The Dirigible Balloon
Poetry for Children

Hexagonal Harvest Nonet

Sweet
Honey
Thick Syrup
Golden Amber
Tasting of Clovers
Warming in my teacup
Soothing a sore, scratchy throat
Nothing compares when made by bees
Ancient alchemy makes me say, please

About the Writer


Carol Labuzzetta

Carol is a former pediatric nurse and environmental educator. She began writing poetry after she led a writer’s circle for third-grade students for six years. Her inspiration is nature, color, and travel. She published a chapbook of poetry in 2022 and is now working on an ekphrastic nature poetry anthology for middle-grade students. Mother to adult three sons, she lives in the Wisconsin woods with her husband, cat, and dog.