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My Iris Has Shaved! by James Aitchison

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By australianchildrenspoetry September 15, 2025

Why is it called a bearded iris?

There’s not a whisker in sight.

Unless, of course, it had a shave

sometime in the night.

I think it looks just great

without a bristling beard,

and it if had a moustache

that would look very weird!

Bearded iris. Photo by Ginette Pestana

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Categories: Australian children's poetry Tags: flowers, humour, Iris, James Aitchison, rhyming poems, spring

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