Blue-Butterfly Day

by Robert Lee Frost — a poem card from Justes Mots

A vivid celebration of spring when blue butterflies flood the landscape with more color than flowers, described as flying flowers that sing. Frost's brief lyric captures the exuberance and color of spring awakening with minimalist precision. Perfect for celebratory occasions emphasizing renewal, beauty, and natural joy.

It is blue-butterfly day here in spring,
And with these sky-flakes down in flurry on flurry
There is more unmixed color on the wing
Than flowers will show for days unless they hurry.

But these are flowers that fly and all but sing:
And now from having ridden out desire
They lie closed over in the wind and cling…

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