"A Big Blonde in Culottes"...

" A Big Blonde in Culottes "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

A big blonde in culottes
glaring through pairs
of high-powered binoculars
while bird watching
over salt ponds

eyes shaded
by a palm-frond
hat tramping
through gnarled
mangrove roots

tending to wrecked
schooners
as restoration
movements
all in tribute
to woodland cooers

perched
on triangles
of tin roofs
topping off planks
of tongue-in-groove
bedazzled by parrot blue...

"Raw and Unscripted"...

" Raw and Unscripted "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Raw and unscripted
often deadly still
after long absences
in chin straps
and shoulder pads

well within
striking distance
of the data-driven
emitting pings

transmitting signals
outstripping geometry
via beacons
of global positioning

tracking dime and nickel
packages masterfully
taking snaps going all out
TOUCH DOWN...

"Secondhand Splendor"...

" Secondhand Splendor "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Secondhand
splendor
being taken
in irrepressible
directions
toward potentially
empty nests

setting records
on leafy decks
for the well-
intentioned-
flea-market
distressed

becoming
all but necessary
quaint and laced
as highly sustainable
reclamations in rotation

getting dressed
up for pajama day
sporting a red panda face
on wobbly legs
due entirely to climate change...

"Steadily Citified"...

" Steadily Citified "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Steadily citified typified
by shifting and bristling
innumerable millions

scene as statuettes of grizzlies
serving as authority figures
lumbering in from the wilderness

with no particular interest
toward diabolical villains
unfamiliar with guilt

and lacking in sponsorship
for brass mascots
cast off-campus

staring without seeing
yet profoundly timely
and oversized
like thick-hided
indigenous guides...

"Before Mysteriously Reappearing"...

"Before
Mysteriously
Reappearing"

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Before mysteriously reappearing
on the other side
of the nearly insurmountable
in deepening quandaries

while long rallying
against the tyranny of tipping
but proving too difficult to quit

spurting new minimums
of inequalities
clipping narrow strips
off sacks of weaponry

getting ready to inflict
serious damage
batter up and make it snappy
in a morality play

climaxing after finishing
one-hundredth
of a second ahead
to modest effect...

"Between Two Tendencies"...

" Between Two Tendencies "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Between two tendencies
civility and foolish beliefs
remote and marshy

becoming tinged
with melancholy
sometimes jarringly
and amusingly popular

being crammed into pockets
of falling barometers
breaking free of boundaries
like cooking minus the dicing

while tidying up within a blur
of uncertainty instinctively
weighing in yet bridling
at being boxed in

donning boxers briefs
or just undies
practically speaking
honing in
on an open mind

reflecting a rising
or downright divining
of a life done in double time...

" Cursive Partnerings "...

" Cursive Partnerings "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Cursive partnerings
in swirling pas de deux
intoxicatingly erotic
motioning tenderly
with virtuosity
and delicacy

enchantingly set apart
by miraculous pauses
within rhythmic intricacies
both luscious and brilliant
exhibited as glow sticks
of quiet stillness
in sculptural positions...

"As a Second Offering"...

" As a Second Offering "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

As a second offering
adorning the normally
odd props and statuary bits

reliably fine good-hearted
yet occasionally cloddish
deflating on the artifice

of fans versus friends
vaguely suggestive
lacking in emphasis

self-conscious concepts
bereft of astonishment
during exquisite spells

likened to the heady
unsulliedly expected
godlike direction

depicted
in plentitude
and revelry
most readily...

"On the Forefront"...

" On the Forefront "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

On the forefront
giving both
high and low fives

one by one
running out
of the tunnel

with predictions
of 3 of 7
plus a pick six

relying on vintage
dittos after falling out
of the lotus position

as fleetingly
as kisses
from signature lips

strutting in string
bikinis and killing it
wickedly minimalist...

"Outdone in Its Flamboyance"...

" Outdone in Its Flamboyance "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Outdone in its flamboyance
illuminated through water
after an overhaul

scattered across the globe
as extensive holdings
for the utopianly precocious

piggybacking
weirdness and boldness
like mastodon molars
of origins unknown

attention grabbing and craggy
yarn-wrapped knickknacks
of balderdash crammed
into the hereafter
unable to make bail...

