Floor-to-Ceiling Haiku

" Floor-to-Ceiling Haiku "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

for Rebecca, Russ
Kenny, Jimmy
Mark, Danielle & Eric...

I

Assimilated
a willingness to flatter
avant-garde upstarts

II

Gazing into space
sparkling clutters of glassware
expansive mantels

III

Rendered indistinct
given a spectral feeling
eerily gloomy

IV

Home in the darkness
like cherry-picked libraries
from floor to ceiling

V

Eager assistants
in ramshackle additions
throwing, firing

VI

Copper dinner gongs
pockets of undisturbed art
crowded with columns...

Alluring Discovery

" Alluring Discovery "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

for Rebecca, Russ
Kenny, Jimmy
Mark, Danielle & Eric...

Alluring discovery
scanned score
upon scores
scrawled
on chalkboards
as all-important
platform checkpoints

in patterns
everywhere
when squares
are in fact cubes
as a sort of ruse
wandering through
single rooms in a two-
dimensional universe

in degrees before
the not-at-all
with helping hands
for the transcendentally petty
unerringly suggesting
back-to-back guitar medleys
sounding sturdier
and even more majestic
forevermore...

Frog Family Haiku

" Frog Family Haiku "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

for Rebecca, Russ
Kenny, Jimmy
Mark, Danielle & Eric...

I

Crevices and caves
chirp, nocturnal, flattened shapes
catfish-like whiskers

II

Slips into cliff cracks
smooth skin, prominent front feet
truncated toe pads

III

Absent vocal sacs
loud, rattling croaks, darker masks
positioned head down

IV

Evade predators
hide under rocks and litter
chirp like a cricket

V

Submerged logs and rocks
attach to vegetation
thousands of eggs laid

VI

Starlike projections
clasping females around the waist
Big Bend area...

Tenacious Ingenuity

" Tenacious Ingenuity "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

for Rebecca, Russ
Kenny, Jimmy
Mark, Danielle & Eric...

Tenacious ingenuity
widely credited
as pretentious
geeky pleasures
in creepy series
feverishly overacted
with rotting gentility
scurrilously scribbling
with grisly insistence
worked into a lather
as incoherent characters
cast into preposterously motley genres...

As Captured in Captions

" As Captured in Captions "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

for Rebecca, Russ
Kenny, Jimmy
Mark, Danielle & Eric...

Sucked the attention
of every pundit
in humongous numbers
as pop-up cultures
taking deep breaths
during post credits

inconsolably overblown egos
as captured in captions
below overexposed photos
circulating globally
in the moment

like tears and tulle
chiefly in costumes
past and future, off and on
as if stunned by an understudy...

Insect Collecting Haiku

" Insect Collecting Haiku "

by Suzán Jiván

for Rebecca, Russ
Kenny, Jimmy
Mark, Danielle & Eric...

I

Collecting insects
butterfly nets, pitfall traps
microhabitats

II

Tropical regions
leaf-inhabiting species
sieving leaf litter

III

Luring, baiting bugs
rotting fruit, animal dung
using a pooter

IV

Making compost heaps
decaying vegetable waste
rotting logs near ponds

V

Simply sit and watch
a spider spinning its silk
infinite wisdom...

Katydid Haiku

" Katydid Haiku "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

for Rebecca, Russ
Kenny, Jimmy
Mark, Danielle & Eric...

A file and scraper
whose song sounds like, " Katy did "
repeated namesakes...

Darters Haiku

" Darters Haiku "

by Suzán Jiván

I

Unpredictable
"skimmers", also called, "darters"
erratic patterns

II

Often quite hairy
slow-moving streams, ponds and bogs
prey on the bottom...

Jumping Mouse Haiku

" Jumping Mouse Haiku "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

for Rebecca, Russ
Kenny, Jimmy
Mark, Danielle & Eric

I

Meadow jumping mouse
nests beneath boards, hollow logs
constantly jumping

II

Curls in a tight ball
nose in its belly, sleeping
tail coiling around...

Turtle Haiku

" Turtle Haiku "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

for Rebecca, Russ
Kenny, Jimmy
Mark, Danielle & Eric...

