Best Ballade Poems
Below are the all-time best Ballade poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of ballade poems written by PoetrySoup members
Where My True Love Lives - a BalladeSeared upon my soul for ever more
That break of dawn upon a summer morn
As I made my way along that rocky shore
Strewn with remnants from...
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Categories:
death, love, ocean,
Form:
Ballade
Ballade of Eternal BlissHere the sun shines soft and warm—
Caressing all in vales and on hill—
It gives a glow to every inherent form—
And reveals for every eye a...
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Categories:
happiness, hope, imagination, life,
Form:
Ballade
Don'T Throw Me AwayYou look at me so uninviting;
I may have some missing teeth, stumble when I walk, bout' to FALL!!!
Stutter when I talk, but yet I'll still...
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Categories:
anxiety, appreciation, blessing, caregiving,
Form:
Ballade
All Things BeautifulWalking alone past the reeds blowing lace,
Stroking the oak by the old wooden gate,
Guided by trust to my lovers embrace,
Pouring my heart into leaves as...
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Categories:
faith, inspirational, nature, peace,
Form:
Ballade
The Moaning of My Heart
I laid my heart upon your grave
That winter day when trees were bare;
Their withered leaves fell down to brave
The chill of winter death and share
With...
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Categories:
death, farewell, father, father
Form:
Ballade
Don'T Let GoIf you take my hand and don't let go
There's a side of life I want to show
You've suffered a little, a lot, know
But I also...
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Categories:
appreciation, depression, friendship, peace,
Form:
Ballade
SossledSossled
I wandered as lonely as a dog,
Me pantaloons were full of frogs
Slurping suds while on the grog,
Dog paddling with the ducks,
I thought I knew her...
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Categories:
adventure,
Form:
Ballade
Categories:
earth, life, spiritual,
Form:
Ballade
Irony AboundsOn an unsinkable ship’s maiden voyage, it sinks.
A pastor who preaches against alcohol, drinks.
One’s surrounded by people, yet remains all alone.
Confessing sins to a priest,...
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Categories:
humor, irony, sad, drug,
Form:
Ballade
Moon and SunAlthough we meet the dying day
Our sun ensconced in melting blue
The moon’s held high to swing and sway
Her light may sprinkle, softest hue
No other reason...
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Categories:
love, moon, nature, love,
Form:
Ballade
Blessed BeLady, weave Your circle tight
With a web of living light
Earth and Air and Fire and Water
Bind us to you.
MacDermot, the Prince of Coolavin came
to...
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Categories:
princess, spring, symbolism,
Form:
Ballade
Lest We Forget the HorsesWatching old newsreels sadness washes over me
Highstepping horses, gentle eyes transformed in fear
valiantly charging under men that could not yield
Amid the noise of...
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Categories:
appreciation, eulogy, freedom, history,
Form:
Ballade
Written In the Friendship CreedLife is like an island
Surrounded by people
Just as water surrounds the land
Sometimes still or confrontational
Making life controversial
Though you feel thoroughly pleased
When all is quiet and...
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Categories:
friendship, future, life, planet,
Form:
Ballade
Grand LarcenyWhat’s it take for women to hate
their first born so long and so cold?
Sly smiles as he choked on the bait.
You sat in that one...
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Categories:
abuse, anger, bible, dark,
Form:
Ballade
A Final AdieuThe light to my life is flickering;
It shone bright for many years.
The fog around me is thickening,
But, please, spare me the tears.
I am fortunate to...
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Categories:
death, wifehope, me,
Form:
Ballade