Revelations: Poems

• Main Author: Olson, Ted
• Published: Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University 2012
• Subjects: revelations; poems; poetry; literature; fiction; regional; united states; Appalachian Studies; Creative Writing; Poetry
• Online Access: https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu_books/78; http://amzn.com/0984783687

Revelations: Poems, Appalachian poet Ted Olson’s second full-length poetry collection, contains eleven chapters of seven poems per chapter. Plying various forms and exhibiting a strong sense of musicality, these poems explore such themes as childhood, family, memory, love, nature, ritual, and visions both literal and spiritual. Olson’s poems provide surprising snapshots of a shared world that is all-too-often ignored or unexplored. In the words of literary critic James Owens, “We need Ted Olson. In his truest voice, he is a visionary poet, restlessly prying at the dim everyday with the shiny edge of intelligent illumination. His poems locate the connections and epiphanies, right there where they have always been, unseen until now and waiting for the right eye to find them, the right tongue to give them clarity and form.” === https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu_books/1034/thumbnail.jpg