The Dirigible Balloon
Poetry for Children

Letter Garden

Listen to Julie read her poem ...
Breathe out some words
hold them in your hands,
give them to a windy day
and watch where they land.

Bury them now they rest
as deep as you can go,
water them with happy thoughts
in time they’re sure to grow.

About the Writer


Julie Stevens

Julie Stevens writes poems for both adults and children. She covers many themes, but often engages with the problems of disability. Her children’s poems have been published in many places including in anthologies published by Macmillan and Oxford University Press, in Paper Lanterns, The Dirigible Balloon, The Toy and Tyger Tyger. She has four published adult pamphlets. www.jumpingjulespoetry.com