I _________ Writing

I hate to write.
I have nothing to say.
At school I must write
ten minutes a day.

Tick-Tick-Tick….

I hate to write.
I wish I was done.
That timer keeps ticking
like a rat on the run.

Hey!!!

I love to write.
I have lots to say.
I wish I could write
ten hours a day.

About the Writer

Mona Voelkel

Before Mona Voelkel was a full-time writer, she was a reading specialist in New York and is honored to be included in The Dirigible Balloon. She is the author of two picture books, Stanley and the Wild Words and the Moonbeam Award-winning, Moon Choo-Choo. Her poetry has also appeared in Little Thoughts Press and The Milford Journal.