I

Permanent bodies
varying degrees in spring
separated days

II

A protective shell
incubated by the sun
nest and hatch the young

III

Humus or sawdust
a crevice in a steep bank
deep water cover

IV

Spots fading with age
bluish black carapaces
nearly escaping

V

Become inactive
bask on mats of tufted grass
soak up streaming rays

VI

Hibernation dig
murky bottom shallow flat
meandering...creek

Black Bear Haiku

" Black Bear Haiku "

by Suzán Jivàn, Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

for Rebecca, Russ
Kenny, Jimmy
Mark, Danielle & Eric...

I

Groups of bears, females
playful cubs, romping, wrestling
mature males mating

II

In their mother's range
climbing trunks, wooded country
young shuffling summers

III

Crawling towards the warmth
territorial huge paws
largest carnivore

IV

Claws hook, front legs hug
greater potential dangers
grunt, huff and mumble...

Musky Haiku

" Musky Haiku "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

for Rebecca, Russ
Kenny, Jimmy
Mark, Danielle & Eric...

I

Linked more distantly
to the semi-aquatic
still or slow-moving

II

Small ears, inset eyes
hind feet stroke alternately
stout body, blunt head

III

Gnaw underwater
soft underfur, overlain
third of body weight

IV

Arrowhead, smartweed
intraspecific fighting
feeding breeding space

V

Into the dwelling
resulting living chamber
ventilated den

VI

Pungent-smelling musk
bearing another litter
helping raising young...

Horizontally with Charcoal

" Horizontally with Charcoal "

by Suzán Jiván

Culmination of exploration
horizontally with charcoal
shaped like a box
with a black coat on
on view in Hong Kong
as the most popular

Better known under an alias
floating to the top of the list
with mobile technology
held in both hands
like legs without a head
as an experiment
put on a pedestal...

Torn Between the Two Haiku

" Torn Between the Two Haiku "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

for Rebecca, Russ
Kenny, Jimmy
Mark, Danielle & Eric...

I

Torn between the two
synthesizer, drum machine
the national rage

II

Having been mounted
above distorted guitars
facing off with spoils

III

Every flavor
offering a smorgasbord
in a stadium

IV

Punk-rock headbangers
unapologetic raves
as dub-stepping fans

V

Passing up straight up
with a big name like ether
dwindling consciousness...

Rumored Haiku

" Rumored Haiku "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

for Rebecca, Russ
Kenny, Jimmy
Mark, Danielle & Eric...

I

When rumors started
all of the morbid beauties
became bewildered

II

Unwillingly chic
a scion of family
hands that skim the air

III

Lovingly adorned
populated by monsters
playful macabre

IV

Hackneyed renditions
with gold-digging qualities
glittering little

V

Synchronized swimming
legendary medaling
both living and dead...

Black-chinned Haiku

" Black-chinned Haiku "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
and Mom-Mom Suzán

for Rebecca, Russ
Kenny, Jimmy
Mark, Danielle & Eric...

I

Rather secretive
submoustachial striping
held well into fall

II

Finely streaked in all
rusty above, bill bright pink
over rocky slopes

III

Triangular black
moves into burn areas
rapid and high pitched

IV

Conspicuous perch
rarely reaching southeastern
likely overlooked

V

Mexican species
usually seen singing
rising and falling

VI

Jumbling series
vicinities of bishops
much darker tails cocked...

Manatee Haiku

" Manatee Haiku "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

for Rebecca, Russ
Kenny, Jimmy
Mark, Danielle & Eric

I

Gregarious rasp
grasping green aquatic plants
forked tails scattered hairs

II

Madagascar tides
pinkish whitish undersides
very tiny eyes

III

Blimp-like Manatees
Red Sea south to Mozambique
high-pitched chirping squeaks

IV

Downward-bending snout
overhanging narrow mouth
upriver shallows

V

SuccumbIng hunted
stubby bristles on muzzles
dwindling numbers...

Reflected in the Headings Haiku

" Reflected in the Headings "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

for Rebecca, Russ
Kenny, Jimmy
Mark, Danielle & Eric

I

Thumb-tab silhouettes
reflected in the headings
identities set

II

In the next section
when the senses are alike
unless otherwise

III

Pictured male-female
in abbreviation caps
color plates numbered

IV

Following pages
turning in unnamed sequence
bare-faced go-away...

Species Haiku

" Species Haiku "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

for Rebecca, Russ
Kenny, Jimmy
Mark, Danielle
& Eric...

As species of green
spending half our time in trees
beneath canopies...

Some Months After

" Some Months After "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

for Rebecca, Russ
Kenny, Jimmy
Mark, Danielle
& Eric...

