Rose Petals And Elephant Ears: A Chapbook Of Poems About Beta Fish And Other Animals

For some years, I loved and lost beta fish, twelve tanks of them, whom I tended and watched, knowing they live not more than five years in captivity. I thereby helped myself to accept my age. As I used the fish to try and get used to departure, waning and weakness, hanging on, and finally the sudden stiffness and pallor that signals life has ended, I felt a connection and gratitude to these small and almost always beautiful beings. I wrote about them, and the writing became more and more testimonial. One of my cousins could not imagine how I could have a pet I could not even touch. But these pets were different: my fish are about going on in straitened circumstances. These poems are a record of my wonder and my thanks and admiration.

• • Author: Elizabeth Anne Socolow
• • Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• • Publication Date: Oct 11, 2016
• • Number of Pages: 44 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Paperback
• • ISBN-10: 1537576747
• • ISBN-13: 9781537576749