Thursday, August 12, 2021

“Contenders”

 “Contenders”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán 

Contenders readily resetting their war chests 

as prospects of potential along with great prowess 

as well as intellectual heft 

being remembered for soaring rhetoric 

and genuine affection then becoming reckless 

disavowing introspection

alienating their best friends 

by telling sex jokes as her funniest yet…

Wednesday, June 23, 2021

“Spawning the More Plausible”

 “Spawning the Plausible”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán 

Spawning the plausible paths to reform 

earning early support proceeding with caution 

sifting and sorting after falling short …

Friday, May 14, 2021

“Sooner Than Usual”

 “Sooner Than Usual”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán 

Sooner than usual 

student fodder and “scroggin”

deep diving on a hot topic at a coffee spot 

upon remarking, “Go it!” ...

Thursday, May 13, 2021

“Finding Links”

 “Finding Links”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán 

Finding links between movement and meaning 

repeated queries spurring snazzy self-efficacy...

Friday, April 23, 2021

“Upending a Century”

 “Upending a Century”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán 

Upending a century surpassing the calamity 

of the 1918 flu pandemic surging “excess deaths”

1.9 million pounds of thrust throttling down

supersonic Max Q throttle up 1 Bravo 

engine chill 2 Alpha Dragon...

Wednesday, April 21, 2021

“Rewarding”

 “Rewarding”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán 

Rewarding the crazy

punishing the cautious 

suffering exhaustion 

flipping the chess board

risking it all ...

Monday, April 19, 2021

“Lifting Off”

 “Lifting Off”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán 

Lifting off 

hovering 

wispy air 

soft landing 

all hail

Red Planet ...


Wednesday, April 14, 2021

“Lapses and Miscalculations”

 “Lapses and Miscalculations”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán 

Lapses and miscalculations holding back 

on aggressive tactics towards stormers of The Capitol 

having had massive intelligence failings 

inadequately tallying mob rallies 

battling embarrassing lackings of standards 

facing confusion and inaction 

shattering shields expiring ammo ...



Tuesday, April 13, 2021

“By Breeding and Bearing”

 “By Breeding and Bearing”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán 

By breeding and bearing 

refusing to give an inch 

versus omnibus impeachment inquiries 

pendulums swinging faster than you may think

unregal undefeated unbeleaguered 

where lesser men would flee 

having had a nose for weakness ...

Saturday, April 3, 2021

“A Mixed Bill”

 “A Mixed Bill”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán 

A mixed bill blink-of-the-eye shifts of position 

like wildly different lone figures 

utterly disinterested in critics-pick precision 

as signature anger-management issues 

being given points for famously dim

echoing reckonings resurrecting rushing adrenaline 

exhibiting singularly menacing cursory smirks ...

Friday, April 2, 2021

“Springing Back”

 “Springing Back”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán 

Springing back

sprouting up

post shut down 

at 1/3 capacity

ably adaptive in parody 

conjuring bittersweet

high-water folly genres

unearthing the frivolity

of glamazon showstopper memoirs...

Thursday, April 1, 2021

“Can Do the Colossal”

 “Can Do the Colossal”

by Suzán Jiván Mom 

& Mom-Mom Suzán 

Can do the colossal 

from odd jobs and bit parts 

for the forgotten 

to shooting for the stars 

as hard-to-watch opposite 

scene partners uncontrollably sob 

having earned an Oscar...


Wednesday, March 31, 2021

“Splintering”

 “Splintering”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán 

Splintering over far-reaching strategies 

backfiring zeal unviability ...

Tuesday, March 30, 2021

“Sensory Memories”

 “Sensory Memories”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán 

Sensory memories hot-pepper eating 

constricted arteries Carolina Reapers 

record levels of heat unlocking secrets 

in our ears sour-perceiving protein 

feedback over eons as emotional time machines

like eating assorted bags of jelly beans 

entangling smells within ourselves ... 

Monday, March 29, 2021

“Partially Afloat”

 “Partially Afloat”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán 

Partially afloat raising hopes on a happy note

sipping a Coke in The Oval

disowning the Jim Crow of Old at the polls 

gun control going un-opposed  

for well over a moment 

toasting, “Pour on the juice, Joey!” 


Saturday, March 27, 2021

“Kicking Off”

“Kicking Off”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán 

Kicking off needing overhauls with essential oils’ 

repetitive whiffs known as, “bunny sniffs”

looking at pretty pictures of hoppy critters...

Friday, March 26, 2021

“Equal Parts”

 “Equal Parts”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom Suzán 

Equal parts of “off the cuff”

both flattered and exasperated 

while laying out strategies 

and warming up the crowd 

saying, “Not so fast...don’t panic—

lend a helping hand, for example” ...

