Monday, July 30, 2012

He and His Team

" He and His Team "

by Suzán Jiván

Executing the duty
he and his team
as radical
forces in the fray
prevented
from obtaining
and demanding
a say
in divine mandates
on the main highway

when tensions
come anyway
debated
as far and away
more complicated
than containment
of profound change

like a trash transfer
as a prime example
of a black banner
above a sun-
burned commander
having taken action
in unilateral capacities

slung like a sledgehammer
busted up in regular runs
to the ultimate dump
with a malfunctioning
claw in front
of mind-numbing
corruption run amok

taken at face value
supermodels
then and now
prefixed with lateral
aphrodisiacs
on moon landings
come upside down

as opposites attract
like an ecofriendly
letter after sigma
left wanting to feel
without being stingy
smitten instantly...

Friday, July 20, 2012

Considering Using a Decoy

" Considering Using a Decoy "

by Suzán Jiván

Considering using a decoy
like a fancy lawyer
from counselors.org
with splotchy giant jaws

as beginnings at tango
lacking in finesse
when fungus
strikes again

getting lots of attention
in bustling main sections
with problems in memory
cluttered and dense

teeming in intensity
at odds with the scholarly
as the weather cooperated
on the Great Lawn at the park
unfolding with a soulful élan...

Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Ramparts and Castles

" Ramparts and Castles "

by Suzán Jiván

Ramparts and castles
drawn up as maps with gaps
turning out to be lavish
bell towers above the apse
creating the effect of balance
supported by the masses
holding tablets and a chalice
with immediate impact

like perfectly matching stained glass
with illuminated manuscripts
standing out from planned backgrounds harkening back
to long-mastered hand crafts
luminous and tangible
as "The Adoration of the Lamb"...

Tuesday, July 17, 2012

At Some Point

" At Some Point "

by Suzán Jiván

At some point
starting sharply
and colossally
by constantly
checking an arm
for the tyranny
of a clock
like Yo-Yo Ma
replete with apologies
for a late start
just you watch

after taking aim at Madonna
and trying out a new face
as compensation
for burning without a flame
while protecting the chaste
on a smoky gray stage
mirrored and concave...

Monday, July 16, 2012

Jawbone to Collarbone

" Jawbone to Collarbone "

by Suzán Jiván

Jawbone to collarbone
snazzily panning for gold
as amalgams of jazz
hanging in the air
with a handful
of Belles of the ball for short
being bolstered by chords
of long before
like social norms to a fault

slowing to a crawl
after a long walk
some, but not all
moving underwater
never absorbing
prisons or coffins
for tubby lawyers
connected to porn
as orphans
of nonconformists

taunted by carnivores
using the royal, "we"
with the heart finesse
winning as high-bid tricks
like harbingers of hybrids
switching easily
between rapping and singing...

Faraway Stories

" Faraway Stories "

by Suzán Jiván

Turned friend
coming back
as redacted gaffes
when granted anonymity

in altered meanings
albeit reluctantly
after speaking
too freely

with immediacy
in background briefings
being held in installs at airports
as faraway stories...

Saturday, July 14, 2012

No Larger than the Palm of a Hand

" No Larger than the Palm of a Hand "

by Suzán Jiván

No larger than the palm of a hand
after crossing the Atlantic
becoming blanched
by a blasted landscape

previously unimagined
in eyelet patterns
honed as unknowable
knowns of no one

supposedly broached
like patterns of stones
opulently set
without exception
into cultural gems

projected into absentia
while lending
works from the permanent
collection
always performance ready...

Sunday, July 8, 2012

North on state Route 67

" North on state Route 67 "

by Suzán Jiván

North on state Route 67
intrusive igneous, schist
quarried at Sacred Heart
like course conglomerates
differing greatly in origin

chewed down through St. Cloud
in outcrops just upstream
as unconformity of northern shores
with major and minor faults
interbedded with basalt

dipping toward the sill
beyond the lava
in quartzite crops
while sinking
to the bottom
still hot

overlying rhyolite
in intrusive dikes
like porcupines
of undying dolomite

much mining of iron
from Niagara to Pembine
exposed like gneiss
along highly-prized shorelines

cross bedded ripple marks
from lighter to darker
terrestrial silt
since thinned...

Saturday, July 7, 2012

Grazes the Higher Slopes

" Grazes the Higher Slopes "

by Suzán Jiván

Grazes the higher slopes
during the dry season
polygamous browser
exclusive harem

dark facial blaze
stilettos rising
directly over eyes
bare glandular patch

bachelor herd
female herd
large reserves
interspersed

mineral licks
knock kneed
rump, limbs
chin, lips

remotest regions
captive breeding
small dewlap at jaw
black garter on foreleg

horns equally long
highly nomadic
water-bearing
receptive female

faint ruddy flank
rained and retreated
former range
long narrow face

loping along
migratory
high shouldered
long glossy coat

dark shadow
Chad to Sudan
Kenya to Tanzania
forming bracket shapes

blotches
upper forelegs
greatly elongated
normal forehead

offspring born
high-fiber
low protein grass
large aggregates

grading into pale flanks
deep chest
long trim legs
pronounced sheen

uniform weak
select green leaf
herds of yearlings
once teeming...

Friday, July 6, 2012

Hip-Pumping Studs

" Hip-Pumping Studs "

by Suzán Jiván

Hip-pumping studs
in cheek-baring chaps
snaky and acrobatic
hankering to dance

practiced internationally
outside academies
while siddling off into the wings
with quotients of preciosity

always maintaining a flow of motion
as opposed to varied legato
in full-length culotte costume
featuring rising singers
lighted atmospherically...

Thursday, July 5, 2012

Feat on the Floor

" Feat on the Floor "

by Suzán Jiván

Feat on the floor
after adding a dancer
as a longtime sidekick
treated like a triumph
uncompromised
and ready to bite
while doing hand jive
just beneath the lights

being kept flying
by songs of undying
anticlimaxes
as opposing desires
from above and behind
with a reliance
on secret findings
well worth reminding...

Wednesday, July 4, 2012

For Id Companions

" For Id Companions "

by Suzán Jiván

Something of a paradox
capering around the stage
like overgrown teenagers
with smoke billowing on cue

microphones used as maypoles
never crossing over fingers splayed
legs bent and braced
becoming hidden under thick manes

kept in place
by straps beneath chins
as wigs detach
kicked and toed around

in the foreground
fans blowing
through thick white hair
muscle and panache

mixed with wisecracks
taken aback as too sassy
like rolled up masks
for Id companions...

Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Black-Crowned Night Heron

" Black-Crowned Night Heron "

by Suzán Jiván

Black-crowned
night heron
a single,
" kwauk "
called
most
frequently
heard
at nighttime
while fishing
and flying
roosting in trees
come daylight
entirely white
below...

Monday, July 2, 2012

The Staunchest Defender

" The Staunchest Defender "

by Suzán Jiván

The staunchest defender
nearly verbatim
poet's stateliness
annotated in Arcadia

superhumanly perfect
as realms of ecstasy
drawn extensively
with a new sensibility
foundation and stability

human beauty, fecundity
like the second coming
springing up
in poetical moments
as noteworthy echoes...