Watching the Aforementioned

" Watching the Aforementioned "

by Suzán Jiván

Watching the aforementioned
seesawing between
bigness and intimacy
in a life-sized silent movie

with a smattering
of computer graphics
while making room
for the future
of taxidermy

with few gaps
of channeling
chills up my spine
with a gentleman in profile
like an abolitionist
in stained white marble archives

etched in vintage firm cursive
with a notable churn
not yet determined
by early research
on countless
stenciled barrels
of unparalleled
sour mash...

A Tentative Willingness

" A Tentative Willingness "

by Suzán Jiván

A tentative willingness
after pledging to deliver
an impenetrable detection
at the mid level
of serious presences

by betting heavily on surprising sets
of suspects as nothing less
than human attempts
to comprehend first steps

with a reference to dust settling
across continents
as exacting measurements
when millennia
intersect at sunset
packed with celestially
feckless pilgrims themselves...

Finicky Beings

" Finicky Beings "

by Suzán Jiván

Finicky beings
after 15 years
of holography
as a laser beam is split
like something akin
to a red-light district
where ear hair is visible
for hyper realists
spying behind
louvered blinds...

After Lending Themselves

" After Lending Themselves "

by Suzán Jiván

After lending themselves
to generous selections
of the more interesting
festive eras of decadence

as less likely ingratiation
and more than likely disintegration
of social change churned away
least inspired and highly derided
iced over commissions of suicide

bearing a collar like scar
after felling mahogany
and secretly recoiling
between weeping
and prying while trying
to let the word get out...

Featuring Stout Trees: Haiku Series

"Featuring Stout Trees: Haiku Series"

by Suzán Jiván

Featuring stout trees
more or less interesting
popping up on streets

as cicadas sing,
"That may be a funny thing"
in summer seasons

over the city
curvy, knobby head beauties
as necessities

temporarily
riddle-solved calamities
seemingly cheesy

like mad cow disease
in tacky metallic green
filmed as elderly

modern history
teased from molten beginnings
whimsically glib

ghostly white linen
materially driven
faint equivalents...

Appreciate the Acuity

" Appreciate the Acuity "

by Suzán Jiván

Appreciate the acuity
mostly strangely
by skipping the stadium
while on the plain
of greatly differing situations

like newly created public faces
of upfront presentations
in arrays of entertainment

as excellent as modern slang
diddling with noble ranks
in a contagion of graces...

Knowing the Place

" Knowing the Place "

by Suzán Jiván

Knowing the place
urged to stay
staking claims
calendar calculated
deeply in brains

marking initial phases
of migration
by plunging into the main
cobblestone lane

as wolf populations
mimic the behavior
of colored lasers
making their way
to inflatable egg layers
roughly translated as dog days...

Sticking Around

" Sticking Around "

by Suzán Jiván

Sticking around
sufficiently off balance
as war re-enactors
with extravagant
over-reactions
to nothing tangible
like newly shorn hair

taking short
cuts across
ordinary streets
while slithering
at a good clip
with creepily real-
life sheer extremities...

Is it Impossible to Watch?

" Is it Impossible to Watch? "

by Suzán Jiván

Is it impossible to watch
a somewhat crotchety codger
as a silver fox of chaos?

entombed in pickle jars
with much of the heart
put on like armor for robots

toddling with mildewy copies
of comics looming large
with subplots of the improbable

dead set against preposterous stardom
being turned on by lopsided nostrils
even if they be slightly creepy

in creature-features on family TV
like blustery bubble-gum pink bullies
themed as nubby tactility
with idiosyncratic tics strapped in...

Specializing in Tipping

" Specializing in Tipping "

by Suzán Jiván

Specializing in tipping
while making a difference
by affixing twists
hinged on the familiar
of the critically witty
taking a nip

studded with multiple utterances
overheard with considerable cynicism
without warning signals
as anonymously mischievous
masked women thumbprint
firm mattresses

tracked down
to the outskirts
in irascible crowds
coerced into pushing around
rusted-out wheelbarrows
making squeaking sounds...

Battles with the Simple

" Battles with the Simple "

by Suzán Jiván

Battles with the simple
mired in unwindable
sectarian strife minus alliances

while moseying over
to day-old donations
in outbreaks of ancient havens

as perambulations
beneath aerial spraying
take place at daybreak...

