Friday, April 30, 2010

Open

Open...

Row Home Grown

Row home grown...

Elaborate Lattice

Elaborate lattice...

Wrought Iron Red Brick

Wrought iron red brick...

Act III (4-30-2010)

Act III of "The Artist and Her Progeny"
begins with " The Artist " listening
to other Confessional Poets:
Allen Ginsberg and Robert Lowell...

Neighborhood Yellow Locust

Neighborhood yellow locust...

Coordined Off

Coordined off...

Reflecting Pool

Reflecting pool...

Life Behind an iPhone

Life behind an iPhone...

Good Fences

Good fences...

Clustered Buttercups

Clustered buttercups...

Reserved Parking

Reserved parking...

Act II (4-30-2010)

Act II of "The Artist and Her Progeny"
begins with " The Artist " listening
to the Confessional Poetry
of Sylvia Plath and Anne Sexton...

Today's Episode (4-30-2010)

Today's Episode of " The Artist
and Her Progeny " begins with
" The Artist " listening to her
produced voice memo of the poem,
" Boom " for " The Victims of The
Spill " with Tia Dalma overlaid with
" The Artist's Spoken Poem "...

Wardrobe (4-30-2010)

Today's Wardrobe Mistress Picture...

Today's Writing Table (4-30-2010)

" Today's Writing Table "

Booms

" Booms "

by Suzán Jiván

for Victims of The Spill

Promise seen
intervening
in deepwater
with a meandering
ring pealing in harmony.

Thursday, April 29, 2010

Extreme Close Up

Extreme close up...

Bleached Out Bleeding Heart

Bleached out bleeding heart...

Act III (4-29-2010)

Act III of " The Artist and Her Progeny"
begins with " The Artist " listening
to the swashbuckling music of
Hans Zimmer in " Pirates of the
Caribbean, Dead Man's Chest,
Tia Dalma" and dreaming of a Day at Cape May...

Twinkling Stars Front Yard

Twinkling stars, front yard...

White Iris, White Duck

White Iris, white duck...

Act II (4-29-2010)

Act II of "The Artist and Her Progeny"
begins with " The Artist " listening to her production of a voice memo
combining music from Cirque de Soleil with her original poem, "Stand
by Your Man, for All Dutiful Women"...

Today's Episode (4-29-2010)

Today's Episode of " The Artist
and Her Progeny " begins with
" The Artist " listening to her self-
produced voice memo poem she
made today by reciting her original Haiku-like poem, " Long Dark
Yellow Green " overlaid with " Devotion ";
composed by Erich Wolfgang Korngold
for the film " The Seahawk "...

Long Dark Yellow Green

" Long Dark Yellow Green "

by Suzán Jiván

for The Trees of North America

Long, dark
yellow-green
vigorous trees
resembling
sharp needles
with curving claws
in loamy soil.

Wardrobe (4-29-2010)

Today's Wardrobe Mistress Picture...

Today's Writing Table (4-29-2010)

Today's Writing Table...

Stand By Your Man

" Stand By Your Man "

by Suzán Jiván

for " All Dutiful Women "

A big if
of enormous proportion
as the canned platitudes
and language-mangling gaffes
of a lesser actor
get a solid laugh
captured
with an exacting,
" Stand by your man!"

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Nighty-Night

Nighty-night...

Night-Bloomers

Night bloomers...

Wading Pool

Wading pool...

Man Overboard

Man overboard...

Water Rescue

Water rescue...

Night-Lit Jungle Gym

Night-lit jungle gym...

Glorious Old Glory

Glorious Old Glory...

Nan na na na na

Na na na na na...

Barberry Monarch

Barberry monarch...

Act IV (4-28-2010)

Act IV of "The Artist and Her Progeny"
begins with Don Gibson singing,
" Sea of Heartbreak " with the key
lyric being,

" The lights in the harbor
Don't shine for me.
I'm like a lost ship,
Adrift on the sea..."

Act III (4-28-2010)

As Act III of "The Artist and Her Progeny" begins, " The Artist "
is listening to Don Gibson sing,
" Sea of Heartbreak " the key
lyric being,

" Oh, what I'd give
to sail back to shore;
Back to your arms once more..."

Reflective Window

Reflective window...

Stained Glass, White Azalea

Stained glass, white azalea...

Blessed Bench

Blessed bench...

Azalea Steps

Azalea steps...

Foiled Again

Foiled again...

Ripening Berries

Ripening berries...

Intense Reds

Intense reds...

Shades of Gray

Shades of gray...

Act II (4-28-2010)

Act II of "The Artist and Her Progeny"
begins with " The Artist " listening
to Don Gibson singing, " Sea of
Heartbreak " with the key lyric being:

" Oh come to my rescue;
Come here to me,
Take me and keep me,
Away from the sea..."

Blue Boxing Through

Blue boxing through...

Blue Fading Through

Blue fading through...