Rose anew afresh, millennium sun <br />Casting bright technological rays akin <br />Shaken some, when others smiled, and <br />Adjusted who ever could, to ride straight on <br /> <br />The Kingfisher, the fishing King eminent <br />Abiding by up-held culture ‘n tradition <br />Catches fish by perching and watching <br />Found fish defy him, ere he sees them <br /> <br />Fish, growing wiser, smart and clever <br />Kingfisher, knowing, desired to be smarter <br />Thinking rationally, acting smart, to be better <br />Face circumstance, out of blues, like a cracker <br /> <br />Comes down from bough, a crumb, he found <br />Sits on the ground and throws it to pond <br />Waits, holding it beside, for the fish to get <br />Dreams, Kingfisher, of a plenteous catch<br /><br />Jayatissa Liyanage<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/cracker-kingfisher/
