonely life was in a rut.
He was just another beggar holding out a shiny tin cup.Featured Shared StoryWhat a beautiful poem. God bless all the veterans: dead, alive, and the ones still fighting. To all of you, a proud salute, my prayers, and love.
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The Ballad Of The Harp Weaver
Famous Poem
"Son," said my mother,
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When I was knee-high,
"you've need of clothes to cover you,
and not a rag have I.Featured Shared StoryThe poem is a short, sweet, and precise journey of a great son-mother relationship. It takes one through the sacred and holy shares of time given by a mother in dedication to her child. The...
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One For All And All For One
In the neighborhood where I was raised,
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My life revolved around my friends.
And each day brought new adventures
And endless games of let's pretend.Featured Shared StoryNo Stories yet, You can be the first!
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The Charge Of The Light Brigade
Famous Poem
Half a league, half a league,
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Half a league onward,
All in the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.Featured Shared StoryNo Stories yet, You can be the first!
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Keepsake
in Aging Poems
One day my dad was hunting, from his favorite hunting stand;
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'Twas a giant Oak with perfect limbs, under which two deer trails ran.
Now this favorite spot of Daddy's was as unique as it could be,
'cause a lightning bolt had burned a giant hole down through that tree.Featured Shared StoryMy aging husband, who just turned 70 in October, still takes his grandsons out bowing and hunting ever year. He helps build the tree stands and everything, teaching them the way of the...
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Us Two
Famous Poem
Wherever I am, there's always Pooh,
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There's always Pooh and Me.
Whatever I do, he wants to do,
"Where are you going today?" says Pooh:Featured Shared StoryWell my name is Rahma and my best friend is called Innocent. We have been friends for 10 years now since I was in primary school. He was good at math, and I was great in English. Our...
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Our Love Story
You entered the room and my heart skipped a beat
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I knew in an instant we were destined to meet.
As you looked up from the floor and your eyes locked on mine
A warm subtle chill crept up and down my spine.Featured Shared StoryNo Stories yet, You can be the first!
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We Are Seven
Famous Poem
———A simple Child,
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That lightly draws its breath,
And feels its life in every limb,
What should it know of death?Featured Shared StoryI read this poem many, many years ago in a children's poem book. When my youngest brother passed...I was broken. At his funeral, someone said, "There are only 5 of you now." I thought of this...
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Out Out
Famous Poem
The buzz-saw snarled and rattled in the yard
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And made dust and dropped stove-length sticks of wood,
Sweet-scented stuff when the breeze drew across it.
And from there those that lifted eyes could countFeatured Shared StoryNo Stories yet, You can be the first!
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The Cremation Of Sam McGee
Famous Poem
There are strange things done in the midnight sun
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By the men who moil for gold;
The Arctic trails have their secret tales
That would make your blood run cold;Featured Shared StoryI love this poem! I have been looking for something for my project, and this poem just spoke to me. It has plenty of events, emotions and feeling for me to be able to fashion a short story...
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An Irish Airman Foresees His Death
Famous Poem
I know that I shall meet my fate
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Somewhere among the clouds above;
Those that I fight I do not hate,
Those that I guard I do not love;Featured Shared StoryNo Stories yet, You can be the first!
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The Old Fella Out At Buck Creek
There is an old fella out at Buck Creek
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He's a little hard of hearing, so be loud when you speak
He's lived many years and has seen many things
He's as good as an angel but without the wingsFeatured Shared StoryNo Stories yet, You can be the first!
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Her Wedding Day
Gloriously she walks down the aisle,
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And already she can see his gorgeous smile.
That smile that is so soft and sweet,
That smile that makes her knees go weak.Featured Shared StoryNo Stories yet, You can be the first!
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The Spell Of The Yukon
Famous Poem
I wanted the gold, and I sought it;
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I scrabbled and mucked like a slave.
Was it famine or scurvy—I fought it;
I hurled my youth into a grave.Featured Shared StoryI am officially in love with this poet. He can tell a great story but still make it a rhyming poem with perfect rhyme. I am hooked!!
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Hanging In Tough
in Spiritual Poems about Death
A fine lady.
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So gallantly strong,
She stands for the good,
The righteous, and God.Featured Shared StoryNo Stories yet, You can be the first!
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Heirloom Of Love
There she sits before her mirror,
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Primping in excitement, her face flushed.
Today is her day; she will never know
How much I hurt, how scared I amFeatured Shared StoryThis is exactly what I went through the day of my daughter's wedding. Tears and a sort of rage that her new husband was taking her away from me. I questioned whether he could protect her as I...
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The Spider And The Fly
Famous Poem
"Will you walk into my parlor?" said the spider to the fly;
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"'Tis the prettiest little parlor that ever you may spy.
The way into my parlor is up a winding stair,
And I have many curious things to show when you are there."Featured Shared StoryThis is a beautiful poem, very beautiful! It can as well be a warning to school girls who are prone to dating those men out there. Symbolically, the spider in the poem is a male and the fly...
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The Widow-Maker
Famous Poem
A loose limb hangs upon a pine three log-lengths from the ground,
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A norway tumbles with a whine and shakes the woods around.
The loose limb plunges from its place and zigzags down below;
And Jack is lying on his face—there's red upon the snow.Featured Shared StoryNo Stories yet, You can be the first!
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A Precious Christmas Memory
In the damp, dusty cellar, surrounded by boxes,
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Our excitement just grows without measure.
Searching and sorting with loud shouts of glee,
As we uncovered the grand Christmas treasure.Featured Shared StoryNo Stories yet, You can be the first!
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"The Fire" In Haiku
in Haiku
I was in fire,
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The room was dark and somber.
I sleep peacefully.
Featured Shared StoryIt is a good poem. I like it a lot. It is also narrated well.
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