Playing to Aspirations

" Playing to Aspirations "

by Suzán Jiván aka
Mom-Mom Suzán

for Kenny, Jimmy & Eric...

Playing to aspirations
like ancient reigns
in damp sand
and pale ash
compacted
as patterns...

Open Pattern

" Open Pattern "

by Suzán Jiván aka
Mom-Mom Suzán

for Kenny, Jimmy & Eric...

Open pattern
pallid patches
small black flats
more contrast...

Sagebrush Checkerspot

" Sagebrush Checkerspot "

by Suzán Jiván aka
Mom-Mom Suzán

for Kenny, Jimmy & Eric...

Sagebrush
checkerspot
pale orange
caterpillar black
arid grassland
host plant aster...

Scudder's Willow Sulphur

" Scudder's Willlow Sulphur "

by Suzán Jiván aka
Mom-Mom Suzán

for Kenny, Jimmy & Eric...

Scudder's willow sulphur
zone up
pink fringe spot rim...

Edges Scrub

" Edges Scrub "

by Suzán Jiván aka
Mom-Mom Suzán

for Kenny, Jimmy & Eric...

Edges scrub
emerald sulphur
sagebrush...

Tail Streamers

" Tail Streamers "

by Suzán Jiván

for Kenny, Jimmy & Eric...

Tail streamers
diving
from the air...

Smaller, Clean-cut

" Smaller, Clean-cut "

by Suzán Jiván aka
Mom-Mom Suzán

for Kenny, Jimmy & Eric...

Smaller, clean-cut
upper lower
over shoulder...

Long-bodied, Short-legged

" Long-bodied, Short-legged "

by Suzán Jiván aka
Mom-Mom Suzán

for Kenny, Jimmy, & Eric...

Long-bodied, short-legged
tapered
gray...

Active Solitary

" Active Solitary "

by Suzán Jiván aka
Mom-Mom Suzán

for Kenny, Jimmy & Eric...

Active solitary
except
for stretches
of desert...

Six Species

" Six Species "

by Suzán Jiván aka
Mom-Mom Suzán

for Kenny, Jimmy & Eric...

Six species
five alive
vaguely
horse-like
sexes alike
as primarily
migratory tribes...

In the Vicinity

" In the Vicinity "

by Suzán Jiván aka
Mom-Mom Suzán

for Kenny, Jimmy & Eric...

I

In the vicinity
more distinct
post-median
beliefs

II

Flowers leaves
canyons streams
ornamental species

III

Lodgepole
ponderosa
bog copper

IV

Diagonal mark
conifer forest
Great Basin

V

Rockies
composites
summits shrubs
incense and nectar...

Startled Dislodged

" Startled Dislodged "

by Suzán Jiván aka
Mom-Mom Suzán

for Kenny, Jimmy & Eric...

Crepuscular ring
twice as big
as underparts
with yellowish arms
startled dislodged...

Like Nicknames on Stationery

" Like Nicknames on Stationery "

by Suzán Jiván aka
Mom-Mom Suzán

for Kenny, Jimmy & Eric...

I

Patchy and tremulous
wavering midrange
like nicknames on stationery
emblazoned as surnames

II

Receiving standing ovations
precipitated by the highly praised
as unmistakably straight-
laced hobbled offstage...

Jiminy Cricket-like

" Jiminy Cricket-like "

by Suzán Jiván aka
Mom-Mom Suzán

for Kenny, Jimmy & Eric...

I

Seemingly blithe
Jiminy Cricket-like
with a diva of a wife

II

As flash and stridency
revisited again and again
like chilling aspects

III

Memorably unsettling
pushed over the edge
where only the fog could tell...

One-Time Dancers in Podcasts

" One-time Dancers in Podcasts "

by Suzán Jiván aka
Mom-Mom Suzán

for Kenny, Jimmy & Eric

I

Time
traveling
revamped
as fancy
footwork

II

Into a multi-
platinum
past of con-
temporary
adages

III

Wrestling
merrily
with self-
propelled
unarresting
webs

IV

Overwhelmingly
backed as scrappy
factions
of one-time dancers
in podcasts
with graphic detail...

