Exclusively Married to Google's

" Exclusively Married to Google's "

by Suzán Jiván

for Lester Mobley

Exclusively married to Google's
breakthroughs in juicy-hued Guccis
shot straight through with cues
as to what to do with clueless
old beauty's points of view
like skulls in jewels...

Plumped Strong and Supple

" Plumped Strong and Supple "

by Suzán Jiván

Plumped strong and supple
from the runway faves
falling into space
as the perfect application
of more aging
thanks to the latest
addition of titanium
like sugarcane
pop sensations
longing to escape
firming agents
from curtain raisers
of exquisite imagination
perpetrating gang rape
under layers
just beginning to fade...

Irregular Resident

" Irregular Resident "

by Suzán Jiván

Irregular resident
flattened
canyon habitat
breeding habits...

Fairly Pronounced

" Fairly Pronounced "

by Suzán Jiván

Fairly pronounced
or may be absent
as hammock habitats
of poisonous passion
methodically detached...

Rounded Out Except for Drawn-Out

" Rounded Out Except for Drawn-Out "

Rounded out except for drawn-out
yellowish broods throughout
a circuitous ruse in blue...

A Rare Collection of Questions

" A Rare Collection of Questions "

by Suzán Jiván

for Patrick Lucy

A rare collection of questions
offered and assembled
as a scintillating cachet
of phrases opening in space...

Pow! Keyoww!

" Pow! Keyoww! "

by Suzán Jiván

for Brandon Som

Brash flashy
screaming,
" jayyy! jayyy! "
repeating,
" beadle-beadle
beadle-beadle "
lurking paling,
" pow! keyoww! " ...

Hissing to Mimic the Singe of the Apocalypse

" Hissing to Mimic
the Singe
of the Apocalypse "

by Suzán Jiván

for Performance Poet
Kimmika LH Williams
Witherspoon, PhD

The drum hit
with a certain
crispness
as evinced
by the reciprocal
complexity and risk
of manipulative gizmos
unable to bring
the resiliency
of bone-dry
reminders
hissing to mimic
the singe
of the apocalypse...

Receiving a Standing Ovation

" Receiving a Standing Ovation "

by Suzán Jiván

for Kimmika LH Williams-Witherspoon

Patchy and tremulous
wavering midrange
with nicknames
on stationery
emblazoned
as surnames
of the bodacious
receiving standing ovations
precipitated by the highly praised
as unmistakably interlaced with grace...

Temple Temperaments

" Temple Temperaments "

by Suzán Jiván

for Professor Kimmika LH Williams-
Witherspoon and her students
from Temple University @ Moonstone

The earliest impressions
seizing a group
of university students
and their poetical professor
unedited when testing
the metal of fiery temperaments
begun as embers...

Where Only the Fog Could Tell

" Where Only the Fog Could Tell "

by Suzán Jiván

Seemingly
blithe
Jiminy
Cricket-like
with a diva
of a wife
as flash
and stridency
revisited
again and again
like chilling aspects
memorably unsettled
pushed over the edge
where only the fog could tell...

Backed as Scrappy Factions

" Backed as Scrappy Factions "

by Suzán Jiván

Time traveling revamped
as fancy
footwork into a multiplatinum past
of contemporary
adages
wrestling merrily
with self-
propelled unarresting
webs
overwhelmingly
backed as scrappy factions
of one-
time dancers in podcasts
with graphic
detail...

Narrowly Cogent

" Narrowly Cogent "

by Suzán Jiván

I

This hinge moment
narrowly cogent
opening low
with three no-trump
from the dummy

II

Signaling for clubs
diamonds doubled
heart ruff
down one
runner up...

Near Nest: Yelp, Yelp, Yelp

" Near Nest: Yelp, Yelp, Yelp "

by Suzán Jiván

Scarce and local
little time
often soaring
wings broad
short tail
near nest:
yelp, yelp, yelp
Shaped
like a hawk
feeds
like a scavenger
on road-killed
animals
Black crest
black belly
pale areas
scaling back
gathering
mottling
weak
harsh
marmots
held
horizontal
rusty
orange
hollow
carcass...

Legs Splayed Eggs Laid

" Legs Splayed Eggs Laid "

by Suzán Jiván

From ground level
to the canopy
mimicking
the appearance of bark
hump-backed squat
pests of crops
foamy toxic
ground-hopping
legs splayed eggs laid...

Grey-Green Egg

" Grey-Green Egg "

by Suzán Jiván

Chokeberry dog bane
soot-gray to slate
grey-green egg...

Stick Close

" Stick Close "

by Suzán Jiván

Stick close
sweet clover
parched open
unknown host...

With Drive and Intensity

" With Drive and Intensity "

by Suzán Jiván

I

Often yellow or checkered
in a fan frenzy ran away to wed
with drive and intensity

II

Like a guise of attendees
often wielding sharply differing
risks in the millions...

Facets of Infatuation

" Facets of Infatuation "

by Suzán Jiván

Scarcely present
as incidental
snatches
of texts
on two
levels
like
double-
barreled
facets
of
infatuation
with
cancelation
dates
like strains
of ballet
held
as almost
sacred
alternating
with
anguish
sitting
for
a
painting...

