Saturday, March 31, 2012

Now Because

" Now Because "

by Suzán Jiván

Now because
of forays
putting faces
through chain-links
upon detonation
in intimate places
of a neighborhood
centered in the frame
disarrayed
beneath a highway
sweaty and tired
doing a squat four times
in honor of the father
after hardly watching
the restart as a follow on...

Like Skylighted Decisive Minds

" Like Skylighted Decisive Minds "

by Suzán Jiván

Having no doctorates
in freelance scholarships
made to rifle through archives
at times consigned to unrealized
and unsupervised self-reliance
ranging from grain silos
reclaimed painstakingly
from dangerous seascapes
churning with viscous waves
of oceanic adaptations
sustained in ancient tidal basins
like skylighted decisive minds...

Thursday, March 29, 2012

Price-Wise

" Price-Wise "

by Suzán Jiván

Price-wise
time-worn
at all costs
intending
to bring
more
of imported
support
as strong
voices
long before
war stories
of austere
organs
for angelical
causes
rejiggered
by sources
of corporate
flaws forced
to cover up
the fierce and funny
with reconstructed pulp...

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Collection-Made Sense

" Collection-Made Sense "

by Suzán Jiván

Collection-made sense
with blades expected
in estimates
for astigmatic trackings
of vultures in dioramas
often asked
for carrion-draped mannequins
as collaborative sloth self-portraits
composed of picked-over bones
in testimonials sunken below
leaden windows of old
juxtaposed with enclosures
of styrofoam in perpetual motion...

Later Moved Out

" Later Moved Out "

by Suzán Jiván

Later moved out
given over
to regret
with penchants
for invisible
architecture
as bimorphic sectors
of other testaments
to perception
like forest-dwelling
information withheld
with little effect...

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

As for Cities

" As for Cities "

by Suzán Jiván

As for cities
four corners
configured
at the focus
of what
one thinks
positioned
roughly
like an esoteric deity
in a palace city
of dynasties
and abbeys
remaining
remotely
in monasteries
within the realm
of the emperor
in a quest
for the forever...

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Came the Disciples

" Came the Disciples "

by Suzán Jiván

after St. Matthew 18

Came
the disciples
cast
into the ever-
lasting
ninety and nine
witnessed
as sublime
there am I...

Sunday, March 18, 2012

May Soon Disappear

" May Soon Disappear "

by Suzán Jiván

May soon disappear
like a cha-ching-super-chic
expected immediately
ripping through everything
as furiously as too picky
avoiding hints
while shivering
with bawdy grins
in the ruthlessly grim
spitting into a bucket list
easily slipped a mickey
as a knockout signature...

Always Thinking

" Always Thinking "

by Suzán Jiván

Always thinking
hair, body, skin
project winner
removal creams
smelling better
delicate scents
plucky wedges
new sex
costing less
tinting lips
helping to pick
coming-off-hits
thanks to slick
intuition
even waiting lists
for getting slimming
moisture whips
that fit
into fashion tips
pore-by-pore
for the gorgeous
just because
of a pub crawl
becoming out-
numbered
by seductive
touches
getting into trouble
falling in love
with the results
of nip-n-tuck
taking the plunge
all of a sudden...

Friday, March 16, 2012

Midas Touches

" Midas Touches "

by Suzán Jiván

Midas touches
taking a hit
as sardonic
narcissism
diminished
by infringing
criticisms
settling in
while pushing
then trampling
over lilting
principles
triggering
unlimited
indifferences
lacking
sufficient
non-profits
as commodities...

Wild Bleeding Heart

" Wild Bleeding Heart "

by Suzán Jiván

I

Wild bleeding heart
deep pink to red
drooping leafless
solitary
clasping stem
stiff gentian
closed at the end

II

Becoming rare
must not be picked
shorter fringe
medicinal
cathartic tonic

III

Purplish atop
thick opposite
hardwood thicket
stork's bill
rarer still
bared in pairs...

Thursday, March 15, 2012

Depictive of Power

" Depictive of Power "

by Suzán Jiván

after Theodore A. Harris

Depictive of power
smacking with fatalities
and the rhythms
of remapped taps
as flashy fantasies
of wisecracking
evangelists
officially revamped
with the ineffable magic
of an immaculately staged
rapidly deteriorating
black bag of platitudes
hyperactively slashy
and mega-expansive
as scientific advances
rehashed as body bags
of the past...

