The Dirigible Balloon
Poetry for Children

Skating with Dad

We skim, scrape
We slip, slide
Left skate, right skate, side by side
His glove black, my glove pink
We wobble and giggle around the rink

About the Writer


Mary E Cronin

Mary writes poems for children and adults, and she teaches reading and writing to young children each day in her role as a Literacy Coach. She lives on Cape Cod in Massachusetts with her wife and their mischief-maker dog named Daisy. Mary’s poems have appeared in the anthologies THINGS WE DO and AMAZING FACES, and in The New York Times. You can reach Mary at www.maryecronin.com.