Author: Malakkc

i'm a survivorof 2 civilwars, Ghana, Lebanon, all before the age of 11. The result was immigration to 3 continents as a teen, which leaves an influence upon the soul that cries out for justice. My poetry and writing reflect that and more.

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Grandchildren & Writing

What are you most excited about for the future?

I look forward to baring witness to my children’s marriages and their kids. I dream of holding, playing, balancing, teaching, singing, reciting, and observing them at each stage of infancy. Dreams where one of hanging onto my skirt as I pray or jumping on my back if I’m picking something up. I feel the need to embue my soul with their innocent laughter and simplified perception of life.

As for my writing and poetry, I’d like to see that it has a greater audience and acceptance. I’ve been struggling with getting it out there for over 5 years, and I haven’t given up yet. I don’t think I will, as I feel I have a message that needs an audience.

Amazon link to my poetry book, Perfectly Flawed: https://www.amazon.ca/Perfectly-Flawed-poetry-Malak-Kalmoni/dp/1525582518

Link to my podcast, exert, a poem, Subjugation, about postcolonialism and enslaved populations, from PerfectlyFlawed:

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Mood dictates my music

What is your favorite genre of music?

If you’re like me, for every mood you find yourself in, you choose a different type of music. For me, when I’m happy and cheerful, I enjoy upbeat music that makes me move to its rhythm. When I’m upset, sad, depressed, I enjoy something calm, quiet, instrumental, or romantic.

So enjoy every mood with all the frills that come with each one.

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Gratitude

How do you express your gratitude?

Depending on what I’m grateful for, I express it differently. When I’m grateful for a job well done, I express it by voicing my gratitude to those who helped achieve the goal. Otherwise, when I’m just expressing gratitude for the things that are given to me, hearing, smell, vision, taste buds, limbs, health, intelligence, and others, I turn my gratitude to God who gave us more than we deserve.

I feel that God has a hand in all the things that I do, even my success and family, as without his Godly gifts to fall back on, I wouldn’t have been able to achieve the things that I have. That’s why, most of my gratitude is directly to Him, via prayer.

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Sweats

If you were forced to wear one outfit over and over again, what would it be?

After Covid, we became lazy and only wanted our comfort today, so, yes, I’d wear sweats over and over again. However, that doesn’t mean that I’ll not alter the colors nor forgo my usual style that goes hand in hand with comfort, color, color, and more color. That is all it takes for me to feel better!

https://www.amazon.ca/Perfectly-Flawed-poetry-Malak-Kalmoni/dp/1525582518

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Carmen, Gypsy Queen

Her sensuality entrances,
Her movements’ elegance attracts,
Her swirls and twirls riveting
In their quest to be enchanting.

Her steps, stomps, and jumps,
Each emanating from her soul’s
Foray into the unknown, untraditional,
As she appropriates formal steps for male

Adds her feminine flair,
Her golpe, stomp, louder, stronger,
And original, while her Latigo,
The whipping of her toe

Flies through her body like
Electricity, jumping from joints’ stake
To vessels with passions ornate
In their effect on the audience, elate

In acceptance that Carmen will
Live on, in her form, moves, still,
Memory serves , placing her on
A pedestal,  difficult to reach as yon don

Your war paint, trying to face
Life with a vigor that today has lost its place.

©️ Malak kalmoni chehab ©️

I’m so thankful for this honor from the FB group, The Writer’s Wave, for their enjoyment of my poetry.

Thank you 😊

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Eid Mubarak

Eid Mubarak to all, may peace, prosperity, health, and happiness follow your footsteps.

Eid, for me, is highlighted by gatherings of family and friends in order to mark this holy day. With people, we always have food, of course! Today is no exception. Desserts consisting of a butter cookie, ghraibeh, and semolina cookies stuffed with either dates or walnuts.

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Eid Mubarak

Eid Mubarak to all, may peace, prosperity, health, and happiness follow your footsteps.

Eid, for me, is highlighted by gatherings of family and friends in order to mark this holy day. With people, we always have food, of course! Today is no exception. Desserts consisting of a butter cookie, ghraibeh, and semolina cookies stuffed with either dates or walnuts.

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Eid Mubarak

Eid Mubarak to all, may peace, prosperity, health, and happiness follow your footsteps.

Eid, for me, is highlighted by gatherings of family and friends in order to mark this holy day. With people, we always have food, of course! Today is no exception. Desserts consisting of a butter cookie, ghraibeh, and semolina cookies stuffed with either dates or walnuts.

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Reading and reading

How do you waste the most time every day?

My first love is reading. I’m a junkie for all types of romances, poetry, news, and the Quoraan. The first 2 are there to improve my writing style and incorporating new forms into my poetry. The news, however, I use in order to add eco-socio-political issues in my poetry.

Now, your question would be, how are the readings then a waste of time? My answer is that they all give me an escape, a world that I interact with that’s entirely mine. Perhaps it’s selfish, but I believe each one serves a purpose for me.

As for the Quraan, that too is an escape into faith, where belief, ideals, and values are unchanging, clear, and just. At least, that’s my perspective.

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Certificate of Honor

Being honored for my poem, My Powers.

Enclosed is an exert of the poem to wet your appetite for more!

My Powers

Believing in yourself is the first
Step to building strength that doesn’t rest.

Then, listening to others, not needing
To participate, being unjudgemental, hearing
What others need, interject, harboring
Your doubts and advice so as not harming.

Speak my mind, state my faith,
Being proud of my achievements whose…


Faith and belief are the core
Of my power to never bore, …

My scars, those that society frowns
Upon, are my badges of honor, survivals,
Will, and mind over matters
That seem trivial in light of my powers.