Silhouetted

" Silhouetted "

by Suzan Jivan

Interior lives
pincushions and scissors
stitching rictus grins
into juxtaposition
with evocative and vaguely
suspenseful emptinesses
darkly silhouetted.

Loop-by-loop

" Loop-by-loop "

by Suzan Jivan

Eye-catching minutiae
under one roof
skein by skein
thread by thread
loop by loop
beyond the unproven
ruling of pinch-
waisted side seats
and elegantly tensile
love seats mixed in with
double-seated setees
for twice the intimacy.

Windswept

" Windswept "

by Suzan Jivan

Exposing our own
always-known
older holdings
of monumental stones
worked up closely
and sharply-focused
within windswept connections.

Seeds

" Seeds "

by Suzan Jivan

Seeds
of our
current needs
in late
summer weeks
vividly regal
floor-to-ceiling
masterpieces
of shaved ice
in subway rides
of genteel genres
into largess.

Pinwheels

" Pinwheels "

by Suzan Jivan

Paper pinwheels in seraphim
vivid but peripheral artistic intimacy
of what we may never see
small isn't small after all.

Golden

" Golden "

by Suzan Jivan

Bathed in light
golden and honeyed
within city limits
a collection hidden
in deficits of prowess
weight-lifted acrobats
tumble and balance
somersault and flex
within lordly halls'
versions of awesome.

Peek-a-boo

" Peek-a-boo "

by Suzan Jivan

Buzz words
pumped up
by binge-
drinking chic
teetering on
high-heel
lace-up
peek-a-
boobooties
tanned in
true blue.