The Dirigible Balloon
Poetry for Children

Thunderplump

A plippy day,
A ploppy day!
A splishy,
splashy,
sploshy day.

A brolly day,
A braw wet day!
A drizzly
drippy,
droppy day.

Waterproofs and Wellingtons,
puddles to your knees.
A day for mud pie messiness.
Sheltering under trees.

About the Writer


Laura Cooney

Laura Cooney is a writer and spoken word poet from Edinburgh. She writes for both children and adults and is currently working on both a children’s fantasy novel and a single collection of poems for both. Her children’s work has been published most recently in Parakeet Mag, The Toy Press, Little Thoughts Press, The Dirigible Balloon, Northern Gravy and on Brian Moses Blogspot. Find more on X and Bluesky @lozzakidwriting @lozzawriting and www.lozzawriting.com. When she's not writing, she'll be found with her daughters, as close to the sea as possible, seeking shells. There will be ice-cream!