Charles Olson

Poems for consideration

"Pacific Lament"

"I, Maximus of Gloucester, to You"

 

Olson on the Web

poems  

I don't find any of Olson's poem texts on the Web; if you do, let me know so I can link to them.  Copyright lawyers are earning their keep on this poet.

articles

  • Charles Olson: The Allegory of a Poet's Life Introduction by Robert Creeley

reading

poems at University of Pennsylvania

"I, Maximus, of Gloucester, to You"
"Songs of Maximus, Letter 1
"Letter 7
"Letter 10
"Letter 14
"Letter 15
"The Twist"
"Second Century Song"
"Anecdotes of Late War"
"The Love of Anat"
"O'Ryan Poems


This and other book jackets can be found at:  http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/m_r/olson/books.htm  

Selected Poetic Works
works in blue are available from the campus library

Call Me Ishmael (prose) City Lights 1947
In Cold Hell, in Thicket  1953
The Distances  1960
The Maximus Poems 1960
The Maximus Poems IV, V, VI 1968
The Maximus Poems, Volume 3   1975
The Maximus Poems  U of California P 1983
The Collected Poems of Charles Olson   1987
Selected Poems U of California P  1993
Collected Poems of Charles Olson Excluding the Maximus Poems U of California P  1997

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