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, with a fresh batch uploaded every month, 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

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I Once Met A Poem
Philip Ardagh
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
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
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 Cactus
Linda Middleton
Christmas is Nearly Here …
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
If It Were Christmas Day
Zaro Weil
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
sdrawkcaB
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
Missing
Jonathan Humble
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
Nits
Fi Calvert
Spring’s Magic Wings
Linda Middleton
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
Hiccups
Marc Vestey
What if?
Carl Burkitt
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
The Book
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
I Didn't Dare Go
Mark Bird
Dreaming of the Ocean
Becky May
Eyes in the Back of my Head
Max Gutmann
New Boy
Bernard Pearson
An Ode to the Comma
Victoria Punch
If I were a Ball
Theresa Gaughan
Apples
Sharon Van Zandt
Lego Castle
Phil Wood
Dog in the Playground
Alex Price
What the Sea Saw
Morna Sullivan
Trembling Giant
Connie Bergstein Dow
Mermaid Tech
Kate Williams
Still Listening
Julie Anna Douglas
Bunk Beds are Bonkers
Fi Calvert
World Muck Day
Rob Walton
Artist Feature ... Elaine Macintyre
Jonathan Humble
Young Gordon Glass
Colin West
The White Onyx Elephant
Sarah Wallis
Polly's Brolly
Sue Lancaster
Rooms
John Newton Webb
Nothing to Do
Julie Stevens
Tap Tap Tuesday
Linda Middleton
Sonnet Moon
Debra Bertulis
The Water Cycle
Brian Mackenwells
Work in Progress
Charlie Bown
A Beetroot that Time Forgot
Zaro Weil
Mermaid
Sarah Wallis
Word Play
Val Harris
Cloud Spotting
Charlie Bown
Here Comes Autumn
Raven Howell
The Beatles (talking about music with your gran)
Lesley James
Instant Angels
E M Schorb
Cow Pat Splats!
Val Harris
The Vampire in our Attic
Debra Bertulis
Red Hot Dragon Date
Linda Middleton
How to Make a Cake
John Newton Webb
My New School
Attie Lime
Happy Trees
Stephanie Henson
A Caterpillar's Life
Michelle S Kennedy
Book Bloom
Raven Howell
Determination
Fiona Halliday
My Smart Phone
Kay Miller
The Tale of Shelly & Saul
Sue Lancaster
Love Token (Dead Shrew)
Lesley James
Three Limericks
Gillian Spiller
Here is a Door
Kathryn Dove
Johnny and the Red Balloon
Michelle S Kennedy
All the Fun of the Fair
Julie Anna Douglas
The Wockerns
Fi Calvert
A Radiant Sky
Elizabeth Wrobel
I Love to Write, but …
Fi Calvert
Banana Ambush
Gillian Spiller
Spelling Test
Fi Calvert
Rhamphorhynchus (Beaksnout)
Jacqueline Shirtliff
Traceries of Silver
Nannie Shakespeare
Barnyard Birthday Bash
Sarah Meade
Monster Manifesto
Julie Anna Douglas
Sun Games
Stephanie Henson
Breakfast
Raven Howell
Snow Day
Stephanie Henson
Why is Cauliflower White?
Sue Lancaster
Asteroid Supernova
Julie Anna Douglas
Let me Teach you a Pantoum
Ankur Jyoti Saikia
I Choose
Andrew Reeks
Museum Manoeuvres
David Bleiman
Superkid
David Webb
My Mate Martin
Jonathan Sellars
Come Turn the Page
Jonathan Humble
My Dog is a Three-letter Spell
Annick Yerem
Winter Fairies
Moe Phillips
The Tale of Lynne McFlynn
Colin West
Artist Feature ... Mark Millicent
Jonathan Humble
Mending Time
Ken Gosse
Outdoor Learning
Helen Elsley
Acrobat
Julie Stevens
The Villanelle
Pramod Subbaraman
Spicy Feet
Sarah Dollar
Dandelion Puffs
Alan M Sugar
If Only my Mom was a Cat
Elenore Byrne
Afternoon at the Park
Paige Taylor
My Brand New Writing Book
Gaynor Andrews
Snow Flies
Andy Spearman
Billy the Kid
Gwenno Gwilym
Think Of It
Zaro Weil
The This and That of Pine Cones
Francine Rockey
Winter Dawn
Carol Coven Grannick
Sleeping Cats Leave Warm Patches Behind
Elisabeth Kelly
Happiness Is
Kay Medway
Plug Holes
Colin West
My Teacher Chews Toffees That Stick His Teeth Together
Attie Lime
Floordrobe
Jacqueline Shirtliff
When I See Me
Ken Gosse
One of the Dogs I Don’t Have
Rob Walton
Poem Food
Daniel Phelps
The Pillow Poem
Ken Anderson
Frozen Woes
Maureen Egan
Stone Cold Fun
Stephanie Henson
Time
David Webb
Why Teachers Need Tuna
Cynthia Mackey
Sandy Days
Clara McShane
A Time Waster
Jonathan Sellars
You See
Fiona Halliday
New Year’s Resolutions
Fiona Halliday
Litterpicking
Rhiannon Oliver
Incy Wincy
Nannie Shakespeare
The Night Watch
Shaun Jex
Lenny Loudmouth
Thomas McColl
My Buddy Steve
Tom Moody
Twitter Feed
Val Harris
Ode to the Cat (Contrabandit)
Lesley James
Grandfather's Words
David Bleiman
A Wealth on the Ice Shelf
Carmen Tiderle
Humpty Dumpty
Rob Walton
Nature Walk
Rhiannon Oliver
Parole
Maureen Egan
Winter Butterfly
Jacqueline Shirtliff
Famously Friendless
Jonathan Sellars
The Ladybugs on a Redwood Stump
Francine Rockey
Magic in the Air
Elisabeth Kelly
Look What I've Found
David Webb
Big Bang!
