The Dirigible Balloon
Poetry for Children

Welcome aboard The Dirigible Balloon, the publication with lots and lots of poems for children!

The crew are busy organising a flight to remember, with new places to visit, different creatures to see and a sky load of fun and adventure as well. Written and read by poets from around the world our poems will delight, intrigue and astound you.

Come have a look and prepare to lift off in The Dirigible Balloon!

The Dirigible Balloon

With our sandwiches packed
and our bottles of juice,
under fluffy white clouds and the sun,
we all climb aboard
this balloon of delight
in a search for new places and fun.
With friends by our sides,
happy faces all round
and excitement in everyone’s eyes,
our dirigible lifts
off the ground like a bird
to adventure high up in blue skies …

Jonathan Humble

Find some poems...


Paper Snowflake
Angela Jelf
A Bishopbriggs December with Granny
Laura Cooney
The Sorrow of St. Nicholas
Damon Hubbs
The Pageant
Christine Hennigan
Winter Boy
Carl Burkitt
A Series of Poems on How Trees Wear Snow
Carol Labuzzetta
One Night in Bethlehem
Jennifer Thomas
My Thick Coat
Carl Burkitt
A Reindeer Called Jeff
Carl Burkitt
Winter Wear
Jennifer Thomas
There's lots to love at Christmas
Helen Addyman
Snowflakes
Helen Addyman
Whitest Winter
Helen Addyman
Snowman
Laura Cooney
Christmas Congregation
Felicity Teague
Ice Skating in Boston
Damon Hubbs
Soft Winter
Laura Fowler
Half
Rob Walton
Winter's Wind
Laura Fowler
Santa’s Souped-up Supersleigh
Claire Lewis
I Want a Baby Elephant for Christmas
Dianne Moritz
Winter Haiku
Lyn Jekowsky
Packed for Winter
Laura Fowler
Through My Window
Lyn Jekowsky
A Christmas Dream
Josie De Falco
Ingredients for Christmas Spirit
Josie De Falco
All I want’s a …
Lucy Falkner
Letter to Santa/Letter From Santa
Val Harris
A Cautionary Christmas Pudding Tale
Val Harris
Ode to a Brussel Sprout
Helen Laycock
Oh Christmas Three
Rob Walton
Season of Lights
Kit Weston
What Christmas Decorations Talk About
Kit Weston
Gingerbread City
Rebecca Loveday
Through the Snow
Helen Dineen
Colored Candles
Buffy Silverman
Two Acrostic Christmas Poems
Cynthia Mackey
Snowflakes
Matthew Winter
Empty Christmas Stocking
Kit Weston
The Road to Winter
Melinda Szymanik
Christmas Star
Julie Stevens
Ready for Christmas
Julie Stevens
Sufganiyot: Hanukkah Jelly Donuts
Helen Kemp Zax
Still Winter
Bernard Pearson
A Cat Called Penguin
Sarah Wallis
If you’re gonna be a reindeer
Ciara OConnor
The Chill Dragons
Ciara OConnor
The Cat Who Stole Christmas
Moe Phillips
the day after the snow day
Theresa Gaughan
White Christmas
Theresa Gaughan
The Best Gift
Theresa Gaughan
Frost
Gaynor Andrews
Waiting for Friends
Gaynor Andrews
Naughty List
Julie Hauswirth
Snow Crystals
Matthew Winter
Two Santa Poems from Carmen
Carmen Tiderle
Sprouts Out!
Juli Frances Taylor
Snow White
Matthew Winter
Christmas is Cancelled
Nannie Shakespeare
A Story for Naughty Children
Nuala McEvoy
Old Snoremouse
Oliver Noonday
The Brand-new Christmas Tree
Graham Seal
Father Christmas Lost His Whiskers
Graham Seal
A Flower and Snow
Maggie Ann Lockett
Velvet
Megan Lebron
Snow Day
Megan Lebron
The Stocking
Ian Brownlie
Sledding
Raymond Betancourt
The Snowman
Raymond Betancourt
Merry Everything
Stephanie Henson
A Perfect Tree
Stephanie Henson
Seasons
Kay Medway
December
Mona Woods Voelkel
The Snow’s Not Sticking
Sue Lancaster
Christmas Time
Sue Lancaster
Robin Robinski
Kathryn Beevor
When the Wind Blows
Melinda Szymanik
Advent Calendar
Carole Bromley
Polka-dotty Snow
Carol Coven Grannick
Little Deer in Winter
Carol Coven Grannick
Cleaning the Menorah for Hanukkah
Carol Coven Grannick
Christmas Crackers
Deb Reidy
If it were Christmas Day
Zaro Weil
The Windermere Children
Jonathan Humble
The Desert Dogs of Tjuntjuntjara
Stewart Ennis
Cousin Claire
Colin West
Picnic in Autumn
Felicity Teague
The Tires of Day
John Claiborne Isbell
Bird Bath
Sarah Steinbacher
Lemonade
John Claiborne Isbell
Special Season
Morna Sullivan
Polywash
Kathryn Beevor
Pog the Pig
Jonathan Sellars
Tidying the Room of Despair
Christopher Smith
A Summer's Day
Jacoby Crane
Jack O' The Lantern
Jacoby Crane
Haven
Rebecca Simpson Hargreaves
My Lucky Leaf
Suzy Levinson
Bathroom (not so) Suite
Colin West
Field Trip
Sharon Korzelius
The Nautulis Shell
Lyn Jekowsky
A Welcome Mat For Hedgehogs
Fran Bridger
A Rotten Revolting Repulsive Recipe
Juli Frances Taylor
Doing My Bit (Environment)
Fran Bridger
A Journey of Hope
Josie De Falco
Water Mess
Helen Addyman
The Blue Backpack
Damon Hubbs
Jennifer Grouch
Lawrence Moore
Do Not Badger The Badger
Paul Jenkins
A Conker!
