" Far-Carrying Calls "...

" Far-Carrying Calls "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Far-carrying calls
repeated steadily

rufous underwings
edges of clearings

clearly squealing
wingbeats choppy

seen perching in trees
prolonged whining screams

permanent streams
stiff beat deep wings

soaring dihedral
kiting hovering

rounded wings
circling

insistent whistling
begging thin rising

"skwee skwee
skwee skwee skwee"...

"Enduring Allure: Plants and Birds"...

"Enduring Allure:
Plants and Birds"

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Enduring allure
plants and birds
urban elegant reserve
as glass curtains
and walls
of cascading water

like logical points
for outsourced crosswalks
in spider-like forms
while shimmering silver
on pedestrian perimeters

gilded historical figures
of commercial districts
mimicking pigeons
poised and still
bronzed infantrymen
portraying bravery
and camaraderie

surrounded
by bench seating
along gritty streets
posted with exuberant
graffiti and poised
architectural friezes...

" Hardly the First "...

" Hardly the First "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Hardly the first
intuitive purpose
snapping and rattling

mysterious "tinging"
wing-clapping rackets
at a fraction


inverted wings clicking
ridges as strings
triggering frequencies

given intricacies
of swooping and fluttering
while dangling in the breeze

preeminently open ended
as a preponderance
of perpetually plentiful
eccentrically eclectical questionings...

" All Along "..,

" All Along "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

All along
ultimately
coming across
paranormally
without
probable cause

ectoplasmically
trying to withdraw
by soaring
up the mountains
and coursing
down the shore

simultaneously
feeling thwarted
and overwrought
by ghostly sprawls

cordoned off
as scorched
power cords
having shorted
out over
the long haul

as frequently
screw-balled
and shackled
stalkers
raucously galumph
and metaphorically
glide across glaucous
haunted voids...

" Kittiwakes "...

" Kittiwakes "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Kittiwakes
black-legged
red-legged

hollow nasal voices
often in chorus
across open salt water

falsetto squeals
repeated
in cliff colonies

seen plunge diving
near nest sites
pale primaries

tipped black and white triangles
while fishing mainly at night
becoming more-or-less silent
in winter time...

Inspired by Small Batches...

" Inspired by Small Batches "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Inspired by small batches
as everlasting liquid assets
aged in a barrel
along with raised eyebrows

lacking in transparency
having been waxed
by Lotto scratchers
while lying on luxury mattresses

when something extra-
ordinary happens
atop quilted ticking
beneath framed pictures
and candle-lit chandlers
side-eyeing a shady by-and-by...

Pelagic Habitats

" Pelagic Habitats "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Pelagic habitats
yellow nosed
black browed

very rare
resting on land
throatily cackling
in mottled dark colonies

white caps and black
altered patterns
irregularities as gaps
flashing silvery patches
sailing mats of sargassum...

Frolicking with Art...

" Frolicking with Art "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Frolicking with art
having been cast in bronze
shown prominently
on city property

distinguishingly quirky
supporting the world
on muscular murals
as sophisticated works

highlighted
by gridded gilding
of commissioned
ceiling fins
within the now familiar
site-specific
pyramidal glass prisms

while bellringers chime in surreptitiously
heard over great distances
after upliftingly
being re-configured...

"Right Off the Bat"...

"Right Off the Bat"...

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Right off the bat
allusions shattered
combatively doctrinaire

having always been tricky
as thorny tasks being pared
down and supplanted
on large scales
by rampantly flapping
checkered flags

in rag-doll fantasies
depicted like chimeric menageries encircling
spent mutant memory
transfixed by horrific mimicry...

" Final Salvos "...

" Final Salvos "...

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Final salvos
newly found
nearly complete
butterfly wings

moving continuously
yet prohibitively riskily
like unreliable uniformity

leading to multiplicity
without blinking
during free-wheeling labeling
while lingering fastidiously

uncovered posthumously
as aches and indignities
like cosmological star eating
lurking undetectably
at the center of our galaxy...

