As Notes Climb

" As Notes Climb "

by Suzán Jiván

for My Leading Lady, Linda

In motion folding
in and out in a show
meant for operagoers
and their moguls as notes
climb to the heights
of a grand stair...

Das Ist Vogue

" Das Ist Vogue! "

by Suzán Jiván

for Linda Erlich, PhD

Das Ist Vogue!
in October
with micro
diamonds
and Mr. Right
all the while
editorialized
by rags, riches
and romance
on the scale
of a fiery
fairy tale...

At First Light

" At First Light "

by Suzán Jivân

for Linda Erlich, PhD

Sun drenched
with clouds
expected
depicting
the familiar
as amorphous
shapes veering
toward the pretty
as a kind
of kaeidoscope
way on high
at first light.

Within The Cerebral

" Within The Cerebral "

by Suzán Jiván

for Linda Erlich, PhD

Empires of dreams
with screeching
gulls crying
Behemoths
and the churning
surf of uncertainty
within The Cerebral
restraints
of the following day
as tides change
with the waxing
and waning
of an orbital
lunar phase...

After Trying and Trying

" After Trying and Trying "

by Suzán Jiván

for Linda Erlich, PhD

After trying and trying
to take a hard line
with entirely
contradictory guises
in the meantime
and all of the while
finding our mind-
bending survival
Infinitely impacted
by the temporality
of our corporeal losses.

Under the Cloak

" Under the Cloak "

by Suzán Jiván

for Linda Erlich, PhD

Under the cloak
barrel chested
suspended
as an acidic
concensus
wrought
in the end
as an etched
impression
of familial
scribbles..,

Showcased

" Showcased "

by Suzán Jiván

for Doctor Erlich

Record challenging heat
not as warm tomorrow
though proponents say
in national campaigns
containing soothsayers
of environmental dangers
narrowly showcased
over the bold but possibly
foolhardy facade
of a propitious edifice...

Interpretations

" Interpretations "

by Suzán Jiván

for Doctor Erlich

Conjuring
The Dark
and
The Sinister
with per-
vasively
melancholic
twangs
sustaining
moods
of deepening
world-weary
thrashing
bafflements
and scholarly
smarts
far beyond
interpretations
of The Subconscious...

Sabotaged

" Sabotaged "

by Suzán Jiván

for Doctor Erlich

Seeking
a new
start
in a
big box
lacking
conflict
and
drama
but
becoming
sabotaged
by a barrage
of shocking
targets
and hoary
mores...

Betwixt The Jitters and a Glitch

" Betwixt The Jitters and a Glitch "

by Suzán Jiván

for Doctor Linda Erlich

There's little
difference
betwixt
the jitters
and a glitch
within the grim
minutes
of anonymity
while listening
to a familiar riff
at full tilt...

Overlooking

" Overlooking "

by Suzán Jiván

for Doctor Linda Erlich

On view through YouTube
careful to hew coils of thorny
back and forths wider than tall
overlooking the first floor
more deeply orchestrated
and offered as a soulless story bordering on the awful...

Nestled in Seclusion

" Nestled in Seclusion "

by Suzán Jiván

for Doctor Linda Erlich

Nestled in seclusion
in a newly-narrowed
gloom of a showroom
bold, but impossibly
foolhardy
without a non-stop
partner
feeling somewhat
squeezed
somewhere between
the oddly cheap
and demeaning motif
of the dingy
with illusionistic slits
through which hints
of postmodernist
promise slip...

Disgruntled Lovers

" Disgruntled Lovers "

by Suzán Jiván

for Linda Erlich, PhD

Disgruntled lovers
galumph under
the disparate clamour
of an aberrantly
contaminous past
as lunar phases
unmistakably
wax and wane...

A Word-for-Word Adaption

" A Word-for-Word Adaption "

by Suzán Jiván

for Linda Erlich, PhD

Not nearly
as interesting
as the history
of wit and grit
along with the standard
issue of criticism
and the minimal collapse
of a mismatched agony
in a word-for-word adaption...

The Big Day

" The Big Day "

by Suzán Jiván

for Linda Erlich, PhD

The big day
highly
anticipated
as an
inordinately
torrid
performance
on a gloriously
celebrated
main stage
as a major play!

A Masterpiece on a Small Scale

" A Masterpiece on a Small Scale "

by Suzán Jiván aka Mom-Mom Suzán

In alphabetical order
on a small scale
as a masterpiece
played
while climbing,
swinging and smiling.

