"Feeling Our Way"...

" Feeling Our Way "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Feeling our way
snakelike strange
anciently displaced
like octopi eyes
visualizing
veils in black inky
sea streams
in stirring melodies

tormented horribly
jarring disharmony
heaving chests
funereal processions

heavily scented
hypnotic monotony slogging
in perpetual camouflage wanderlessly anchored
by the architectonic bonds
of cosmological vagabonds...

"Reproducing Studies of a Nude"...

"Reproducing
Studies
of a Nude"

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Reproducing
studies of a nude
lugubriously brooding
over the loss of a suitor
madly perfumed
smoldering ruins
crudely peculiar
ashen beauty...

" Delving Deeply "...

" Delving Deeply "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Delving deeply
lonely and secret
breezes from the sea
reinforced piers
iron moorings as seats
little to see

echoing lappings
head in hands
overcast as an absence
of sensuality

drawn to the fact
becoming caught
up in thoughts
of impeccable voices

calling for encores
sighing softly
thinning wine
with water...

" Uniting Opposites "..,

" Uniting Opposites "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Uniting opposites
by reconciling
differences
like mixed choruses
and orchestra
both in the pit
and above board

double billed
in particular
as naysayers
versus AOK

complex and sophisticated
sordidly ingratiating
licentious interpretations
crisscrossing pacing

cradling childish games
in an adult nature
by citing the " late great "
in fresh ways
as the bane
of the unnamed

without taking the blame
for showcasing a full range
of getting excellent
at dated slang...

" Of All Manner "...

" Of All Manner "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Of all manner
from the fantastically daffy
to an eye-opening maverick
becoming as popular
as podcasts
for top-hatted
odysseys
trotting atop
whiskey bottles
in dioramas
of philosophical codgers


winning our hearts
with myriads of oddities
while remaining
trusting and kindly
in spite of opining late in life
sustaining arm's distance
sideways take
without backing away...

"An Eventful Day"...

" An Eventful Day "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

An eventful day
sketched and painted
tète-à-tête
without love or hatred
in the popular vein
minus variation

as a charming face
not altogether stainless
again shaken
through renunciation

leaving a passing trace
formal in nature
like noble aims
upon re-awakening
in foaming breaking waves
of continuation

eager and capable
like consciousness of strength
in the hollow of a wave...

"Not the Least of Which"..,

" Not the Least of Which "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Not the least of which
scratch and sniff
as scintillas of trivia
on the modest scale
of a baby grand

perfectly in place
on walnut parquet
across a jet-lagged state
known for A-list myth-making

like multi-finger rings glinting
on packs of paparazzi
donning haute couture frocks
lacking in full-length options
on the red carpet--spot on...

"A Pumpkin Sun in a Blue Sky"...

" A Pumpkin Sun in a Blue Sky "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

A pumpkin sun
in a blue sky
like real-life-sci-fi
pressed and dried
encyclopedic style
plus surprises

while soft jellylike vines
become greatly magnified
by cells dividing intertwining
Inwardly and outwardly

flowers producing
potent yellow powders
bees seeding clouds
pouring downspouts
itsy-bitsy spiders
all washed out...

" Courtship Calls "

" Courtship Calls "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Courtship calls
popping whistles
perching shrine-like

higher pitched
descending series
over clearings

wheezy rising
cackling gurgling
rocky cliffs

a rising hiss
cooing sounds
still downy...

" Face the Day "...

" Face the Day "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Face the day
emblazoned
by body language
of the most wanted

indomitable
as stand-up collars
taken up a notch
while looking smart

unwafflingly snapping
crackling and popping
heart to heart
tousled and sparkling

just the way you want
at once starry
on this very spot

constellations
connecting
dot-to-dot...

" Rapid Response "

" Rapid Response "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Rapid response
brilliantly simple
dual finishes
as welcomed
additions

wing tips
clear chips
soft whistles
rolling trills

shaped with precision
like gilded lilies
in high definition

sharp shinned
perched accipiters
drag and lift...

"From Surfing to Sky Diving"...

" From Surfing to Sky Diving "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

From surfing
to sky diving
rich high
dropping
in pitch

squeaky renditions
twisting turning
blushing cheeks
as a sure thing
true color clarity


rather harsh
and buzzy
perfumed
origami
opening
sake

dressing down
in jeans
scarlet fever
tidal creeks
deeper meanings
floating freely...