Black-V Riverine Galleries

" Black-V Riverine Galleries "

by Suzán Jiván

for Jack Krick

Black V riverine galleries
skulking wingbeats
chattering, fanning
basal halves
primary paths...

Patterned Blurred Bands

" Patterned Blurred Bands "

by Suzán Jiván

Lantana bottomlands
vaguely
patterned blurred bands
at random
more lilac tailless
subsequent
clustering intermingling
moister
regions lightly greenish
underneath
dingy ivory slight triangles...

Forest Ledge

" Forest Ledge "

by Suzán Jiván

for Lester Mobley

Flower
bed
rootlet
cobweb
deep nest
forest ledge
shaded end...

Stiffening Spindles

" Stiffening Spindles "

by Suzán Jiván

I

Extremely polygynous
stiffening spindles
emphasizing thick

II

Pink-tinged
whitish lips
batted with black

III

As non-retractile tales
of savannas and farmlands
born hereafter seasonally elsewhere
as arboreal carnivores' retractile claws

Soft Rushes

" Soft Rushes "

by Suzán Jiván

for The Tritone Musicians

I

Little
grebe
in
breeding

II

Yellow
gape
pale
brown
face

III

Soft rushes
weeds algae
on hatching
riding on back...

More Abundant as Buds

" More Abundant as Buds "

by Suzán Jiván

for Poets and Prophets

Aquamarine hairstreaks
forest clearing exceedingly green
overwintering inconspicuously
in a mottled chrysalis
as a marginal part of wandering
possibly in litter similar but duller
and more abundant as buds
clinging to the low leaves of spring
bathed in sunbeams as sibling species

Once Seen as Unthinkable

" Once Seen as Unthinkable "

by Suzán Jiván aka
Mom-Mom Suzán

for Kenny, Jimmy & Eric...

Locked in a dangerous brinkmanship
like the rift in ties
shifting from trying to reconcile
to sabotage
Once seen as unthinkable
cutting links to lineages
by subliminally undermining
sled-dog drivers
much in the minds of mushers
lapping up the hunted...

Mushers Lapping Up the Hunted

" Mushers Lapping Up the Hunted "

by Suzán Jiván

I

Locked in a dangerous brinkmanship
like the rift in ties shifting
from trying to reconcile
to sabotage

II

Once seen as unthinkable
cutting links to lineages
by subliminally undermining
sled-dog drivers much in the minds
of mushers lapping up the hunted...

Spotted Grey

" Spotted Grey "

by Suzán Jiván

I

Recurring themes
in depictions
of deities

II

Spelled out
in bluish
pinks

III

A bird's beak
preening
green

IV

Prairies pale
and sandy
basins

V

Spotted
grey...

Sit, Stay

" Sit Stay "

by Suzán Jiván

for A Knight
@ Natalie's

I

Fashion
savvy
full length
moved away
concentrating
greatly acclaimed

II

Recounted
as unorthodox
staccato
redefined by
an embrace
sit, stay...

Tectonic

" Tectonic "

by Suzán Jiván

for Lucky Old Souls

The changes are
tectonic
like a mélanged
harbinger
of the fashion
conscious
seen as a garnered
phenomenon...

Along a Matted Walk of Glossy

" Along a Matted Walk of Glossy "

by Suzán Jiván

After The Imagist Poets

A hilly lot as a garden
for rootstock from a rooftop
with raindrops
collected from a car park
accenting a small plot
as a good spot
for a dwarf conifer
perfectly conical
no more
than a foot tall
along a matted walk of glossy...

Hard and Fast

" Hard and Fast "

by Suzán Jiván

for Concrete Poets

Recently began
hard and fast
ill-prepared
for a ghost
bramble
as an example
of past razzle-
dazzle tamped
by ectoplasmic
cares...

Far North White Bordered

" Far North White Bordered "

by Suzán Jiván

for Polarized Poets

Common
and wide-
spread sky-
blue violet
grey laying
eggs
prominent
reddish-
orange
showy
host
oaks
mistletoe
coast
to coast
thornscrub
pawpaw
far north
white
bordered...

As Troubles Descend

" As Troubles Descend "

by Suzán Jiván

for Lester Mobley

Wounded and wounding
now tethered to a moral tale
as troubles descend rimless
with the universal question,
" Can you retool yourself? "

Solitary Bars

" Solitary Bars "

by Suzán Jiván

for Lester Mobley

Long
and short
white bands
raised
or lowered
over nape
solitary bars
and spots
low-
pitched,
" hoop-
hoop "
wide
pied
wings
wandering...

In Keeping with the Eerie

" In Keeping with the Eerie "

by Suzán Jiván

for Lester Mobley

I

Few others reach
a strained bonhomie
as one more believer
observed secretly

II

Looking at the real thing
in keeping with the eerie
screeched with cheers
and a sinking feeling...

Free-for-Alls in Free-Fall

" Free-for-Alls in Free-Fall "

by Suzán Jiván

for Lester Mobley

Mild elsewhere totally unaware
out of nowhere seemingly rare
built to withstand a Tour de France
proceeding with plans as chief of staff
in charge of variables reinforced
by free-for-alls in free-fall
during the so-called
swaying in a quake...

