Examples Of Narrative Poems - Page 2
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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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Casey At The Bat
Famous Poem
The outlook wasn't brilliant for the Mudville nine that day;
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The score stood four to two, with but one inning more to play,
And then when Cooney died at first, and Barrows did the same,
A pall-like silence fell upon the patrons of the game.Featured 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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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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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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Song About Old Troll
Famous Poem
Troll sat alone on his seat of stone,
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And munched and mumbled a bare old bone;
For many a year he had gnawed it near,
For meat was hard to come by.Featured Shared StoryThis poem reminds me of times reading this with my dad. Thank you for publishing this poem!
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Paul Revere's Ride
Famous Poem
Listen my children and you shall hear
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Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere,
On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-five;
Hardly a man is now aliveFeatured Shared StoryNo Stories yet, You can be the first!
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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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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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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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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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The Owl And The Pussy-Cat
Famous Poem
The Owl and the Pussy-cat went to sea
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In a beautiful pea-green boat,
They took some honey, and plenty of money,
Wrapped up in a five-pound note.Featured Shared StoryNo Stories yet, You can be the first!
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The Crazy Flu
There once was a girl named Sue.
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She came down with the case of the flu.
She let out a sigh,
"My temperature is high,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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The Man He Killed
Famous Poem
Had he and I but met
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By some old ancient inn,
We should have set us down to wet
Right many a nipperkin!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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Yaz And Orr
My brother was always my best friend,
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We would play sports and we'd just pretend.
I'd hit a homer, a goal he'd score,
You see I was Yaz and he was Orr.Featured Shared StoryNo Stories yet, You can be the first!
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The Neighbour's Dog
Our street was once a peaceful place
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Kids played and you could jog
But our tranquil life was shattered
When the neighbour got a dog.Featured Shared StoryI enjoy writing poetry about real events and real people. The "Bazza" who's featured in many of my poems is a quirky character whose fondness for the practical joke often gets him into...
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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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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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