***new poem*** Artificial Feathers of a Swan |
We are distant, especially compared to the eastern world, and when a person slips up and shows signs of not being distant, he/she gets banished. Individualism is so overemphasized that anyone else is ...
Posted by ¡¿ Roberto ?! on Wed, 14 May 2008 08:43:00 PST |
2008 - First Quarter Checkpoint |
There is much relief in knowing that something meaningful has been gained from a given amount of time. What it shows is that ones existence is not being lived in vain, but with substance, growth, and ...
Posted by ¡¿ Roberto ?! on Sun, 06 Apr 2008 09:50:00 PST |
Personal Freedom |
There are kids whom once released into a playground, never look back to see if the caregiver is still there. In psychology it's called having an "avoidant attachment" to the mother. In this stage of m...
Posted by ¡¿ Roberto ?! on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 05:20:00 PST |
Identity?! |
Fevers are good on occasion, serving to burn toxins in your body. And so a bit of existentialist muse is good for the mind, burning mental toxins. I often times ponder about my childhood and life expe...
Posted by ¡¿ Roberto ?! on Fri, 25 Jan 2008 03:04:00 PST |
Psychosexual Stages III (Phallic) |
This poem is a continuation of a series based from Freud's 5 stages of psychosexual development.Here's an excerpt from Freud's Psychosexual Stages of Development by David B. Stevenson: The phallic sta...
Posted by ¡¿ Roberto ?! on Thu, 17 Jan 2008 05:41:00 PST |
Introspection for 2007 |
If 2006 was the year of escape, trial & error, and exploration for me, then 2007 was one of downtime, mind fueling, and of careful fine-tuning. Despite being a more settled year (I remained in Ta...
Posted by ¡¿ Roberto ?! on Tue, 01 Jan 2008 12:35:00 PST |
Venus Encaged II |
Continuing on with the Venus Encaged series.Venus Encaged (cont.)II.Venus brings 'er French pedicured feetup to the plate. Like a land mine, it boomsnumbers voiced solely in euphemisms.As if affected,...
Posted by ¡¿ Roberto ?! on Tue, 30 Oct 2007 01:18:00 PST |
Venus Encaged I |
This is the first instalment of a series about the nature of females in society; definitely (more than males) victims of social expectation.Venus EncagedI.Halted from the door, a cosmetic tool-box whi...
Posted by ¡¿ Roberto ?! on Wed, 24 Oct 2007 05:38:00 PST |
Synchronous Mastication III (Parallel Mutation) -- Major Revision 7-10-7 |
This is a revision from my third poem in the Synchronous Mastication series. This series takes a look at mundane existence under another set of eyes--ones that spot a grotesque monster). In this parti...
Posted by ¡¿ Roberto ?! on Tue, 10 Jul 2007 02:32:00 PST |
Circular Metastasis (small edits 7-9-7) |
edits/additions in red*This is definitely one of my more involved poems. The picture painted is that of work and routine, and how, like a disease, it seems to turn everything into a mishmash. Over tim...
Posted by ¡¿ Roberto ?! on Tue, 26 Jun 2007 05:12:00 PST |
