The Dirigible Balloon
Poetry for Children

Diagonal

My favourite t-shirt
has stripes that are

di-angle
di-aggle-nil
dine-a-gill
dagon-al
di-a-gill-nil
dine-aggle
dine-angle-nil
dine-an-gonil
dragonal


sideways

About the Writer


Annelies Judson

Annelies Judson is a children's author and poet from Aotearoa New Zealand. She loves cooking, cricket and her kids (not in that order). She also has alopecia, but that is neither hair nor there. Her debut picture book, Turkey Hurly-Burly, was released by Scholastic (NZ) in 2025. You can find her at anneliesjudson.wordpress.com