The Benign View

" The Benign View "

by Suzán Jiván

The benign view
at times unlikely
then seemingly untrue
while bleeding slightly
after cutting loose
with looney tunes...

Which Men

" Which Men "

by Suzán Jiván

Which men
cast lingering spells
all along the edges
of separateness
with a strong sense
of the self?

Tainted by Betrayal

" Tainted by Betrayal "

by Suzán Jiván

Tainted by betrayal
as a gauzily-lighted
conspicuously
paradoxical
pathology
seamlessly
leaches
into
the
un-
per-
ceived...

A Patronizing Moment

" A Patronizing Moment "

by Suzán Jiván

A patronizing
moment
as a closing
scene
evokes
dolorously
ongoing omens...

Sidestepping Entireties

" Sidestepping Entireties "

by Suzán Jiván

Sidestepping entireties
by reducing life to an idolizer
with a furtive smile and a winking eye

Of Like Temperament

" Of Like Temperament "

by Suzán Jiván

Of like
temperament
held up
as essential
penchants
in inventive
pentameter
powered
by a battery
of assiduous
musicality
excruciatingly
diminishing
after being
spiked by
a rarified
wizening...

Trapped

" Trapped "

by Suzán Jiván

Trapped beneath the icily
despondent pond of the frenzied
subconscious infused through
medicinal filters and clinical samplings
as a despairing pairing of perfect
diction becoming girded
by uncomprehensibly urgent
slurries of blurted words...

Slowed Down

" Slowed Down "

by Suzán Jiván

Slowed down
by a fellow traveler
of transfixing sadness
if only gradually...

Confidingly Crystallized

" Confidingly Crystallized "

by Suzán Jivân

Confidingly crystallized
with metric shifts
and chromatic frictions
jibing like an oompah profile...

An Undercurrent of Dread

" An Undercurrent of Dread "

by Suzán Jivân

Potentially deadly
yet very telling
as an undercurrent
of dread without a lifevest...

Before the Fall

" Before the Fall "

by Suzán Jiván

Before the fall
many choices
without warning...

Starry Eyed

" Starry Eyed "

by Suzán Jiván

A previously
unheard of
pie-in-the-sky
arrives
like a skyrocketing
starry-eyed revival...

Rising in Stature

" Rising in Stature "

by Suzán Jiván

Rising in stature
by vanquishing
villainous
badasses
of healthcare
everywhere...

As a Calling

" As a Calling "

by Suzán Jiván

As a calling
both intellectual
and moral
while exhaustively
trawling along
an appaulingly
cancerous corridor
without recourse
becoming folklore
as a laudedly
transformative
discourse
takes up
the gauntlet...

Would Do Well

" Would Do Well "

by Suzán Jiván

Pledging influential references
to gentlemanly eloquence
like nothing else
would do well
with emphasis
to keep emotions in check
when traveling to hell
and back again
little is left
as a lone
repeating
note...

Consider Attending

" Consider Attending "

by Suzán Jiván

Consider attending
a post-performance
opening
as a posthumous
celebration
of a creative estate

Startling innovations
as spacious installations
of creative improvisation

Finely-calibrated mayhem
gestating as elaborate stagings
facing off across an unstable table...

Can be seen in its entirety
as a Nine-Verse Poetry Play
with music on YouTube
titled, " Consider Attending " ...

Counterweight

" Counterweight "

by Suzán Jiván

Bone and gold
as a total
counterweight
to partly-borrowed
spit and polish
as a newly-mastered
wizardry with a willingness
to unveil and reimagine
brandishing the magical
facets of a nanocanvas...

Can be seen in its entirety
as a Nine-Verse Poetry Play
performed by Suzán Jiván
with music on YouTube
titled, " Many Reasons " ...

Many Reasons

" Many Reasons "

by Suzán Jiván

Many reasons
for seesawing between
big ideas
and largely unthinking

Had never seen
the power-hungary
cutting calories

Earnestly rasping
at a blunt linchpin
as a pinnacle
of the canonically
down-and-out...

