“In Need of Direction”

 “In Need of Direction”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom-Suzán 

In need of direction 

moving some text around, say 

preparing to play 

rock, paper, scissors,  maybe 

being taken only one way 

like obsessive fans

hitting the accelerator 

pregame …

“Reshaping Greenhouse Mistakes”

 “Reshaping Greenhouse Mistakes”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán 

Reshaping greenhouse mistakes 

seen as betrayals of misinformation

balancing pH

downing iced fluoridated water 

serving as a metaphor 

for warding off a scorcher …

“Bidding Farewell”

 “Bidding Farewell”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán 

Bidding farewell 

dangerous and complex 

posed threats 

dreaded ripple effects …

“Frightening Deadlines”

 “Frightening Deadlines”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán 

Frightening deadlines drawing our attention

to people we have never met

being emptied of celebration 

becoming voided of any potential delicacies 

infinitely viewed as hollowed-out images of ourselves 

filled with unabetting terror …

“Killing a Planner”

 “Killing a Planner”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán 

Killing a planner

using messaging apps 

in the aftermath of a calamity

linking chains of attacks 

surging crowds 

returning to face-to-face bomb blasts 

medevacking gray-tailed aircraft 

fed by a drone’s surveillance

of the wailing masses …

“Amid a Threat”

 “Amid a Threat”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán 

Amid a threat of terror hitting records 

wildfires blazing in the West

“Let’s not pretend” brace yourselves 

exercise may help to lower dementia 

as a flight attendant in a global effort 

within a re-edited budget dilemma 

at the epicenter of finding a host for Jeopardy …

“Unauthorized Oversight”

 “Unauthorized Oversight”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán 

Unauthorized oversight

sticking to deadlines 

spiraling reprisals 

refugee crises

frightening plights 

dire timeline outcries…

“Blowing the Whistle”

 “Blowing the Whistle”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán 

Blowing the whistle 

ringing in the ears 

unwilling to hear 

gifts of conversation 

filling with anger 

cascading into an all-out rage 

perpetuating a crazed in-your-face …

Underlying

" Underlying "

by Suzán Jiván

for Sylvester Jackson

Underlying
all things
an inter-
connectedness
in multilevel nests
supplemented
by user-friendly
and collective
consciousness
ever enmeshed
with the intrepidness
of surface dwellers...

Unrealized Desires

" Unrealized Desires "

by Suzán Jiván

for Cornell Brown

A boisterous series
of erotically charged models
of unrealized desires
for the first time
somewhere else entirely...

Hellacious

" Hellacious "

by Suzán Jiván

for Cornell Brown

Ineffectual re-elected reps
indelibly pen illegible
scribbles in red
all across the long-wave end
of the visible spectrum
beneath the hellacious
restraints of legislated red tape...

Wounded

" Wounded "

by Suzán Jiván

Starting out
a bit under-
powered and uncomfortable
at the very top
with wounded
honor marred by claw-popping
flotsam...

Taken as Umbrage

" Taken as Umbrage "

by Suzán Jiván

for Cornell Brown

Under
going
a hard
sell
never
taken
as
umbrage
for fluff
like,
"Golly
this"
and
"Darn
that"
as
mesmerizingly
reflective
and smoothly
expressive...

As Empires

" As Empires "

by Suzán Jiván

Blindingly bright
strangely satisfying
for audiences
alike
as empires
of fiery enemies
to be
ostensibly punishing
like a lot of watch-checking...

Discretely Succinct

" Discretely Succinct "

by Suzán Jiván

for Cornell Brown

Sturdier, more precise
exemplified
by anodized zeros and nines
as seen
in discretely succinct
yet extreme
one-legged yoga poses...

Hoping Against Hope

" Hoping Against Hope "

by Suzán Jiván

for Cornell Brown

Every show-
offy bit
like
an illustrious
visitor
with a willingness
to be piercingly
authentic
when hoping
against hope
as an over-
whelming sense
of childhood
memory
however felt...

Touchingly Colorful

" Touchingly Colorful "

by Suzán Jiván

for Cornell Brown

Evoking Utopia
as a testimonial
to good old-
fashioned
close ups
as down
and dirty
but touchingly
colorful love...

Polytonal

" Polytonal "

by Suzán Jiván

for Cornell Brown

Can seem
like a never-
ending eulogy
to an honoree
in perpetuity
as a vibra-
phone solo
in diaphonous
echoes showing
sheer range
in polytonal
temolos...

Tremolo Effects

" Tremolo Effects "

by Suzán Jiván

for Cornell Brown

All the rest
as moment-
to-moment
invention
in a long line
of small bands
attempting
to perfect
contemporary
tremolo effects...

