The Dirigible Balloon
Poetry for Children

Helium

I dropped my balloon in the sky.
It fell upwards, I don’t know why?!
My mum didn’t know and Dad didn’t care,
Could it be that it’s filled with stuff lighter than air?
Picture copyright (©) Kirsty Lucas 2024 
Kirsty is an artist, originally from Aberdeen, now living in Hertfordshire. She studied Maths and Astrophysics at Glasgow University and recently completed a foundation art diploma at West Dean college. She enjoys travelling, printmaking and many forms of art, but spends too much time gaming with her daughter!
Picture copyright (©) Kirsty Lucas 2024 Kirsty is an artist, originally from Aberdeen, now living in Hertfordshire. She studied Maths and Astrophysics at Glasgow University and recently completed a foundation art diploma at West Dean college. She enjoys travelling, printmaking and many forms of art, but spends too much time gaming with her daughter!

About the Writer


Polly Owen

Polly Owen is a children’s author from Hertfordshire. She writes stem-themed non-fiction, fun, rhyming poems and enjoys drawing and painting. It’s Polly’s dream, to one day, write and illustrate her own poetry collection. Polly’s books include ‘Darwin’s Super-Pooping Worm Spectacular’ and ‘Do Sharks Like Ice Cream? The Surprising World of Statistics’