Tag Archives: Poets

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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Pictures in a Box

Posted on September 9, 2020 by Karima Hoisan

Pictures in a Box Pictures in a box just laying flat in the dark, how long has it been since I opened that drawer; since I went back and listened to what they were saying? “Look!” This was you and … 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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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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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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