Brass Lion Jaws

Posted on December 3, 2025 by Karima Hoisan

                                                    Composite image by me:)

Small Note: The music behind my poem, is one I wrote for a YouTube with no lyrics
and had to go to battle with a music company that said it was their music. It was my music (composed on Garage Band) and one of the pieces I most loved and I sent them many proofs…in the end I lost my fight 😦
I removed it from YouTube rather than have it say, someone else wrote the music.
So..here it is on my blog, where no one can mess with me:) It is the background to a word flow that the music inspired, Please listen to it (just click Play) and enjoy!!! I feel I’m “preaching to the choir” 99% of you who read me are poets too:):)



I will put the words in a comment , but I do hope you will listen:):)

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Good Bones by Maggie Smith

Posted on December 2, 2025 by Karima Hoisan

     For Every Bird…A Stone by Isabel Hermano

I feature other poet’s poetry when I am very moved by their poem.
This is one that did that.
My Second Life friend and visual artist, Isabel Hermano had a show recently
that was inspired by this poem, “Good Bones” by Maggie Smith.
It is a perfect statement of our world today!!

Life is short, though I keep this from my children.
Life is short, and I’ve shortened mine
in a thousand delicious, ill-advised ways,
a thousand deliciously ill-advised ways
I’ll keep from my children. The world is at least
fifty percent terrible, and that’s a conservative
estimate, though I keep this from my children.
For every bird there is a stone thrown at a bird.
For every loved child, a child broken, bagged,
sunk in a lake. Life is short and the world
is at least half terrible, and for every kind
stranger, there is one who would break you,
though I keep this from my children. I am trying
to sell them the world. Any decent realtor,
walking you through a real shithole, chirps on
about good bones: This place could be beautiful,
right? You could make this place beautiful.

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Reality? What is That?

Posted on November 21, 2025 by Karima Hoisan

Please Click Play to hear my poem to my original music

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My Neighbor Across The Street on LatinosUSA

Posted on November 18, 2025 by Karima Hoisan

I’m thrilled to announce the publication of my poem,
“My Neighbor Across The Street,” on LatinosUSA today!!
Many thanks to Don Juan Re Crivello, for inviting me to submit a poem to his wonderful  site.
I am honored to form part of the poets who have been published here on LatinosUSA

My Neighbor Across The Street

She had that vibration…

that made cats want to sit in her lap.

When she floated through her house,

the walls shimmered and the floors shined.

No one could put their finger on what it was,

but at her dinner parties, no one ever added salt;

they never added pepper; the flavors were

just what they were supposed to be…

just like the conversation that sailed over the table

making the water glasses tinkle with their laughter.

Some said it was a kind of spell she learned,

the magic of warmth and listening,

caring, sharing and reaching out.

There was always some envy,

or a small scandal that surrounded her,

but she never seemed to take that in……

Please go to LatinosUSA to read the rest ….  Likes & Comments there are much appreciated
Click here!! LatinosUSA

 


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Re-entry by Karima Hoisan on YouTube

Posted on November 15, 2025 by Karima Hoisan

Hi everyone,
Please watch in 4K and put on CC to follow along with the poem.
This video and poem were inspired by my dear and best friend in Real Life, Jan Betts, a very renowned artist , who painted this painting, “Disintegration/Integration”
I wrote the poem , “Re-entry,” as soon as I saw it. 
Jan gifted the painting to me on my next birthday, saying, ‘You understood what it was saying.”
It hangs proudly in my living room.
I dedicate this video to Jan and our life-long friendship. As someone said in a comment, “Death isn’t an exit, it’s re-entry into the universe…” Thanks to Dale Innis for particles & scripts, and to Lucho Ceriano for the water-drop sculpt. Filmed in both Second Life and on Kitely Virtual Worlds.
100% human- made No AI used.
Likes and Comments on YouTube too..always cherished:)
PS odd YouTube says I have no views, but I have comments and Likes. Hmmm:)

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The Helium Balloon Is Dying

Posted on November 9, 2025 by Karima Hoisan

Hi everyone,
well life is full of surprises…take this poem and little video (who knew?)
I had no idea until I stumbled upon the “discarded footage” and decided
to resurrect it. I recited it to the music of Brian Crain, “Ice”
I give you this poem/video for your enjoyment.

