Poetry

Echoes of the Lost

Posted by Shawn Olson on Apr 23, 2019 | Last Updated Apr 23, 2019

Poem about loved ones lost.

Barry Childs-Helton

Pictures of a Minstrel-at-Arms

Posted by Shawn Olson on Nov 10, 2015 | Last Updated Nov 10, 2015

A short profile of Barry Childs-Helton from a fan.

barry childs-helton, filk, album, wild mercy, the summers behind you

This Art is Alive

Posted by Shawn Olson 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.

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

Hiding in the Cracks

Posted by Shawn Olson on Feb 28, 2012 | Last Updated Feb 28, 2012

A poem about the illusion of discontinuity; questioning the static.

Infection of the Heart

Posted by Shawn Olson on Nov 9, 2008 | Last Updated Nov 12, 2011

Poem about despair and the false questions that can lead us into the darkest areas of the human heart. A poem for Vince Kingrea, who sadly took his own life.

despair, suicidal, depression