Growing Up
Posted on Jun 4, 2003 | Last Updated Nov 19, 2011
These are stories about moments in my life as I grew up.
Blood of unshackled love
Posted on Feb 6, 2003 | Last Updated Oct 31, 2011
Poem by Shawn Olson.
love poem, shawn olson poetry
A bankrupt soul
Posted on Oct 19, 2002 | Last Updated Oct 30, 2011
A poem on inner emptiness that comes with a single-minded obsession with materialism.
bankrupt soul poem, loneliness, shallow heart, greed, materialism
He Whom I Know
Posted on Oct 19, 2002 | Last Updated Oct 30, 2011
Poem on personal identity and the paradox between our inner self and the persona we share with the world around us.
personal identity poem, shadows, vagrant, soul
Who is she
Posted on Oct 19, 2002 | Last Updated Oct 30, 2011
A poem about a father who abandoned his daughter almost 30 years ago.
poem, poetry, absentee parent, absentee father, deadbeat father
Look to Tomorrow
Posted on Aug 21, 2003 | Last Updated Oct 31, 2011
Poem on using the past as a tool to guide tomorrow.
past and future, poem, poetry, shawn olson
Where are you now?
Posted on Nov 5, 2003 | Last Updated Nov 1, 2011
A poem on emotional fatigue and self-doubt.
where are you now, poem by shawn olson, poetry, emotional fatigue, self doubt