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# Human Wishes (American Poetry Series)

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## Customer Reviews

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    On Hass
  

*by F***R on Reviewed in the United States on December 31, 2002*

Robert Hass (UC Berkeley, English Dept.) is a wonderful poet and teacher. Human Wishes demonstrates that he is one of the most interesting poets on the scene today. His verse is vibrant and energetic. I highly recommend this collection of poems. Also, Hass has done much to introduce poetry to the general public.Hass is a Northern California poet who has an eye for subtle movements in the natural world. Whether his setting is Tacoma, WA or Mt. Tamalpais, he always manages to capture images of life at its most fundamental source. For example, in "Spring Rain": "...the light will enlarge your days, your dreams at night will / be as strange as the jars of octopus you saw once in a fisherman's boat / under the summer moon...."The strongest work here is the prose poems, such as "Museum" (describing a couple at a Kathe Kollwitz exhibit), "Human Wishes" ("This morning the sun rose over the garden wall and a rare blue sky leaped from east to west"), "Tall Windows," and "The Harbor at Seattle."Also, the third section of this little book contains some gems, such as "Misery and Spendour," "Santa Barbara Road," and "Berkeley Eclogue."Hass loves word craft and the spirit that inhabits diverse poetic voices. His enthusiasm and zeal for the 'poetic' is much felt in this rich, little volume. In reading Hass, one feels as if the printed page could crawl or even perhaps fly away with the beautiful life that is found there.I also recommend: C. Milosz, R. Jeffers, and A. Zagajewski.

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    One of the best books of poetry ever
  

*by G***R on Reviewed in the United States on November 11, 2000*

Hass shows us why it's more important to release a great book every decade or so than to publish a mediocre one annually.  This is absolutely one of the best collections of poetry ever.  It blurs the line between prose and poetry in its pages, so I recommend it to fans of fiction as well as fans of poetry.You can do much worse than to emulate Robert Hass.

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    Confessional?
  

*by E***D on Reviewed in the United States on July 10, 2006*

It is debatable whether or not this collection of poems is confessional or not. However, I feel that is not the important thing. What is important is that Hass has taken events in his life and emotions and forces the reader to feel and see them as well. It causes one to look at things in a different way, a new way.These are great poems, be it to read deeply and study, or to just read them casually and sink into the emotions and thoughts Hass' words provoke.A must for any collection of poetic works.

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