Erik Satie Gnossienne 1
The first time someone played you,
my soul shivered in delight,
such an unexpected reaction,
to this new song, never heard before;
but each ornamented note,
played almost carelessly
brushing the key limply,
each note over and over repeatedly,
entered me and broke my heart.
Wistful like the mist, like staring out to sea
I let the tears fall down my cheeks.
I know I am so sensitive; music does that to me,
Ah but not everything that plays,
is the righteous melody,
that makes me fling open my doors
in an unbridled welcoming.
Not every piece, will be
a love or an obsession
for me to play it too,
letting it reverberate deep inside,
through my own piano keys.
Satie, you paint the tears,
the beauty of the night,
of days of old, and garden parties,
and jilted romance.
You play for a vampire ballet,
and paint the pain,
of death and lovers’ loss.
You are the night bird that sings
in the tree at my window,
not letting me sleep.
You are my crying beauty,
my tender haunting fantasy.
Karima Hoisan
October 28, 2020
Costa Rica
(En Español)
Digital Rabbit Hole 
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I see it and it works. I’m using the chrome browser. I think the video should embed if you switch browsers.
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Thank you Thank you..It works. I could embed it on Safari…Thank you Lily…did you enjoy the poem to it?
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It was a touching, heartfelt tribute. I enjoyed the night bird reference a great deal. It is a gift to be moved by music and to find a talented artist one is inspired by. Poetry rocks and you rock at it.
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It IS a gift to hear music that can move you to tears.. For me it doesn’t happen that often, but when it does, I find I cry in poetry:) Thanks for your support always Lily:) 🙏
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This is lovely! You are so full of poetry lately 🙂 thank you for bringing it out for us. My Dad loved Satie, this is a beautiful one. And beautiful words you respond with.
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Thank you Dale…I heard a few bars of this in the Netflix Queen’s Gambit , and became obsessed to find out what it was. Satie is new for me,and he has enthralled me with this one:) There are 6 parts to his Gnossienne, and I want to play them all. He made up this word, by the way to ” to capture a deep sorrow.” I agree he succeeded!
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Lovely one Karima, so soothing…. stay blessed ❤🌹
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Thank you Diana..yes it is a very delicate piece that soothes:)
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Such beautiful imagery in your writing, Karima. I love this piece and the music 🎶🙌 your description of Satie painting tears and garden parties and the “vampire ballet” is fantastic. Also him playing the keys limply repeatedly that breaks your heart, wow ♥️
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Oh thank you Katy for this comment full of poetic sensitive empathy:) I see that music can also move you deeply and that you have the beautiful gift of words, to let me feel your emotional response..Thank you , insightful poet and friend:) 🌺❤️🌸
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Incredibly mesmerizing the music… a sweet continuous haunting memory that kept tugging at something in the deepest corners of my heart… something I was as excited to acknowledge as I was to run away from it…and your words accompanying it…your otherworldly words that gave expression to all I felt and more…wow…you are a delight Karima…:))
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I am not surprised Sundaram, that your poetic self, was mesmerized by this piece. I think this piece should be the litmus test to see how sensitive is our soul. If we listen , and are unfazed, we must be an android (:)) and not quite human yet! But seriously, isn’t it gorgeous?…and yes, you too were haunted. I play piano (but not such a master as Alessio Nanni,who plays this impeccably and with so much feeling…I have ordered the sheet music, as I say in the poem, so these bewitching changes can flow through me too. I love your comments; it’s wonderful to share a piece like this, with a soul like yours:) Thank you..and oh before I forget, I did post two poems about my country, thinking about you:) You can find them here…I hope you delight in them too… https://karimahoisan.com/2020/10/25/two-poems-for-corcovado-national-park-costa-rica/
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It indeed clutches right at the soul…and I loved it. And thanks for the poems… Also, there is a piece of music that I love, and would like to share with you, since it takes me to the depths of my being. Put your ear phones on, close your eyes, and listen to the first one at least, if not all (though they’re all great)…
It’s zen music. Do let me know how you like it…take care Karima…
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And great to know that you play too… play it Karima… and share it…
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Thank you for the inspiration..:) 🙏.💐 https://karimahoisan.com/2020/11/01/wisps-of-sentient-threads/
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Inshallah! I will:) I am loving this zen music..I will make a comment after I listen to the whole hour:)
I am doing a virtual reading the 28th of the month..I did a test for balance, so you can hear how it sounds together. I will do the reading live of course..and if it’s not in the middle of your night, I will invite you to listen on my internet station.. It’s a hour of many of these latest poems:) https://www.dropbox.com/s/jvx7c302se6lklj/Satie%20Final.mp3?dl=0
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Your voice added even more beauty to the melody, Karima…loved it.
I’m not sure where I would be on 28th…but do let me know how I could join live… I’ll try my best to attend…
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Oh I am glad you enjoyed the recording Sundaram..as the date gets closer I will give you information on how you can tune in. I am actually in the virtual world in Second Life performing on a stage at that moment, but the stream they hear, you can hear, soo you don’t need an avatar to enjoy it:) If you can’t make it, I always make recordings during my my presentations..so you can just hear it that way too, at a decent hour:)🌸🙏
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Ruca…
Your lovely words and this lovely piece of music dance perfectly together. Music always reaches to your depths and extracts enchanting words from you!
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Oh Ruco…how well you know me…The right music, primes my poetry. Thank you!
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Querida Kari, yo también admiro a este original compositor. Gracias por compartir.
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Muchas gracias por tu comentario, y me alegro que tambien, tu quieres la musica de este genio! Genial!
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