The Dirigible Balloon
Poetry for Children

Stick Insects

Stick insects do not play the flute
Or wash the kitchen floor
They don’t know how to mend a fuse
Or write or paint or draw
I think this is quite sensible
And hope that you do too,
If I was a stick insect
I would stick to what I knew!

About the Writer


John Dredge

John Dredge is a silly person. He not only writes silly poems but also presents a silly comedy sketch podcast series called The Nothing To Do With Anything Show. Please do not hold this against him. He has presented silly music shows on Resonance FM and Mad Wasp Radio and has appeared at the Brighton Fringe by mistake. He has never played the ukelele.