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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.

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personal identity poem, shadows, vagrant, soul

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.

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bankrupt soul poem, loneliness, shallow heart, greed, materialism

Grit

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

Poem on self.

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self identity poem, shawn olson poetry, poems, poetic

Self

A Collection of Self-Reflections
Posted on Jun 4, 2003 | Last Updated Apr 24, 2013

Poems analyzing myself.

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self, myself, self-reflection

Crazy World

Posted on Aug 26, 2004 | Last Updated Nov 7, 2011

Essay on the turmoil of our world today and the current trend of escalating hatred, nationalism and xenophobia.

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xenophobia, nationalism, hatred, crazy world, political essay, society

The Paradox of Cultural Relativism

Posted on Oct 19, 2002 | Last Updated Oct 30, 2011

An skeptical essay on the paradox of cultural relativism when taken to an extreme. My stance is that cultural relativism is only valid in a limited scope and should not be used to justify barbaric and supertitious societies.

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cultural relativism, paradoxical relativism

Free World

Posted on Dec 16, 2002 | Last Updated May 17, 2006

The First Installment of Free World.

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Free World

Ambitions and Weekends

Posted on Jun 9, 2008 | Last Updated Nov 12, 2011

Essay on being self-aware and realizing that the human psyche has some hardwired contradictions and paradoxes.

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human, self-aware

Where are you now?

Posted on Nov 5, 2003 | Last Updated Nov 1, 2011

A poem on emotional fatigue and self-doubt.

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where are you now, poem by shawn olson, poetry, emotional fatigue, self doubt

A Shallow Mess

Posted on Jan 13, 2005 | Last Updated Nov 8, 2011

Poem about the charlatans running this world.

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shallow mess, poem, poetry, world politics, humanity
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