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...

A Piñata's Last Bash

" A Piñata's Last Bash "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán


Supposed to be
all-the-bigger
turned up in lyrics
as the sun dips
on the backless plastic
of unretractable infatuation
like last dances
in high demand
on grand stands
of hands-on samplers
from failed final exams
for freelanced demographics
of interactive exactness
like a piñata's last bash...

Inside the All-Seeing

" Inside the All-Seeing "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Inside the all-seeing
suspended from the ceiling
barely moving never speaking
of materials and meaning
spinning madly in standstills
while splashing and crashing
into the haunting tangles
of chaotic masses...

A Trumped-Up ¡Ay Caramba!

" A Trumped-Up ¡Ay Caramba! "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Urging swift action
in a quick step backwards
as a positive slowdown
of a trumped-up ¡Ay Caramba!
for grown-ups having ushered
in gut-crushing corruption
summed up by arms thrown up...

Surveilling Cradle to Grave

" Surveilling Cradle to Grave "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán


Building and destroying
meditations on ready-mades
dropped from craning big data
in arm's races for three-minute breaks


surveilling cradle to grave
as growing estrangements
spelled out as dangerous
without reservation


inventively read
terribly unexpected
like object lessons
of street cred...

Tinkering with Eternity

" Tinkering with Eternity "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Tinkering with eternity
by combining niceties
at the beginnings
of close proximities
shivering and shuddering
when met with tut-tutting
in the bustling robustness
of viticultures' vicissitudes
as finessed sips
of bubbling vintages
with crisp finishes...

Sojourns of Yellow Gold

" Sojourns of Yellow Gold "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Sojourns of yellow gold
on cobblestone roads
with adaptive remotes
for photo portfolios
going for Baroque
with access codes
bolstering the bold
bi-coastal
ever-more-global
house of oak...

Thingamajig Big Wigs

" Thingamajig Big Wigs "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán


An urban sanctuary
of the inescapable
semi-spontaneous
amalgamation
of verbal outbursts
raised earlier
like cold-turkey
herky-jerky
plea-ing prodigies
trapped beneath
the obviously
plucked and strummed
honorees
of left-brain activities
by thingamajig big wigs...

Exclusive Execution

" Exclusive Execution "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

A starting-off point
eyeball to eyeball
with infinite views
of vagabond troupes
putting down roots
as capstones of huge
brewers of gurus
in virtual blue
whetting communities
with nonfictional cues
unduly nuanced
by tutelage in exclusive
execution of the unusual...

Chalked Up

" Chalked Up "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán


Chalked up
to no wonder
nearly fivefold
not for colds
strictly for sleep
on coral reefs
of high peaks
beneath breathtaking
glacial lakes
no need
to storm the gates
in a tight squeeze
from jumpsuits by Gucci
as hipster crucibles
in blush-inducing
funky rooms
where graffiti blooms
in neon hues...

Spoofing Incognito Gumshoes

" Spoofing Incognito Gumshoes "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán


The new normal
infused with blue
shot through
by real-life users
and snoozers
in infinite cloudlessness
honking loudly
as slash-proof lookouts
breaking the rules
inside silk cocoons
spoofing incognito gumshoes...

Hip and Hidden

" Hip and Hidden "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán


Hip and hidden fly fishing
for iconical lifestyles
of mankind's pastimes


sleeping in lux suites
born from healing
beneath plum-colored sheets
for dominant species


on asphalt or off
actually walkable
as a little-too-long
global beauty award


restoring night creams
absorbing easily
plumping up wrinkles
dewy not sticky


hinting of citrus
that doesn't drip
with the olfactory
history of a finished
smoky whiskey...

Serenity's Long-Needed Yeast

" Serenity's Long-Needed Yeast "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Feasting with sleek styli
incising high-frequency
low-heat harmony
where uncertainty
disappears in rustic bistros
cohering with the food and drink
of city cuisine while sipping
other-worldly ginger martinis
replete with olives of envy
as amenities of serenity's
long-needed yeast
rising when left to breathe...

Tapping Hip-Hop

" Tapping Hip-Hop "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Touching on modern
dissimilar genres
tapping hip-hop
worth arguing
charmingly
for camaraderie
as angstfully shocking
nonstop pas de deux
on chocolate bars
for window shoppers
of makeover options
displayed on red carpets
as ambiguously symbolic
long-suffering bards
immersed in the marvel
of newly beating hearts...

Outsized by Finality

" Outsized by Finality "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán


The highlight reel
of highly prized writing
detected by irony
on a delayed flight
with a well-made mai tai
and shakers of ice
poured over time
on hire-a-gofer sites
posted online
gone viral minus wires
steamlined sublimely
likened to hybrids
of electric wines
with timer lights
on subject lines
predicting what might
be outsized by finality...

For Explorers and Gourmands

" For Explorers and Gourmands "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

For explorers and gourmands
intimately acquainted with postcards
of horse-drawn carts stocked
by artists in outermost markets
like plate-ware shops for sushi bars
as ornamental objects from rain forests
with tastes for tapas at wet bars
on par with warm octopus
and sparkling rosé cava...

Present-Tensed Terror

" Present-Tensed Terror "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán


The short list
of erstwhile want nots
written with rocky
kissy-telly breathlessness


never letting up
on plentiful what's nexts
at university presses
in rust belts of the bereft


on the cutting-edged
present-tensed terror
being read as indefinitely
penultimate endings...

