The Dirigible Balloon
Poetry for Children

Slowly We Turn

I love the way the Earth goes ’round
and finishes each day;
the starry night’s a lovely sight
once daylight’s tucked away.

About the Writer


Ken Gosse

Ken prefers using simple language and traditional meter and rhyme in verses with whimsy and humor. First published in The First Literary Review–East in November 2016, his poems are also in Visual Verse, Pure Slush, Home Planet News, and others. Now retired, he and his wife were raised in the Chicago suburbs. They have lived in Mesa, Arizona, over twenty years, usually with several rescue dogs and cats underfoot.