" A Rare Gambit "

" A Rare Gambit "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

A rare gambit
thinly veiled
sounding
fairly flimflammed
yet listened
to raptly


bed-raggedly
overlapped
as esteemed
largess

scrappily crass
coveted savvily
by avid
baseball fans

spouting
baby-sat at bats
and unearned averages
after losing badly...

"Enticing Color Light and Excitement"...

"Enticing Color Light
and Excitement "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Enticing
color
light
and
excitement
tight-
roping
into
the
night

cordoned off riverside
like flapping eagles
being re-patinaed poignantly

while movingly memorializing
striking jets of life in high relief
symbolizing gargantuan
advances of flight
outsizedly being
kept in stride...

" Better Realized "

" Better Realized "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Better realized
accented
by leaved trees
surrounded
by seatings
of greenery

lolly gagging
upstream
far and afield
as laudable
as avian equities

croaking great blue herons
standing tall
hoarse snowy egrets
foraging
with tightly coiled necks
nesting in colonies
of abundancy

catching a breeze
thriving in asymmetry
clocked at high speeds
outflying scanned skies
like warp drives
while piping sideways...

" Bucolic Pleasures "

" Bucolic Pleasures "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Bucolic pleasures
heading straight
for stretches
of clams
on the half shell

bathed in seasonal blond ales
from winemaking families
having been milled
in stunning hills
from spent grape skins

being seen
in speakeasies
as unpretentious
yellows and greens

in keeping
with artist's colonies
having evolved
from orange gelato
and blue cobs...

"Prepping, Primping and Intermingling"

"Prepping,
Primping
and Inter-
mingling"

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Prepping
primping
and inter-
mingling

juxta-
positioning
A-line minis
with hooded
terry tunics

trekking
past beach
shacks

coated
with capsule
jewelry

while donning
a swingy dolphin-
blue trapeze

and swaying
in pleated
bell-bottom
jeans

as sling backs
of mirthful
eccentricities

trotting atop
dimpled
and pimply
poolside bricks

bedecked
by buns
and twists
of summer

assiduously
applying
layer upon layer
of sheening
sunscreen...

" A Double-Edged Sensation "...

" A Double-Edged Sensation "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

A double-edged sensation
both banal and exotic
echoing lotus-blossom thrones
unfolding in bamboo groves
of hollow cellulose
uncovered beneath
damp logs and coal

coping by freakishly
leap frogging
and frantically hopscotching
across chalked potty courts
on blacktop

having once feasted
on larva in locust bark
and gotten the edge
on perennial flower beds
under hand lenses
and insect nets
during open-air events...

" Once and Always "

" Once and Always "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Once and always
as sonic waves
radiating into space
away from the point
of origination
undergoing change

widening upon release
into mercurial ebulliency
double booms of profusion
returning safely to Earth...

"A Hand at Play"

" A Hand at Play "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

A hand at play
long in the making
as stamina fades

never belabored
while walking with a cane
at a steady pace

new traits awaiting
getting reacquainted
waiting in the wings
gleaming alluringly...

" As Imagined "

" As Imagined "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

As imagined
evincing vastness
diaphanous abstraction
bared saplings bending back

white powder
green boughs
vernal catalysts
catkins turning out
hanging down

retrieving cooing sounds
cumulus mounds
being sent packing
deified stylus
apparatus
on high...

"Cackle Cackle"

" Cackle Cackle "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

" Cackle, cackle,
Mother Goose,
Have you any
feathers loose? "

on a far-out fringe
of newspaper clippings
collected from visitors

like coveted plumes
throughout evolution
epically cool

suitably
introduced
throughout
previews

while doing
the hula
with hoops

all for the sake
of beauty
and coiled
"Slinkys"

becoming
as slender
and soft
as an ostrich's
adornment...

