Let me share something a little lighter with you today..a short video poem filmed by me in my room. What can I say? I am prone to these eccentricities and this is one that gives me uber pleasure. I hope you will watch and Enjoy! Open wide your imaginations… a little wider please:):)
The words of the poem are below:):) Click Play!!
In My Element
I’m all about water
my origins
my composition
my loves
water always plays a big part
A Pisces in the star charts
after I go swimming
90 minutes at a time
5 times a week
I luxuriate
under a warm shower
take as long as I want
wrapped in aquatic jets
that hang off of me like
liquid moving tinsel.
Then…
I fall on my bed
to finally rest
and look up
at helium balloons
weighted down by precious
sea creatures
who slowly rotate,
twist and glide gently
in the breeze (in ocean currents)
that I write in parentheses
My hair still wet and dripping
I bring the ocean with me
After all, it’s what I am about
Just look how I live
if you don’t believe me.
The underwater sounds
temporarily drown out bird calls
I choose to feel
I’m underwater
when I’m underwater
I am completely
in my element.
The slight movement
of the tranquil sea
The surprising movement
from a passing ship
or
a storm that’s twisting in
churning us into quick
darting, spinning, grinning
creatures of the sea/
I am grinning
I am spinning
too
totally at peace.
here below the surface
in my liquid underwater
world
definitely…in my element.
Karima Hoisan
August 17th 2023
Costa Rica
Digital Rabbit Hole 
What a gorgeous poem and recitation my dearest Karima. I am truly mesmerized. It’s a Wow ❤️❤️❤️
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Big smiles and bubbles dearest Gabriela! I am so glad you enjoyed my thought, my underwater world of flow and sway. You Wowed me with your beautiful comment. Thank you my fabulous Gabriela.:)
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My pleasure hon. I was truly fascinated by the beauty of your poem and recitation. Sending lots of love your way ❤️❤️❤️
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That means a lot to me Gabriela 🤗
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❤️❤️❤️
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Lovely and unique! Thank you for so skillfully sharing your world (your Element!) with us.
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Thank you Dale who already knows a bit how my eccentric mind works:) and continues to collaborate with me 🙏
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this is utterly beautiful!
(but doesn’t your pillow get wet?)
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Thank you David for your words and also your concern for my pillow….;)Yes when I bring the sea to my room, nothing escapes getting wet..Pillows become sponges and fall to the sea floor..I swim down and find them later and lay my head…All is good in my world.🐠
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you are good at creating your own world (many of them in fact!), and this one is so peaceful, yet also virtuous, because first you have completed your healthful & sensual care of the body. lucky body gets to be snuggled up in a cozy world-viewing bed🌎🌍🌏ah, the holistic life!🤗💕🦋🎈🎈🎈
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Thank you soulkin, and yes, my reward for moving this body around is to return to this room, observing the world, blowing bubbles and feeling very much in my element. You know me well:)💃🏻🎈🐠🌈🌊🏊♀️
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Surreal. I love the echo effect.
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Thank you Aoc..so glad you enjoyed the reverb on the voice:)
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What a place to be. Enchanting.
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Thank you K.F …it is that and…you are welcome to visit anytime.😀 🌹
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There is an unbeatable calmness and peace under water.
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Totally agreed Cassa. Even imaginary underwater, using helium balloons is so lovely too…in its own right…really water currents and air currents, move things so similarly.
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Karima the Mermaid! I can visualize it.
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Thank you Dawn..I can visualize that too heehee 🧜♀️
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So lovely lines, Karima! I truly found you in your element, while reciting the poem. Truly enjoyed it.💖💐🌺
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Thanks so much Kaushal for watching it and enjoying the poem…Awww loved you found me on my element:) Your visits are always enjoyed:) 🐠🧜♀️🌊
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Water!! The elixer of all life! You nailed this one! I’ve known for years, your connections to water even in your virtual life. Interestingly enough I am reading a wonderful book entitled The Covenant of Water. The author says, “All water is connected and only land and people are disconnected. And then you created this while I was reading that. You are always surrounded by magic Ruca!
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Awww thank you so much Hoyt🙏❤️ such a beautiful comment!!
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Beautiful and wonderful dear Karima.
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Thank you my dear friend for listening 🐠🐟🫧
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You are welcome dear Karima.
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awesome creativity, wonderland of enchantment … kudos!
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Beautiful expression to present your image. Excellently done.
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I had to keep an eye 👁️
on my imagination
as I started to grow fins
even gills 🪸🐠
whilst swimming about
in your tranquil ocean 🌊 🐬
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Ahh yes and actually my little under air/water world does stimulate those imaginations..Good thing you left with yours in tact and still “under your control” (so we believe:) Loved your comment David..thanks for the visit:)
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Tbis is so happy to hear you, feel you, see you and explore your world with you in your element. I’m growing fins too to keep me liquid in our pieces water 2 fish floating, suspended, spinning.. lovely Karima💕
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Ahhh it’s a wonderful way to float smoothly through Covid…and I hope you are able do that and more!! (I’ve done it twice) Thank you for listening, watching, commenting, you are amazing!! That you are even reading and commenting on this site..under your special circumstances(some wonderful..some not so much…blows my mind. Thank you Cindy, but thank you seems small for describing what I felt, when I saw you were on my site…now Go Rest please.. Right Now!!:) 🙏❤️🤗🌹🌈
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Yes, indeed it’s true and I’m thinking this is what I need as well. Oh no, you had Covid twice, Karima? You’re so welcome my friend. It was a joy to take time to read you and immerse myself in your reality and my fantasy and think… “I need more of this”. You’re so welcome my friend an thank you so much. awwww.. hahahaahaha I am promise. 😘😂🥰🙏🏼
You’re an angel. 💗
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Hope you’re feeling even better than when you wrote this Cindy. Yes sometimes when we’re sick, falling into fantasy, indulging ourselves on comforting things really does help us keep a better attitude while feeling lousy. Feel better soon my friend. You are a treasure here on WordPress and I’m very sure, everywhere you go. Salaamtek!! “ To your health!”
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Awww thanks friend! Small improvements are movements in the right direction and wishes like yours create bigger openings of healing so thank you. I’ll ride your Frey and coattails of water drifts and waves 🌊 to get me through. Thanks dear friend-:)
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I have a soft spot for any writing that focuses on that amazing essence of life that is water so this certainly is no exception. I love how the final lines are so reflective and confident at the same time and how the overall world of this poem comes so vividly to life! ❤
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Thank you so much for diving into my element. Honestly this bedroom has become the most crazily relaxing room in my house. When I enter, I feel just as I described. Wonderful you could imagine it too. Thank you for this very descriptive comment, Layla🙏🌹
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what a lovely poem Karima and the way you read it….ahhh so enchanting.
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Awww thanks so much Mich for watching it. This is my relaxing space and really it has a very meditative underwater feel to it. So glad you enjoyed it🙏🌹
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