The Dirigible Balloon
Listen to Jonathan reading The Dirigible Balloon.
With our sandwiches packed
and our bottles of juice,
under fluffy white clouds and the sun,
we all climb aboard
this balloon of delight
in a search for new places and fun.
With friends by our sides,
happy faces all round
and excitement in everyone’s eyes,
our dirigible lifts
off the ground like a bird
to adventure high up in blue skies …
and our bottles of juice,
under fluffy white clouds and the sun,
we all climb aboard
this balloon of delight
in a search for new places and fun.
With friends by our sides,
happy faces all round
and excitement in everyone’s eyes,
our dirigible lifts
off the ground like a bird
to adventure high up in blue skies …
Picture by Em Humble
About Em Humble, the illustrator: Em Humble is a freelance creative from the Lake District. Following her viral parody video ‘Every “Northern” character in a musical,’ she has featured on BBC Radio Four, Manchester, Cumbria and Tees with original comedy sketches, with acting credits in Icklewick FM and voice work in Coal Supper's "Thank Goodness You're Here!". She has photographed and edited professional headshots, fashion events and filmed promotional documentaries. Her film "Chicken Girl" has been commended in a number of film festivals, winning the Sunderland Film Festival Best Comedy Award and the Manchester Kino Festival Best North West Short Film Award. She is represented by Individual Artist Management and Sue Terry Voices.
This poem is copyright (©) Jonathan Humble 2025
About the Writer
Jonathan Humble
Jonathan lives in Cumbria. His work has been published online and in print in a number of magazines and anthologies. His first collection of poetry, My Camel's Name Is Brian, was published by TMB Books in 2015. His second poetry book, Fledge came out in 2020 through Maytree Press. His poems for children have been shortlisted and highly commended in the Caterpillar and Yorkmix poetry competitions and he is the editor of The Dirigible Balloon. His poems Masterclass and This Work is Done were chosen as the Milk House Poem of the Year at the end of 2022 and 2023.