Harry Glass
Julius Sees A …
Harry Glass
Spider Season
Sue Lancaster
Track(tor)
Rebecca Simpson Hargreaves
Autumn’s Splendour
Harry Glass
Come On Then!
Rebecca Simpson Hargreaves
Silk Spinner
Rebecca Simpson Hargreaves
Snake
Kathryn Beevor
When It’s Up To Me
Hazel Knox
Moonglade
Ruth Fishman
Poems from Isla and Lucy
Michael Tyldesley
But what Rhymes with Limerick?
Ruth Fishman
Ode to a Pencil
Juli Mayer
The Umbrella of Invisibility
Graham Seal
Birds
Dominic J. Sweeney
The Cyclone Kid
Graham Seal
Backpack Blues
Juli Mayer
Robot, Robot
Graham Seal
Supper Time
Barbara Bleiman
What the Nose Knows
Kate ONeil
A Forgotten Pebble in a Pocket
Philip Ardagh
Daffodils, Hula Hoops and Jellies?
Dominic J. Sweeney
Remarkable Rhino
Juli Mayer
This is the Bulb
Deborah Holt Williams
The Worm
Ian Brownlie
The Forest And I
Dominic J. Sweeney
What to Do If You Are a Cicada
Judy Lorenzen
I Don’t Like Tomatoes
Katrina Swenson
The Day the Clouds Swam Away
Kit Weston
No Winner in the Broomstick Race
Jane Trenholm
Sand
Alwyn Marriage
Perfectly Imperfect Pumpkin
Bri Lawyer
Advice from My Grandfather
Daniel Galef
Learning to Surf
Katrina Swenson
The Tallest Snowman Ever
Katrina Swenson
Back-to-School Rocket
Elizabeth Kuelbs
Sir Roger and the Witch
Pamela Jones
Witch Stew
Bri Lawyer
Mizzerable
Harry Glass
Evening Canvas
Sarah Steinbacher
Two Small Feet
Sarah Steinbacher
The Tiny Light
M. Schwartz
Free
Mark Starling
The Ocean Sunfish
Linda Trott Dickman
Poetry News from the Balloon!
Jonathan Humble
Autumn Shimmer
Carol Coven Grannick
The Emperor of Rhyme
Damian Balassone
Full Wolf Moon
Carol Coven Grannick
If Not For Shoes
Charles Hughes
The Talker
Damian Balassone
One Star, One Hill
Carol Coven Grannick
When April Comes … ACHOO!
Melissa Rotert
There's a Cat on my Head
Juli Frances Taylor
The Flabbergast
Bill Nagelkerke
Many Futures
Ian Brownlie
Busted
David Cameron
Macaroni Sneeze
Jen Wallace
I’m Hungry
Veronica Szczygiel
There is no Frigate like a Book
Carole Bromley
Beach Time Fun!
Joy Moore
Palace Gardens
Kay Medway
Ence-Pence, W Której Ręce?
Veronica Szczygiel
Imagination Poem
Zaro Weil
Swooping
Elena de Roo
The Book
Jonathan Humble
Flight of the Moon
Kit Weston
Acrobats
Buffy Silverman
Catching Leaves
Sue Lancaster
Murmuration
Val Harris
Paper Plane Poem
Kathryn Dove
Lost Albatross
Brian Moses
DragonSpy
Buffy Silverman
Take Off!
Kathryn Dove
Flight of Fancy
Kit Weston
Lakeside Haiku
Buffy Silverman
What is Flight?
Val Harris
The Flight of the Geese
Gaynor Andrews
Flying to New Zealand (AOTEAROA)
Val Harris
A Cinquain for Ascending
Jennifer Thomas
Learning To Fly
Brian Moses
Albatross Dreaming
Kathryn Dove
Biggles in Goggles
Colin West
Guess!
Jacqueline Shirtliff
Off to Africa
Jacqueline Shirtliff
Buzzards
Jacqueline Shirtliff
The Flying Diving Mouse
Rob Walton
Flight Commander
Rob Walton
First Flight
Deb Reidy
Soaring Swings
Sarah Steinbacher
Nature's Fleeting Flight
Sarah Steinbacher
Taxi's Waiting
Sarah Steinbacher
Balloon Flight
Fiona Halliday
Flightless Bird Support
Fiona Halliday
Moth’s First Flight
Jennifer Thomas
Natural Flight
Fiona Halliday
Mr. Frumple’s Grumble
Jennifer Thomas
Noises from the Witch's Broom
Christine R Milne
Cloud in a Jam Jar
Christine R Milne
Wings
Christine R Milne
Housefly Holiday
Sarah Ziman
Flights of Fancy
Richard Jodah
A Flight Is A Flight
Moe Phillips
Golden Wings
Julie Anna Douglas
The Ball
Ian Brownlie
Flight
Ian Brownlie
Soaring in Harmony
Karla Kane
My Love For You
Jessica Milo
Limitless
Juli Frances Taylor
Eastern Amberwing Dragonfly
Josie De Falco
Willow Emerald Damselfly
Josie De Falco
Flightpath
Laura Cooney
Who Am I? by Jacoby Crane
Jacoby Crane
Postcard Home
Linda Middleton
Dream Flight
Mark Bird
Take Flight
Mark Bird
Tiny Butterfly Effect
Peter Devonald
Dandelion O’Clock
Morna Sullivan
The Magnificent Man in his Flying Machine
Morna Sullivan
Tomorrow Is A Sparrowhawk In Flight
Peter Devonald
The Deep Blue Sky
Michael Tyldesley
Runway
Rebecca Loveday
Flight of the Firefly
Claire Taylor
Did Orville Say to Wilbur
Claire Taylor
Soar
Theresa Gaughan
An Ode to the Dirigible
Theresa Gaughan
The Diver
Ruth Stevenson
Acrostic: Kite
Elizabeth Wrobel
A Wiggly, Squiggly Caterpillar
Dianne Moritz
Bird Gymnastics
Stephanie Henson
Sky Cake
Julie Stevens
Weightless
Helen Kemp Zax
Time Travel
Carole Bromley
Petrel Patrol
Felicity Teague
Flight FF-5000
Felicity Teague
Designer Girl From Venus
Dale Neal
One Night
Carl Burkitt
Staring into Space
Bernard Pearson
Two Birds
Stefan Karlsson
Poem in the Sky
Stefan Karlsson
The Cow Who Jumped Over the Moon
Stefan Karlsson
Journeys
Susan Andrews
Taking Flight
Susan Andrews
Daydream
Susan Andrews
Dragonfly Sky
Leigh Therriault
Never Prank your Prey
Jo Weston
Balloons
Jen Wallace
Greta Galore
David Cameron
There is Love Within Each Act of Kindness
Jonathan Humble
Our Second Birthday
Jonathan Humble
Crabmeat the Carpet Cat by Mark Millicent
Jonathan Humble
Dawn Chorus
Lou Piccolo
Poo Haikus
Michael Tyldesley
Snail Trail
Deb Reidy
Bat
Deb Reidy
Banana Split
Deb Reidy
Poet Feature ... Brian Mackenwells
Jonathan Humble
Lolly Begolly
Joy Moore
Hip Hip Hair-Ay!
