“Coining the Language of Love”

 “Coining the Language of Love”

by Suzán Jiván Mom 

& Mom-Mom Suzán 

Coining the language of love 

gusto longing amour 

endearment ardor fond regards 

affinity zeal verve and vigor

fervour zing loyalty joy …

“Elemental Expressiveness”

 “Elemental Expressiveness”

by Suzán Jiván Mom

& Mom-Mom Suzán 

Elemental expressiveness 

simplicity coherence 

a timeless kiss as a flawless image 

immaculately finished 

mirrored from within …

“Singularly Happy”

 “Singularly Happy”

by Suzán Jiván Mom

& Mom-Mom Suzán 

Singularly happy 

beneath dappled patterns

of utterly enchanting 

fleeting glances

zigzagging 

as shimmering

circles in squares 

approaching fantasy 

deflecting reality…

“Freestanding”

 “Freestanding”

by Suzán Jiván Mom

& Mom-Mom Suzán 

Freestanding

daring ideas 

radiating

over greater ranges 

winged weighty

playful ways 

as child angels 

moving gracefully 

feeling grateful …

“Battered”

 “Battered”

by Suzán Jiván Mom

& Mom-Mom Suzán 

Battered

as anything but static

in feeling and form

shore to shore 

sweeping gestures

heightened expressiveness 

unprecedented softness

in marble and bronze

the learning of art

becoming uncommonly

modern origins at heart… 

“Figured Out”

 “Figured Out”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

Figured out savvied sussed out

down pat unmasked wised up

talked over checked out

discounted kicked around

knocked about dillydallied…

“One Minute Earlier”

 “One Minute Earlier”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

One minute earlier

mist turbulence 

shifting pressed lips 

affection 

surrendering 

staring 

de-tangling…

“A Revised Version”

 “A Revised Version”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

A revised version still hot to the touch

even hours later after letting the anger out

a dark-colored cat in someone’s lap 

purring ominously telling long stories

of nothing at all seeing storms forming 

sleeping indoors breathing in moth balls …

“That’s My Cue!”

 “That’s My Cue!”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

That’s my cue! Haven’t a clue!

wink wink not even an inkling

jogging memories beckonings 

come hither dressed to kill …

“Starting to Move”

 “Starting to Move”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

Starting to move embarking kickstarting 

getting underway initiating activating 

getting engaged strength to strength …

“Broken Off”

 “Broken Off”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

Broken off cut short held back

called to a halt shut down wound up

unplugged uncoupled split up …

“In No Way!”

 “In No Way!”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

In no way not in the least 

by no means scarcely 

hardly no matter what 

“I wouldn’t bet on it!” …

“A Hint”

 “A Hint”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán 

A hint an asterisk a smidgeon 

a driplet a tinge a sniff

a whisper a sneaking suspicion …

“Giving the Green Light”

 “Giving the Green Light”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán 

Giving the green light 

red light, green light, one, two, three 

the go-ahead stop-and-go 

on-again off-again 

sit down start scrolling 

scribbled notes put on hold …

[Hey, Over Here!]

 [Hey, Over Here!]

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán 

[Hey, over here!] Psst Yoo-hoo waved to 

hullabaloos ballyhooed dating pools 

mediocre reviews based on, “Whom?!” …

“On the Line”

 “On the Line” 

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán 

On the line

over the line

over time

hard-days night

cross my heart

and hope to die 

on the by and by …

“Jumping Off of the Page”

 “Jumping Off of the Page”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán 

Jumping off of the page 

as a harbinger of change

providing no escape

via contemplative shifting terrains 

composed of email exchanges 

bouncing between narrators

navigating heartache…

“You! All of You!”

 “You! All of You!

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán 

You! All of you! heart-felt tributes 

singin’ “The Blues” as vocal duos 

“Nobody Loves Me Like You Do!”

exuberantly “Over the Moon!” two-by-two …

“Having Hankerings”

 “Having Hankerings”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán 

Having hankerings yearnings longings

jockeying jaw-dropping modesties 

dreamingly shifting into elliptical differences…

“Shooting for the Moon”

 “Shooting for the Moon”

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán 

Shooting for the moon! 

as well as the elephant in the room

far more than a honeymoon 

lifted up from the gloom and the doom 

knowing full well how we’re doin’ …