"Painted Red at Right Center"...

" Painted Red at Right Center "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Painted red at right center
only visible when backlit
as a hint as mashed metal rivets
along with hand-wrought nails
choosing words carefully

supportive of findings
ill-prescribed
pathogens parasites
separate findings
niche varieties
being pestered
by itchy bites

3% of a voracious
purple martin's diet
in need of havens to thrive
like quirks of the mind
personified by green-
veined white butterflies
manically flitting in the wild...

"Ready to Shuck Our Own"

" Ready to Shuck Our Own "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Ready to shuck
our own oysters
scoring big comebacks

risking all meaning while veering
between the seemingly playful
and the colossally apocalyptic

in a luxury retreat
across vertical fields
of suspended greenery

enjoying the fool proof
and the groovy roots
running deeply

via distilleries
of rising juniper whiffs
and spicy licorice

being sipped
on the rocks
and sniffed
in a gimlet...

"An Exit Strategy"...

" An Exit Strategy "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

An exit strategy
trying to get out
while being dragged
and getting angry

after asking
for your passport back
from the back of a mansion

as a task force of a lost cause
when all is lost by law
enforcement after hiring officers

at high risk as care givers
under certain conditions
isolated and intermittent

versus coordinated
and continuous
rapidly dispatched
tactically inexact...

"The Un-Doing of a Time Warp"...

" The Un-Doing of a Time Warp "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

The un-doing of a time warp
with mischief and more

broken friendships restored
in a tidal wave of song

being bested
at the box office

pierced by disembodied
crimson lips

as a fix
for just about anything

unstinting in color
and versatility

while wiping away
cascading tears

copiously running down purply rouged streaked cheeks

grieving long after failing
to be credited properly

for free-streaming nascent
possibilities taken for granted...

"A Companion Pair"...

" A Companion Pair "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

A companion pair
trim dainty veils
over brushed-back hair

unflatteringly taken advantage
rather niggling apparitional
treatment papery and thin

printed renderings
in silhouette left empty
as grief itself to ill effect

whole and set
into imaginary depth
melting ribbons of yellow

fairly irrelevant
like gilt tenderness
as allegorical pearl tiaras
and gold straps
versus clawed feel
and scaly tails...

"Unfit for the Squeamish"...

" Unfit for the Squeamish "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Unfit for the squeamish
building to gnashing chords
versus joyful chortles
knee-slapping guffaws
giggle giggle her-haw
chuckles and snorts galore

hewing to new sets of rules
eschewing a wah-wah flute
euthanized after suffering
from newly diagnosed tumors
having made their debut
in a mystery of the universe

attempted to master
unabashed panache
hampered by the brashly
calamitous unmasking
of an unanticipated
personal disaster...

"Teeming Top Tiers"...

" Teeming Top Tiers "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Teeming top tiers
in need of drastic paring
during secretive
preseason schemes

as taking birds of prey
circle in thermals
over besieged gridiron fields

with massive tearing claws
kept at the ready
all in good measure

blasting sturm and drang
during annual iconoclastic
training clashes

screeching fans
in bursting stands
emitting ear-piercing cheers
while loyally bleeding green
over succeeding years...

"Just One of a Set"...

" Just One of a Set "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Just one of a set
of complexities
neither neat nor tidy
like humankind

closely allied
with a thin medium
contrasted by the mean

detached from chronology
by fine-drawn lines
in a blaze of light

likened to defiance
battling the undecided
shaken ten times
then pushed aside

completely mystified
by "die-ins" gone viral
in a duck blind...

"Was There Ever a Picture?"...

" Was There Ever a Picture? "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Was there ever
a picture?
official pomp
life begotten
stiff manners
and costumes

tempered
by spontaneous
arguments
no dalliance
no scintillation
within a trinity
of form
color and light

inscribed
on the right
as a device
of triumph
personified
like still lifes
minus anxiety
constructed
concisely...

" A Gentle Scene "...