" In a Major Shift "

" In a Major Shift "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

In a major shift
within close proximity
to unending streams
initially signaling
when the coast is clear

becoming packed
with people
of swinging attitudes
towards clashing views
setback at ground zero

while workers rally
into standard practices
like graphic classics
versus the mongrelly modern

big eyed and blocky
largely leafy
to the tiny and spindly
come to mind
shunted aside...

" Wily Charms "...

" Wily Charms "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Wily charms
mirroring art
wrapping
baby dolls
transferring
markings
into immersive
worlds of hiss
and whoosh
in reverse

satirically privy
vividly re-written
cleaving communities
bound by suitors
as new-found
worlds of humor
grooving pivotal moves
midway through...

"Lapsed Rules Luck and Tools"...

" Lapsed Rules Luck and Tools "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Lapsed rules
luck and tools
as escape routes
into seclusion

puffing on a hooka
in Chattanooga
inflammatory gawker
stories removed

like cushy amenities
for craggy
excavated badlands
of disproportionate
dinosaur tails
wagged in great detail

playing as an arrogant alien
with thousands of fans
rapping in bygone genres
of hip-hop stars for polyglots
bobbing batons
marching as grand marshals...

" Already Distinguished "..,

" Already Distinguished "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Already distinguished
prizing the distinctive

made from thyme-
covered hillsides

drizzling sinuous
slightly waxy

rubbly mule tracks
scents of flowers

counterbalanced
reaches of animals

parallel back-to-back
tipped at an angle

candle wicks
covered in pith

layered significance
symbolized divinity

flame lit...

"Ranging from Rebellious to Meek"...

" Ranging
from Rebellious
to Meek "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Ranging from rebellious
to meek
being analyzed endlessly

compiled archivally
with mild and minor
bits of revisionism

as fictitious
embellishments
soft and flimsy

craggy visages
papery diction
smiles dimming

unfocusing eyes
poignant asides
deceptively inviting
migration to the underside...

"Including Passers-By"...

" Including Passers-By "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Including passers-by
arms cast in bronze
candy-apple orange
struggling for equality
with granny-apple green

blinking with skins
of neon green
for obvious reasons
just so happening
to fall not so far
from the tree

along with a flare
for botany
equipped
with everything
throughout years
of dormancy

sprouting riotous activity
oscillating nervously
with inch-worming ferocity
and signature shimmying

in vapid wingdings
of predatory hi jinx
writhing like group-
grope choreography...

"Scrawled on the Backs"...

" Scrawled on the Backs "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Scrawled on the backs
as standard practice

black and white
paper and fabric

minute details
added patches

outlined in dashes
vast luxury small scale

like doll-size
rhinestone sandals

from a shared past
of tangential slap and dash

scrawled on the backs
as standard practice yin-yang...

"With Full-Fledged Intent"...

" With Full-Fledged Intent "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

With full-fledged intent
in glass and metal
part cactus part mollusk shell
hung and restrung with worry

tending toward the twee
of idiosyncratic beauty
loosely copied
looking smart
as cultural objects

shown only in the moment
all done over
suggesting the suavely old
like concrete poetry
most notably

uncannily reimagined technology with aboriginal
humility and classical humanity
after fossilizing mammals
via grafting minute hairs
onto handcuffs of plastic...

"Moving to Allow Turnarounds"...

" Moving to Allow Turnarounds "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Moving to allow turnarounds
being held accountable
by surroundings under condition
of mind-numbing anonymity

twitching and clutching buttons
all in a rush toward befuddling
blockbusters made up
of vanishingly subtle
virtually living color

becoming barely tied up
by calm triumph
almost teasingly revealing
rarely known exactly
fundamentally discomforting
flexing and preening in extreme

intentions unclear
with complete unease
changing and shrinking
evoking graffiti
as intuitively scribbly...

"The Picture Clarifies"...

" The Picture Clarifies "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

The picture clarifies
like recycled fare
of catfishes and knishes
anchored by period instruments

flat out fearlessly
steeped in the modern era
convincingly non-fiction
feeling likably vintage

redemptively uplifting
expanding in vision
as a porcelain chicken
marking joyous eating

by balancing
the perfectly sweet
with hot and spicy
on the sour side

seasoned lightly
separately combined
puffy hominy
soupy consistency
going down easily...

