Likes Cool Conifer

" Likes Cool Conifer "

by Suzán Jiván

Likes cool conifer
crackling whistling
gurgling escaping predation
nasal, " awnk-krr-awnngk " ...

Open Country

" Open Country "

by Suzán Jiván

Open country
cup-shaped grace
full clear "weet" rasping...

Big Head Big Bill Little Feet

" Big Head Big Bill Little Feet "

by Suzán Jiván

Big head
big bill
little feet
rattling
wingbeats
rusty squeal...

Glowing Up

" Glowing Up "

by Suzán Jiván

Glowing up
ladies who munch
on chunky stunners with color-
blocked luggage tugging to keep up...

Nobody Notices

" Nobody Notices "

by Suzán Jiván

Nobody notices
short drives
in the direction
of high-tech
while juggling
chuckles
with tuition plus
hatched out
at Palo Alto
while hanging
out with the hapless...

Moderately Checkered

" Moderately Checkered "

by Suzán Jiván

Moderately checkered
squared off near center
heavy wavy lead grey...

Pine White

" Pine White "

by Suzán Jiván

Pine white
rapid flight
forest floor
early mourn...

Hermit has Rounded

" Hermit has Rounded "

by Suzán Jiván

Hermit has rounded
cloudywings
blacker glassy ebony...

Hoary Comma

" Hoary Comma "

by Suzán Jiván

Hoary comma
ragged
granite balds
still for long
nearly uniform...

Elongating into Blunt

" Elongating into Blunt "

by Suzán Jiván

Elongating into blunt
rust-colored pendulous
buds of abundance
glistening at dusk in clusters...

Rufous Elephant-Shrew

" Rufous Elephant-Shrew "

by Suzán Jiván

Rufous elephant shrew
one of the few
underlined
corners of the eye...

Other Terrestrial

" Other Terrestrial "

by Suzán Jiván

Other terrestrial
snout-like heads
poison ejected...

Various Micro-

" Various Micro- "

by Suzán Jiván

Various micro-
hybrids
hyperactive
midgets
common in winter
wing flicks...

A Remnant of a More

" A Remnant of a More "

by Suzán Jiván

A remnant of a more
colorless
except for head broad
mouth small...

Silver-bordered Fritillary

" Silver-bordered Fritillary "

by Suzán Jiván

Silver-bordered fritillary
overwintering
half grown...

Infinitely Varied

" Infinitely Varied "

by Suzán Jiván

Infinitely varied
carved from the top
of ancient bedrock...

Slated for the Same

" Slated for the Same "

by Suzán Jiván

Slated for the same
sharing a revelation
lasting from April...

Among the Guesses

" Among the Guesses "

by Suzán Jiván

Among
the guesses
as to why
baby guppies
bullfight...

Top Speed

" Top Speed "

by Suzán Jiván

Top speed
accomplished clearly
with birth peaks in Spring...

Massive

" Massive "

by Suzán Jiván

Massive
with
or without
narrow
miombo
woodlands
smaller
shaggy
nomadic
tufted
dewlap...

Mimosa Yellow

" Mimosa Yellow "

by Suzán Jiván

Mimosa yellow
partridge pea
roadsides fields
female pale...

Fairly Far

" Fairly Far "

by Suzán Jiván

Fairly far
autumn chill
witnessed
cloudless...

Coho

" Coho "

by Suzán Jiván

Coho
dark oval
caudal fin
inland...

Haunting the Outer

" Haunting the Outer "

by Suzán Jiván

Haunting the outer
beaches, "wheeyoo-wee"
wingpits short-billed
grey in winter...

Highly Predacious

" Highly Predacious "

by Suzán Jiván

Highly predacious
gripping prey
short strong
elongating
bold coloration
splitted tissue
spittle...

Appearing Well

" Appearing Well "

by Suzán Jiván

Very common
less numerous
small opening
one end
buff rump
forehead
appearing well...

Shortening the Sky

" Shortening the Sky "

by Suzán Jiván

Shortening the sky
wild geese
flying at twilight...

Blue Shading

" Blue Shading "

by Suzán Jiván

Fresh
and unfaded
early stages
blue shading
far greater...

Emblazoned as Surnames

" Emblazoned as Surnames "

by Suzán Jiván

Patchy and tremulous
wavering midrange
like nicknames
on stationery
emblazoned
as surnames
of the flirtatious
receiving
standing ovations
precipitated
by the highly praised
as unmistakably
straight-laced
hobbled offstage...

With a Diva of a Wife

" With a Diva of a Wife "

by Suzán Jiván

Seemingly blithe
Jiminy Cricket-like
with a diva of a wife
as flash and stridency
revisited again and again
like chilling aspects
memorably unsettled
pushed over the edge
where only the fog could tell...

Revamped as Fancy

" Revamped as Fancy "

by Suzán Jiván

I

Time traveling
revamped as fancy
into multi-
platinum pasts

II

Wrestling merrily
with self-propelled
unarresting webs
overwhelmingly

III

Backed as scrappy factions
of one-time dancers
in podcasts
with graphic detail...

