“Playful Fisticuffs”

 “Playful Fisticuffs”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán 

Playful fisticuffs

a slight ruckus

making a fuss

little or no bluster 

a wee bit of a tiff

sort of bickering 

ending up in a shindig …

“Once Advertised”

 “Once Advertised”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

Once advertised as, “Polly wants a cracker?”

it’s a snap long stories made short

all meant for worry worts… 

“Fictionally Loony”

 “Fictionally Loony”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán 

Fictionally loony sipping hip-hoppy brews 

viewing Buzz Lightyear and Woody , too …

“Striking”

 “Striking”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán 

Striking up a tune

fortuitously as a fluke 

running up and down scales 

chugging along rails 

as it so happens 

sheltering from a storm, perhaps …

“Edited for Clarity”

 “Edited for Clarity”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

Edited for clarity

foreseeing needs

announced in briefs

as amoeba features 

spreading out at parties 

captured on safaris 

plus seaside gatherings 

with news to share 

at Blue Ribbon fairs …

“Almost”

 “Almost”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán 

Almost old-style

verdant Spring

“Really Keen!”

emergent fertility

chomping at the bit

following clever tricks

scented Narcissus 

bowing daffodils …

“Only a Smattering”

 “Only a Smattering”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán 

Only a smattering of solidarity/getting into the act/like characters at the checkout/post sanctions/re-enacting childhood rhymes/in wartime reciting:

“Peter Peter pumpkin eater

Had a wife but couldn’t keep her 

Put her in a pumpkin shell 

and there he kept her very well” …