The Dirigible Balloon
Poetry for Children

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

Poems by Ian include:


Anna’s Alabaster Pasta Sculpture
The Ice Cream Man
Reading Levels
The Goldfish
My Little Icicle
That’s Just What Passes for Fun Around Here
Ambleforth
I Just Ate a Poem
Orange, Purple and Silver Don't Rhyme
X
Outside in
Useless
The Time Machine
This Year
The Stocking
The Worm
Many Futures
The Ball
Flight
Can you Freeze Cheese?
Hats
The Ghost