Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Poetry from Daily Life: For a ballad, pick a beat and pick a rhyme, then stick with it Since Poetry from Daily Life began Nov. 5, ...

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 ...

The cultural, emotional, and sensory aspects of the human experience are reflected by food as an effective metaphor in literature. Let’s read some ballad poems that will describe the dishes from the ...

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 ...