Balloon Poems

Hot Air Balloon Rides

Excitement built up,
riding the hot air balloon
with my two daughters.
Turned to fear for falling fast,
bounced on the ground, and then dragged.

The frightening ride
happened in New Mexico
sixteen years ago,
did not dampen my spirit 
for riding another one.

Felt no excitement 
nervous from the prior ride,
calmly went for it.
Magic moment in the sky,
view of sunrise and balloons. 

1398 Hiku To the Moon

For Brian's Contest 24/7/25                                                   

Balloon Head

Love Always Goes To My Head.

But(t)... I'm Sure It's Nothing I Said.

The Troubledest Scoundral

The World Has Ever Bled...

'Cause I Fell In Love With A

Fantasy Loving Endlessness...

In-Stead.

-Gray Squirrel

07-21-2025

Siren Song

I thought I heard
an island siren croon
a sophisticated tune
with words in song
about the moon in June
as a big bright
and bold balloon
enchanting music
captured me
shipwrecked
my heart is all at sea
or am I wrong
imagining things
it's only the waves
and the wind that sings

One Flew Over

I knew an old buffoon
quite the gloomy poltroon
who through a stormy monsoon
flew his hot air balloon
and among the Walloon
and Flemish
much to their surprise
did not meet his demise
but with neither a blot
not a jot
nor blemish
at all 
on hand
in the small
6-Government
densely populated
parliamentary constitutional monarchy
3-language country of Belgium
safely did crash land

Frozen Balloon

Frozen Balloon

A Tele-Graphed Whisper,
 You Know The Game:
  Mountains To Sand
   Surrender The Same.

No Sun-Burn, No Sea-Gulls...
 No Music, No Face.
  The Memory Of A Memory
   Once Deeply Embraced.

Who Are You, Once Real?
 On The Want Of Your Breath?

  I Grasp For Integrity...
   In 
 

Broken Balloon

  you didn’t know how    
you broke my balloon heart
gloomy clouds  melted in the
sky of my eyes, and in torrent
of tears  dreams floated away
with the torn petals of flower
called love that bloomed in
my garden all through the
years until one dismal
night storm came
and crushed it
creating the
debris of
me

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An Errant Balloon

Posted February 3rd 2025.  For Brians contest 

An Errant Balloon


 I saw a balloon yesterday. 
Then I saw another again today.
Floating along on a sunshine ray
wending on its way. 
Where did it come from? No one knows 
where will it go? where the wind blows.
Did it escape from a small child’s hand?
or is it

My Balloon to the Moon

 I flew to the moon holding my balloon
Heard angels singing in heavenly tune
I watched fairies dancing
Which was most entrancing
It was magic made in the stars and moon.

Soon my heart went plop, my ballon had popped
I shook all over, was completely shocked
Had the biggest surprise
Stood there before my eyes
Was mother wearing her favourite frock.

Voltaire's Balloon

“Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.”  Voltaire


In sapphire skies, so soft, serene and fair,
a balloon floats adrift in tepid air.
Nonchalant it hovers without a care.
Over and under

Deflated

Balloons they float
Across the sky
In rainbow mood
Excessive high

Intruding birds
Like cloudless thoughts
With do's and don'ts
With musts and oughts

Above the trees
Rooted, they cheer
They dream of floating
Far from here

The gusting breeze
Can guide your joy
Away from ground
That can destroy

The brightest hopes
Of friendship's love
Enduring winds
Of push and shove

But bright the sky
If dull the heart
The journey home..
Yet, first depart

From dreamscape fields
From

4d balloon bubble-life

our time-balloons
change both...
up and down so

typically speaking....
old age means a
young brain reaches....

past the fourth dimension
and watches change....
from outside in the fifth


stan sand

Filling The Balloon

Do you know
many things
understanding
not one

Portending 
your weakness
pretense
on the run

The trash bin
of knowledge
refills
left unchecked

Pontificate
dirges
spout off
— to infect

(The New Room: July, 2024)

The Balloon

Balloon, balloon, so high in the air,
Its destination I know not where, 
Its point of departure, that is too 
A mystery in the sky of blue. 

I too wonder, wonder, why oh why
This bright drifter was allowed to fly 
As it left to float in the air so high, 
Did a two year old begin

Hey That's My Balloon

I'm making an observation
Bout the state of the world today
This is what I've come up with
In my own inimitable way

Maybe it's cuz I'm an old guy
It seems there's much more strife
There doesn't seem, like years ago
As much laughter in everyone's life

I know there'll always be conflict
Somewhere around the world
This nation or that one gets aggressive
Controversy

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