Major Blows

" Major Blows "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Major blows of fiscal scolds
versus softening ringtones
as global hopefuls
living in the moment
with competing proposals
from big donors on the dole
while on parole almost
totally evoking post-
everyone well-known
likened to silent vocals
screeching out of control...

Most Welcome in Boxed Sets

" Most Welcome in Boxed Sets "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

On common ground
in boxed sets
of not necessarily better
as self-contained adventures
grasping at unscented
colorful petals with senses
of powerlessness
in converted sheds
of emotional defects
left unsaid
increasingly threatening
like life beneath front steps
as vehicles of reckless intellect...

Pining for Mythologies

" Pining for Mythologies "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Still tingling flushed cheeks
flooded with beauty
and great complexity
while pining for mythologies

skipping, lying and standing
while multitasking
in the throws of passion
with muffs for cold hands

uneasily paired
when made from scratch
by a garrulous man
off the beaten trail...

Inked by Frenemies

" Inked by Frenemies "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán


Sidestepping the seminal
in makeshift drubs of penned librettos
inked by frenemies bewigged
as sequined sopranos stacked
with collaborative mismatches
in standups for transplants
of underhandedness
about to happen as panicked
marital impacts for first-class acts
while managing offsprings' data
in title tracks dispatched pre-contract...

Spotlit Proximity

" Spotlit Proximity "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán


On the map
of loose-knit brands
carrying on
all in the family
with bits of indie
as shimmery synth
for laptop pop

hammer locked
by the illogically
languid diction
of trivial conflicts
in erotic dramas

minus martial arts
matched by modesty
in over-scripted
spotlit proximity
bedangled by tinsel...

Banishing Ho-Hum

" Banishing Ho-Hum "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán


Banishing ho-hum
more daring than funny
like site gags
for failed practices
of The Big Bang


giving way
to somewhat-thankless
zaniness in adaptation
to seamlessly fashioned
befores-and-afters


taking stands
as optimistically passive
post-pageantry tragedies
of not-exactly aftermaths...

Highly Implausible

" Highly Implausible "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán


Highly implausible
at the midpoint
of spongy moss
as an impish faun
absorbingly
allegorical
in brisk waltzes
of buoyancy
dipping at the knee
without leading
evoking hope
throughout the ends
of concentric centers...

It Seems as If

" It Seems as If "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán


It seems as if
we've taken trips
minus spines 'n' limbs
melding in intimacy
with fluttering fingers
being dragged along skin
before splintering
into cartwheels

featuring feet
as jigsawed pieces
straggling in
on slabs of ballast
declaratively
dainty and batty
attempting to fathom
somersaults of loss...

Experimenting Starts

" Experimenting Starts "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán


Experimenting starts
nearly nonstop in staccato
haggardly disembodied
by thumb popping
in the middle of carnival
starting sparcely
as canon fodder
for bygone bonbons...

To No Avail

" To No Avail "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán


To no avail
as sought-after
voices shortly before
framed portraits
of final performances
passed off as law
in sudden swarms
falling short
of gauzy curtain calls...

Restoring the Pastoral Heart

" Restoring the Pastoral Heart "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán


Restoring the pastoral heart
on a facade of classic-cannot-
heavy-hearted dialogues
staged with mouths agape
as tacit agonies
curling and coiling
along toppled columns
of quandary
in nocturnes incarnate...

Seeking Gridlock Ease

" Seeking Gridlock Ease "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán


Seeking gridlock ease
acrimony free
as certainties
of atrocities
for feisty minorities
while streaming
leaflets of posterity


intending to leach
illegal logging
where bribes
are common
like lopsided lobbying
overshadowed by claptrap
and bloated contracts
for punching bags


as bonanzas for fracking
of inner sanctums
with copies of drafts
claiming shares
of fractured bombast plans
for multi-national mall attacks
underscored by the stalwartly
ornery boys next-door...

Re-Interpretted Rites

" Re-Interpretted Rites "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Re-interpretted rites
coming to life in brightening
window lights of vast archives
already galvanized by teeny-tiny
entireties in premieres
revisited as teary swearings-in...

Reuse Versus a Ruse

" Reuse Versus a Ruse "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán


Love lasts longer
leaving a tale
folded in half
for wrapping
like a rural
eco-beauty guru
doing double duty
as reuse versus a ruse
by the tablespoon
warmed through
and through
on a pear-infused
wooden skewer
of cooled dark brew...

Permanent Markers

" Permanent Markers "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Savvy improvisation
edited and condensed
in retrospect
under the influence
of a pet renderer
starting out freshly
as expected
from someone else
with memoirs next
discounted 80%
as a cat mat
in birch-bark plaid
for hunters and gathers
of longstanding advocates
for contrasting avant gardists
using the permanent markers
of grade school art...

Draping Made-Up Faces

" Draping Made-Up Faces "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Anything-but-merry

crinoline frenzies

draping made-up faces

veiled by days and days

of peaked trepidations

as crazed cohorts

unbecomingly haunted

by mangled maws

jaded by boredom...

Sturdy and Sassy

" Sturdy and Sassy "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Sturdy and sassy
tossed-off howls
as dragged-out
rousing accounts
of over-reactions

forging atoms
of dark matter
like cosmic
anti-gravity
swarming
in galaxies
of froth...

Bridging the Chasm

" Bridging the Chasm "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán


Fueling a jump
in an end-around
of fitness gadgets
bridging the chasm
of the adamant
up to capacity


like crude hitting the rails
as spying scandals
of the sub-standardized
anti-establishment
this time out


taught to do more
covering up costs
for the all-important
thoroughly enjoyable
well above the law
cut from the same cloth...