“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” …