The Dirigible Balloon
Poetry for Children

The Ice Cream Man

Run! Run! To the ice cream man!
Do you hear that familiar tune?
Now! Now! To the ice cream man!
We’d better make it soon.
Quick! Quick! To the ice cream man!
It’s such a sunny day.
No! No! Poor ice cream man.
He’s melted clean away.

About the Writer


Ian Brownlie

Ian lives with his family in Marlow, Bucks (UK). His prospective middle grade novel, Solomon Brown from Hero Town, was longlisted for the Times/Chicken House Children's Fiction Competition. His poems have been published in The Dirigible Balloon and The Toy. BlueSky: @ianbrownlie.bsky.social TikTok: tiktok.com/@ianbrownliewrites