Thursday, March 25, 2021

“Reclaiming Identities”

 “Reclaiming Identities”

by Suzán Jiván Mom

& Mom-Mom Suzán 

Reclaiming identities 

shuttering in multiple takes 

varieties of angles 

views fluctuating 

cameras panning 

in and out of sync ...

Wednesday, March 24, 2021

“Headline Grabbing”

 “Headline Grabbing”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán 

Headline grabbing game changing 

up to our eyeballs in immersive art 

contradictory theme parks 

dissolving forests of die-off fog ...

Tuesday, March 23, 2021

“Opening Fire”

 “Opening Fire”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

Opening fire outside and inside 

harrowingly frighteningly 

running hiding and fighting 

tons of shots stomachs dropping heavy hearts ...

Monday, March 22, 2021

“Setting Benchmarks”

 “Setting Benchmarks”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán 

Setting benchmarks projecting measures 

of confidence tracking infections 

needing more testing not less 

cutting vaccine checks 

direct spending tax credits 

trending of sedition evidence 

tacked up up with Kevlar vests 

donning military helmets 

rapid-fire weapons 

wrenching regrets ...


Friday, March 19, 2021

“A Kind of Calm”

 “A Kind of Calm”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán 

A kind of calm as a trademark

of a no-drama lighting rod

re-emerging largely gaffe-free delivering relief ...

Thursday, March 18, 2021

“Blew through the Future”

 “Blew through the Future”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

Blew through the future hoovered computers 

photo-bombed faceprints unlocked secrets 

mission creep contravened legalese

exceedingly leaning out over our skiis 

featuring facial readings 

eradicating anonymity

as a fluke of history ...

Wednesday, March 17, 2021

“Zipping Along”

 “Zipping Along”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán 

Zipping along heeding the call 

starting to stall 

under-performing smorgasbords...

Tuesday, March 16, 2021

“Seed and Core”

 “Seed and Core”

by Suzán Jiván Mom

& Mom-Mom Suzán 

Seed and core

roughly chopped 

gently fried

tofu Thai lime rind 

fragrant rice set aside 

puff pastry pie 

halved lengthwise...

Saturday, March 13, 2021

“Tangled”

 “Tangled”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán 

Tangled in filigree carving soldering 

glittering pop misty electronics

skittering drifting riffs pastoral atmospheres

defiant lyrics chilling bits of wistful guitar licks ...

 


Friday, March 12, 2021

“Normalcy”

 “Normalcy”

by Suzán Jiván Mom

& Mom-Mom Suzán 

Normalcy by the fourth 

cautiously offering turning points 

understanding loss of all sorts 

going well beyond four walls

formerly ceiling to floor ...


Thursday, February 11, 2021

“Never-Before-Seen”

 “Never-Before-Seen”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán 

Never-before-seen palpably real enormity

rioters’ screams in searing Capitol sieges 

branding, “Inciter-in-Chief” 

themed, “Getting to Know Your Larynx”

beyond, “Mama, dada, ga-ga SWAT!” 


Sunday, February 7, 2021

“Unflappable”

 “Unflappable”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán 

Unflappable podcasts simulating fireside chats

handpicked socially distanced citizens 

bypassing shaking hands and kissing babies 

staying on the other side of safe 

as cause for celebration... 

Saturday, February 6, 2021

“The Accoutrements of Power”

 “The Accoutrements of Power”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán 

The accoutrements of power 

as “Old Hat” for the oldest 

American president flying home 

for Super Bowl Weekend

with the First Lady grading papers 

feeling in awe of the plane 

giving it straight A’s ...

 

Sunday, January 31, 2021

“Why So Abruptly?”

 “Why So Abruptly?”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

Why so abruptly? 

dressed smartily in weeds 

like which nothing succeeds

faces burning bended knee here and here 

within swarming streets near edges of theaters 

vanishing bearing down into the wings 

blanched beneath thunder and lightning ...


Saturday, January 30, 2021

“Truth About the Cosmos”

 “Truth About the Cosmos”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán 

Truth about the cosmos

black holes’ volcanoes 

come-and-go town homes 

big-thumbed scholars

gusting avant garde 

short-lived particles

precious yet banal

balm for sorrow all aplomb ...

Friday, January 29, 2021

“A Higher Point”

 “A Higher Point”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán 

A higher point of efficacy infinitely 

indispensable powers of free expression 

as a stratagem for revelous inner vision 

like coherent considered consciousness 

of possibilities due to intelligibility 

as streaming fluidity of clear reasoning ...