The Dirigible Balloon
Poetry for Children

Winter Lights

Lights hanging in trees
sparkle through falling snow.
Candles in windows
softly shimmer and glow.
Icicles reflect
twinkling starlight
on this magical,
wonderful,
winter night.

About the Writer


Deb Reidy

Deb is a former elementary teacher from Indiana, USA. In the classroom, she enjoyed sharing the wonders of poetry with her students as she helped them write their own poems. Today, she has the good fortune to be a poet herself. Her work has been published in Cricket and Highlights magazines, The Dirigible Balloon, and the poetry anthologies The Toy, Little Thoughts Press, Hop to It, What is Hope? and Clara’s Kooky Compendium. Deb is also the author of two educational resource books.