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title: "1 Alacrity Quotes By Michael Collier"
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> [The poems in Helena Mesa’s virtuosic first book, Horse Dance Underwater, run with such speed, verve, and alacrity they leave you breathless, exhilarated, and transformed as if the purest kind of song had lifted you into the air. By this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-collier/the-poems-in-helena-mesa-s-virtuosic-first-book-horse-dance/)

Michael Collier

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## More by Michael Collier

> [The poems in Helena Mesa’s virtuosic first book, Horse Dance Underwater, run with such speed, verve, and alacrity they leave you breathless, exhilarated, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-collier/the-poems-in-helena-mesa-s-virtuosic-first-book-horse-dance/)

Michael Collier

> [Paul Otremba’s remarkable first book, The Currency, is an intriguing foray into lyric epistemology that tries to come to ter ms with the implacable,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-collier/paul-otremba-s-remarkable-first-book-the-currency-is-an-intriguing/)

Michael Collier

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