The Dirigible Balloon
Poetry for Children

Doing My Bit (Environment)

I’m much too young to know what’s meant
when people say ‘environment’
they look so cross and some look sad
and some just say ‘it’s all gone bad,’
but back at home I know what’s right
impatient for the start of night
I leave a dish for my hedgehog’s tea
that’s what ‘environment’ means to me.

About the Writer


Fran Bridger

Frances lives on Exmoor and always writes a poem for the local Exmoor News. She has been published in Mslexia, the Parrakeet Magazine and the Dirigible Balloon. In response to a relative's death during covid she published a book of poems to raise funds for Marie Curie. Much of her poetry reflects the environment, wildlife, farming, and nature.