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The Kingfisher

Kingfisher blue,
    Was it you
Or a scrap of the sky
    Flashed by,
Kingfisher blue?

Notes

From ALL THE OTHER CHILDREN, by Cicely Fox Smith, published by Methuen & Co., London, UK, © 1933, p. 66.

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  • I-Like-Rhymes Moderators member
    March 14

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    Anyone who has glimpsed a kingfisher winging it's way past in the blink of an eye can appreciate the origin of Miss Fox Smith's question.