" Overgrown "...

" Overgrown "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Overgrown
"hand-fulls"
of poems
in starring rolls
savoring moments
of new salvos
strangers
with accents
gone up
the "Ah-mason"
beneath canopies
of green
stirring leaves
both threatening
and welcoming
intimate reveries
defying reason
caddy and greenkeepers
clubs swinging
with whimsy and wisdom
rather than surrendering
to uneventful bubble effects
of soapy sentiments
bursting with invention
submissive and rebellious
precise in word and gesture
one more comic joke to tell...

" Urging " ...

" Urging "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Urging
an approach
stressing "the folk"
of folklore
in the lives of us all
collected in stories
not to be ignored

standing on
springboards
prancing
and kicking
with the hairs
of a chipmunk's tail
in logging camp

you had to be there
beside the old timers
in the family
exchanging their glances
expelling air
coming closer and closer
to understanding

with the fineness of a stitch
and the finesse of a quilter
from start to finish
subtle influences
fingering techniques
core meanings

recurring themes
figures in strings
sheering sheep
spinning weaving
moonshiny nights
hummed lullabies...

" Knockout "...

" Knockout "

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

Knockout fashion styles to spare
fearlessly and frankly no need to explain
styles for the ages admired by strangers
gaining accolades turning pages along the way

via arcade games for fine-art painters
using pencil and crayon atop tiered birthday cakes
as dream fabrications from the daybeds of college days
familiar roommate phases over spring breaks
having their way with crashing waves 'til graduation day

known to have gone-it-alone while sliding over trombone notes
stressing pitch and tone feeling right at home cocooned and cozy
staying focused soft upholstery like plush chaises back in the day

partaking of abundant transportation sipping lemonade
at final destinations getting away via travel agents
like private commentators paging through origins of nature
being viewed favorably feeling swept away by an amorous embrace

experienced and incorporated splendid admirations
of fruitful excavations as fragrant traces
percolating with temptation at times outrageously
mapped out on paper fully engaged
perceived spontaneously as second natures in aerial displays
musical scores dominating gliding conversations
in accounts of inspiration conceding joint aims...

" Problem Solving "...

" Problem Solving "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Problem solving
construction
in progress
during dry spells
as well as
freezing temps

nothing is unsettling
founding principles of the web
OK'd by friends in close elections

condemned by dread and jostled self-respect
having once favored wide spectrums
into layers of contempt while bumming cigarettes
of indiscriminate hemp having highs without end

" Whatever " like fire in the belly
perfectly calibrated by constant negation
of cultural sanctions quite frankly
via narcissistic behaviors

inhibiting effects
from recent divested
disembodied entities
academics architects
along new vectors
for sites themselves

stepping back figuring out
the real and the actual
within powerhouses
wearing towers as crowns
uncertainties on the ground
international challenges...

" Pressing" ...

" Pressing" by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

Pressing buttons strategically seen as risky
arbitrarily treated "all day all night Maryanne"
0-1 yet again upon pulling levers
for economic codependents all at the center
of confidential settlements "Can computers Be Offended?"

 not necessarily objectionable "What do you expect?"
especially from a lift of lemon with its own appeal before leaving
serving sherried kidneys chopped parsley as a garnish
for vegetable hotch potches puréed rhubarb caraway poppie

geography pockets flavored without flab maple extract
cinnamon dashes lemon-lime bass chicken curry Trinidad
molded ham salad in strict patterns "Food food brings happiness"

heat-proof serving platters shallow casseroles cake racks
atop coffee cans for Moo Goo Gai Pan and watercress in France
sliced scallions chicken with apples liver pate salad

surrounded by asparagus juniper berries cracked
mocha frappe chutney naturally gifilte fish with horseradish
Red Sea cabbage Swedis meat patties skewered bananas...

" Muzzles"...

" Muzzles " by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

Muzzles online via snipers' social media style
often siding with riding waves of anger
hanging ten incidentally swept
anti-intelligentsia gestures

deemed like independent investments
into chains of events via campaign pledges
versus scuffling protesters' lingering negative events
having taken giant steps seen as last vestiges
being violently repressed by mass arrests

torn-up directives mourning deaths self-selecting
distressed residents in crowd-sourced portraits
recognized as art forms amid all the loud squawking
graffiti scrawled on walls sundown outbound put downs

coming down to earth treated cautiously healers' salves
chamomile marigold and ground earthworms
under uniformity restoring authority to nonconformists
already being well received preliminarily in the fields
of renowned colleagues with the secrets of bone and growth

over the proceedings below crowded three deep
with full sleeves cramming the remaining seats
left unsuitable for teaching bedazzled by buildings
feeling preoccupied however darkly oil lamps gas globes
for virtuosos looking under microscopes only one eye open

for mere braggadocios compliant hands eyes and minds
as a requirement for mini-riots of cocktail tree hypotheses
supplanting validities having affinities for tomatoes
grafted onto potatoes propagated during spring breaks

in order to lose weight when it rains
developing more and more dates
in particular places due to ecological information
sown somewhere over rainbow groves...

" Hardly "...

