This crown of sonnets by Chris Solís Green is an astonishment of woe and hope. At turns timely, timeless, unique, universal, intimate, and grand, these poems enable us to step out of our human self-absorption to envision creation’s domain as the inclusive home we share with manatee, polar bear, mourning dove, and sloth. The haunted and haunting voices of The Dead Zoo will make you weep for all we’ve lost; but long after the tears have dried, we shall carry the book with us as we dedicate ourselves to shepherding into reality the long-forsaken promise of global harmony.

—Richard Jones