" A Gentle Scene "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

A gentle scene
mellowed by maturity
with an affinity for empathy

like the fundamentally
shocking revealing
a lack of internal harmony
after many unseemly
acquirings of shortened lives

projecting violence
from multiple sources
joining all-four corners
upon solid forms

traced back to back-
handed stances
enriched by the atmospheric...

"In Such Surroundings"...

" In Such Surroundings "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

In such surroundings
it seems unnatural
to be wearing a habit
as a throwback
to a long-after
intangible practicality

as seen before a wicker
fire-screen in a convex mirror
while half kneeling
before a traveling altarpiece

relieving poignancy
in varying degrees
in lieu of estate duty
plump fingers sporting rings
as distractions to the well-
established soon-thereafter...

"Telling Tall Tales"...

" Telling Tall Tales "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Telling tall tales
as pumped-up
trimmed-down
and teased-out clarity

turning curtly pragmatic
without weariness or passion
prim and pretty
rather than formidable

but betraying no hints
as a skinny-dipper
ending with pianissimo
like ways of thinking in vocalise as captivating experiences

closer in spirit
with tricked-out
gravity and wit
far slicker
than kissy-kissy
mimicked
prissy intimacy

likened to full developments
of the senses off the record
carried in procession
as a passionate expression

pealing of bells
oils on canvas
moods of humanity
well within proximity
to divergent traditions

body and spirit
utter naturalness
documented in pictures
hung out of position
and slightly tipped

considered highly provincial
at once earthly and regal
deemed to be
sacrificial altarpieces
unusually complete
extreme simplicity...

"During and Immediately Following"...

"During
and Immediately
Following"

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

During
and immediately
following
generous bequests
well represented
as the best
of intentions
over the centuries
in both adventurous
and comprehensive
collections

being given
full protection
as of yet
still under
development
without intervention
of the not-necessarily exceptional

in no way to blame
at the head of the apex
of a monumental mosaic
during its final phases

displaying
strong senses
of minute
singular spaces
throughout
generations
of risk-takers
in light and shade...

"Far From Fruitless"...

" Far From Fruitless "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Far from fruitless
ensuing interims
evoking wisdom
and willingness
along with
imaginative boldness

still anonymous
gone partially Gothic
yet feeling
soothing calmness
irregardless
of controversy

meeting obvious needs
over brief periods
in recognition of antecedents
while sporting white and green...

"An Urban Plight"...

" An Urban Plight "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

An urban plight
frustrated desires
perils of the wild
projected digital light

cherubically sleepy
obsession and intrigue
welters of "iffies"
like trivialized lightning strikes
for amateur verifiers
primarily online

skittishly electrifying
menacingly catchy aftermaths
flash-mob dancers
shirtless tatted backs
ferocious raps
flack jacketed...

"In a Simpler Time"...

" In a Simpler Time "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

In a simpler time
over recent years
reappearing
in modernist eras
like a kind of spiritual pairing
cast in plaster-of-Paris

long-vanished subject matter
still rattling in a guerrilla mask
and dangling dog tags
running victory laps
around largely clouded galleries
foghorn narratives blaring...

"Coming to Rest"...

" Coming to Rest "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Coming to rest
on the threshold
of a texting epidemic
with a minimalist
aesthetic of obsessively
excessive sentiment
delicately pulled together
like an over-the-head
wind-swept slip dress
being donned in a party tent
on a holiday weekend
on the East End
existentially hyper connected...

" From a Pivotal Period"...

" From a Pivotal Period "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

From a pivotal period
left scrambling
born and raised
reinterpreted adaptations

simply falling away
lesser and greater
misrepresentation

lost in translation
like fake service snakes
in actual landscapes

as steady streams
of righteous complaints
from banking magnates
over the decades

making the case
for change
argument-plagued
denominations...

" A Related Question "...

" A Related Question "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

A related question
in undated form
handwritten
on cardboard

most often
cross-legged
on corners
high-glossed
foreheads

bowing at racing
sneakered feet
enigmatic trippy
smeared bleeding ink...

"Large and Dark"...

" Large and Dark "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Large and dark
wing postures
perching prominently

stealthily soaring
measured calls
nimble wingbeats
breeding season

banded tails
nesting pairs
fertile lifespans
courtship in midair
open woodlands...