Mab Jones
Romeo, Romeo
Mab Jones
A Working Lunch
Brian Mackenwells
The Visitors
Mab Jones
Excuse Note
Jesse Anna Bornemann
Ecliptic Kiss
Michael Tyldesley
Please!
David Bleiman
A Dozen Jobs for the Sea
Melinda Szymanik
My Voice
Helen Laycock
Watching the Clouds
Kit Weston
If I were Spring
Gillian Spiller
Petrichor
Buffy Silverman
Teasel
Rebecca Simpson Hargreaves
An Unlikelier Band of Fellows
Amy Chandler
Jumping Beans
Val Harris
Discovery
Rebecca Loveday
My World in a Raspberry
Jennifer Thomas
Word Search
Leigh Anthony Manley
Butterfly
Sherry Shahan
King of the Jungle?
Ruth Stevenson
A New Year is Here! / Mānawatia a Matariki!
Kathryn Dove
Future Occupation
Buffy Silverman
Rain
Val Harris
At Cocolicious
Helen Laycock
Sus on the Bus
Rebecca Loveday
Huff Chuff Puff
Amy Chandler
The Greatest Teacher
Leigh Anthony Manley
Bird's Nest
Sherry Shahan
I wander
Ruth Stevenson
Don’t Fear! I’m Here
Jennifer Thomas
Little Brown Dog
Kathryn Dove
Pinch!
Melinda Szymanik
The Humonger
Gillian Spiller
3 Cinquains
Christopher Smith
Summer Holiday Bookworm
Kathryn Dove
The Pet Negotiations
Jennifer Thomas
Caterpillar Classroom
Sherry Shahan
Boy Girl Fruit Flower
Leigh Anthony Manley
The Visitor
Rebecca Loveday
Personal Preference
Helen Laycock
All Sewn Up
Val Harris
Dormouse’s Winter Nap
Buffy Silverman
Whistle to Steam
Sam Smith
Pickles
Seth Harty
A Blended Family
Sarah Steinbacher
Thunderplump
Laura Cooney
Inside Out (or Outside In)
Imogen Hartland
Mouse in the Library
Kit Weston
Let's Celebrate The Stage
Kay Medway
My Cat, Mandoo
Juli Frances Taylor
This Banana
Laura Cooney
Camping Song
Sharon Pinner
Magic Beach Hut
Josie De Falco
Deep Dive
Stephanie Henson
Bantam Bobby That Crazy Chicky
Laura Cooney
The Broccoli’s Revolting
Hannah King
Bill's Boogie
Salena Casha
Rainbow Rejection
Paul Jenkins
The Library
Stephanie Henson
There’s Nothing To Do!
Claire Walmsley
Rhyming Rhino
Graham Seal
Tweeter Wars
Radhika Chadha
Trickling Ideas
Fiona Halliday
Cheesy Moon
Moe Phillips
My Puppy Has Fleas!
Dianne Moritz
Time for Lunch
Catherine Londero
Lemuricks
Arran Potts
Elegy for a Lunchbox
Kit Weston
Calvin's Caution
Radhika Chadha
Oblivious, the Hedgehog
Michael Grieve
Furry Busybody
Fiona Halliday
The Legend of Bouncy Castle
Dale Neal
Punctuation. Punctuation! Punctuation?
Helen Kemp Zax
Mummy!
Moe Phillips
Little Brian
Colin West
The Ghazal
Pramod Subbaraman
Hey Tiger!
Julie Stevens
It’s Getting Late
Martin J Elster
Waking Up in Strange Places
Mark Bird
A Birthday Sonnet
Felicity Teague
I Go Down to the Woods
Carole Bromley
A Poem For My Hallway
Carl Burkitt
Today’s Muse
Bernard Pearson
Trainy Day
Alex Price
Things to Make Today
Linda Middleton
Why Carrots Want to Be Marshmallows
Lisa Roullard
Heart Cinquain
Abby Voss
Owl Haiku
Abby Voss
A Lazy Day
Dianne Moritz
Green Beans
Lisa Roullard
Follow the Leader
Sarah Steinbacher
Corn on the Cob Composition
Lisa Roullard
Filey Brigg
J H Rice
Happy Earth Day
Sarah Steinbacher
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Abby Voss
Missing Colours
Jonathan Humble
Of Birds and Worms
Carmen Tiderle
My Brilliant Sheepdog
Zaro Weil
My Nan
Kay Medway
How Does the Moon Smell?
