in a toyless cage
the parakeet discovers
a feather to twirl
— Sydell Rosenberg, see Wing Strokes Haiku
Photo by Dibya Prakash Sethy, Creative Commons, via Unsplash. Post was reprinted by permission of Amy Losak on March 17, 2023, in Every Day Poems.
The need and ability to make something from nothing. Such a vivid image. For me, this is one part heart-breaker, (A "toyless cage" -- Why? Someone, help this bird out!), and two parts inspiring (look what this bird's discovered she can do, and look at the writer who created all this as well).