THE POETRY OF HORSES

by William-Ed. Cole ‧ RELEASE DATE: Oct. 19, 1979

Cole's 180-page anthology of horse poems has many times the number of selections that Hopkins (below) offers; it shows evidence of more industry, originality, and taste on the part of the compiler; and the book has an older look better suited to the likely horse-poem audience. As usual Cole digs up some yet uncollected but not inferior poems by well-known writers and some delightful surprises by lesser names; and he gives some coherence to the collection by organizing the entries according to broad categories--""Foals and Colts,"" ""Riders,"" ""Horse Laughs"" (many and hearty), ""Certain Special Horses"" (not famous individuals, but special to their celebrators), and so on. A likely favorite.

Pub Date: Oct. 19, 1979

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Scribners

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Oct. 1, 1979

Categories: NONFICTION