The Dirigible Balloon
Poetry for Children

Flying to New Zealand (AOTEAROA)

Above the land of the long white cloud
The sky is blue and it laughs out loud.

A sunshine path arcs east to west
Moving on without a rest

Until the world has spun around
And moon and stars have found their ground.

Then the earth’s eyes flash and wink
And moonshine paths wind to the brink

Where lakes and rivers, silver bands,
Rippling fingers of creeping sands

Dwell at the end of all that lies
Beneath my ever-seeking eyes

That watch the clouds and world pass by
As steadily above we fly

Until the curved horizon flattens out
To Aotearoa, where the sun is out!

About the Writer


Val Harris

Val lives near Farnham in England. Her debut children’s poem was published online at The Dirigible Balloon, along with several others since then. Her poems have been published in The Caterpillar Magazine, Paperbound Magazine, The Toy Press and Little Thoughts Press. Her first poetry collection, A Classroom of Stars, was published at the end of 2022. She is @valpoet on Instagram and @dragontripper Val Poet on Twitter. Website: www.valharrispoet.co.uk