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Jonathan Humble
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Retired Deputy Head Teacher
Editor of The Dirigible Balloon
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Jonathan Humble @northernjim.bsky.social · Nov 14
Blue sky? Seems appropriate ...
#SkySurfing #PoetryForChildren
Word art from Sky Surfing: Excellent Adventures in a Poetry Balloon
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"Every child deserves the chance to experience the happiness that diving into a great book can bring ..." Frank Cottrell-Boyce
#LoveYourLibrary
November 13, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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A few pages later ...
#Grimsby
November 12, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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Begun sketches for a children's picture book ...
#Grimsby
November 11, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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A Sofa Shared
#poetry
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A Sofa Shared
after Larkin’s An Arundel Tomb A Sofa Shared Upon a sofa, wrapped in wool,oblivious, the subject lies,with mouth agape and sightless eyes,two legs akimbo, stockinged feet,grabs forty winks am…
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November 4, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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Little Rowan
#Samhain
#Halloween
#Poetry
October 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Sky Symphony
#PoetryForChildren
#DirigibleBalloon 😊🎈
October 23, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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October 19, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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Giving up the work at the library at Christmas to concentrate on a couple of creative projects for 2026/27
a cartoon of a wizard holding a wand and a purple pot
ALT: a cartoon of a wizard holding a wand and a purple pot
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October 19, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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Quentin's Quest
#Halloween #SpookySpells
#PoetryForChildren
#DirigibleBalloon 👍🎈
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October 17, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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Rebecca Leek: The Ditty Bag - Episode 3 😊👍
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The Ditty Bag - Episode 3
14 minutes of poetry. Circles and orbits, dogs and chickens, nettles and love.
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October 15, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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Spooky Spells #4
The Enchanted Sandwich
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#SpookySpells
#Halloween
#PoetryForChildren
#DirigibleBalloon 😮🎈
October 14, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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The Ballad of Nigel Bates
Spooky Spells #3
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#SpookySpells
#Halloween
#PoetryForChildren
#DirigibleBalloon 😮🎈
October 14, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Spooky Spells #2
Boris Snot, the Horrible and Vile ...
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#SpookySpells
#Halloween
#PoetryForChildren
#DirigibleBalloon 😮🎈
October 14, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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Soooo ... I just happen to have a load of Hallowe'en poems kicking about: Spooky Spells over on the Dirigible Balloon.
Here's the first >>>
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Thanks to Em Humble for the Spooky Sal picture x
#SpookySpells
#Halloween
#PoetryForChildren
#DirigibleBalloon 😮🎈
October 14, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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Thinking about the next iteration for 2026/27 ... quite like 'Taming Tornadoes'
#PoetryForChildren
#DirigibleBalloon
#Anthology
#SmallPressPublishing
#YorkshireTimesPublishing
October 8, 2025 at 7:54 AM
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Maggie Vandewalle.
"Constellations."
#Watercolour
October 7, 2025 at 6:55 AM
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Ann Kraft Walker.
Pieces of Autumn. #Oils
October 7, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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Debbie Criswell - Country Cousins.
Acrylic on canvas.
October 7, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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George Callaghan.
The Winding Road Home.
October 7, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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John Lagasse - Autumnal Fox.
#Watercolour
October 7, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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Happy National Poetry Day 2025! Thank you for manifesting all these joyful poems!
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northernjim.bsky.social Jonathan Humble @northernjim.bsky.social · Sep 25
On the Dirigible Balloon dirigibleballoon.org you'll find a cornucopia of wonderful poems imagining the future. They're free, they're safe, they'll take you to fantastical places, they'll make you smile, they'll make you think ... what are you waiting for?
#PoetryForChildren #ImagineTheFuture
October 2, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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Bathroom Spider
#PoetryForChildren
#DirigibleBalloon 🎈
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#UKNationalPoetryDay
October 2, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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Sparrowhawk
#PoetryForChildren
#DirigibleBalloon 🎈
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#UKNationalPoetryDay
October 2, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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The Thoughts of a Field Mouse
Travelling in a Tilt Trap
#PoetryForChildren
#DirigibleBalloon 🎈
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#UKNationalPoetryDay
October 2, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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Happy #NationalPoetryDay to all who celebrate!

Can you believe I now have 30 children's poems up on the Dirigible Balloon website (along with many other fab poets)?! Here they are in all their glory - have a browse if you have a moment.

Thanks to @northernjim.bsky.social for having me!
October 2, 2025 at 8:57 AM