Can be seen in its entirety
as a nine-verse poetry play
performed by Suzán Jiván
on YouTube with music
titled, " Many Reasons " ...

Brilliant Hues

" Brilliant Hues "

by Suzán Jiván

Vivacious and appealing
by wielding a mottled baton
while exuding brilliant hues...

Can be seen as a nine-verse
poetry play performed by Suzán Jiván
overlaid with music on YouTube
titled, " Vivacious and Appealing " ...

About the Unequal

" About the Unequal "

by Suzán Jiván

About the unequal increasingly
crowded but not quite convincing
with the deliberateness of miserablism

Can be seen in its nine-verse entirety
performed by Suzán Jiván on YouTube
complete with music titled, " Both
Possibilities " ...

At Orher Moments

" At Other Moments "

by Suzán Jiván

At other moments
leavened
by the unsympathetic
and near-certain death

Artificially shrill
after listening
to an impish
simpering

Misty
remembrances
within the realm
of the falsetto
as nothing better...

Can be seen
in its entirety
on YouTube
titled, " A
Substantial
Piece " ...

This Eclectic Ensemble

" This Eclectic Ensemble "

by Suzán Jiván

This eclectic ensemble
promises to be
always catchy
and the neatest thing
to an expansive destiny

Fancy footwork
raised by a surrogate
as a girl
determined
to strut her stuff

In keeping
with immersive
multimedia
spangled
as a full-
fledged
spectacle...

Can be viewed
on YouTube
titled, " This
Eclectic Ensemble "...

So Profound

" So Profound "

by Suzán Jiván

So profound
assembling
a near complete
small amount
of self-doubt
no doubt
as a ferocious skowl
while talkin' ' bout
holdin' out
while dozing
in the shadow
of the down-and-out...

Can be viewed onYouTube
in its entirety titled. " So Profound "...

Staged Adaptation

" Staged Adaptation "

by Suzán Jiván

Drowning out
programmatic
happiness
by carrying out
a staged
adaptation
of both out-grown
down-home types
and ogre-evoking
rifle-toting mimes
overcome over time
as undisclosed talent-
packed casualties
collaboratively
harangued
and mangled
with panache...

Glowing Brighter

" Glowing Brighter "

by Suzán Jiván

Glowing
brighter each time
like a series
gleefully nearing
its completion...

Slowly Looking Away

" Slowly Looking Away "

by Suzán Jiván

Slowly looking away
from a gray landscape
into a bolder adagio...

Catching Glimpses

" Catching Glimpses "

by Suzán Jiván

Catching glimpses
of silvery tints
as dazzling hints
of infinite
crystallinity...

A Flag Will Fly

" A Flag Will Fly "

by Suzán Jiván

A flag will fly
alongside
highly-prized
rays of daylight
and deeply-serene
lunar beams...

At the Same Time

" At the Same Time "

by Suzán Jiván

At the same time
a juxtaposed arrival
of a flaring sky
and a glaring night light...

A Puff of Memory

" A Puff of Memory "

by Suzán Jiván

A puff of memory
struggling to uplift
vaporous possibilities
albeit lingering blissfully...

Can be seen in its entirety
on YouTube titled, "Distinct Niches" ...

Distinct Niches

" Distinct Niches "

by Suzán Jiván

Distinct niches
memorably
severe and regal
carved deeply
by opposing beliefs
more than anything...

Can be seen
in its entirety
on YouTube
titled, " Distinct
Niches " ...

Reliant on Kindness

" Reliant on Kindness "

by Suzán Jiván

Must be entirely
reliant on kindness
as well as
strangely alliable
with the rank and file...

Can be seen in its entirety
on YouTube titled, "Strict Perimeters"...