After a Fifth of Fünf

" After a Fifth of Fünf "

by Suzán Jiván

for Lester Mobley

Lit by a gossipy wit
with drifting type
like a homesick delivery
implicatively
rubbed and scrubbed
as an affirmative, "ayuh"
after a fifth of fünf...

A Naughty Romp

" A Naughty Romp "

by Suzán Jiván

Blacklisted
with onyx
in mono-
clinic con-
choidal
carvings
under
priests'
garments
as the Genesis
of Heaven
like a Black
Panther firebrand
on a hopscotched
diagram quickened
by the incongruous
ideologues of standup
comedy waffling
in corsets and garters
in a naughty romp...

Relying on the Diciest

" Relying on the Diciest "

by Suzán Jiván

for Lester Mobley

Energizing tension
without confession
like highly compressed
flowerheads in search of respite
by growing low to the ground
near the center of gravity
like fingertips on window sills
while firing on all cylinders
of pocket-sized ivory
increasingly relying
on the diciest yays and hurrays
refusing to give way to naysaying
stickpins on restrictive grids...

Front Feet Against Silk Sheets

" Front Feet Against Silk Sheets "

by Suzán Jiván

for Lester Mobley

Performed on YouTube
as, " Easily Reared " ...

I

Easily reared
on bramble leaves
as a slender species
with narrow wings
and highly
convincing bigger
hind-wings
shedding legs
if seized

II

Belonging to a single genus
with front feet against silk sheets
from other colonies
stiffened by bits of detritus
as symbiotic substances
pumped into the young

III

Suitably intrusive
as pre-chewed food
with eggs glued
to the roof
tunneling through
groups' droppings
like diffusible nutrients...

Climbing Skylines

" Climbing Skylines "

by Suzán Jiván

for Ed's Giovanni's Room

Climbing skylines
burrowing mayflies
looking rather like
short antennae
with small eyes
known as water-striders
parallel sided and blunt ended
nuptial eggs laid on banded legs
after mating under lush vegetation...

An Ancient Sea

" An Ancient Sea "

by Suzán Jiván

for Larry Robin
and His Family

As a fluid form more amorphic
than an ancient sea
undulating like a shallow wave
obfuscating danger...

Remarriage as a Phalanx

" Remarriage as a Phalanx "

by Suzán Jiván

Objects in between the strings
remaining cheerful and unbothered
by Alice-in-Wonderland logic
consorting with streetwalkers
cultivating randomness and chance
with a much-liked man
mercifully attacking avarice
in remarriage as a phalanx...

As Wall Texts

" As Wall Texts "

by Suzán Jiván

With a highly
compressed sense
for the first time
anyone can remember
as wall texts
spanning intensities
of fleur de lis
like artists' colonies...

Championing Dimorphic Forms

" Championing Dimorphic Forms "

by Suzán Jiván

I

Teeming with detail

II

What could be scarier
than pitchforks in hand?

III

Tossing off the rip-
snortingly revelatory
as fidgety renderings

IV

Championing dimorphic forms
unleashing splayed fingerings
of personal brandings
in small bands

V

Copying the masters with overlapping
gadgetry as monochromatic adages
of topicality disproportionately
taut and haughty but ultimately poignant overall like dappled lawns...

A Mining Bee Buzzing

" A Mining Bee Buzzing "

by Suzán Jiván

for Lester Mobley

I

As a visitor nesting on a ledge
next to a mining bee
buzzing
while crickets roll leaves
into tropical regions
with toughened forewings

II

Where metamorphosis
is incomplete needlelike
in conspicuous cylinders
laid singly or in masses
folded flat in damp plants
along green grasslands...

Hidden Beneath a Bearded Chin

" Hidden Beneath a Bearded Chin "

by Suzán Jiván

for Lester Mobley

Tucked away long before
free streaming like folklore
without a cause
as the all-important
excellently performed
in leotards and shorts
with male-female support
reinforced as scarcely the point
entangled in something more
than a genial grin put at risk
by bestowing a kiss
without a conscience
on a lutelike kora
tinged with a fiddle
and a pianist's plink
in full-length mink
while pimping
with the wee perversity
of underpinned forgiveness
hidden beneath a bearded chin...

Polecat Packing

" Polecat Packing "

by Suzán Jiván

for My Toxically Misogynistic
Gynecological Oncologist

I

Facing an under-handed
back-stabbing out-of-balance
lack of caring as do no harm

II

With a toxically misogynistic
gynecological oncologist
replete with physicianally prescribed
repugnant venoms and repellents

III

Spirited away
as a noxiously
obnoxious prodigy
demonically plotting
a slow-burning drama
as an act of concision
like surgery with no frills

IV

Promising the quick
but sloppy robotic
shots of vodka
along with the genetic
sequencing
of a girl's pinky

V

Unleashing
archaic genes
as offspring
likely vanishing
clearly gasping

VI

As a polecat packing
an anoxic stink
spraying and gagging
after an anal scent gland...