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The submission window for our December flight closes in one week (Sunday December 14th). Still plenty of time to send poems for us to consider. Do please check out the guidelines on our website >>> dirigibleballoon.org/about
#PoetryForChildren 🎈
#PoetryForChildren 🎈
December 7, 2025 at 8:40 PM
The submission window for our December flight closes in one week (Sunday December 14th). Still plenty of time to send poems for us to consider. Do please check out the guidelines on our website >>> dirigibleballoon.org/about
#PoetryForChildren 🎈
#PoetryForChildren 🎈
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Rissy No Kissies, is also available as an audio-book narrated by Stephanie Willing.
Perfect for car rides, bedtime listening, storytime at school, or anywhere you go!
Let’s empower kids to say what they feel, and to respect how others feel too.
Perfect for car rides, bedtime listening, storytime at school, or anywhere you go!
Let’s empower kids to say what they feel, and to respect how others feel too.
December 7, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Rissy No Kissies, is also available as an audio-book narrated by Stephanie Willing.
Perfect for car rides, bedtime listening, storytime at school, or anywhere you go!
Let’s empower kids to say what they feel, and to respect how others feel too.
Perfect for car rides, bedtime listening, storytime at school, or anywhere you go!
Let’s empower kids to say what they feel, and to respect how others feel too.
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Looking for a great holiday gift for a young reader? Get all 3 of our 2025 issues for only $18!
A limited stock of our 2025 bundle is available this month only. We are so proud of these issues that celebrate visual art, the power of words, and the importance of community.
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A limited stock of our 2025 bundle is available this month only. We are so proud of these issues that celebrate visual art, the power of words, and the importance of community.
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December 1, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Looking for a great holiday gift for a young reader? Get all 3 of our 2025 issues for only $18!
A limited stock of our 2025 bundle is available this month only. We are so proud of these issues that celebrate visual art, the power of words, and the importance of community.
square.link/u/6D1k7LF3
A limited stock of our 2025 bundle is available this month only. We are so proud of these issues that celebrate visual art, the power of words, and the importance of community.
square.link/u/6D1k7LF3
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The Dirigible is my go-to resource for encouraging poetry and reading poetry when I'm in school. A fantastic compendium of some of the best children's writers we have! @northernjim.bsky.social
The Dirigible Balloon poetry submission window will open on Monday December 1st and close on Sunday December 14th.
The guidelines are on the website. This is an open call with no theme. We're looking for poems to entertain and intrigue children. We are a global poetry platform.
#PoetryForChildren 🎈
The guidelines are on the website. This is an open call with no theme. We're looking for poems to entertain and intrigue children. We are a global poetry platform.
#PoetryForChildren 🎈
a colorful hot air balloon flies over a mountain range at sunset
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November 27, 2025 at 2:12 PM
The Dirigible is my go-to resource for encouraging poetry and reading poetry when I'm in school. A fantastic compendium of some of the best children's writers we have! @northernjim.bsky.social
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The Dirigible Balloon poetry submission window will open on Monday December 1st and close on Sunday December 14th.
The guidelines are on the website. This is an open call with no theme. We're looking for poems to entertain and intrigue children. We are a global poetry platform.
#PoetryForChildren 🎈
The guidelines are on the website. This is an open call with no theme. We're looking for poems to entertain and intrigue children. We are a global poetry platform.
#PoetryForChildren 🎈
a colorful hot air balloon flies over a mountain range at sunset
ALT: a colorful hot air balloon flies over a mountain range at sunset
media.tenor.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:28 AM
The Dirigible Balloon poetry submission window will open on Monday December 1st and close on Sunday December 14th.
The guidelines are on the website. This is an open call with no theme. We're looking for poems to entertain and intrigue children. We are a global poetry platform.
#PoetryForChildren 🎈
The guidelines are on the website. This is an open call with no theme. We're looking for poems to entertain and intrigue children. We are a global poetry platform.
#PoetryForChildren 🎈
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So much power in extending awareness, decency, love and just some fun and joy.
So much power for all of us when we feel seen and feel like we belong.
May we share more of that.
So much power for all of us when we feel seen and feel like we belong.
May we share more of that.
November 12, 2025 at 2:00 AM
So much power in extending awareness, decency, love and just some fun and joy.
So much power for all of us when we feel seen and feel like we belong.
May we share more of that.
So much power for all of us when we feel seen and feel like we belong.
May we share more of that.
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November 11, 2025
November 11, 2025
In 1918, at the end of four years of World War I’s devastation, leaders negotiated for the guns in Europe to fall silent once and for all on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:57 AM
November 11, 2025
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November 7, 2025
November 7, 2025
The repercussions from Tuesday’s vote, in which Democratic candidates were victorious across the country, continue to echo.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:01 AM
November 7, 2025
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
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October 30, 2025
October 30, 2025
House speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) continues to try to pin the upcoming catastrophic lapse in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) funding on the Democrats.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
October 31, 2025 at 4:24 AM
October 30, 2025
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October 29, 2025
October 29, 2025
Today is the twenty-ninth day of the government shutdown, and the House of Representatives is still on break as House speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) continues to try to force the Senate to pass the House...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
October 30, 2025 at 5:39 AM
October 29, 2025
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October 25, 2025
October 25, 2025
Yesterday the Trump administration said it would not use any of the approximately $6 billion the U.S.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
October 26, 2025 at 2:30 AM
October 25, 2025
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"The Thing Under My Bed" by @evelynday.bsky.social is a perfect bedtime read in the lead up to Halloween!