Jesse Anna Bornemann
If I Were Not Me
Dayle Olson
A Limerick in Yiddish
Michael Rosen
Three Critter Limericks
Amy Losak
Sunflower
Dayle Olson
The Easter Beast
Eleanor Cullen
Room 103
Jesse Anna Bornemann
Some Kids
Dayle Olson
Midnight Fairies
Josie De Falco
Dragonfly
Kate ONeil
Ocelots
Dianne Moritz
The Colours of Spring
Val Harris
Sloth
Kate ONeil
Terrible Claw
Martin J Elster
Flying Kites
Dianne Moritz
Missing by Val Harris
Val Harris
The Cardy
Rachael Sligo
Last Leaf
Karla Wendelin
Not a Tiger, Please
Pamela Jones
Tugs and Tales
Hazel Knox
A Flight of Fancy
Alan J Wright
What I Say VS. What My Body Says
Sarah Steinbacher
I Detest Dogs
Sarah Steinbacher
Lucky Pete
Pamela Jones
The Lark's Song
Jonathan Humble
Etiquette For Toddlers
Liz Wilder
I Once Met A Poem
Philip Ardagh
Cuttlefish
Pamela Jones
The Night-Time Rainbow
Laura Cooney
A Cloud of Bats
Karla Wendelin
I Can !
Alison A Ferguson
A Penny For Your Snorts
Alan J Wright
Autumn Leaves
Karla Wendelin
The Importance of Being Yourself
Veronica Szczygiel
Skeleton
Kate ONeil
Tap Juice
Kate ONeil
Things To Do If You Are A Humpback Whale
Catherine Flynn
Hummingbird
Alan M Sugar
When I Visit My Grandparents
Helen Kemp Zax
Bored Collie
Philip Waddell
In Spring
Alan M Sugar
Aloft
Catherine Flynn
Without Music
Helen Kemp Zax
Bloodhound
Philip Waddell
Boat Song
Nairn Kennedy
Porridge On The Hob
Phil Wood
Swifts
Jonathan Humble
Mealtimes in My House
Niamh Savage
Water Dance
Theresa Gaughan
The Scaffolding Next Door
Carl Burkitt
Quilt
Theresa Gaughan
A Poem Written While Dreaming
Carl Burkitt
If All The Stars
Charles Hughes
Suddenly!
Theresa Gaughan
I am an Umbrella
Carl Burkitt
Be Careful If
Charles Hughes
The Case of the Pea Green Boat
Graham Seal
Not a Dinosaur
Graham Seal
Pigtail Pain
Fiona Halliday
Laura Lollipop
Fiona Halliday
Waste of Time
Fi Calvert
Winter Storm
Courtney Messenbaugh
The Coolest Cat in Town
Sandra Whiting
A Fancy Pet
Colin West
Free Yourself
Sarah Gutzwiller
Tree
Melinda Szymanik
Forgotten Treasure
Deb Reidy
Dear Earth,
Linda Kohler
Under the Rock
Marcie Flinchum Atkins
The Jellyfish’s Secret
Melinda Szymanik
Knitty Gritty Granny
Rhona Stephens
Ready, Set … Dash
Sharon Dalgleish
Cobweb
Naomi Jones
Bugbear
Kate ONeil
Hot Chocolate Day
Julie Anna Douglas
The Blank Page and the Pencil and Me
Hilary Elder
Kitty in the Sun
Karla Kane
Bleat Poet (or, A Lamb at the Slam)
Jay Brazeau
My friend’s Animal-Themed Birthday Party
Sue Lancaster
Marble Mumble
Kathryn Dove
Out of a STONE … a SWORD
Christy Mihaly
A Letter from the Principal
Pat Simmons
My Annoying Little Sister
Sue Lancaster
Lewi's Secret
Pat Simmons
Trying My Luck
Sue Lancaster
Death of a Raindrop
Sarah Gutzwiller
Bee Convention: A Nonet
Marcie Flinchum Atkins
Tadpole Twist
Marcie Flinchum Atkins
Arr. AArk!
Linda Kohler
Green Sea Turtle
Linda Kohler
Brown is Me and I am all the Colours
Hilary Elder
Missing: Pearl the Kitten
Lisa Varchol Perron
Ode to Teeth
Lisa Allen
Veggies Are My Foe
Lisa Allen
Perfect Pets
Claire Lewis
Toasty
Karla Kane
Slug
Kathryn Dove
My Favourite Summer Fruit
Kathryn Dove
The Good Listener
Julie Anna Douglas
Brick by Brick
Christy Mihaly
My Five Senses
Christina Dorudian
In a Pickle
Brenna Jeanneret
Bird Brains
J H Rice
Get Your Act Together!
Coleman Glenn
Evergreen
Lisa Varchol Perron
Jump Rope
Stephanie Henson
The Night Sky
Val Harris
My Animal Trick
Val Harris
Topsy-Turvy
Deb Reidy
Sweet!
Deb Reidy
Sing Pigeons Sing
Felicity Teague
Otters Roll
Felicity Teague
Babby Book Shefs
Laura Cooney
Alone?
Carol Coven Grannick
Fallen Tree
Carol Coven Grannick
Sensory Overload
Jacoby Crane
Treasures, Tools & Nature Tales
Kay Medway
Please DO NOT try this at home
Lesley James
Pass the Pasta!
