adjective. Assured; composed.

adjective. Held balanced or steady in readiness.

adjective. Possessing poise, having self-confidence.

adjective. Ready, prepared.

adjective. in full control of your faculties

adjective. marked by balance or equilibrium and readiness for action

"And if the cover art foreshadows the style of this gargantuan cotton-candy novel, the title poised between horse and skyline suggests the allusive, striving nature of the themes to come: Shakespeare's romance of resurrection will be only the most conspicuous swatch in a patchwork of Renaissance fairy tale, Victorian saga, Vonnegutian fable, and dreamy surrealism in the Latin American manner."

balanced  composed  

ass-kicking  business-labor  counterscarp  fortis  free-thinking  

apoise  arrogant  assured  balance  balanced  

poise