UK National Poetry Day this week on Thursday October 2nd 2025. Here's a painting to stick on your fridge ... #Poetry #FridgePainting northernjim.wordpress.com/2025/09/28/fridge-painting

Please look at The Dirigible Balloon, one of the most diverse children's poetry banks in the world, founded by @northernjim.bsky.social it is supporting the Festival of Britain via poems! @london.gov.uk @ldnculture.bsky.social 👇🏻 Dirigible Balloon - Poetry for Children share.google/t0p5QUycgfoB...

Imagine the Future ... dirigibleballoon.org #PoetryForChildren #WorldPoetry #DirigibleBalloon 🎈

On the Dirigible Balloon dirigibleballoon.org you'll find a cornucopia of wonderful poems imagining the future. They're free, they're safe, they'll take you to fantastical places, they'll make you smile, they'll make you think ... what are you waiting for? #PoetryForChildren #ImagineTheFuture

#Teachers #Schools #Families #NationalPoetryDay2025 is coming. This way for high quality, safe, thought provoking, informative and funny poems for key stage 2 and 3 children >>> dirigibleballoon.org #PoetryForChildren #DirigibleBalloon 🎈

#Teachers #Schools #Families #NationalPoetryDay2025 is coming. This way for high quality, safe, thought provoking, informative and funny poems for key stage 2 and 3 children >>> dirigibleballoon.org #PoetryForChildren #DirigibleBalloon 🎈

Handy poems ... #PoetryForChildren #DirigibleBalloon 🎈 www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkXU...

The Dirigible Balloon is a free-to-use poetry bank for children, families and schools which is safe, devoid of pop-ups and hosts over 2000 excellent poems from 500 poets worldwide. #Education #Teachers #Poetry Come and see >>> dirigibleballoon.org 🎈

This has made me sadder than expected ... www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/m...

Morning @brianbilston.bsky.social #PoetryForChildren #DirigibleBalloon dirigibleballoon.org : )

On Good Days atriumpoetry.com/2018/03/09/on-good-days-jonathan-humble/

Such a fabulous resource!

Such a wonderful online resource for children's poetry. Show your teacher friends, your primary aged children and anyone who writes for children.

The Dirigible Balloon is a free-to-use poetry bank for children, families and schools which is safe, devoid of pop-ups and hosts over 2000 excellent poems from 500 poets worldwide. #Education #Teachers #Poetry Come and see >>> dirigibleballoon.org 🎈

Delighted to be flying high with @northernjim.bsky.social @ thedirigibleballoon with new work - dirigibleballoon.org/poem/Theres-...

Poems uploaded to the Dirigible Balloon for our autumn flight #ImagineTheFuture supporting creativity in schools celebrating next year's 75th anniversary of the Festival of Britain. Find them here >>> dirigibleballoon.org Hope you like the poems. JH x 😊

Thrilled to have a new poem in this next flight. Thanks for everything you do here @northernjim.bsky.social #ImagineTheFuture #kidlit #amwriting

Honoured and thrilled to have a poem in this exciting Dirigible Balloon flight

Please check out THE DIRIGIBLE BALLOON @northernjim.bsky.social a FREE TO USE, international poetry bank committed to the promotion of accessible poetry for ALL. It's one of the most diverse poetry banks in the world.🌍 @ldnculture.bsky.social #PoetryForAll northernjim.wordpress.com/2025/09/05/i...

