Cosmic Tales

" Cosmic Tales "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Not long ago
cross my heart
on the lam
in a cosmic tale
of idiosyncratic
graffitied fragments
for yakkers and braggers
well beyond capacity...

Already Been

" Already Been "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Already been referenced
in letters of above-mentioned appendixes as knacks
for belting out carols
with whip-lashed abandon
like holiday handfuls
of butter-splattered
rah-rah pasts
gotten well in advance
laced with laughter...

Rapture Newly Imagined

" Rapture Newly Imagined "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

A puzzled sort
of pleasure
left in the state
of a modestly
frank tantrum
of rapture
newly imagined
as gratitude
laid bare...

The Long Hereafter

" The Long Hereafter "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Based on passion
as latter-day
platonic patrons
of favorable
reconsiderations
for formulaically
redacted nascent states
given total access
to the long hereafter
however casually...

Fingers of First Frailties

" Fingers of First Frailties "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

To stop the eye
approval-wise
as stashed pints
of child-like naïveté
peeking out between
fingers of first frailties...

Disguised Erstwhiles

" Disguised Erstwhiles "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Out of nowhere
no end in sight
behind every line

hows and whys
miserly realigned
at the same time

on a dime
in their own rite
crouched outside

feigning life smoke rising
likened to archetypes
of disguised erstwhiles...

A Warren of Dignity

" A Warren of Dignity "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

A warren of dignity
as crèche figurines

slightly unkempt
over centuries

years spent
in intercession

kisses pecked
on foreheads...

Over Red Berries

" Over Red Berries "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Sizing up
once-musty
heads up
at eye level

as edited excerpts
of an unexpected
sole discretion

drawing yourself
by memory in pencil
tumbled together

stretched over red berries
paying attention to trendy
style-centrics at street level

small-plate specials
blowing minds like fried
cherry pies at pre-arranged times...

Non-Fictional Figures

" Non-Fictional Figures "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Eminently human
passing in confusion
re-introduced
as endless loops
of time-splintering
vaguely familial
sharply underwritten
pivotally gritty snippets
likened to high-pitched
non-fictional figures
nostalgically whispering...

Lip-Painted Outtakes

" Lip-Painted Outtakes "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

The kiss
of an un-named
trickster
'gainst
a lip-sticked
grifter
hieroglyphed
on monolithic
obelisks
as graffitied
ancient needles
of mythical
interspecies
graphically staged
emblazoned
like lip-painted
outtakes...

Live Exuberance

" Live Exuberance "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán


Almost love
profoundly struggling
deliberately flat
doomed to shatter

maniacally catchy
movingly anew
live exuberance
cumulatively induced

picked-and-choosed debuts
staged exclusively
in definitive reviews
protuberantly two-by-two...

A Totemic Tannenbaum

" A Totemic Tannenbaum "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

A totemic tannenbaum
forbearance notwithstanding
largely stemming in retrospect
from festive year ends
with charitable exceptionalities
let alone romances in passing...

Trailblazers from Elsewheres

"Trailblazers from Elsewheres "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

The promise of the title
minus rehearsal time
with bittersweet rhymes
opining improvised
pile ups of free stylings
while throwing loaded dice
handfuls of times at light speed
with the near-implausibility
of forlorn catchy love songs
sadly adapted as unfair shares
unsparingly declared
by trailblazers from elsewheres...

Managing Sublimities

" Managing Sublimities "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán


Hard to hold up
unbearably
undermined
bifurcated lives


moving clockwise
as stockpiled
highlights
of unrecognizable
misguidance


in sympathy
for idiosyncrasies
previewed
like goofy indies
still managing sublimities...

In Tribute to Spillover

" In Tribute to Spillover "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Hard to envision
stippled at full tilt
while overtly twisting
in tribute to spillover
well suited when viewed
breaking through prurient limbo
likened to live nudes
genteelly idealized
by undeniably disguised
high mindedness
shaded from sunlight
when draped
by ground-length capes
of smartalecky tactility...

Smack-Dab in the Center

" Smack-Dab in the Center "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Smack-dab in the center
set in opaque Legos
estimated to fetch
making ubiquitous sense
as infamously seminal
sequestered collections
of adventurous heroines
over dressed
in thinly spun threads
of seemingly endless
indefinite merit
with satisfying thwacks
on packed surfaces
stuffed with fabrics
of historically accurate hilarity
over-stretched and pre-gessoed...

Team-Rallying Cries

" Team-Rallying Cries "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Strategic mishaps
in double features
hovering ever nearer

towering but fragile
seemingly raggedy
pensively jazzy

knitted and nattered exotically detailed
desiringly gathered fantasies
mesmerizing like team rallying cries...

