The Dirigible Balloon
Poetry for Children

Never Mind the Cats and Dogs

It’s raining goats in boats
and elephants with floats
a giraffe on a raft
and a stoat in a moat.

It’s raining wet rabbits
with dodgy diving habits
and soggy kangaroos
in very damp shoes.

It’s raining dripping dragons
in fast sinking wagons
and a slippery skunk
who has already sunk.

It’s raining glum gnus
with nothing left to lose
and a drifting moose
whose ship cut loose.

It’s raining sopping snakes
belly flopping kittiwakes
but the cats and dogs are done
they’ve gone off to seek some sun.

About the Writer


Emma Phillips

Emma Phillips lives, writes and teaches by the M5 in Devon, which sometimes lures her off in search of adventure. Her poetry for children can be found in Tyger, Tyger, The School Magazine, Little Thoughts Press and Paperbound, as well as here on the Dirigible Balloon. She is addicted to crisps.