Since Poetry from Daily Life began Nov. 5, you’ve met poets from Missouri, Nebraska, New York, Alabama, New Hampshire, and Pennsylvania. We began in one paper — the Springfield News-Leader ...

Alfred Noyes’ ballad poem “The Highwaymen” has been memorized by generations of school children. In 1986 the Minnesota reggae band Ipso Facto set the poem to music and performed a memorable ...

Ballad in A by Cathy Park Hong A Kansan plays cards, calls marshal a crawdad, that barb lands that rascal a slap; that Kansas jackass scats, camps back at caballada ranch. Hangs kack, ax, and camp ...

For worms, or bits of bacon on my hook. If you decide to write some ballad stories, too, the main thing to remember is that once you pick a format — number of beats per line and which lines will ...