Saturday, April 20, 2013

Hilly Terrain

" Hilly Terrain "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

Hilly terrain
neck shorter
tail longer
horned fore neck

wintering on salt
in North American waters
miles offshore
mainly in late fall

before taking off
forehead and lores
comparatively smaller auklets
expanding northward

long and drawn out
cinnamon overall
as many more
north of the forest

rapid staccato
communal saguaro
monotonously less common
sighted in Florida

with white spotting
and dog-like barks
largest and darkest
heavily barred

ear tufts prominent
spaced well apart
as suburban gardens
oak-conifer

psychological nuance
gathered as artworks
before departing
soldiering on

becoming demolished
architectural projects
blocks and blocks
rock solid salt marsh

frequently arching
wild garlic
long linear flat
seeded capsule

fibrous skin
showily loco
members of both
waste place and fragrance

yellow at the base
native to Asia
in grotesque shapes
broadly ovate

common names
singular lengths
like dried bouquets
tending to disintegrate

escaping cultivation
in succulent chambers
protruding stamens
long and fragrant

poisonous to grazing
nectar accumulations
in heart shapes
open at the base

ovate to lanceolate
genus names
cone shapes
germinate...

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