Juxtaposed

" Juxtaposed "

by Suzán Jiván

Juxtaposed against extreme slowness
backward and forward unfolding
like an elbow at almost
the same moment moseying
into a loping motion...

Never Dull

" Never Dull "

by Suzán Jiván

Never dull
exploring
one another
with full measures
of high-velocity stardust
swirling above
our limitless love...

Coming to Live

" Coming to Live "

by Suzán Jiván

Coming to live
with a sharp wit
and a generous spirit
willing to give
otherworldliness
its significant writ
with an endemic edifice...

Evermore

" Evermore "

by Suzán Jiván

Evermore fertile
emergences
unfurl
in concurrent
surges
of verdure...

Singly

" Singly "

by Suzán Jiván

Crossing the stage singly
then descending into the pit
with a mélange of original
individual progressions
tempered by amenable
measures of quiet togetherness
to a greater extent...

The Stria of Real Life

" The Stria of Real Life "

by Suzán Jiván

The stria of real life
rely on realigning
fault lines ad infinitum...

Another Day

" Another Day "

by Suzán Jiván

Another day
rises up
from the stage
in dusty layers
as plumes
of radiation
overtake
staggering
arrays
of nowadays
like undertakers...

First Steps

" First Steps "

by Suzán Jiván

First steps sent
as a text message
with trace levels
of the widespread...

Proved Fertile Ground

" Proved Fertile Ground "

by Suzán Jiván

Proved
fertile
ground
in
the
shadow
of
a
rambling
fascination
with
grandstanding
popping
up
everywhere...

Screaming into the Streets

" Screaming into the Streets "

by Suzán Jiván

Screaming into the streets
as a declaratively futile tactic
jampacked with final acts
as air strikes are apt to amass...

Life Chronicling

" Life Chronicling "

by Suzán Jiván

for Joanne E. Filicko-O'Hara, MD TLC

Life chronicling
otherwise unseen
impish modesty
by capturing humanity
after effacing decades...

To Connect the Dots

" To Connect the Dots "

by Suzán Jiván

To connect the dots
in the dark
with the probability
of knots
seldomly involved...

In Full Swing

" In Full Swing "

by Suzán Jiván

In full swing
as attendees
diligently party
with makeshift
stagenames
like the latest
self-titled
"Die Hard "...

Braving Hydrogen and Oxygen

" Braving Hydrogen and Oxygen "

by Suzán Jiván

Braving hydrogen and oxygen
as aftershocks rock volatile rods
while hydrogen combines with oxygen
in a conflagration of nuclear radiation
after waves of hydrogen and oxygen
in the form of walls of water
came crashing across docile shores...

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...