by Suzán Jiván
Almost every scene
played with a nuance of feeling
and fragrant perfumery
masked by dastardly acts
as a haberdashery
of toxic garments
and unpalatable fashion...
by Suzán Jiván
Almost every scene
played with a nuance of feeling
and fragrant perfumery
masked by dastardly acts
as a haberdashery
of toxic garments
and unpalatable fashion...
by Suzán Jiván
Highfalutin
urban cartoons
as too cute
and ludicrous
issues soothe
cosmopolitan angst
with sidewalk guffaws
scribbled in chaulk
while skipping along hand-drawn
hopscotch and potsy courts...
by Suzán Jiván
Pushing
the limits
with
other-
worldly
timbre
rhythmic
insistence
and
deliberate
under-
pinnings
of
the
very
different...
by Suzán Jiván
Nothing grim with much
of intermittently likeable
heavy lifting in arching themes
of rhythmic ecstasies
peaking with eerie intensity...
by Suzán Jiván
Incursions
of modernity
featuring
drumming beats
confounding even
ideal premieres
of lyrical
exhibitions
on condition
of anonymity...
by Suzán Jiván
Eternal complexities
containing revelations
patiently surveyed
in remote landscapes
engrossed
in the moment-to-moment...
by Suzán Jiván
A ragtag band
of the old yokey-doke
as the most sobering
of jukebox oldies
spoken only
as speakeasies...
by Suzán Jiván
Calculatingly zany
arranged
as a nonchronolgical
installation
reshaped
by unlabeled
passing observations
of the well-educated...
by Suzán Jiván
So much to see
for even the seasoned
geeky tweeb
in a largely murky battlefield
bringing to mind
astonishingly undisguised
downcast eyes...
by Suzán Jiván
Virtually unlimited
as an invisible
juxtaposition
into an unstintingly
climactic finale
espied side by side...
by Suzán Jiván
Spirited artistry
with a large
body of art
in an encore
as an aura
of joy
over the long haul...
by Suzán Jiván
A brooding intensity
deepening gradually
as an acerbic litany
skewed
toward luminal tubers
and emergent vernal whirls...
by Suzán Jiván
Conspicuously omniscient
when witnessed with wit
yet simply existing
as homespun yucks
hinging on squirmingly
unfunny family tumult...
by Suzán Jiván
With confidence
feast upon its sweetness
specifically
and deliciously
joyfully embodying
a beloved, " Trust Me ! " ...
by Suzán Jiván
Beyond embargoes
salsa underdogs
embedded
in all corners
of efforts
to restore
age-old
performers
to their
all-time
glories...
by Suzán Jiván
An awkward fit
with modernity
crammed
into stilted
conversations
with gasping sobs...
by Suzán Jiván
Outside of time
and reminders
with only
a smidgeon
of ruefully-wry
minute-by-minute
guidance...
by Suzán Jiván
Visibly lifted
smoky lids
and nude lips
as the epitome
of snazzy
long lashes...
by Suzán Jiván
Nothing more than trap doors
of disorder tripped off
by exploitive self-righteous ploys...
by Suzán Jiván
Visual bravura
in ascending order
as high-end epics
with redemptive
spectacles...
by Suzán Jiván
As a flashpoint
in a brainstorm
advocating
year-to-date
spontaneity
through
a riven terrain...
by Suzán Jiván
Largely succeeding
in enabling generations
to seek the good graces
of crazed-self-portrait paintings
within the haze of bygone days
prominently displayed...
by Suzán Jiván
A misted view
of translucently-
luminous
winsome kinship
set amid
enchanted strands
of silvery grass...
by Suzán Jiván
Non-verbal vernal birds
sing
of spring on the wings
of a downy breeze...
by Suzán Jiván
Romantic myth radiant and regal
with a deep belief in increasingly
far-reaching-green-neon
spheres of beaming intimacy climactically blinking repeatedly...
by Suzán Jiván
Dramatic testimony
in orchestral festivals
of self-re-inventiveness
suggestive of inevitable successes...
by Suzán Jiván
Bopping in flip-flops
virtually non-stop
with modest promises
long before the start
of gender-bending
reflexes as part
of novel whistle-stops...
by Suzán Jiván
A greatest-hits list
akin to giving
best-sellers
first dibs
as a traditional
advice giver
revisited...
by Suzán Jiván
Winging singularities
as springtime motifs
conflated by avian
singing from the tippy-
tops of leafing-out trees
rhythmically repeating
amorous songs
of courtship
at dawn...
by Suzán Jiván
Varying trajectories
scissor the air
cleaving kinetic
cosmic connections
into a symmetrically
endless poetical energy...
by Suzán Jiván
Juxtaposed
against
extreme
slowness
backward
and
forward
unfolding
like
an
elbow
at
almost
the
same
moment
moseying
into
a
loping
motion...
by Suzán Jiván
Juxtaposed against extreme slowness
backward and forward unfolding
like an elbow at almost
the same moment moseying
into a loping motion...
by Suzán Jiván
Never dull
exploring
one another
with full measures
of high-velocity stardust
swirling above
our limitless love...
by Suzán Jiván
Coming to live
with a sharp wit
and a generous spirit
willing to give
otherworldliness
its significant writ
with an endemic edifice...
by Suzán Jiván
The stria of real life
rely on realigning
fault lines ad infinitum...
by Suzán Jiván
Another day
rises up
from the stage
in dusty layers
as plumes
of radiation
overtake
staggering
arrays
of nowadays
like undertakers...
by Suzán Jiván
Proved
fertile
ground
in
the
shadow
of
a
rambling
fascination
with
grandstanding
popping
up
everywhere...
by Suzán Jiván
Screaming into the streets
as a declaratively futile tactic
jampacked with final acts
as air strikes are apt to amass...
by Suzán Jiván
for Joanne E. Filicko-O'Hara, MD TLC
Life chronicling
otherwise unseen
impish modesty
by capturing humanity
after effacing decades...
by Suzán Jiván
To connect the dots
in the dark
with the probability
of knots
seldomly involved...
by Suzán Jiván
In full swing
as attendees
diligently party
with makeshift
stagenames
like the latest
self-titled
"Die Hard "...
by Suzán Jiván
Braving hydrogen and oxygen
as aftershocks rock volatile rods
while hydrogen combines with oxygen
in a conflagration of nuclear radiation
after waves of hydrogen and oxygen
in the form of walls of water
came crashing across docile shores...
by Suzán Jiván
The benign view
at times unlikely
then seemingly untrue
while bleeding slightly
after cutting loose
with looney tunes...
by Suzán Jiván
Which men
cast lingering spells
all along the edges
of separateness
with a strong sense
of the self?