Diamonds Doubled

" Diamonds Doubled "

by Suzán Jiván aka
Mom-Mom Suzán

for Kenny, Jimmy & Eric...

I

This hinge moment
narrowly cogent
opening low
with three no-trump

II

Signaling for clubs
diamonds doubled
heart ruff
down one runner up...

Shaped Like a Hawk

" Shaped Like a Hawk "

by Suzán Jiván aka
Mom-Mom Suzán

for Kenny, Jimmy & Eric...

Scarce and local little time
often soaring wings broad tail long
near nest, "yelp, yelp, yelp"
shaped like a hawk
feeds like a scavenger
on road-killed animals
Black crest, black belly
pale areas scaling back
gathering mottling
weak harsh marmots
held horizontal
rusty orange
hollow carcass...

Mimicking

" Mimicking "

by Suzán Jiván aka
Mom-Mom Suzán

for Kenny, Jimmy & Eric...

I

From ground
level
to the canopy

II

Mimicking
the appearance
of bark

III

Hump-backed squat
pests of crops
foamy toxic

IV

Ground-hopping
legs splayed
eggs laid...

Soot-Gray to Slate

" Soot-Gray to Slate "

by Suzán Jiván
aka Mom-Mom Suzán

for Kenny, Jimmy & Eric...

Chokeberry dig bane
soot-gray to slate
grey-green egg...

Alight on Clover

" Alight on Clover "

by Suzán Jiván aka
Mom-Mom Suzán

for Kenny, Jimmy & Eric...

Unknow host
alight on clover
ponderosa
pine zone
hold fast
buff below
sweet clover...

Inherent Risks

" Inherent Risks "

by Suzán Jiván aka
Mom-Mom Suzán

for Kenny, Jimmy & Eric...

Often yellow
or checkered
in a fan frenzy
ran away to wed
with drive
and intensity
like a guise
of attendees
often wielding
sharply differing
inherent risks
in the millions
still plunging...

Sitting for a Painting

" Sitting for a Painting "

by Suzán Jiván aka
Mom-Mom Suzán

for Kenny, Jimmy & Eric...

Scarcely present as incidental
snatches of texts on two levels
like double-barreled facets
of imagination with cancelation
dates as strains of ballet
alternating with anguish
sitting for a painting...

Lightly Greenish Underneath

" Lightly Greenish Underneath "

by Suzán Jiván aka
Mom-Mom Suzán

for Kenny, Jimmy & Eric...


Lantana bottomland
vaguely patterned blurry bands
at random more lilac tailless
Subsequent clustering
intermingling moister regions
lightly greenish underneath
dingy ivory slight triangle...

Deep Nest

" Deep Nest "

by Suzán Jiván aka
Mom-Mom Suzán

for Kenny, Jimmy & Eric...

Flower
bed
rootlet
cobweb
deep nest
forest
ledge
shaded
end...

Borne Hereafter

" Borne Hereafter "

by Suzán Jiván aka
Mom-Mom Suzán

for Kenny, Jimmy & Eric...


I

Extremely
polygynous
stiffening
spindles

II

Emphasizing
thick
pinkish-tinged
whitish lips

III

Batted
with black
like non-
retractile tales

IV

Savannas farmlands
bourne hereafter
as arboreal carnivores
with retractile claws...

Yellow Gape, Pale Brown Face

" Yellow Gape, Pale Brown Face "

by Suzán Jiván aka
Mom-Mom Suzán

for Kenny, Jimmy & Eric...

Little grebe
in breeding
yellow gape pale brown face
soft rushes
weeds algae
on hatching
riding back...

As Sibling Species

" As Sibling Species "

by Suzán Jiván aka
Mom-Mom Suzán

for Kenny, Jimmy & Eric...

Aqua-
marine
hair-
streak
forest
clearing
over-
wintering
inconspicuously
in a mottled chrysalis
as a marginal part
of wandering possibly
in litter similar but duller
and more abundant than buds
clinging to low leaves
bathed in sunbeams
as sibling species...

Shifting from Trying

" Shifting from Trying "

by Suzán Jiván aka
Mom-Mom Suzán

for Kenny, Jimmy & Eric...

