The Dirigible Balloon
Poetry for Children

Corn on the Cob Composition

On this yellow keyboard
you must type
with your teeth,
biting your words,
writing with your mouth full,
bits of buttery letters stuck
in your smile.

About the Writer


Lisa Roullard

Lisa writes poetry for people (and possibly for animals too, although it’s hard to get a read on this). She resides in Salt Lake City, Utah, where she enjoys a view of the Wasatch Mountains on her neighborhood walks.