Missing Links

" Missing Links "

by Suzán Jiván

for Swain

During the deal
of delinquent dreams
missing links immediately
repeat recent deceits.

Ebony

" Ebony "

by Suzán Jiván

for Swain

Emergent
stems
of
glistening
emerald
effervesce
against
fertile
cells
of
ebony.

Forced to Start

" Forced to Start "

by Suzán Jiván

for Swain

Forced to start
with two diamonds
wondering
if the game
is even makable
like a diagramed deal
with the players
still straining to make
a positive statement
in the final contract
after discarding
the diamond
king-queen.

Emblematic Black

" Emblematic Black "

by Suzán Jiván

for Swain

Iconic
lines
of bright white
streak
across expansive
paths
of emblematic black.

Seismic Cries

" Seismic Cries "

by Suzán Jiván

for Swain

Outsized seismic cries
inevitably rise
after the stultifying denial
of the exponential heft
and gut-wrenching complexity
of the radiating devastation
of a high-magnitude quake.

In Essence

" In Essence "

by Suzán Jiván

for Swain

In essence
a huge step
reducing
nuclear
arsenals
posturing
as subatomic
particles.

Unearthing

" Unearthing "

by Suzán Jiván

for Swain

Unearthing
an integral
hit and miss
with a stringently
serendipitous
messy, larky
charged-up
top to bottom.

Disquieting Mime

" Disquieting Mime "

by Suzán Jiván

for Swain

Crossing
a stark stage
in harsh profile
left to right
modeling
the horror
of ancient
carnage
in stoically
modern
bas-relief
repeating
disquietingly
violent scenes
in mime live.

My Shining Mind's Eye

" My Shining Mind's Eye "

by Suzán Jiván

for Swain

My shining
mind's eye
burns
like the certain
return
of a starlit
nocturne.

Disbelief

" Disbelief "

by Suzán Jiván

With veined red maple leafs
painted on puffed-up cheeks
mourning fans succumb
to solipsistical disbelief
noxiously in defeat.

Inclusion

" Inclusion "

by Suzán Jiván

for Swain

Cooly shot through
with the inclusion
of superlative virtue
savvilly sharpened
from models
of modernism.

For Real

" For Real "

by Suzán Jiván

for Swain

Insisting
on crystalline
clarity
while ceaslessly
repeating,
" For Real?! "

Evolving Still

" Evolving Still "

by Suzán Jiván

for Swain

Getting
clear ideas
long been
revered
evolving
still.

Waxing and Waning

" Waxing and Waning "

by Suzán Jiván

for Swain

Assiduously sifting
history-containing
waxing and waning
lunate shapes.

Re-envisioning

" Re-envisioning "

by Suzán Jiván

for Swain

Magisterial
navel gazing
re-envisioning
intimacy
unblinkingly.

Letting Loose

" Letting Loose "

by Suzán Jiván

for Swain

Letting loose
bleats, wails
yips, howls
and shrieks
by no means
naïve
beguilingly
yowling.

Well-kept Secrets

" Well-kept Secrets "

by Suzán Jiván

for Swain

Citing anonymous sources
for trademarked objects
like costumes and props
topped off
with unmarked volumes
of discreetly comedic
well-kept secrets.

Witty Ad Libs

" Witty Ad Libs "

by Suzán Jiván

for Swain

Seemingly nitpicky
missing from slicker
witty ad libs
lost amid bits
of original schtick.

Mimicking Inevitability

" Mimicking Inevitability "

by Suzán Jiván

for Swain

Mimicking inevitability
as impoverished
and unpopular
as a sulphurous
burnt-out husk.

Passing Through a Pattern

" Passing Through a Pattern "

by Suzán Jiván

for Swain

Passing
through a pattern
of transparency
gesturally linking
quivering feet
into a seemingly
insipid theme
transformingly varied.

Corporeal Lore

" Corporeal Lore "

by Suzán Jiván

for Swain

Bit by bit
transcendent myths
erotically throb
within an all-
encompassing
corporeal lore.

Continuum

" Continuum "

by Suzán Jiván

for Swain

Up-and-coming
close up love
initially subtle
then becoming
as sumptuous
as a diamond-
incrusted
continuum.

Judging

" Judging "

by Suzán Jiván

for Swain

Judging one another
from the number
of cryptic undercuts
hidden in ambiguous
labyrinths of site-specific
unfinished history.

Intrepid Depths

" Intrepid Depths "

by Suzán Jiván

for Swain

Almost preternatural
originality infectiously
delving into intrepid depths
fluidly refuting the illusory
denudement of all-inclusiveness.

