Nine Horses
Poems
Random House Publishing Group · Print & ebook · October 14, 2003
In Nine Horses, Billy Collins, America’s Poet Laureate for 2001–2003, continues his delicate negotiation between the clear and the mysterious, the comic and the elegiac.
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- Who it’s for
- These poems find wit, mystery, and elegy in the ordinary moments we’re apt to overlook.
- Themes
- Everyday life, Hidden meaning in ordinary moments, The comic and the elegiac
- Pacing
- Reflective
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In Nine Horses, Billy Collins, America’s Poet Laureate for 2001–2003, continues his delicate negotiation between the clear and the mysterious, the comic and the elegiac. The poems in this collection reach dazzling heights while being firmly grounded in the everyday. Traveling by train, lying on a beach, and listening to jazz on the radio are the seemingly ordinary activities whose hidden textures are revealed by Collins’s poetic eye.
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With clarity, precision, and enviable wit, Collins transforms those moments we too often take for granted into brilliant feats of creative imagination. Nine Horses is a poetry collection to savor and to share.
Everyday, Re-seen
These poems find wit, mystery, and elegy in the ordinary moments we’re apt to overlook.
Come here for
- The quiet surprise of familiar scenes turned vivid
- A balance of comic lightness and elegiac feeling
Expect
- Clear, precise language with an easy wit
- Poems grounded in everyday experience
Where it sits
| American Poetry | 94% |
|---|---|
| Poetry | 35% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Poetry Criticism
- American Poetry
- Poetry - General Themes
- Authors
- Billy Collins
- Publisher
- Random House Publishing Group
- Published
- October 14, 2003
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Everyday life · Hidden meaning in ordinary moments · The comic and the elegiac
- Reading lane
- Poetry Criticism