"Low-Budget Headscratchers and Periodic Kneeslappers"...

"Low-Budget Headscratchers
and Periodic Kneeslappers"

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Low-budget headscratchers
and periodic kneeslappers
becoming daffy with abandon
as slick superficiality
mixed with quirky fantasy
for offbeat romantic leads

having mustered up
scene-stealing fussbudgetry
facing knotting up on the run
after making much
of being really funny

teetering in heels
mugging into funhouse mirrors
experiencing eye-popping levity
and poker-faced gravity

as episodic matters
of biopic plots
against artfully tattered backdrops
backslapping just for laughs...

"Being Indiscriminately Described"...

"Being
Indiscriminately
Described"

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Being
indiscriminately
described
by grating one-liners

brittle vain and tired
usually sure signs
while trailing off
into un-excitement

no doubt unsurprisingly
streamlined and downsized
heard whole octaves higher
feeling justifiably grounded
otherwise feeling improvised

deliriously giddy
wonderfully dithery
like outsized
grandeur and glitz
perkily air kissing
puckishly cherishing
each and every tic...

" Such Varied Tastes "...

" Such Varied Tastes "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Such varied tastes
setting off debates
as versions
of gilded butter plates
having looked
for representation
over generations

earning nicknames
thrown on rotating tables
like intractable clay
hand held and weighted

getting accustomed to the stage
like specialized behaviors
not needing to be trained
mimicking behavior
walking on hind legs
since a tender age

churning with anticipation
for the uninitiated
risking playing parlor games
way back in the day...

"In All Kinds of Ways"...

" In All Kinds of Ways "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

In all kinds of ways
tableaus of everyday
gauzy noon landscapes
ruler-straight infinite space

virtually located
complexion changer
Hall-of-Fame
mapped surnames
on hanger-size stages

spooling out explorations
all along floral wallpaper
as seen before like walk-
on roles for head-on portraits

hanging back on blackening
canvas scattered
and fragmentary slivered facets
of seemingly factual
near-abstract daily vantages...

" Proving Elusive "

" Proving Elusive "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Proving elusive
in vivid costumes of illusion
with no easy substitutes
zooming in
cheaply and easily
wink-wink
nudge-nudge
down-and-dirty
seemingly flirty
tyrannical fervor
absurd double takes
deliberately wavering
unrestrained soundscapes
obliterated naïveté...

" Improably Thriving "...

" Improbably Thriving "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Improbably thriving
unfussily having arrived
on time alone and in private
into an awkward silence

feeling split right
down the middle
custom built
with nondescript thrift

having been decommissioned
as an exact prescription
in many instances
passing invisibility

well within yawning distance
parachuting in quite simply
like silken indie authenticity
making beeline-sensing synergy by detasseling anomalies...

"Something of a Backdrop"...

" Something of a Backdrop "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Something of a backdrop
for deranged companions
on platform sandals
versus clickety clack

mixed and matched
seemingly at random
like summertime tailoring

vegetable-tanned
cat-eye sunglasses
wash-and-wear

curated yard sales
as contrasting
words fail for lowly footwear
at maximum capacity

while tackling tangles
of plaited hair
versus pony tails

nearly beaming thereafter
with taut thoughts
on the matter...

" Dwarfing the Total "

" Dwarfing the Total "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Dwarfing the total
underreported warming
roiling renewed mourning

fantasy stalking
bee's avoidance
flying off

virtual courses
shrinking borders
human causes

retreating north
population losses
overwrought to the core

self-taught
occupied coffins
heads and portraits

stars falling
steam-choked cosmos
overblown black holes...

"Scene in Twin Peeks"...

" Scene in Twin Peeks "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Scene in twin peeks
as spectacles
of kinetic energy
like ballooning biceps
across cellphones with texts
paced cleverly
absurdities of everyday

alienating personal trainers
by prowling on stages
of repeated phrases
while lifting weights
and musing at length

honorably restrained
untethered play
eternally grateful
self-enabling
manifestations of late
expressed in two
decimal places...

"Negotiations Over Content & Font"...