Lovelorn

" Lovelorn "

by Suzán Jiván

for Swain

Nearly disappearing
into a parting nod
truncated at the top
then squeezed
into a monumental box
of lovelorn objects.

Amatorial Lore

" Amatorial Lore "

by Suzán Jiván

for Swain

An ardently modern
tellingly tensile
emotive readiness
to restore
amatorial lore.

Momentous Ebony

" Momentous Ebony "

by Suzán Jiván

for Swain

Vernal stems
of poetical love
spiral up
integral pillars
of momentous
ebony.

Trilling

" Trilling "

by Suzán Jiván

for Swain

Intricate and fiddly virtuosic duets
elicit repetitively swelling bells
and brilliantly trilling whistles
culminating in circular
structures and lurching rests.

Watching and Waiting

" Watching and Waiting "

by Suzán Jiván

for Swain

Waiting
in the wings
with alternative
strategies
worth keeping
adroitly straddling
disparate mishaps.

Reminiscence

" Reminiscence "

by Suzán Jiván

for Swain

Indulging
in daydreams
of reminiscence
breathing and swallowing
the unsentimentality
of a moment's notice
overwhelmingly swept up
by an all-of-a-sudden current.

Synching

" Synching "

by Suzán Jiván

for Swain

Sticking with familiarity
rather than riskily synching
questioning of churlish touches
of glum percussion sullenly conducted.

Burgeoning

" Burgeoning "

by Suzán Jiván

for Swain

Time-smoothed
into a crucially new
breath-swelled largesse
burgeoning Into exultant
flourishes of original love.

Upshot

" Upshot "

by Suzán Jiván

for Swain

The upshot
concoction
of ardent
whether
or nots
dissolves
into toxic
will nots.

Seminal inventiveness

" Seminal Inventiveness "

by Suzán Jiván

for Swain

Osmotically
rejiggering
history
fittingly
over-
seeing
your-
body-
my-
art
genius
empirically
steeped
in seminal
inventiveness
seeping
through
previously
impervious
see-
through
screens.

Rarely Seen

" Rarely Seen "

by Suzán Jiván

for Swain

Rarely seen
beaten gold
gleaming
unabashedly
in intermingling
amatory spheres.

Varying

" Varying in Intensity "

by Suzán Jiván

for Swain

Elusive
movements
in brooding-
free fantasies
varying
in intesity
in keeping
with exotic
complexities.

Setting a Record

" Setting a Record "

by Suzán Jiván

for Swain

Setting a record
as the hammer fell
on the receiving end
of an adventure
in amorous expression.

Fourth Dimension

" Fourth Dimension "

by Suzán Jiván

for Swain

Nodding
to the beginning
with a winning bid
for a self-professed
eerily prophetic
fourth dimension.

Caught by Surprise

" Caught by Surprise "

by Suzán Jiván

for Frank

Caught by surprise
while paranoically
avoiding shortfalls
by feloniously keeping
erroneous secrets
on a grand scale.

Portentous

" Portentous "

by Suzán Jiván

for Frank

Self-evident questions
raise unforseen change
unleashing portentous
intellect in retrospect.

Intransigence

" Intransigence "

by Suzán Jiván

for Frank

A mainstay
for decades
especially
well-worn
formulas
of gory
slaughter
as unenforcible laws
amp up intransigent
smash-and-grab.

Depictions

" Depictions "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Charmingly crisp
doesn't miss mixing
with minimalistic
depictions
of crystalline
reminiscences
in hurried ink.

Periphery

" Periphery "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

New offerings suddenly
tipping then tumbling
as if into some pit
with plenty to see
along the periphery
slipping since.

Precursors

" Precursors "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

All but unknown
you never know
precursors
of little-known
somethings
in between.

Colliding

" Colliding "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

New offerings
collectively
up welling
while vying
for three-
quarters
profiles
spread out
at sites
colliding
worldwide.

Gauzy Air

" Gauzy Air "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Heroically
overnight
pared down
gauzy air
beyond repair.

Emergent

" Emergent "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Growing up
around sculpture
encrusted
with green patina
entrusted
with emergent means
from hundreds
of crushed pieces
seen in recent years
buckling under
masterpieces in relief.

Conform

" Conform "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Odds are
an arrestingly somber
vagabond melancholic
will conform to the morbid
daunt of inaudible loss.

Questions Persist

" Questions Persist "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Questions persist
over fixing
angst-ridden
narrative rifts
with predictable glimpses
into innermost gifts
of alleged fulfilment
from persistent myths.

Distantly Connected

" Distantly Connected "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Over the years
tending to be
a largely-neglected silhouette
with touches of red
in discrepant successes
distantly connected
especially intense.