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Don't Go

Posted on Jul 8, 2003 | Last Updated Oct 31, 2011

Poem on forseen loss. I wrote this for my mother shortly before she died.

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poem on loss, death, old age, sickness

This Art is Alive

Posted on Apr 24, 2013 | Last Updated Apr 24, 2013

Poem about the nature of human interactions. We all want to impose ourselves, visions and beliefs onto others. But it is always a give-and-take adventure.

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communication, interaction, human, relations, relationship, paradigm, control

The animalism of our species

Posted on Sep 28, 2004 | Last Updated Nov 7, 2011

Response to the Eugene Armstrong beheading. Humans are not as civilized as we presume; we are sometimes more barbaric than animals.

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eugene armstrong, beheading, terrorists, terrorism, human nature, war, barbarism

They Walk Away

Posted on Jun 4, 2003 | Last Updated Nov 19, 2011

Sad poems about loss and death.

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The black, white and red of the colorblind society

Posted on Oct 25, 2005 | Last Updated Nov 8, 2011

An essay noting the state of the civil rights movement in the wake of Rosa Park's death.

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civil rights movement, rosa parks, racial tension, hatred, affirmative action, xenophobia

Notes From Cali

Posted on Jul 17, 2003 | Last Updated Oct 31, 2011

Death and Vegetables

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Armor Piercing Condoms

Posted on Dec 5, 2002 | Last Updated Oct 30, 2011

An uncouth cartoon about human nature, sex and capitalism.

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armor piercing condoms, sex cartoon

Unavoidable Night

Posted on Jan 20, 2003 | Last Updated Oct 31, 2011

A poem on nihilism by Shawn Olson.

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unavoidable night, nihilism, family, life, poem, poetry

Monster of Despair

Posted on May 5, 2003 | Last Updated Oct 31, 2011

A poem by Shawn Olson on keeping life in perspective in rough times.

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fighting, despair, personal loss, poem, poetry

My Phantom Greed

Posted on Feb 27, 2003 | Last Updated Oct 31, 2011

Poem on selfishness disguised as faith and charity.

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blind faith, selfishness, greed, poem, poetry
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