Tag Archives: Ekphrastic Poetry

“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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“Drunken Tango On The Floor”

Posted on March 17, 2012 by Karima Hoisan

Drunken Tango on The Floor Inspired by the painting “Tango” by Isabel Hermano For Isabel Hermano the artist Their colored inks were spilled not poured as they danced three long- steps across a tiled floor. Those tango winds rippled the … Continue reading →

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Potencia de La Poesía ~ Power of Poetry

Posted on August 17, 2011 by Karima Hoisan

Potencia de La Poesía for Isabel Hermano, the artist, who painted this one as a gift for me Recited to the music of David Darling,”Sweet River” When just a little choice makes everything so different we might not even notice… … Continue reading →

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The Mountain Range

Posted on July 21, 2011 by Karima Hoisan

I invite you to listen to my .mp3 reading of an original poem entitled “The Mountain Range” set to the music “Inner Journey” by Karunesh, and inspired by the beautiful painting of the artist Littleone Aries/Monica Linville entitled “Mountain Range”  … Continue reading →

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Love Tease

Posted on June 21, 2011 by Karima Hoisan

Love Tease Inspired by the painting of the same name by Rob Steenhorst I see two on a fishing trip, they are angling sportsmen on a loveless luckless night. Smooth sounds of jazzy bars fly from their lips, like lures … Continue reading →

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Sea Swell

Posted on June 9, 2011 by Karima Hoisan

 Sea Swell for Rob Steenhorst the artist Now, some incline to travel o’er the lands, on hooves well shod, with saddles oiled and girth straps tight, those graceful riders stirrups measured, find their seat and with an easy rein outstretched, … Continue reading →

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