There is no Frigate like a Book
after Emily Dickinson
Today I travelled across the globe,
I journeyed to the moon,
I rowed across the ocean
and came home all too soon.
I went to live in Neverland,
was a Viking with a sword,
I made friends with a caveman
through the magic of the word.
I walked in this enchanted world
I’d built inside my head
till mum said Put those books away.
Lights off now. Time for bed.
I journeyed to the moon,
I rowed across the ocean
and came home all too soon.
I went to live in Neverland,
was a Viking with a sword,
I made friends with a caveman
through the magic of the word.
I walked in this enchanted world
I’d built inside my head
till mum said Put those books away.
Lights off now. Time for bed.
This poem is copyright (©) Carole Bromley 2026
About the Writer
Carole Bromley
Carole Bromley lives in York and writes for both adults and children. Winner of Caterpillar Prize, poems in Tyger, Tyger, The Toy, Paperbound, Little Thoughts Press and in anthologies from MacMillan, Nosy Crow, Emma Press. Teaches courses on writing poems for children https://thewritingschool.co.uk/our-courses-and-events
