Aliens, Critters, and Dinosaurs

The Green Balloon

The lilibonelle: a four-stanza poem in which each line of the first stanza (after the first) is repeated as the first line of each of the following stanzas.

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The Green Balloon

The green balloon was deflated of air.
It sagged from the arm of an old brown chair.
Its string dangled limply, in sad despair.
Neglected when its child retired elsewhere.

It sagged from the arm of an old brown chair,
Wishing for a partner to make up a pair.
But no other balloons were near there to share
The loneliness of its sad loss of air.

Its string dangled limply, in sad despair,
When suddenly a kitten, a tortoise shorthair,
Charged the balloon with a “mew” debonair.
The green globe rallied with amazing flair.

Neglected when its child retired elsewhere,
Now the balloon rose up with heroic fanfare.
The kitten pounced. The balloon climbed the air.
The two had a great time all around that chair.

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