Tensions in Bids

" Tensions in Bids "

by Suzán Jiván

Tensions in bids
not only solicited
as big winners
of energy initiatives
contradicted
by little interest
in egg-headed strategists
being scrambled by activism

overcrowded by huge amounts
with aversions to taxes
no longer stagnant
almost automatic
comparatively lenient
while struggling to keep
a common currency
officially shifted...

As a Big Test

" As a Big Test "

by Suzán Jiván

As a big test of an increasing presence
leveling off, then ticking up again
within the vetting of potential
vice presidents

while magnates of mandates
roil with anger
in vicious campaigns
throughout battleground states

as vapid passages of the past
are unable to last
against a vast amassing
of faulty software packages...

The Unknown Gobi

" The Unknown Gobi "

by Suzán Jiván

The unknown Gobi
once housed
monks now
only ghosts

leading loaded
camels over
plateaus
pressing passed
water made salty

glittering
with vermilion
for visitors
while motioning
to sit

gesturing toward
clinging cliff
sparrows'
mud-pelletted
colonies of nests...

Detector Buoys

" Detector Buoys "

by Suzán Jiván

Detector buoys
track the movements of tsunamis
triggered by red dots
as violent earthquakes rocked

setting whole oceans in motion
along faults buried deeply
beneath the seafloor
some long dormant
within reports of multi-story
shelters under construction

painful for a culture
as a flock of white doves
flutters above the rubble
beneath wave-swept bubbles

blown by hundreds
of thousands of others
as the party broke up
with the wrenching
and tearing of muscles...

Deeply Split

" Deeply Split "

by Suzán Jiván

Deeply split
over the distance
in fragments
with tidbits
of the unfamiliar
as the modern
equivalent
of nothing much

creating cults
of reluctancy
tacitly admitting
that beauty
is everything

after fleeing
hyperbole
with damningly
unflattering
accuracy

sarcastically
brandished
as fabricated
agony
sidesplittingly
inflicted
as seen fit...

A Trash Transfer

" A Trash Transfer "

by Suzán Jiván

A trash transfer
as a prime example
of a black banner
above a sun-
burned commander
having taken action
in unilateral capacities

slung like a sledgehammer
busted up in regular runs
to the ultimate dump
with a malfunctioning
claw in front
of mind-numbing
corruption run amok...

Shifted Allegiances

" Shifted Allegiances "

by Suzán Jiván

Shifted allegiances
with short-term interest
plus a debated stimulus
being backed by billions

shuffling
and pivoting
in searches
and seizures
while forming
far-reaching
agreements
with joysticks
and leashes

for hand-picked
conspiracies
exacting
accountability
by expecting
to plead guilty
after overseeing
alter egos...

Hints of the Past

" Hints of the Past "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

for Rebecca, Russ
Kenny, Jimmy
Mark, Danielle & Eric...

Hints of the past
written as last
glances backwards
while quickly slipping
on glassy timbres

as viscerally driven rhythms
on all-round instruments
played down as thrills
for under three minutes...

An Incantation

" An Incantation "

by Suzán Jiván

An incantation
ripped from the pages
more like an escape
usually taking place
in wealthy enclaves
of performance space
behind the stage

as an adaptation
to enchanting chambers
being overtaken
causing sensations
of domination

precariously dangled
while telling me
not to be afraid
of chord changes
in smart arrangements
being poured across door frames
in discordant ports-of-call...

Beauty Undeterred Haiku

" Beauty Undeterred Haiku "

by Suzán Jiván

Beauty undeterred
technology advances
like multitasking

As somewhat austere
with equal efficiency
aesthetic lives spanned

Spent completely dead
capriciously decrepit
tossed as a torn net

Artists reflections
surprising resurrections
rejected subjects

Run-down boundaries
historical artifacts
shabbily gathered

Values modern trends
multicast as blasphemous
while whistle blasts pass...

Clearly a Wellspring

" Clearly a Wellspring "

by Suzán Jiván

Clearly a wellspring
seeming to bleed
somewhat indiscriminately
more specifically from the cheeks

as dizzyingly intricate
monochromatic splinterings
in ectoplasmic grids

masked by schematics
emphatically done to scale
shattered like wax-sealed glass
stained by leaks in the ceiling...

