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...smocks displaying the Harvard Facilities Maintenance Operations seal. Led by maid Maggie Holmes (Paige E. Martin ’11), “Cleaning Woman” presents an optimism lacking in earlier monologues as Martin sings of her hopes for her daughter and the future of a whole new generation...
This latest collection of new and selected poems provides an opportunity to take a retrospective look at his greatest works—recipients of decorations from the National Book Award to the Pulitzer Prize—from the past few decades. The book gathers Hass’s first five collections of poetry—“Field Guides,” “Praise,” “Human Wishes,” “Sun Under Wood,” and “Time and Materials,” and also includes...
Hass’s poetry remains as accomplished as ever. Like much of Hass’s previous work, the new poems included in “The Apple Trees at Olema” are devoted to the nuances of day-to-day life. The section of new work includes three poetic suites that are entitled “July Notebook: The Birds,” “August Notebook: A Death,” and “September Notebook: Stories.” It is as though Hass were a keen, observant scientist, jotting down the results...
Although most of the new poems in “The Apple Trees at Olema,” are more or less narratives, Hass’s eye for detail in his portrayals of human relationships is just as keen as in his more scientifically based descriptions of nature. “Some of David’s Story” tells the account of a man named David as he falls in and out of love with his former lover. By specifying the name of this character and by including details throughout the poem, such as the specific kind...
Although Hass’s section of new poems does not seem as polished and schematized as the segments selected from his previous collections, its slightly rougher quality helps the poet present his work as if he were giving his reader a privileged view into his private journals. The new poems of “The Apple Trees at Olema” show that Robert Hass continues to write verse that approaches both the natural and the human world with a close, scientific eye. This new collection is a celebration of the beauty he finds in the order of both...