The Dirigible Balloon
Poetry for Children

Through the Bus Window

People walking
Selling wares
Laughing, talking
Friendly pairs

Some in groups
Some alone
Sweeping stoops
of humble stone

Daughters, sons,
Husbands, wives
Caring ones
Sharing lives

Through the glass
far from Tennessee,
these people I pass
seem just like me.

About the Writer


Theresa Gaughan

Theresa is a third-grade teacher living in Knoxville, Tennessee. She is an avid reader and has a very extensive collection of children's books. The first poem she ever shared with others was written in fourth-grade. It was titled, I Have to Pay Attention. Her teacher asked her to make it into a poster that she later displayed in the hallway. Ms. Gaughan has no memory of the lesson that she missed while writing the poem.