Tag Archives: Poetry

Winter Coat

Posted on September 7, 2020 by Karima Hoisan

Adriana – Oil on Panel | Artist Jeremiah J. White Winter Coat  ************* My mother’s winter coat falls on its own in the back of a closet on a warm day in June in a country she never knew; never … Continue reading →

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Nice

Posted on September 3, 2020 by Karima Hoisan

Nice Someone told me, the night before last,that, my poem I read to him was nice.Perhaps he meant it as a compliment,in an understated way,but I took it as a death sentence.the harshest penalty…Nice? Oh, have I come to this … 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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Piano Lesson

Posted on August 31, 2020 by Karima Hoisan

Piano Lesson<<*>> Oh Abuse!It is a complicated melody,so hard for me to play.Return and repeat,with an introof strings, sweet passages,until the drum rolls roar,until the life threats roll,until the childish tearsfall down a woman’s face,wide-eyed fortissimoand trembling in staccatoform a … 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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Sea Me!

Posted on August 24, 2020 by Karima Hoisan

Sea Me! I remember when you were the sea.. Face to face with your immensityI say “I do.”I say “Marry me into your infinity”Just let your riptide pull me through.I have this heavy piece of baggage,now I let it sink … Continue reading →

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Creative Soulmates

Posted on August 19, 2020 by Karima Hoisan

Creative SoulmatesFor Natascha Someone once asked me,to tell them all about you.They said, “Who she is?What makes her so important to you?”There really was no easy answeras that reply would take time,was more complicated, then I thinkthey even wanted to … Continue reading →

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I Forgive You

Posted on August 17, 2020 by Karima Hoisan

I Forgive You ~~~ I forgive you.. because I have been forgiven. I know the joy, the release of pain…of shame to hear those three little words. They almost feel like “I love you” when we hear them spoken out … Continue reading →

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Tea and Poetry

Posted on August 15, 2020 by Karima Hoisan

Tea and Poetry For U. In our lives here, on the desert’s edge, we make time for everything… but showing how we really feel; and we are so good at talking about anything, but what is in our minds, worse … 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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