Thought I saw a bird, and stopped cycling <br />With one foot on pavement, was pleased <br />To see a bright, blue big kingfisher. <br />While watching it, felt a movement wing-stretch <br />On south side. It was another smaller one <br />This one was like a cormorant stretching <br />It's wings drawing my attention. <br />Had the pleasure of watching both birds, <br />One showing its bright blue back <br />And the other brown with flesh-colored beak. <br />Behind I could see the hop and dance <br />Of a black drongo with its split tail. <br />I remembered Joti my daughter who <br />Loves kingfishers to the extent of preferring <br />Them to golden orioles. <br /> <br />Suffused with the joy of bird watching, <br />I pedaled my cycle ahead for a few meters <br />And entered home, in Jasmine building. <br /> - - - - - - - - -<br /><br />Daniel Trevelyn Joseph<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/kingfisher-8/