Daniel Phelps
The shark who didn’t get the memo worries about the mobile dentist
Rob Walton
Vanilla Villanelle
Attie Lime
The Wrong Way Round
Zaro Weil
The Gurgle
Jonathan Humble
Artist Feature ... Colin West
Jonathan Humble
Non-Athletic
Colin West
Belinda Bean the Bouncing Queen
Colin West
A Christmas Poem
Jonathan Humble
Catch a Snowflake Falling
Gaynor Andrews
Shape of Christmas
Fiona Halliday
Exhibition
Coral Rumble
Ice Creams For Sale!
Gaynor Andrews
Christmas Dinner
Jacqueline Shirtliff
Ladder and Scarf
Rob Walton
Tiny Frozen Leaves
Carol Coven Grannick
Dear Santa Claus ...
Shaun Jex
What's Snow Like?
Lesley James
My Dreams in Winter
Kay Medway
Snow Time
Helen Openshaw
Wintertime Fair
Mary E Cronin
The Library Van
Jonathan Humble
Countdown
Sarah Ziman
Christmas Steve
Dale Neal
Home Sweet Home
Nannie Shakespeare
A Letter from Santa
Templeton Moss
Covid Snowchild
David Bleiman
Grumpy Snowman
Julie Stevens
Frozen Puddles
Coral Rumble
Laila Asks
Rob Walton
Waddling
Nannie Shakespeare
A Million Little Things
Shaun Jex
Skating with Dad
Mary E Cronin
Glittery Grannies
Jacqueline Shirtliff
Winter
Fiona Halliday
Snow Bird
Carol Coven Grannick
On Seeing a British Winter
Lesley James
In a Forest Clearing
Coral Rumble
Robin Redbreast
Nannie Shakespeare
All I Want for Christmas ...
Shaun Jex
The Heat of Battle
Alice Stainer
A Winter Morning
David Webb
The Great Yule Yeti
Ellen Forkin
Don't Forget
Fiona Halliday
I Wish it Would Snow
Coral Rumble
My Turn Next Time
Attie Lime
Better than Television (Magpies in Snow)
Lesley James
Winter Prairie Grass
Carol Coven Grannick
Boxing Clever
Rob Walton
The Snowman's List
Julie Anna Douglas
Winter Feels
Stephanie Henson
Christmas Sounds
Carole Bromley
Winter Silver
Kay Medway
Artist Feature ... Mary Haasdyk
Jonathan Humble
Wolf Girl
Moe Phillips
Letter to the Wind from a Shaggy Rose
Zaro Weil
Trees in Autumn
Andy Nuttall
Be More Potato
Rhiannon Oliver
Puppy Chase
Elizabeth Kuelbs
Some Spiders
Janice Scully
School Construction Zone
Stephanie Henson
Bedtime Munchies
Helen Dineen
Impossible?
Harula Ladd
Squirrel High Rise
Janice Scully
Undelivered - A Message From Your Phone
Stephanie Henson
Pineapple Does Not Belong on Pizza
Helen Dineen
Inside-itis
Harula Ladd
Minnow Tag
Janice Scully
The Witch's Pets
Helen Dineen
Ballerina Cherry Tree
Stephanie Henson
If I were a Star
Harula Ladd
Butter Ghost
Elizabeth Kuelbs
The Animal Book
Andy Nuttall
My Dog
Nannie Shakespeare
My Father Knows the Fish by Name
Jennifer Bohnhoff
Will you be my Friend?
