Recollected

" Recollected "

by Suzán Jiván

for Ishamarr Saint Swain

A mess in a snarl
of contradiction
turning thrilling
in a scramble
to capture
the right now
recollected
as memorable
samplings
of an affable now
and an amorous then.

The Struggle

" The Struggle "

by Suzán Jiván

for Ishamarr Swan

The struggle
aging sustain-
ability main-
taining strength
decades later
regaining
the data
overhanging
dangling delays
of mayhem.

Somewhere in the Middle

" Somewhere in the Middle "

by Suzán Jiván

for Ishamarr Swan

Somewhere
in the middle
rewritten
beneath
a mercurial orgy
of mirrored balls
reflecting soft
fingerprints all
armed
with convincing intricacies.

Gravity has Edged

" Gravity has Edged "

by Suzán Jiván

for Ishamarr Swan

Gravity has edged
toward the confessional
invented anew
arriving soon
with a little night music
while on the fly
in high profile.

Safety

" Safety "

by Suzán Jiván

for Ishamarr Swan

Not inclined to haggle
over safety practices
" run it, break it, fix it "
without a single
lost-time incident
with ever-increasing
contentious texts
for a scaled-down
market share
being greatly
out-weighed
by escalating
failsafes.

Plus Potential

" Plus Potential "

by Suzán Jiván

for Ishamarr Swan

Things not said
overstuffed
schedules
plus potential
for many-
tentacled
directions
with prickly
impressions
as reasons
for circling.

Gilded Mahogany

" Gilded Mahogany "

by Suzán Jiván

for Ishamarr Swan

Top lots
touchy
feely
leafy
gilded
mahogany
sleuthing
around
fanning
out
seemingly
wise
like
a
radiant
eye
in
a
triangle
seen
days
later
removing
adhesive
tape
from
a
landscape.

Radiancy

" Radiancy "

by Suzán Jiván

for Ishamarr Swan

Twin candlesticks
depicting
mottos to mean
radiancy
while mustering
heat and intensity
by mastering
both flickering
and firebreathing
as dual epiphanies
throughout eternity.

Carving with Color

" Carving with Color "

by Suzán Jiván

for Ishamarr Swan

Carving
with color
from one
to another
rethought
reworked
renewed
tinged
with
illusion
mimicking
bristling
with
obligatory
vigor
skittling
with
whims
in
brilliant
pix
of
infinite
vistas.

Dreaming Modestly

" Dreaming Modestly "

by Suzán Jiván

for Ishamarr Swan

A stopgap
pulling back
keeping
an eye out
for fingering
a split pea
as ethics
breach
far-reaching
secrets
of disease
and toxicology
looking
perfectly
sloppy
nonchalant
and dreaming
modestly.

One Interlude

" One Interlude "

by Suzán Jiván

for Ishamarr Swan

One interlude
shoots
quickly
into the next
as sensual
remembrances
conjure
force fields
and fireballs
all along
orgasmic
coursings.

Oddball Intensity

" Oddball Intensity "

by Suzán Jiván

for Ishamarr Swan

Oddball intensity
in keeping
with the choppy collages
of the manic pantheons
of the cosmopolitan barrages
of the highly charged
overarching
the passing of knowledge
from unpopular mobsters
buckling
in the rapid shifts
along with the chin
tilts of a parodist.

Above a Cherrystone

" Above a Cherrystone "

by Suzán Jiván

for Ishamarr Swan

Above a cherrystone
on the half shell
a mashup
in advance
glistening
in it's own liquor
as a signature dish
of the digital
fit but not skinny
tenderly ritualistic
snapping
hungrily at scraps
while sleeping
in a hammock.

Regatheting

" Regathering "

by Suzán Jiván

for Ishamarr Swan

An outbreak
priced out
but slowly
regathering
and still
remastering
cramming
for the super-
natural exam
of wackiness
in a self-parody
filled with the some-
times-dyed grinding
mediocrity of orange
munchies with memories
of green.

For the First Time

" For the First Time "

by Suzán Jiván

for Ishamarr Swan

For the first time, a saga
toward the bizarre
empirically speaking
weak to weak
increasingly seeking
to demonize serpentine
and thereby
defrock a state rock.

At First Blush

" At First Blush "

by Suzán Jiván

for Ishamarr Swan

Always one-
upping
at first blush
culled
from a flurry
of stunning love
upended by a clumsy
funk all of a sudden.

Divining the Why

" Divining the Why "

by Suzán Jiván

for Ishamarr Swan

Divining
the why
downsized
worldwide
like apps
and diktats
climaxing
in a highly-
publicized
bite-sized
Y.

Muse in Blue

" Muse in Blue "

by Suzán Jiván

for Ishamarr Swan

Voluptuous love
in the mood
seduced
by an elusive
muse in blue.

Screech

" Screech "

by Suzán Jiván

for Ishamarr Saint Swain

Playing
like a novel
in the much
ballyhooed future
as hard-charging
absurdities
screech
at breakneck speed.

The New

" The New "

by Suzán Jiván

for Ishamarr Saint Swain

The new
the next new
and the new
after that...
layered
with
confrontational
oversight
succinct
and fair-minded.

Just Above Stunning

" Just Above Stunning "

by Suzán Jiván

for Ishamarr Saint Swain

Neither
admitted
nor denied
by the eyes
a poignantly
palpable
vivid hint
just above
stunning.

Imagination

" Imagination "

by Suzán Jiván

for Ishamarr Saint Swain

Second thoughts
challenges await
night and day
showing restraint
using a tiny sanctuary
as an escape
into another spate
of unrestrained
imagination.

Nonstop

" Nonstop "

by Suzán Jiván

for Ishamarr Saint Swain

Impressive
overall
the question
was whether
otherwise
ephemeral
luminaries
cobbled
together
are largely
unwatchable
nonstop.