Gained by Their Brazen

" Gained by Their Brazen "

by Suzán Jiván

Gained by their brazen
assassination
of rethinking strategies
for throngs of refugees

hunting for split tickets
with an indoor roar
from the meat-
packing district

like a waitress's lips
amplified by thin
tin ceilings
as far less hospitable

hemispherical
eyewitnesses
of austere exhibitions
moving quickly

half jokingly
ending up
at Ground Zero
eating sugar-
coated crow...

Deep and Often Masked

" Deep and Often Masked "

by Suzán Jiván

Deep and often masked
with a willingness
to unbuilt fiscal cliffs
as cuts kick in

signaling shifts
cloaked in vetting
and even hecklers
while keeping selections
from leaking out
of far-flung towns

seeking clarity
for the necessities of presses
while under the influence
of those who fled seminaries
like ultra-orthodox men
gathering as previously scheduled...

Unnerved Art World

" Unnerved Art World "

by Suzán Jiván

Unnerved art world
not going to work
in irrelevant searches

with unfailing accuracy
having had
your instincts scrambled

by unexpected ease
reconciled by all manners and means
in real time

being concocted by watches
as cinematic objects of apology
detained on charges...

In the Long Run

" In the Long Run "

by Suzán Jiván

In the long run
sporting puzzles
of short-lived bids
with the chances to pick
red pens in milliseconds
as safety nets...

Vegetal, Animal & Cellular

" Vegetal, Animal & Cellular "

by Suzán Jiván

Vegetal, animal & cellular
intimately reflected
held together
with the eccentricities
of acid-edged
diaristic elements

scrawled across doors
in simple forms
undernourished
and malformed
with ham-handed flare

receding and advancing
as primordial warriors
in granular cores
of smoky quartz

wearing wreaths
of bas-relief
as sly asides
pale and glasslike

in a field of battle
baring
porcelain plaques
explained
by oddly pointless
wall labels
at the end
of a parade
grinding away

getting a remake
that goes without saying
seemingly taking pains
to demonstrate spontaneity

with clean lines of legs
texturally lightweight
and highly unlikely
to stop in a dime

as in pastimes
at double-time
while fireworks ignite...

Done in Pastels

" Done in Pastels "

by Suzán Jiván

Surrounded by Legos
and 3-year olds
as the latest salvo
with attention focused
on the healthy
images of apples
in fairly large amounts
not turning brown
just branching out

the choreography was problematic
when choosing to mount
expandable categories
in fabric patterns
after looking for gaps
formed to the point
of exhaustion
as small drawings
like never before
having been crossed
where nature left off

no larger than the palm of a hand
after crossing the Atlantic
and becoming blanched
by a blasted landscape
of previously unimagined
eyelet patterns
honed as unknowable
knowns of no one
supposedly broached
like patterns of stones
opulently set
without exception
into cultural gems
projected into absentia
lending works
from the permanent collection
always performance ready

done in pastels
as father knows best
in orgiastic protests
seemingly vanished
amped up on canvases
in barrier crashing
recent examples
clashing on polka
dotted paths
of the pretty bad...

A Once Bustling

" A Once Bustling "

by Suzán Jiván

A once bustling
gold rush
seemingly
self-possessed
nonetheless
getting ready
to go steady
after pressing, "play"

swiftly rotating
with a lot at stake
on the turn table
of middle age
belied by
breathtakingly
brief freewheelings

becoming strangely
wayward as spiraling layers
of simulated animation
oscillating like diamond
needles skipping on vinyl...

Beat on the Lower Screen

" Beat on the Lower Screen "

by Suzán Jiván

Beat on the lower screen
after switching to the first person
by lifting and hurling earlier versions
right through the wringer
with running themes
of antiseptic athletes
grasping germs of ideas
while jolting their very
own joysticks forward

simulating tedium
stripped of routines
mostly involving
feats of fingerings
attempting to bring
frenetic activity
to palm readings
like whiskbroom-
wielding neat freaks...

