“Clasping cold fingers
we would eye the hybrid lives of the zoo–
feather-toed hens, dwarf donkeys, kangaroo rats–
and dream a stampede of roaring ghost animals
in the Tiergarten on the run from the trains.”
-Mary Noonan from “At the Zoo”
Animal Acts- Charles Simic
Afternoons- Camille Yvette-Welsch
Inside the Dog- Tina Chang
Prodigal Dog- Mary Crockett Hill
Ars Poetica after a Dog- Patrick Rosal
The Half Tail of Winchester- Taylor Mali
I Want a Dog- Pet Shop Boys
Signs of Winter- Ron Bloomfield (read by John Clare)
Stuffed- Beth Gylys
Late Twentieth Century in the Form of Litany- Gabrielle Calvocoressi
Charmed- Yusef Komunyakaa
Sigmund Freud Writes a Postcard…- Megan Sexton
Cardinal Virtue- Nicky Beer
Habit- Jane Hirshfeld
A Love Supreme- Gabrielle Calvocoressi
Asking for More- Sarah Manguso
At the Zoo- Mary Noonan
The Lion Sleeps Tonight- The Kingston Trio
Fetal, Skeletal- Robert Pfeiffer
The Tyger- William Blake (read by Michael Sheen)
Polar Bear- Leon Stokesbury
Crazy Jane Meets a Bear- Jane Hilberry
A Hunger so Honed- Tracy K. Smith
Pastoral- David Roderick
And Dream of Sheep- Kate Bush
The Lamb- William Blake (read by Michael Sheen)
Shooting Turtles- Sarah Wetzel