The Dirigible Balloon
Poetry for Children

Hippoey

hippo
boulder nose
stepping over
hippo stones
but a yawn
gives
stone away
tusky teeth
stretcheday

hippo
island head
jump across
hippo bed
but eyes see
and
popup he
shouting out
angrily

hippo
riversee
lurking very
pillowy
but a back
that’s
armchairly
big and grey
hippoey

About the Writer


Clive Culverhouse

Clive has been writing poems for a number of years after a career as a paramedic. He has had a poem published in Popshot Magazine and has reached the long list in The Plough Prize for Poetry. Clive lives in the rural county of Lincolnshire with his wife and family.