Backed Up by Backdrops of 'this'

" Backed Up by Backdrops of 'this' "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Backed up by backdrops of "this"
implanted with impacts
overcrowded by the rowdiness
of jumping around howling
and screaming via piecemeal
make-believe contrarian catastrophes head spinningly wobbling
while preaching gee-whizzing sloganeering as sidelined anchorings
notwithstanding vacuous gravity...

Partnering of Possibilities

" Partnering of Possibilities "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

In pursuit of steady
rebirths tensely kinetic
risking swooping lifts
peppered with giggles
and knottiness watching
partnerings of possibilities
stranding as tapestries of funky heirs
well beyond the dominance
of bodies of holiday art
chronicling mirthful heartthrobs...

Boomeranging Flashbacks

" Boomeranging Flashbacks "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán


Improved sound-proofing
carried out in new
master plans well worth
examining minus the fact


stuffy academics
teasing out history
humming with the absence
of a dying man


releasing prestigious casts
compulsively abandoned
as boomeranging flashbacks


instantly smitten
by fraying fetishes
with the intellectual heft
of soft-landings
pressed high in the air...

Revamped Hootenannies

" Revamped Hootenannies "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Nears modest accord
far from logjams
stockpiled as glad-
handed scams
of rueful romance
for deadpanned
sociopaths
on intoxicatedly
melancholic
odysseys


looming large
shortly short
zipping across
tricky stories
via laborious losses
begrudgingly
sung out of order
at revamped
hootenannies...

If Per Chance

" If Per Chance "


by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán


Analysts point to up-ticks
in pent-up headwinds
making up huge segments
of all-too-well ending up
better-than-expected
by finding ourselves

close to abandon
on the mainland
of if per chance
while facing up to the past
with helping hands in halves
being denied damages
during prolonged fasts...

Pour the Port

" Pour the Port "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Pour the port
over one-person orders
gently transformed
by toddies
of harder spirits
garnished with sticks
of cinnamon
plus clove-studded
ribbons of citrus
cousined by crumbles
of pot luck
as read on the palms
of drill sergeants
with the bravado
of rock-star monarchs
collected by artists...

All Decked Out

" All Decked Out "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán


All decked out
outside the grasp
gorgeous
from the air

merely taking care
counting
as working out
upside down
with a shout out

each day anew
as suspenseful
senses
of limitlessness

unrelentingly
family held
like up-dos
as salutes
to stiffened
tulle...

Daring Heirs

" Daring Heirs "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Barely recognized
initially at least
with seasoned affability
and invidious comparisons
per chance as daring heirs
on and off air with wackiness
captured by cut outs of cut ups
lumbering down jumbled up
runways as cuts above
hurry-up line-ups cookie cut
in up-and-coming match ups...

Parables in Stained Glass

" Parables in Stained Glass "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Getting to help
reinvent indelible
randomness
as mish-mashed
neon strands
in planned parables
of stained glass

heading back to shore
bruised from the board
and downward dogs
in high-waist shorts

minus bangs and braids
looking like a wader
with a swaddled baby
along the banks...

Already Peaked

" Already Peaked "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Already peaked
sheepishly
pointing
to shiny
blue jumpsuits


yawning loudly
on the ground
as dark brows
knitted
with the ability
to send kisses
heavenward


tall and blond
jostled hard
at the top
as hot-doggers
of extreme
tweeness
looking big
on the rinky-dink...

Perpetually Poised

" Perpetually Poised "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Perpetually poised
consistently interesting
ill fittingly winding up winning
in the tone and timbre
of burnt scripts sidled peripherally
by hidden paralysis
on the long road back
teeth still attached to cliffhangers
over cow patches...

Savants of Bargains

" Savants of Bargains "


by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán


Well-hidden complimentary
stress tests upsetting the gentle
by sharpening potential
while taking years to perfect
actual perception
of the hypothetical
as stock and schmaltz
gobble-gobble squabbles
puzzling holiday shoppers
if not for rock-solid
savants of bargains...

Utilitarian Calculus

" Utilitarian Calculus "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán


Utilitarian calculus malleable
tens or hundreds of thousands
taken for granted as subrationally pragmatic fiendishly collateral damage


in armchair accounts
of what went down
clamped in slightly scary
matter-of-factness
too close to caricature
fractiously flashedback...

Arguing Mightily

" Arguing Mightily "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Arguing mightily
with critical
distancings
while pointing
significantly
to ever-increasing
vulnerabilities
owing something
of great sums
to fent-off insults
unconvincingly shifted
deafeningly still...

Dust Jackets

" Dust Jackets "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Dust jackets as clashing
machinations of ashen
circumstance for freelanced
back-and-forth failures
outcast by typecasting
clicking and dragging
with the frivolous abandon
of wit and panache...

Love Interruptus

" Love Interruptus "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Sometimes it was
sometimes it wasn't

simple facticity
in non-fiction and poesy

tipping the gipper
with ongoing tragic twists

tumultuous deliberateness
for non victims of familial history

seen as curiosities
of love interruptus...

