I am excited to share with you, that my poem, “Stop The Night”
is now a Featured Post on Spillwords.com. I was notified recently that my poem was not only accepted for publication but would be a Featured Post in today’s issue.
I am very honored and grateful to those who have chosen it and especially to The Director of Development and Editor, Dagmara K.
If you enjoy it, please comment on Spillwords if you are able, or send me a “heart” and of course, I appreciate your comments here too.
I have made a recording of my reading, which can’t be shown on Spillwords but I do hope you will, come back to this page and listen to it after reading it all on their site.
Mariza, one of my favorite Portuguese singers, is for me, the “voice of my soul” Her music and her way of singing feels like an extension of my poetry and I have used her music in many readings over the years.
So please enjoy “Stop The Night” and let me know on Spillwords, or here, if you did.
Stop The Night
for Umahmad
Stop the night from breaking into dawn.
I need the darkness comforting our bed.
Soon our serene security will be gone,
when pale orange hues push out through new day’s red.
The night, a sea, as we survivors float
clinging to each other we are saved.
We don’t remember falling off the boat,
but praise the fates for tossing us to waves….
You can go to this link on Spillwords to read the rest….
Please click Play after you have read my poem on Spillwords and enjoy my spoken word to the music of the one and only, Mariza
Digital Rabbit Hole 
Congratulations of seeing this gem to publication! 🙂
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Thank you so much Collin for reading and enjoying. I hope you tried the audio file too. I appreciate your comment very much.
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Most welcome Karima, most welcome! 🙂
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Karima ❤️Many congratulations ❤️
This poem is stunning✍️.
Much love x
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Thank you Maggie for your words of approval. I’m thrilled you enjoyed it!! Much love to you too 🌹
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My pleasure Karima 🥰🥰
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Such well deserved recognition of your work, congratulations 🙂 You truly are my favorite poet, your words always speak to me. Hugs!
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Ohh thank you Joey for your beautiful words..you made me smile soo big and then blush too ☺️ Your appreciation of my poetry is really inspiring to me…
Let’s get together this coming week!! Hugs
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Such depth of sorrow…a Fado is the most appropriate for this saudade. ♥
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Thank you so much Belavar and glad you listened…we coincide in our tastes for Fados:)
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Thank you Belavar, you and I share some mutual loves for Fados and the power they can add to a verse..Yes we totally agree on that:)
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Such a beautiful poignant capturing of a moment; a deeply personal picture of a universal emotion, as you are so very good at drawing. And the audio track is wonderful! Thank you, yet again. And congratulations on being Featured on Spillwords; they show good taste…
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Thank you so much Dale…your words touch me deeply and I’m so glad you listened to the audio and found it worthy. You are such a bastion of support for me…since Forever!!:)
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the poem is so tender & touching & resigned & yearning, all blended together with a sigh🙏🏼🌹
what a powerful life you have led! full steam ahead!🥰🥰🥰
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Ah yes soulkin, this was a poem composed in the very moment of living it in 2004 and then written out a few days later… but never posted. I’m not even sure why I just tucked it away until now..but it surfaced when it wanted to I guess. Yes, Alhamdulillah, I have had some amazing experiences, and unlike most memories, these don’t seem to fade with time and then comes “saudade” the longing to relive them again, even in just my poetry. Thank you dear one…we intrepid travelers somehow in some way are still on the road to all we can still learn in our lifetime:)
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yes, & we have been productive with what we have learned🙏🏼❤️🙏🏼🎈🦋😎🌈doing our best💕🌻
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congrats! This rocks! Love it, love it, love it!
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Wow Ben..so glad you feel that way..I am totally beaming now! Thank you for listening and loving it!! Woooo the greatest words for a poet to hear:)
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Welcome! I enjoy your creation and your process. Continued success for you!
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Thank you again, Ben, and you know these are my wishes for you too, my friend.
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Congratulations, dear Karima!
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Thank you Dawn for reading and listening 🙏
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My pleasure!