Some months after
a convivial hour and a half
of chatting in dark glasses
after parenting with a vague
sense of betrayal
as relationships fray
in bad taste for babies
of formerly chaste
travel agents
seeking tech-savvy
destinations
at less than
the standard rate
these days
on an executive's pay
with little or nothing to say
literally anchored
as the sun breaks
loosely based
on all sorts of strange
emanations
from freckled faces
orchestrated
as UV rays
like the latest
permutations
of stationery
noisemakers
situated
in order
to dissipate
syndications
on and off stage
as thoughtful
commentary
for moving targets
as have nots
rambling across
unmarked car parks
amid rampant brambles
over vast expanses
with travel bans
for unimpressive fashions
taking advantage
of embarrassing
undervalued talents
slamming footprints
in a sprint in order
to keep thin...

And Other Ephemera

" And Other Ephemera "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

for Rebecca, Russ
Kenny, Jimmy
Mark, Danielle
& Eric...

And other ephemera
as some of the cleverest
known draftsmen
at the academy
with flashes
of vivacity
in pen-and-ink
slavishly copying
biblical scenes
replete with second-
hand knowledge
wobbly with pomp
by proxy
in sympathy
for somewhat
less stuffy
nude studies
like lifeblood
from unwieldy scythes
with vertical tines...

Aboard the Ship as It Sinks

" Aboard the Ship as It Sinks "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

for Rebecca, Russ
Kenny, Jimmy
Mark, Danielle & Eric...

Aboard the ship
as it sinks
under previous
agreements
meant to be
discoveries
of absurdities
like a shining pastiche
from a previous era
suddenly becoming
lovestruck
by firing a gun
as an introduction
to gushing subcultures
like teenage crushes
notoriously abrupt
crumbling under
after taking the plunge
in public...

Given In Bid to Buy

" Given In Bid to Buy "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

Given in bid to buy
while testifying
via satellite
over hacking
with a coterie
almost whole-
heartedly
by promising
dollars
as no problem
in mind-boggled
markets
of popular topics
like earthquakes
and colossal squid
on Netflix
along with
a lovelorn
monumental
score...

Flammulated Owl

" Flammulated Owl "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

I

Flammulated owl
variegated red and grey
within the range of The Great Basin

II

Best located
as hoarse hollow hoots
loosely roosting in communal seclusion

III

Chiefly diurnal
spotted watching
for finely marked mobbing songbirds...

Hiccup White Fur

" Hiccup White Fur "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

for Rebecca, Russ
Kenny, Jimmy
Mark, Danielle
& Eric...

I

Hiccup white fur
murky origins
sharp-witted
chilly receptions
in face offs
over austerity
like dilemmas
against
an inherently
tactical
background
on gravel

II

Looking
for now
as a first
round
of rattled
combatants
no matter how
completely drowned out
by military clout
over browner crowds
of the regally crowned
knuckling down...

In the Life of a Typical

" In the Life of a Typical "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

for Rebecca, Russ
Kenny, Jimmy
Mark, Danielle
& Eric...

In the life of a typical
enigmatic title figure
apocryphally
tacking the challenge
of hosanna
for the asking
earned as shares
of rare majesty
like universality
too reckless
as a Gospel concept
emitting jealousy
and obsession
born deaf
as a cast member
of recollection
plaguing the amoral
with gale forces
underscoring
appallingly
clawing
one-foot-
in-front-
of-the-other...

A Flimsy Movie

" A Flimsy Movie "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
and Mom-Mom Suzán

for Rebecca, Russ
Kenny, Jimmy
Mark, Danielle
& Eric...

I

A flimsy movie
means spiritually
suspense free
including three
sweethearts
without chemistry

II

Minimally funky
and self-adjusted
after messing up
in mixed company
as a mash-up
of the barely functional

III

Rumpled up
and struggling as such
by bonding with the young
becoming taut in the ring
with real poignancy
when fraught
with the torment
of horrific porn...

Laying Bare

" Laying Bare "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
and Mom-Mom Suzán

for Rebecca, Russ
Kenny, Jimmy
Mark, Danielle
& Eric...

I

Laying bare
portrayals
of parents
down
to the last
detail
drawing
on audiences
held
as performers
coasting along
in avoidance
candidly
and to the point

II

Granting divorces
with the torpid talk
and unenforceable torque
of lackadaisical legalities
contrasted by masses
of masticated marriages
gnashed back-to-back...

