Tag Archives: Poetry

This Poet Swimming Laps

Posted on July 27, 2021 by Karima Hoisan

                                                                           My Pool This Poet Swimming Laps The early sun peeks through the cloud bank“Thank God it might warm up the water”The light sparkles on the ripples that the jets shoot across the pool.They twist in sinewy sea serpent shapes, … Continue reading →

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You and The Moon

Posted on July 23, 2021 by Karima Hoisan

You and The Moon For U. 24 hours and counting down, before the next full moon, I find myself clinging to the “i’s” and crossing the “t’s.” The wind is a flute, that plays from every direction, the poppy fields … Continue reading →

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Sunbeam

Posted on July 16, 2021 by Karima Hoisan

The early morning beam of light, comes in my window to play… It finds my crystals hanging in the window and coaxes jets of color to paint my walls.. It passes through prisms tickling the rainbow reds, yellows and blues … Continue reading →

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Nightmare in Yellow

Posted on July 13, 2021 by Karima Hoisan

Marinela Christel (Lonely Wolf) I met Lonely Wolf on a poetry site in 2004. We became instant friends and she began sharing her poetry, some of it truly brutal and horrifying with me.I had never read anything like it and … Continue reading →

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Cut To Fade

Posted on July 7, 2021 by Karima Hoisan

Cut To Fade <<*>> Propping my head in the window, the afternoon light dips and sways, my hands caress my prayer scarf, my chin is tied and trussed; Now it’s steady as my gaze.      A black gauze hood flaps … Continue reading →

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“In One Puff” Featured on MasticadoresUSA

Posted on July 5, 2021 by Karima Hoisan

This beautiful  acrylic painting, Dissolving and Becoming, by my dear friend,Jan Betts, is the featured image for my first poem, published on MasticadoresUSA, Director re crivello, Editor, Gabriela Marie Milton. “In One Puff” was first published on my site in … Continue reading →

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You Snored Like A Bird

Posted on June 26, 2021 by Karima Hoisan

                                                    Painting by Evelyn Hamilton You Snored Like a Bird For U. I never believed people like you existed: When you hovered off the ground instead of walking… When you laughed, I heard wind chimes tinkling around the corners of … Continue reading →

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Are You The Virgin Mary?

Posted on June 25, 2021 by Karima Hoisan

Are You The Virgin Mary? ============================== I was asked today if I were the Virgin Mary. Two small girls in cautious timidity approached me. They were right to ask, for what else could I be?… dressed in white silk from … Continue reading →

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My Poem Free-Falling Flower published in Flora Fiction

Posted on June 22, 2021 by Karima Hoisan

Hi all, just to share this poem, which I am pretty sure most of my readers have never seenas I posted this here in 2011.It is now in the Volume 2 Issue Summer 2021 of Flora Fiction Magazine, both digital … Continue reading →

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Lie To Me

Posted on June 18, 2021 by Karima Hoisan

Lie To Me Please Click Play to see a Video Clip of me performing this poem at Opensim Festto the music of Chris Issak, “Lie to Me” A long time ago, I sat in an airplanein the days of the … Continue reading →

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