| Nine Horses: Poems Contributor(s): Collins, Billy (Author) |
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ISBN: 0375755209 ISBN-13: 9780375755200 Publisher: Random House Group OUR PRICE: $14.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2003 Annotation: 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. 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - General - Poetry | Subjects & Themes - General - Literary Criticism | Poetry |
| Dewey: 811.54 |
| Physical Information: 0.39" H x 5.24" W x 8.02" (0.26 lbs) 144 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. 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." |