" Shown As Yellow "...

" Shown As Yellow "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Shown
as yellow
in fire zones

igniting
close
to coasts

multi-
stemmed
growth

crowns
of
foliage

home-
owners
fleeing

as far
as is
known

as
skeletons
of Ancient Rome

being thought
to be the oldest
of treasure troves

uncovered in holds
far below
oceans

skulls'
temporal
bones all told

leaving in droves
flyby geysers
on Europa...

" Deftly Balanced "...

" Deftly Balanced "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Deftly balanced
circling squares
hard-cider cocktails
uprooted transplanted
master classics
as back up
at first glance
on beds of jasmine
star anise
meant for sharing
like crisp triangles
sweet for lapping
all for the asking
vanilla tamarind...

" Snubs or Insults "...

" Snubs or Insults "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Snubs or insults undercut
by winsome underpinnings
of indelible images
from fully equipped kinship

like communally familial
epitomes of simplicity
prefixed with chic
muses of poetry
come Indian Summer

christening dine-in boutiques
and late-in-life cosmetic tweaks
for mixed-use vintage condominiums

refurbished during long-term leases
placed in crisping sleeves
as partners of dreams
tasting oh so sweet
upon reheating...

" Surrounding Life "...

" Surrounding Life "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Surrounding life
with quick scribbles
and clicking safety pins
as greatest hits
for unconditional
parental minimalists

while tossing petals
onto the mix
of latticework grids
replete with animal prints
on magnified orchids

sleepy eyes
pillowy lips
lavish ringlets
empowering
growing women...

" Supposed Advantages "...

" Supposed Advantages "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Supposed advantages
dwarfed by hard-
fought afterthoughts
for victims without voices
massaging hands
and painting fingernails
mirrored elsewhere
as bellwethers
of posthumously
lamented impediments
shot through the lenses
of octogenarians
as amassed long-term tabs...

" The Aliens "...

" The Aliens "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

️The aliens below us
leaning ladders
against tiny life forms

microbes
from meteorites
while skyscraping
on the rise

like carving miners
over miles and miles
as assemblages of lives
being bacterial realized

deep biospheres
highly alkaline
encouraging signs

slinking upright
ghostly profiles
of the newly arrived...

" Pushed Hard "...

" Pushed Hard "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Pushed hard
closely guarded
less poverty

peace and shopping
digital markets
data evolving

beach bags
bathing caps
cockatoo masks

gingham damask
waistless jackets
in no man's land

metallic khaki
easy glamour
first few chapters

second hand
touching emails
chitchat babble

sensitively maddenly
semi-autobiographical
on the tepid side of "Be Mine"...

" For the Love of a Ruffle "...

" For the Love of a Ruffle "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

For the love of a ruffle
as a little "some'in' some'in' "
with sporty zip-ups
looking monotonous

like short cuts and buzz cuts
kicked up by strictly symbolic
androgynous notches for hot topics
of peacocks and melodramas

scripting feel-good remarks
by stamping flamenco models
while ad-libbing compliments
being read on novel spread-out palms...

" Time Traveling "...

" Time Traveling "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Time traveling
into niche
identities
proving to be
clad in shiny
stainless steel

while winging it
and getting misty
like clichéd
gifts for prisoners
for instance

getting stuck in the middle
of monkey business
by autograph seekers
at multi-tiered premieres

upping the ante
according
to the latest tallying
after uncanny
tick-tocking rallies
being branded
as, "Happenings"...

" Urging Gentility "...

" Urging Gentility "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Urging gentility
with the pealing of bells
as means of expression

while swinging
from right to left
like painted oils on canvas

authoring panels pictured
in close proximity
to gilded Angels' wings

both heavy
and foreboding
post going global

caped by brocade
luminous faces
draped in lace
flowing braids

eyes glazed
visual changes
levitating halos...

" Lured to the Plains "...

" Lured to the Plains "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Lured to the plains
wanting to win someday

while gathering wild grapes
along a river's length
all across four states

fearing spills and breaks
of feigned eminent domain
feeling taken left shaking

being laid to waste
cold and rainy
ruing the day...

" By the Wayside "...

" By the Wayside "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mon-
Mom Suzán

By the wayside
by now not knowing how
post going unannounced
and unimaginatively
anti-fashioned fashion

like outcast circle racks
and T-stands gone party crashing
while sticking landings
in podcasts with the classiest
of makeup and hair

seeking greener pastures
filming formidable
grassy fantasies

yet being seen skittering
into thorny shrubbery
during a live re-enactment
of "The Tortoise and the Hare"

with a winning cast
of a rambling turtle
and a rascally rabbit...

" Quasi-Stars "...

" Quasi-Stars "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Quasi-stars
feeling
unbothered
by gossip
columns
sitcoms
and blogs

while
creeping
beneath
the radar
at super-
markets

neither
satirically
nor
sincerely
via
obscurity

making
perfunctory
appearances
streaming
live in sweats
and sneakers

debunking
non-celebrities
from a once-steamy
previous era
of unleashed:
"Come up an' see me!"
post "talkies"
"My little chickadee!"...

"Outliers Making Headlines"...

" Outliers Making Headlines "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Outliers making headlines
people screaming and whining
from sidewalks in chalk stripes

seering multiple strikes
by pirated air liners
as lethal combustive devices

gone shockingly viral
fiery skyscrapers
swan dining on the fly...

" More than the Sum"...

"More than the Sum"

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

More than the sum
of strokes of homespun
dumb luck over months
and months having tons
of fun gurgling up
from counterculture

like alien abductors
not mattering much
to the far-flung rebuffed
by the anatomy
and musculature
of a washed-up
four-tusked walrus

seen close up
suggestive of
tree stumps
and pond scum
as outcomes
by the dozen...