Tag Archives: Family

Mother’s Day…Continuity

Posted on May 11, 2025 by Karima Hoisan

Today is Mother’s Day in many parts of the world, just not in Costa Rica (August 15th) but… my daughter is in Brasil for her work and it is Mother’s Day there….so I was inspired to make this little image … Continue reading →

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“I Cried Because I Had No Shoes….”

Posted on September 26, 2024 by Karima Hoisan

                        “The Talk” by Dale Innis on Midjourney                         Please Press Play to Hear me recite it to … Continue reading →

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Cousin Dan

Posted on May 17, 2024 by Karima Hoisan

Cousin Dan & I in Costa Rica 2017 at The Westin Hotel Guanacaste Please Play My Spoken Word to my original Music, written for my Cousin Dan Cousin Dan Someone I love is dyinghe wants to die,at 94 he’s just … Continue reading →

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Paper Thin

Posted on March 26, 2024 by Karima Hoisan

Fleeting Moment by Sugar Mints-DeviantArt  Click Play to hear a live recital of this poem to the music that inspired it…… Paper Thin for my family in Jordan in Ramadan Paper thin, I’m barely here, and you no longer see … Continue reading →

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Our Fading Historian

Posted on April 9, 2023 by Karima Hoisan

                      My Aunt Lil, me, my Father, my Cousin Dan 1947 Our Fading Historian for Cousin Dan And lying in a clean bed, looking out the windows, the pine trees … Continue reading →

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One Cup

Posted on November 18, 2022 by Karima Hoisan

                                        The Painting”One Cup” by Dale Innis Please click play to hear me recite my poem to music For My Family in Jordan … Continue reading →

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The Home Cruise

Posted on February 2, 2022 by Karima Hoisan

                                                         Photo taken by me in Karak Jordan The Home Cruise <<*>> Reclining on a pinkish sandstone balcony It is now our family ship In the windy night. Under blankets, sipping tea, Our head-scarves billow out like sails As we … Continue reading →

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Following

Posted on August 19, 2021 by Karima Hoisan

Following I like your castles and your coffee;sometimes your poems make me cry.I’m always glad to see, another memoryYour children’s art work lives inside my eyesyour amazing poetrylives inside of me! You’re good with words, great lists & categories. Your … Continue reading →

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