Lizard [A Poem by Martha Close]

Each morning, strobed in the flicker of the kitchen light

It speeds a steep slalom up the wall above the sink,

This fir-cone fat one dislodges dust and air and

Fog [A Poem by Helen Cadbury]

Earth-sweat, sea-breath,

hangs about, cold-shouldering street corners,

Violin [A Poem by Sheila Black]

You must use the body - its curves,

its hollows, the spring of the sound, which

brings back what is absent, what has

Hawk [A poem by Diana Adams]

Hook-nosed bandit, dazed

red shouldering the ledge.

His imprint still fresh

All You Need to Know About Narrative Poetry

Narrative poetry is a form of poetry which tells a story, often making use of the voices of a narrator and characters as well; the entire story is usually written in metred verse. The poems that make up this genre may be short or long, and the story it relates to may be complex. It is usually dramatic, with objectives, diverse characters, and metre. Narrative poems include epics, ballads, idylls and lays.