Tag Archives: Sadness

The Toucan’s Lament

Posted on November 8, 2022 by Karima Hoisan

                         Toucans on Rain Forest River by William Patterson Please press play to hear my spoken word version of the poem Music by The Darkest Cello Music_ Beginning to End Hendyamps Studios Toucans:  Flying free in my yard Toucans crying in … Continue reading →

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Arbor of Sour Grapes

Posted on September 2, 2022 by Karima Hoisan

Please click play to hear me recite the poem. Desire is just one room in a mansion and it can end in the bedroom or in a luxurious waiting room, years, waiting, hoping, dreaming, or in tears. Its face changes … Continue reading →

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Way Too Bright…

Posted on October 24, 2021 by Karima Hoisan

Everyone tells me to stand up on my feet…My pale face and dark cloud spaceis bringing them down to blueOops!…did I get some on you?Well…I’m working on it..I’m coming back from the deadI’m pulling it togetherI’m stapling my headI can’t … Continue reading →

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For Natascha

Posted on September 16, 2021 by Karima Hoisan

Creativity in grief, has always been a way of dealing with pain and loss. 5 unrelated things happened for this simple little visual poem to come alive. 1.I shot my bedroom window in the wind on my iphone… 2. I … Continue reading →

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Big-Holed Sieve

Posted on August 17, 2021 by Karima Hoisan

Big-Holed-Sieve For O Each day passes right through without touching me, Big-holed sieve … nothing of any value stays; An entire starry evening, goes straight down the drain. What is the purpose of pouring, Into the porous leftover of my … Continue reading →

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Cut To Fade

Posted on July 7, 2021 by Karima Hoisan

Cut To Fade <<*>> Propping my head in the window, the afternoon light dips and sways, my hands caress my prayer scarf, my chin is tied and trussed; Now it’s steady as my gaze.      A black gauze hood flaps … Continue reading →

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The Cold Road (Lyrics)

Posted on March 15, 2021 by Karima Hoisan

The Cold Road You broke my heart, even though you didn’t want to. I know you love me, just maybe not in ways that I do. Without intention, you said some things that hurt me. My heart is fragile, it … Continue reading →

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Outside

Posted on November 24, 2017 by Karima Hoisan

Outside Somehow, while the world was turning I got left on the outside..standing still. Everything seemed normal and yet I sensed that I was missing. Things flashed by me, while saxophones wailed like sirens and yet, I was frozen, in … Continue reading →

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