My Poem Free-Falling Flower published in Flora Fiction

Posted on June 22, 2021 by Karima Hoisan

Hi all,
just to share this poem, which I am pretty sure most of my readers have never seen
as I posted this here in 2011.
It is now in the Volume 2 Issue Summer 2021 of Flora Fiction Magazine, both digital and in print.
You can find the whole issue here online free at: https://florafiction.com/literary-magazine/
Thank you again to Flora Fiction for including my poem in their issue.
I hope you enjoy this free-falling poetic thought:) (Zoom in:)
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35 Responses to My Poem Free-Falling Flower published in Flora Fiction

  1. Ace says:
    June 22, 2021 at 5:46 pm

    Congratulations, my dear Karima!!! What an amazing accomplishment and so well deserved! I LOVE your poem! Especially the ending, such a masterful flow. Your words feel as though they are falling into each other in the most beautiful, graceful, special and free way! Thank you for sharing with us 🙏🏻. I thoroughly enjoyed reading 🖤🖤

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    • Karima Hoisan says:
      June 22, 2021 at 5:52 pm

      Dearest Ace, you definitely are one of my most aligned-to me-poetically readers:):) Yes that was the idea..to feel the fall, the choice to let go and the wind whistling around you..the Freedom as you point out. The theme was Freedom by the way, of the whole issue..I think flower freedom counts too…Have you seen them falling on the breeze, maybe from a clift, or an updraft they sail so gently but persistently downwards…Wouldn’t that be a rush? an amazing feeling? Thank you thank you for your intuned comment..I love that we are too❤️🤗🙏🌹🌺🌼🌈🌸

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      • Ace says:
        June 22, 2021 at 8:34 pm

        Awww Karima, I love that we are intuned too!!! It’s a true blessing to know you, my dear friend!! YES, I know exactly the moment and rush you are talking about…it’s peaceful, nostalgic, soothing to the soul, divine and metaphorical in so many ways. Thank you for illuminating it in such a beautiful way 🖤🤗

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    • Harneet says:
      July 11, 2021 at 12:57 pm

      Read more poems check my website

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  2. Gabriela Marie Milton says:
    June 22, 2021 at 5:57 pm

    That is absolutely superb sweetheart. Congratulations from the bottom of my heart.
    xoxo

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  3. Karima Hoisan says:
    June 22, 2021 at 6:11 pm

    *Swoons⇣→→🤗

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  4. Jeff Flesch says:
    June 22, 2021 at 8:25 pm

    Wow. What a beautifully written poem. Such a journey, it’s as if I was the flower, as you coaxed me along the story line with your elegant and moving words. I love this poem, dear Karima. Congratulations on the pub!! ❤️🙏🤗🌺

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    • Karima Hoisan says:
      June 23, 2021 at 12:26 pm

      That’s so sweet of you Jeff! I am glad you took the journey with the falling flower…that makes me happy that I was able to “coax” you along. I love this comment.. I am so glad you feel the same about my poem:):) Thank you thank you for your best wishes!!❤️🤗🙏✨

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  5. anitaannabel says:
    June 23, 2021 at 12:46 am

    Its a lovely poem….beautiful to the eyes🤗💖

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  6. KK says:
    June 23, 2021 at 6:19 am

    Congratulations, Karima🎉 you deserve it. Every line of the poem gives a sublime touch, e.g. ‘no one can stop revealing this unravelling’, and ‘freedom sigh escapes from lips of clinging leaves’. Throughout the poem, a soothing easy free fall is palpable. Loved reading it. Well done 👍 👌👌

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  7. Natascha Randt says:
    June 23, 2021 at 7:37 am

    Congrats Karima!
    I like it that now many more folks are able to enjoy your poetry

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  8. daleinnis says:
    June 23, 2021 at 8:01 pm

    Yay, congratulations! A real live magazine, that actually prints on paper? That’s terrific! Always good to see you recognized in a new venue. All of us fans very proud. 🙂

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    • Karima Hoisan says:
      June 23, 2021 at 8:03 pm

      Awww thank you Dale…just nice to be recognized after being pretty anonymous all of my life hehe. I think they did a nice layout on the poem…Thanks for your eternal support:)

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  9. The Wheelchair Teen says:
    June 24, 2021 at 8:28 am

    Congratulations on getting this published in a magazine! Using the simple tool of anthropomorphism, you managed to completely bring this flower to life and make it appear more ‘human’ than most. Incredible. This is a poem that I feel people might choose to interpret in many different ways. I see it as the journey from the beginning of life when we’re shy and timid and don’t quite know who we are yet – unti the moment we fuly discover who we are and the way that we want to be. It’s not easy for the flower – it takes courage and strength and it’s not a perfect-looking fall as they make their way down. But they get there eventually. ❤

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  10. Karima Hoisan says:
    June 24, 2021 at 12:53 pm

    Thank you thank you Simone for your congratulations and I absolutely love what you say in your comment – what you saw in my poem! I humanized my flower (you are Very right!!) and I love how you interpreted its journey…Yes the shy timid bud changes into the fearless flower that plunges..Your perceptions are just so in-tuned…Yes , the fall is not totally graceful..but it is courageous and they do get to where they were meant to go too:) It does take strength and also belief in the path you are on:):) Thank you again!!🙏❤️🌹🌸

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  11. Joey says:
    June 24, 2021 at 3:07 pm

    Congratulations, dear Karima, such a beautiful layout! It serves your poem so well. I can’t even begin to explain my feelings with this piece. Such gracefulness in every image that you draw with words. I love it 💗

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  12. Samreen Asad says:
    June 27, 2021 at 3:25 pm

    Wow, habeebity, just soooo beautiful…. Entire journey of life explained beauty-florally .. ❤️❤️❤️
    Heartiest congratulations, loads of love and hugs🥰🥰❤️❤️🤗🤗🤗

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    • Karima Hoisan says:
      June 28, 2021 at 12:50 pm

      Awww habeebity…thank you thank you! I love you saw the human journey in this free fall…Yes I saw it too, but unconsciously.. I wasn’t aware it was there, until I read it back..Funny, that happens sometimes. The writer, can be the last to know what they are writing about,,,really:):) I adore your comments…I adore You UmAnzar Big Big hugs 🤗🤗🤗❤️❤️

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  13. Americaoncoffee says:
    June 28, 2021 at 12:48 pm

    Congrats on your beautiful works! 🍂💞🍂

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  14. Karima Hoisan says:
    June 28, 2021 at 2:09 pm

    You too!!! ☕️

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  15. Benjamin Grossman says:
    June 29, 2021 at 6:31 am

    Congrats!!! Awesome to see this wonderful news. Hopefully many more to come soon!

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  16. jonicaggiano says:
    July 6, 2021 at 9:25 am

    Congratulations on your beautiful publication. The appreciation, love and purpose of this one flower is so exquisitely expressed. I love that you wrote such a long piece on the glorious beauty and purpose of just one thing that God has put on this earth. Truly beautiful my new friend. Have a blessed week. xoxoxo Joni

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    • Karima Hoisan says:
      July 11, 2021 at 3:25 pm

      HI Joni, just seeing this beautiful comment right now..Sorry I overlooked it! Ahh the wonders of flowers..birds, Nature in all it’s glory, really inspire me. I see they do you too:):)Hope you had a good weekend and maybe you have a great week full of creativity:)🦋🙏🌹🤗❤️

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      • jonicaggiano says:
        July 11, 2021 at 3:44 pm

        Hi my new friend, I do so love nature. What a beautiful piece. Nature is such an inspiration for me as well. I hope we both have an inspirational week. Love ❤️ 😘🦋💝 Joni

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