Category Archives: Poems

Advice To A Flower

Posted on November 10, 2012 by Karima Hoisan

Because you are a flower hide your scent, for they will steal it away, and cut off your legs and make you one more prisoner in a vase. Fresh water, and promises on the first and second day, then… stagnant … Continue reading →

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The Nightmare that turned into a Daymare…

Posted on November 6, 2012 by Karima Hoisan

Excellent video maker,  best friend and collaborator, Natascha Randt, had a big surprise waiting for me today. She snuck onto my  Kitely -Virtual Worlds on Demand installation-“Float” and captured these images and put them to my music and dialog,”This is … Continue reading →

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“This is Just a Nightmare”

Posted on November 5, 2012 by Karima Hoisan

I kept my word.  I built a 3D version of a scary poem I recently wrote, on Kitely – Virtual Worlds on Demand, in time for Halloween (see post; Afloat) I will enclose a few teaser photos to give you an … Continue reading →

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Helium Moon

Posted on November 4, 2012 by Karima Hoisan

I know this will come as no surprise to my readers, but just let me say it one more time, that one of the reasons I’m still actively in Second Life (even after moaning that it has changed and the … Continue reading →

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Re-Cap of Halloween’s “Under The Spell of Poetry” Reading

Posted on November 2, 2012 by Karima Hoisan

I tried to be as welcoming as possible when the guests who had come to Steampunk Hall began arriving, but my oddly bent elbows and my rather pained and stiff expression I blame entirely on having just woken up from … Continue reading →

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Under The Spell of Poetry~ A Halloween Special Reading Oct.31st 1pmslt

Posted on October 29, 2012 by Karima Hoisan

As fate would have it, a reading I had been planning for almost a month, was re-vamped (no Goth pun intended:) at the last minute and now it will be held on my own sim, in a beautiful structure given … Continue reading →

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Afloat ~ My Scariest Nightmare ~ For Halloween

Posted on October 18, 2012 by Karima Hoisan

In honor of scary things in this month of honoring horror and fear and death *smiles, I give you my offering in this category. Natascha took me to a scary sim today in SL called Tim’s Dream It Was scary … Continue reading →

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Skipping Stones

Posted on October 13, 2012 by Karima Hoisan

Skipping Stones for B. Skipping stones over a glassy pond reminds me a little of you. It was so crystal clear at first; you loved me, I loved you too. Then came those growing ripples, when perfection took a dive, … Continue reading →

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Sea Spice

Posted on October 10, 2012 by Karima Hoisan

Sea Spice Surf-zest in her face she pounded in the first stake, for what was meant to be; a tall round hut of imported spices she would offer to the public at the sea. Her sacks and bags with foreign … Continue reading →

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Slip Away

Posted on September 30, 2012 by Karima Hoisan

Slip Away For Second Life When I arrived upon the shore of my salvation, it was a full moon night and I landed by the sea. There was a dolphin jumping and I could hear the waves as they crashed … Continue reading →

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