Tag Archives: Inspiration

Short Prose Poetry Contest – Honorable Mention

Posted on November 19, 2021 by Karima Hoisan

Karima Hoisan, inspired by Sahara,The Stars of Wadi Rum author’s site After the devoured lamblicking our fingers clean2 million stars of Wadi Rumpulling our eyesup to the skyYou hooked my little pinkiewith yoursas we lay in the sandhearing the adolescent boyplaying … Continue reading →

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In One Puff

Posted on March 12, 2021 by Karima Hoisan

In One Puff The everyday..the simple, the light changing and coloring the room, for a few minutes pure silence as the traffic mysteriously disappears. I find I’m holding my breath in anticipation, of what? I’m not sure. Now, the wind … Continue reading →

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More About The Poet

Posted on December 5, 2020 by Karima Hoisan

More About The Poet Now you know a bit more about this poet…. I have a cat and a black piano, a piano and cat are part of me.Both are important for my soul, for my need to touch, to … Continue reading →

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The Dancer In The Tree

Posted on September 15, 2020 by Karima Hoisan

The Dancer In The Tree A piano playing in the background goes tip tipping over the branch of a tree. My unexpected trance is now the conduit that allows these miracles to happen… right before my ears, right before my … Continue reading →

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Be a Leaf

Posted on September 1, 2020 by Karima Hoisan

Be a Leaf for Sabiscuit …and the melody carries you away…let it take you..take you into your mind,the thoughts you have yet to imaginethoughts you have not even had time to think. The melody is the river, the breeze,the unexpected … Continue reading →

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Poets

Posted on August 13, 2020 by Karima Hoisan

Poets for my WordPress Poets I had just finished a poem and then the next day another then four days later, another… Now I’m wondering, where do these poems come from? When we sit down to breakfast, and stare into … Continue reading →

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Today Is The Day

Posted on July 31, 2020 by Karima Hoisan

Today Is The Day for Hoyt I know I have been so remiss… the best things in this life that keep coming and coming like a sunset to dawn, sunrise to stars I take them all too easily for granted. … Continue reading →

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Your Compassion

Posted on July 29, 2020 by Karima Hoisan

Your Compassion Then someone said, “Well of course.. This is the time to think about our lives to feel our mortality, even the time to set things right.” We have never been as unsure as now, to what the future … Continue reading →

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My Favorite Mirror

Posted on July 20, 2020 by Karima Hoisan

My Favorite Mirror I miss my favorite mirror, although I know it’s still there, hanging in a limbo room, on a nail where Time is suspended. The problem is, all the interference of these days, the dust that hides the … 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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