Tag Archives: Poets

Poetry and Me

Posted on March 5, 2021 by Karima Hoisan

Poetry and Me I’m a poet. It seems to me I’ve always been. When kids my age were running after soccer balls, I was nursing a dislocated knee…and writing poetry. When other girls my age, in high school glided down … Continue reading →

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Only In Their Dreams

Posted on January 25, 2021 by Karima Hoisan

Only in Their Dreams Is it possible, that the little song bird, dreams of soaring and flying, when he looks towards the sunset on the horizon and sees those pelicans barely flapping, gliding so close to the waves, the spray … Continue reading →

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“When The Poem Arrives” on Spillwords.com

Posted on January 22, 2021 by Karima Hoisan

Thank you Spillwords.com, for accepting my third poem on their site. I know my readers, most likely read it here, but if you would go to their site, and read it again, and give it a heart…well I would really … Continue reading →

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When The Poem Arrives…

Posted on December 14, 2020 by Karima Hoisan

When The Poem Arrives I have felt it coming for days..and  yet…not a word has been put down,because it’s still on its way.Whatever it is, my muse wants to say,there is no hurrying that, or rushing to the end.No, I … Continue reading →

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Cha Cha Cha

Posted on November 21, 2020 by Karima Hoisan

Cha Cha Cha Good music, good birds good trees; today…it’s enough for me. The light changing on the leaves, the sun and shadows painting evolving scenes. I’m falling in love, one more time with Life. Only Life, can make me … Continue reading →

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Hope is a Butterfly

Posted on November 15, 2020 by Karima Hoisan

Painting Hope by Rachel Steely Hope is a butterfly that flies inside. Somewhere, between our panic and our euphoria, it circles our heart, soars high in the middle, and stays part of us, while it wings and glides. We know … Continue reading →

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The Red Bird

Posted on November 9, 2020 by Karima Hoisan

The Red Bird You’re the bright red bird,living your life between the drab, the invisible grays,the olive browns, the flaxen blacks… the beige. When you land on a branchall eyes sweep to you. You are first noticed, first seen,causing shouts … Continue reading →

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At The Beach

Posted on September 29, 2020 by Karima Hoisan

                                                                  photo by Poett At The Beachfor PoettWhen the clouds and waves agreeto coordinate their colorsand the sky illuminates the glowing seaof Neptune’s shiny floor,you can expect to ride upon it’s brackish sweet sea breeze,its endless steel-blue ocean swellsthat die … Continue reading →

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Beautifully Loved and Signed

Posted on September 28, 2020 by Karima Hoisan

Beautifully Loved and Signed The poem leaped in delight, because she was exactly the one, for him to be born, this girl with the light steps and kind ways the sparking eyes, the chiseled profile, the noble face. It lived … Continue reading →

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Enigmatic

Posted on September 24, 2020 by Karima Hoisan

Enigmatic What’s flying around in your head today, Clear open skies or fog? So hard to tell from staring into your eyes.. They say, the eyes are the doorway to the soul, but yours are more the gatekeeper, the keep-out … Continue reading →

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