Category Archives: General Discussion

General thoughts & musings.

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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In Dreams

Posted on May 18, 2021 by Karima Hoisan

“just like it was taught to me…” In my dreams, I can run and I run up unknown stairs, flight after flight. I talk to people in crowded city streets… No one wears masks, and we have not yet had … Continue reading →

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Eid Mubarak! Eid Sayeed!

Posted on May 12, 2021 by Karima Hoisan

From My House to Yours! Blessed Eid!  Happy Eid!In Second Life, Come visit me the next 3 days!Ask me for a teleport…and I will beam you up!

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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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