Lesley James
Hold on to Snow
Julie Stevens
I’ve Jiggled it and Wiggled it
Nannie Shakespeare
Gardener
Rob Walton
There's a Zoo in my Fridge
Jacoby Crane
Fear of Flying
Bernard Pearson
Ants by Atlas Booth
Atlas Booth
The Corner of the Classroom
Jacqueline Shirtliff
The Sun
Robin Sobel Larin
I Do Solemnly Declare It …
Shaun Jex
An Early Spring Garden
Veronica Szczygiel
Dear March
Jacqueline Shirtliff
The Spiders Inside Her
Jennifer Thomas
Ten Fingers, One Piano
Susan Johnston Taylor
Ferris Wheel
Alan M Sugar
Aqualogy
Alan M Sugar
I’ve Been Collecting Beetles
Evelyn Day
I Dream About Djibouti
Evelyn Day
Birthday Wish
Philip Waddell
Listen to the Children
Kit Weston
Midsummer Morning
Jennifer Thomas
Mudman
Philip Waddell
Book Review : Poems Stuck in my Brain
Jonathan Humble
Chasing Clouds: Adventures in a Poetry Balloon
Jonathan Humble
The Right Book …
Kit Weston
Mervyn the Magician
Colin West
Wizard's End
Moe Phillips
Suitcase Poem
Michael Rosen
The Slab's Life
AF Harrold
The Leaky Welly Blues
Jonathan Humble
Oscar
Carole Bromley
Monday is ...
Michael Rosen
Red
Robin Sobel Larin
Jack O’Lanterns
Robin Sobel Larin
Wobbly Tooth
Jacqueline Shirtliff
The Waffle House
Shaun Jex
The Many Parts of Me
Jennifer Thomas
An Empty Box
Veronica Szczygiel
Poison Dart Frog
Susan Johnston Taylor
Happy New Year!
Fiona Halliday
Just My Luck
Helen Kemp Zax
By LEAPS and bounds
Jill Vance
Square Box Haiku
Evelyn Day
The School Librarian
Kit Weston
The New Library
Kit Weston
A Brand New Year
Philip Waddell
A Dozen Tricks to be Magic
Zaro Weil
The Promise of Snow
Alan M Sugar
Homework
Jonathan Humble
Banana Bruises
Ruth Healy
Raspberries
Ruth Healy
Perfect Peach
Ruth Healy
In my Garden
Sally McHugh
Email
Martin J Elster
The Boy Who Grew a Mane
Alison Hramiak
When Butter Flies
Rebecca Gardyn Levington
Oh Nuggets!
Rebecca Gardyn Levington
The Blue Balloon
Rebecca Gardyn Levington
Poet Feature ... Rebecca Gardyn Levington
Jonathan Humble
Sister Squirrel and Brother Fox
Diane Elayne Dees
Menorah
Alan M Sugar
Boxing Day
Rob Walton
Paint the Sky
Cynthia Mackey
My Unicycle
Colin West
Snowmate
Carl Burkitt
In Winter
Jone Rush MacCulloch
Tell Me, Oak Tree, What Do You Know?
Jone Rush MacCulloch
Dreams
Carl Burkitt
Secret Agent
Sarah Ziman
Believing
Jone Rush MacCulloch
One Morning You Wake Up
Carl Burkitt
The Biggest Tree
Alex Price
Winter by Peter Devonald
Peter Devonald
What my Class Want for Christmas
Alex Price
A Christmas Carol Reimagined
Peter Devonald
I Believe in Magic
Sandra Whiting
My Brother is Frightened of Santa
Carole Bromley
Driftwood Tree
Moe Phillips
One Snowflake
Francine Rockey
In the Winter
Elizabeth Wrobel
When Santa was in a Mood
Helen Dineen
Sleigh Dispute
Bernard Pearson
Waiting by Fi Calvert
Fi Calvert
Your Time to Transform
Catherine Londero
Father Christmas Missed Us
Dale Neal
Advent Calendar
Attie Lime
Christmas is Nearly Here …
Linda Middleton
Christmas Cactus
Linda Middleton
Ice Skating
Stephanie Henson
Christmas Tree
Fi Calvert
Mince Pies
Fi Calvert
Christmas Eve
Jacoby Crane
Christ-mas
Rhona Stephens
A Picnic Basket for a Happy Day
Theresa Gaughan
Jingle Jingle
Jacoby Crane
The Sounds of Fall
Theresa Gaughan
Christmas Jumper
Kirsty Tomlin
Winter Wonders
Jacoby Crane
Advent
Morna Sullivan
Mum Asked me to Write my Christmas List
Attie Lime
What Santa Saw at our House
Rob Walton
Memories
Rob Walton
Winter Sounds
Val Harris
Panic at Santa's Factory
Val Harris
Winter Symphony
Val Harris
Winter’s Trees
Morna Sullivan
Calendar Countdown
Morna Sullivan
Frost
Shaun Jex
The Winter Birds
Shaun Jex
Grumblebee
Attie Lime
Ted Feeds the Birds
Felicity Teague
Baboushka
Jacqueline Shirtliff
Bubble Lights
Lisa Roullard
No Tinsel!
Kelly Burden
A Walk Through Winter
Kelly Burden
Oh, Come Follow
Christine Pennylegion
Little Boy Blue
Christine Pennylegion
Jessica Spider
Christine Pennylegion
First Snow
Claire Taylor
A Winter Walk
Claire Taylor
Christmas Haiku
Christine R Milne
The Chrissmass Ssnake
Christine R Milne
Bonus Balloon Poems from Philip Ardagh
Philip Ardagh
At the Heart of the Tree
Jonathan Humble
Penguin
Arran Potts
Grump Along Badger
Terry Dyson
Snowman
Eleanor Brown
My Stick
Eleanor Brown
Once Upon a Future
Eleanor Brown
Eggisms
Graham Seal
On Daylight Savings Time
Karla Kane
The Corvid Queen
Karla Kane
Rainbow Soup
Karla Kane
Night
Jenni Wyn Hyatt
Wave
Jenni Wyn Hyatt
Can you Freeze Cheese?
