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?
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!
This poem is copyright (©) Polly Owen 2025

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’