Malak Kalmoni. Chehab Thanks for introducing this intriguing new Hungarian poetic form, Malak. Clever use of assonance and consonance in the first three lines that mirrors the lengthening lines, (hon, honey, hopeful,) and then throughout, (lone, loving, tough, lonely.) Excellent contrast of “loving” and “lonely” in a if-you- have-to-make-a-choice scenario. By Linda Powers O’Dell
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Hon Honey Hopeful, lone Loving is tough Better than lonely.
My poetry book, Perfectly Flawed poetry for change, is available on all eplatforms including Amazon. It was on the finalist list for the Canadian Book Club Awards 2023.
My poetry book, Perfectly Flawed poetry for change, is available on all eplatforms including Amazon. It was on the finalist list for the Canadian Book Club Awards 2023.
Malak Kalmoni. Chehab wow wow wow this is absolutely beautiful. Thank you so much for sharing Malak. A grandmother’s unconditional love. I will think of this everything my granny cuddles her great granddaughter on her knee. Thank you. Beautiful. 🙏🏻😊😊🙏🏻 By Natasha Brown
Fantastic. Every word is perfectly placed. Thank you for sharing! Shalom. By, Patrick Darnell
My poetry book, Perfectly Flawed poetry for change, is available on all eplatforms including Amazon. It was on the finalist list for the Canadian Book Club Awards 2023.
Malak Kalmoni. Chehab “Silence is silently golden” is wonderful tmesis, Malak. This revision emphasizes how the benefits of silence are also silent. Congratulations on such a complex, profound poem. Ambition is a tricky thing. Without it how can we progress? But do we want to live hounded for a few moments of elevation? Should feelings of inferiority be our motivation for defying destiny? To fill the blackish emptiness, to escape masochistic scorching pursuits, requires more than polish. To sit alone is silence may be the ultimate solace. Powerful, impressive poem with awesome tempo and rhymes! By, Linda Powers O’Dell
Thank you for the honor and your hard work.
Fate Follows Slowly
Silence is silently golden and craves Quiet to fulfill its quiet role Where falling for the coal That burns your soul and paves
The way to hounding healing hell That elevates your status momentarily, There’s a scorching that’s heavenly For your masochistic tendencies that fell
From the mouth of a demeaning, Enraged inferiority demanding Solace with like crazed minded souls fleeing The impossible: Karma, fate, destiny crawling
At its slow pace right behind Your extravagant polish That hides an emptiness that’s blackish And finds comrades that comfort in kind.
My poetry book, Perfectly Flawed poetry for change, is available on all eplatforms including Amazon. It was on the finalist list for the Canadian Book Club Awards 2023.
Malak Kalmoni. Chehab “Silence is silently golden” is wonderful tmesis, Malak. This revision emphasizes how the benefits of silence are also silent. Congratulations on such a complex, profound poem. Ambition is a tricky thing. Without it how can we progress? But do we want to live hounded for a few moments of elevation? Should feelings of inferiority be our motivation for defying destiny? To fill the blackish emptiness, to escape masochistic scorching pursuits, requires more than polish. To sit alone is silence may be the ultimate solace. Powerful, impressive poem with awesome tempo and rhymes! By, Linda Powers O’Dell
Thank you for the honor and your hard work.
Fate Follows Slowly
Silence is silently golden and craves Quiet to fulfill its quiet role Where falling for the coal That burns your soul and paves
The way to hounding healing hell That elevates your status momentarily, There’s a scorching that’s heavenly For your masochistic tendencies that fell
From the mouth of a demeaning, Enraged inferiority demanding Solace with like crazed minded souls fleeing The impossible: Karma, fate, destiny crawling
At its slow pace right behind Your extravagant polish That hides an emptiness that’s blackish And finds comrades that comfort in kind.
My poetry book, Perfectly Flawed poetry for change, is available on all eplatforms including Amazon. It was on the finalist list for the Canadian Book Club Awards 2023.