Intrepid Attention Getter

" Intrepid Attention Getter "

by Suzán Jiván

Fledglingly heroic...not to mention
an altogetherly intrepid attention getter

Reasonably Funny

" Reasonably Funny "

by Suzán Jiván

Reasonably funny
and somewhat lucky
after becoming
totally broken up
with yucks...

Can be seen
on YouTube
in its entirety
titled, " Strict
Perimeters "...

Never Yielding

" Never Yielding "

by Suzán Jiván

Never yielding to unhealthy pleas
to accept coersively demeaning medical treatments by consistently
repeating creative visualization techniques as effective repetitive
spells
of comprehensive self-wellness...

Stone-Washed Denim

" Stone-Washed Denim "

by Suzán Jiván

Repeated
gestures
across
the sexes
bedecked
in stone-
washed
denim
pondering
questions
of gender
dressed
in oxford
shirts
with
stiffly-
starched
button-
down
collars...

Wearing White

" Wearing White "

by Suzán Jiván

Wearing white
in the case
of real life
driven wild
by flashes
of blindingly
bright night lights
involving piles
of never the same twice
in an original life
as a live-wire spitfire...

Can be seen in its entirety
on YouTube as " Struggling
to Stand Out " ...

Scabby Backgrounds

" Scabby Backgrounds "

by Suzán Jiván

Struggling to stand out
after rattling around
a monochromatic palette
of the past
while shooting the gap
by patching together
scabby backgrounds...

Can be seen in its entirety
on YouTube titled, " Struggling
to Stand Out " ...

Tripped Up

" Tripped Up "

by Suzán Jiván

Never managing
tripped-up planets
as massive
extravaganzas...

Can be seen in its entirety
on YouTube titled, " A Taste
for Introspection " ...

Maverick

" Maverick "

by Suzán Jiván

Deliciously
astringent
with fantastical
sanctioned mavericks
and the charismatic masses...

Can be seen in its entirety
on YouYube titled, " A
Taste for Introspection " ...

On the Verge

" On the Verge "

by Suzán Jiván

On the verge nothing short of superb
after returning with a flourish
into a cursive world with verve...

Can be seen in its entirety
on YouTube titled, " A Taste
for Introspection " ...

Stretching of the Stage

" Stretching of the Stage "

by Suzán Jiván

A taste for introspection
as a photogenic protégé
stretching the stage
by conveying her strengths...

Can be seen in its entirety
on YouTube titled, " A Taste
for Introspection " ...

Blurring of the Lines

" Blurring of the Lines "

by Suzán Jiván

Forthrightly admiring
the blurring of the lines
between timelines
and deadlines
by getting out of line...

Can be viewed in its entirety
on YouTube titled, " Competing
with Costumed Kings " ...

A Hiccuping Timeline

" A Hiccuping Timeline "

by Suzán Jiván

for Carol Miller

A hiccuping timeline
eerily mimicking
a frayed
bargain basement
janglingly unstable...

Cogently Woeful Souls

" Cogently Woeful Souls "

by Suzán Jiván

Aired in nuanced sonatas
while staring down
cogently woeful souls...

The Temptation

" The Temptation "

by Suzán Jiván

The temptation
to undermine
the staging
of unfamiliar
faces
rarely named...

Fluidly Lyrical

" Fluidly Lyrical "

by Suzán Jiván

Fluidly reduced
yet bruisingly
reduced
to a much-
debated new...

Fluidly Lyrical

" Fluidly Lyrical "

by Suzán Jiván

Fluidly lyrical
yet bruisingly
reduced
to a much-
debated new...

Forever Herself

" Forever Herself "

by Suzán Jiván

Forever herself
as a soaring voice
coursing
with poignant forté...

Surly Uncertainties

" Surly Uncertainties "

by Suzán Jiván

Surly uncertainties
notoriously morose
becoming
sullenly glum
all of a sudden...

Insufferably sulky
as a gruffly
disgruntled
posthumous harumph...