Horse and Rider: Poems

by Melissa Range

Book Overview

Horse and Rider takes its title from a passage in the book of Exodus: "Sing unto the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously; horse and rider he has cast into the sea." Melissa Range's poems explore violence and power, particularly as those concepts relate to religion and to the natural world. Her mixture of free and formal verse is populated with warriors, weapons, animals, and figures from the Bible and mythology. In a galloping triptych of ancient...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0896727858
• ISBN13: 9780896727854
• Release Date: February 2013
• Publisher: Texas Tech University Press
• Length: 88 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 4.9" x 8.8"