Short Caterpillar Poems

Short Caterpillar Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Caterpillar by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Caterpillar by length and keyword.


Premium Member Woolly Bear Caterpillar

scurrying on leaf
 woolly bear caterpillar ~
 winter harbinger



Date written: 10/03/2021
Form: Haiku


Sunday Service

Many a caterpillar try
Yet few become a butterfly
And those that soar
Feed even more
Who don't know why, but live to die
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Asters and Asteroids Found Poetry

Willing moths 
my flame
wishing 
for a shooting star…

Upon my 
aster came
an Asteroid!

(moth caterpillar)
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Thought of the day

the caterpillar celebrates 
when transformed as a butterfly
questioning not the happenstance 
heart aglow it begins to fly
Form: Quatrain

Advice to a caterpillar

Would you like to be a butterfly
with wings and fancy stuff?

Would you like a metamorphosis?
Make sure you eat enough!
Form: Rhyme


Transformation

Caterpillar
Plump, green
Eating, weaving, sleeping
Inside of the cocoon
Shedding, growing, changing
Graceful beauty
Butterfly
Form:

Sweet Caterpillar

Sweet caterpillar
Sitting on a leaf with joy
for soon it will fly


FOR CATERPILLAR'S GATE CONTEST
WON 6TH PLACE CONGRATS TO ME
Form: Haiku

If I Wish Harder

Dreaming of a butterfly
Experiencing flight
Flying from flower to flower
Greeting the hot sun
 
Wishing I was a caterpillar still
Form: ABC

Premium Member A Butterfly's Birth

caterpillar days
of deliciousness led to
chrysalis musings
when lovely rhymed lines emerged -
fluttering wings of romance
Form: Tanka

THE CATERPILLAR

This caterpillar 
Fell out the tree 
Fell out the tree 
Fell out the tree 
This caterpillar 
Fell out the tree 
Now he can’t see
© Daisy Ward  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Rhyme

Shedding Her Skin

Brake out
From your cocoon
The moon
Must shed 
Her skin
From this
Fat green caterpillar
To this smooth
Brown maple-leaf 
Butterfly

Premium Member Green

green caterpillar pupates.... yellow swallowtail gardener's inner joy
non-traditional
Form: Haiku

Premium Member Caterpillar and Fish

I know a caterpillar and a fish,
but I won't catch and I won't squish. 
I'm not sure why, but maybe because
one is slick and one has fuzz.
Form: Epigram

Premium Member METAPHOR WALKING CATERPILLAR--

8 legs skimpering like marbles with hairy legs walks caterpillar
7/7/26 Written words by James Edward Lee Sr
Form: Haiku

Clinging To This Branch

A tiny trail of
Fresh symmetrical
Water droplets,
Clinging to
This branch
What clever
Caterpillar is this
That glowing string of pearls

Premium Member Life As Seen By a Caterpillar

A simple green life

Thank goodness I don't wear shoes

Soon I'll be air-borne



Sorry, not a traditional haiku,
but I couldnt resist
Form: Haiku

Premium Member Becoming


a caterpillar
t
 r
  a
   n
    s
     f
      o
       r
        m
         s  into butterfy ~
fly away, be f r e e...
Form: Haiku

Premium Member tomato

Collum Lune word based..3/5/3

green horned tomato caterpillar, all volunteer pants gone.... starvation his end
Form: Haiku

Premium Member Sparrow Hawk

Tantalizing wind Meadow ripples, full of life Caterpillar morph Bird of prey, predator's eye. Silent glide across pasture.
Form: Tanka

Bosomed breasts

At times sprouted,
Opened up
Pomegranates,

Reminded me
Of bosomed breasts.

Trying their way out of the shirt.
Like a caterpillar out of the cocoon.
art

I'Ll Make Him a Nerd Yet

Oh dear, I just realized what I could do,
with the Hungry Caterpillar plushy, 
enveloped by paper, for my cute new
nephew. He’ll learn to spell his name by three.
Form: Quatrain

Bedroom War

She wears peace signs

But screws like bombs erupting

Hips rocking like caterpillar tracks

Rolling over boulders

‘It’s a war in there, baby

And I wanna fight’

Wind

Wind
Blowing
Butterflies
From their cocoon
Sail in the sky with wings wide open wide
Body of colored beauty once was a
Caterpillar
Unmoved by
Blowing
Wind
Form: Tetractys

The Caterpillar

Caterpillar Fat, Fuzzy Crawling, Climbing, Chewing Chrysalis, Sleep, Transformation, Rebirth Burgeoning, Bursting, Becoming Beautiful, Majestic ...moth
© Jesse Rowe  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Diamante

Premium Member Boots stay outside

Squish squash guts and slime
Mom says boots are banned from mudroom
New rule throughout caterpillar season



Wordku: 5-7-5 words

AP: Honorable Mention 2025
Form: Other

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