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Black Swallowtail Caterpillars


Meandering my garden one day I was shocked,
to see caterpillars crawling all over my parsley plants,
and as though that was not enough they found my dill too,
and they were not just crawling ... they were chomping away.

Quickly, six caterpillars were eating my parsley,
and were working on my dill plants right beside it,
as I was trying

Categories: swallowtail, garden,
Form: Verse

thank you red swallowtail

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

Categories: swallowtail, butterfly,
Form: Free verse

Swallowtail

a swallowtail
silently shouts pure beauty
gracing my garden

Categories: swallowtail, butterfly, garden,
Form: Haiku

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

The Mustard Seed

The mustard seed 

a wild mustard seed took flight 
carried aloft in gathering light 
over thistle'd sage and poppies  
in countless colorful copies

as brash rain showers subside 
the retreat of angry clouds abide
scolded by the Northern wind 
in search of infinity's final end

once barren hills, now painted gold
snow geese forage with fledgling fold

Categories: swallowtail, children, earth, flower, nursery
Form: Couplet

Swallowtail Butterfly Scatter Amid Garden

swallowtail unseen
amidst pungent garden green
whilst darkness hardens



1/31/2020


Poetry Contest: Strict Haiku  
Sponsored by: William Kekaula

Categories: swallowtail, butterfly, garden, night,
Form: Haiku

Giant Swallowtail

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

Categories: swallowtail, butterfly, fruit, insect,
Form: Haiku

Yellow Swallowtail

yellow swallowtail
slurps purple butterfly bush...
storm brews rain descents

Categories: swallowtail, nature,
Form: Haiku

The Zebra Swallowtail Butterflies

They float rather than fly with their kite-tailed long wings,
watch them descending on tulips, blueberries and lilacs: 
these butterflies are yellow-green striped and love pawpaw trees;
imagine Nature without their fluttering sounds and stunning colors!    


The zebra swallowtail butterflies work too hard as they constantly move,
sipping the sweet nectar found on flowers and

Categories: swallowtail, friendship, nature, places, seasons,
Form: Rhyme

Yellow Swallowtail Flashes

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                                                 Flashes of yellow

Categories: swallowtail, imagination, inspirational, mystery, nature,
Form: Haiku

The Southern Blue Swallowtail

Southern Butterfly
The Green dill gave him a thrilll 
Caterpillars born

Caterpillars gone
Dill eaten none remains now
Empty stems no chance

Categories: swallowtail, nature
Form: Haiku

Southern Blue Swallowtail

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

Categories: swallowtail, natureblue,
Form: Haiku