Malak Kalmoni. Chehab This is a thrilling, ethical poem, Malak, a powerful protest against genocide, inequality, and domination. Your righteous anger is brilliant. We need poems like this in the world, or rather, the world needs a kick in the arse like this poem. You’ve created a fantastic form that swells and diminishes; it’s perfect for describing how “a rebellious rage” against injustice and subjugation builds and builds and then acts to restore peace.
Your line syllable count,
1,1,2,3,5,8,16,18, 8, 5, 3, 2, 2, 1,1,
is dramatic and visually appealing. Brava! By, Linda Powers O’Dell
Thank you for the encouraging words.
One, Two
And
One
Two, three,
World is free
Of war not peace that
Rebels against genocide feel
Perpetuate the need for equality, justice
By confronting demeaning attitudes with powerful words that
Instill a rebellious rage for subjugation’s sign’s
Unacceptable domination
Needs a kick in the
Arse to free
Press while
Peaceful
For
Thee
©️ Malak kalmoni chehab ©️
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.
https://www.amazon.ca/Perfectly-Flawed-poetry-Malak-Kalmoni/dp/1525582518