David Webb
The Tiger Sleeps Above
Ken Gosse
Ketchup
Mhairi Helme
Rhymey and Bymey
Ken Gosse
Animalsss
Attie Lime
Was it Something I Said?
Lisa Varchol Perron
But
Gaynor Andrews
Turtle Paradise ... a poem by Jacob
Jonathan Humble
The Old Kitchen Sink
Colin West
Afraid of Words?
Mhairi Helme
To a Wolf Cub from its Mother
Zaro Weil
The Aurora Dance
Niamh Kelly
Smilify your Face
Jonathan Humble
Freda, the Flat-footed Fairy
Colin West
I'm Sheltered, Let it Rain
Niamh Kelly
Cutie-fruitie
Gaynor Andrews
A Cuddly Tongue Twister
Attie Lime
A Nose by Any Other Name
Ken Gosse
Water in your Wellies
Mhairi Helme
Caution! This Poem Will Make you YAWN!
Attie Lime
Skies Begin to Darken
Mark Starling
Curious Imagination
Julia Adams
Malaprops
Lisa Varchol Perron
Ophidiophobia
Damian Balassone
Alicia Loves Asparagus
Damian Balassone
Meandering
Lisa Varchol Perron
Moss
Mary E Cronin
Grandad's Cake
Jonathan Humble
Going Camping
Gaynor Andrews
The Octopus Tango
Moe Phillips
Fiddleflop
Colin West
The Lady in the Hat
Moe Phillips
My Unicorn has Broken Down
Dale Neal
Bella
Lawrence Moore
Eight Days of the Week
Attie Lime
The Sea of Stories
Shaun Jex
I Know That You Need Me
Jacqueline Shirtliff
Endless Ocean
Linda Middleton
Lament of the Dog Ball
Helen Kemp Zax
Royal Dreams
Julie Stevens
The Monkey Bard
Carmen Tiderle
Jasmine
Elizabeth Janczyk
Strange Birds
Julie Honan Johnston
Big Boy Day
Attie Lime
The Dream Garden
Shaun Jex
Yesterday I Saw
Kay Medway
My Dog
Jacqueline Shirtliff
Letter Garden
Julie Stevens
Recess Rules
Helen Kemp Zax
The Telescope
Meredith Flory
Tea Genie
Suzy Levinson
A Poem from Derek the Dalek
Jonathan Humble
Pianissimo Piano Recital
Carol Coven Grannick
Cauld Kail an Custard
David Bleiman
Isosceles, Oval and Rhombus
Lesley James
The Silhouette of the City
Julie Anna Douglas
Zeb the Zombie
Maree Grant
We Girls
Nina Parmenter
Wet Weather Walk
Fiona Halliday
The Bug
Carmen Tiderle
From You Know Who
Jane Blanchard
Feelings
Ann Garrett
What the Cat Knows
Attie Lime
The Christmas Beast
Eleanor Cullen
The Nightmare Express
Julie Anna Douglas
Ghost in the Machine
Lesley James
The Leaf Monster
Daniel Page
Bear Bunny Love
Moe Phillips
Edamame
Caroline Sih
Rainbow Blanket
Elizabeth Janczyk
The Kiss of the Mummy's Sister
Jonathan Humble
I Choose Poetry
Zaro Weil
Artist Feature ... Shiva Asemi
Jonathan Humble
Brave Old World
Ken Gosse
A Dark and Stormy Morning
Ken Gosse
Moth
Daniel Page
How to Grow a Poem
David Bleiman
Lily Dancing
Carol Coven Grannick
I’ve Never Been So Insulted!
Colin West
The Sad Tale of Fred the Fringe
Jonathan Humble
Why Jim doesn't get Invited to Parties
Jonathan Humble
A Short Poem About Climate Change
AF Harrold
Fish Under Ice
Coral Rumble
Cross Rhinoceros
Jacqueline Shirtliff
Letter to a Worm from a Sweet Potato
Zaro Weil
Last Trombone
Carol Coven Grannick
Alphabet Safari
Julie Anna Douglas
Dear Storytellers
Paula Thompson
The Buff-tip Moth
Doryn Herbst
Haiku Your Way Back to School
Sophia Harris
Sunset
Chris OCarroll
Nothing!
Kathryn Apel
Don't Forget
Eleanor Cullen
Storm Coming
Gillian Spiller
If Pigs Could Fly
BJ Lee
Silver Birch
Paula Thompson
True Blue
Lisa Varchol Perron
Just Around the Corner
Helen Dineen
Let's Have an Adventure
Shaun Jex
When the World Went to Sleep
Julie Stevens
Marvellous Minibeast Mansion
Linda Middleton
The Traffic-lights Coloured Frog
Doryn Herbst
Dragon For Hire!
