Category Archives: General Discussion

General thoughts & musings.

Big-Holed Sieve

Posted on August 17, 2021 by Karima Hoisan

Big-Holed-Sieve For O Each day passes right through without touching me, Big-holed sieve … nothing of any value stays; An entire starry evening, goes straight down the drain. What is the purpose of pouring, Into the porous leftover of my … Continue reading →

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Our Next Movie

Posted on August 12, 2021 by Karima Hoisan

Our Next Movie For Natascha my film partner If I were a soaring bird. with a true-blue heart, I would fly across the Atlantic Ocean, to Germany…all the way, just to peck on your window and make sure you were … Continue reading →

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My Poem, “Glorious Monster” On Spillwords Press

Posted on August 9, 2021 by Karima Hoisan

Good morning and Happy Monday!!I am happy to announce that my poem, “Glorious Monster” is up on Spillwords Press today!I would like to give thanks to the editors for accepting my submission and invite you all to read it on … Continue reading →

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In The Window

Posted on July 31, 2021 by Karima Hoisan

           ~*~This is the Recording I made Live at a Reading in 2010.I invite you to listen as it was written to be performed to music. In The Window(for umahmad) …and there I am again,  standing … Continue reading →

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The Story of Maktoob (“that which is already written” )

Posted on July 25, 2021 by Karima Hoisan

Sometimes we actually notice when we have been given a gift, that had our name on it. Little Maktoob is one such gift.About 2 weeks ago, I heard a small kitten crying in my backyard. My first reaction was,”I hope … Continue reading →

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Nightmare in Yellow

Posted on July 13, 2021 by Karima Hoisan

Marinela Christel (Lonely Wolf) I met Lonely Wolf on a poetry site in 2004. We became instant friends and she began sharing her poetry, some of it truly brutal and horrifying with me.I had never read anything like it and … Continue reading →

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“Float” The YouTube

Posted on July 8, 2021 by Karima Hoisan

Hi everyone, I am sharing a YouTube that I just made today using a poem and soundtrack I wrote back in 2012. I think very few of my readers and friends were following this blog back then, so I decided … Continue reading →

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Author of The Month Nomination at Spillwords

Posted on May 26, 2021 by Karima Hoisan

Hi dear readers….:)look, I never usually do this; I find it a bit embarrassing and “beggy,” but I will ask my readers this time,(I have been nominated before) if they would like to give me a vote as, “Author of … Continue reading →

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Crino-lin-lin-line

Posted on May 23, 2021 by Karima Hoisan

Please play this music so you will see how it totally transported me and inspired my poem:) Crino- lin- lin -line! Puffs your sleeves like shoulder clouds as you weave in and out… Dancing tight and light, twirling like colorful … Continue reading →

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The Spark

Posted on May 21, 2021 by Karima Hoisan

The Spark I lost the spark; believe me, I had kept it forever and one day…it wasn’t there anymore. This spark started fires when the icy winds blew in It made all the faces glow, even the ones who were … Continue reading →

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