The Dirigible Balloon
Poetry for Children

Boy Boffin

If I was given
A new chemistry set
I’d create my very
Own atomic pet
Then let it loose
In creative writing
Hoping to make it
A bit more exciting

About the Writer


Bernard Pearson

Bernard's work appears in many publications, including; Aesthetica Magazine, The Edinburgh Review, Crossways, The Gentian, Nymphs The Poetry Village, Beneath The Fever, The Beach Hut Little Stone, The Caterpillar Magazine. In 2017 a selection of his poetry ‘In Free Fall’ was published by Leaf by Leaf Press. In 2019 he won second prize in The Aurora Prize for Writing.