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Spurred Butterfly Pea

" Spurred Butterfly Pea "

by Suzán Jiván

I

Spurred butterfly pea
trailing or twining
180 degrees
from usual
substituting
for true-blue
including
numerous
downward
spirals
over
time

II

Tubes longer than lobes
implanted along roads
accounting for both
rattling
and latter
linear twists
of nitrogen-rich calyxes...

Sunday, March 11, 2012

What's Your Number

" What's Your Number "

by Suzán Jiván

What's
your number
really
at least
seemingly
teaching
how to please
unaccordingly
where the scenery
is weird
like inexperience
seeking to be seen
self-assuredly....

Saturday, March 10, 2012

Extending Backwards

" Extending Backwards "

by Suzán Jiván

Extending backwards
body bare
nearly transparent
aquatic
over-lapping
absence...

Friday, March 9, 2012

As in Lilies

" As in Lilies "

by Suzán Jiván

As in lilies
forming
colonies
white
and
gauzy
long
leafless
stalks...

Large White Dash

" Large White Dash "

by Suzán Jiván

Large white dash
silent female
high level
of aggression
rounded head
rock crevice...

Eye-Rings and Lore

" Eye-Rings and Lore "

by Suzán Jiván

Eye-rings
and lore
foraging for
pine needles
' n ' lichen...

Thursday, March 8, 2012

Large-Eyed Animals

" Large-Eyed Animals "

by Suzán Jiván

I

Large-eyed animals
bushy tails
agile

II

Black banded
many cracks
rapidly adapted...

Does Not Show a Crest

" Does Not Show a Crest "

by Suzán Jiván

Does not show a crest
stream beds widespread
young leaves
beetles seen
in coveys...

Springhare

" Springhare "

by Suzán Jiván

Springhare
black-tipped
admixture
stiff whiskers
whipping rivers...

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Nested Only

" Nested Only "

by Suzán Jiván

Nested only
solely
now straying
holes
excavated...

Monday, March 5, 2012

Big Gray Block Letters

" Big Grey Block Letters "

by Suzán Jiván

Big gray block letters
mind stretched to the far left
pulling the meaning lever
of cautionary yellow
as fully depressed
in perpetual distress...

Fairly Small

" Fairly Small "

by Suzán Jiván

Fairly small
heavily barred
boldly banded
canting...

Downy White

" Downy White "

by Suzán Jiván

Downy white
open wide
freely given
lakes and rivers
large stick...

Short Grass Longer Savanna

" Short Grass Longer Savanna "

by Suzán Jiván

Short grass longer savanna
switching to browse
reddish brown
polygynous
succulent...

Smaller, Clean-Cut

" Smaller, Clean Cut "

by Suzán Jiván

Smaller, clean-cut
in twos and threes
fingering a beard
dry season
mixed feeder
most recent
arid region
either
one or three
on two feet...

Sunday, March 4, 2012

Small to Medium

" Small to Medium "

by Suzán Jiván

I

Small to medium
upright species
pointed wings
over cavity

II

Scattered trees
heavily peppered
harsh, " whee "
aerial vehicle

III

Moonlit eve
dry season
incising teeth
single, " wheep "...

Bustard Crane

" Bustard Crane "

by Suzán Jiván

Bustard crane
straight bill
helmeted
skeletal
seedheads
necks
extended...

Visible in Flight

" Visible in Flight "

by Suzán Jiván

Visible in flight
spotted white
"kok-kok-kok"
deep dive...

Black Mamba

" Black Mamba "

by Suzán Jiván

Black Mamba
max
bushed savannas...

Saturday, March 3, 2012

Greater Distance

" Greater Distance "

by Suzán Jiván

Greater distance
long dorsal
oar-like...

Gape Very Wide

" Gape Very Wide "

by Suzán Jiván

Gape very wide
fins limb-like
opening behind
lurking prey
aquarium trade...

A Fleshy Lure

" A Fleshy Lure "

by Suzán Jiván

A fleshy lure
opens upward
adhesive disc
wriggling victim...

Friday, March 2, 2012

Step Targeting

" Step Targeting "

by Suzán Jiván

Step targeting
contraception
left a bed
without
a bedroom
mockingly
pockmarked
and politically
charged
like a flip-flopper...

The Slugger as Just One

" The Slugger as Just One "

by Suzán Jiván

The slugger
as just one
result of under-
cover monkeys
@ 111
slowly recovering
from struggling
as trading
companies
of former
abundance...

Thursday, March 1, 2012

A Bracing Wind

" A Bracing Wind "

by Suzán Jiván

A bracing wind
unflappable
over and out
returning now
as a bemoaned howl...