The Dirigible Balloon
Poetry for Children

The Long Night Moon

The Long Night Moon hangs over
The quiet Earth below
Who sleeps in quiet slumber
‘Neath blankets made of snow

But Earth will soon awaken
The Long Night Moon take flight
And all the world will welcome
The coming of the light

About the Writer


Shaun Jex

Shaun Jex is a writer from the Oklahoma City Area. Besides writing poetry, he has written several nonfiction books and likes to spend his free time reading comic books and peeking under rocks to find the bugs living there.