Grade 5 enjoyed learning about narrative poetry with Phebe ma'am and have enthusiastically come up with interesting examples of narrative poems. Here are a few that represented the narrative poetry well and we wanted to share them with everyone:
Gargoyle dreams (by Anoushka)
When a gargoyle enters a dream
he starts to build up his self-esteem
these dreams are always nice
never filled with rotten lice or mice
BUT! It happened so
that poor baby gargoyle had them, you know!
He dreamt of witches, murders and death
leaving him awake and out of breath.
He cried for his mommy:
"I don't want dreams!
I don't want to go back to sleep
and hear all those screams!"
So the gargoyle never went back to sleep,
all he could do is weep and weep.
"The night is selfish, the night is cruel,
I don't want to spot another ghoul!
So, for years and days,
on the bed he never lays
he thinks it's scary
like the Myth of Bloody Mary.
Once on the field he plowed all day
he wouldn't stop working till the end of children's play.
Wait a minute this is not normal, this is not right
he decided to lay on his bed tonight.
It felt so good, it felt so light
and the best part was he dreamt of his might.
The next day he woke and climbed on an oak
and regretted for not sleeping for years
but now he knows, and really shows,
that he should never give up so fast.
He plows for a day, then rushes to play
and then goes to sleep...
Oh, yes, as I've said before - I'll say it once more
when gargoyle dreams, he might hear screams
but never will wake
only break the ghouls and fools and screams
in his amazing, adventurous dreams.
My Dragon's Treat (by Mahati)
I was walking down the street
and i saw a scrumptious treat
all for my little dragon
it's my dragon's treat
it's ny dragon's treat.
So i bought the treat
and couldn't wait to give it my dragon
I didn't know where I was going
but to the Everdeen forest.
I found myself somehow there
but i had to go some-where
"Oh, yes!" I remembered
It's my dragon's treat
It's my dragon's treat.
I managed to get out of the Everdeen forest
and started to go towards Beverldeen City
"Come, on! Sing along everybody!"
It's my dragon's treat
It's my dragon's treat.
On my way, i met a dwarf
who snatched my dragon's treat
and ate it as a sweet
"Oh, no!" It was my dragon's treat.
So i went to the butcher's shop
and stole two handfuls of meat
and gave it to my dragon as a treat
It's my dragon's treat
It's my dragon's treat
Flying colours (by Sriya M.)
On my way back from school
i sat on a bench and
a breeze touched so cool
i opened my eyes and realized
i was in a park
i saw a beautiful butterfly sitting on a bark.
The rainbow colours on the butterfly were so attractive
i felt refreshed and soon i became active
i started chasing the butterfly
but it started flying so high.
Then I stopped at a fresh water drop
the spark of the scene made my heart hop
i caught it and planned to take it home
but then i felt it should not be caged
so i let it go roam.
I felt the park with the memory
of it's colours in my mind
I tried to locate it back next day
but i couldn't find it.