Time to Be Swans

" Time to Be Swans "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

for Rebecca, Russ
Kenny, Jimmy
Mark, Danielle
& Eric...

Time to be swans
of probability
lacking nonstarters
outlined as targets
indicated in a box
of rocky outcrops
in costume
full of darting
like microscopic
Barishnikovs
performed
as ensembles
taking place
in a spare
staging...

Reconvening Multifariously

" Reconvening Multifariously "

by Suzán Jiván aka Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

for Rebecca, Russ
Kenny, Jimmy
Mark, Danielle
& Eric...

Reconvening multifariously
after exploring in threes
and attracting outpourings
by embodying bottom-heavy
horn sections in residency
less steadily outside
the experimental redirected
as suspect to inspection
like a knock on bruised hearts
by high-prestige pop-rock stars
most modish less modest...

Ever Rarified at Times

" Ever Rarified at Times "

by Suzán Jiván aka Mom
and Mom-Mom Suzán

for Rebecca, Russ
Kenny and Jimmy
Mark, Danielle
& Eric...

Ever rarified at times
as a staid cosmetic staple
like a must-have capable
unheard of over decades
unknown to nature
come-in any witch way
like cobwebs or cheetah spots
after an abandoned hobby
as a darling of acrylic polish
for eye-popping party-hardy
mass markets as store brands
crammed into woven baskets
with mossy-green grasses
in the advent of collapses
snatched from rafts
of copycats
as stick-on nails
mimicking the color
of menstral blood
coming in flurries
of reluctance
in multiple colors
with lavender tints
that glisten
in puppy mills
sprawled in brick
near the fetid
collective river
filled with pungent pickles
smattered with autistic risk...

Gains in DNA

" Gains in DNA "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

for Rebecca, Russ
Kenny, Jimmy
Mark, Danielle
& Eric...

Gains in DNA
at the increasing speed
of gene-sequencing
enabling genomes
of both one-and-onlys
and two-by-twos
to vituperatively
tattoo humans
in conjugal pools
of blacks and blues
connubially subsumed
by an inscrutable
pinky bone and tooth...

Feet in Diameter

" Feet in Diameter "

by Suzán Jiván aka
Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

for Rebecca, Russ
Kenny, Jimmy
Mark, Danielle
& Eric...

Feet in diameter
in these giant
empty canvases
memorable
as immense senses
of the "not as of yet"
like collective randomness
in questions without exceptions
to the "none other than"
careful attention paid to belly-
buttoned current events...

In Which Pedestrians

" In Which Pedestrians "

by Suzán Jiván aka Mom
and Mom-Mom Suzán

for Rebecca, Russ
Kenny, Jimmy
Mark, Danielle & Eric

In which pedestrians
as somebody else
said in theoretical texts
of the midsection
sinking beneath
the funerary pastiche
like housing
below ground
throughout
an outfitted
radicalism
for the left out
that fell out
of touch
with the cellular
after leaving a mess
of weaponry tempering
the exceedingly jealous
with the tame and harmless
being kept in a harness
of marked paleontology...

Turns that Obviously Call

" Turns that Obviously Call "

by Suzán Jiván

for Rebecca, Russ
Kenny and Jimmy
Mark, Danielle & Eric...

Turns that obviously
call for strong
positions
on all fours
for bizarre
authorities
feeling the logic
of the odd
as common
comedies
in primeval swamps
for sweet or waspish
oxymorons
in purgative plots
of hard-bitten
soap operas...

As an Ancestor

" As an Ancestor "

by Suzán Jiván

for Rebecca, Russ
Kenny & Jimmy
Mark, Danielle
& Eric...

As an ancestor
and a master
of the eleventh
chapter
thought to have
been
in the second
century
of all living
things
alone for three
while cultivating
tranquility
like a great painting
gently sloping
in harmony...

Sent Messengers

" Sent Messengers "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
aka Mom-Mom Suzán

for Rebecca, Russ
Kenny & Jimmy
Mark, Danielle
& Eric

after I Chronicles
14, 15 & 16

Sent messengers
spreading themselves
over and against
pitching tents
of a hundred and twenty
voices of joy
appointed like doorkeepers
of obedience
as singers and dancers
come to pass...

