The Dirigible Balloon
Poetry for Children

The Mind Garden

As you lay in bed
Wrapped up in slumber,
I grew you a garden.
It started with a tiny seed,
A freckle on the earth’s skin.
Raindrops fell from the sky
drip
drip
drip
Like precious jewels
Glistening.

First shoots appear,
Fragile and new.
Mother nature’s gift
Just for you.

Seedlings grow
Into all the colours
Of spring;
Purple haze tulips
Blush sweet peas
Lemon primrose
And sky-blue lilies.

The garden is now alive
With buzzing bees and hoverflies,
Whisper their secrets
To the dancing butterflies.

Soothing notes of lavender
Filters through the breeze.
Take a long deep breath,
To make you feel at ease.

Hung from thick branches
Of an old oak tree,
A wooden swing sways
As if waiting for me.
In the darkness of the night,
You feel lonely.
In the garden of your mind,
Come find me.

About the Writer


Josie De Falco

Josie grew up in a large Italian/English family near the beautiful Yorkshire Dales. Childhood memories of the countryside is her main source of inspiration. Josie is an advocate for encouraging children to explore their imagination through nature. Her poems have been published in Little Thoughts Press, Parakeet Magazine, The Toy, Picture Perfect Poetry and the Dirigible Balloon’s upcoming anthology Sky Surfing: Adventures in a Poetry Balloon. Josie is often seen taking photos of the wildlife on her allotment.