Tag Archives: Poetry

Counter-Clockwise

Posted on December 6, 2018 by Karima Hoisan

Counter-Clockwise When my wheel of fortune spins around to the left, I hold my breath. I know to count the cracks in the sidewalk, avoiding them, side stepping. I know to look up just in case, then down… up and … Continue reading →

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The Swamp House

Posted on November 13, 2018 by Karima Hoisan

This is a little different for me…not a machinima, but just a spoken word YouTube and a little mood I created with an original Garage Band piece I put together and the poem it inspired. The sign “The Swamp House” … Continue reading →

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The Last Leaf

Posted on November 2, 2018 by Karima Hoisan

The Last Leaf It’s not for fear of falling that I cling, in the cold autumn rain, the pin-prick wind. It’s not for the drop that I know will be graceful, the floating, and sashaying gently down. To land once … Continue reading →

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When I Fall Asleep…

Posted on October 30, 2018 by Karima Hoisan

When I Fall Asleep… When I fall asleep, I don’t remember my dreams of better days: The ones of my youth when hope was sewn into my chest with steel threads, When I believed all the shades of grey, that … Continue reading →

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Even a Vampire Has a Heart…Sometimes

Posted on October 24, 2018 by Karima Hoisan

(In The Spirit of Halloween)🙂 Even a vampire has a heart… sometimes. We don’t need to drain Every cat in the woods… Now and then we take them in and make them pets, and yes…put silly hats on them for … Continue reading →

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The Library Has Come Undone

Posted on October 23, 2018 by Karima Hoisan

The Library Has Come Undone So many words about tears, about awe, about love, I named each grouping, calling them poems. Yet today, some poems and their words are lost in a mind of too much time.. so many fragmented … Continue reading →

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Waiting To Be Seen

Posted on October 13, 2018 by Karima Hoisan

Here is another older one from 2008 Waiting To Be Seen ********************************* Leaf of the red rose passed over and stripped down, to force the blooming crimson glory in the crystal vase, her tight fit gown. I stared deeply at … Continue reading →

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At The Cemetery

Posted on October 9, 2018 by Karima Hoisan

Here is one from 2007..even though it’s older, it’s mine:) At The Cemetery Little dark-skinned urchin in barefoot glee

 finds a small cool ceramic floor

 to execute her soft tap dance.

 A raggedy undressed doll, swings from her hand

 as … Continue reading →

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Recycled Life

Posted on September 15, 2018 by Karima Hoisan

Recycled Life I thought of sending you an old thought one I have been carrying on my back since forever. It continues to reappear in different forms, but it’s the very same as it always was and it always appears … Continue reading →

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Rattled My Brain

Posted on September 4, 2018 by Karima Hoisan

Rattled My Brain For all those souls that rattled my brain shook me awake at midnight and put me on a horse to ride and ride and ride by only the light of the moon for the chance to hear … Continue reading →

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