After last week's fairly open theme, I thought I'd go with something a bit more structured this time. As I type this, I'm listening to Steeleye Span and thinking about the great ballad traditions of ...

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 — now we’re ...

THE natural product of a creed which ignores the æsthetical part of man and reduces Nature to a uniform drab would seem to have been Bernard Barton. His verse certainly infringed none of the ...

A Minnesota reggae band creates a memorable version of a classic ballad poem.? Alfred Noyes’ ballad poem “The Highwaymen” has been memorized by generations of school children. In 1986 the Minnesota ...

A tragic folk romance is told in fresh, vivid Scots that is both deeply traditional and awake to a much changed modern world O! shairly ye hae seen my love Doun whaur the waters wind: He walks like ...

A ballad is a type of poem that was traditionally set to music. The word ‘ballad’ comes from the Latin ‘ballare’ which means to dance – it’s also where the word ‘ballet’ comes from. One sunny day, not ...

camps back at caballada ranch. Hangs kack, ax, and camp hat. packs a gat and blasts Kansan’s ass and Kansan gasps, blasts back. A flag flaps half-staff. Photo courtesy of Cathy Park Hong Cathy Park ...

Food and poetry share a profound connection as both are expressions of the human experience. Let’s see how a ballad poem will describe the dishes from the menu of The GT Road. In Bengal’s kitchens, ...