"Atmospheric Effects"

" Atmospheric Effects "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Atmospheric effects
strongly affected
unusual acuteness

high overhead
open oceans
silently gliding
in untidy
wavering lines

wings spreading
waiting to dry
white-breasted
juveniles

nesting on islands
rocky coastlines
baritone croaking
clearly spoken,
" yaaa yaa ya "...

" On the Skyline "

" On the Skyline "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

On the skyline
happily occupied
landscaped hillsides

solar light streaking by
lunar rising looming phases
waxing and waning

sky scraping strikingly
tantalizing reminders
cyclically aggrandized

multi-tiered flight
as spired sight lines
of gracefully dappled light...

" Supportive Evidence "

" Supportive Evidence "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Supportive evidence
making great sense
as sudden access

ground-up-tree-down
bridging gaps
deemed radical

read aloud
with calming power
being bedecked
by garlands of flowers

like lines of air passing
under and over
raising white-capped waves
of mitigated danger

giving way
to a highly ornate
fountain-sprayed
green oasis...

"Raised Dimples "

" Raised Dimples "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Raised dimples
understanding everything
amazing and distinct
no novelty no change
fully modern vaned
real strength

fossil traced
bold statements
like criticized interpretation
as outright naysaying
yet still looking
great on paper

anything but a crank
clear adaptation
reiterated
in fully avian
feathery stages
while holding great sway...

" Creating a Dizzying Sensation"...

"Creating a Dizzying Sensation"

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Creating a dizzying sensation
while looming gracefully
over lofty vertical planes

textured lamentations
compositional strength
for earth and space

along axial walkways
whooping cranes'
dancing mating displays

high-pitched
clear whistling
" ddeer ddeer
swee swee "...

" Set Back in Place "

" Set Back in Place "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Set back in place
changing surface planes
rotating axes

otherwise barren
helmeted guineafowl
apparent in barriers

well in hand
as invariable
reactive fantasies

becoming stripped
of meaning
like unrealized
diminishing
wavelengths fading
into bluish-greys...

" In Heroic Mode "

" In Heroic Mode "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

In heroic mode
having once
been cleverly chosen
for a sort of role
now in vogue

coming over
loudly and clearly
while exorcising demons
with vocal ease

versus desperate pleas
growing in vehemence
like stylistic interminglings
of chatty lyrics
as just the beginning

remaining unbeatable
rhythmically and melodically
against vaporous harmonics
sashaying in and out
with the absence of sound...

" Elegiac by Design "

" Elegiac by Design "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

for Stanislaus Dubowski,
my late husband
in commemoration
of his 93rd Birthday:
"Portrait Through the Portal
of Perpetuity" by Suzán Jiván

Elegiac by design
being likened
to fine art avian icons

serving as intermediaries
to the gods divining guidance
to the origins of life

wings perpetually spread
in protection with inferences
of resurrection celestial
ascension descending lament...

" A Party of One "

" A Party of One "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

A party of one
a dime a dozen

neon-dotted
landmarks

cold marble

dominant auto-
body shops

studio a-part-ments

soaring
ceilings with quirky
amenities

like flat screens
and herb-
scented toiletries
in dimmed lighting

laid-back vibes
relying on bygone lives...

"Writing Letters in Pencil"

" Writing Letters in Pencil "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Writing letters in pencil
then switching to pen

mascaraed lashes
painted nails

banded pony tails
scrutinized and shared

daring long hair
wearing commanding plaids

swirling masses
glittering floral jackets

baring logo tags and tats
as sole cultural advantages

ramped up sales
late-night food stands upscale...

"Over and Over and Over"

" Over and Over and Over "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Over and over and over
one long plodding response
visually charted
as stretching tremolo effects

gathering energy
across bridging sections
singing of myth
with puppets and ickiness

only a little different
floating in the middle
of an entirely idle mind's eye

as seen at low tide
and in high time
like the politically entitled
marionette style...

