Tag Archives: Poetry

Not Random…

Posted on May 7, 2013 by Karima Hoisan

Not idle words, nor random throws into the game, I believe some things have meaning. How sad to think they don’t. There are times they help us make some sense of pain, sometimes we actually recognize we hurt because we … Continue reading →

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For Those Worthy Of It…

Posted on April 25, 2013 by Karima Hoisan

For Those Worthy Of It… for mia Earned and secured not to be taken carelessly not to be joked about loosely gained in slow motion lost in a heart-beat a lover’s debt to the other paid. Remembered, cherished served the … Continue reading →

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It’s Like This…

Posted on April 19, 2013 by Karima Hoisan

It’s Like This for a poet The first line is like a pearl pressed in your hand by a total stranger. Just take it. Say, ” Thank you.” The ones after that you can almost own, bend and hold but … Continue reading →

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April 18th

Posted on April 14, 2013 by Karima Hoisan

My father died on April 18th, when I was twelve years old. This is the first poem I have ever written about that, and it is more than a few decades later. Every April since, I have felt like I … Continue reading →

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My poem is like my lover…

Posted on March 28, 2013 by Karima Hoisan

My poem is like my lover… My poem is like my lover locked in a back room. How can I leave it dangling, in such a state? Nothing can be more important than to ride it to a finish. This … Continue reading →

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Sangfroid Sea

Posted on February 19, 2013 by Karima Hoisan

Click on this .mp3 link, Sangfroid Sea at Circe’s.mp3 to hear me recite it live to original music at Circe’s New Poet’s Sanctuary Feb.23rd. Sangfroid Sea It Roars…a flash flood of blood A stomp, two stomps,  blue-black clouds wrenching in … Continue reading →

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Skipping Stones

Posted on October 13, 2012 by Karima Hoisan

Skipping Stones for B. Skipping stones over a glassy pond reminds me a little of you. It was so crystal clear at first; you loved me, I loved you too. Then came those growing ripples, when perfection took a dive, … Continue reading →

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Sea Spice

Posted on October 10, 2012 by Karima Hoisan

Sea Spice Surf-zest in her face she pounded in the first stake, for what was meant to be; a tall round hut of imported spices she would offer to the public at the sea. Her sacks and bags with foreign … Continue reading →

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Way With Words

Posted on September 28, 2012 by Karima Hoisan

Way With Words for Umahmad I lost my way with words when I lost you. I had this way with them, I was the gentle trainer, and words were pigeons, squabbling, until I coaxed them to their place. And even if … Continue reading →

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“Desert Loon”

Posted on August 18, 2012 by Karima Hoisan

Desert Loon was born from my nostalgia for the desert. I coaxed my muse out of inertia this week (I have been under the weather) by first writing a musical piece that made me see the images to write the … Continue reading →

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