Category Archives: General Discussion

General thoughts & musings.

April 18th

Posted on April 18, 2021 by Karima Hoisan

This post was first published in 2013. My father died on April 18th, when I was twelve years old. This is the first poem I have ever written about that, and it is more than a few decades later. Every … Continue reading →

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This Too Is An Act of Charity

Posted on April 17, 2021 by Karima Hoisan

When you put down your phone a minute and go to you grandmother’s room,and sit in a chair close by her bed, and ask her,“Gramma, tell me how it was, before?… before all the carsand sickness and internet; tell me … Continue reading →

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My Poem, “Attitude,” On Spillwords Press

Posted on April 14, 2021 by Karima Hoisan

I am once again very grateful to Spillwords Press for publishing my fourth poem,“Attitude” on their site. I invite my readers to visit their site and read it there…. Attitude can be everything…can’t it?Click the link to read “Attitude” on … Continue reading →

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In One Puff

Posted on March 12, 2021 by Karima Hoisan

In One Puff The everyday..the simple, the light changing and coloring the room, for a few minutes pure silence as the traffic mysteriously disappears. I find I’m holding my breath in anticipation, of what? I’m not sure. Now, the wind … Continue reading →

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Poetry and Me

Posted on March 5, 2021 by Karima Hoisan

Poetry and Me I’m a poet. It seems to me I’ve always been. When kids my age were running after soccer balls, I was nursing a dislocated knee…and writing poetry. When other girls my age, in high school glided down … Continue reading →

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Nothing Left To Say

Posted on February 17, 2021 by Karima Hoisan

                                                             Zeekmystories While my muse runs around the house in bathrobe and curlers, I wonder when I will ever write another poem again? It happens, so they say, after years of inspiration,  all of a sudden I find myself with … Continue reading →

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The Wizard….is Waiting To Receive You

Posted on February 10, 2021 by Karima Hoisan

Happy to announce that my 20th virtual world on Kitely – Virtual Worlds on Demand, The Wizard  is open to receive visitors… For those of my WordPress readers, who think they would take the leap, and get an avatar and … Continue reading →

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Out of Nothing…

Posted on February 2, 2021 by Karima Hoisan

Out of Nothing Out of nothing …comes something.. It is the story of our universe, our planet Earth. It is the story of our lives and our creativity. From the tiniest little microscopic seed Comes a totally new human being, … Continue reading →

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A Tree Falls Hard

Posted on January 9, 2021 by Karima Hoisan

A tree falls hard inside the woods, its thud reverberates across the forest floor. When a tree’s cut down, at any age, on any stage; It’s instant death, a broken neck, a heart attack, when sliced by blade without a … Continue reading →

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The Flowers

Posted on January 1, 2021 by Karima Hoisan

The Flowersfor Julian Gifted to me when they were just tightly – wound buds..I placed them in water, so lovingly, in my finest vase.Sleeping in their pods, they had no idea, still so unaware, that they had traveled over mountains, … Continue reading →

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