Locked
in a danger-
ous brink-
manship
like
the rift
in ties
shifting from trying
to reconcile
to sabotage
once seen
as unthink-
able cutting
links
to lineages
by sub-
liminally
under-
mining
sled-
dog
drivers
much
in
the
minds
of
mushers
lapping
up
the
hunted...

Recurring Themes

" Recurring Themes "

by Suzán Jiván aka
Mom-Mom Suzán

for Kenny, Jimmy & Eric...

I

Recurring themes
in depictions of deities
spelled out

II

In the bluish pinks
of a bird's beak
preening green

III

Prairies
pale and sandy
basins spotted grey...

Fashion Savvy

" Fashion Savvy "

by Suzán Jiván aka
Mom-Mom Suzán

for Kenny, Jimmy & Eric...

Fashion savvy
full length
moved away
concentrating
Greatly acclaimed
recounting staccato
as unorthodoxy
with banality
Defined by
an embrace
sit, stay...

The Changes Are Tectonic

" The Changes are Tectonic "

by Suzán Jiván aka
Mom-Mom Suzán

for Kenny, Jimmy & Eric...

The changes are tectonic
like a mélanged harbinger
of the fashion conscious
seen as a garnered
phenomenon...

Raindrops Collected at the Car Park

" Raindrops Collected at the Car Park "

by Suzán Jiván aka
Mom-Mom Suzán

for Kenny, Jimmy & Eric...

I

A hilly lot
as a garden
for rootstock

II

From a rooftop
with raindrops
collected at the car park

III

Accenting a small plot
as a good spot
for a dwarf conifer

IV

Perfectly conical
no more
than a foot tall

V

Along a matted
walk of glossy
mountain laurels

An Example of Past Razzle-Dazzle

" An Example of Past Razzle-Dazzle "

by Suzán Jiván aka
Mom-Mom Suzán

for Kenny, Jimmy & Eric...

Recently began hard and fast
ill-prepared for a ghost bramble
as an example of past razzle-dazzle
tamped by ectoplasmic cares...

Thornscrub Pawpaw

" Thornscrub Pawpaw "

by Suzán Jiván aka
Mom-Mom Suzán

for Kenny, Jimmy & Eric...

I

Common and widespread
sky-blue violet-grey
laying eggs
prominent
reddish
orange

II

Showy
host
oaks
mistletoe
coast to coast
thornscrub pawpaw
far north white bordered...

A Chuckle that self Destructs

" A Chuckle that Self Destructs "

by Suzán Jiván aka
Mom-Mom Suzán

for Kenny, Jimmy & Eric...

Doubly
anomalous
clarity and security
toggling among
dozens
feeling hamstrung
by a drill
instructor
offering blunt
shrugs
meant to be funny
offering up
a chuckle that self destructs...

A Moral Tale

" A Moral Tale "

by Suzán Jiván

for Kenny, Jimmy & Eric...

Wounded
and wounding
now tethered
to a moral tale
as troubles
descend rimless
with the universal question,
" Can You Retool Yourself? " ...

Low-pitched, " Hoop-Hoop "

" Low-pitched, Hoop-Hoop "

by Suzán Jiván aka
Mom-Mom Suzán

for Kenny, Jimmy & Eric...

Long and short white bands
raised or lowered over nape
solitary bars and spots
low-pitched, " hoop-hoop "
wide pied wings wandering...

One More Believer

" One More Believer "

by Suzán Jiván

I

Few other reach
a strained bonhomie
as one more believer

II

Observed secretly
looking at the real thing
in keeping with the eerie

III

Screeched with cheers
and a sinking feeling
spat into being...

The So-Called

" The So-Called "

by Suzán Jiván aka
Mom-Mom Suzán

for Kenny, Jimmy & Eric...

I

Mild elsewhere
totally unaware
out of nowhere

II

Seemingly rare
built to withstand
a Tour de France

III

Proceeding with plans
as the chief of staff
in charge of variables

IV

Reinforced by free-for-alls
in free-fall during the so-called
swaying with a quake...