Ian Brownlie
The Lone Katydid
Martin J Elster
My Bite is the Source of My Bark
Martin J Elster
Christmas Downtown
Alan M Sugar
In My Autumn Palace
Courtney Messenbaugh
Winter Walking
Rebekah Hoeft
Dark and Deep
Rebekah Hoeft
Hats
Ian Brownlie
The Ghost
Ian Brownlie
Poem Of The Week Children's Special: Head In The Clouds By Charlie Bown
Jonathan Humble
Chasing Clouds ... Adventures in a Poetry Balloon
Jonathan Humble
Wings on Windermere
Jonathan Humble
Splishy Splashy Day
Jessica Milo
Moonlight
Jessica Milo
My Pets
Lisa Allen
Where Drifts The Breeze
J H Rice
The Valley
J H Rice
Mud is Fun
Shaun Jex
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J H Rice
Te Gyda Tedi
Rhiannon Oliver
This Plastic Is Not Fantastic
Sue Lancaster
How Do We Fix The Trees?
Jonathan Sellars
Beach Clean Up
Kathryn Dove
I love you Earth
Jacoby Crane
The Wardrobe in the Wood
Linda Middleton
Queen Bee
Sarah Wallis
Come and Join the Earth Revolution
Sarah King
Different but the Same
Kirsty Tomlin
Liquid Filled Magic
Sarah King
A Note from the Fruit and Veg
Kirsty Tomlin
The Earth
Fiona Halliday
The World, Generally
Jasper Glen
Reflections from A to Z
Mathieu Cailler
The Compost Mouse
Felicity Teague
River
Trevor Conway
Bee Minus
Richard Jodah
Fishdrops
Deb Reidy
Haiku
Pramod Subbaraman
Community Garden
Deb Reidy
Blowing Hot and Cold
Pramod Subbaraman
A Healthy Planet Recipe: Garbage to Compost
Deb Reidy
Environment
Pramod Subbaraman
Happy As Punch
Zaro Weil
Poet Service Announcement
Jonathan Humble
A Star, You Are
Charles Ghigna
The Ocean’s Evening Gown
Hilary Biehl
The Ship of Stars
Pie Corbett
What’s a Poet?
Charles Ghigna
It's Hard to Push a Wheelchair with a Tree in your Finger
Stephen Lightbown
Bedtime
Stephen Lightbown
What Do You Think At Nighttime?
Stephen Lightbown
Queen’s Park Canopy
Linda M Deane
What is Wrong?
Sue Lancaster
Leaving
Rhiannon Oliver
Change
Rhiannon Oliver
Laughter in a Tin
Linda M Deane
Blink and You’ll Miss It
Sue Lancaster
Cusp of Change
Kathryn Dove
Where Do Ideas Come From?
Jonathan Sellars
Agile Barry Crocodile
Linda M Deane
Everyday Discovery
Rhiannon Oliver
New School Year
Kathryn Dove
Magical Ambitions
Jonathan Sellars
The Shyest Kid in Class
Sue Lancaster
Swimming in my Pants
Lesley James
My Own Worst Enemy
Colin West
What am I?
Attie Lime
The Perfect Den
Attie Lime
Pond Poker
Moe Phillips
Selfies
Theresa Gaughan
I Miss My Big Sister
Elenore Byrne
Relieved
Elenore Byrne
Where is my Bear?
Elenore Byrne
Confidence Lurks in Dark Corners
Helen Dineen
The Most Colourful Spectrum
Kirsty Tomlin
Stuck in the Mud
Kirsty Tomlin
My Kite
Fiona Halliday
Yum!
Fiona Halliday
Best Ball
Fiona Halliday
Building my Dreams
Gillian Spiller
The Treasure Chest
Gillian Spiller
Creatures Everywhere
Gillian Spiller
Home
Sarah King
Grown-ups
Karen Gonzalez-Videla
Dadurday
Jessica Whipple
Where Did It Go?
Joan Riordan
The Lion and the Balloon
Carl Burkitt
Ribbit Ribbit Ribbit
Carl Burkitt
The Peli Cancan
Jacqueline Shirtliff
I’m Pink!
Jacqueline Shirtliff
Parkour The World
Mark Bird
Foodie Frenzy
Mark Bird
The Pig Who Thought He Might Fly
Geoffrey Heptonstall
Pete's Feet
Michelle S Kennedy
Summer Camp Fail
Michelle S Kennedy
Jellyfish
Julie Anna Douglas
Autumn
Julie Anna Douglas
Belly Butterflies
Helen Kemp Zax
Sapphire Amongst The Stars
Jacoby Crane
Sparkle
Lawrence Moore
Slowly We Turn
Ken Gosse
Colin Coleus
Felicity Teague
The Guinea Pigs of … Peru!
Felicity Teague
The Real Guy in the Mirror
Daniel Gauss
Little Hopper Learns a Lesson
Eira Needham
What is Poetry? I Know!
Linda Trott Dickman
Poetry Waits
Linda Trott Dickman
The Poem Gardener
Linda Trott Dickman
The Dog Star
Martin J Elster
My Wagon
Hannah Roy LaGrone
Meadow Song
Hannah Roy LaGrone
Ode to a Rolly-Polly Bug
Templeton Moss
The Magician
Templeton Moss
My Life as a Worm
Ralph La Rosa
School
Deirdre Laide
Today I Am
Deirdre Laide
The Lighthouse
Damian Balassone
The Steve McQueen of Peas
Robert Dresh
Who Likes Art?
Val Harris
A Mammoth Problem
Fi Calvert
Sneezy-breezy
Carmen Tiderle
Patience
Bernard Pearson
I don’t like Star Wars
Anna Mirfin
Snot Snails
Vicki Spreadbury
Words Nest
Vicki Spreadbury
Upside Down People
Vicki Spreadbury
I Remember Looking Down
Adam Howard
Would I?
Carole Bromley
What's a Garden For?
