Nine Horses: Poems
by Billy Collins
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Author: Billy CollinsEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2003-10-14
ISBN: 0375755209
Number of pages: 144
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
Book Reviews of Nine Horses: Poems
Book Review: A Good Collection of Modern Poetry
Summary: 4 Stars
Billy Collins is a very talented poet. He weaves together a collection of personal and contemplative poems that allow the reader to see how his mind works. The poems are a joy to read for their humour and clever choice of wording.
I am particular found of the poem, "Country" because it made me laugh out loud with the story he had to tell. My favorite line appeared, however, in another poem, "the marriage of knife and fork." I found this poetic and yet delightfully cheeky at the same time.
The only bit of negative criticism I can give is that some of the poems did not quite end, but seemed to meander off. I would have like more concrete thoughts to summarize the poems. This, however, may have been exactly what Collins was intending as he was just describing a moment with a poetic voice.
If you do not like free verse then you will not enjoy these poems. If you feel that poems should be very structured and have a deep universal meaning everytime then you will not like this collection. If you enjoy reading a story, catching a glimpse of the world through someone else's eyes or finding a bit of whimsy/humour in parsody then you will enjoy this collection.
Highly recommended.
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