Mourning Haiku

" Mourning Haiku "

by Suzán Jiván

I

Whistling mourning wings
flying in diminshed light
surviving weed seeds

II

Overwintering
with dense trees breaking the wind
resiliency peaks

III

Ascendant species
vigorously clapping wings
nuptial flight, gliding...

Full Circle Haiku

" Full Circle Haiku "

by Suzán Jiván

I

First heard, being held
less straightforward, showing off
highly delighted

II

In scholarly mode
catalogued unhappily
throughout the latter

III

Away from big notes
died of a drug overdose
a hand-written note

IV

Greater than the sum
collapsed into each other
under discussion

V

Tiny upstairs space
invigorating lifeblood
that thing we call, "love"

VI

Wound up a victor
seemingly invincible
turning full circle...

Dueling Haikus

" Dueling Haikus "

by Suzán Jiván

I

Sorely cold warfare
difficult and dangerous
dueling stool pigeons

II

Quiet atmosphere
months after a mother hen
dissed chicken little...

Acute Haiku

" Acute Haiku "

by Suzán Jiván

I

Brandishing a pair
the first female commandment
ill-defined, acute

II

Rankings of racing
fighting for reinstatement
suspended dating

III

Retaliation
advocating new cases
suspended dating

IV

Beleaguered colleagues
contemplated date debate
aid and abetted...

But None of It

" But None of It "

by Suzán Jiván

But none of it
rates of damaged horses
saddling, " I'll gave another "
greatest ethical reckoning
taunting a prep school classmate
who later came out gay
he was last Saturday
calling for stricter regulation
of a drill sergeant school
by revamping its Bing...

Meant Not to Replace Haiku

" Meant Not to Replace Haiku "

by Suzán Jiván

I

Meant not to replace
used with added protection
approving the drug

II

Like prostitution
complete with advisors
at high risk

III

Safe-sex mentoring
especially prevention
taking medicine

IV

Evaluating
studies of the once-a-day
multiple partners

V

Many have fallen
experts say better methods
racing thoroughbreds...

Upended Haiku

" Upended Haiku "

by Suzán Jiván

I

Upended haiku
games of intimidation
mystified, anxious

II

With just the right heir
hilariously precise
playing jolly games...

Because the Peacock

" Because the Peacock "

by Suzán Jiván

Because the peacock
loses all it's plumes every autumn
then grows new ones each spring
beneath a lemon tree
like a sophisticated forgery
nicknamed for a canine friend
skipped over as a vowel
within a skylit room
registering cruelty
while intimating peace
behind a teak veneer
of an absurd gentility...

Turnstone Haiku

" Turnstone Haiku "

by Suzán Jiván

I

Black-and-chestnut back
orange leg color retained
feathers edged with rust

II

Whitish rump in flight
sandy beaches and mud flats
roosting on jetties

III

Rather rare elsewhere
wing stripe shown in flight
rapid dry rattle...

Rosy Finch Haiku

" Rosy Finch Haiku "

by Suzán Jiván

I

Narrow gray headbands
flocks flying in unison
mixed woodland borders

II

Straighter and longer
across boreal forests
contrasting red caps

III

Evergreen woodland
variable warbling
suburban shade tree...

Magpie Haiku

" Magpie Haiku "

by Suzán Jiván

Iridescent green
bright wing patches flash in flight
black and white magpie...

Eyering Haiku

" Eyering Haiku "

by Suzán Jiván

I

Incomplete eyering
nests in stunted conifer
gray-cheeked, declining

II

Coming in three parts
buffy breast with dark spotting
migrating in spring...

Soundtrack Samplings in Haiku

" Soundtrack Samplings in Haiku "

by Suzán Jiván

Soundtrack samplings
without nasty narratives
for comparison

Tins of Old Masters
as fractional instances
on disparate cash

Thoroughly branded
lavishly feathered flapper
as largely barren

Longstanding fashion
like canvas-woven patterns
becoming grounded

As mutinous mates
grinning or grimacing mouths
daring gagged and bound

In final shootouts
of pink circular patterns
cut up and cut out

As home or homebound
serving as a foil for now
becoming spellbound

In a grid of black
as sumptuously tactile
zigzagging off track

Angle by angle
denatured abstract soundtrack
encouraged perhaps

Loosely translated
subversive second solo
not so long ago...

Viol Haiku

" Viol Haiku "

by Suzán Jiván

Playing a viol
watercolor on vellum
self-portrait drypoint...

