Funky Tacos: Poems

delivers free verse poems infused with a tangy flavor. Each bite packs an intense burst of poetic insight. With emotional registers that range from brief mindful moments to crashing, crushing hopelessness, this book gives some insight into the mind of a poet living with Borderline Personality Disorder. Striving for mental health without compromise, Ravnikar investigates how his own thoughts and moods generate challenges to the simplicity of being. You'll find within the book romantic poetry, love poetry and sad poetry. these poems center on the taste of astonishment at recognizing ourselves in the nourishment we turn to for everyday comfort. Who among us hasn't felt "alone along the river," or the hurried anxiety when we sense that "the field trip is leaving already"? touches on themes of mental health and aging even as it explores aesthetic dimensions of awkwardness.