The Dirigible Balloon
Poetry for Children

Tonight a Lone Fox

Tonight a lone fox
slips beneath our covered bridge
a milkweed puff—soft,
a flash of silvered shadow.
Sweet dream upon my pillow.

About the Writer


Nancy Tupper Ling

Nancy Tupper Ling is an award-winning children’s author, poet, bookseller, and librarian. Her most recent book is Hearts in My Pocket (Union Square Kids). She co-authored Bless the Earth (Penguin Random House) and For Every Little Thing (Eerdmans) with June Cotner. She is the winner of the distinguished Writer’s Digest Grand Prize and the Pat Parnell Poetry Award.