As an Affirmative Ayuh

" As an Affirmative Ayuh "

by Suzán Jiván

for Kenny, Jimmy & Eric...

I

Lit by gossipy wit
in drifting
type

II

Like a home-
sick delivery
implicatively

III

Rubbed and scrubbed
as an affirmative ayuh
after a fifth of fünf...

A Hopscotched Diagram

" A Hopscotched Diagram "

by Suzán Jiván aka
Mom-Mom Suzán

for Kenny, Jimmy & Eric...

Blacklisted with onyx
in monoclinic
conchoidal carvings
under priests' garments
as the Genesis of Heaven
like a Black Panther firebrand
on a hopscotched diagram
quickened by the incongruous
ideologues of standup comedy...

Yays and Hurrahs

" Yays and Hurrays "

by Suzán Jiván aka
Mom-Mom Suzán

for Kenny, Jimmy & Eric...

Energizing
yays and hurrahs
giving way
to finger tips
resting on sills...

Subtances Pumped into the Young

" Substances Pumped into the Young "

by Suzán Jiván aka
Mom-Mom Suzán

for Kenny, Jimmy & Eric...

Easily reared
on bramble leaves
as a slender species
with narrow wings
and highly convincing
bigger hind wings
shedding legs if seized
belonging to a single genus
with front feet against silk sheets
stiffened by detritus as symbiotic
substances pumped into the young
as eggs glued to the roof
tunneling through into the groups'
droppings like diffusible nutrients...

Alice-in-Wonderland Logic

" Alice-in-Wonderland Logic "

by Suzán Jiván aka
Mom-Mom Suzán

for Kenny, Jimmy & Eric...

I

Objects between the strings
remaining cheerful
and unbothered
by Alice-in-Wonderland logic

II

Consorting with streetwalkers
cultivating randomness and chance
with a much-liked man
mercifully attacking avarice

III

Like satire in remarriage
with a phalanx
of futuristic paintings
favoring their own
names as, " Salome " ...

Anyone Can Remember

" Anyone Can Remember "

by Suzán Jiván

for Kenny, Jimmy & Eric...

I

With a highly
compressed sense
anyone can remember
on wall texts

II

Spanning intensities
as fleur de lis
like the niceties
of artists' colonies...

Where Crickets Roll Leaves

" Where Crickets Roll Leaves "

by Suzán Jiván aka Mom-Mom Suzán

for Kenny, Jimmy & Eric

As
a
visit-
or
nesting
on
a
ledge
next to a mining bee buzzing
where crickets roll leaves
into tropical regions
with toughened forewings
when metamorphosis
was incomplete
and needlelike
as inconspicuous
cylinders laid singly
or in mass
folded flatly
in damp plants
along green
grasslands...

A Genial Grin Put at Risk

" A Genial Grin put at Risk "

by Suzán Jiván aka
Mom-Mom Suzán

for Kenny, Jimmy & Eric...

I

Tucked away
long before free
streaming folklore
without a cause
as all-important

II

Excellently performed
in leotards and shorts
with male-female support
reinforced as scarcely the point

III

Entangled in something more
than a genial grin put at risk
by bestowing a kiss
without a conscience

IV

On a lutelike kora
tinged with a fiddle
and a pianist's plink
in full-length mink

V

Pimping with the wee perversity
of underpinned firegiveness
hidden beneath a bearded chin...

Slow-Burning Dramas

" Slow-Burning Dramas "

by Suzán Jiván
aka Mom-Mom Suzán

for Kenny, Jimmy & Eric

Facing
an under-
handed back-
stabbing out-
of-balance
lack of caring
as do no harm
as a toxically
misogynistic
gynecological
oncologist
replete
with
physicianally
repugnant
venoms
and repellents
Spirited away
as noxiously
obnoxious
prodigies
demonically
plotting
a slow-burning drama
as an act
of concision
like surgery
with no frills
promising
the quick
but sloppy
robotic shots
of vodka
along with
the genetic
sequencing
of a girl's
pinky
unleashing
archaic genes
as offspring
likely vanishing
clearly gasping
as a polecat
packing
an anoxic stink
spraying
and gagging
after
an anal
scent gland...