The Dirigible Balloon
Poetry for Children

May

Dormant
brown turf lines ditch.
Dry, dry, dry.
Spring rains
Water flows
Green meadow grows.
Bullfrog croaks
Tadpoles swim.
Whimsical
Unexpected
Nature.

About the Writer


Elizabeth Thoms Charles

Elizabeth is a member of SCBWI. She loves gardening, reading, writing, and walking in nature which occasionally inspires poetry. She earned a BA in Spanish and an MLS in library science. She lives in Colorado and writes picture books and mysteries. Her poems have been published in The Dirigible Balloon.