Category Archives: Poems

That Black High-Necked Dress

Posted on October 11, 2022 by Karima Hoisan

“Intricate Goth Portrait” by Dale Innis That Black High-Necked Dress I know you..I was you and the first time I laid my eyes on your face, I was drawn to you.. one might say obsessively, I might say that too. … Continue reading →

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Pirate

Posted on October 4, 2022 by Karima Hoisan

Strong Female Pirate by Dale Innis on Midjourney If I would have met you…just anywhere in my life, a bar, at the produce market or merely walking down the street, I would have thrown myself at your feet “ Hello! … Continue reading →

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Narcissus

Posted on September 27, 2022 by Karima Hoisan

Narcissus (for the artist who painted “Narcisse 11”  iekocatnap) (please click play to hear my recitation to the music of Angelo Badalamenti, “Mulholland Drive Love Theme” In the stilled waters of a liquid mirror, he found love like a floating … Continue reading →

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Full – Circle

Posted on September 25, 2022 by Karima Hoisan

                                 “Time Has Come Full – Circle” by Dale Innis  Full – Circle Maybe it was in another time another life, another book I read to fill my mind but you were just as real as when you were real … Continue reading →

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Now…..Fly!

Posted on September 21, 2022 by Karima Hoisan

                                        Image “Birds” by Dale Innis Funny how I knew you would adorn my poem today. Your one-eyed glance to the side just caught my attention; I feel you lightly perched on my cilia that waves in the breeze of … Continue reading →

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One -Way Door

Posted on September 19, 2022 by Karima Hoisan

                                         Path to Glory  by Dale Innis One-Way Door I still miss you and I shouldn’t. My dreams obey no laws of physics or logic and I still want you here with me. People who have passed over to the … Continue reading →

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Arbor of Sour Grapes

Posted on September 2, 2022 by Karima Hoisan

Please click play to hear me recite the poem. Desire is just one room in a mansion and it can end in the bedroom or in a luxurious waiting room, years, waiting, hoping, dreaming, or in tears. Its face changes … Continue reading →

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Tierra Dorada – Golden Land

Posted on September 1, 2022 by Karima Hoisan

Tierra Dorada(for ieko Catnap the artist) Golden prim of Creation out of the gasses and water you rise…the first idea ..the first word“Be”Ancestors, ore’s millenniums, humans float and fall on bobbing tides of eonsSculpted by the Dreamerand we dream within … Continue reading →

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So Simple

Posted on August 22, 2022 by Karima Hoisan

So Simple I still can remember the night I was shown the meaning of Life (it’s not something to be forgotten) In awe, my whole conscious mind now suspended in space, I looked down upon the spheres spinning below me … Continue reading →

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Slave For My Muse

Posted on August 7, 2022 by Karima Hoisan

Slave For My Muse Who’s in control here? Well we both know…you are. I give up my sleep, start my day without even a cup of coffee. Only for you, do I do the things I do. You tell me … Continue reading →

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