Balladstanza Stories

19 Stories

Poems by MissShallanDavar
Poemsby Sahara_
this was originally on the account @Annabethchase123467 but was transferred to this account since the original is deactivated. these are poems I write in my free time wh...
poem #19 by DavidPlantinga
poem #19by DavidPlantinga
I made the poems very short because I wanted to upload them on Instagram. Afterward I decided to shop the poems up into blocks. This is one of the short ones.
poem #18 by DavidPlantinga
poem #18by DavidPlantinga
This one's pretty short, just one stanza. It's also in ballad stanza, and I do promise to move on to new forms.
To a Shropshire Lad Disheartened by DavidPlantinga
To a Shropshire Lad Disheartenedby DavidPlantinga
Terence, this is stupid stuff: no beer here, just entropy. I put a trochee in the second foot of the first line of the fourth stanza for the harshness of it. I also me...
Chatter by DavidPlantinga
Chatterby DavidPlantinga
I suppose this poem came out of the similarity between two fairly recondite words.
Diogenes by DavidPlantinga
Diogenesby DavidPlantinga
If I recall correctly, Diogenes Laertes told this story about Diogenes the Cynic, minus the moral. Too many Diogenes's!
Bottom Rim by DavidPlantinga
Bottom Rimby DavidPlantinga
another poem in ballad stanza
Booleans by DavidPlantinga
Booleansby DavidPlantinga
I just finished a poem about snow, and momentum brought on this one about snow and shadow. I did break the syllable count in the last stanza but there was no good way t...
Crystals by DavidPlantinga
Crystalsby DavidPlantinga
This one's prompted by the crunch of snow on the coldest days.
Sealed by DavidPlantinga
Sealedby DavidPlantinga
Just another poem in ballad stanza, this one about awkwardness in elevators.
Joab and Tigh by DavidPlantinga
Joab and Tighby DavidPlantinga
just a short poem about the perks of leadership
The Hour-glass by DavidPlantinga
The Hour-glassby DavidPlantinga
This is a weird one about hour-glasses and bells
Pale Sister by DavidPlantinga
Pale Sisterby DavidPlantinga
just another short poem in ballad stanza
The Grate and the Moth by DavidPlantinga
The Grate and the Mothby DavidPlantinga
Another short pome in ballad stanza.
Corridors by DavidPlantinga
Corridorsby DavidPlantinga
Leafing through Kafka brought on this picture of a subdued afterlife.
Murmurs by DavidPlantinga
Murmursby DavidPlantinga
just another short poem in ballad stanza, more challenging rhyme schemes will be coming shortly.
A Hair Shirt by DavidPlantinga
A Hair Shirtby DavidPlantinga
another rhymed poem in quatrains
Lithe by DavidPlantinga
Litheby DavidPlantinga
just another short poem, I'll try more ambitious rhyme schemes soon.