Renowned

" Renowned "

by Suzán Jiván

Rhapsodically
tumbling out
of renowned
dreams yet
able to retreat
head-over-heels.

In Tandem

" In Tandem "

by Suzán Jiván

Now outranked
by overseers
of outsiders
in tandem
with keeping up
with spruced up
colossal
boxes
of illogic.

Spiraling

" Spiraling "

by Suzán Jiván

Spiraling enticingly
into mystical mélanges
of sultry ecstacies
hitting the stage
repeatedly being
outlined in neon green.

Considering

" Considering "

by Suzán Jiván

Considering allowing pleas
facing blank screens
over stark fears
of deteriorating
access to capital
in the aftermath.

Awed

" Awed "

by Suzán Jiván

Would surely have awed
masses of unabashed
cattails spreading across
capacious decades
of aerial plains.

Weather-Beaten

" Weather-Beaten "

by Suzán Jiván

Weather-beaten
green sequins
churn in motor-
mouthed streams
culminating
with composers
best known
for creepy
signature
themes.

Voicing

" Voicing "

by Suzán Jiván

Voicing sympathy resonating deeply
with hard-to-sustain brazen intonation
from always chasing rainbows
while simultaneously
swiveling to the stage
and impishly licking fingers
after limpidly singing slippery bits
of buttery bygone hits.

Teeming

" Teeming "

by Suzán Jiván

More artful teeming
as if with bees
digits within each
Mideast bigwig
Farsi speaker.

Elliptical

" Elliptical "

by Suzán Jiván

Joining the fray
in longtime
incarnation
moving freely
in and out
of odd meters
into elliptical
mood swings.

Everyday

" Everyday "

by Suzán Jiván

Everyday
procrastinators
see saw between
cross-eyed pessimism
and cock-eyed optimism.

No-Budge

" No Budge "

by Suzán Jiván

Barely-mentioned
newly-reconstituted
crushing news
of unaccustomed
no-budge
mysteries to plumb.

Perfect Pitch

" Perfect Pitch "

by Suzán Jiván

After punishing stumblings
and loss of momentum-
a disparate patchwork
of fractious trappings
is magnanimously
filled in with perfect pitch.