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A ballad poem is a form of poetry that tells a story in a song, usually a narrative song, but there is more to a ballad. What is ballad in poetry (complete definition)?
SADESade, you have stuck closer than a
Shadow
Your love is fairer than the scent of
Vanilla
My Caroline is not close to your
Colonnade
My trophy is greater than the valued
Manilla
Sade you alone rock and lighten my World
So sad....
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Categories:
best friend, first love,
Form: Ballad
Going HomeGoing Home
1.
We gathered all the kids next door to go to Thompson's field and play.
School was out and the sun was too,
We could stay till daylight fades.
But when Jess hit Johnny with his own...
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Categories:
baseball, change, christian, death,
Form: Ballad
SILENT AMIDSTTITLE: SILENT AMIDST
Can anyone really be SILENT?
Amidst the CHAOS of life...
That's a disparity;
Answered by a voice at a corner in my head
While I ponder and wonder
Over all life's Experiences,
Yes whispered Softly...
By another in a...
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Categories:
allegory, body, corruption, deep,
Form: Ballad
The Powerful and the PowerlessThe Powerful & The Powerless
A tiny girl looks up
and stares at the sky
She hears loud noise and sirens
But she doesn’t understand why.
She is still so very tiny
That she can barely talk.
She still drinks from...
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Categories:
power,
Form: Ballad
Polyvalence, Jesus ChristHorse Race, .... Manger's:
Into, .... Sight!?
Polyvalence, .... Jesus, Christ!...
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Categories:
appreciation,
Form: Ballad
rose revolutionRose revolution
I was born a beautiful rose
up my stem, a mouse climbed
to inhale my scent and sleep
in the center of my bud
ALAS
The raven came, knows no
sense of beauty
I was an innocent ruse
stealing the beauty
of...
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Categories:
abortion, allusion, analogy, birthday,
Form: Ballad
The Quilpie FlyerThere was this little train in Queensland
Quilpie Flyer was the name
Ran from Charleville to Quilpie
Made it every day the same
It was the Daily Mail Train
With a carriage at the back
Taking Ringers and Bush workers
Who went...
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Categories:
adventure, work,
Form: Ballad
The Earth Stood Still
The Earth stood still
Dirty black shoes
Ripped up jeans
Stopping me on the road
We were so young when I first met you
October sky
Dark March nights
Birthdays in July
I was 16 when...
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Categories:
heartbreak, longing, lost love,
Form: Ballad
Hottie HottieYou won't regret it
She won't forget it
She so pretty ah real
Social Creature
the Sexy Lady
the Main Feature
an Attraction to all
Fellows just stop to stare
she don't care
she don't care
Shortootsies
made with exotic fabric
perfume so sweet
a potion of...
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Categories:
beach, beautiful, dance, money,
Form: Ballad
Phase threeBliss
a phase where we are continually happy
where those people
who are routinely making your relationship
difficult are eased with the promise of one
reaping the rewards of a successful endeavor.
when the stage is set and those who wish...
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Categories:
character, clothes, devotion, fashion,
Form: Ballad
Happy was the Song she Gave MeMeet a fabulous woman
asked her for a date
she excepted my invite
I went home and prepared
for that day
I smiled when I met her
things got underway
I remember it was
a special day
Flowers and chocolates
ah scented perfume
she smiled...
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Categories:
celebration, dance, engagement, flower,
Form: Ballad
Life's Cycle Turns Full CircleSpring is suddenly here again
The roses are again in bloom
My love battles trails angst
I dare to change the gloom
I wished I could be kissed by a rose
My heart beat stepped up
Fears of rejection on the...
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Categories:
angst, beautiful, rose,
Form: Ballad
Sea Shanty
2. "over the waters blue the night winds sigh, the breakers roar ... Samual Taylor Coleridge
Wailing wind amid strongest ocean storm
Night falls swiftly on tumultuous scene
Sailors aware for they have been well-warned
This is their...
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Categories:
ocean, sea, storm,
Form: Ballad
The Stranger
Written: May 29, 2024, For Constance La France Contest
"I have been a stranger in a strange land." Bible Exodus 2:22
...
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Categories:
dedication, strength,
Form: Ballad
Fated To TryLooking at you
My heart remembers…
Mind chiming in.
Two times a sinner
Now, three times a fool…
Enticing smile… once again
What am I going to do.
___*___
1st time, arguments
2nd time, a cheat
Why’s my heart drinkin’ you in
Skippin’ still a...
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Categories:
conflict, crush, desire, emotions,
Form: Ballad
Specific Types of Ballad Poems
Read wonderful ballad poetry on the following sub-topics:
death, friendship, life, love, middle school, nature, narrative, sad, school
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Definition | What is Ballad in Poetry?