The Harvest Jeff Holt 9780615615486 Books
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There is a good deal of darkness in Jeff Holt's poems, yet his sprightliness of language and his gift for form can make them an invigorating experience for the reader. ~ Richard Wilbur In this collection of startling and superb poems, Jeff Holt has succeeded in speaking for a multitude of the silent, those who can least speak for themselves in this or any society. And he's done it in such authentic terms that the reader is at once spellbound, repelled, compelled and wholly persuaded. Whether these poems--many of them flawless examples of strict forms--convey the voices of the abused or the abuser, betrayed or betrayer, wily plotter or bewildered survivor, each invites the reader into a situation--a life--that Holt understands intimately, thanks to his years of work with the people he portrays. More important still, his words bequeath to the reader his own compassionate, hard-won and frustrated concern for those we seldom see or hear, as only genuine poetry can. Read this book. Once the shock passes, you'll be profoundly grateful you did. ~ Rhina P. Espaillat
The Harvest Jeff Holt 9780615615486 Books
For a new poet to be endorsed by Richard Wilbur, who at 91 might easily be considered the greatest living American poet, is a most remarkable event.But the work of Jeff Holt, already found in several literary anthologies and a multitude of journals both print and online, clearly merits that endorsement.
Holt's versatility and technical skill in the difficult villanelle, sonnet, and sestina forms are evident throughout the collection, but the extremity of the situations portrayed in these polished poems exerts a pressure from within that shocks the reader into new awareness of how desperate the human enterprise can become. One remembers the title of Harlan Ellison's great science fiction story, "I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream." The villains and the victims in these poems would never speak these words aloud, but Holt has taken their innermost thoughts, wrapped them beautifully in verse packages, and presented them to us--packages that will alter the world of anyone who dares to unwrap these literary IEDs.
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The Harvest Jeff Holt 9780615615486 Books Reviews
I am proud to say, I once had an office next to Jeff's. He kept me entertained and enlightened with his humor, his clinical expertise, and his love of prog music. And yes, at times he let me read some of his poetry. This complilation of his writings brings together the themes, perceptions, and startling-deep emotions of this most interesting person. No more excerpts or short versions; we finally have a symphony.
Something always seems to temper Holt's rather bleak landscapes in The Harvest so that after he's taken you through failed marriages told from several points of view, a friend's betrayal, an avuncular pedophile, a stalker, a psychiatric facility filled with troubled, neglected children, and a mass murder, among other circles of modern hell, he'll leave you feeling lucky to have come across this book.
"The Stalker's Villanelle," the chilling account of a man who's about to kill his former wife, has already won critical acclaim and is probably going to enjoy a long life in the anthologies. Of the sonnets, of which there are more than a dozen, there are a number of standouts including "Take Me," the heart-rending but clear-eyed account of a social worker's visit with troubled boys, and "Our Murder," about the details and "sensible absurdities" of divorce, which begins, "The deadliest smile that ever scaled a face", and ends "Our talking now is just a hollow show; / We murdered conversation weeks ago."
There is light verse here as well and Holt is sometimes very funny, most of all when he's making fun of himself, as in "Godot Revisited." But it's the surgical strikes he performs on himself and others you'll remember longest, I suspect. I bought this book twice because it got soaked in my backpack during a storm, and I knew I'd want it around to dip into now and then. It's dark, yes, but not cold. A fine book.
For a new poet to be endorsed by Richard Wilbur, who at 91 might easily be considered the greatest living American poet, is a most remarkable event.
But the work of Jeff Holt, already found in several literary anthologies and a multitude of journals both print and online, clearly merits that endorsement.
Holt's versatility and technical skill in the difficult villanelle, sonnet, and sestina forms are evident throughout the collection, but the extremity of the situations portrayed in these polished poems exerts a pressure from within that shocks the reader into new awareness of how desperate the human enterprise can become. One remembers the title of Harlan Ellison's great science fiction story, "I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream." The villains and the victims in these poems would never speak these words aloud, but Holt has taken their innermost thoughts, wrapped them beautifully in verse packages, and presented them to us--packages that will alter the world of anyone who dares to unwrap these literary IEDs.
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