"More or Less True"

" More or Less True "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

More or less true
midway through
culminating
in strangeness
in the final days

retraced
in seasonal phrases
whittled away
left unpainted
as commonplace
word campaigns

like mosquito-plagued-
attention-seeking
pranksters communicating
tongue-in-cheek

skin deep to infinity
after roughly
doubling becoming
mammothly maladjusted...

" Crucial to Antiquity "

" Crucial to Antiquity "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Crucial to antiquity
rate rigging
second biggest
gains within days
after languishing
over decades

now hurrying to pack
as a counterattack
for artifacts

like an endangered
sage grouse
chicken like
yet more proud

never having laid eyes
on body-conscious
remapped gothic
robotic arms

practicing prosthetic
mind control
while still at home...

"Once More With Feeling"

" Once More With Feeling "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Once more with feeling
as a sort of sequel
opposed to a reboot
while actively
singing the blues

becoming decidedly
less angelical
having zipped
through one-too-
many satanic vignettes

good works notwithstanding
for fascinating figures
being shown somewhat
reservedly like polite society
dressed in off-white

chanting and cackling
reclaiming the mantle
having been scorchingly branded after taking
a sagging stance...

"Looking Less Idyllic"

" Looking Less Idyllic "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Looking less idyllic
unsaid yet implicit
becoming high pitched
yet lacking in sympathy
having been killed instantly
after seeking a greater reach

anger releasing
in little more than a week
of lost innocence
kindness versus cruelty

growing inequality
likened to cures
for double chins
via injections
to reduce deposits
as jaw-dropping
top picks minus
gritted teeth...

"Uncommon & Rather Local"

" Uncommon & Rather Local "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Uncommon & rather local
lengths varying greatly
slim waders longer legs

high-pitched whistles
" pill-will willet "
" pill-will willet "

a low trilling
seen singly
rasping
spinning
circling
picking
rather
than
probing

long-toed flyovers
predators and prey
red-tailed rough-legged

slurring downwards
sharp-shinned
shrill hook-billed

conspicuously
crooked at the wrist
while sailing great distances...

" A Rinky-Dink Kind of Thing"...

" A Rinky-Dink Kind of Thing "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

A rinky-dink kind of thing
recalling fury fondly

taking the lead peaking
with underground originality

mimicking
the "Good-Old-Days"
of the scene
through dark
filters of the period

seldom if ever touched
yet ravishingly sensuous

going
without mention
as a means
of self-expression
in missteps

seen like sides of uncut gems
reflecting mystery and mastery

through translucent harmonies
of whispers and pinpricks...

" Against the Wind "

" Against the Wind "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Against the wind
requiring lift
like single-mindedness

motioning as wings
in early mourning
simultaneously
pumping fists

mimicking
the brashly
cynical
deliberately
unpretty
while entering
into risky recovery

cryptically
cunning
soaring
above
then
plum-
met-
ting...
•
•
•

" Eras Apart "

" Eras Apart "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Eras apart
after taking shots
across dazzling sandlots

like unrecorded landmarks
having gone beyond
the bottlenecks of the Antarctic
in a quandary

feeling a dire need
for drinking water
being preened
from icebergs

defending its use
while on curfew
as former and current
high-minded pupils

taking on Google
puréed
and fed by spoon...

"Altered Forever"

" Altered Forever "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Altered forever
lurching
with determination

training a hard gaze
at an erupting volcano
wresting control
along archipelago slopes

being ringed
by gargantuan
mangrove trees
becoming home
to kaleidoscoped
bungalows

as motorized
fishing boats
ply bayous
whizzing past
deserted coves

marred by piled milestones
having fallen out of vogue
like hardened lava flows...

" In Unlikely Places "

" In Unlikely Places "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

In unlikely places
of former protégés
supporting re-creation
as chambered agglomerations
for long-time fascinations

complementary contrasting fare
shrill deadpan cheap gags
expecting not to laugh
getting on track
with little alacrity

just fitting in like splinterings
of near invisibility
becoming more and more pithy
within diminishing squinting
eyelids left cringing
beneath heavily-tweezed
beetle-brows...

