Twelve playful villanelles reflect a westerner's interpretation of the venerable Chinese Zodiac characters. Zodiac Zoo is guaranteed to expand your child’s vocabulary and quite possibly your own! The lyrical quality of this poetry style enhances read-aloud comfort levels. WHERE TIGERS BLOOM Tigers bloom where there’s oodles of room. It survives and thrives by pawky prowl. A caged enrage is a fandango fume. A Tiger can’t be swept back with a broom or run off by a mongrel’s hollow howl. Tigers bloom where there’s oodles of room. Sultry swamps or snowstorms won’t entomb the volume of a Tiger’s lusty yowl. A caged enrage is a fandango fume. Don’t presume tiger rugs beat broadloom; its toothsome maw is a grimace sans growl. Tigers bloom where there’s oodles of room. A Tiger’s stripes aren’t a con’s costume nor does it mask a scrappy scowl. A caged enrage is a fandango fume. Tiger eyes garner glints in the gloom and it will pounce on fair game or foul. Tigers bloom where there’s oodles of room. A caged enrage is a fandango fume.

Tiger eyes garner glints in the gloom and it will pounce on fair game or foul. Tigers bloom where there’s oodles of room. A caged enrage is a fandango fume.

Penelope Allen is a published poet who has written successfully on diverse topics and twice held the position of poetry editor. She lives in her adopted hometown of Ladysmith, British Columbia close to her son Kevin. Stephen Cassidy is a successful part-time artist with multiple skills. He earned a bachelor of general studies degree from the Athabasca University. Currently, he lives in Wawanesa, Manitoba, with his wife, Bonnie.