Rhyming Riddles

Riddle: A mile from end to end, yet as close to as a friend. A precious commodity, freely given. Seen on the dead and on the living. Found on the rich, poor, short and tall, but shared among children most of all. What is it? Answer: Smile

Riddle: A most complex construction, of creation and destruction, of good and evil deeds, of noblest thought and basest needs, A species in the lead, Immortal ’til we bleed. Answer: Humans

Riddle: A most delicious thing. It can be given but cannot be kept. Some awake from it after they’ve slept. It is the moistest and softest butterfly wing, but when it is the last even it can sting. Answer: Kiss

Riddle: A natural state, I’m sought by all. Go with me and you shall fall. You do me when you spend, and you use me when you eat to no end. What am I? Answer: Balance

Riddle: A metal neither black nor red, as heavy as man’s golden greed. What you do to stay ahead, with friend or foe or arrow and steed. Answer: Lead

Riddle: A hundred years I once did live, and often wholesome food did give, yet all that time I ne’er did roam, so much as a half a mile from my home, my days were spent devoid of strife, until at last I lost my life. And since my death

Riddle: A house where you are brought, if they find you or get caught. If you cross the government, this is where you will be sent. Answer: Jail

Riddle: A dragon’s tooth in a mortal’s hand, I kill, I maim, I divide the land. Answer: Sword.