Author Archives: Karima Hoisan

Toucan Logic

Posted on December 14, 2021 by Karima Hoisan

Toucan Logic “You look like me,” said the Toucan to another Toucan, eating a banana. “Should we fight?” “Why? Because we look like each other?” “No, because there is only one banana.” “The robins do it all the time.” “They … Continue reading →

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Back To The Light

Posted on December 7, 2021 by Karima Hoisan

Slipping into the micro-shrooms I slide into my poetry. A new poem, unexpectedly comes after coffee and after breakfast. I always feel the urge to write a poem, any poem, every poem, like a warning Like running to the bathroom, … Continue reading →

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Take My Heart

Posted on December 5, 2021 by Karima Hoisan

                                        “Your Heart is Safe with Me” Markus Akesson” My deepest affairs..have been affairs of the heart;bodies had no part in it.. they could have been storedin a box.These love storiesare always sublime,always have amazing endings,even when they end in … Continue reading →

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Short Prose Poetry Contest – Honorable Mention

Posted on November 19, 2021 by Karima Hoisan

Karima Hoisan, inspired by Sahara,The Stars of Wadi Rum author’s site After the devoured lamblicking our fingers clean2 million stars of Wadi Rumpulling our eyesup to the skyYou hooked my little pinkiewith yoursas we lay in the sandhearing the adolescent boyplaying … Continue reading →

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Type-cast by Love

Posted on November 19, 2021 by Karima Hoisan

“Amor” by Jack Vettriano Type-cast by Love Even the bad tastes good in my historywhen I turn back the pagesand yes, it was all about love, all aboutthe many ways and forms I was molded,shaped by love, by the sleepless … Continue reading →

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New Paint

Posted on November 16, 2021 by Karima Hoisan

New Paint The workman are tapping on the walls since 6 a.m. Instead of sanding 50 years of paint they chip chip away the old and ready it to be painted anew. Ironically, the new color, will be the original … Continue reading →

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My Poem,”Way With Words” on Spillwords Press

Posted on November 15, 2021 by Karima Hoisan

Hello everyone,I am happy to share today, that my poem, “Way With Words” is now up on Spillwords Press.This is my 7th poem chosen for their site, and once again I am grateful to the editors and all at Spillwords, … Continue reading →

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A La Virtual

Posted on November 9, 2021 by Karima Hoisan

By the blue virtual sea… The waves lap and roll and their energy, liquid bubbles of blue, rise up, passing through me to my brain from my toes. I feel as well as see and in this moment I am … Continue reading →

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The Natascha Randt Memorial on Kitely -Virtual Worlds

Posted on November 5, 2021 by Karima Hoisan

Hi everyone…Ever since the passing of my creative partner and best friend, Natascha, I have been building her memorial…and now it is finished! For those of you with virtual avatars in Opensim, you can access it here  The Natascha Randt … Continue reading →

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“Hallo Sushi”

Posted on October 28, 2021 by Karima Hoisan

              Taken on the Natascha Randt Memorial on Kitely- Virtual Worlds on Demand If I could conjure you now in a pastel-blue cauldron stirring your potion with a brush and a bell with a drum beat and a flute… then… … Continue reading →

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