The Roman poet Horace once said that the exceptional writer was one who could wield ordinary words so skillfully that, in his hands, the ordinary was made new.

Now we can add to the list 35 of the most prominent contemporary poets, including nine Pulitzer Prize winners and four former U.S. poet laureates. J.D. McClatchy's "Horace: The Odes," is the book ...

Horace by Peter Stothard: Plump, playboy poet who was in love with wine and the sunshine. By CHRISTOPHER HART . Published: 19:02 EDT, 15 May 2025 | Updated: 19:02 EDT, 15 May 2025 ...

Horace, though born on the other side of Italy, was a Roman patriot; and it is an interesting fact, and a cheering one for Americans, that, the very provinces which, twenty-five years before his ...

Horace's collected odes, like the Bible, have longed to be translated by committee. Horace is a charmer who can talk about morals without being priggish; who can subvert orotundity with thoughts ...

The Roman satirist and poet Horace, subject of Harry Eyres' 'Horace and Me' Credit: Photo: Getty Images The Roman poet Horace was short, prematurely grey, and sexually ambivalent. He was a friend ...

books@dallasnews.com. Horace and Me. Life LessonsFrom an Ancient Poet. Harry Eyres. Advertisement (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $25) ex.co script has been added to the page. More about: Life.

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