The Dirigible Balloon

[jisbell00]

Hi folks,

I've got two poems up at The Dirigible Balloon today, my first children's publications. Morph seems to be up there as well, or rather his children are:

https://dirigibleballoon.org/

Cheers,
John

[Macavity]

Splendid John. Well done.

Bw

Phil

[jisbell00]

Why, thank you, Phil! Children's verse is hard IMO, so I am quite chuffed.

Cheers,
John

[Macavity]

And indeed you should be John.

[jisbell00]

[Leaf]

Woo-hoo, woo-hoo,
congratulations to you!
from everyone at Coo & Co!

(^v^)


We see a future for you as a children's poet, John, just as we saw Morph's potential too. Members of the Coo-mmunity very much enjoy encouraging people in Poetry World (^v^)

[jisbell00]

Woo-hoo, woo-hoo, it's Fliss and Coo!
They write poems, and you can too!

THank you for the encouragement, F. and C.! It is much appreciated and I share your enthusiasm for encouraging others.

Cheerie,
John

[Leaf]

You are welcome, John! It is indeed pleasant to encourage others (^v^)

Cheerie,
F & (^v^)

[Morpheus]

Hi John,

This is great news, the balloon has even more lustre now you're on it too. My girls poems went up early last month.

On the subject of children's verse being hard, I just think there's a different set of rules and expectations. For example, Little Thoughts Press editor said she loved my tooth fairy poem and it made her final round but lost out to another similar poem. I didn't get any further feedback but I suspect I should avoid using French in my children's poems in future. Jonathan may be interested in that one but I didn't want to quick fire it somewhere else on the rebound when a lot of these Children's pubs are all linked up through Twitter shares.

[jisbell00]

It is a shiny balloon! Or montgolfiere, as the French say!

I expect you are right that French should appear in moderation in children's poetry. Best of luck with the tooth fairy poem, I enjoyed it!

Cheers,
John