An Entire Day

" An Entire Day "

by Suzán Jiván

An entire day
in a different way
in appreciation
of the reign
of a good-natured
embrace
culminating
as a claim
to a poetic
sense of place...

Beginning

" Beginning "

by Suzán Jiván

Beginning
by conjuring up
soap-bubble guns
and overrunning
groundswells
of spherical spectrums
floating
as handblown globes...

Of the Day

" Of the Day "

by Suzán Jiván

Of the day
in translation
often glacially
between stasis
and vagueness
as aviators
opining gliding
blue skies in kind...

Quixotic Volcanoes

" Quixotic Volcanoes "

by Suzán Jiván

Quixotic volcanoes
of papier-mâché
erupt
into fiery desires
like lava flows
glowing over
procreant cones...

The Presence

" The Presence "

by Suzán Jiván

The presence
of sets
of repeating
solitary scenes
encouraging
the drawing
of as of yet
unmet
parallels
in prevention
of the intersection
of infectious vectors...

A Myriad

" A Myriad "

by Suzán Jiván

A myriad
of muted
neutrals
fusing
with no
such thing
in between
like perfect
timing
and
enlightening
ideas...

Touches of Color

" Touches of Color "

by Suzán Jiván

Touches of color
in a small black
box
of handmade
props
coming apart
now gone...

A Familial Slip

" A Familial Slip "

by Suzán Jiván

A familial slip
heels over
a previously
unseen
fixative stream
coursing beneath
a profoundly
compounded
towering bow...

Invariably Murky

" Invariably Murky "

poetry by Suzán Jiván

portrait by Phillip Green

Invariably murky
soon-to-be
almost wholly
absent
animated by
a bleak past
seen ultimately
as a viscous
patchwork
of uncertain
verticals
abstractly
scattered
by eclipsed
diagonals...

Nearly Perfect

" Nearly Perfect "

by Suzán Jiván

Nearly perfect
by describing
being
slightly frail
like a man
hurtling
along
with the sounds
of blairing brass...

With Seeming Ease

" With Seeming Ease "

by Suzán Jiván

With seeming ease
keeping arcing
while starting
from scratch
even after
coming
out of nowhere...

Seems Intended

" Seems Intended "

by Suzán Jiván

Seems intended
in effect as protest
with lowered expectations
according to self-
deprecating tastes in grace
albeit on an empty page...

Mutually Exclusive

" Mutually Exclusive "

by Suzán Jiván

Mutually exclusive
conflicted and misaligned
while shedding further light
and every single stripe...

Grown Steadily

" Grown Steadily "

by Suzán Jiván

Grown steadily
as a masterly tale
of the outlandishly
earth-shattering capacity
of a stone's skip away
into a shimmering lake...

A Willingness

" A Willingness "

by Suzán Jiván

A willingness
to signal
solid kicks
adopted
as critical
interest
while
witnessing
deliberately
illicit intimacies
as astonishingly
storied pitfalls...

Plumps Up

" Plumps Up "

by Suzán Jiván

Plumps up
luscious scent
tussled texture...

Every Step

" Every Step "

by Suzán Jiván

Every step
accents
expressed
unforgettably
textured...

Reflective Properties

" Reflective Properties "

by Suzán Jiván

Reflective properties
opposite page
ball chain
chain link
gamine king poesy...

Multidimensional

" Multidimensional "

by Suzán Jiván

Multidimensional
eye-brightening
highly textured
exotic quests
kept together
upon request...

How to Match

" How to Match "

by Suzán Jiván

How to match
making a splash
with love that lasts
from shining strands...

Brighter Shades

" Brighter Shades "

by Suzán Jiván

Brighter shades
glistening green
aquamarine
extremely supreme
no such thing...

Bursting

" Bursting "

by Suzán Jiván

Bursting
devotees
swearing
celebrity
as cleansing
energy
while tackling
toxicity...

A Breakthrough

" A Breakthrough "

by Suzán Jiván

A breakthrough
into a gritty state
of separation
in the everyday
shape shifting
of legs into lace...

Snapping

" Snapping "

by Suzán Jiván

Snapping
photos
while
saying,
"Cheese!"
and eagerly
overseeing
high-profile
people
just
dawning
on me...

Heads Turn

" Heads Turn "

by Suzán Jiván

Heads turn
on the verge
intoxicating surf...

Can't Miss

" Can't Miss "

by Suzán Jiván

Can't miss
ultimate sizzle
blazing crimson
heirloom quilts
accent pillows...