Malak Kalmoni. Chehab A powerful antiwar protest poem, Malak! The injustice, the B.S, the crimes of petty wars are truly horrifying; you make us feel them to our core. You’ve created an intriguing version of the Pythagorean Triple, Malak. This is how poetry evolves, through innovation on existing forms. By Linda Powers O’Dell
Replaced
Petty wars Kill victims, Genders, trill
Their song of death Injustice wraps Noose, overkill
Around kin who’s fam Stuggles covered, and Erased to hide crimes
Under the B.S. they trill, Singing a song, oppress Natives replaced: killers …
My poetry book, Perfectly Flawed poetry for change, is available on all eplatforms including Amazon. It was on the finalist list for the Canadian Book Club Awards 2023.
I’ve written you so many letters, Letters that have gathered dust, Dust in their crammed drawer, Drawer that holds my secrets, a protector, Protector against prying eyes, Eyes whose judgements is impolite, Impolite, demeaning comments, Comments that devastate one’s self- esteem, Esteem you wish to share, Share its fruitful bliss, yet, Yet, you fear a negative reaction, Reaction that leaves you bare, Bare to vulnerability of being offensive, Offensive by stating the truth, Truth that breaks Hearts, Hearts that need protection, Protection from those nearest who, Who with a word demolish what you’ve, You’ve build with a measly word.
My poetry book, Perfectly Flawed poetry for change, is available on all eplatforms including Amazon. It was on the finalist list for the Canadian Book Club Awards 2023.
My poetry book, Perfectly Flawed poetry for change, is available on all eplatforms including Amazon. It was on the finalist list for the Canadian Book Club Awards 2023.
Malak Kalmoni. Chehab Wow, Malak, a double acrostic, these are not easy and yours is fantastic! Not precisely an acrostic as the ending words don’t always begin with the beginning letter of the line, but I find this to be an exciting innovation. Your vocabulary and images are so stirring, quite emotionally moving! Throughout, you are calling poignantly for peace, for a symphony of souls united. If only all would renounce violence, the “constant and cacophony of death!” Superb poem!! By Linda Powers O’Dell
Double Acrostic WAR’S VICTORIES
Wallowing in War’s endless cycle of laW Amplifyies the voices of victors who stAnd Reviewing their accomplishments of destRuction Steal the visuals of those combating for Survival
Villains of evil violence stand as their Vision Issues a constant cacophony of death Instead of Carefully striving towards a lasting peaCe Tasting its victory as murder is sTopped Outlasting the carnage into a symphOny of Rousing screams, strikes, congRegations Intermixing races, religions, absolute harmonIes Eternally standing together pledging symEtry, Symphony around the victories of peaceS
My poetry book, Perfectly Flawed poetry for change, is available on all eplatforms including Amazon. It was on the finalist list for the Canadian Book Club Awards 2023.
Malak Kalmoni. Chehab Fantastic use of images of fire, flames, explosions, and burning, Malak! Your thematic repetitions and sharp images make us face directly the tragedies of war, wars fought stupidly for supremacy. By using rhyming couplets, you create a montage of horrors and impending disasters. Congratulations on this powerful protest poem so rich with thrilling images!! By, Linda Powers O’Dell
Thank you for the honor and your hard work.
Fire, Fire
Fire, fire, burning so bright, So many fires needing to be put out!
Fires of explosions of wars, Death and dying vying for supremacies,
Amputees trying to outrun the burning Fires of bombs, exploding cars, gas hissing
And licking up the flames in flight To overwhelm everything it touches and brought
New life to the dancing flaming fields Where farms used to be full of buds.
Fire, fire, burning bright into the night, A flag of might, as it poors over a fight
To live in love within a world burning In chaos of its making, sizzling
Like the charcoal grilled bird, Linked in pain of being burned.
Fire, Fire, burning me inward As loss and grief drowns me when I had
A burning fire for the future To look forward to, that’s now a jailer
Of captured dreams, up in flames As depressing fire rages in a gamut of times
My poetry book, Perfectly Flawed poetry for change, is available on all eplatforms including Amazon. It was on the finalist list for the Canadian Book Club Awards 2023.
Poetry for Change 