Yields in Steps

" Yields in Steps "

by Suzán Jiván

Yields in steps
under increased pressure
leaving huge questions
sensing skepticism
with nodding bobble heads

showing potential
at deeper levels
undoing benefits
in essence
curbing spending

upheld to the utmost extent
being withheld by tender
supplication
with more troupers
than mourners
in due course

often as performers
of eternal disappointments
then and before
as raw metaphors
perpetually kept on pause

blackballed
by the latest offerings
being stopped short
united in song
after gorging on hourlong
point and counterpoint...

Bold and Submissive Haiku

" Bold and Submissive Haiku "

by Suzán Jiván

I

Replaced by commands
new lines in a triangle
voices speeding up

II

Bold and submissive
bouncing breasts and genitals
dogmatic leaders

III

Rampant prejudice
itinerant, complicit
as trick horses prance

IV

Manic distractions
with arms held behind their backs
stop, sit down, then stand

V

Tepidly acted
main attractions as slapstick
others abandoned...

Staid Haiku

" Staid Haiku "

by Suzán Jiván

I

Slow unravelings
revisited and revised
staid identities

II

Returned to sender
slyly magnetic presence
ambiguous quest

III

Strictly lyrical
wandering diffidently
malleable dreams

IV

Curiosities
adaptive meanderings
redeemed novelties...

What-ifs Haiku

" What-ifs Haiku "

by Suzán Jiván

I

Pondering what-ifs
conspiracy theories fly
like shaggy grab bags

II

Beasts roam as dancers
amiable companions
donning black ascots

III

Every crackly note
like stepping through a worm hole
gently dizzy tones

IV

Still front and center
relics of psychedelic
tricked-out-black-box gigs...

Underwritten

" Underwritten "

by Suzán Jiván

On horseback
in a photograph
almost by accident
being fraught with significance
underwritten as an ultimate figure
regarded like a deity
when coming across as a cool cookie
supremely at ease
in innumerable recipes
replete with calligraphy inimitably...

Unusual Trappings

" Unusual Trappings "

by Suzán Jiván

Unusual trappings
in materials about
becoming sold-out
after attracting droves
of fans while still in mid air

brilliantly intricate
among the indie
as hardly been
like once-fixed
predilection
for a fetish
or a shtick

seemingly highly unlikely
to redefine delight
as the little-known triumph
of an undisguised psyche...

After the Tumult Haiku

" After the Tumult Haiku "

by Suzán Jiván

I

Ablaze with color
shaken, but calmed by nature
succinct revelry

II

Dusty blade of grass
repeated references
eye-opening glance

III

Most intimately
as a kind of centering
depicted close-up

IV

After the tumult
regaining concentration
slowly re-focused

V

Seemingly tossed-off
intricate analysis
rip-snorting match-up

VI

Uncoverable
nicknamed de facto leader
keep moving the chains...

Lifting the Brows

" Lifting the Brows "

by Suzán Jiván

Lifting the brows
in avoidance of color
with little shimmerings
while sloping downward
into the outer corners

after pupils
and away from the rim
just blush, as I did
by starting high
on the cheekbones

below smoky eyes
just a dab of brightness
as a highlight
rubbed off slightly
unbecomingly neutralized...

Assuming the Rolls

" Assuming the Rolls "

by Suzán Jiván

Assuming the rolls
of most live shows
as spoken in components
while listening to poets
being installed too close
to foam in camping mode
becoming plussed
by skilled mathematicians
in fleeting synthses
with mythic deliriums
scribbled in many ilks
consisting of amoebic flotillas
moving at warp speed
through aqueous mediums...

Brought to Mind

" Brought to Mind "

by Suzán Jiván

Bits of cardboard
building blocks of meaning
reining herself in while being
brought to mind by dismissives
like, " There's no way in hell! "
in connective corridors of oeuvres
with punctuation marks
and found fonts as objects...

Sold-Out High Profiles

" Sold-Out High Profiles "

by Suzán Jiván

Sold-out high profiles
highly organized
but under capitalized
being blown away
by sweet spots
in the square feet
of pre-history

impacting visits
to exhibitions
while still in previews
like musicals
suspended in midair
as selections of final casts
postponed and highest grossing...

In Pursuit Haiku

" In Pursuit Haiku "

by Suzán Jiván

I

In pursuit of sleuths
detected in profusion
deft poetic texts

II

Electronic muse
effusively exuding
page views round the world

III

Well-meshed internets
self-portraits, self-expression
reeled in readily...

Stonefly Haiku

" Stonefly Haiku "

by Suzán Jiván

I

Sounds against the ground
crawling on stones, undertows
fully grown, folded

II

Well-known, wings open
double-ladder vein pattern
salmon-pink, angling...

Damselfly Haiku

" Damselfly Haiku "

by Suzán Jiván

I

Relatively large
narrowing gradually
becoming unstalked

II

Altogether small
suitable prey, sit and wait
becoming outstretched

III

Hunts from some distance
with metallic colorings
blue-green with dark wings

IV

Broad-winged demoiselle
pale, yellow-brown wings at rest
slender abdomen...