The Dirigible Balloon
Poetry for Children

Ceres

Hop, skip and jump to
ambitiously named
New Boulder
New Amsterdam
New Palawan
where solar concentrators power
bright lights
water flow
cities.
Linked tethers, pathways
lead to gravity, home
Earth.

About the Writer


Elizabeth Thoms Charles

Elizabeth is a member of SCBWI. She loves gardening, reading, writing, and walking in nature which occasionally inspires poetry. She earned a BA in Spanish and an MLS in library science. She lives in Colorado and writes picture books and mysteries. Her poems have been published in The Dirigible Balloon.