We go regularly to try and see a kingfisher on the brook nearby.
Never have.
But often meet up with those who have...and feel a bit miffed that it's so elusive for us!
The brook is first seen at the bottom of the lane by The Potters House Penketh on Heath Road.
Kingfisher
I went looking each day for the kingfisher
where it had been
when it was seen
no sign no
joy when I went looking
I saw the skinny long-legged fisherman
his steely presence
stately gaze
coiling his neck in a waiting game
but never the fisher-king
by park
canal by river and brook
no splash of water
no flash of blue
nor was it seen on the brim of my ken
when I went looking
I saw swans glide and paddle their full-wings
poised posing
for artists cygnets behind
in a frothy wake
by some willow herb
but nowhere the Penketh bird
I am abandoned
covet the sight
long for his beauty
cut to the quick.
Geraldine Snape Jan 2021