Julie Anna Douglas
Moon Morning
Carol Coven Grannick
Self-isolating
Carole Bromley
Autumn Evening
Jacqueline Shirtliff
Diplodonkosaurus
Gillian Spiller
Letterbox Magic
Kay Medway
The Magic Ball
Eleanor Cullen
My Bed
Chris OCarroll
The Magic
Lisa Varchol Perron
Watching by the Small Pond
Elisabeth Kelly
Going Nowhere
Jay Brazeau
Eviction Notice
Anna-Marie Maher
Crazy Dream
Julie Stevens
Ants
Templeton Moss
BFF (Best Friends Forever)
Jacqueline Shirtliff
Castle in the Clouds
Julie Anna Douglas
Tree, Teach Me
Mona Woods Voelkel
Practice Time, Little Dancer
Carol Coven Grannick
Mountain Magic
Julie Steiner
Chickens in Space
Shaun Jex
The Letter
Jessica Whipple
Advice for Meeting a Yeti
Coral Rumble
If I Could Be
Templeton Moss
I am a Ginger Biscuit
Jonathan Humble
A Sticky Toffee Poem
Helen Dineen
Mikey Microbe
Gaynor Andrews
Next Door Neighbours
Leanne Moden
A Dog's Life
Anna-Marie Maher
Junk Modelling
Elisabeth Kelly
Sunset Swinging
Lisa Varchol Perron
Gnomes at Night
BJ Lee
The Bees' Needs (I'm Buzzing)
Lesley James
Arachnophobia? No Fingles!
David Bleiman
Leave it to Wind
Julie Stevens
Why All Cats Need A Friend
Jay Brazeau
Hooroo!
Kathryn Apel
My Halloween Party
Colin West
Masks
Carole Bromley
River Morning Walk
AF Harrold
Conkers
Paula Thompson
When the Referee Swallowed his Whistle
Colin West
The Pie Tester
Jonathan Humble
Trucking to Tiny Town
Nina Parmenter
Tap and Peck
Carol L. MacKay
Body Strike
Michael Heyman
Daytime's Story
Gaynor Andrews
Frenglish
Niall M. Oliver
A Teeny, Tiny Poem
Kev Payne
Haunted House Inventory
Julie Anna Douglas
An Apology from your Mail Carrier (Based on a True Story)
Carol L. MacKay
The Incredible Iron Bat
Niall M. Oliver
Mary Had a Little Lamb (The Lamb, The Duck and The Goldfish)
Gaynor Andrews
I Wish
Tom Moody
What Have the Teachers Ever Done for Us?
Mark Bird
Pick Your Place
Fiona Halliday
Shell
Paula Thompson
Seven Peas Sailed The Seas
Daniel Page
Sock Monkey
Nina Parmenter
The Annual Animal Charity Fashion Parade
Jacqueline Shirtliff
The World's Worst Baker
Elizabeth McGeown
The Billy Goat
Shaun Jex
Moonshine
Huw Gwynn-Jones
Summer Sorcerer
Robert Schechter
Dragon
Kev Payne
Interstellar Wellies
Jonathan Humble
Scotch Bonnet!
Elizabeth McGeown
It's OK
Kev Payne
The Hat
Michael Heyman
Another Cheesy Love Poem
Tom Moody
Dragon X
Daniel Page
Elastic Days
Paula Thompson
Enormouse
Sally Roberts
The Fibonacci Spell
Gaynor Andrews
Your Brother
Niall M. Oliver
Knitting with Granny
Helen Openshaw
The Box of Tiny Sounds
Julie Anna Douglas
Pawprints
Jacqueline Shirtliff
Waiting
Rhiannon Oliver
The Sorrowful Saga of Sue
Colin West
Dreambeast
Mark Bird
Mythical Meeting
Fiona Halliday
Passport to Adventures
Lyn Fenby
New School Shoes
Sarah Ziman
Mistaken Identity
Robert Schechter
If Truth be Told
Huw Gwynn-Jones
Don't Ever Put Fish in your Pants
Shaun Jex
Recipe for Flying
Julie Stevens
Milk and Honey
Carmen Tiderle
A Quiet Nest
Carol L. MacKay
Cakey Yum Yum
Nina Parmenter
Sad Rags
David Bleiman
Bill the Bad
Jonathan Humble
The Heron
Jonathan Humble
In-betweener
Sarah Ziman
Dear Mrs Kent
Sarah Ziman
How to Conjure a Poem in Eight Easy Steps
Julie Anna Douglas
What are Little Girls Made of?
Piu DasGupta
The Bones of Houses
Brian Moses
Sia Jumping
Chrissie Gittins
Monday Blues
Piu DasGupta