" Intermingling Haiku Series "
by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán
Seeking mates all day
active tropical skippers
adherence to each
inclement weather
with antennae straight ahead
dense vegetation
roosting under leaves
returning night after night
upward spiraling
selecting hilltops
territoriality
relatively rare
cannot chew solids
suctorial proboscis
sugar-rich sippings
basking in full sun
darkening scales under wings
frequent alightings
feeding on sap flows
rotting fruit, bird-droppings, dung
rich in saltpeter
restricted courtship
wings wrapping around small twigs
communal roostings
including zebras
caterpillars creamy white
rows of branched black spines
long-lived passion vines
nectaring at alfalfa
hindwings orange brown
wide varieties
heads and bodies shiny red
fields' open edges
black-edged silver lines
eggs in dried-up violets
leafed out fed by night
forested valleys
underside hindwing blue-green
declining species
pointing inwardly
familiar fritillaries
south of the Rockies
yellow-green on top
coniferous woods and bogs
mottled dark blotches
stops only briefly
imbibing alpine species
wetland willow seeps
off-white basal patch
pale purplish lateral
disturbed habitats
like untitled nudes
solarized in a darkroom
never looking back
large bonbon boxes
remaining self-effacing
in bizarre cases
emaciated
displaced faded draperies
detached from restraints
headdress and breastplate
in a dreamy subconscious
with a riding crop
somewhat sinister
eroticism by chance
ironic graspings
exhaustion, feared loss
maternal isolation
hate and holocaust
undeniable
threatened annihilation
encircling the head
suffused jewelike lights
instilling lightheadedness
dizzying decent
paler than red-necked
especially on the head
russet upper breast
locally common
calling nasal, "wide-a-wake"
not unlike noddies...
