Nine Horses: Poems

COLLINS, Billy

ISBN 10: 0375503811 / ISBN 13: 9780375503818

Published by Random House, New York, 2002

About this Item

First edition. Softcover. Advanced Reading Copy. Another impressive collection of poetry from the former Poet Laureate of the United States. A near fine copy in wrappers with a light crease to the top front corner and a very small and faint stain to the rear panel but otherwise a fresh unread copy.

Seller Inventory # 162134

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Nine Horses: Poems
• Publisher: Random House, New York
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0375503811
• ISBN 13: 9780375503818
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Seller catalogs:
  • Poetry

About this title

Synopsis

Nine Horses, Billy Collins’s first book of new poems since Picnic, Lightning in 1998, is the latest curve in the phenomenal trajectory of this poet’s career. Already in his forties when he debuted with a full-length book, The Apple That Astonished Paris, Collins has become the first poet since Robert Frost to combine high critical acclaim with broad popular appeal. And, as if to crown this success, he was appointed Poet Laureate of the United States for 2001–2002, and reappointed for 2002–2003.

What accounts for this remarkable achievement is the poems themselves, quiet meditations grounded in everyday life that ascend effortlessly into eye-opening imaginative realms. These new poems, in which Collins continues his delicate negotiations between the clear and the mysterious, the comic and the elegiac, are sure to sustain and increase his audience of avid readers.

About the Author

Billy Collins is the author of six collections of poetry, including Sailing Alone Around the Room; Questions About Angels; The Art of Drowning; and Picnic, Lightning. He is a Distinguished Professor of English at Lehman College of the City University of New York. Collins is the Poet Laureate of the United States.