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.
Malak Kalmoni. Chehab Excellent reveille by a poem, Malak; it’s high time that we wake up to the suffering and inequality of this world. By repeating your refrain after every line in the first stanza, you create a powerful sense of urgency; you emphasize each travesty in need of redress. In your third stanza you address our consciences directly as you commend being humane empathetic and compassionate. I note your focus on “colonial consumerism,” no argument here, although almost all governments are inclined to exploit the resources owned by others. Justice and equality should indeed be our twin North stars. Superb poem, bravo!! By Linda Powers O’Dell
Thank you for the honor and your hard work
Why Not ‘Wake Up’?
‘Wake Up’, The world Is in chaos, ‘Wake Up’ The colonizer is a killer, ‘Wake Up’ The losses keep adding up, ‘Wake Up’ The deafening silence is complicit, ‘Wake Up’ You’re made to feel helpless ‘Wake Up’ Your job is to be aware ‘Wake Up’ Your job is to speak out ‘Wake Up’ Your job is to make others aware
‘Wake Up’ ‘Wake Up’ ‘Wake Up’
Your conscious is knocking, Let it in, it’ll remind you of being Humane, empathetic, compassionate, striving To ‘Wake Up’ others with you collecting Them one at a time, uniting, growing, In voice and power of the many, balancing The scale of colonial consumerism compacting Your goals into a materialistic being Rather than a human feeling Others’ plight, and appreciating, With certitude, what you have as striking In its simplicity and safety, conquering The world with justice and equality without blubbering.
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.
What do you do when the page Is a ghost of unwritten words, Feelings bottled up and unheards? Where do you find the courage
To speak up, letting out disillusion, Frustration turning into a volcano, hidden Under a mask of white perfection, forgotten That it enshrouds your reaction
Perfectly concealing beliefs, feelings That are a burden, unsharable For the blank page is a noose, unforgettable Pressure to perform according to norms followings
Of a spew of remarkable expressions, A river of lava that turns into fire All it touches, for its only foe is the dire Need to express those doubts that bog you in suspicion.
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.
Mom, mother, Mami, marvelous mediator Overly compassionate, loving, and True to her calling: nurturer, teacher, Healer, holds your comfort in her palm Envy all who have a mother like her Resonating in empowering her child ‘Supplicating GOD for guidance
Daily to be a better mom, hoping not to Ascend into heaven before ascertaining Your happiness at the expense Of her health.
Malak Kalmoni. Chehab Excellent use of hypophora, Malak! You use profound questions to focus attention on the nature of home and the uncertainty of the future. Your amazing and touching personal narrative is so poignant and adds great beauty to this poem. Your deep experience justifies your admonition, “Embrace the joy you’re given,/For tomorrow may bring hell or heaven.” Superb poem!! By Linda Powers O’Dell
Home?
Where is home? What is home?
These questions circle Ceaselessly and kindle
The quest for answers for: Where and what is home for?
I’ve immigrated to three Continents searching for thee.
Why do you hide from me? Why do you flee and oblige me
To search you out in lands gone mad? How is that fair on a child who feels bad?
From the tropics, to the Mediterranean, To North America, in search of what you mean.
The child in me Misses the simplicity of love,
Laughter that is innate, But shaken with wars and fate,
That take away all joy and faith In a moment of stolen breath.
Embrace the joy you’re given, For tomorrow may bring hell or heaven.
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.
