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Riddle rhymes are poems that have a riddle. The answer to the riddle is at the end of the poem. These riddle poems are created by using the ballad stanza. Here are three of my riddle rhymes.
High Flyer
I fly above the tallest trees.
I'm not a bird or plane.
I have no wings or feathered things.
I do not like the rain.
I play among the passing clouds.
I like to rise and sail.
I am a friend who loves the wind.
I'm big and have a tail.
I like the gusty month of March.
I soar way out of sight.
My shape is like a diamond.
I am a brand-new kite.
The Everlasting Light
I shine forever free.
I do not cost a cent.
I need no bulb or battery.
My light is permanent.
You'll find me way up in the sky,
When each new day's begun,
But do not look me in the eye --
I am the shining sun.
Your Highness
I am a free and open field
That's never out of bounds,
Where kites and planes and boomerangs
Can do their ups and downs.
I am the biggest yard of all,
Where birds begin their play
Of hide-n-seek among the clouds
At each new break of day.
I am the place called outer space,
Where nothing is too high.
I am the home of all the stars --
I am the endless sky.
by Charles Ghigna ("Father Goose") author of more than thirty books of poetry for children and adults, and an all-around good guy.
Check out these rhyming dictionaries if you need help finding a rhyming word:
- http://www.rhymer.com/
- http://www.rhymezone.com/
- http://www.writeexpress.com/online2.html
Try writing your own Riddle Rhyme. Here is my first attempt:
Canadian Pastime
by Kelly FlashaThe air is cool
and smells of popcorn.
Blade meets ice
and sounds a horn.
Crack, smash, swish, roar!
Across glass they soar.
I am hockey.
Happy Riddling,
Mrs. F.
Rarely, not made in China,
ReplyDeleteNot made by Carolina,
You hear the CLICK!
Of the Brick.
You can even make a possum
LEGO: It is so awesome.
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ReplyDeleteIt can run out of ink
ReplyDeleteSomething you won't want to drink
Draw on paper for an hour
Watch it run out of power
This thing was made by men
Good grief, it is a pen!
Hard,slapped,shot stuff
ReplyDeleteFrom a game that's played so rough
You can shoot it down the ice
Score the goal to make the price
When you score a goal you'll be Cocky
This game is called Hockey
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ReplyDeleteFeathurles flyer
ReplyDeleteI sore low to the ground
I do not have wings
I am a living thing
I have 4 legs
Some soft fur
And i hunt at night
I am a flying squirl
Fluffy, white, chubby puff
ReplyDeleteOf yummy, tummy, crunchy stuff.
Bouncing kernels up and down,
Smelling buttery all through town.
I'm so happy I was born,
So there's lots of time to eat popcorn.
Pointy orange purple too
ReplyDeleteCan be grown very soon
When you bite A delicious crunch
It is a tasty snack for lunch
When I have it I inherit
To me it tastes like a juicy carrot
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ReplyDeleteUp and down and all around
ReplyDeletethat's the way I go
I like to swim I like to run
dashing to and fro
I like to play and like to jump
I like to go and tease the people
And annoy them too its fun you see
I went in to a church and knocked over the steeple
Because I like to have fun,
I have tiny paws and a tail
It helps me balance
But it seems to just flail
I like to try to climb up trees
even though its hard being me rocks
It's just a known fact
that I am a fox
Fluffy,puffy brown or white
ReplyDeleteJumping up and down with great height
Running across grass with speed
Some are waiting to be freed
Now my poem has to end
Have a bunny as a friend
I will never die
ReplyDeleteI will never ever cry
Written down by someone's hand
Known throughout all the land
I will prevail through all time
I'm known as a riddle rhyme.
I am small
ReplyDeleteand well shut
I come from animal
and as well hidden as king tut
I bring great glory when whats in me comes out
but while inside it's still in progress
someone keeps me well
and I bring new life I geuss
I am an egg
Kicked, Pushed, Flew through the air
ReplyDeleteYour opponent might take the dare
You have been pushed up and down
This travels around the big town
To me you're like a talker
That game is called soccer
most bugs away
ReplyDeletesummer's not here to stay
leaves are falling every day
want to go home and play
I like it from top to bottom
I love autumn!
ce doorause I want to go out to see autumn!
no more bugs
ReplyDeletelots of hugs
leafs blow through the night
all around like a flight
trees big and tall
thats what there is to fall
Scoring , dodging,Shooting
ReplyDeletePeople like booting
Kicking balls up and down
That wipes off someone's frown
It's Soccer
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ReplyDeleteFriday April 11 2014
ReplyDeleteHigh
High up in the sky
it is big and white
I’m a cloud.
Flying High
ReplyDeleteI can fly up really high,
Even higher than the sky,
I am not a kite,
I’m a pretty sight,
I can fly above rooftops,
And also lots of hilltops,
I am taller than the trees
ReplyDeleteI give off blue light, look, see
I’m a sum, hard to compute
I am a summary of
darkness and light, what more?
When you may snore, I wake up
I am full of physics
Physics was in italics
I am Space
Your so bright
ReplyDeleteas a light
little tiny orange wings
Wow your beak stings
I’m Ralph the Duck
The light in dark:
ReplyDeleteI am the light in the dark
I shine without ceasing and
never go out. I shine white
and silvery, have no glands
Up high in the sky I seem
to fly. In my cloak of dark
I make no light. I don't bite.
I am rough like tree bark. I am the moon.
I help you calm and breathe and stop
ReplyDeleteAnd I expand just like your lungs
I am a ball, right at the top
The highest shelf is where I sit
I am a big colorful sphere
With orange, red, purple, blue and green
You can see through me, that's how clear
I am the calming breathing ball
the game starts the players are set
ReplyDeletetakes it down the field to the net
he shoots he scores
the big crowd roars
the defense shield
he sprints down the field
stores the uniform in a locker
its the game of soccer
Your so bright
ReplyDeleteas a light
little tiny orange wings
Wow your beak stings
I’m Ralph the Duck
This is Messi’s favorite sport
ReplyDeleteCan be played by all the sort
The stands are roaring
It never gets boring
Its soccer
Can you guess what I am?
ReplyDeleteI am sparkly and nice
And I love Paprika spice
Sometimes my name is Sam
Do you know who I am?
I am the colour rainbow
And I have never been slow
But I love to eat ham
I am an animal
I have a beautiful horn
And I really love to eat corn
I am a Rainbow Unicorn
Can you guess what I am? 6
I am sparkly and nice 7
And I love Paprika spice 7
Sometimes my name is Sam 6
Do you know who I am?
I am the colour rainbow
And I have never been slow
But I love to eat ham
I am an animal
I have a beautiful horn
And I really love to eat corn
I am a Rainbow Unicorn
Can you guess what I am? 6
I am sparkly and nice 7
And I love Paprika spice 7
Sometimes my name is Sam 6
Do you know who I am?
I am the colour rainbow
And I have never been slow
But I love to eat ham
I am an animal
I have a beautiful horn
And I really love to eat corn
I am a Rainbow Unicorn
Can you guess what I am? 6
I am sparkly and nice 7
And I love Paprika spice 7
Sometimes my name is Sam 6
Do you know who I am?
I am the colour rainbow
And I have never been slow
But I love to eat ham
I am an animal
I have a beautiful horn
And I really love to eat corn
I am a Rainbow Unicorn
I am well made and beautiful
ReplyDeleteI’m something people like
I’m also very durable
I love to take high flight
You are probably wondering what I am
I am a sailing kite
i am a bright bright pink
ReplyDeletei dont grow on a rink
i do not touch a tower
i am a pretty flower