Well Above Lukewarm

" Well Above Lukewarm "

by Suzán Jiván

for Linda Erlich, PhD

Startling freshly
rebounding
powerfully
in a hit
musical
in previews
as an impromptu juke
both raucous and gorgeous
and well above lukewarm.

A Magnetic Moment

" A Magnetic Moment "

by Suzán Jiván

for Linda Erlich, PhD

Stepping over
the threshold
of a lodestone
in a magnetic moment
of coercivity and polarity
with invisibility
recoiling as an alloy...

The Bebop of the Heartless

" The Bebop of the Heartless "

by Suzán Jiván

for Linda Erlich, PhD

The bebop
of the heartless
cushioned
by an incom-
mensurable
chorus
and backed up
by the gentle
touch
of a lover
then thinned out
by a thick growl
throughout
the hours
of a disparately
organic past...

Tragedies Past & Present

" Tragedies Past & Present "

by Suzán Jiván

for Linda Erlich, PhD

Having had
a practical
with an ample
angel-winged wimple
along a raging river
tragedies past
and present
sinuously trickle
into an implicit
artistic trickle...

Epiphany

" Epiphany "

by Suzán Jiván

for Linda Erlich, PhD

Programmed
through
Tuesday
repeated
as needed
both
dazzling
and
ingenious
as a pulse-
elevating flick
that wants
to prick
your inner-
most
sacrificial
gimmick
with a snake
that slithers
as you
yell
and
kick...

Soothing Universe

" Soothing Universe "

by Suzán Jiván

for Linda Erlich, PhD
and Stanislaus Dubowski

Far and beyond
living in a calm
but convoluted
universe
of simple tunes
soothing music
and ingenious suites
as just the thing...

Half Asleep

" Half Asleep "

by Suzán Jiván

for Linda Erlich, PhD

Somehow, somewhere
little regretted yet half
asleep through a provingly
elusive squint inducing
and dubious routine...

The Proclivity for Fantasy

" The Proclivity for Fantasy "

by Suzán Jiván

for Linda Erlich, PhD

The proclivity for fantasy
from an adrenaline-
pumping virtual lover
in accompaniment
with phantasmagorical
orgiastic glans
and the unrestrained
elation of cyberspace.

As a Fabulist

" As a Fabulist "

by Suzán Jiván

for Linda Erlich, PhD

Who's afraid
of foot tapping
as a fabulist
while finding
both gender
and time
stymieing
like a twilight
night's sleep
deepening
into a dis-
appearing
evening
after hovering
uneasily
then building
quickly
into
an orgiastic
blast.

Interactive Battlefield

" Interactive Battlefield "

by Suzán Jiván

Thinking and picturing
simply unpacking
in an interactive battlefield
of discordant law enforcement
with shortness of breath
emphatically panting
after dismantling cold hard cash.

In Fact

" In Fact "

by Suzán Jiván

Had been redacted
as examples in fact
of criminal acts
of overturned bans
of wholly inadequate
and vastly unplanned
interactive casts
with smartphone apps.

Run It, Break It, Fix It

" Run It, Break It, Fix It "

by Suzán Jiván

Not inclined to haggle
over safety practices
" Run it, break it, fix it "
without a single
lost-time incident
with ever-creasing
contentious texts
for a scaled-down
market share
being
greatly out-
weighed
by escalating
failsafes.

Impressions and Directions

" Impressions and Directions "

by Suzán Jiván

Things not said
overstuffed
schedules
plus
potential
for many-
tentacled
directions
with prickly
impressions
as reasons
for circling.

Scene Days Later

" Scene Days Later "

by Suzán Jiván

Top lots
touchy
feely
leafy
gilded
mahogany
sleuthing
around
fanning
out
seemingly
wise
like
a
radiant
eye
in
a
triangle
seen
days
later
removing
adhesive
tape
from
a
landscape.

Few Choices

" Few Choices "

by Suzán Jiván

for Linda Erlich, PhD

With sketchpads and guns
on a glorious summer's morn
roaring with few choices
pointedly remorseless
taught to retort
to the invisible
yet ubiquitous.

Bonfires

" Bonfires "

by Suzán Jiván

Where and when
second-guessed
rendered events
age-old questions
eyes and minds
stepping aside
clearer and brighter
at times passing by
bonfires and razor wire.

Empty Shells

" Empty Shells "

by Suzán Jiván

Its leaking well
a domino effect
heavily hedged
empty shells
hemorrhaging
threatening
all else
as a stark
lesson
of excess.

Far-Reaching

" Far-Reaching "

by Suzán Jiván

A stopgap
pulling back
keeping
an eye out
for fingering
a split pea
as ethics
breach
far-reaching
secrets
of disease
and toxicology
while looking
perfectly sloppy
nonchalant
and dreaming
modestly.