"Stinging Like a Bee"...

" Stinging Like a Bee "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Stinging like a bee
of arts and leisure
like hoodwinked style secrets
for watch-geek boutiques
while pinching pennies
modestly and chicly

donning leather
cashmere and shearling
lounging in jeans
strapping on pre-owned
vintage timepieces

pushing up sleeves
in sear suckers of summer
slipping on pinky rings

folding unironed
handmade hankies
during early talkies

giggling knowingly
provincial upbringings
nurturing scholarly demeanors...

"On the Road"...

" On the Road "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

On the road
to monochrome
being forged too closely
for reasons unknown

having gone
moment to moment
glory and remembrance both

folk art and modern
charming memoirs
waxing quixotic

abutted opposites
as stand-up comedy
in pubs and bars

overshadowed
by stature
like automatist
fractals on canvas
marvelously freehand
loose and fast...

" In This Staging "...

" In This Staging "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

In this staging
coming to mean something
while wearing
a wig cap and bustier

seeming to be saying,
" brainy " and " hearty "
like tribute pages
as rebooted tuba incantations

waxing poetic and passionate
recapturing the magic
with webcams trained on brown bears in remote Alaska

as glanced from latticed
platforms landing
leaping salmon
tearing skin and scales...

" Getting Littler "...

" Getting Littler "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Getting littler
as far-riskier
apolitical slapstick

still towering
on rickety stilts
while plate spinning
in wing tips

rather pointlessly
meshing sambas
with parade rhythms
both echoey and spacey

still stalking our lesser choices
along with a greater tolerance
for the shortcomings of us all...

"A Chilly Élan"...

" A Chilly Élan "

A chilly élan
concocted like chronically
snarky denouements

like broken promises
pickled in jars
lids tightly twisted on

kickstarted upon harvest
minus declarations of modesty
crashing the party

dissing the mainstream
left barely breathing
upon ceding to toxicity

however subtly
repulsing
ineptly done...

"Fueling Talks"...

" Fueling Talks "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Fueling talks
after ugly losses
emerging stronger

like quiet counterpoints
of romantic mastery
in neorealities

during crucial peoplings
evolvingly revealing
within all sorts of trilogies

prickly sentimentality
sordid insanity
salty senility

being synthesized by
bygone tragedies...

"Looking Fresh-Minted"...

" Looking Fresh-Minted "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Looking fresh-minted
yet pea-green with envy
as a cross between
blossoming and harvesting
while gathering steam
rife upon ripening
dancing jubilantly

tactile qualities
oddly touching
nothing but close-ups
versus treacherous ski jumps

made into highly debatable
opulent incarnations
effectively ornate
exact re-creations
re-told on stage
plus way out in nature...

"Color that Grabs"...

" Color that Grabs "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Color that grabs
hold of long wear

defying fade out
rose gold lace

gently exfoliating
insta-information

real and fake
slick sophisticates

born with a name
pleased to say

fabulous shapes
crispyly angular

softer shades
newest latest

people places
worthy of accolades

courageously reciprocated
consolidated gains...

"A Fortuitous Happenstance"...

" A Fortuitous Happenstance "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

A fortuitous
happenstance
tied at the top
pitching in the title

batting righty
switch hitting lefty
"It's outa here!!!"
as the smoke cleared

rounding home
self chosen
almost ghostly
both teeming
and remote

full blown
and hungover
like closed
licked envelopes
and sharp
letter openers

differing reactions
eye-filling magnetism
long-running hits
top admissions...

"Speaking Up"...

" Speaking Up "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Speaking up
upended
uprooted
updated
outré

taking the cake
long awaited
never the same way

navel gazing
in unanxious
collaborations
potently
underplayed

donning a sea foam cape
way back in the day
while nurturing Night Shade
in storm drains
as refueling stations

dancing naked
in bubble
wrap lingerie...

"A Sorceress of Sorts"...

