The Dirigible Balloon
Poetry for Children

Fruits of Success

A scavenger hunt
With maps
And hidden clues.
A prize for the winner,
We can’t refuse.
Climbing up
Knobbly fruit trees,
Grazed elbows
And knees.
Reap the reward
For your trouble
With homemade
Spiced apple crumble.

About the Writer


Josie De Falco

Josie grew up in a large Italian/English family near the beautiful Yorkshire Dales. Josie is an advocate for encouraging children to explore their imagination through nature. Her poems have been published in Little Thoughts Press, Parakeet Magazine, The Toy, Tyger Tyger Magazine and the Dirigible Balloon’s anthology: Sky Surfing. Josie is often found gazing at the moon with her two children or spotting the wildlife on their allotment.