Poor Patriarch by Susie Patlove : American Life in Poetry #245 Ted Kooser, U.S. Poet Laureate 2004-2

I love the way the following poem by Susie Patlove opens, with the little rooster trying to “be what he feels he must be.”  This poet lives in Massachusetts, in a community called Windy Hill, which must be a very good place for chickens, too. Poor Patriarch

The rooster pushes his head