" A Sorceress of Sorts "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

A sorceress of sorts
in a sound score
while tossing
crumpled aluminum
foil balls

crinkled with childlike
simplicity still twinkling
between clenching finerings
of sparkling obligatory
avant-garde oddness

richly nuanced
futuristic read palms
like grand dames
achieving catharses

fleshed out by Krazy Kat
comics and antics
while squabbling
with lit-fuse bombs

"KA-BOOOM
KA-POWWW"
having never
looked back
post "abracadabra"...

"Collective Living"...

" Collective Living "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Collective living
beginning to stir
innumerable
murmurings

city trees marshaling
sunlit gardens of balm
religious in timbre
shaded pavilions

underlying influences
lignified fibers
and minute nuclei

legacies left behind
leading largely
fictionalized
grown-up lives...

"Often Repeated"...

" Often Repeated "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Often repeated
shallow still ponds
muddy bottoms
grassy edges

hallucinogens
as sun-loving
green stems
in cross section

precision lenses
exquisite shells
both fabled
and contested

when half empty
at year's end
fully entrenched
successors...

"Volumes and Voids"...

" Volumes and Voids "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Volumes and voids
cupboardfuls of portraits
borne in mind
tempered by light in profile

entirely ossified over time
yet no more refined
as arresting lines
unrealized throughout time

having been considered a sign
in common to all kinds
of likenesses having survived
situations outside

like broken ties with the divine
while gesturing piously
stylized smiles
half-closed eyes...

"Too Facilely Practiced"...

" Too Facilely Practiced "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Too facilely practiced
with only a hint of status
as mundane aspects
to be distinguished
from the iconographically
satanic seen weeping in grief

in search of equilibrium
halfway between
supple draperies
of the most faithful

numerous exchanges
spoken in ambos as of late
purely imaginary
antique monastic matters

inspired by sarcophagi
in revivals not unlike
blasts of madness
devoid of vulgarity

profound sadness
creatures and plants
left grasping
corporeal realities
quite naturally...

"The Larks Have Become Silent"...

"The Larks Have Become Silent"

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

The larks have become silent
as swallows glide tufted titmice
simultaneously cry, " peter peter peter peter upon visiting
bird feeders while mixing in
with flocking chickadees
seeking insects and seeds

featuring windy twigs
best seen leafless
revealing scars of previous
seasons glossy dormancy
dropping off due to water loss

high-born party crawlers
cover stories turbulent wars
as almost obligatory
like tarot cards and crystal balls

being staged in grand opera
performances by a mellifluous
populous contiguous sun up...

"Having Arrived Safely"...

" Having Arrived Safely "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Having arrived safely
by managing
to grab the last seat
with a leave slip
saying, "Agreed"
from the auxiliary

less riskily
in the guise
of an officially
moonlit
artistic bit

as essential mysteries
while phonographs
grind tirelessly
time being so brief

solitary peaks
of achievement
gone off in an outing
shadows all over the grounds...

"Downright Doll-Like"...

" Downright Doll-Like "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Downright doll-like
as beauty rites
of nano design
huge parts of life

like the next big thing
in anti-aging crazes
with awkward names
sleeping in makeup

skin savers in training
being whipped into shape
within compression chambers
said to reduce inflammation
all the rage

drenched in sulphur yellow feeling quite warm again
with the will o' the wisps
well within the vicinity

more at ease
after taking leave
"Virgin in the Tree"
profound destiny
slept without a dream...

"Unpacked and Decoded"...

" Unpacked and Decoded "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Unpacked
and decoded
handbooks
of the quotable
in stop motion

looking closely
evoking high notes
of alignment
cooing babies
mewing catbirds

bitonality
between periods
of strength
and vulnerability
experimenting
dramatically

lacking in grandeur
only barely daring
dancing nightmarishly
last-ditch pleas

pencil drawings
in lieu of paintings
as portrayals
likened to multi-
layered stagings...

" A Light Rain "...

" A Light Rain "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

A light rain
sprinkles us
stopped
breathing
the dust

not wanting
to look up
upon following
instructions
from the front

while learning nothing
by quieting hungry
stomachs at dusk
turning sultry
in the bright sun

becoming divided
into companies
terribly funny
and in no hurry

like relative comfort
when changing
the subject
of what must be done...