Real Women

" Real Women "

by Suzán Jiván

Real women
mega brand
the lady
and the champ
sweet and sassy...

Next Move

" Next Move "

by Suzán Jiván

Next move
best friends
thinking ahead
surf scent...

The End Game

" The End Game "

by Suzán Jiván

The endgame
fighting a plague
facing
unsustainable
waiting
in harm's way...

Centuries Later

" Centuries Later "

by Suzán Jiván

Centuries later
amazingly capable
conveyed
as a matrix
in Flamenco
like a gestation location...

The Winning Bidder

" The Winning Bidder "

by Suzán Jiván

The winning bidder
excelling
at the benefits
of dispensing
immense
canopies of green
while dangling
from pulleys
and gathering
loving diversities
between evergreens...

A Winding Path

" A Winding Path "

by Suzán Jiván

A winding path
few guardrails
sleek black
views of the past
composed in glass
smooth matte
smack in the middle
scattered with artifacts...

In Part

" In Part "

by Suzán Jiván

In part
unorthodox
hands
and markers
stroking harder
flapping backward
repeatedly sweeping
while beating gravity
commandingly hand-in-hand...

Sensually Constructed

" Sensually Constructed "

by Suzán Jiván

Sensually constructed
with the ultimate wonderment
of long-breathed velvety sentences
well expressed as delicate elements
of the fundamentally incredible...

Long-Planned

" Long-Planned "

by Suzán Jiván

Long-planned
in the aftermath
of complicated matters
simply slapped
together like chitchat
and mapped
as the lay of the land
added stingily
as the will-o'-the-wisp....

So Tiny

" So Tiny "

by Suzán Jiván

So tiny
dancing
at low tide
where they lie
along rocky shores
after a storm
as end-of-day glass
gathering as glittering strands...

These Tips

" These Tips "

by Suzán Jiván

These tips
tossed off
tumbling
as testaments
to ascending
foment
paradoxically
felt
benevolently
elegant...

Another Character

" Another Character "

by Suzán Jiván

Another character
emerging seriously
after drawing heavily
on the zany
as a sign of salvation
from the everyday...

Taking Cues

" Taking Cues "

by Suzán Jiván

Taking cues
from the future
as splendors
of reinvention
bringing an extra
matter-of-factness
as a long extract
of unfailing panache...

An Emerging Area

" An Emerging Area "

by Suzán Jiván

An emerging area
as it actually happens
mapping patterns
as layers
of the long-delayed
and much praised...

Imaginatively Back

" Imaginatively Back "

by Suzán Jiván

Imaginatively back
as a phantom
meanderingly
unavailable
and barely
revisiting
at the least...

Making the Move

" Making the Move "

by Suzán Jiván

Making the move
to a long-running musical
along with all of the high points
of an erotically dashing dot-to-dot...

Pure Hearted

" Pure Hearted "

by Suzán Jiván

Pure hearted
swept away
must embrace
in an updated
go-to destination...

Starting Out Scrappy

" Starting Out Scrappy "

by Suzán Jiván

Starting out scrappy
without joint
strike forces
for support
as formal
show offs
of the hardcore
known mostly
for getting
to the point...

Despite Flashy Amplification

" Despite Flashy Amplification "

by Suzán Jiván

Despite flashy amplification
while ladder climbing
over a tightrope
of social insight
young love is still alive...

A Natural Song and Dance

" A Natural Song and Dance "

by Suzán Jiván

A natural song and dance
for epic orals
sharply analytical
after drawing
parallels to rap
for whatever
may have happened...

A Fairy-Tale Optimist

" A Fairy-Tale Optimist "

by Suzán Jiván

An epic run
welcomingly mythical
and not-to-be-missed
as a fairy-tale optimist
fueled by the juke-
box music of youth...

Assemblages

" Assemblages "

by Suzán Jiván

Assemblages
of the found junk
from both high
and low culture
evoking
orifice-covered
seam stitchings
with toothy maws
of primal warriors
unjustly fitting in
with the combustible occult...

Pale

" Pale "

by Suzán Jiván

Pale
granular scales
coalescing into rows
flanked by boldly swollen
lip plates like half moons
covered with dark markings...

Between the Eyes

" Between the Eyes "

by Suzán Jiván

Between the eyes
patterns overlap
into prominent nostrils
along black
then flattening
into crossbands
of dots and dashes...