Heart Ruff Down One

" Heart Ruff Down One "

by Suzán Jiván

I

This huge moment
narrowly cogent
opening low

II

With three no-trump
from the dummy
signaling fit clubs

III

Diamonds doubled
heart ruff down one
runner up...

Often Soaring

" Often Soaring "

by Suzán Jiván

Scarce and local
little time
often soaring
wings broad
tail short
Near nest
"yelp, yelp, yelp"
shaped like a hawk
feeds like a scavenger
on road-killed animals
Black crest black belly
pale areas scaling back
gathering mottling
weak harsh marmot
held horizontal
rusty orange
hollow carcass...

Ground-Hopping

" Ground-Hopping "

by Suzán Jiván

From ground
level
to the canopy
mimicking
the appearance
of bark
hump-backed
squat
pests of crops
foamy toxic
ground-hopping
legs splayed
eggs laid...

Dogbane

" Dogbane "

by Suzán Jiván

Chokeberry
bog bane
soot-gray
to slate
grey-
green
egg...

Parched Open Near Windows

" Parched Open
Near Windows "

by Suzán Jiván

I

Unknown host
parched open
near windows

II

ponderosa
pine zone
near oak

III

holding fast
sticking close
sweet clover...

In a Fan Frenzy

" In a Fan Frenzy "

by Suzán Jiván

Often yellow
or checkered
in a fan frenzy
ran away to wed

With drive
and intensity
like a guise
of attendees
Often wielding
sharply differing
inherent risks
in the missions
still plunging...

Held as Almost Sacred

" Held as Almost Sacred "

by Suzán Jiván

I

Scarcely present
as incidental
snatches
of text
on two
levels

II

Like double-
barreled facets
of infatuation
with cancelation

III

Like strains
of ballet
held
as almost
sacred

IV

Alternating
with anguish
sitting
for a painting...

Moister Regions

" Moister Regions "

by Suzán Jiván

Lantana
bottomlands
vaguely
patterned
blurry bands
at random
More lilac
tailless
subsequent
clustering
intermingling
Moister regions
lightly greenish
underneath
dingy ivory
slight triangle...

Shaded End

" Shaded End "

by Suzán Jiván

Flower bed rootlet
cobweb deep nest
forest ledge
shaded end...

Seasonally Elsewhere

" Seasonally Elsewhere "

by Suzán Jiván

I

Extremely polygynous
stiffening spindles
emphasizing thick
pink-tinged
whitish lips

II

Batted with black
along savannas
and farmlands
as non-retractile tales
borne hereafter

III

Seasonally
elsewhere
as arboreal
carnivores'
retractile claws...

On Hatching Riding on Back

" On Hatching Riding on Back "

by Suzán Jiván

Little grebe in breeding
yellow gape, pale brown face
soft rushes, weeds, algae
on hatching riding on back...

Overwintering Inconspicuously

" Overwintering Inconspicuously "

by Suzán Jiván

Aquamarine hairstreak forest clearing
exceedingly green
overwintering inconspicuously
in a mottled chrysalis
A marginal part of wandering
possibly in litter
similar but duller and more abundant
than buds clinging
to low leaves bathed in sunbeams
as sibling species...

Much in the Minds

" Much in the Minds "

by Suzán Jiván aka
Mom-Mom Suzán

for Kenny, Jimmy & Eric...

Locked in a dangerous
brinkmanship
like the rift
in ties
shifting
from trying
to reconcile
to sabotage
once seen
as unthinkable
cutting links
to lineages
by subliminally
undermining
sled-dog drivers
much in the minds
of mushers
lapping up
the hunted...

Cutting Links to Lineages

" Cutting Links to Lineages "

by Suzán Jiván

Locked
in a dangerous
brinkmanship
like the rift in ties
shifting from trying
to reconcile
to sabotage
once seen
as unthinkable
cutting links lineages
by subliminally
undermining
sled-dog drivers
much in the minds
of mushers
lapping up
the hunted...

Depictions of Deities

" Depictions of Deities "

by Suzán Jiván

Recurring themes
in depictions of deities
spelled out in the bluish pinks
of a bird's beak preening green
on prairies pale and sandy
basins spotted gray...

Moved Away

" Moved Away "

by Suzán Jiván

Fashion savvy full length
moved away
concentrating greatly acclaimed
recounting staccato
as unorthodoxy and banality
redefined
by an embrace sit, stay

Like a Mélanged Harbinger

" Like a Mélanged Harbinger "

by Suzán Jiván

The changes are tectonic
like a mélanged harbinger
of the fashion conscious
seen as a garnered
phenomenon...

Rootstock from a Rooftop

" Rootstock from a Rooftop "

by Suzán Jiván

I

A hilly lot as a garden
for rootstock from a rooftop
with rain drops
collected at the car park

II

Accenting a small plot
as a good spot
for a dwarf conifer
perfectly conical

III

No more
than a foot tall
along a matted walk
of glossy mountain laurels...

Clamped by Ectoplasmic Cares

" Clamped by Ectoplasmic Cares "

by Suzán Jiván

Recently began hard and fast
ill-prepared for a ghost bramble
as an example of razzle-dazzle
clamped by ectoplasmic cares...