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The Hypergrid Safari Visits Us On The Mountain

Posted on November 6, 2025 by Karima Hoisan

We had SOOOO much fun yesterday hosting the Hypergrid Safari on The Mountain built by Dale Innis & myself.
Thirza Ember, The Mother of the Safari, takes a group of intepid virtual travelers to a new  spot in the Opensim every Wednesday!
Here is her wonderful blog post with photos & gifs from yesterday: Post
Check it out!!

To remind you, The Mountain is a world dedicated to the Philippine Eagle & the artist Markus Akesson from Sweden:)

All the Art…..ALL of the paintings that you see, are by one inspired artist, Markus Akesson from Sweden.

I was introduced to him, when I looked for an image for my poem, Insomnia (https://karimahoisan.wordpress.com/2019/02/01/insomnia/ )

After that, I fell in love with almost everything he has painted, and tried to create spaces here to exhibit his outstanding talent in a unique way.

You can find out more about him, by going to his website: http://markusakesson.com/

This world is an act of love for his paintings as well as the gorgeous Philippine Eagle  I am very grateful to Markus for giving me his blessing for this project and permission to display his paintings on my world in this unique way..
So I will share with you a small video I made yesterday with about 14 eagles all in the air at the same time…Breathtaking!!

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So…How Was Your Trip?

Posted on October 26, 2025 by Karima Hoisan

                            Baltimore Oriole by Roger Tory Peterson circa 1981


So…How Was Your Trip?

In the 3rd week of September
I begin to watch the skies.
Every day I search for you
all of you…

You are in my mind, my heart
and my imagination .
Your GPS. and your Waze
are programmed
to land on my windowsill,
at  the room in the back.
Your children already know
the way thanks to the uncanny
gift of genetic programming.

You see in your mind, all those
bananas, those luscious pieces
of papaya, a true tropical buffet.
Just 100 miles more and you can
rest and gorge, recuperate from your
3000 sometimes 4000 mile trip.

Then on the last day of September;
there you are,
sitting in my mango tree
like you were born there.
You jump down and perch
on my windowsill…as if 6 months
has not gone by, since you were last here,
as if you never left.

Your bright orange belly,
those stylish black and white wings….
Ahh my dear Baltimore Oriole,,,,
how I wish we could talk.
I’d sit in a chair on the other side of the screen
and ask you..
“So tell me…..
how was your trip?”

Karima Hoisan
October  26, 2025
Costa Rica

*Footnote: We are in the first weeks of receiving
migratory birds coming from North America and
even Canada!!  One tiny species, Tennessee Warblers (that I
affectionately called Tushties) come all the way
from Canada…WOW!! It takes them 2 months to get here.
Ohhh the stories they could tell!! If the world starts to  get to you.. stop and think about the true Miracle of bird migration!!

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My Train Ride on YouTube

Posted on October 21, 2025 by Karima Hoisan

Hi everyone,
“Life is a train ride” I’m sure you’ve heard that before!
Well in this video….I’m showing you mine:) Better viewed in 4K and put on cc to read along:) To my original music, composed in Garage Band, this machinima was filmed in both Second Life and on Kitely!
If you enjoyed it, please consider a Like and/or comment on YouTube.
Thanks for watching:):)

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The Trophy-A Halloween Story on YouTube

Posted on October 10, 2025 by Karima Hoisan

Hi Everyone!
Happy Halloween!! 👻🧛🏻‍♂️🧛🏻‍♀️💀🎃
I invite you to watch it with CC on and in 4K.
The Trophy was born from a few specific occurrences.
The music I composed in a dark mood after YouTube did not award me a dispute about a false copyright claim against my last video (I have since removed it.)
The early morning sun shining on a pastel portrait of my mother (May she rest in peace) painted by my friend Jan Betts
And last, a Trophy made by Menubar Memorial, in Second life.
Although he made it, he has not won it back recently. He has, at least, been a good loser:)
Shot both in Second Life and The Hudson Line in Kitely Virtual Worlds, built by Karima Hoisan & Dale Innis
Starring Kareem, my twin Gothic brother…a piano virtuoso ( and a very dark vampire)
Music composed by me on my Licensed Garage Band. Voice is mine a bit tweaked.
*Human Made-No AI used in this video

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