In Little Thoughts Press Issue 11: Stirring Words, available now in print & pdf.
www.littlethoughtspress.com/issues
In Little Thoughts Press Issue 11: Stirring Words, available now in print & pdf.
www.littlethoughtspress.com/issues
October 20, 2025 at 3:24 PM
"The Thing Under My Bed" by @evelynday.bsky.social is a perfect bedtime read in the lead up to Halloween!
In Little Thoughts Press Issue 11: Stirring Words, available now in print & pdf.
www.littlethoughtspress.com/issues
In Little Thoughts Press Issue 11: Stirring Words, available now in print & pdf.
www.littlethoughtspress.com/issues
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A delicate blend of youthful emotions & the wisdom of age in @barbarableiman.bsky.social's poem, "My Grandmother's Words."
In Little Thoughts Press Issue 11: Stirring Words, available now in print and pdf.
www.littlethoughtspress.com/issues
In Little Thoughts Press Issue 11: Stirring Words, available now in print and pdf.
www.littlethoughtspress.com/issues
October 15, 2025 at 3:29 PM
A delicate blend of youthful emotions & the wisdom of age in @barbarableiman.bsky.social's poem, "My Grandmother's Words."
In Little Thoughts Press Issue 11: Stirring Words, available now in print and pdf.
www.littlethoughtspress.com/issues
In Little Thoughts Press Issue 11: Stirring Words, available now in print and pdf.
www.littlethoughtspress.com/issues
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UPDATE: This summer, organizers said more than 5 million people participated in No Kings protests against President Trump. Organizers say they expect an even bigger turnout this time around.
No Kings protests: Marches are underway around the country
This summer, organizers said more than 5 million people participated in No Kings protests against President Trump. Organizers say they expect an even bigger turnout this time around.
n.pr
October 18, 2025 at 6:42 PM
UPDATE: This summer, organizers said more than 5 million people participated in No Kings protests against President Trump. Organizers say they expect an even bigger turnout this time around.
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October 7, 2025
October 7, 2025
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) today floated the idea that workers furloughed during a government shutdown are not guaranteed back pay when the shutdown is resolved.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
October 8, 2025 at 5:43 AM
October 7, 2025
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October 5, 2025
October 6, 2025
If White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller is at the head of the administration’s deployment of federal agents against undocumented immigrants, it appears that Office of Management and Budget...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
October 7, 2025 at 6:02 AM
October 5, 2025
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October 5, 2025
October 5, 2025
On Friday the Minnesota Star Tribune reported a conversation on the messaging app Signal between one of Stephen Miller’s top deputies, Anthony Salisbury, and a senior advisor to Secretary of Defense P...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
October 6, 2025 at 5:38 AM
October 5, 2025
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It's #NationalPoetryDay here in the UK on October 2nd and this year's theme is PLAY. Our 'hobbies' and 'toys' editions are both packed full of playing themed poetry and we'll be sharing some of these this week...
September 28, 2025 at 1:35 PM
It's #NationalPoetryDay here in the UK on October 2nd and this year's theme is PLAY. Our 'hobbies' and 'toys' editions are both packed full of playing themed poetry and we'll be sharing some of these this week...
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September 24, 2025
September 24, 2025
Hours after delivering his delusional and offensive speech to the United Nations yesterday, President Donald J.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
September 25, 2025 at 3:56 AM
September 24, 2025
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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
#PoetryForChildren #ImagineTheFuture
September 25, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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
#PoetryForChildren #ImagineTheFuture
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#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 🎈
#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 🎈
September 18, 2025 at 9:16 AM
#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 🎈
#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 🎈
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Teachers: Please name the illustrator when you read to students. Discuss the art. Invite illustrators to visit. Show next generation that art in book was created by a HUMAN, that their work matters. www.picturesmeanbusiness.com/teachers/
#PicturesMeanBusiness Art @sarahmcintyre.bsky.social
#EduSky
#PicturesMeanBusiness Art @sarahmcintyre.bsky.social
#EduSky
August 12, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Teachers: Please name the illustrator when you read to students. Discuss the art. Invite illustrators to visit. Show next generation that art in book was created by a HUMAN, that their work matters. www.picturesmeanbusiness.com/teachers/
#PicturesMeanBusiness Art @sarahmcintyre.bsky.social
#EduSky
#PicturesMeanBusiness Art @sarahmcintyre.bsky.social
#EduSky
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August 17, 2025
August 17, 2025
On the heels of President Donald J.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
August 18, 2025 at 5:08 AM
August 17, 2025
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Just a little reminder ...
dirigibleballoon.org/poem/Autumn-...
#PoetryForChildren #DirigibleBalloon 🎈
#ImagineTheFuture 🙂
dirigibleballoon.org/poem/Autumn-...
#PoetryForChildren #DirigibleBalloon 🎈
#ImagineTheFuture 🙂
an older man with a beard is sitting in front of a lamp and talking .
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August 13, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Just a little reminder ...
dirigibleballoon.org/poem/Autumn-...
#PoetryForChildren #DirigibleBalloon 🎈
#ImagineTheFuture 🙂
dirigibleballoon.org/poem/Autumn-...
#PoetryForChildren #DirigibleBalloon 🎈
#ImagineTheFuture 🙂