The Dirigible Balloon
Poetry for Children

Reach for the Sky

Up perched on Daddy's shoulders,
Sam surfed above the crowd.
The tallest kid by far
Reached up to touch a cloud.

He tickled it and laughed.
The cloud went sailing by.
As Daddy held him tight,
Sam felt like he could fly.

About the Writer


Stefanie Salyer

Stefanie is a neurodivergent author and poet from New York’s Hudson Valley. A child of Woodstock and the Adirondacks, she is a lover of tall trees, igneous rocks, and the occasional porcupine. After studying music in school, she somehow started writing for children. She loves telling stories about the natural world and the beauty of diversity. She does her best creative thinking in the woods and by the water— sometimes as a mermaid.