Communal Domains

" Communal Domains "

by Suzán Jiván

for Cornell Brown

Well suited to the exemplary events
of our intrinsically synergistic selves
generating enervating
communal domains
of gracious gains...

A Placeholder

" A Placeholder "

by Suzán Jiván

for Cornell Brown

A directional hand
transcending
the occasional
placeholder
semi-staged
in its day
as a multi-
layered play
of salutatious
accolades...

Infinitude

" Infinitude "

by Suzán Jiván

for Cornell Brown

Pondering immortality
and the infinitude
of the universe
with beauty and renewal
euphorically spangling
immemorially...

Soulful

" Soulful "

by Suzán Jiván

for Cornell Brown

The oohs have it
in miniscule
utopian abodes
of drone-
based
overblown
openly intoned
soulful
crescendos...

Blissful Finger Plinks

" Blissful Finger Plinks "

by Suzán Jiván

for Cornell Brown

Quasi-
psychedelicness
with the prettiness
of clarinets
offering
the sweetness
of many things
interweaving
the reveries
of minisuites
with the rarities
of blissful finger plinks...

Recusal's Refuge

" Recusal's Refuge "

by Suzán Jiván

for Cornell Brown

Running simultaneously
giving way cutting through
to secluded interludes
of recusal's refuge...

Threat Potential

" Threat Potential "

by Suzán Jiván

for Cornell Brown

Not atypically
under duress
of self-
perpetuated
threat potential...

Inexorable Glory

" Inexorable Glory "

by Suzán Jiván

for Cornell Brown

Stray slivers reverberate then morph into long laudable chords
of inexorable glory...

Like Pirates

" Like Pirates "

by Suzán Jiván

for Cornell Brown

Unrepentantly raw
like pirates
eyeballing nervy titles
of fatwas in adagios
of feminist art
as ex paparazzis...

Mash-Ups

" Mash-Ups "

by Suzán Jiván

for Cornell Brown

Hardly scarce
tightly packed
pop and jazz
mash-ups
filled
with elaborate
passages
of unsurpassed
fantasies...

When Shot Live

" When Shot Live "

by Suzán Jiván

for Cornell Brown

Widely sacrificed
discretely vivified
when shot live
as largely
porcine...

Sacrificial Witchery

" Sacrificial Witchery "

by Suzán Jiván

for Cornell Brown

A litany
of ancient grievances
eviscerated
with concentrations
of rage
turning eerily withery
as if in
sacrificial witchery...

Talismanic

" Talismanic "

by Suzán Jiván

for Cornell Brown

Top
positions
on
prominent
rosters
of
formal
gardens
as
talismanic
native
plants...

Intending to Rise Higher

" Intending to Rise Higher "

by Suzán Jiván

for Cornell Brown

Tilting
spiraling
intending
to rise
higher
by taking
a while
in entirety...

Radiant Constellations

" Radiant Constellations "

by Suzán Jiván

for Cornell Brown

Colorful
and lightweight
meant to rotate
like radiant
constellations
of articulated
admiration...

Anomalous Bronze

" Anomalous Bronze "

by Suzán Jiván

for Cornell Brown

Returning to the present
dipped in indigo
with minimalist simplicity
atop anomalous bronze...

Carved to the Breaking Point

" Carved to the Breaking Point "

by Suzán Jiván

Beyond
awaits
like
an array
of hollowed-
out shapes
carved to the breaking point
as favorable installations...

Re-Creation

" Re-Creation "

by Suzán Jiván

for Cornell Brown

Surely one
of the most
startling
and ambitious
additions
reveals
the intensity
human
and not
of embodiments
in intense
meditations
on large
concave faces
like breath-
taking evocations
of re-creation...

A Man-Made Model

" A Man-Made Model "

by Suzán Jiván

for Cornell Brown

Planning to house
a man-made model
from scratch
with befitting textures
and elaborate lapidary details
all cast with unusual clarity...

To Whatever You Want

" To Whatever You Want "

by Suzán Jiván

for Cornell Brown

Seemingly
water worn
unwittingly
licked
with bravura
precision
in honor
to whatever you want
additive, subtractive
extended and impacted...

Sometimes Faint

" Sometimes Faint "

by Suzán Jiván

for Cornell Brown

Strangely flirtatious
before the latest
and sometimes faint
unrealized domains
meant to rotate
as best-known
pieces
in place in combination
with geometric planes
rearranged
as conflated landscapes...

Dancers

" Dancers "

by Suzán Jiván

for Cornell Brown

Clouds racing
in a messy
do-it-yourself way
with the rock and drag
of icy blue dancers...

Viaduct

" Viaduct "

by Suzán Jiván

for Cornell Brown

The subject of a heady pipe dream
in two-sided relief
with the intensity
of a hurriedly
startling
viaduct
spiral...