" Easy "
by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán
Easy projects changing
from flannel to cotton
planting cabbages and collards
bathing and combing cats
planting dinner-plate dahlias
flipping and rotating mattresses
Clinique happy heading for grassy paths
with toothsome simple fare
sorting paper and plastic rejuvenating chants
carrying stylish button bags
making napkin rings with magnets
while out-scampering mortality
livelier spirits prevailing stringing lanterns
over pots of annuals uncovered patios
casually radical as all things glamorous
bigger windows magical whole walls of glass
superior wear nail enamel staying natural
unforgettable cranberry tequila triple sec
whipped-up batches salted glasses
snaking parallels digging around
with a trowel tapping rubber mallets
expanding and contracting flows of traffic
for party packs with miror backings
well-seasoned casts meticulously caring
no questions asked spring romance
in the air of globe masters parades and dancing
with modern flair fueling passion
out of amazingly little in still lifes seen lengthwise
like lightly buttered slices
white parts of leeks in three-inch pieces
one large bay leaf whole eggs
giant beefsteaks smooth chickpea paste
hors-d'oeuvrés and canapés filled crepes
corn- husk rectangles seasoned to taste
meringues perforated ladles lean bacon...
Monday, March 6, 2017
Sunday, March 5, 2017
" A Tale "...
" A Tale "
by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán
A tale
of plucky luck
masked ducks
ruddy ducks
old and young
wing beats
rapidly buzzing
sharp squeaks
thin tweets
muffled
popping series
feet running
lightly clustered
diving ducks
breeding
non-breeding
very distinctive
white-winged
thin whistling
over-wintering
rare visitors
escaping captivity
stocky and dark
relatively large
white head spots
easy marks
tundra ponds
Harlequins
rising twisting
yodeling over
shallow open oceans
diving motions
wings tightly closed
green-winged
blue-winged teals
shallow weedy
feeding on seeds
quacking deeply
wings rattling
striking patterns
straining plankton
very plain gray legs
dabbling aquatic plants
swimming in pairs
domestic variation
undertails
reedy laughing...
by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán
A tale
of plucky luck
masked ducks
ruddy ducks
old and young
wing beats
rapidly buzzing
sharp squeaks
thin tweets
muffled
popping series
feet running
lightly clustered
diving ducks
breeding
non-breeding
very distinctive
white-winged
thin whistling
over-wintering
rare visitors
escaping captivity
stocky and dark
relatively large
white head spots
easy marks
tundra ponds
Harlequins
rising twisting
yodeling over
shallow open oceans
diving motions
wings tightly closed
green-winged
blue-winged teals
shallow weedy
feeding on seeds
quacking deeply
wings rattling
striking patterns
straining plankton
very plain gray legs
dabbling aquatic plants
swimming in pairs
domestic variation
undertails
reedy laughing...
Saturday, March 4, 2017
"Disruptive Energy"
" Disruptive Energy "
by Suzán Jiván Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán
Disruptive energy
theatrical gestures
framing of heads
as moments of respite
put together by inheritors
now dead to gripping effect
like incredible hipness
intentions blending
interdependently
deemed excellent selections
of shifting identities
strung in succession
sneakers and denim
tour essentials for pitchmen
blue blazers white turtlenecks
" It's about timing "
alongside and behind
put into a new light
much to the likes
of a real find in star shine
strobing lighting
beneath belts of Orion...
by Suzán Jiván Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán
Disruptive energy
theatrical gestures
framing of heads
as moments of respite
put together by inheritors
now dead to gripping effect
like incredible hipness
intentions blending
interdependently
deemed excellent selections
of shifting identities
strung in succession
sneakers and denim
tour essentials for pitchmen
blue blazers white turtlenecks
" It's about timing "
alongside and behind
put into a new light
much to the likes
of a real find in star shine
strobing lighting
beneath belts of Orion...
" Divided "...
" Divided " by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán
Divided climate sciences rapid fire worldwide
bulldozers backhoes five times over
age ceilings holding right down to wardrobes
fast forwarded betting on rapid growth
showing every road paired with clothing
worn from home reinforcing personas
as garments owned on overload via art shows
from the smallest to the oldest
with rascally grins of nonfiction taken to the limit
of global modernism imparting immigrants and academicism
indigenously filtered seen in miniature risking diminishment
of objectifiable specimens by altered aesthetics
from silver gelatin experiments offered as deft assessments
rippling with unsettling intensity curated by our exceptional selves
in striking silhouettes loosening color senses
sexy and empathetic nevertheless just as important as anything else
even less transgressive signed letters on black velvet
while taking years to process delicate sketches
on boxes of cigarettes deemed assemblages on resin
for solidified evidence of mythological extremis
monstrous yet compelling atmospherically rendered
photosensitive impressions attracting collectors
in discreetly expensive A-Line dresses with political bents...