" Hardly "

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

Hardly overstating the case as a labor of love
getting off to a slow start in the process
of a marvelous early on published posthumously
at the periphery of early interest
as associative riffs for instance
lending novelty to metropolitan geography

recasting facades along boulevards
reconciling marchers confetti flying from rooftops
intermittently acknowledged  by war correspondents
via anonymous kindred spirit throngs
as forensic phenomenons capturing drama
in papers and correspondence

smelling salts and snobs
outcomes at large harder to spot
upper echelons of moral shock
envy gossip while amassing options

in the belfry in between eccentricity and insanity
no perhapses regarding serious matters
encountered by drunken habits and indelicate languages
taken out of character laughing with silly ways and antics
regularly fouled in avoidance of regularity
being constantly surveilled entering
into contract involuntarily stopping eating

sobbing loudly forcibly informed of facts
with complete and total abandon
losing assets upon dismantlement
in all matter and manner of personal habits

symbolized as scrappy and dam proud of it
considered to be lucky to the nth degree
inquiring and giddy over long periods
sharp and witty ways of living
the second of a trilogy in spiritual retreat
retaining specificity ranging haphazardly
fear and panic along with inaction
tiresome distraction a lover's absence...

" Generally "...

" Generally " by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

Generally conspicuous and gregarious
bridled high shrill "wheeer" grunting
buzzing nesting fluttering high piping gone silent
remote Isles juveniles paler whiter
rocky shorelines white behind the eyes

low profiles getting off to the meekest of starts
gaining confidence at an average velocity
during an early spring of rebuilding
clumsy whodunits all across the country
as slangy "sweeties" taking popular pain relievers

while playing tick-tocking parts in plays for watchmakers
on confessional scholarships for memoirists
pitching for Lithium 6 set for delivery
for the simple reason of eclipsing security
plus catching the attention of intelligence

via cells over weekends through narrow lenses
of brutal suppression used for domestic dissent
echoing laid-off Americans searching for something better
mimicking bullish investors' agendas re-enforced by elections
yet seeking settlements taken out of context barely remembered
threatening nuclear weapons: "You're a bot?! Rock On!!"
pushing promotional content in a chaotic property market
while living a quirky dream falling head over heels
with whimsical conviction minus titular sensibility
and lacking in nationalities along winding journeys

being seen as writing therapy cast on the big screen
by subsidiaries of KFC in Indonesia quickly shifting
to a radically different provocative position
for polemic comics that perceive picketing clinics
as a hot topic for wranglers of pulp fiction
courtesy of fluke timing by adrenaline-spiked
obsessive cinephiles that need not apply...

" Double " ...

" Double "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Double-crested flying
in untidy wavering lines
wings spread to dry
great juveniles
clean white
rocky coastlines
usually silent
often seen in flight
grasped firmly
by both sides
enabling biting
and stinging
resembling bees
being studied alive
outside wide-mouthed
jars of cyanide
hydrogen calcium
sodium or potassium
as chief hazards
small bodies
large wings
dragon flies
butterflies
sifting devices
hastened by light
rising nearby
heavy knives
meant for prying
preserved dry
experts finding
recording devices
inside of turbines
isotopes colliding
long sited deeply diving
acidified baselines
disappearing sea ice
awakening sleep deprived
experiencing puberty
every spring at migration peaks
of streaking comet interiors
plus viper fish like privatized eyes
for writers and scientists...

" Inordinate Fondness "...

" Inordinate Fondness "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Inordinate fondness
crushing problems
under the sun

not far offf
in short-shorts
gone walking
with a childhood dog
along glorious
shores generated by:
" The Omnipotence of Thought"

calling, "Put 'er there!"
in aerobics' classes
for vaudevillian casts
doing their wrestling dances

likened to
bartenders
for opposites
being named
after goddesses

seen in
silk garments
treated to look
like Moroccans
having gone
under the radar
at rock concerts

emotionally charged
represented all or in part
as all or nothing at all

with drowned-out voices
in avoidance of discord
stop sniff and listen
lusciously elicited sizzling...

" Evidently "...

" Evidentaly "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Evidentaly
unexpected
yet exceptional
unfettered expressions
of beauty and connection

dandelions accented
zinnias befriended frenzied
just behind the lens

containing yourself
just as well
surprisingly refreshed

multidisciplinary
capsule collections
sent on request

as extremely feverish
crimson-come-hither red lips
daubing and dustings
cheek to cheek ear to ear

unpredictably misty and milky
droopy knits of unmapped material
unveiled as thread-bare bits and bobs
of embedded castoff elements

striking settings
schmaltzily sentimental
imperfect aesthetics
cuddling together
in vintage blankets
of wool and hemp...

" Come Back " ...

" Come Back "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Come back
for a rematch
no time
to practice
no matter

the sun's
coming up
faster having
fallen back
an hour

being draped
in heavy fabric
as seen through glass
sipping cocktails
getting first crack

leaving no doubt
sticking tongues out
via frictionless travel

with the courage to swear
as waves come crashing
young and barely clad

while aiming cameras
not giving a damn
lights flashing

newscasts blaring
small-sized American flags
seen against volcanic flares
as lava cools ticking glassily...