I really enjoy poems about butterflies; they are often very dreamy and beautiful. Some poems about butterflies are also quite sad. This post will compile the butterfly poems I find most captivating, as well as the most liked and viewed butterfly poems on TikTok. If you enjoy them, please leave a comment!
Famous poems about butterflies
To a Butterfly
by William Wordsworth
I’VE watched you now a full half-hour;
Self-poised upon that yellow flower
And, little Butterfly! indeed
I know not if you sleep or feed.
How motionless!–not frozen seas
More motionless! and then
What joy awaits you, when the breeze
Hath found you out among the trees,
And calls you forth again!
This plot of orchard-ground is ours;
My trees they are, my Sister’s flowers;
Here rest your wings when they are weary;
Here lodge as in a sanctuary!
Come often to us, fear no wrong;
Sit near us on the bough!
We’ll talk of sunshine and of song,
And summer days, when we were young;
Sweet childish days, that were as long
As twenty days are now.
STAY near me–do not take thy flight!
A little longer stay in sight!
Much converse do I find in thee,
Historian of my infancy!
Float near me; do not yet depart!
Dead times revive in thee:
Thou bring’st, gay creature as thou art!
A solemn image to my heart,
My father’s family!
Oh! pleasant, pleasant were the days,
The time, when, in our childish plays,
My sister Emmeline and I
Together chased the butterfly!
A very hunter did I rush
Upon the prey:–with leaps and springs
I followed on from brake to bush;
But she, God love her, feared to brush
The dust from off its wings.
From Cocoon Forth a Butterfly
by Emily Dickinson
From Cocoon forth a Butterfly
As Lady from her Door
Emerged—a Summer Afternoon—
Repairing Everywhere—
Without Design—that I could trace
Except to stray abroad
On Miscellaneous Enterprise
The Clovers—understood—
Her pretty Parasol be seen
Contracting in a Field
Where Men made Hay—
Then struggling hard
With an opposing Cloud—
Where Parties—Phantom as Herself—
To Nowhere—seemed to go
In purposeless Circumference—
As ’twere a Tropic Show—
And notwithstanding Bee—that worked—
And Flower—that zealous blew—
This Audience of Idleness
Disdained them, from the Sky—
Till Sundown crept—a steady Tide—
And Men that made the Hay—
And Afternoon—and Butterfly—
Extinguished—in the Sea—
Butterfly
by D.H. Lawrence
Butterfly, the wind blows sea-ward,
strong beyond the garden-wall!
Butterfly, why do you settle on my
shoe, and sip the dirt on my shoe,
Lifting your veined wings, lifting them?
big white butterfly!
Already it is October, and the wind
blows strong to the sea
from the hills where snow must have
fallen, the wind is polished with
snow.
Here in the garden, with red
geraniums, it is warm, it is warm
but the wind blows strong to sea-ward,
white butterfly, content on my shoe!
Will you go, will you go from my warm
house?
Will you climb on your big soft wings,
black-dotted,
as up an invisible rainbow, an arch
till the wind slides you sheer from the
arch-crest
and in a strange level fluttering you go
out to sea-ward, white speck!
Mariposa
by Edna St. Vincent Millay
Butterflies are white and blue
In this field we wander through.
Suffer me to take your hand.
Death comes in a day or two.
All the things we ever knew
Will be ashes in that hour,
Mark the transient butterfly,
How he hangs upon the flower.
Suffer me to take your hand.
Suffer me to cherish you
Till the dawn is in the sky.
Whether I be false or true,
Death comes in a day or two.
A Caterpillar
by Matsuo Bashō
A caterpillar,
this deep in fall-
still not a butterfly.
The Butterfly
by Alice Freeman Palmer
I hold you at last in my hand,
Exquisite child of the air.
Can I ever understand
How you grew to be so fair?
You came to my linden tree
To taste its delicious sweet,
I sitting here in the shadow and shine
Playing around its feet.
Now I hold you fast in my hand,
You marvelous butterfly,
Till you help me to understand
The eternal mystery.
From that creeping thing in the dust
To this shining bliss in the blue!
God give me courage to trust
I can break my chrysalis too!
The Butterfly
by Christina Rossetti
Brown and furry
Caterpillar in a hurry;
Take your walk
To the shady leaf or stalk.
May no toad spy you,
May the little birds pass by you;
Spin and die,
To live again a butterfly.
The Butterfly
by Eliza Lee Follen
“Butterflies are pretty things,
Prettier than you or I;
See the colors on his wings;
Who would hurt a butterfly?”
“Softly, softly, girls and boys;
He’ll come near us by and by;
Here he is, don’t make a noise;–
We’ll not hurt you, butterfly.”
Not to hurt a living thing,
Let all little children try;
See, again he’s on the wing;
Good by! pretty butterfly!
Famous butterflies poems on Tiktok
Butterfly by PKL
@peoplealwaysdisappoint A beautiful poem written by @PKL Proving that one does not need to compare themselves to others. We all bring our own unique beauty, talents, and skills. Take a moment to see the other short stories and poems by this author. #healing #moth #butterfly #shortstory #poem #booktok #bookrecommendations #viral #trending #selflove
Butterflies by Kori Jane
@korijanes “Butterflies” by me. One of my favorite things I’ve written. #poetry #poem #heartbroken #breakup #love #dating #foryourpage
Butterflies by @voiceguy
@yua_offiziell a beautiful garden #fyp #arabicpoetry #arabicpoem #lovepoetry #voiceguy
Funeral Poems about Butterflies
Butterflies In Heaven
By Linda Henry
When we lose our loved one’s they never die
For I know once Heaven takes their souls
The Dear Lord leaves a little of them here
To turn into beautiful butterflies
So they can be near our hearts
Blessed are those who can see the beauty
Of the life which has gone to what is “God’s Art”
When we look for the angels
They will send us Jesus’ love
I saw a butterfly today, my last prayer I gave away
Heaven is more than souls of our loved ones
When a father, mother, a brother, sister or child dies
Their hearts live in those who loved them
Ever grain of sand, every sunrise and sunset
All the good things we know and love
They all go to Jesus for Him to protect
As a gift, The Lord, lets us have a glimpse of those we love
For a brief moment in time, for a short while
A butterfly is seen at our window, sent from Heaven
Then we know, all is well with those we love.
Butterfly Kisses
by John F. Connor
Don’t Cry for me, please don’t be sad,
Hold on to the memories of the times we both had,
Don’t dwell on dark thoughts, hold on tight to your wishes
Sending you hugs and butterfly kisses.
I walk beside you, I am there all day long,
I am right here but you think that I am gone,
You don’t see me but I can see you,
What ever the problems are, I will see you though.
I am the wind in your hair, the sand in your toes,
Butterfly kisses that you feel on your nose
I am with you at sunrise and in sunset
But you cant see me is my one regret.
I sit right beside you when you are sad,
As you look through the photos of times we both had,
I watch you sleeping, I hold you so tight,
Before I go I kiss you goodnight.
I will watch you from heaven above,
Forever you will be my one true love
Hold on to your dreams and all your wishes
Sending you hugs and butterfly kisses.
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