Divided climate sciences rapid fire worldwide
bulldozers backhoes five times over
age ceilings holding right down to wardrobes
fast forwarded betting on rapid growth
showing every road paired with clothing
worn from home reinforcing personas
as garments owned on overload via art shows
from the smallest to the oldest
with rascally grins of nonfiction taken to the limit
of global modernism imparting immigrants and academicism
indigenously filtered seen in miniature risking diminishment
of objectifiable specimens by altered aesthetics
from silver gelatin experiments offered as deft assessments
rippling with unsettling intensity curated by our exceptional selves
in striking silhouettes loosening color senses
sexy and empathetic nevertheless just as important as anything else
even less transgressive signed letters on black velvet
while taking years to process delicate sketches
on boxes of cigarettes deemed assemblages on resin
for solidified evidence of mythological extremis
monstrous yet compelling atmospherically rendered
photosensitive impressions attracting collectors
in discreetly expensive A-Line dresses with political bents...
Friday, March 3, 2017
" Much the Same "...
" Much the Same" by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán
Much the same seeking safety as stances of vagueness having two aims
white flags waving while playing, "My Way" invoking guardian angels
of balky lawmakers saving birthplaces yielding fossil formations
in the making via stagnation of market gains with little need for major-
label rule makers from unexplained places contemplated at arms' length
as dwellings for castaways on rainy days for trouble makers
hallucinating out of range of economic gains being seen as crazy
during rebranding campaigns feeling their way restrained over decades
of lowest common denominators mimicking mixed tapes turning the tables
raising pulse rates rarely penetrating pre-calculated phrases by appropriation
of jaded calculations precipitated by high-decibeled interpretations
think headed round faced known for overly exaggerated dizzying arrays
of telecommunications with completely grown-up takes of civic engagements
for tie-dyed-flower-child favorites while cross pollinating observations and here-say
without a minute to waste mixing myths and mistakes bobbing in landscapes
of smoldering clay effectively segregated within windowless staircases
fifty students per grade weekend escapades detrimental to aims
in quarter-hearted sorts of ways being regularly confiscated
as hopeless cases yet left uninvestigated like plucked leafs along the way
covered with three pairs of legs elongated walking adult stages
across abundant vegetation growing glaring wing venations
during brief reigns becoming extinct by nature via degradation of place
unable to save face ascribing blame to slow maturation rates
and adaptive radiation far from endangered nonhuman primates
snaring spots on cereal boxes from tough outer pods nothing dainty about tarts
butternut squash chives and parsley thoroughly washed sautéeing garlic
for spicy pasta sipping a Scotch backward gardens top-restaurant psychology
served immediately this dish is a keeper ice cream with whiskey...
Much the same seeking safety as stances of vagueness having two aims
white flags waving while playing, "My Way" invoking guardian angels
of balky lawmakers saving birthplaces yielding fossil formations
in the making via stagnation of market gains with little need for major-
label rule makers from unexplained places contemplated at arms' length
as dwellings for castaways on rainy days for trouble makers
hallucinating out of range of economic gains being seen as crazy
during rebranding campaigns feeling their way restrained over decades
of lowest common denominators mimicking mixed tapes turning the tables
raising pulse rates rarely penetrating pre-calculated phrases by appropriation
of jaded calculations precipitated by high-decibeled interpretations
think headed round faced known for overly exaggerated dizzying arrays
of telecommunications with completely grown-up takes of civic engagements
for tie-dyed-flower-child favorites while cross pollinating observations and here-say
without a minute to waste mixing myths and mistakes bobbing in landscapes
of smoldering clay effectively segregated within windowless staircases
fifty students per grade weekend escapades detrimental to aims
in quarter-hearted sorts of ways being regularly confiscated
as hopeless cases yet left uninvestigated like plucked leafs along the way
covered with three pairs of legs elongated walking adult stages
across abundant vegetation growing glaring wing venations
during brief reigns becoming extinct by nature via degradation of place
unable to save face ascribing blame to slow maturation rates
and adaptive radiation far from endangered nonhuman primates
snaring spots on cereal boxes from tough outer pods nothing dainty about tarts
butternut squash chives and parsley thoroughly washed sautéeing garlic
for spicy pasta sipping a Scotch backward gardens top-restaurant psychology
served immediately this dish is a keeper ice cream with whiskey...
Thursday, March 2, 2017
" At Odds"...