Sugar Snap Peas

" Sugar Snaps Peas "

by Suzán Jiván

Sugar snap peas
in reverse polarity
albeit briefly
while feeling wonky
in hard-core comics
as corporate robotics
manipulate objects
with benign sabotage

flipped sideways
all visuals aside
as overly compliant
like old slang
for ripening agents
in stalemates
near death
in a snowbank
while waiting
for a date...

Scandal Stirs Scrambling

" Scandal Stirs Scrambling "

by Suzán Jiván

Scandal stirs scrambling
in a tricky clash
with a history of ailments
for less-fortunate masses
that roar and clap
on behalf of apathy

becoming damaged
as volunteers backed
by cantankerous rancor
in a so-called slow zone
for child soldiers

as fear-maddened animals
being trapped in class actions
of stop and frisk while being
deviously disguised
by climbing bougainvillea vines
intertwining across shiny
concertina wire in a double life
of hit-and-miss patio bug killers...

Forages Individually

" Forages Individually "

by Suzán Jiván

Forages individually
but dens communally
as the largest carnivore
stocky build, head broad
monopolizing breeding
rearing offspring
tending, grooming
long curved
digging claws
massive jaws

running along
leaping about
tree branches
and the tangles
of creepers
in tall leafy trees
eating wild
and cultivated fruits
consuming seeds
poisonous to humans...

Art Deco Sets

"Art Deco Sets "

by Suzán Jiván

Art Deco Sets
remembered well
as even better
when sounding sexy
coming close to straight down

immersed in the period
taking years to complete
in large-scale vicarious
fine-grained detail
built from scratch with majesty

where opposites attract
as candidly imagined
dramatically powerful
unpleasant tasks
on which to hang dances

scarcely mattering
with fewer big chances
like purity of stance
hands raised in a halo...

Stirred by an Ardent Celebration

" Stirred by an Ardent Celebration "

by Suzán Jiván

Stirred by an ardent celebration
filling the whole stage space
while gesturing radiantly
from varying angles

strikingly isolated
dampened by tamped-down hues
where statues once stood

down agonizing channels
streaming past
detached personalities

murmuring and groaning
tantalizingly close
as underlying emotions
grown decades old...

Still Inching

" Still Inching "

by Suzán Jiván

Still inching
following the leader
tempering ingredients
of essential meanings

minus the lurching
while ambling through
much to do
about the bedroom

as pivotal and discreet
by warming and softening
like halting whinnies
getting up to speed
in recurring themes...

Agreed to Plead

" Agreed to Plead "

by Suzán Jiván

Agreed to plead
as top-seeded
margins of victory
with wide-ranging chatter
expanding higher and faster
as the poor land in jail
with questionable answers
in endangered ice caps

beginning to grapple
at diplomatic impasses
of time and mortality
through vital passages
run by portfolio managers
failing to beat the averages
as long-planned practices
of political animals
favoring questionable actions...

Just Off the Tarmac

" Just Off the Tarmac "

by Suzán Jiván

Just off the tarmac
cheaper locales
colorful banners
reconsidered tactics

overseeing assets
opening hatches
sawing through ceilings
odds-beating earlier years

jumping breathlessly
through the centuries
beaming with titular dignity
positioned in the middle

comparably ambitious
fanfares and riffs
rhythmic contents
virtual intelligence...

Winters in Conifers

" Winters in Conifers "

by Suzán Jiván

Winters
in conifers
finely barred
sharp tailed
white edged
black banded
mottled

windswept tundras
black lined
through the eyes
seldom flying
eye line
usually silent...

Evening Out

" Evening Out "

by Suzán Jiván

Made of folded steel
encased in concrete
overcoated by black stucco
in an upstairs space

evening out
in a house plan
with fragments
of get aways
cast in place

exposing the ancient
adjacent separations
weaving through medieval
alleyways like past days
masquerading as today

within ill-placed stairways
and constrained layouts
at the risk of collapse
in unmitigated layers

right in the historic core
along with a cannon ball
replete with its bomb shards
in oak and terra cotta

redesigned by desire
found outside on site
while dining
beneath a climbing
white wisteria vine...

Conceived with Live in Mind

"Conceived with Live Rounds in Mind"

by Suzán Jiván

Conceived with live rounds in mind
unconfined by ideals in headlines
far beyond far-fetched plot lines
sometimes like mime
coming out of hiding
as highly stylized, slyly designed
skyscraper-to-skyscraper zip lines
subverting to rivals
far more disquieting, holding fire...

