Igniting

" Igniting "

by Suzán Jiván

Paying close attention
to contemplative light-
radiating observation
creating a quiet igniting
with swigs of white wine.

Stairlike

" Stairlike "

by Suzán Jiván

Departing from
vertical-horizontal
coordinates calling
on other sources
of orientation for
stairlike patterns
climbing up and
spiralling down.

Haunting

" Haunting "

by Suzán Jiván

Intimate fragments
of composition
from an internal
exhibition of flexible
definition and limited
edition with swirly
liquidy ink in delicately
haunting imagery.

Intervals

" Intervals "

by Suzán Jiván

Site-specific
commissions
at odd intervals
of high-definition
with the punctuation
of space in the making.

Unlinked

" Unlinked "

by Suzán Jiván

Despondently disappearing
into the unlinked wings
of fantastical bridal white.

Modern-Day Horror

" Modern-Day Horror "

by Suzán Jiván

Immensely dense
massive silence
from under the anarchical
" out-there " avalanche
of shockingly-gnarly
modern-day horror.

A Link

" A Link "

by Suzán Jiván

Forming a link
between tinkering and gee-whiz
with the predictably tawdry
bathed metaphorically in no frills.

Crooning

" Crooning "

by Suzán Jiván

Seldom playing
in the same ways
seated at tables
competing for seats
expecting to hear
protocols of concert-
going for older cronies
shouting and crooning
with whoops of approval.

Baffling

" Baffling "

by Suzán Jiván

Sipping drinks and listening
to straitlaced standees
raptly mixing classical
and contemporary fare
defying a trend toward
baffling abstraction.

Moments

" Moments "

by Suzán Jiván

Deliciously dead-on
popularity of parody
but unstintingly critical
of mediocre inside jokes
from unconditionally insipid
juxtaposed hokie moments.

Unneeded

" Unneeded "

by Suzán Jiván

Impact of falling
and pinpointing
limited military
initiatives
decked out
in pressed
white dress
suddenly
feeling
unneeded
in crinkly
guerrilla
fatigues.

Redoubling

" Redoubling "

Businesses
weakening
profits
dropping
briefly
rallying
opening
possibilities
of redoubling
deepening
troubles
and drastic
rate cuts.

Droves

" Droves "

by Suzán Jiván

Going in droves
side-by-side
in enormous lines
gut-wrenching besides
spreading crises
of the undecided
endorsing either
opposing neither.

Transitionings

" Transitionings "

by Suzán Jiván

Coyly commanding
crisp and glamorous
transitionings into a new
crackling rendition
of a spectacular gala
created from an apparent
rehearsal for the finale.

Madcap

" Madcap "

by Suzán Jiván

On the fringes
resistance to bias
rooted outside
devouring
everything
communing
loudly in madcap.

Vet 'Nam

" Vet 'Nam "

for Big Biker Bill
by Suzán Jiván

A whole slew of vets
with direful death
remembrances
hypnotically
wallowing
since 'Nam.

Incantatory Orbs

" Incantatory Orbs "

by Suzán Jiván

Skeptics lurk
remaining
unpersuaded
by quietly
meditative
forgotten faith
in the fresh faces
of ritually related
incantatory orbs.

Floating

" Floating "

by Suzán Jiván

Floating
lanterns
hauntingly
wide-spread
trying to reach
evocations
stronger still
effortlessly
successful
opulently
sexy.

Perhaps

" Perhaps "

by Suzán Jiván

Perhaps guilty
of shrieking
with charismatic
enthusiasm
demanding
peace through
cringe-inducing
movements.

Divided

" Divided "

by Suzán Jiván

Divided in half
strings to one side
pitiable and touching
soothing the anguish
with a courageous passage.

Twitters

" Twitters "

by Suzán Jiván

Utterly hushed
problems and
much garbled
ardent voices
with isolated
twitters of
beguilement
in a dreamlike
pas de deux.

Spiraling

" Spiraling "

by Suzán Jiván

Spiraling riffs
of pummeling rhythm
shaking fists
for seemingly trendy
loftily-titled
blendings of styles.

Luxe

" Luxe "

by Suzán Jiván

Sampled
crowd sounds
facile luxe
trumpeting.

Reverberations

" Reverberations "

by Suzán Jiván

Almost wordless fest
usually tops them
with reverberations
from a perfunctory
one-on-one
paradoxical romp.

Irrevocable

" Irrevocable "

by Suzán Jiván

Managing to bring it off
with tell-tale habits
of imparting knowledge
with gentle embellishments
of contemporary events
perplexing and irrevocable.

