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Swimming at the Very Edge of Night YouTube

Posted on August 1, 2025 by Karima Hoisan

Hi everyone,
I wrote this poem and music last year and posted it here, but I always thought it could
Make a cool (blue) video. Now today here it is. I explained on YouTube:

“I am a swimmer! but I must stay out of the sun, so I swim at the very edge of night. This is a machinima made in Second Life with some real life backgrounds I composed the music and wrote and recite the poem. Please play in 4K fullscreen and for languages other than English,….Click on CC and then again on auto generated to find a drop down of many world languages. CC only will give you English captions usually. Swimming is Life!!:)” Enjoy

PS Now I have these cool face maks and swim at high noon if I choose:)
That’s my real pool, thanks to my daughter Poett, you see glimpses of too. Likes and comments on YouTube are loved:)

Posted in Machinima, Poems | Tagged Exercise, Laps, Swimming, Swimming Pool | 21 Comments

Locked Cage

Posted on July 23, 2025 by Karima Hoisan

Posted in Poems, Real Life Stuff | Tagged Cruelty, Despair, Frustration, Gaza, Inhumanity, Injustice, Starvation, Stress | 20 Comments

I’m Alive! Music & Film on YouTube

Posted on July 19, 2025 by Karima Hoisan

Remember a year ago, I wrote a poem and recited it to my own music, called I’m Alive!?
Well I always knew it should have been a video,
but I was a bit lazy back then:) to make one.
So…after writing a few sort of “down” poems about the state of our world, I thought it was a good time to celebrate the simple fact… here we are; we’re still here!! We’re Alive! I’m Alive!
I redid the music and re recorded the poem…I was never happy with my voice the first time.
Enjoy in 4K and click on CC to see the words as I speak them. Cindy told me to put the link below in comments for those who had trouble going to YouTube to comment or Like there.
I welcome your comments and appreciation anywhere:)
I’m Alive!!!!

Posted in Machinima, Poems, Uncategorized | Tagged Alive, Blessed, Carousels, Celebration of Life, Gratitude, Live, Positive, Upbeat | 24 Comments

A Big Storm is Gonna Come

Posted on July 13, 2025 by Karima Hoisan

Painting by Markus Akesson

Hi everyone,
This is my poem and original music shot on The Mountain on Kitely Virtual Worlds.
Please watch in 4K and click cc to read the words.
If anyone would care to subscribe to my YouYube, please do:) I’m 2 short of a cool 300 subscribers:) Likes & comments always appreciated here or there.
All the paintings shown, are by the very talented Swedish Artist, Markus Akesson, who gave me permission to display them on my world and use them in videos.
His official site can be found here : https://markusakesson.com/
Big changes are blowing in the wind… They could come from any direction, but it’s time to open our eyes. Climate change is one of them and we see the effects everywhere in the world, most recently in Kerriville Texas and Camp Mystic Children’s Camp, where over 128 people lost their lives, or are missing, many of them children,. My heart goes out to all the families who lost loved ones in this tragic way.

Posted in Machinima, Poems, Uncategorized | Tagged Children, Climate Change, Disasters, Flooding, Garage Band, Kitely Virtual Worlds, Machinima, Safety, Super Storms | 28 Comments

The Way The Ball Rolls- Music & Film by Karima Hoisan

Posted on July 6, 2025 by Karima Hoisan

Hi all,
This video was born from the music and the poem. Shot on the world, “Unmindful” built by myself and Dale Innis on Kitely Virtual Worlds. A special thanks to James Ottobre for providing these gorgeous shots of his garden in Inverness, California. Please watch in 4K and cc will show you the poem while it plays. If you can, Likes & Comments are treasured on YouTube:) Enjoy!

Posted in Machinima, Poems, Uncategorized | Tagged Dale Innis, End of Times, End of World, Machinima, Original Music, Poetry, Unmindful | 24 Comments

Evil Reigns

Posted on July 4, 2025 by Karima Hoisan

Sorry to write this but…I’m a poet and sometimes I can’t shut up 😦

Evil Reigns

138 more shot down today

Where is the world?

This is happening every day

Is there no way to stop it?

How can this be, I say?

Praying for a Comet to crash…

The mad king making it go his way

“Now, put your hands up over your heads!”

Soon there will be no one left to save..

“All is going to plan, good has lost & evil reigns.”

Karima Hoisan
July 4, 2025
Costa Rica

Posted in Poems, Uncategorized | Tagged Evil, Genocide, Injustice, Power, The End, The World, War | 33 Comments

Kari’s Bar & Dance – A Music Video by Karima Hoisan

Posted on June 28, 2025 by Karima Hoisan

That’s me, Kari in 2009 in Second Life

Hi everyone,
I am unusually excited to show and share this one:)
The music is mine, written on Garage Band but when I was writing it,
I had no idea what I would do with it. I admit, smiles, I myself love it!! Haha..not for lack of modesty, but just because it blew me away when I finally finished it. Now, I can not get it out of my head…oh and something new, I sing back up vocals on this one:)
After listening to it, I knew there was only one thing….make a nostalgic retro video
about my Bar & Dance in Second Life. The way we were…the way it was and why I was
captivated almost 18 years ago (in December)

Kari’s Bar & Dance turned 16 years old this year and still exists.
Please watch in 4K and turn up your sound.
To see the words of the poem click on cc on the bottom of the screen (I LOVE cc!)
Kari’s Bar & Dance opened its doors for the first time in New Toulouse in Second Life in the very beginning of 2009. This machinima is my contribution to remembering and honoring the good ol’ days of Second Life. This month is Second Life’s 22 Birthday (SL22B)
Kari’s Bar & Dance now resides on my own sim, LINC Island as part of LINC City, but many of the original furnishings are still being used today. It’s barely changed in over 16 years.
A special thank you to Dale Innis for dancing so gracefully and not stepping on my toes.

*If you could, a Like and comment on YouTube would be so appreciated:)

Posted in Machinima, Poems, Uncategorized | Tagged Avatars, Memories, Nostalgia, Romance, second life, SL22B, Virtuality | 40 Comments

In These Five Days

Posted on June 23, 2025 by Karima Hoisan

Hi everyone,
If you watched my 1 minute video “No More!” you will recognize this music.
I actually wrote it for this poem, but then the USA bombed Iran
and I made that small video using it. I just read, by the way,a ceasefire has been agreed on between Israel & Iran (2 hours later I read it has not) but ……hopefully WWlll will be avoided.
As you can see it has been a hard week for me personally and Sunday, I lost my beloved Cousin Dan who finally, at 95 could rest from this world. That’s what this poem is about.