Earth's Ballerina: A Haiku

Creative Expression
Written By Kim Campbell
Photo of a light purple with yellow iris flower. Tall, narrow, green leaves, a light yellow building , and a cloudy sky are behind it. A haiku about the iris is typed over the photo.

Earth’s Ballerina

by Kim Campbell
Photo by Angela Burke Kunkel

Flowing petal skirt
Arms stretched and circled above
Earth's ballerina

Inspiration

Picture book author, Angela Burke Kunkel (@angkunkel), posted a photo of a gorgeous bearded iris on her Instagram page. The moment I saw it, my haiku started forming. I am grateful to Angela for the inspiration and giving me permission to include her photo with my haiku!

I love that my husband was involved in writing this haiku. I asked him for help finding a word to describe a certain part. I loved his suggestion and used it!

Side note…have you checked out Angela’s books? Are you following her on Instagram?

 
 
Kim Campbell
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