"Negotiations Over
Content & Font"

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Negociations
over content
and font
for thousands
of yesterdays
and tomorrows

as requiems
for the long departed
doing newly touted
odd jobs of the non-
chronological
near and far

pretty much
impossible
shouted
from the rooftops

shortlisted
yet prominent
hand-to-mouth
controlled growling
stifled howls

contested ground
jackhammered
brackish burbling
moments at hand
sad sweet heirs...

" In Infinite Variation "...

" In Infinite Variation "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

In infinite variation
along nuanced planes
walking in water

fullness of form
playfully simple
telling no story

dusky mottling
black blotches
pale spots soft bottoms

heads conical
shallowly notched
fleshy knobs

terminal
horizontal
bedrock...

" Worthy of Remark "...

" Worthy of Remark "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Worthy of remark
capitals columns
intermingling monsters

little in common
showing hollows
isolated art

vigorous modeling
crudely carved
other-worldly drama

mourning apostles
more symbol than figure
as evidenced in miniature

guardian spirits
imparting wisdom
serrated excisions

sacrificial victims
covered in white slip
wooly wisps

remarkably consistent
ritualistic
candle-lit tradition...

" Of a Hybrid Nature "...

" Of a Hybrid Nature "...

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Of a hybrid nature
compiled by various neighbors
prosperity due to proximity

many names being given
motherhood fertility
horns indicating divinity

molded in relief
as elements of friezes
running beneath eaves
of major themes
endlessly repeated

seen frontally
regally exorcising demons
carried off as booty
reaching its peak
rearing syntheses...

"A Deep-Rooted Reaction"...

" A Deep-Rooted Reaction "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

A deep-rooted reaction
before and after
subsequent passings
coming naturally

revived from antiquity
as indications
of successive planes
cut at angles

like suppleness and grace
penetrating space
with feverish experimentation
becoming lost in a painting

initiated by imagination
and frenzied ornamentation
dictated somewhat later
via instigations
of transformative
plaster and clay...

" Immediately After "

" Immediately After "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Immediately after
looking somewhat
like mummified adults

appearing considerably dissimilar overwintering
during dormancy
emerging fairly distinctly
as side swimmers of spring

paddling through
ill-smelling debris
fast-running species
spider-like marine

opposed by land-based
witch hazel infestations
of voracious aphid gall makers
sinking into millions of acres...

" Overhead "...

" Overhead "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Overhead
marquee-
like signs
of newspeak
and doublethink

rapidly blinking
in shipyard cities
for scholars and dealers
of engraved whale teeth

replete with scrimshaw artistry
as dicey hobbyists
archive hooks lines and sinkers

auctioned as precious memorabilia
going to the highest bidder
having been buoyed by history...

"Abbreviated A-Lines"...

" Abbreviated A-Lines "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Abbreviated A-lines
countdown
to the big night

prep primp mingle
sliding on rings
squeezing into the lift
feeling skittish and fidgety

shuffling up tux clad
uncannily hitting the racks
as stashes in plywood beach shacks with pop-up details

while turning apps into assets
making s racket unabashedly
slinging shopping bags
as it so happens
catch us catch can

particularly apt
like soup cans
of airiness
with distinctive flair
at art fairs

dimly visible
through plastic wrappers
beneath slim tree branches
on diagrams
for sculpted praying hands

mimicking a mantis
modeled in art class
as functionary fantasies
inscribed in ink
on silver fields for heathens

scabbed yellow silk damask
like digitized dragons
dressed to the nines
at quitting time...

"Forward-Projecting"...

" Forward Projecting "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Forward-projecting spines
posterior lateral lines
taking unwary prey by surprise

familiar to most divers
remaining with their fry
bony plates along the sides

active at night
fluctuating wildly
striking varieties
incisor-like quiet...

"About an Our or So"...

" About an Hour or So "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

About an our or so
a long time ago
pleasing no one

resonatingly nameless
as secular celebrations

brass moons glowing
over old gramophones

street lamps belching gas
lighted rims of hats

enchanted spades and trowels
ensuing somehow

as simple mappings
of peonies as yet to flower...

"Whistles and Inkstands"...

" Whistles and Inkstands "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Whistles and inkstands
by appointment
or by chance
traditions passing
as wares

closely stacked
scratched through
milk pans
having been retailed
for cash
wood any kind of grain
or other produce
as terms of exchange
back in the day

ruffled edges
raised bases
whimsical ornate
mineral traces
pooled painted
glazed clay...