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Congratulations, Karima! One more gem! You deserve it. So tender and beautiful verses yearning for darkness. So deep and meaningful! That’s really wonderful, and your voice is added attraction..💐💖🙏
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Thank you Kaushal for reading and listening..yes it is about longing for a night to never end:) I am glad you also enjoyed the spoken word over the beautiful voice of Mariza. Thanks again for your continual support of what I do:) 🙏🌹🦋
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You’re welcome always 🙏💐
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Karima, I adore this! As always, inspired and beautifully read!
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So glad you adore it, tallisman. Your comment inspires me to continue reading my poetry.Thank you!
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What an incredible poem, Karima, and one so alive with beautiful imagery and deepening meaning. Congratulations on finding it a fine home. ❤
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Thank you so much Layla and yes, they found a lovely image in its new home. Your effusive words touch me deeply. Thank you again for reading and listening,
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Fantastic
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Thank you very much Dr.
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Wow! Wow! Wow!
You are a magician, Karima. I hope you know the impact your compositions leave on the listeners. But no. You can’t. Not completely. For a creator loses at least some of that objectivity. But I wish I could make you listen to them from my perspective. They transport me to my depths. To serenity.
Ahh… the music you’ve used here was perfect for this emotion. All along. But especially in the end. The way it paused before the last stanza, and then picked up again, it took my breath away. The whole piece, it felt like a montage in the end of a great movie. A movie I had loved so much. Of you and Umahmad.
I saw it all, my friend. From the first day you saw her, to the end. Like vivid flashbacks.
You know you move me deeply through your amazing creations, Karima. I love them. And the way you mix them up with perfect music… :))
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Oh my Sundaram…your comment, so much more than a comment, touched me to my soul..and this is not the first time I have witnessed, this mysterious connection that you have with my history..especially concerning everything Umahmad. I don’t even know how to find the words except to say..you get me, feel me in my poetry, and in my story of Umahmad…almost like someone who was there with us, someone who can feel the depth of this uncommon relationship, this eternal obsession, this magical muse that does not let me forget about her. Oddly enough I feel you connect with me like someone so similar to me and yet…Wow! How could we be any more different and yet….we understand each other…you understand me on such an intimate level…and how is that possible? But you know, I don’t question it anymore. Your comments are not flukes, of the moment no, there is something on a deeper level that connects with me to you…you to my poetry, to the Umahmad story…you feel it. When you listened to my recording..you felt exactly what I felt when I was recording it…when I played it back and heard it for the first time…I knew it was what I was feeling in the moment of that poem..our last night before…I would never see her again (at least the her who was still untouched by schizophrenia) Can you imagine how I wanted, how I needed that night to go on and on,,,and never end?…but know it was growing light and soon we would say goodbye..and I was helpless to hold it dark…a little longer. I think you also felt that and the music, Mariza’s voice was my soul crying out in frustration and pain…because somehow I did know..it would never again be the same.
Your words, Sundaram, show me you felt all that..somehow and someway, you could connect to this moment, my words, the music Thank you for being on the other end of this unexpected and beautiful, and innocent connection, I am blessed to know you. I will never take that for granted..
Alhamdulillah you are in my life..Such a blessing , such a gift has been given to me
by the Most Generous One.
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The music and your beautiful voice dear Karima. A wonderful trip into your words.
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Awww thank you so much John. This is a special poem for me and the music echos the deep feelings of the verses. I felt it like one..Glad you agreed and thanks so much for listening too:)
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I did enjoy dear Karima and you are welcome.
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You grabbed me right at the gate with your words that flowed seamlessly with gorgeous imagery. This piece is stupendous and I haven’t even been able to listen your to your enthralling voice and music because the house is filled with peeps in their own zone. I’m elated for you it was accepted to SW and better yet nominated for Pub of the month so much deserved. Congratulations my friend. Heading there now.. xo ❤️👏👏👏💗🥰
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Thank you so much Cindy… this is the first time I am actually trying to get out the vote hehe..we will see:) I appreciate your words and your support so much. When you do have a quiet moment, try the audio version to Mariza..honestly, it has turned into one of my personal favorites haha and I am always over-critical of my own spoken words.
Big hugs and many many thank-yous for your kind words and gesture.
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hahaha that’s funny but hurry up. You’re so very welcome.. I will for sure. It really looks so amazing and I loved the words so I can just imagine. You’re always welcome💕
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