Exciting News From The Balloon
Work is now going on behind the scenes on our next anthology (which we hope to publish by the end of the year). We have offers of help with the illustrations from some lovely artists (more information soon) and we have a list of excellent poets who have given the Dirigible Balloon permission to include their poems in our new poetry book. As with Chasing Clouds, any profits made from the sale of the anthology will be donated to a children's charity (this year it will be Juvenile Arthritis Research registered charity number 1091620).
It's all very very exciting !!!
Soooo, without further ado, here is a list of the poets (and poems) chosen so far. JH
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It's all very very exciting !!!
Soooo, without further ado, here is a list of the poets (and poems) chosen so far. JH
Hazel Knox
Carl Burkitt
Gaynor Andrews
Karla Kane
Colin West
Michael Rosen
Philip Ardagh
Niamh Savage
Rhona Stephens
Val Harris
Lisa Allen
Melinda Szymanik
Jonathan Sellars
Dale Neal
Annelies Judson
John Dredge
Justin Horton
Amaleena Damlé
John Claiborne Isbell
Sarah J Dodd
Tracey Foley
Rhiannon Oliver
Rob Walton
Arran Potts
Morna Sullivan
Suzy Levinson
Alicia Meyers
Jessica Milo
Josie De Falco
Gillian Spiller
Kathryn Beevor
Mark Bird
Barbara Bleiman
Jesse Anna Bornemann
Eleanor Brown
Laura Cooney
Rachel Burrows
Kathryn Dove
Felicity Teague
Jack Wheeler
Kit Weston
Bernard Pearson
Karla Wendelin
Jacoby Crane
Carole Bromley
Fiona Halliday
David Bleiman
Peter Devonald
Lesley James
Kay Medway
Susan Andrews
Ian Brownlie
Elenore Byrne
Jennifer Thomas
Linda Middleton
Attie Lime
Helen Dineen
Julie Anna Douglas
Julie Stevens
Sarah Ziman
Brian Moses
+ a few more we're waiting to hear from.
Sorry about the quality of the image ... a better picture will be uploaded later.
JH
This poem is copyright (©) Jonathan Humble 2024
About the Writer
Jonathan Humble
Jonathan lives in Cumbria. His work has been published online and in print in a number of magazines and anthologies. His first collection of poetry, My Camel's Name Is Brian, was published by TMB Books in 2015. His second poetry book, Fledge came out in 2020 through Maytree Press. His poems for children have been shortlisted and highly commended in the Caterpillar and Yorkmix poetry competitions and he is the editor of The Dirigible Balloon. His poems Masterclass and This Work is Done were chosen as the Milk House Poem of the Year at the end of 2022 and 2023.