Happening NOW !!! northernjim.wordpress.com/2025/09/05/imagine-the-future/

PS. Please feel free to shout and rave about your poems when they appear. Our #ImagineTheFuture theme is there to celebrate and encourage creativity in schools everywhere (but especially those associated with the Southbank's 75th anniversary next year). Much appreciated, Jonathan x

The Balloon 🎈 The poems are being uploaded to the website on a timed basis so the titles appear on the author bio section but the work will be held in abeyance until an allotted slot over the weekend (this gives us a less frenetic time when publishing a lot of poetry) ... the countdown begins. JH

We're ahead of schedule. Emails have been sent to all poets who submitted poems on our #ImagineTheFuture theme (check your spam folders if you've not seen the email). If, due to editorial incompetence, we've missed anybody, grovelling apologies, let us know and we'll sort it. JH x 🎈

Just a note to say thank you to everyone who submitted poems for our #ImagineTheFuture balloon flight in September. Our window is closed until December. I am now enjoying reading the wonderful work that is in the DB inbox and will be contacting all poets in a fortnight. JH x

Perhaps as we've published two anthologies, we ought to think about a third to round it off? To my mind, a trio seems more suitable than a brace (goodness knows we have enough poems to choose from on the Dirigible Balloon) ... 🙂 #PoetryForChildren #DirigibleBalloon

Just a little reminder ... dirigibleballoon.org/poem/Autumn-... #PoetryForChildren #DirigibleBalloon 🎈 #ImagineTheFuture 🙂

Schrödinger's Mouse #Poetry #Fledge youtube.com/watch?v=PexJtAvugsQ

Life goes on ... www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6BK...

In-betweener by Sarah Ziman #PoetryForChildren #DirigibleBalloon 🎈 dirigibleballoon.org/poem/In-betw...

Dear Mrs Kent by Sarah Ziman #PoetryForChildren #DirigibleBalloon 🎈 dirigibleballoon.org/poem/Dear-Mr...

On August 1st 2021, the Dirigible Balloon took off on its first flight with 32 poems from 12 poets. Leading up to the 4th anniversary, we thought it'd nice to float those poems again (five-a-day up to the end of July with a couple more on Aug 1st). JH x

Monday Blues by Piu DasGupta #PoetryForChildren #DirigibleBalloon 🎈 dirigibleballoon.org/poem/Monday-...

Sia Jumping by Chrissie Gittins #PoetryForChildren #DirigibleBalloon 🎈 dirigibleballoon.org/poem/Sia-Jum...

The Bones of Houses by Brian Moses #PoetryForChildren #DirigibleBalloon 🎈 dirigibleballoon.org/poem/The-Bon...

What Are Little Girls Made Of? by Piu DasGupta #PoetryForChildren #DirigibleBalloon 🎈 dirigibleballoon.org/poem/What-ar...

How to Conjure a Poem in Eight Easy Steps by Julie Anna Douglas #PoetryForChildren #DirigibleBalloon 🎈 dirigibleballoon.org/poem/How-to-...

Our autumn submission window (open for 10 days from August 16th until August 26th) will be on the same theme of Imagine the Future. We’ll be looking for positive poetry and wonderful illustrations to inspire children in their own creative endeavours.

The project (Imagine the Future) is something the Dirigible Balloon would like to support through the wealth of excellent free-to-view poetry available on our website.

In 2026, the Southbank Centre in London is running a poetry project celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Festival of Britain. Their main aim is to encourage creativity in schools (especially in Lambeth). dirigibleballoon.org/poem/Autumn-...

My Favourite Sports Day by Linda Middleton #PoetryForChildren #DirigibleBalloon 🎈 dirigibleballoon.org/poem/My-Favo...

Thank You Dear Rubber by Jacqueline Shirtliff #PoetryForChildren #DirigibleBalloon 🎈 dirigibleballoon.org/poem/Thank-Y...

A Plea From The Rescue Centre For Mythical Beasts by Brian Moses #PoetryForChildren #DirigibleBalloon 🎈 dirigibleballoon.org/poem/A-Plea-...

What Colour is Your Umbrella? by Helen Openshaw #PoetryForChildren #DirigibleBalloon 🎈 dirigibleballoon.org/poem/What-Co...

Relativity Explained by Piu DasGupta #PoetryForChildren #DirigibleBalloon 🎈 dirigibleballoon.org/poem/Relativ...