[ I Can’t Gear You! ]

 [ I Can’t Hear You! ]

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán 

I can’t hear you! Speak louder please

enunciate clearly look at me 

approach gently whisper endearingly…

“As We Speak”

 “As We Speak”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán 

As we speak of finer things: Good heavens!/happy to help as heroes and heroines/all depending on confidence/due to life’s lessons unplaceable accents/on and off camera/outside of ourselves/being seduced by widening blue skies…

“At the Tippy-Top”

 “At the Tippy-Top”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán 

At the tippy-top no comment on the mark

on the clock powered by stars as bargains 

at the opera paying what you want 

proving to be extremely popular …

“It Counts”

 “It Counts”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán 

It counts as a spark of a sort 

while eavesdropping 

on a tied up listing ship 

exhibiting lifesaving initials 

equivalent to a bristly torch thistle

spouting, “Sure is!” …

“Repositioning an Icon”

 “Repositioning and Icon”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán 

Repositioning an icon 

as a new genre of opposites 

exceedingly wordy 

lengthy long-winded 

crisp pithy succinct 

umpteen kissy-kissies

“Let’s go already!” …

“A Go-Between”

 “A Go-Between”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán 

A go-between heard frequently in poetry

often found above a mantle piece 

measuring the difference between 

a mini and a midi all for an optimist 

seen as a high, flat feature of idiosyncrasies 

constantly asking, “What’s the big deal?!”

after really overdoing it minus admonishments…

“One’s Feelings” (Long Version)

 “One’s Feelings”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán 

One’s feelings

goodness gracious me

gee willikers

golly gosh darn

oh my stars and garters

tea for gossip

Triple Goddesses and Horned Gods

on a digital holiday

like aid on a hot summers’day …

“One’s Feelings” (Short Version)

 “One’s Feelings”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán 

One’s feelings:

“Goodness gracious me!”

“Gee willikers!”

“A Trick-Taking Game”

 “A Trick-Taking Game”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán 

A trick-taking game 

becoming more complicated, say “Jeez!” 

while running barefoot across 

a scorchingly hot beach, maybe 

ranting and raving 

throwing fits in many a way 

on many a day 

eyelashes batting madly 

as a catchphrase …

“Not Straight Up”

 “Not Straight Up”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán 

Not straight up

like something 

you might raise a flap about 

feeling out of it

jotting down a few blue notes 

“Things aren’t looking so great!”

becoming loosened as laces …

" Right-of-Way "...

" Right-of-Way "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Right-of-way mouths agape in amazement
while climbing steep embankments
with hackles raised across snow-weighted landscapes
further complicating fog-forming exhalations
of purple-gray colorations grievously clouded behaviors
sailing black ravens light disintegrating slipping sideways
into silence bristling dry spires atop icy mountainsides...

" Siblings Still "...

" Siblings Still "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Siblings still
like dynamic mixes
of inching differences

awkwardly fitting
memories re-written
into overall incoherence

as gifts of the vividly
effortless momentum
slipping into timeless realms

of vilifying freshness
successor after successor
" Ready, set, GO !!! "

" Buffeted"...

" Buffeted "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Buffeted by doubt
confronting scalpers
after lifting sanctions
and feeling rattled
by racks and racks
of reading glasses
for straphangers

searching for answers
in living labs
of bachelor pads
beneath steel canopies
by analysts of branding

like glamorous
contractors of fantasy
minus exaggeration
by the puritanical
during nights-of-flash
categories for Grammy fashions

based on heroes of the past
and mega-selling soundtracks
empowering underclasses
sprinkled with white hairs
from deepening musicalities
while ripping off the veil
with grippingly imaginative
striking detail...

" Smoke and Haze "...

" Smoke and Haze "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Smoke and haze
headlights blazing
sobering
glowing red coals

giving up control
racing up slopes
unsteady drones
coming and going
faster and slower

smoldering
burrowing
gurglings
hissings

sprinklings
splatterings
stirring of ashes
spring plantings
sinking back

buckets in hand
on human scales
of biomasses
pace and gallop
places of absence

in between rounds
deep-seated valleys
wavering candles

migratory animals
hoofs and tracks
blankets of ash
gravel and sand...

" Quiet Confidence"...

" Quiet Confidence "

by Suzán Jiván 
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán 

Quiet
confidence
instinctual
knowledge

living on
with seamless
calmness
across vaster
continents 

pre-conceivably
interlocking 
primary responses 

nonchalance
protected
and honored 

sparking gray ash
and black char
snowy blossoms 

innumerable parts
internal clocks
solstice equinox

pale scars
smoke
columns...

" Underplayed "...

" Underplayed "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Underplayed
and overlooked
in changed worlds
of excerpted versions
converging as concerns
where chaos is immersive

measured by ephemeral art works
donning blue oxford cloth shirts
like well-deserved caricatures
left on back burners

anonymously anomalous
statues prototyped from scrap
grander and grander
passed hand-over-hand
in non-stop action

radically charismatic
hurricane ravaged
attraction and abandon
coming out of nowhere
as unexamined damage...

" Outsized " ...

" Outsized "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Outsized
rapid-fire
nail biting

opportunities rising
via quiet investing
giants on the sly

too distracted
to write
in defiance

growing tedious
at times feeling
disenfranchised

upon being
beautifully
unrealized

but still
kept in mind
by place drivers

while logging
jungles
and planting rice

transforming
civic life
with pandemic cycles

plus panicky headlines
being stockpiled
by ill advisors

stoically sitting
on the sidelines
depicting holding scythes

along turning
tides
on receding shorelines...

" Stuck " ...

" Stuck "

by Suzán Jiván 
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán 

Stuck in a rut
inseparable 
yet unintendedly 
reconnected 
promotional contents

renewed senses of selves
feeling better overwhelmingly 
edited and condensed
via reversed trends

in need of heavily inked 
modernity and short-sleeved 
tees as the next big thing 
consigned to the B-team
since antiquity

new and used materials 
concocted powdery 
reshaped boundaries 
worked figuratively 
like all-terrain vehicles

tannish green
smokey cloudy
bridging mediums
tinted or clear 
tempered tendencies 
of cursive writing

in pigment
and graphite 
old-style
poke-and-scratch
as purely practical 
tattooed thousands 
earning crowns 
of anti-status
watered down...

" Common Calls "...

" Common Calls "

by Suzán Jiván 
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán 

Common calls
getting 
louder and louder
straighter on average
along edges 
of shallow still ponds

head-bobbing throngs
flushing raucous
purposefully walking
foraging 
paller overall 
belly-deep water

solitary spotted 
upslurred melodic
remarkably stocky
upon feeding 
on grasshoppers
buffy bodies
Marbled Godwits...

" Many Doubts "...

" Many Doubts "

by Suzán Jiván 
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán 

Many doubts
steering 
The White House"
via radically
shaped policies
claiming
extreme measures
are needed

chest-thumping
acceptance
speeches eliciting
blacklisting 
and jeering 

emoting tell-tale
vulnerability 
when moussed hair
is unbecomingly clumped

"All done 
Makeup
Close up"
Ending up
with a villainous,
"Dum-de-dum-dum DUM!"...