The Dirigible Balloon
Poetry for Children

Autumn Evening

Listen to Jacqueline read her poem to some greylag geese.
What a racket! What a din!
The greylag geese are flying in.
Necks outstretched, they circle wide,
Skim low, then to the meadow glide.

About the Writer


Jacqueline Shirtliff

Jacqueline is a poet and primary school teacher on the Isle of Man. One of her favourite things is helping children to love poetry and reading and encouraging them to be writers themselves. She lives in a rose-covered cottage near the sea and enjoys gardening, crochet, and playing the tuba and harp, but not all at the same time! You can read some of her other poems in The Caterpillar, Tyger Tyger, Northern Gravy, The Toy, and Little Thoughts Press.