" Quelling Outrage "...

" Quelling Outrage "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Quelling outrage
going overboard
to safety

via overshadowing
campaigns
of top aides
planning debates

yet deciding
to separate
by staking claims
said to aim
at tennis games

while manically
swinging rackets
set point match

with little
known about
pathogens
and drought

as fungi
stand by
at the height
for gnarly
oaks to pines

both dead and dying
via invisible dikes
running in straight lines...

" In the Camouflage "...

" In the Camouflage "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

In the camouflage
of shifting Old Masters
unheeding the warnings
of crashes from pumping heir action

tapping yard sales
as attempts to raise cash
at high capacity

but occurring rarely
like spotty sales
in unpopular areas
of the past

as unflattering
throwbacks
hats in hand...

" Partly an Affectionate "...

" Partly an Affectionate "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Partly an affectionate
intergenerational dispite
providing clues
via the whisperings
and sighings
of the preoccupied

being intermixed
beneath the mood music
of simultaneously
released mylar balloons

as helium-leaking bouquets
of decision making
stunningly descending
and draping over trees

strings dangling
ribbons swinging
like flight sequencing
during comedic
sketches on screens

being portrayed
like oddities
and grandiose ideas
while morphing
into amalgamations
of folly bravery
vanity and genius...

" Decline and Drift "...

" Decline and Drift "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Decline and drift
broody inwardness
cagey cleverness

standing firm
magnificently sassy
juicy examples of passion

as told in glamorous
fast flashbacks
at jagged angles

telegraphing unpaid tabs
eyes blazing crazily
weighted by agony

hovering potently
sobering accuracy
sullen intensity

feeling traumatizingly twitchy
smoldering with intrigue
lurking dangerously
with chaotic verve
laughing nervously...

" Unruly Rose Bushes "...

" Unruly Rose Bushes "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Unruly rose bushes
entangling chain links
patinaed siding
in direct responses
to oxygen
red yellow orange
folk art

trademark handlebars
doctrinaire squatters
from mythology
audacity and tragedy
identity and history
flames sweeping up trees
of psychic energy
intimacy and distancing

hoses gushing
hips swishing
canes shaking
thorny layers
sweet fragrances...

" Putting It Roughly "...

" Putting It Roughly "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Putting
it roughly
at first rung
of the upper-
most motive

inextricably
seen raptly
well-worth
examining

like practical
reactions
to "ipso facto"
all out
as averages

firmly planted
then transparently
pulled down
knowingly
and imaginatively

"scene" as afterthoughts
for hours on end
within mind sets
of the only temporary
beginnings of processes

throbbing and gleaming
nerve-riddled interiors
soft and squishy
becoming both
amazing and unsettling
in varying degrees

being pictured
grabbing and carrying
pleasure over practicality

then feeling valued
like concerted actions
having happened
so-very-fast
all in the not-
so-distant past...

" Far Cries "...

" Far Cries "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Far cries
aptly captured
as syntactic fractures
of far and aways

being likened to today's
clicks and saves
in portrayals of aging faces

thickening painterly
brushed aside
qualities of light
up against unbroken skies...

" The Legacy "...

" The Legacy "

by Suzán Jiván 
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán 


The legacy of ferocity
as flash-backed backlashes
portrayed during comebacking
pageantry for Olympian athletes
with ringing authenticity
symbolizing eternity
beckoning sheening identity
slow steeped in diversity and outreach
intrinsically linked by medalling
magnetic gatherings of peculiarities
while acknowledging our fragilities
perceived purely empowering 
like iconic imagery...

"From the Feet Up"...

" From the Feet Up "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

From the feet up
with lots and lots
of pull-ups
push-ups plus squats

which is harder
than in the meanwhile
by being
most often recognized

while not really minding
the over-reliance
on crib sheets
scene-by-scene

like contrasting feelings
being repeatedly
re-released seeringly
turning up the heat...