Andy Nuttall
Mr Mole
Nannie Shakespeare
School Again
Pramod Subbaraman
Misbehaving Matilda
Linda Middleton
The Line
Dale Neal
The Gift
Helen Dineen
My Noo Yawk
Moe Phillips
Beyond the City
Julie Anna Douglas
How big is Wales?
Lesley James
A Travelling Poem
Val Harris
Camels in Oman
Gillian Spiller
Moon
Charlie Bown
Nine Waves
Brian Mackenwells
Come on! It’s time to go!
Theresa Gaughan
Where Would You Go?
Fi Calvert
The Tiktik ... a Filipino Folk Tale
Jacqueline Shirtliff
Morning Walks in Utah
Carol Coven Grannick
Directions to the Land of the Long White Cloud Aotearoa New Zealand
Kathryn Dove
Travel Well
Fiona Halliday
Under the Bonnet Sonnet
Kirsty Tomlin
Brave a Wingbeat
Linda Middleton
Wish you were Here …
Attie Lime
Body Surfing
Helen Kemp Zax
Rainbow Mountain
Sarah Wallis
All Aboard the Puffin Shuttle
Sarah King
Man O' War
Elizabeth Kuelbs
Beach Wonders of the World
Stephanie Henson
Devil's fingers
Daniel Page
There Once was a Young Man from Mousehole
Sarah Ziman
Holiday Begins
Laura Fowler
Song of the Dodos
Felicity Teague
Names
Phil Wood
There are People in Boats on the Ocean
Anna Mirfin
Ready for Camping
Kay Miller
The Sea of Freedom
Alex Price
Going to the Cottage on Lac Windigo, Quebec
Karyn Curtis
The Travelling Cat
Gaynor Andrews
The Death Zone
Coral Rumble
Adventure
Rob Walton
I Took a Selfie with The Loch Ness Monster
Dale Neal
Approaching the Serengeti
John Dougherty
Because I was asked to write The Great Canadian Sonnet
Jay Brazeau
Clouds in Trousers
David Bleiman
Florida Fauna
Karen Gonzalez-Videla
My Old Tugboat
Jacoby Crane
Sophia Says Hello (Sophia Dit Bonjour)
Jonathan Sellars
My Round the World Backpack
Brian Moses
Wanderlust
Kay Medway
Bear Beyond Compare
Peter Devonald
Family Road Trip
Rob Walton
I Told a Lie
Fi Calvert
The Paper Boat
Julie Anna Douglas
Sea Shanty
Sarah Wallis
Trendy Travel
Fiona Halliday
Riding with my Brother
Theresa Gaughan
Half
Charlie Bown
The Heart of Friendship
Linda Middleton
Your Journey
Kirsty Tomlin
The Leaping Lemurs of Madagascar
Val Harris
Ha Noi
Gillian Spiller
A-wandering
Felicity Teague
Stiffkey Marsh
Daniel Page
Utah Surprise
Carol Coven Grannick
Up in the Baobab Tree
John Dougherty
Epic Explorer
Julie Stevens
Wandering The World
Jacoby Crane
Australia in September
Carole Bromley
Around the World in 80 Ways
Joan Riordan
Ella's Wild Ride
Michelle S Kennedy
Stuck!
Fi Calvert
Butterflight
Pramod Subbaraman
Staffa
Kathryn Dove
In the Southern Hemisphere
Kathryn Dove
Smoky Mountain Magic
Theresa Gaughan
Twelve Ways to Traverse the Globe
Linda Middleton
Slow Down
Kirsty Tomlin
Sail Away
Felicity Teague
The Great Big Water Sports Adventure
Rob Walton
Bedtime
Coral Rumble
What is London like?
Sue Lancaster
Souvenirs
Attie Lime
The Akandians
Tristan Moss
My Family's Asleep in Utah
Carol Coven Grannick
See The World and the World Will See You
Peter Devonald
An Owl, A Pussycat and a Balloon
Val Harris
Fruits in Thai
Gillian Spiller
Climb!
Jacqueline Shirtliff
Don't Just Walk!
Lesley James
Around the World in Eighty Meals
Barbara Bleiman
Travel Gems
Kay Medway
Je suis, j’habite, je m’appelle
Carole Bromley
The Baobab Tree
Michael Brigden
I'd Like ...
Jack Wheeler
My Dad's a Pirate
Jack Wheeler
Absurd Furred Birds
Mikey O Crikey
Directions through a Fairytale
Julie Anna Douglas
Keeper of Secrets
Julie Anna Douglas
Up
Jess L Parker
Curious Fishes
Elizabeth Kuelbs
Spinning Sugar
Jess L Parker
What the City Pigeon Hears
Emma Purshouse
Rainbow for Breakfast
Jess L Parker
The Twister
Emma Purshouse
Down-a-down-Derry
Jane Lovell
Goodnight, Art
Elizabeth Kuelbs
Curious
Phil Wood
Leaf
Jane Lovell
Sparrowhawk
Jonathan Humble
Lessons
Phil Wood
A Cautionary Tale of Fowl Behaviour
Emma Purshouse
Milkshake
Martha Lightfoot
Colin, the Allergic Bee
John Morris
Doughnuts with Dad
Martha Lightfoot
One Day, a Flea
Carmen Tiderle
Wee Bathroom Spider
Jonathan Humble
Wowie Zowie
Zaro Weil
Most Critters …
Colin West
Vidal Baboon
Dale Neal
Thoughts of a Field Mouse Travelling in a Tilt Trap
Jonathan Humble
Poet Feature ... Carole Bromley
Jonathan Humble
Poet Feature ... Elisabeth Kelly
Jonathan Humble
Let Basil go to Basildon
Colin West
Kendal Children's Poetry Festival
Mhairi Helme
Queenly Jubilee
Felicity Teague
Giraffe
Victoria Konya
Jingly Jangly Jolly Jubilee!
Linda Middleton
Pop the Ferret!
