The Dirigible Balloon
Poetry for Children

untitled haiku

Listen to Irene ...
after long season
of ruin, we are fireweed
rising from ditches

About the Writer


Irene Latham

Irene writes poems and stories from the Purple Horse Poetry Studio & Music Room beside a mountain lake in Blount County, Alabama. With more than twenty books out in the world, her latest adventure is curating poetry anthologies with her "Poetic Forever Friend" Charles Waters, including The Mistakes That Made Us (an NCTE Notable Poetry Book), If I Could Choose a Best Day, and For the Win. Read hundreds of Irene's poems for free at irenelatham.com.