"Self-Orchestrated Makeovers"...

"Self-Orchestrated Makeovers"

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Self-orchestrated makeovers
in any case artfully shaped
hoodies and capes
over printed chambray
for stylish getaways
on high-end runways

gazing past blue baby bangs
swinging in layers draped
over high-waisted wide-legged
raver street phases fully amazed

jaw-droppingly dazed
while namesakes
are siphoned away
during off-kilter aberrations
right down to self-proclaimed
accolades trimmed in lace...

" Wending Inevitably "

" Wending Inevitably "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Wending
inevitably
goading fist-
pumping bros
into lowdowns
on the down low
gone browsing
with high brows

befittingly red dipped
with fine lines and wrinkles
like the highest randomized
priority for the otherwise
lighthearted high-end juveniles

fully accessorized
but as of yet
under-realized
pictured top right...

"The Most Sensitive of Moments"..,

"The Most
Sensitive
of Moments"

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

The most sensitive of moments
creamy toned windblown
arrow shapes oblong
to lanceolate upwardly angled
blousey tear-splotched provinces of buxom tchotchkes

closely watched twinkling
starry crossing genres
as snappy sweethearts
deftly challenged
looking dapper...

" Subtle Sounds "...

" Subtle Sounds "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Subtle sounds
silent backgrounds
breathing in
breathing out

eyes open
eyes closed
leaning forward
bending back

as highly adaptable
overlapping habitats
capsules pods
soft wood hard

highland lowland
shades of lavender
widely planted
many branched
knobby Nam-Nam...

" Coming of Age "...

" Coming of Age "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Coming of age
baby's breath sprays
far and away
end-stage

white wall labels
broadly framed
gilt fleur-de-lis
iris lily

deeply bereft
highly dissected
stout projections
hard shells...

"Almost the Total "...

" Almost the Total "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Almost the total
down home
gone solo

heartbroken
decades ago
long foretold

mumbling sheepishly
covered with weeds
and dried leaves

bleating primally
captured mid jig
heralded as uplifting

brushed in lightly
outlyingly spell like
no reply gone silent...

"Unswervingly Serious"...

" Unswervingly Serious "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Unswervingly serious
as a sprawling mother ship
aiming for simpler ingredients

attaining maximum
pleasure to the palate
like rigorous miniaturists

setting up
for a tenuous
sense of humor

while imbibing
in fewer and fewer
cold brews

yet still hinting
at two-star reviews
nibbling ever so slowly

filling and nourishing
marathon tastings
giving rhubarb the last say

spooned into soup plates
seasonings of sweet paprika
and optional green olives

liberally sprinkled
with cheese
as utter simplicity...

" Enchantment at Work "...

" Enchantment at Work "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Enchantment at work
like white gloves
being worn to church
during ancestor worship

atop virgin soils
of oft-idle thoughts
in cut-offs
before florid altars
for supporters
of all sorts

being staged
in offerings
of less-extreme
benevolent themes

falling somewhere
between charm
and volatility
where immediacy
isn't everything

becoming effectively
moving when inclusiveness
posthumously comes
shining through as union...

"Neither Revised nor Reviled"...

" Neither Revised nor Reviled "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Neither revised
nor reviled
by trying times
not surprisingly
intertwining
like second strings
stretched to capacity
in a smash hit
on the other hand

departures from counter-
balancing standards
like pure slapstick
without detracting
from catastrophic
backslapping

unhampered
by "Never-Never-Land"
moneybags
while fluttering fans
and batting lashes
as heroines
of no-frills scarcity

coming well in advance
of potential backers
having stashed
fanciful stacks
of cold hard cash
in the distant past
racked by a paralytic
fear of failure...

" A Remarkable Unity "..,

" A Remarkable Unity "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

A remarkable unity
deep spirituality
liberated
from constraint
given free range

flowing drapery
along ancient
united planes
supporting halos
with grace

smiling angels
iconographic
innovation
forms in space
light and shade
ardor inspiration
intimacy of the sacred...

"It Is in Fact"...

" It Is in Fact "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

It is in fact
not unusual

right arms
hanging
relaxed
on a raised
right knee

flowing sleeves
floating
polychromed robes
agitated folds
crossed halos

mystery plays
blind arcades
monster flanked
final stages

great restraint
attenuated
complacent faces...

"The Dating of the Head"...

" The Dating of the Head "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

The dating
of the head
much discussed
with great
economy of means

creating a face
suggestive of will
determination
and all-encompassing
faith cast and chased

a dozen oxen
alluding
to the apostles
encircling a font
of antique models

having adopted
fluctuating dates
as total assimilation
at inauguration

in schemes
of arcaded niches
flanked by emancipated
angular faces
demonstrating pathos
for preordination...

" At Its Latest "...

" At Its Latest "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

At its latest
unveiled
and under-
manned
in stark
contrast
scrambling
for transparency

having been asking
about alleged
mishandlings
of manna
in lunch pails
for families
making victory
laps to nowhere

battering rams
as heirs apparent
becoming liable
for damages
by shortened
shot clocks
for shortstops

romping
since kindergarten
arriving as polished
as all stars
while donning
flack jackets
to the track's
paddock
having seized
data by keeping
tabs on the hereafter...

"Pep Talks for Underdogs"...

" Pep Talks for Underdogs "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Pep talks
for underdogs
released
in the early
mourning

feeling
bypassed
and ignored
being sent
to swarmed
distorted tabloids
read awkwardly
all along
in check-out stalls

thrown out
of all proportion
upon hurtling
against walls

traced in
costumed
performances
racing headlong
with crashing chords

evoking send offs
for the gorgeous
having been
thoroughly
under reported
coming up
a nickel short
in the offing

being diligently
initialed and numbered
deemed in good condition
with two pinholes
in the wide margins

as if in relief
of minimal wrinkling
brownish-black ink
etchings on zinc

compositions complete
replete with scratchy
cross-hatchlings in the trees
of posthumous printings

clear-cut
as annual
rings
on rendered
stumps
as supernatural
beings
evoke virility
and fertility

epitomized
by schematized
effigies
while fired
clay figurines
laugh hysterically...

"Listening to Birdsong"...

" Listening to Birdsong "...

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Listening to birdsong
receptively formless

losses of caution
sparkling with wit

within riots of images
vividly reviving

themes of rearing
impending upheaval

screens of make-believe
growing unbeliefs

rapidly nearing
compounding delirium

jaggedly lavish
elliptical aromatic...

" Singing Praises "

" Singing Praises "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Singing praises
actively cultivated
typical of milkweed
light green with gray
down beneath

silky varieties
entering slits
pulling free
rhizomes
of spring

evergreen
tufted seeds
radial symmetries
insects visiting
cupping rings

corollas ovaries
encircling pearly
everlasting
zigzagging
bristly bracts...

" A Bit Taken Aback "...

" A Bit Taken Aback "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

A bit taken aback
as unwinding happens

remembered
or re-imagined
aromatic anise

flowering winged sumac
oozing milky sap
yellow star grass

velvety hairs
branching cat tails
canary palms

yielding fleshy seeds
incense cedar
maidenhair trees...

" 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...