Marrying Into Poverty

Posted on September 15, 2025 by Karima Hoisan

Footnote: I awoke with this thought running through my head (the first two lines)

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21 Responses to Marrying Into Poverty

  1. nineiz's avatar nineiz says:
    September 15, 2025 at 12:35 pm

    Beautiful. And true🌹

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  2. Layla Todd's avatar Layla Todd says:
    September 15, 2025 at 12:43 pm

    Wow! Such a beautiful piece and truly the opening lines stuck with me. 💗

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    • Karima Hoisan's avatar Karima Hoisan says:
      September 15, 2025 at 12:50 pm

      Thank you so much Layla and yesterday I lost my fiber optic cable and they can’t fix it until Tuesday… so on a very slow 3G hotspot i posted this thought before I forgot it hehe. I am thrilled you enjoyed it!!

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  3. daleinnis's avatar daleinnis says:
    September 15, 2025 at 2:20 pm

    That is lovely!

    The soul grows and thrives … with the less it has.

    So wise. I need to declutter!

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  4. Dawn Minott's avatar Dawn Minott says:
    September 15, 2025 at 11:20 pm

    What a profound thought to wake up with. Love what you did with it!!!

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  5. Steve Rogers's avatar Steve Rogers says:
    September 16, 2025 at 2:51 am


    As ssomeone who has lived on a little all my life, I agree wholeheartedly.

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    • Karima Hoisan's avatar Karima Hoisan says:
      September 16, 2025 at 8:01 am

      Beeflin!! As someone who had such a fabulous tango with you a long time ago, your visit and comment here are making my entire day. Thank you dear friend for still reading my posts :):)🙏💕

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  6. swadharma9's avatar swadharma9 says:
    September 16, 2025 at 11:44 am

    i love this poem! ❤️🙏🏼🌹

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  7. Cindy Georgakas's avatar Cindy Georgakas says:
    September 17, 2025 at 11:19 am

    So many poignant lives that linger in my heart that has everything and nothing and laments on the minuscule and the grand. The seeds of life covered yet radiating their beauty, the warmth and joy and the terror and destruction all umbrellaed under the same canopy and yet so distant and cruel. Wonderful poem to wake up to and share dear Karima!
    💕

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    • Karima Hoisan's avatar Karima Hoisan says:
      September 18, 2025 at 8:42 am

      So glad you enjoyed this one, Cindy, and I am getting more convinced that I might be a better poet when I’m asleep.:) I love your gorgeous take on it too…and I have been truly down and out twice in my life ( for years) and I look back at these times so fondly. I learned to be very appreciative of anything, everything, and so grateful to be alive:) Thank you so much for your poetic comment. Hugs!!

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      • Cindy Georgakas's avatar Cindy Georgakas says:
        September 18, 2025 at 3:16 pm

        I sure did and I think maybe we both are on the same wave length writing in a trans as we sleep walk. I love your memory and tender embrace of the past and moving forward with such gratefulness for EVERYTHING! You’re welcome, I just read it and I was like what did I just say.. lol Hugs and always love ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

  8. Davidb.redpath@gmail.com's avatar Davidb.redpath@gmail.com says:
    September 17, 2025 at 6:58 pm

    I once got married

    in the the great state of Chaos

    where the currency is dysfunction

    as everything

    is either profit or loss

    and love is just another orphan

    on the cold streets of Bedlam

    now I’m glad to say . . .

    I’m forever married

    in my new hometown

    of Providence where abundance

    is in the eye of the beholder

    and in the hands of my sweet lover

    ❤️ 💛 ❤️

    what no one else can see

    what no one else can know

    between my lover and me

    there seems to be

    this invisible golden glow

    far greater than the sum

    of two mortal hearts

    it could only come

    from somewhere high above

    where no one else can see

    where no one else can know

    unless they’ve been touched

    by that special kind of love

    with a heavenly golden glow

    ❤️ 💛 ❤️

    Thanks for your inspiration, Karima 🙏😎

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    • Karima Hoisan's avatar Karima Hoisan says:
      September 17, 2025 at 8:14 pm

      Oh Oh Wow!! and thank you David for running so gracefully with my little whispered phrase…It’s gorgeous…It speaks scene after scene to me…such a gift left on my doorstep…🧧🙏

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  9. Sadje's avatar Sadje says:
    September 19, 2025 at 9:21 am

    So beautiful Karima. And absolutely true.

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  10. davidjhopcroft's avatar davidjhopcroft says:
    September 19, 2025 at 9:30 am

    Only when you have nothing can you discover the value of the self

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  11. Dawn Pisturino's avatar Dawn Pisturino says:
    September 26, 2025 at 12:36 pm

    I feel the most spiritual when material wealth is not involved. This poem is so right on the “money!”

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    • Karima Hoisan's avatar Karima Hoisan says:
      September 26, 2025 at 3:19 pm

      Thank you Dawn and yes me too. I was my “highest” when I lived without electricty and most every convenience for 10 years in the very rural beach area when I first landed here.

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