The Dirigible Balloon
Poetry for Children

Silent Night

A silence falls
alone, we read
the room cocooned in cosiness
of firelight’s glow
while outside, snow
flakes fall
and fall
in loneliness

About the Writer


Elena de Roo

Elena is a children's poet from New Zealand. She has a collection, 'Wizardry to Wētā Verse', published by The Cuba Press and her poems have appeared in anthologies and magazines in New Zealand, Australia, USA and the UK.