Category Archives: Poems

Karima’s works.

The Muse Wants What it Wants

Posted on June 8, 2020 by Karima Hoisan

For Lance Sheridan (who knows his muse well) The muse wants what it wants. I might want to just lay some things to rest forever, in a cemetery of kindness where I can leave flowers but once a year. She … Continue reading →

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Two Raven Poems from The Past

Posted on June 7, 2020 by Karima Hoisan

Four and Twenty  ~^~ See two black birds fly… fly away. One flew first, might have landed North… can’t say. The other went West, no other choice …  that fateful day. No flocks enjoined them “Fly with Me” … lost … Continue reading →

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Statue in the Entryway

Posted on June 1, 2020 by Karima Hoisan

I don’t remember the exact moment I stopped living I mean I was still breathing…just not really alive. My spinal chord took over for my brain so I could still walk, eat, swallow blink. My color was good, my blood … Continue reading →

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Fluid Reality

Posted on May 12, 2020 by Karima Hoisan

Hi everyone, I invite you to watch and listen to this little video poem I made about all that we have been through recently…but in a more metaphysical way. I hope you will watch it and enjoy. I made subtitles … Continue reading →

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I Miss You

Posted on May 2, 2020 by Karima Hoisan

Letting my mind run backwards until it’s hard not to cry… I know it’s the way; it is. All moves forward and we leave or get left behind. We love and we lose sight, lose touch with all those who … Continue reading →

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Painless Purple

Posted on April 19, 2020 by Karima Hoisan

Stopped in place because… the pain now takes a solo through the days. Everything is in movement, but me; I stay inert, quiet, nothing hurts inert, no grinding my bones on my bones. If I just breathe quietly and watch … Continue reading →

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The Pandemic of 2020

Posted on April 8, 2020 by Karima Hoisan

The Pandemic of 2020 I’ve been working on trying to say something (after all I am a poet) for the last 3 weeks..to find the words for these extraordinary times.. My muse seems, besides practicing distancing, has now locked herself … Continue reading →

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Bird Life in The Dry Season

Posted on February 22, 2020 by Karima Hoisan

Bird Life in The Dry Season A lazy, warm and slightly sensual day unfolding with barely a breeze, Blinking light in tropical greens, shadows on the branches twist and tease. Floating high above the canopy, puffs of cotton pretending to … Continue reading →

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Gino

Posted on January 18, 2020 by Karima Hoisan

Gino We were blessed; we had an angel years ago, fall from the sky, nearby. We took him in, and found a special place for him, Marveled how we were chosen to house him in his time on earth. How … Continue reading →

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Dealing With Demons

Posted on December 30, 2019 by Karima Hoisan

Dealing With Demons To hear the poem recited by me to the music that inspired it click here: Recorded Poem Dealing With Demons If only love can kill a demon; only love can cure a demon, all those lashing tails … Continue reading →

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