Usages of the Term, 'Pop'

" Usages of the Term, 'Pop' "

by Suzán Jiván

Usages of the term, 'pop'
as microscopic
means of a common
camaraderie
submitting to a cultural
leveling
in grainy textures
with authentic
gestures
argued against
as humanist-led
group-oriented
uniqueness
rather than rhetoric
as auras
for far-reaching
aesthetics
of plenty
like replicas
hovering
next to denizens
on television sets
adjacent to flatbeds
padded with fragments
clearly expressed
as an assault
on the senses
like strawberry-scented
air freshener spreading
through public emblems
eventually ending
with the stench of decrepitness
tending toward revelatory
stretches of the deeply effected
offset by the excesses
of the several put into question
like the retinal perceptions
of a blind detective
assembled by earlier-mentioned
collectors projecting
testicled trajectories of gender...

Connoisseur of the Cast Off

" Connoisseur of the Cast Off "

by Suzán Jiván

Connoisseur of the castoff
slightly hallucinatory
flanked by contrasting squares
borrowed from a tramp
as expansive largess
while warring sunglasses
blonding hair and practicing chastity
in a charismatic marriage
as a sultry female
close-captioned
by an amorous male...

Specific Juxtapositions

" Specific Juxtapositions "

by Suzán Jiván

Specific juxtapositions
indigenous
to the animistic
upheld
by a lower decision
overridden
by the inhibited
under the condition
of anonymity
doing due diligence
for over 15 minutes
with idiosyncratic
affinities
like outlandish sight gags
exuding sassy
matter-of-factness
as adorably passive
managing with tip of the hat
and a commanding swagger...

Exploding the Notion

" Exploding the Notion "

by Suzán Jiván

I

Exploding the notion
of bearing stamps
as we began

II

Like dried flowers
dangling
by tangled hairs

III

Hand-stamped
with incessant
randomness

IV

Crisscrossed in pairs
of blue blooms
as connubial woos...

The Greatest Singing

" The Greatest Singing "

by Suzán Jiván

The greatest singing
as sensual simplicities
seductive, sexy and sublime
like romantic texts
for mezzos and tenors
in evenings out
as stand outs
bound
by partnerings
like yearnings
for strings
vividly realized
enticingly divine...

With More than Just a Touch

" With More than Just a Touch "

by Suzán Jiván

With more than just a touch
by marching in place
singing and hissing
mimicking a branding
with the soft kick
of a cosmic premise
under the auspices
of sturdier spurs
as jangling cacophonies
transcending finalities
re-entering openings
with intrigue
like kindling
knocking knees
and rocking
back on heels
while longing
for the feeling
of being healed...

An Intimately Scaled View

" An Intimately Scaled View "

by Suzán Jiván

An intimately scaled view
quote, " I'll do it for you! "
unquote, in order to share
the human as a scant longer than
still perhaps deadpan well imagined
as it so happens like insurmountable
flicking hips inclined to agree
however fervently with wait-and-see
as perpetually seen on a screen
padded with cheerleading
and a pivoting global reach...

Often at Odds

" Often at Odds "

by Suzán Jiván

Often at odds
with the majority
of judicial opinions
permitting strip-
searches been split
on a decision
dropping the notion
as makers of lotion
along a slippery slope
where housing
once boomed
for prosperity anew
as a popular spot
for crashing
a political party...

A Vast that You Can Carry

" A Vast that You Can Carry "

by Suzán Jiván

A vast that you can
carry in hard copy
without an anxiety attack
on margin-less pages
jam-packed with the dynamic
formed from the forehead
modeled in clay
creeping into the middle lane
honk all you want...

High Side of Shine

" High Side of Shine "

by Suzán Jiván

High side
of shine
mirror-like
lush lips
flaunted
innocence
15-minute
steamy
syllabus
powerful
shadow
outdoor
workout
trendy
friendly
hello
healthy
remembering
to refresh her
and sing to him...

With a Polyglot Chanteuse

" With a Polyglot Chanteuse "

by Suzán Jiván

With a polyglot chanteuse like blue
skies taken away by a frequent
collaborator with brilliant arrangements
singing grippily, angelically and huskily
as you might have guessed
like a grisly end for the prettiest
with new efforts of sudden
astonishments seemingly selling
except for selections on the odder end
as defenders trying to be deceptive
at the high end of good intentions...

