Tag Archives: Ekphrastic Poetry

Allies of the Night

Posted on March 11, 2022 by Karima Hoisan

Allies by Jan Betts (Signed March 10 2022 – acrylic on canvas) Allies of the Night (For Jan) Beyond the jamble and the jumble of 9 to 5 past the freeways, the fast food, the furthest out you’ve ever been… … Continue reading →

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You Won

Posted on August 25, 2020 by Karima Hoisan

You Won Every time I hold this to the light, I always think of you.When I was a dancer spinning down the garden path,the light was moon not sun and I giggled when you said,”ole”You made your fingers into horns, … Continue reading →

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“Her Muse” by Jan Betts

Posted on July 8, 2020 by Karima Hoisan

I am very excited to share this amazing painting by my dearest lifelong friend, Jan Betts. This beautiful painting in acrylics on canvas,( 35 1/2″ x 25″ 92.71cm x 63.5cm ) is a gift she made for me as a … Continue reading →

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Now You See Me

Posted on August 21, 2019 by Karima Hoisan

Now You See Me inspired by the painting of the same name- artist, Markus Akesson In every human being that breathes..there lies a mystery, A coded cocktail, trying to balance disorder and symmetry, Deeper than we could ever go or … Continue reading →

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Rob Steenhorst’s Art Book-Sporting Life

Posted on April 8, 2017 by Karima Hoisan

This seems to be my week of “Show and Tell.” 🙂 I don’t mean to be blowing my own horn too loudly, just as luck would have it, two collaborations that I was lucky enough to be part of, were … Continue reading →

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“Hansel and Gretel Are Lost” by the Artist – Rob Barber (Rob Steenhorst)

Posted on September 27, 2015 by Karima Hoisan

Hansel and Gretel are Lost for the artist – Rob Barber (Rob Steenhorst) Your pressed velour, socks tight and bright, hair combed and neat Crisp innocence stopped upon a path with pink-flushed cheeks, Are you not afraid? There’s a big … Continue reading →

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Karima Gets Tiny For A Great Big Event: Art Walk 2015 on Raglan Shire!

Posted on May 13, 2015 by Karima Hoisan

Poetry-Music-Art Ta Da! I love being a Tiny…especially for such a great event: The amazing Art Walk on Raglan Shire. I want to invite all my readers, friends, and passerbys to come to my reading, Saturday, May 16th at 12noon … Continue reading →

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Red Germaine

Posted on September 15, 2014 by Karima Hoisan

  Enjoy the Brazilian beat that inspired this poem  (just click this link)   Across the street from Red Germaine there is a place I long to know… to go, where everyone is beautiful, even their souls, and their eyes … Continue reading →

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The Taming of Eve – Remembering La Reve

Posted on July 27, 2013 by Karima Hoisan

It’s sometimes hard to look back and decide just exactly what event or events were, what I refer to, as Life- changers…those markers on the highway, for those of us who do believe in destiny, that change the direction we … Continue reading →

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Wired and Happy – Revisited

Posted on April 11, 2013 by Karima Hoisan

OK..I know..this is pretty out there, but when I went to the Criss Museum back in 2011 to see Sigfred Rodenberger’s show, I was repulsed and fascinated at the same time by this drawing. I put it up in my … Continue reading →

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