A Poem A Day by Romilly Wilde

366 poems day-by-day for a leap year

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      “The Merchant and the Parrot” by Jalal al-Din Rumi, Persia (1207–1273)

      The parrot feigned death

      to win freedom.

      Wisdom wears feathers

      and flies

      when cages open.

      From A Poem A Day: Middle East & North Africa

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