The ballad stanza is also one of the most popular forms of poetry for children. A ballad stanza is a group of four lines. That group is called a stanza. The ballad stanza has a rhyme at the end of line number two and line number four. Here are three poems that have ballad stanzas. The first poem has three ballad stanzas. The last two poems have two. The first two poems are from Tickle Day, the last poem is from Halloween Night.
The Bee Poem
A poem is a busy bee
Buzzing in your head.
His hive is full of hidden thoughts
Waiting to be said.
His honey comes from your ideas
That he makes into rhyme.
He flies around looking for
What goes on in your mind.
When it's time to let him out
To make some poetry,
He gathers up your secret thoughts
And then he sets them free.
A Poem Is a Little Path
A poem is a little path
That leads you through the trees.
It takes you to the cliffs and shores,
To anywhere you please.
Follow it and trust your way
With mind and heart as one,
And when the journey's over,
You'll find you've just begun.
Happy Halloween!
I'd rather be foolish than ghoulish,
I'd rather dress up as a clown;
I'd rather wear clothes with polka dot bows,
I'd much rather smile than frown.
I'd rather be kooky than spooky,
I'd rather be friendly than mean;
I'd rather go greeting than tricking and treating,
I'd rather have fun Halloween!
By Charles Ghingna
Now try writing your own ballad stanza. Your ballad can be short or long. The choice is up to you. Here is my first attempt:
Writer's Block
by Kelly Flasha
I'm sitting quietly
What will I write?
Maybe my pen and I
will get in a fight!
Happy Rhyming,
Mrs. F.
I like to play xbox
ReplyDeleteI never watch the clocks
and when you play soccer
with a ball is better
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ReplyDeleteBailey The Dog
ReplyDeleteBailey May My dog as cool as can be
Me + Bailey = ManBay cool
Me and bailey could be a super bee
A BIG MAN with muscle coool
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ReplyDeletecheetahs run quite fast
ReplyDeleteLeopards are agast
no one can catch up
lets try backing up
Q-bert has a really big nose
ReplyDeleteAlso looks like a small hose
He also talks in Q-bertinese
Not a language you learn with ease
When he talks it's like he's swearing
When he walks it’s like he's staring
This is Q-bert my old pal
And he only eats 1 raw cow
Roots growing in the ground
ReplyDeleteLumpy trunk growing up
Leaves sprouting all around
Branches reaching for the sky
Oak trees, Ash trees,birch too
All different types of trees
Pine trees, fig trees, burnt trees ew
Peaceful, helpful, lots of trees
Flowers
ReplyDeletebeautiful sunflowers
in the year of summer
oh beautiful sunflowers
in the year of summer
when you you go out in the woods
ReplyDeleteyou may see a big bear
when you see a big wolf
move out of there
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ReplyDeleteThere was a cow
ReplyDeleteHe had purple spots
He was giant and good at tying knots
Someone came along one day
And asked the big fat cow
"Can you tie awesome knots
And if you can, how?"
(The cow didn't know.)
There was something called LEGO
ReplyDeleteIt was awesome
you could make anything
even possums
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DeleteI cannot think of what to write
ReplyDeleteMy mind is completely blank
I need some feedback
Tell me if this poem stank
(In the comments.)
I think its great
Deletegood poem bilbro baggins.
DeleteIts Okay
DeletePit Bull
ReplyDeletethis timid puppy running and playing
prancing around with all there is
now resting, getting pet
playing with toys that are all his.
the sky is pretty with colors all blue
ReplyDeletethe seagulls flying across in the wind
people below looking up high
at the yellow sun looking as if it's pinned
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ReplyDeleteI like to play ipod
ReplyDeletebut my mom says go play outside
so I did she came and said
come inside.
that doesnt rhyme
DeleteMedusa turned stuff to stone
ReplyDeleteBut then came a hero
He was famous through the ages
Like roman emperor Nero
When I play sports I can be really unlucky
ReplyDeleteWhich means hitting the bend
And each time this happens you feel bad
But sometimes you are lucky in the end
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DeleteI like reading.
ReplyDeleteIt is cool.
If you do not read,
You are a fool.
There once was a kid
ReplyDeletewho played lego Batman
Beat the game cause he
killed Catwoman
There once was a pig
ReplyDeleteHis name was Bob
Bob was so annoying
So he was turned to bacon by a mob
LOL nice one
DeleteThere was a popular toy
ReplyDeleteThat the name was called lego
This is what I probably would've made
A big fat lego ego
my doctor is named phil
ReplyDeleteI don't care for him at all
because he's always on
the floor playing with a ball
My dogs name is lynde
ReplyDeleteshe is very cute
when I get home tonight
I will put her in a boot!
a poem is dancing
ReplyDeletegoing through the night
but if you startle it
it be in a kind of fright
There was a man named joe
ReplyDeleteHe lived in the mississippi
He was very bright
I think he is a hippie
summer is a blast
ReplyDeletethe sun is always out
it is fun to build a raft
come on it is time to run out and about
I like hotdogs
ReplyDeleteTheir so awesome
Their good with ketchup
Like a weird possum
Gymnastics is really fun,
ReplyDeleteI can do it in the sun,
Once I’m feeling that I’m done,
After then I get to run.
I like to run down a path,
Even if it’s made of lath,
After that I face your wrath,
Then you make me do my math.
Ducky is yellow and fun
ReplyDeleteHe can bellow quack a ton
He is active and crazy
Ducky can agree with that
dogs are fun and they run
ReplyDeletecats are fun in the sun
cheetahs are fast and great
tigers always run straight
zebras are black and white
lions are strong and bite
bears are big and they fight
camels like the sun light
It’s oggy
ReplyDeleteIt’s goggy
It’s yummy
It’s chewwy
chocolate mud cake
Dancing Pancakes
ReplyDeleteDancing Pancakes are the best
They normally put it to the test
They skip and a Jump
Just make sure they don’t bump
Dancing Pancakes are so cool
They like to dance by the pool
So if you see Dancing Pancakes
All I’m telling you is that the Singing Cupcakes
Will tell the rest
The missing head:
ReplyDeleteI had a huge cough
and my head flew off!
I search the whole day for
that head that flew off!
you cant imagine
how hard that can be!
How hard is it?Well,
try if you cant see!
Dancing Pancakes
ReplyDeleteDancing Pancakes are the best
They normally put it to the test
They skip and a Jump
Just make sure they don’t bump
Dancing Pancakes are so cool
They like to dance by the pool
So if you see Dancing Pancakes
All I’m telling you is that the Singing Cupcakes
Will tell the rest
Ballad Stanza April 10, 2014
ReplyDeleteMy Sunshine
He is my everything
Sees the beauty in small things
Creativity is his expression
Legos and horses his passion
Always asking thoughtful questions
Knows how to push my buttons
Calms me when I have anxiety
Still likes to cuddle with his Mommy
Energy is important
ReplyDeleteYou use it all the time
So when you take a tumble
You don’t even hurt a dime