Short Swallowtail Poems
Short Swallowtail Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Swallowtail by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Swallowtail by length and keyword.
green caterpillar
pupates....
yellow swallowtail
gardener's inner joy
non-traditional
Southern Butterfly
The Green dill gave him a thrilll
Caterpillars born
Caterpillars gone
Dill eaten none remains now
Empty stems no chance
swallowtail unseen
amidst pungent garden green
whilst darkness hardens
1/31/2020
Poetry Contest: Strict Haiku
Sponsored by: William Kekaula
i came to the Amazon to find myself
red swallowtail butterfly came to my aid
she gave me beauty, joy, and mirth
it was more than enough
it was everything
yellow and black flash
almost touching my shoulder
tiger swallowtail
Heidi Sands
6/22/25
(C)opyright
light lovely lithe luxurious swallowtail
flitting and fleeing among the zinnias
a zealot, zealously zipping amidst the gale
glancing gracefully at the gardenias
A lone
yellow swallowtail
loops in and away
to be seen no more~
the memory lingers
as a brief mention
of the flitting beauty
of everything
not seen~~
gorgeous swallowtail blue with your ebony tipped wings
showing your veins as you glide into the cone flowers
I am intrigued, excited, and thrilled
You are my call to spring
yellow swallowtail butterfly
clings to tiger lily's blossom
As I watered hanging flowers in garden’s space,
A tiger swallowtail landed in front of my face
My mind drifted off to a far away place
As I was mesmerized, by its fluttering grace
Heidi Sands
5/25/18
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Flashes of yellow
Trimmed in black floats, rest, flies, rest....
Yellow Lantana
Butterfly floating
Southern Blue Swallowtail Lays
Love on Meadow Rue
Soon caterpillars
Stinking like skunk munch and munch
Meadow Rue for lunch
The air is filled
Miniture blue sailing off
To mate for their day
Creeping from leaf to leaf
Calculating its moves
Creating its next phase…
Chrysalis born anew
Casting forth butterfly!
Common name swallowtail,
Character is to soar.
8/22/16
Pleiades C contest
Sponsor Kim Merryman
a waterfall flows
from mountainside to ocean -
distant reggae song
clear waters light sky -
where blue meets turquoise vista
a swallowtail hums
Written 6/22/20
Contest - Summer Haiku
Sponsor - Tania Kitchin
bird poop
covering the orange tree –
giant swallowtail
We had these caterpillars on our little citrus tree until heavy rains washed them away. :( We were hoping for flying flowers!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYE15ktObVQ
One tiny purple pom becoming
food for butterflies and thought
stretches out her long lilac colored fingers to get her first taste of the sun
she smiles as she blooms
The tiger swallowtail flutters excitedly around her, announcing her arrival
*The photo is much more clear, but when I upload it, it only shows the URL. Then when I copy, it is blurry.
Pink, Fuchsia flowers
Blossom in the hanging plant
Above the garden
Where the Tiger Swallowtail
Decides to visit today
Heidi Sands
7/18/20
swallowtail was sent by my spirit guides
she flitted and fluttered from lily to roses
flirting with every blossom in the garden
I could see her aura, and knew she was angelic
being clairaudient, I could hear her heartbeat
she was proof of life beyond the physical realm
A butterly I chanced to spy
Where daisies by the roses bloom
'Twas a swallowtail that flew by
That butterfly I chanced to spy
He sipped the roses' nectar dry
Onward he danced and went vroom
A butterfly I chanced to spy
Where daisies by the roses bloom
Butterflies
~~~~~~~~~
Swallowtail a family title
Demeanor so majestic
Chrysalis only stage three
Still a new beginning no end
On the wind they are respected
For a time beyond our ken
From here to there they are
Ranging both near and far
As a species so grand was named
Windsome monarchs they are.
The Tiger Swallowtail visits me every day
Kissing each flower, along its way
Fluttering through my yard, in a happy flight
Lifting my spirit with every sight
So delicate, in its freedom to fly
Creating its own dance, on air up high
I stop to watch, every time it passes by
Wishing to be just like the butterfly
Heidi Sands
6/19/20
The swallowtail was given the task of breaking the news of a possible disaster to the meadow people.
“Why me?” Swallowtail wondered. There is nothing special about me. She began to plot.
How could she tell them in the easiest way, without hurting feelings? She began to plan.
How will they take the news? She asked herself. Where will they go? What will they do?
By the time she figured out how to gently break it to them, the tornado was over.
The Yellow Swallowtail Butterfly kissed the Lantana
Light its flight carried by the wind lands 'pon my bandana
No nourishment but the butterfly lingers
Gently the Swallowtail flies to land 'pon the Purple Flock
Drinks nectar from the honeyed bloom then touches 'pon windsock
Off in flight comes once again lands 'pon my fingers
Sponsor: Gail Doyle
Contest: Butterfly Kisses
Rhyming couplets in a form of poulter's measure
With a interlocking tail rhyme
Don't call me immigrant
Call me cherry tree
With pink and white cherry blossoms
Don't call me immigrant
Call me sunny butterfly
With swallowtail
Don't call me immigrant
Call me yellowtail snapper
In the cold waters of Florida
Don't call me immigrant
For Pradesh the taxi driver may not come
Pavlov, so well dress, may not open the door
The coffee may not bring vodka nor rum
And your children may not see Tina anymore
Don't call me immigrant
I am just a cloud laden with your rain.