"Yet Another Incantation"

" Yet Another Incantation "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Yet another incantation
part imagination part logic
portrayed as netted ostriches
on outcrops along with fishy-
tasting pelican eggs
as painted on ancient caves

domesticated caged turkeys
trucked on Thanksgiving Day
heading for tables
on neighboring estates

having been in no position
to complain prayer versus prey
as mummified remains
chamber upon chamber
based on incarnation
via sacred avian transmigration...

"Adding to the Hilarity"

" Adding to the Hilarity "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Adding to the hilarity
crackling with wit
implausibly tidy
to be in keeping
with the furiously funny

being reined in by history
dissed as monumental simplicity
from the purity of abstract
geometry like the resiliency
of green and white checkering

whimsically makeshift
while balancing a crescent
and a sphere before a mirror
of eminent logic
facing darkening
provocative snarling...

"In a Reverse Sort of Way"

" In a Reverse Sort of Way "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

In a reverse sort of way
having shared elevators
the other day as a revelation
that wasn't always the case
after getting away
from the ties of place

once-brazen
hideaways
like mapmaking
for shoemakers
on the main stage
without having to wait
for an invitation

plaster molds
being left unpainted
narrow in shape
elongated
with hollow
internal spaces
close in age...

"Consequences of Failure"

" Consequences of Failure "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Consequences of failure
to adequately prepare
for maintaining heirs

failing to grasp
upper respiratory tracks
escaping gases

tracking no specific antagonist
as muscle relaxants
for food-producing animals

with inherent modes of action
like aimless walking stages
and passive regurgitation

after total relaxation
artificial respiration
excessive salivation

chemical-restraint
immobilization
toxic agents

persistent states
of free-ranging
permanent malaise...

"Optics and Neurology"...

" Optics and Neurology "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Optics and neurology
mistaking Prague
for Dresden
as an intended
bombing target
of the nonobjective

being shot
in blood droplets
during impoverishment
and non idyllic
circular reasonings

making
straight leaps
into trippy
mood swings
fully revealed
while pulling strings
of hard-won decency

re-enacted
with terrifying
authenticity
having once
been tucked
up puffy
sheer sleeves...

" Devoting a Lifetime "

" Devoting a Lifetime "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Devoting a lifetime
to evoking the sublime
animated by light
as an exodus and arrival

distinguishing twilights
blinking red yellow green
by all means of melody
moonlit boogie-woogie

powerfully early
flinging and pouring
weaving and running
engulfing expanses of color

stacked
one atop
another
unsullied...

"What's the Sense?"

" What's the Sense? "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

What's the sense?

Here's a guess
during ages
of lock-step
self help

complex
and highly
developed
fossil records

shrewdly
and quietly
aggressive

indigenous
spray guns
and stencils

in inevitable
layered depths
being fitted
together
with sawed fragments
of crass bric-á-brac

scrawled oils
on Plexiglas
applied in pre-
timed spell-binding
palettes as maniacal
attempts to overtask
the unanswerable...

"Opening the Way"

" Opening the Way "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Opening the way
as insubordination
in standard lengths
of approximation

almost syncopated
coming closer to nature
in human cradles

becoming eroded as waves
that died and sank
like prefabricated
singularly fascinating
exalted examples

transformed
on a large scale
right in the middle
of nowhere...

"The Changes Are Telling"

" The Changes Are Telling "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

The changes are telling
signaling a presence
all but empty

scantily dressed
dewy fleshed
protruding chests

as metaphorical repressions
of triumphal illicitness
like an alleged satirically edged
altered perception

seen as a sculpted bronze head
on a grey pedestal
mimicking the jet set
minus solvency

displayed disparagingly
as heretical deities
once revered
in hallowed hilltop museums...