Category Archives: General Discussion

General thoughts & musings.

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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A Better Year…

Posted on December 31, 2020 by Karima Hoisan

A Better Year Standing on a stool peeking over the wallthat separates this year from the next…I can barely see anything at all.This new year is born on the dead leaves of the last.It is tainted and contaminated and sick … Continue reading →

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I Am an Avatar

Posted on December 24, 2020 by Karima Hoisan

Karima Hoisan is my avatar. I am Karima Hoisan in the virtual world.Sentimental and nostalgic, I look back on the eve of my virtual birthdayon what it means to be an avatar in 2020. For me this was never a … Continue reading →

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The Molded One

Posted on December 20, 2020 by Karima Hoisan

What I’m learning as a soul in a body that is expiring… Creation is everywhere and in our hands; it’s part of you and part of me… being made in a Creator’s image; it comes bundled inside. I know I … Continue reading →

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When The Poem Arrives…

Posted on December 14, 2020 by Karima Hoisan

When The Poem Arrives I have felt it coming for days..and  yet…not a word has been put down,because it’s still on its way.Whatever it is, my muse wants to say,there is no hurrying that, or rushing to the end.No, I … Continue reading →

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Surfacing

Posted on December 9, 2020 by Karima Hoisan

Surfacing for Umahmad The ducks caught your attention As you strode to the lake shore, bubbling angry energy. It was like they caught each strife and slowly turned them into grace. The breeze hit our faces, all the ducks looked … Continue reading →

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Hope is a Butterfly

Posted on November 15, 2020 by Karima Hoisan

Painting Hope by Rachel Steely Hope is a butterfly that flies inside. Somewhere, between our panic and our euphoria, it circles our heart, soars high in the middle, and stays part of us, while it wings and glides. We know … Continue reading →

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A Personal Note of Thank You from Natascha Randt

Posted on October 13, 2020 by Karima Hoisan

“Hey out there, here is Nat 🙂I am back from Hospital.I am not good but better and so I wanna thank you all who sent prayers and good vibes and positive thoughts and so on.That means a lot to me! … Continue reading →

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Thank You To Spillwords Press for accepting my first poem, “In The Moment,” for publication

Posted on September 30, 2020 by Karima Hoisan

I am honored and excited to have my first poem, “In The Moment,” (originally titled here,”Frozen In The Moment”) accepted for publication in their prestigious press. You can see the link below – review stars are welcome 🙏I am a … Continue reading →

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