Devil's Waklingstick

" Devil's Walkingstick "

by Suzán Jiván

Devil's walkingstick
unable to pull free
silky hairy
milky sap
inflated sac
strap-shaped
flower aromatic
when crushed
male clusters
finely dissected
tipped with bristles
hooked tips
hooded chigger...

Eye-Bafflingly Radical Chic

" Eye-Bafflingly Radical Chic "

by Suzán Jiván

Eye-bafflingly radical chic
depicted repeatedly
with throats slit
including a prime minister
dating back
to the admirable
as ramshackle
and harmlessly uncanny
after joining hands
in a fashion
with the classical
ranging
from tight underwear
to thigh-high boots
adorned
with unobtrusive tutus...

Enslaved by a Boom

" Enslaved by a Boom "

by Suzán Jiván

Enslaved by a boom
involving the ruthless
exploding into view
with numerical tattoos
etched by rulers
of prostitution
recently rescued
essentially legally
but overruled
by Brutalism
midway through
modal tunes
dancing
as disaster looms
aimed at the shrewd
and unscrupulous
shouting, " Screw it! "
in tribute...

Equally Before the Viewer

" Equally Before the Viewer "

by Suzán Jiván

Equally before the viewer
abstractly and greatly enlarged
looking patiently engaged
while wearing a soft black beret
pulled down over the face
in revelation as subsequent
self-actualization needing to feel
the agreeable and exceedingly
coming of age in chaotic phases
like swank kingmaking
in worshipful wakes
staged during reincarnation
as a spirited leading lady
now famously clichéd
like a foggy landscape
donning an olive cardigan, pink socks and a canary costume...voilà!

Shallow Water

" Shallow Water "

by Suzán Jiván

Shallow water
rolling in
like a diocesan
devoted
to ending poverty
in a ballpark
neither fresh
nor processed
as butter-colored
lesser celandine
heard as a sigh
ineffably gentle
unsettlingly
sentimental
leaning delicately
like a feathery seed
besotted by a city
settling for the dreary
doggedly hoarding
a maul-stick
along a lighted wall
of the so called florid
monolithic form
as a self-portrait
for the keenly real
breathing out
breathing in
inexorably...

Shares of Handsome

" Shares of Handsome "

by Suzán Jiván

for Poet Lester Mobley

Joining hands
with shares
of handsome
in a pageant
of extravaganzical
jazz dating back
overlapping firsthand
coming to pass
as a frontman
wearing gladiator's
sandals spun
into glass
with the hankerings
for fantasy
venturing nowhere
else than
into spectacled
events
scene together...

" Already Tried "

" Already Tried "

by Suzán Jiván

I

Already tried
alongside
the most identifiable
vocal styling
expressing perplexity
not to mention
slow-mending content
by play's end

II

Force-fed
unedited
and never
innocent
like a raging
mess
in definition
of hell
finally mellowing
when expressed
as hypersexual
falsetto...

A Granny-Nanny

" A Granny-Nanny "

by Suzán Jiván

A volatile mix
strip-searched
debt-burdened
plunging statistics
decades since
as officially
sanctioned
laggards
fitting in
as half
of an advocate
for an unarmed
granny-nanny
scantily clad
in the slammer
lampooned
on Fox News
in a penal suit...

Coming to a Cutting Edge

" Coming to a Cutting Edge "

by Suzán Jiván

Coming to a cutting edge
intensely curling with energy
like an underling
deluded into thinking
of nagging possibilities
in freaky slang with a deadpan exchange during a leap of faith...

Creating the Hotsy-Totsy

" Creating the Hotsy-Totsy "

by Suzán Jiván

Creating the hotsy-totsy
with sci-fi G-strings
and spinning tassels
with arms to the sides
while vying
for the decidedly high-brow
by jumping up and down...

Needles of Seedlings

" Needles like Seedlings "

by Suzán Jiván

Needles of seedlings
being widely short-leafed
like Loblolly thornless and tiny
with thin prickles as poor timber
releasing seeds snapped cleanly...

So You Like Me Now

" So You Like Me Now "

by Suzán Jiván

So you like me now
solving the puzzle
of deep dark matter
like teeming detectives
breaking into the brain
for a periodic table
under observation
while saving language
in a new space
sleeping in Kenya
detecting temps
of elephants
shedding body weight
taken miles away
in a visualization
tending to concentrate
with innovation
from the cranium
like a craving
residing as appetite
for linguistic ability
perceived as uniquely
superior colleagues
native to hideaways
remotely voracious...