Finishes

" Finishes "

by Suzán Jiván

for Ishamarr Saint Swain

Channelling
hidden
risks
quickly
dismissed
as
frivolous
when
stick-
to-
it-
ive-
ness
finishes
with
the
short
end
of
the
stick.

Highly Enriched

" Highly Enriched "

by Suzán Jiván

for Ishamarr Saint Swain

Long-awaited
creatively vague
second generations
made from opaque
frustration existing
as highly enriched.

Spinning Out

" Spinning Out "

by Suzán Jiván

for Ishamarr Saint Swain

Seeming
to rise
surrounded
spinning out
waking up
with a hand-
ful of dust
framed
and hung.

Restless

" Restless "

by Suzán Jiván

for Ishamarr Saint Swain

Sinewy drips
spidery webs
recently rendered
deciding whether
becoming restless
pre-empts success.

Strolling

" Strolling "

by Suzán Jiván

for Ishamarr Saint Swain

Within
strolling
distance
fleeting
glimpses
splashy
exhibitions
slapdash
consistency
determined
exactly.

Overdosing

" Overdosing "

by Suzán Jiván

for Ishamarr Saint Swain

Arms control
loosening the hold
on illegal smoke
notably cold overdosing.

Hurdles

" Hurdles "

by Suzán Jiván

for Ishamarr Saint Swain

Day
of up-
heaval
many
hurdles
remain
both
sophisticated
and unwieldy
cuts in capacity
forced to flee
staggeringly.

Declaring the Land

" Declaring the Land "

by Suzán Jiván

for Ishamarr Saint Swain

Began the precarious
task
banning the sale
declaring the land
a rural area ensnared.

Edging Towards

" Edging Towards "

by Suzán Jiván

for Ishamarr Saint Swain

Slow notification
dangerous defects
edging towards
massive recalls
for floor mats last fall
plus all-of-a-sudden
unintended acceleration
tracing data, filing claims.

Stepped Up

" Stepped Up "

by Suzán Jiván

for Ishamarr Saint Swain

A bee-
like hum
difficulty
among
droning
coalitions
pain-
stakingly
held
up
in vulner-
able hubs
of stepped-
up
de-
struc-
tion.

Spot-Lit

" Spot-Lit "

by Suzán Jiván

for Ishamarr Saint Swain

Supporting characters
of recent vintage
constantly shifting
like the reflective facets
of a spot-lit disco.

Modern All Star

" Modern All Star "

by Suzán Jiván

for Ishamarr Saint Swain

A merger
a modern
all-star
slog
through
an over-
the-top
promenäde.

Tricked-Out

" Tricked-Out "

by Suzán Jiván

for Ishamarr Saint Swain

Trauma
not oddballs
bearing
thundering
buzz cuts
pitching
tricked-out fits
with mythically
pillowy lips.

Layering

" Layering "

for Ishamarr Saint Swain

Weigh
ing
in
lash
ing
out
averted -
for now
linking security
to the layering
of flag waving.

Most Notorious

" Most Notorious "

by Suzán Jiván

for Ishamarr Saint Swain

Most
no-
to-
ri-
ous
pro-
mise
of
war
off-
shore
mut-
ed
sup-
port
pro-
ven
cru-
cial
April
Fool.

Fiery Insight

" Fiery Insight "

by Suzán Jiván

for Ishamarr Saint Swain

Artsy microcosms collide
with secret-revealing
subatomic particles
then evanesce
as fiery insights.

Plotting

" Plotting "

by Suzán Jiván

for Ishamarr Saint Swain

To the brink
armies
to the heart
plotting
anonymity
to a greater
or lesser degree
potentially bigger
studied released
hand-wringing.

Inherently Disrupted

" Inherently Disrupted "

by Suzán Jiván

for Ishamarr Saint Swain

Law-
makers
fake
a
pulse
in-
her-
ent-
ly
dis-
rupt-
ed
by
in-
trin-
sic
risk.

Intrepid Descendants

" Intrepid Descendants "

by Suzán Jiván

for Ishamarr Saint Swain

Breathtakingly
bathed
in intrepid
descendants
always
at the ready.

Now the Soul

" Now the Soul "

by Suzán Jiván

for Ishamarr Saint Swain

Now
the soul
few things closer.

Black Clouds

" Black Clouds "

by Suzán Jiván

for Ishamarr Saint Swain

Acrobatic
black clouds
roll over
panoramic
pole-
vaulted
faults.

Eye Blacked

" Eye Blacked "

by Suzán Jiván

for Ishamarr Saint Swain

Eye blacked
athletes
bend elbows
and flex poles
in golden
stuccoed
homes.

Black Track

" Black Track "

by Suzán Jiván

for Ishamarr Saint Swain

Black track athletes
running relays
for The States
raise
their right arms
in acknowledgement
of Marc Chagall.

Black Steeds

" Black Steeds "

by Suzán Jiván

for Ishamarr Saint Swain

Cheering on
the stars
and stripes
with fist pumps
plus humongous
jumps jumbled up
with blinkered
black steeds
and crimson
kneed zebras.

Black Billed

" Black Billed "

by Suzán Jiván

for Ishamarr Saint Swain

Black-billed
birds perch
atop
hard vodka
as neon chiefs
gleam and leaping
gymnasts split.

Black Masked

" Black Masked "

by Suzán Jiván

for Ishamarr Saint Swain

Black-masked
Cardinals
yell, " Check! "
as a Dolphin
tackles a Jet.

Black Helmeted

" Black Helmeted "

by Suzán Jiván

for Ishamarr Saint Swain

Black-helmeted
tense equestrians
anxiously leap
into supernatural
dream catchers.