Pre-Empted Ordinariness

" Pre-Empted Ordinariness "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Frequent revelry
dreamlike and breathy
endlessly refreshed
pre-empted ordinariness...

Magnolia-Tinged History

" Magnolia-Tinged History "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Vast and varied
plaid-clad canvas
from pluff mud pasts
as spats and garter flashes
of piping bands
for pickled shrimp
and swordfish schnitzel
on counterpoint peninsulas
filled with magnolia-tinged history...

Silence and Whispers

" Silence and Whispers "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

A kindred spirit
that didn't
in silence and whispers
for striking figures

chafing with painstakingly
faux-haughty faces
during extreme situations
evoked over decades

as hermetic reconciliation
woozily angled
anonymously alienated
in slews of mixed tapes...

Sightless Sword Play

" Sightless Sword Play "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Sightless sword play
precisely calibrated
in perfectly framed
dark fables
loosely based
on long-estranged
interpretation...

Risibly Glittering

" Risibly Glittering "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

A little over
emerging
into the cold
of bedfellows
minus closeness
risibly glittering
on all cylinders
with whopper
plot twists
in leather kilts
for backhanded
cackling shenanigans
as baddies of slapstick...

A Lover's Perch

" A Lover's Perch "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán


A lover's perch in the nosebleeds
behind the weakest proscenium
of topmost opposing geometries
musically winging from side balconies
with pronounced turnouts in the air
or on point from the farthest seats
of give and take like analytical
passion's aftermath still nattering
while looming fearlessly...

Linguistically Cerebral

" Linguistically Cerebral "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

It's the stuff
of science fiction
" aha-ing"
as just the thing


obviously risky
lacking in intimacy
like linguistically cerebral
love machines trumping comedies


gravitating back
to enticing tales
of long-before-
well-received authors...

Vainly Hoodwinked

" Vainly Hoodwinked "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

An unusual level of intimacy
with extracurricular little-to-no-frills
as frequent visitors
with shoes that squeak
from gullible rotundity
vainly hoodwinked
by malevolent grins
of stick figures
grasping their seats
on the wings
while swooping
and shuttering...

Artifacts Under Wraps

" Artifacts Under Wraps "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Only a fraction
of hands-
on artifacts
under wraps
in factions
of fine dancers
blown forward
by smoke
and sorrow
under study
as roles for foes
in theaters closed
freed to focus
on the also...

Finally Uncorked

" Finally Uncorked "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Finally uncorked
as propulsively
as inevitability

literally driven
by double-dolly shots
in homage to somewhats

as love-it-or-nots
in snapshots of snotty
head-bobbers

excerpted like conversations
with lost objects
in cathartically collaged bottles...

Shifting Her Gaze

" Shifting Her Gaze "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Shifting her gaze
to green lanes
in surprising ways

clockwise
from top right
ripened on the vine

piled high
above a visor
exposed to passers-by

adorned with wide eyes
from photo files
with nothing to hide...

The Truly Undiscovered

" The Truly Undiscovered "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

The truly undiscovered
off and running
after falling in love
with cuddly sock puppets
in primary colors...

Playing the Remaining Heart

" Playing the Remaining Heart "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán


Attracting listeners
grown convinced
of evident humility


moody murmurings
bolted together
by stronger expression


briefly cheeky night fantasies
outlandishly built to last
with prevailing vulnerability


playing the remaining heart
as telltale marks etched in bronze
patinaed by oxygen...

Changing Casts' Life Spans

" Changing Casts' Life Spans "


by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán


Hidden and closed
earmarked and dogeared
yet ever-growing in troves
of nimble similes


baffling and frightening
bequeathed bombastically
unfettered by the secrecies
of history's balcony scenes


choreographed with the exactitude
of impish vitality's charismatically mixed accents in the low squatting stances of changing casts' life spans...

Ineradicable Memories

" Ineradicable Memories "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

A click away
from a fitting end
as after effects
of ineradicable memories
given to lingering
over masterminded
machine gun fire
smashing stained glass
as blasé catalysts
of blood red swells
deliberately unexpressed
in ineffable intelligence...

Leaf Gatherers Beneath Evergreens

" Leaf Gatherers Beneath Evergreens "


by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán


Full body shots
as rules of thumb
rising on point
grasping at the air
with balanced hands
waving declarative farewells
heads thrown back
tempered by sadness
like leaf gatherers
beneath evergreens...

History's Oracles in Singalongs

" History's Oracles in Singalongs "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán


In harm's way
eyes gone sad
starting from scratch
harkening back
to working the angles


joylessly lost in thought
on bluegrass lawns
no longer actuarial
as history's oracles
in singalongs
merely seconds long


luridly lurching assaults
blasting distortion
unfurling claws
gasping voices
without warning...