The Dirigible Balloon
Poetry for Children

Snowflakes

Snowflakes look so very nice -
like lace that’s woven out of ice.
They’re all unique (their claim to fame!):
no two are ever quite the same.

About the Writer


Melanie Branton

Melanie is a spoken word artist from Bristol. Her children’s poems have been published in The Caterpillar and The Head That Wears a Crown (Emma Press, 2018) and commended in the York Mix Competition. She also has three published collections of poetry for adults and is currently touring a show telling the history of the English language through the media of silly hats, performance poetry and dad jokes.