The Dirigible Balloon
Poetry for Children

Constellations

At night
people say
they see shapes in the sky.
A big dot-to-dot you can see
if you try.
But all that I see
when I try really hard
are stars winking and blinking,
so now I’ve been thinking:
what if everyone imagines
what they see, what they find?
I can do that.
Those stars are mine!

About the Writer


Cindy Faughnan

Cindy writes poems for children and adults when she's not working on her middle grade novels. Her poems have appeared in ROAR Kids Magazine and VISUAL VERSE. She completed an MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults at Vermont College of Fine Arts. She lives in Vermont where she enjoys reading, gardening, and watching birds.