Nine Horses

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2003
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Billy Collins is one of the world's most popular poets. While his poems often begin in the everyday and domestic, fans know that they might end anywhere - and that they will lift their heads from the book to a world startlingly different from the one they had left moments before. Billy Collins' previous collection, Taking Off Emily Dickinson's Clothes , was an extraordinary success, introducing thousands of readers to his exhilarating poetry for the first time. By turns wildly funny and intensely moving, Nine Horses looks set to win Billy Collins even more admirers. 'Billy Collins is one of my favorite poets in the world' - Carol Ann Duffy. 'Delightfully direct, he won't lose you in his lyricism but will transport you to a better place' - The Times .

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Billy Collins is one of the world's most popular poets. While his poems often begin in the everyday and domestic, fans know that they might end anywhere - and that they will lift their heads from the book to a world startlingly different from the one they had left moments before. Billy Collins' previous collection, "Taking Off Emily Dickinson's Clothes", was an extraordinary success, introducing thousands of readers to his exhilarating poetry for the first time. By turns wildly funny and intensely moving, "Nine Horses" looks set to win Billy Collins even more admirers. 'Billy Collins is one of my favorite poets in the world' - Carol Ann Duffy. 'Delightfully direct, he won't lose you in his lyricism but will transport you to a better place' - "The Times".

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 144
Edition: Reprints
Publisher: Picador
Published: 21 Mar 2003
ISBN 10: 033041304X
ISBN 13: 9780330413046
Prizes: Shortlisted for Forward Poetry Prize for Best Collection 2003.

Media Reviews

`Billy Collins is one of my favourite poets in the world' Carol Ann Duffy
`Delightfully direct, he won't lose you in his lyricism but will transport you to a better place' The Times

Author Bio

Billy Collins has received fellowships from the New York Foundation for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation. A professor of English at Lehman College, he was appointed Poet Laureate of the United States for 2001-2003. He lives with his wife in Westchester County, NY.