Jane Lovell
The Song of the Pirate Tree
Nina Parmenter
Mr Dilly Presents ... Creativity Special
Jonathan Humble
Artist Feature ... Shannon Ell
Jonathan Humble
Cat Couldn't Help It
Zaro Weil
Poet Feature ... Zaro Weil
Jonathan Humble
Elliot's Laces
Elenore Byrne
The Boy who left his Bum Behind
Colin West
Head in the Clouds
Charlie Bown
Disco Bumblebee
Dale Neal
What I Love about Jazz
Stewart Ennis
Quantity Surveying
Rob Walton
Wrong Way Day
Attie Lime
What is Poetry?
Gaynor Andrews
Hanging Out with Animals
Sue Lancaster
Apple Seed
Kathryn Dove
Spring’s Magic Wings
Linda Middleton
Nits
Fi Calvert
Somewhere over the Moonbow
Jacoby Crane
Bird Bird Butterfly Bee
Kathryn Dove
Pipistrelle Bat
Fiona Halliday
I Wonder
Barbara Bleiman
Henry Hedgehog
Michelle S Kennedy
School Trip
Jacqueline Shirtliff
Feast
Stephanie Henson
Mr Song
Jonathan Sellars
Reasons to Feed the Birds Sonnet
Lesley James
Lost Poem
Charlie Bown
Are You?
Elizabeth Wrobel
Mondays Are the Worst Day
Theresa Gaughan
Secret Toenail Clipper
Alex Price
The Hatted Gecko
Karen Gonzalez-Videla
Ladybird Why Don't You Fly?
Christine R Milne
Loving You
Debra Bertulis
Staring Competition
Felicity Teague
My Worry
Julie Stevens
What if?
Carl Burkitt
Hiccups
Marc Vestey
For Mother
Max Gutmann
Kindergarten
David Bleiman
Sidewalk Chalk and Daydreams
Shaun Jex
Would I be a Happy Child?
Pramod Subbaraman
Dot to Dot
Nannie Shakespeare
With Coconut Accompaniment
Richard Jodah
If My Heart
Emily Holewczynski
Choosing Time
Attie Lime
Thesaurus-saurus
Charlie Bown
A Playdate with the Moon
Sue Lancaster
Roar Freedom
Jonathan Sellars
Earth Day Poem
Philip Ardagh
Dinner at Medusa’s
Moe Phillips
I do not Understand my Dog
Jonathan Humble
Recipe for a Spring Birthday Cake
Zaro Weil
Slamina
Colin West
Talking to Gramps
Carole Bromley
A Handful of Summer
Julie Anna Douglas
What I Like
Attie Lime
Registration Rap
Alex Price
I Cry
Jonathan Sellars
Hippo Hygiene
Kate Williams
Help Line
Brian Mackenwells
Window Holiday
Catherine Olver
Ollie the Yorkie’s Bromance with Trevor, Next Door’s Cat
Lesley James
The Pickled Cow
Ethan McGuire
Riddle Me
Jennifer Baker
The Pollen has Fallen
Michelle S Kennedy
The Zebra and the Horse
Tracey Foley
A Skyfall of Verbs
Val Harris
What Can You Find?
Julie Stevens
Doings
Bernard Pearson
A Hug for your Head
Carl Burkitt
Lion
Victoria Konya
Dandelion Wish
Theresa Gaughan
Silly Mess
Stephanie Henson
A Family Song
Dean Flowerfield
My Mind is Many Colors
Shaun Jex
Hugs & Ladybugs
Jacoby Crane
The Rising Sun
Nannie Shakespeare
Fun Friday
Fiona Halliday
At Sunrise
Kathryn Dove
Magical Countryside Crafts
Kay Medway
Wrapping a Mummy
Max Gutmann
Monday Morning
Elenore Byrne
Sausage Dog
Kate Williams
Words are Fun!
Kathryn Dove
If Anyfin was Possible
Catherine Olver
Our Round Table
Val Harris
Beach
Victoria Konya
The Sandpiper
Shaun Jex
Elephantine Problem
Kate Williams
Tell it to the Bees
Carole Bromley
My Mum, Mrs Spoonerism
Fiona Halliday
This is Not an Adults’ Poem
David Bleiman
This is Not a Kids' Poem
Attie Lime
Friends
David Bleiman
William Wordsworth
Jonathan Humble
Some Young Poet Responses to Monday is ...
Lesley James
Poet Feature ... Moe Phillips
Jonathan Humble
Poppies
Zaro Weil
Wet Play
Fi Calvert
Mum Taught You That
Charlie Bown
Letting Your Gerbil Out
Kate Williams
Medusa’s Pampering Parlour
Julie Anna Douglas
A Cardigan-Covered Dent
Eleanor Cullen
Capture it and Tame it!
Daniel Phelps
Remember Us
Elizabeth Wrobel
Bellows
Colin West
Clever Mum
Julie Stevens
The Wall and the Fall
Michelle S Kennedy
Crows in my Nose!
Sue Lancaster
A Wobbly Success Story
Val Harris
Balloons On Sticks At Parties: Why we are all a bit cross
Lesley James
Don't Come In!
Rob Walton
Four Leaf Clovers
Stephanie Henson
Swimming Lessons
Jacqueline Shirtliff
Stones on the Beach
Helen Openshaw
Wanderlust
Carmen Tiderle
It's Very Dark
Morna Sullivan
Today's Pebble
Hilary Elder
Going on Residential
Helen Dineen
My Pineapple Party Dress.
Kay Medway
Sentry Stars
Jacoby Crane
What Would You Do?
David Webb
A Bigger Bag's a Bother
Attie Lime
Which Minibeast?
Fiona Halliday
Noo-Noo
Nannie Shakespeare
Jonathan Smonathan
Jonathan Sellars
A Ptongue Ptwister
Sarah Ziman