Slippery Elm

" Slippery Elm "

by Suzán Jiván
aka Mom-Mom Suzán

for Kenny, Jimmy & Eric...

I

Slippery elm
either single
or divided
somewhat
wooly

II

Prominently
red-hairy
cottontail
bottomland

III

Flycatcher
"wheeep"
and a burry
"prreet"
high in trees

IV

Galls on leaves
vast majorities
thorax abdomen

V

Median furrow
mostly folded
robust

VI

Freshly cut
inconspicuous
thin deciduous

VII

Dense clusters
fragrant
when crushed
carnivorous

VIII

Sticky secretions
aquatic habitat
bilateral

IX

Derived
from Latin
punguis
" fat "
lying flat

X

Ground
into flour
ruffed grouse...

Florida-Only Trees

" Florida-Only Trees "

by Suzán Jiván aka
Mom-Mom Suzán

for Kenny, Jimmy & Eric...

I

Florida-only trees
13 species
mostly leathery
5 of these

II

Observed only
as mangroves
paired
with leafstalk
glands

III

Alternate plants
brackish
bundle-scarred
inner bark
honey blossom...

In Tropical Regions

" In Tropical Regions "

by Suzán Jiván aka
Mom-Mom Suzán

for Kenny, Jimmy & Eric...

I

In tropical regions
borne simply singly
attached at tips
often twisted
by differing
genuses

II

After radical symmetry
boiled and eaten
with prominent ribs
downy on the outside
rising funnel-like
along one side

III

Greenish white
bruised easily
like winged seeds
angled between
columnar structures
moist and abundant

IV

Conspicuous crowns
as rings of bracts
and crowded panicles
of deepest lavender

V

Diverging branches
short-stalked
downward and backward
wet ground dried flowers...

Wool Grasses

" Wool Grasses "

by Suzán Jiván aka
Mom-Mom Suzán

for Kenny, Jimmy & Eric...

Wool grasses
whitish bracts
sandy areas
gravel paths
wetlands
nearly
Eden...

Into Double Digits

" Into Double Digits "

by Suzán Jiván aka
Mom-Mom Suzán

for Kenny, Jimmy & Eric...


Into double digits
sometimes women
at times men
like children
subjectively
thinking
spontaneously
speaking
but ultimately
ending up
in increasing
numbers
of seldomly
objective...

Deciduous Sheaths

" Deciduous Sheaths "

by Suzán Jiván

for My Uncle Bob
May He Rest in Peace

Deciduous sheaths
twigs needles
food for deer...

Triangle

" Triangle "

by Suzán Jiván aka
Mom-Mom Suzán

for Kenny, Jimmy & Eric...

Triangle
rosy red
gleaning
trees
insects
eat...

Varying in Colour

" Varying in Colour "

by Suzán Jiván aka
Mom-Mom Suzán

for Kenny, Jimmy & Eric...

Varying
in colour
as senses
of spectacle
succeeding
in releasing
the surreal
pasted
on buildings
and media
T-shirts
in the interior
with child-like
expressions
flecked
with speckles
on a smooth
edge
after etching...

Each Phase Repeated

" Each Phase Repeated "

by Suzán Jiván aka
Mom-Mom Suzán

for Kenny, Jimmy & Eric...

I

Each phase repeated
heavily streaked
with fast-disappearing
oft-cocked alarms
as droppings
of fly larva

II

Beneath canopies of trees
where caterpillars feed
on arrow-shaped leaves
dusted with pollen
knobbed and barbed
with yellow markings

III

While basking on bracken
and jousting with sap
along canyons
of variable tan
in hackberry
plants...

Open Parklands

" Open Parklands "

by Suzán Jiván aka
Mom-Mom Suzán

for Kenny, Jimmy & Eric...

Open parklands
spheres of grass
short trill, "tik-tik"...

Pale Eye Stripe

" Pale Eye Stripe "

by Suzán Jiván aka
Mom-Mom Suzán

for Kenny, Jimmy & Eric...

Pale eye stripe
painted brightly
widening coastlines...

Clan Members

" Clan Members "

by Suzán Jiván aka
Mom-Mom Suzán

for Kenny, Jimmy & Eric...

Clan members
leaf nest
tree hole
daybreak...

Sandgrouse

" Sandgrouse "

by Suzán Jiván aka
Mom-Mom Suzán

for Kenny, Jimmy & Eric...

Sandgrouse
ring around
guttural sound
walk about...