Narrative Poetry
Narrative poetry is a form of poetry that tells a story, often making the voices of a narrator and characters as well; the entire story is usually written in metered verse.
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A Heaving of Hooves
by Stewart Stafford
Branches form a star-shaped dawn,
Hammering ale-soured heads forlorn.
Drunk to dull the bow-stave’s strain,
Bent low, then rose upon the battle plain.
When failing flesh and blood
collapses into dung and mud,
Fury’s flaying poleaxe blow
slashes and culls noble and low.
Hacking peasant adversaries,
Schooled by seasoned mercenaries,
Tavern-stale archers loosing at will—
Hooves thunder, death screams shrill.
The King and standard guard the rear;
Their pre
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So I perversely circle the late stars, drowsier and drowsier, sleepily longing for something.
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― The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
― The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
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