The Dirigible Balloon
Poetry for Children

Spring

It’s a flash and a flight and a flow and a fling
It’s a shoot and a scoot and a swirl and a swing
It’s a swell and a bell and a peal and a ring
It’s a bud and a bird and the flap of a wing
It’s a jump and a leap and a bounce

and its spring.

About the Writer


Barbara Bleiman

Barbara is an ex-English teacher and writer of adult and YA fiction, with two novels published and a recent collection of short stories for adults, Kremlinology of Kisses. Barbara has an anthology of short stories for secondary school students coming out in the autumn via the English and Media Centre where she works.