Blanching

" Blanching "

by Suzán Jiván

Largely blanching
rather accurately
in suds becoming
easy to whip up
along with
naked ambition.

Differentiation

" Differentiation "

In the beginning
plundering
a unique strain
lately made
more beguilingly
wide-eyed
by
openly-
pervasive
differentiation.

Accomplished

" Accomplished "

by Suzán Jiván

Accomplished
with a dirty
little secret
of equal
reverence
feeling
tightly
choreographed
turning into
a sing-along
of tangible thought.

Ignoble

" Ignoble "

by Suzán Jiván

Streak-free
new-wave
worked up
ponderously
pilloried
as a liability
with little sense
of adventure
making a play
for the most
ignoble of goals.

Flamboyance

" Flamboyance "

by Suzán Jiván

Chanting along
beaten out
pretty first
lucky second
sturdy third
determined
with feathered
epaulets as efforts
towards flamboyance.

Relish

" Relish "

by Suzán Jiván

Crackles and chatters
as examples for the task
repaired with nails
ludicrously wailing
about branding
given the premise
illness descends
with embellishment
evincing a bit
too much relish.

Preference

" Preference "

by Suzán Jiván

Preference
for unpretentious
contexts set
with two baby grands
playing side-by-side
rather than inviting
swing bands
from eras past.

Artifice

" Artifice "

by Suzán Jiván

Winding up
in an anthem
with winks
of artifice
for relatively
affordable
singing
and sawing.

Concordant

" Concordant "

by Suzán Jiván

Complicating entanglement
lively face-off offstage
visually and aurally
setting up double
giving off love
in a concordant hum.

Flash

" Flash "

by Suzán Jiván

There was humor
but less gaiety
so much flair
so little fanfare
lacking a pulse
channeling too much
flash and trash.

Earthbound

" Earthbound "

by Suzán Jiván

Sensitivity drawn
in earthbound
portraiture
reaching more
of the glorious
counterpoint
roiling below
the doleful tone.

In Hopes

" In Hopes "

by Suzán Jiván

Just beginning
sheer exposure
in hopes
that sooner
or later
it will
pay off
as
extra-
ordinary.

Fuzzy-edged

" Fuzzy-edged "

by Suzán Jiván

Unprecedented
isn't mentioned
in fuzzy-edged
thoroughly-
accessible
hovering
potential.

Ever

" Ever "

by Suzán Jiván

Among the more
fueled far more
by word-of-mouth
then way back when
with overwhelming peril
more quickly than ever.

Flattering

" Flattering "

by Suzán Jiván

Prolific
itinerants
versus
invidious
bon vivants
gathering
flattering
adjectives
for do-it-
yourselfers
in vibrantly
changing
times.

Quickening

" Quickening "

by Suzán Jiván

Fairly daring hard-driving
unabashed pizazz
with hymnal simplicity
listening with quickening
bewilderment in limited editions.

Dovetail

" Dovetail "

by Suzán Jiván

Dovetail
the flow and tap
of dispassionate
long-lasting shambles
and a turnabout
happening fast
in a handful.

Rebut

" Rebut "

By Suzán Jiván

As if a burden
were not so much
lifted as tugged
in many once
suffering from
meaning to rebut
the incumbent pundit.

Backing

" Backing "

by Suzán Jiván

Backing away
from bowling
balls smacking
in alley rallies
trying to stanch
the standard-bearer's
wariness of spare details.

Silver Maned

" Silver Maned "

by Suzán Jiván

Creating pervasive remains
mainly rooted in willing the world
into emotionally turning
evincing admirable
requisite intensity
of the silver maned.

Oneself

" Oneself "

by Suzán Jiván

Plastered limbs and winces
in the midst of the grim
and deepening hubris
with tippling when entering
the closing stretch
suddenly finding oneself.

Mortality

" Mortality "

by Suzán Jiván

Vastly overstated
freedom of thought
crestfallen
none-too-subtle wink
second-by-second
mortality
hard not to ogle.

Underscoring

" Underscoring "

by Suzán Jiván

At this point
speaking
in past tense
still viable
in an uphill
underscoring
going back
and forth.

Raising

" Raising "

by Suzán Jiván

Raising the specter
weighing coordinated
emergency negotiations
growing by the day
with too much faith
hovering over
a raft of polls
entering the closing.

Tinge

" Tinge "

By Suzán Jiván

Expected within days
to become the favorite
in a race wishing to remain
within the chambers of the gracious
in a detailed arrangement
with a little bit of a tinge
from a two-term limit.