Fiscally Frisky Haiku

" Fiscally Frisky Haiku "

by Suzán Jiván

I

Tight reins on spending
more powerful than morphine
amassing fortunes

II

Signature dishes
celebrated seediness
bodybuilding gyms

III

Fiscally frisky
indiscriminate pink slips
sip hand-made bitters...

Atomized Haiku

" Atomized Haiku "

by Suzán Jiván

I

Intimate, compact
dreamily blurry pictures
atomized, flattened

II

Over the shoulder
shedding light, social circles
remains hard to say

III

Crusty, granular
shadowy haze fills the space
stiffly official

IV

White-striped black teacups
well-pedigreed possessions
decompressed presence

V

Glue-based distemper
obvious, consequential
rich and indolent

VI

Inches by inches
the biggest pieces
fenced in leafless trees...

Greater Visibility Haiku

" Greater Visibility Haiku "

by Suzán Jiván

I

Ageless innocence
greater visibility
with pithy language

II

Whomever happens
stylistically inventive
as a honeyed drawl

III

Elfin sidelong grin
while pickling the literal
with long fuzzy ears

IV

Imbibing bitters
a certain amount of risk
writing specialist

V

Bruising and intense
amiable urgency
no small achievement...

Hair-Metal Haiku

" Hair-Metal Haiku "

by Suzán Jiván

I

Jukebox turned junky
insipidly hand wringing
high hopes, low prospects

II

Forgotten events
a little bit hair-metal
bearable sidekicks

III

The cultural fray
self-cannibalization
mostly without shame

IV

Whispering, writhing
X-rated society
seek to replicate

V

Enunciation
uncharacteristic heat
stale body routines

VI

Real-life analogue
token of diversity
neo-Puritan...

Late Winter, Warm Spells Haiku

" Late Winter, Warm Spells Haiku "

by Suzán Jiván

I

In the minds of babes
seeming both deeply engaged
and ready to bolt

II

Plants forearms, hands clasped
parted hair down the middle
straight to the infant

III

Happening within
a welling up from the depths
fossil collections

IV

As assemblages
including bottom-dwellers
helmet-like front shells

V

Matching upward trends
including bottom-dwellers
late winter, warm spells...

Grievously Clear

" Grievously Clear "

by Suzán Jiván

Homes in various corners
always been the all-important
headquarters sought
all because of places or origin

freewheeling, interlocking
lengthening, compelling
clicking, scratching, tapping
expressed as tactful parallels
with implicitly tragical impacts

underpinned with timbres
alternately abrasive
sweetly meditative
grievously clear...

Drinking in Art

" Drinking in Art "

by Suzán Jiván

Drinking in art
along with light
greatly admired
like heightened
colors over time

with no concession
to distance
slightly diminished
by the last minutes
while reaching
instinctively
towards the intensely
physical

as diarists and antagonists
staring at flashing neon
like everyday objects
bringing to mind the bizarre
as both a prologue and an encore

an ordinary nobody
finding a sidekick
like a refugee
while inventing
a series
of moronic doubles
in mega-gags

without comic aptitude
nonetheless being excluded
by hard-hitting news
while walking upright
and mis-using tools
as distinctly human
and profoundly moving...

Wild-Eyed Haiku

" Wild-Eyed Haiku "

by Suzán Jiván

I

Before going home
attempts to reassemble
vague remembrances

II

As retrospectives
oddest and most exotic
like ardent artists

III

All-around aesthetes
eager for art and gossip
hung on every word

IV

Immigrants ourselves
addressing mysticism
working with figures

V

Seated and standing
in fidgety renderings
of reinvention

VI

Tastes change quite a bit
attesting to preferences
wild-eyed, splayed painters...

Swimming in the Sea

" Swimming in the Sea "

by Suzán Jiván

Swimming in the sea
occupying the bottom floors
slated to stay open
by staying under the radar

as a finished product
outstandingly larger-than-life
whole rows behind
especially outrageous

like latecomers turning the tables
seemingly incapable
and mostly exasperating
as so many mad fancies

cogently dramatic
outstripped by linear simplicity
while sinking slowly
into thick quicksand as a running gag...