Incessant Quests

" Incessant Quests "

by Suzán Jiván

Incessant quests
of nothing less
when perceived
through the flesh
as infinitesimal
rounded heads
blended as elements
out of context
developed afresh
as eyes and necks
for watermelons
except for the red
prerequisite...

Off the Grid in the Woods

" Off the Grid in the Woods "

by Suzán Jiván

Off the grid
in the woods
with urban
outlets
as scalpers
selling
collect-ables
with deep
scrapes
on electro-
plated fakes
mostly de-based
by de-layed
payments
in two-
faced be-trayals
scared away
without
ex-planation
with an ex-
clamation
of dis-taste...

Soon Noticed

" Soon Noticed "

by Suzán Jiván

Soon noticed
like halos
for virtuosos
taking hold
of a jazz-ladened
secret code
remarkably straight
forward growing
much as solos
in nutty episodes
with showbiz glitz
replete with screaming,
" CHEESE! " like a trite reminder
of the unanalyzable bump and grind...

Sorely Tested by the Less

" Sorely Tested by the Less "

by Suzán Jiván

Sorely tested by the less
than picturesque psychosexual
without question artfully felt
forever bent by irregular edges
stripped of the sentimental...

Within the Natural World

" Within the Natural World "

by Suzán Jiván

Within the natural world
underpinnings of instinct
undermined with tradition
like fundamental principles
of intellect inscribed
by underlying entitlements
in annotated manuscripts
preserved as scripture
by accomplished artisans
at detached palaces
for indistinguishable leaders
elevated onto the platforms
in main halls within tall walls
of coincidence as ginned
periods for rejiggered provinces
of limitless promises...

Auspicious Responses

" Auspicious Responses "

by Suzán Jiván

Auspicious responses
in streets and blocks
undertaken as patrons
no more than a meter away
as a gathering place
for migrating cranes
in courtship display...

Bodies of Limestone

" Bodies of Limestone "

by Suzán Jiván

Bodies of limestone
splendidly colorless
as crystalline abundance
double refracted
compact and granular
emerging out as power
generating machinations
attributed to a sage
of yin and yang
visualized
like a landscape
living in brilliance
sleeping with deities
on sacred peaks
representing the empty
as infinitely pregnant
wordlessly sequential...

I Will Rise Up

" I Will Rise Up "

by Suzán Jiván

for Jeremiah 51

I will rise up
round about
in pieces
of brigandine
suddenly
fallen as falsehood
like a former
weapon of war
destroyed
in the corner
of a shelled wall
pleading
for the cause
after
a rejoicing roar...

Now Therefore

" Now Therefore "

by Suzán Jiván

Inspired by Joshua 9 in the Bible

Now therefore
let them live
as the princes
promised
in desolation
sore afraid
at the entering
of the gate
before all
the congregation
heard the fame
feared greatly,
" Save us! "
against the many
out of the cave
let none remain...

One Woman's Incredible Best

" One Woman's Incredible Best "

by Suzán Jiván

One woman's incredible best
coming up ahead in a top trend
for the feminine in one step
of confidence with essential leather
thrown over-the-shoulder
as a hardcore nonconformist
scoop-necked, V-necked and triple X'd

Exclusive Peeks

" Exclusive Peeks "

by Suzán Jiván

Exclusive peeks
coveted as punchy
with the accuracy
of a cinch
becoming privé
to wrinkle-free
permanency
weightlessly
snagging
elasticity
in intoxicating
layers of pretty faces
regenerated by facials
during male-dominated dates
despite the great pay
promised by large
heart-shaped disclaimers
in pale-grey shades
crazed by booze-infused cupcakes
made up and eaten up
becoming as comfortably numb...

Fierce Feminine Fun

" Fierce Feminine Fun "

by Suzán Jiván

Fierce feminine fun
trending under
sexy summers
as incredible doubles
on runways
of punchy colors
in manhunts
made up
for tough love
with tugs and suds
like stubborn makeup
and hair plumping
where performance prevails
as all-out telltale fashion
crosshatched with high-status lashes...

Our Faves

" Our Faves "

by Suzán Jiván

I

Our faves
on different days
embraced
like polished
sting rays
and water snakes

II

As shimmering brocade
at the arcade
with sequined tanks
of rich hydration

III

Infuriatingly
drained away
stripped
of place
in a facial-
recognition plain...