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Jonathan Humble
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Retired Deputy Head Teacher
Editor of The Dirigible Balloon
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#Cumbria #Poetry
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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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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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Quentin's Quest
#Halloween #SpookySpells
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October 17, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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Spooky Spells #4
The Enchanted Sandwich
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#SpookySpells
#Halloween
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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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Bathroom Spider
#PoetryForChildren
#DirigibleBalloon 🎈
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#UKNationalPoetryDay
October 2, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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Sparrowhawk
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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
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#UKNationalPoetryDay
October 2, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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Getting ready for
UK National Poetry Day 2025
#PoetryForChildren
#DirigibleBalloon
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October 1, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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Getting ready for
UK National Poetry Day 2025
#PoetryForChildren
#DirigibleBalloon
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October 1, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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Getting ready for
UK National Poetry Day 2025
#PoetryForChildren
#DirigibleBalloon
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September 30, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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Getting ready for
UK National Poetry Day 2025
#PoetryForChildren
#DirigibleBalloon
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September 30, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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UK National Poetry Day this week
on Thursday October 2nd 2025.
Here's a painting to stick on your fridge ...
#Poetry #FridgePainting
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September 29, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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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
September 25, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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#Teachers #Schools #Families
#NationalPoetryDay2025 is coming.
This way for high quality, safe, thought provoking, informative and funny poems for key stage 2 and 3 children >>> dirigibleballoon.org
#PoetryForChildren #DirigibleBalloon 🎈
September 18, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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September 17, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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September 16, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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The Dirigible Balloon is a free-to-use poetry bank for children, families and schools which is safe, devoid of pop-ups and hosts over 2000 excellent poems from 500 poets worldwide. #Education #Teachers #Poetry
Come and see >>> dirigibleballoon.org 🎈
September 7, 2025 at 7:42 AM