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Jonathan Humble @northernjim.bsky.social · Nov 14

Blue sky? Seems appropriate ...
#SkySurfing #PoetryForChildren

Word art from Sky Surfing: Excellent Adventures in a Poetry Balloon

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Jonathan Humble @northernjim.bsky.social · 1h

Rebecca Leek: The Ditty Bag - Episode 3 😊👍
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The Ditty Bag - Episode 3

14 minutes of poetry. Circles and orbits, dogs and chickens, nettles and love.

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Jonathan Humble @northernjim.bsky.social · 1d

Spooky Spells #4
The Enchanted Sandwich
dirigibleballoon.org/poem/The-Enc...
#SpookySpells
#Halloween
#PoetryForChildren
#DirigibleBalloon 😮🎈

Jonathan Humble @northernjim.bsky.social · 1d

The Ballad of Nigel Bates
Spooky Spells #3
dirigibleballoon.org/poem/The-Ballad-of-Nigel-Bates
#SpookySpells
#Halloween
#PoetryForChildren
#DirigibleBalloon 😮🎈

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Jonathan Humble @northernjim.bsky.social · 1d

Spooky Spells #2
Boris Snot, the Horrible and Vile ...
dirigibleballoon.org/poem/Boris-Snot-the-Horrible-and-Vile
#SpookySpells
#Halloween
#PoetryForChildren
#DirigibleBalloon 😮🎈

Jonathan Humble @northernjim.bsky.social · 1d

Soooo ... I just happen to have a load of Hallowe'en poems kicking about: Spooky Spells over on the Dirigible Balloon.
Here's the first >>>
dirigibleballoon.org/poem/Old-Spo...
Thanks to Em Humble for the Spooky Sal picture x
#SpookySpells
#Halloween
#PoetryForChildren
#DirigibleBalloon 😮🎈

Jonathan Humble @northernjim.bsky.social · 7d

Thinking about the next iteration for 2026/27 ... quite like 'Taming Tornadoes'
#PoetryForChildren
#DirigibleBalloon
#Anthology
#SmallPressPublishing
#YorkshireTimesPublishing

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Mr Natural @neilmatheson66.bsky.social · 8d

Maggie Vandewalle.
"Constellations."
#Watercolour

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Mr Natural @neilmatheson66.bsky.social · 8d

Ann Kraft Walker.
Pieces of Autumn. #Oils

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Mr Natural @neilmatheson66.bsky.social · 8d

Debbie Criswell - Country Cousins.
Acrylic on canvas.

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Mr Natural @neilmatheson66.bsky.social · 8d

George Callaghan.
The Winding Road Home.

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Mr Natural @neilmatheson66.bsky.social · 8d

John Lagasse - Autumnal Fox.
#Watercolour

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Carmella de Keyser @carmellapoetry.bsky.social · 13d

Happy National Poetry Day 2025! Thank you for manifesting all these joyful poems!
🎈🎈🎈

Jonathan Humble @northernjim.bsky.social · 20d

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

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Jonathan Humble @northernjim.bsky.social · 13d

Bathroom Spider
#PoetryForChildren
#DirigibleBalloon 🎈
dirigibleballoon.org
#UKNationalPoetryDay

Jonathan Humble @northernjim.bsky.social · 13d

Sparrowhawk
#PoetryForChildren
#DirigibleBalloon 🎈
dirigibleballoon.org
#UKNationalPoetryDay

Jonathan Humble @northernjim.bsky.social · 13d

The Thoughts of a Field Mouse
Travelling in a Tilt Trap
#PoetryForChildren
#DirigibleBalloon 🎈
dirigibleballoon.org
#UKNationalPoetryDay

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Sue Lancaster 🦊 Outside the Box - out now! 🦊 @writessue.bsky.social · 13d

Happy #NationalPoetryDay to all who celebrate!

Can you believe I now have 30 children's poems up on the Dirigible Balloon website (along with many other fab poets)?! Here they are in all their glory - have a browse if you have a moment.

Thanks to @northernjim.bsky.social for having me!