Into the Next

" Into the Next "

by Suzán Jiván

One interlude
shoots
quickly
into the next
as sensual
remembrances
conjure
force fields
and fireballs
all along
orgasmic
coursings.

Memories of Green

" Memories of Green "

by Suzán Jiván

An outbreak
priced out
but slowly
regathering
and still
remastering
cramming
for the super-
natural exam
of wackiness
in a self-parody
filled with the some-
times-dyed grinding
mediocrity of orange
muchies with memories
of green.

Empirically Speaking

" Empirically Speaking "

by Suzán Jiván

For the first time, a saga
toward the bizarre
empirically speaking
weak to weak
increasingly seeking
to demonize serpentine
and thereby
defrock a state rock.

A Clumsy Funk

" A Clumsy Funk "

by Suzán Jiván

Always one-
upping
at first
blush
culled
from
a flurry
of stunning
love up-
ended
by a clumsy
funk
all
of
a
sudden.

A Fragile Peace

" A Fragile Peace "

by Suzán Jiván

Back to the birthplace
bringing a fragile peace
of conscripted intimacy
moving quickly
into antipathy
rehashing history
drinking heavily
while making
a bounteous play
with restrained
resignation.

The Beast Within

" The Beast Within "

by Suzán Jiván

for Ishamarr Swan

Seeing and playing
with a new piece
of hardly surprising
and wildly popular
archives of highly-
compressed every-
day life in a lithesome
spiral while roiling silently.

All Along

" All Along "

by Suzán Jiván

for Ishamarr Swan

Six-tiered
trained
volunteers
often naked
hold court
all along
an audacious
chaulkboard
of cheeky
mythologies
in dark pop.

A Deep Driller

" A Deep Driller "

by Suzán Jiván

for Ishamarr Swan

A deep driller
in dizzying 3D
creeping up
capping risk
cementing
boasts
of fast growth
while running
afoul of pared down.

Subconscious Fuse Box

" Subconscious Fuse Box "

by Suzán Jiván

for Linda Erlich, PhD

A better under-
standing of self-
awareness
ramping up
an anatomically
calm sub-
conscious
fuse box
with the emphatic
capacity to track
elaborate patterns
of comparative
panic attacks.

Today's Episode (7-6-2010)

Today's Episode of "The Artist
and Her Progeny" begins
with "The Artist" feeling dismay
after reading the front page
of Today's Newspaper...

" Little But One Another "

by Suzán Jiván

for My Grandson, Kenny Tepper,
who loves to imagine scary tales.

Little but one another
in a core of passing along
a tear-down report
reducing costs overall
by trying to strike the tiny bull's eye
of a vicious cataclysmic fullfillment
with a concocted preposterous.

Leapfrogging

" Leapfrogging "

by Suzán Jiván aka
Eric's Mom-Mom Suzán

for Eric Daniel Stopek

Leapfrogging
to victory
somersaulting
across a lush
green lawn
fending off
returning
to a former
form
while grunting
and twisting
end over end
in a header
of parental
affection.

Shoehorned Wars

" Shoehorned Wars "

by Suzán Jiván

for Linda Erlich, PhD

I was weeping too
eschewing the pursuit
of reducing mutual truth
into abhorrent shoehorned wars
cramming the appalling norms
of a Wild West bar brawl
into international law.

Hard-bitten Flinty Cinema

" Hard-bitten Flinty Cinema "

by Suzán Jiván

for Ishamarr Swan

Front running
along a thin
story line
in a tight
race of runaway
favorites scheduled
for someday
in a warm embrace
with haste
plonked into scholarly
emailboxes
where the real
trouble starts
in hard-bitten
flinty cinema
with evocative shots.

Recasting a Champion

" Recasting a Champion "

by Suzán Jiván

for Ishamarr Swan

Racing forward
spurting growth
giving notice
recasting
a champion
revamping
the rallying
cry, " Well Timed! "
with the likeness
of unspooling
psychedelic rhymes.

Fitting In, Falling Back

"Fitting In, Falling Back"

by Suzán Jiván

for Ishamarr Swan

Following precedent
deflecting questions
with extraordinary efforts
fitting in, falling back
while hinting at balance
along with the intrinsically
flawed overhauls of pitfalls.

In Disarray

" In Disarray "

by Suzán Jiván

for The Minds of Politicians

Stumping in sludge
coming of age
in disarray
state to state
while trying to place
skimmers into position
in the minds of politicians
along with the giant ink
blots of incompetence.