" At Odds " by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán
At odds headstones toppling voices disguised and garbled
prompting police departments in tourist shops and tattoo parlors
as workers forgotten by sin stocks in branded properties
skewering companies sowing beans with high yields
the rest is history with high yields looking at ink so richly
wine dark kidneys swimming
in liquid by virtue of tradition
with little publicity making all the difference
via outsized committees disturbingly familiar
gilded mirrors and crystal yoga positions
on Moint Olympus losing rigidity
needing a bath badly no kidding
light-footed whimsy white-knuckled journeys
seismic activity little revisionism let me think
pushing boundaries taking on a choreographer's repertoire
in a gray leotard being executed properly
by elaborately garbed partners princesses and swans
as anonymous servants of art incarnate
no stops no starts like the constancy of dancers' apple cheeks
by the skin of their teeth cast dazzlingly during pep rallies
for the humanity's crunch seasons endearingly reconfigured
via heavy lifting seen at a distance soaring on whistling wings
with short bursts of speed but seen only briefly
when we think of velveted destinies
from hot springs harboring bacteria
gaining energy counter-intuitively
like filter feeders from tropical reefs
contradicted by discovery
outstripping possibilities
taking the shape of daisies
round greeny-brown tangled canopies of hazel
aerated and drained virtuosity of nature
spotlighting of game gazing on floodplains after rains
old-fangled fragmentation bootlaced Milky Ways...
At odds headstones toppling voices disguised and garbled
prompting police departments in tourist shops and tattoo parlors
as workers forgotten by sin stocks in branded properties
skewering companies sowing beans with high yields
the rest is history with high yields looking at ink so richly
wine dark kidneys swimming
in liquid by virtue of tradition
with little publicity making all the difference
via outsized committees disturbingly familiar
gilded mirrors and crystal yoga positions
on Moint Olympus losing rigidity
needing a bath badly no kidding
light-footed whimsy white-knuckled journeys
seismic activity little revisionism let me think
pushing boundaries taking on a choreographer's repertoire
in a gray leotard being executed properly
by elaborately garbed partners princesses and swans
as anonymous servants of art incarnate
no stops no starts like the constancy of dancers' apple cheeks
by the skin of their teeth cast dazzlingly during pep rallies
for the humanity's crunch seasons endearingly reconfigured
via heavy lifting seen at a distance soaring on whistling wings
with short bursts of speed but seen only briefly
when we think of velveted destinies
from hot springs harboring bacteria
gaining energy counter-intuitively
like filter feeders from tropical reefs
contradicted by discovery
outstripping possibilities
taking the shape of daisies
round greeny-brown tangled canopies of hazel
aerated and drained virtuosity of nature
spotlighting of game gazing on floodplains after rains
old-fangled fragmentation bootlaced Milky Ways...
Wednesday, March 1, 2017
" Unzipped " ...
" Unzipped "
by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán
Unzipped World Cup bids
travel restrictions crash-filled wins
knees and backs stiffened
pell mell practitioners
still in it getting hits with a stick
fastest pitches in 10 innings
swinging sizzlers gleeful trips
infield injuries survival of the fittest
claiming victory with great difficulty
caution flags checkered flags
reigning champs lap after lap
"I'll be back!" overall standings
races to spare squandering chances
unanswered prayers hapless bans
fallen fans cited examples
passing to prevail, "It's a mess out there!"
setting up clashes witnessing massacres
fitting patterns of the extremely unfair
internationally sanctioned
unveiled budget plans
seen as setbacks to second chances
for acrobats being taken to task
while leaping backwards at the climax
like scandalous airbags from scaled-back
fabricated test data harder to hack
catchy mismatches of signature chain mails
in gunmetal gray and gold lamé
puff sleeved and graceful
setting the pace in remakes
of funnel shapes segueing
into dangly pastel shades
abstracted back stage
donning natty jackets with scant elbow patches
for real-life battles of head-scratching
affirmative action in paperback calamities
despondently conjuring all-conquering mortality
with glaring sentimentality reigning supreme...
by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán
Unzipped World Cup bids
travel restrictions crash-filled wins
knees and backs stiffened
pell mell practitioners
still in it getting hits with a stick
fastest pitches in 10 innings
swinging sizzlers gleeful trips
infield injuries survival of the fittest
claiming victory with great difficulty
caution flags checkered flags
reigning champs lap after lap
"I'll be back!" overall standings
races to spare squandering chances
unanswered prayers hapless bans
fallen fans cited examples
passing to prevail, "It's a mess out there!"
setting up clashes witnessing massacres
fitting patterns of the extremely unfair
internationally sanctioned
unveiled budget plans
seen as setbacks to second chances
for acrobats being taken to task
while leaping backwards at the climax
like scandalous airbags from scaled-back
fabricated test data harder to hack
catchy mismatches of signature chain mails
in gunmetal gray and gold lamé
puff sleeved and graceful
setting the pace in remakes
of funnel shapes segueing
into dangly pastel shades
abstracted back stage
donning natty jackets with scant elbow patches
for real-life battles of head-scratching
affirmative action in paperback calamities
despondently conjuring all-conquering mortality
with glaring sentimentality reigning supreme...
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