The Dirigible Balloon
Poetry for Children

Size Nine

I have big feet. We’re talking HUGE
Less a rowboat, more a luge.
I hate shoe shopping, just despair
Of finding my size anywhere.
Not one fairytale I like,
Cinderella can take a hike!
My sympathies were with her sisters,
Chopping off heels complete with blisters
Just to please some choosy prince.
I haven’t read a fairytale since.
What’s so great about small feet?
Know what, Cinders, revenge is sweet!
I’d win in any running race
And lots of people like my face.
Anyway, these days it’s fine
You can order any size online!

About the Writer


Carole Bromley

Carole Bromley lives in York and writes for both adults and children. Winner of Caterpillar Prize, poems in Tyger, Tyger, The Toy, Paperbound, Little Thoughts Press and in anthologies from MacMillan, Nosy Crow, Emma Press. Teaches courses on writing poems for children https://thewritingschool.co.uk/our-courses-and-events