Poetry for Change
I continue to be humbled by this award, although all I really do is apply my hobby, reading poetry, to assess if they fit the guidelines of the group. I love the fact that it’s appreciated, don’t get me wrong, but it feels fraudulent as I enjoy it so much!
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 2025.
https://www.amazon.ca/Perfectly-Flawed-poetry-Malak-Kalmoni/dp/1525582518
The beauty of this application is that it summarizes the digital footprint on the website for me. This is the second time my viewers have increased this drastically! I’m flabbergasted by the support of each and everyone of you. I wish I knew what I did differently to get this many views so that I can repeat the experience over and over again!
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
Thank you for the honor and your hard work.
Practice Run
Potted plants are sentinels to the mirror
Whose framed crown is of golden leaves, a proper
Accoutrement to the geometric carpet for
The bride’s solo walk down the hall
Where glass lets the ritulant ball
Of sunny rays fall
And highlight the beauty walking
In her silvery white mini dress, swaying
To the music only she’s hearing
In her head. Her hair flows around
Her naked shoulders covered
Only by a spaghetti strap held
In place by a sweetheart bust,
With a pencil skirt, shiny studs, a must
To twinkle with a flare that places lust
Invisible in the hearts of men
For she’s not theirs to pen-
In like a hen.
Though she glitters in sophistication,
She’s a simple woman needing adoration,
Returning it a thousand fold in construction
Of a family filled with unity,
Acceptance, support, faith whose sheeny
Gleam encompasses their home with sunny
Dispositions that help them flow
And navigate a world of chaos that’ll blow
Their illusions of a world that’s all faux.
©️ 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
Thank you for the honor and your hard work.
Ritulant Rays
Morning sun, rise, rise, spread ritual rays
In diurnal flight, a ritulant red glow
Awe inspiring muse of optimism flays
Despair’s hold on the starved souls’ chained in glow
Of sinful glamor of rays’ hidden plays
Painting the sky in figures, happy clown,
Creatures’ imagination as fleeting
As time is transient, elegant rising.
©️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
Thank you for the honor and your hard work.
Abomination
Life with depression, isolation,
Low self-esteem are conductive
To lead some into destructive
Behavior: drugs, cutting, suicide, in submission
To peer pressure, an abomination
Played in schools and social media
Who has subliminal criteria
That provides some collateral for creation
Of a compulsion to hurt others, knowing
Of the resulting confusion that will
Lead to unfortunate decisions that kill
The will to live free of the castrating
And agitating abomination of isolation
Whose suicidal intention folic
Within a sea of hardships, backwards, bucolic,
Needing calm reflection overcoming self-destruction.
©️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
Thank you for the honor and your hard work.
Dear Thanksgiving,
Your presence among us is heartening,
It elevates our appreciation for the thing
We have or don’t have, we are harvesting
The sows of our deeds, those
We’ve planted throughout the years, in rows
Watching, waiting their blossoming woes
Interceding, only when needed like crows
We broadcast our successes, never
Our failures, though we learn never to cower
From the latter, as they build character.
Be kindly appreciative, live in acceptance better.
Our obsession of sharing has become a groveler
For attention when the creator
Has provided senses, nature, power
Of knowledge, might, imagination that languish
If not bolstered by appreciation for the giver.
Keep us honest and return daily
Reminding us that deity
Is a necessity for hope’s flighty
Flight Into overcoming gravity.
©️ 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
Thank you for the honor and your hard work.
Tears’ Fears
Her tears, hidden like her fears,
They stain her cheeks in moments
Of quiet reflection, no sobs, tantrums,
Only a deluge of emotional expressions
Hushed by her shame that she’s weak,
Weak for having feelings that can freak
Out any ‘sane’ person and break
Their will to survive, not her, her stake
In life is her children’s future
That she struggles to provide, nurture,
Even as she’s placed under careless provider
Whose emotional abuse is worser
Than any physical one, as the latter
Heals, while the first fester
In a heart that feels like a pester
For asking help to provide shelter.
Her tears and fears are hidden
From all, she only acknowledges the forgotten
Less worrisome problems that never flatten
As her strength overcomes the burden.
©️ 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
Thank you for the honor and your hard work.
Rebel Yell
Freedom is not given but taken,
Taken through the drive,
Drive of the oppressed to stay,
Stay the course in their rebellion,
Rebellion that insights thoughts,
Thoughts that revel in rocking,
Rocking the boat of taught habits,
Habits that destroy creativity,
Creativity needs a voice, medium,
Medium to transform its message,
Message that change is coming,
Coming to overthrow the tyrant,
Tyrant who exploits, destroys,
Destroys hopes, imagination, freedom,
Freedom that ‘comes with great,
Great responsibility’, for its value,
Value lies in one’s ability to soar,
Soar, without hindrance, to reach
Reach the pinnacle of wonder,
Wonder that wanders stealthily,
Stealthily seeping through cracks,
Cracks that mold into a unit,
Unit that’s unbreakable with the help,
Help of imagination’s power,
Power that strives for justice,
Justice that reigns over happiness,
Happiness that cleaves subjugation.
©️ 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
Thank you for the honor and your hard work.
Upheaval
Coup d’état! Civil Unrest!
Rebellion against a colonizer, a pest,
Businesses men, family men
Gathering together are arrested, put in a pen,
No pillow, blanket, toilet, only a feast
Of roaches, ants, creepy crawler beast
Of fear, for men who get no rest.
Seeing my dad get arrested was a great test
For an 8 year old girl, whose lack
Of understanding of politics didn’t give a frack
About all that, what I did care about
Was security, family, cousins, who had clout
But whose men were all indisposed,
So, women and children traveled
Away to reduce the stress on the men.
What about me, us? Noone asked and couldn’t ken
That the upheaval was traumatic,
But none spoke of it, rather it was repeated in frantic
Run to another border, unhygienic bathroom,
Food, Unfamiliar, on the go, speeding away from
Bullets ricochet in the Sky, while explosions
Rock the buildings around us. Decisions
On the fly got us safely to a country,
Safe, at that time, then traveled to London, fully
Anticipating another run, but, we spent
Ramadan there with friends before being sent
On another plane, to Canada, immigration,
What a fiction of safety needing integration
To survive, but beliefs, ethics strive
To cause trouble in the hive
That western society creates
For immigrants needing a place to forgets,
As trauma continues its hold, bold
In its fight to take root, but I won’t, under it, fold.
©️ 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
Thank you for the honor and your hard work.
Creating Worlds
Utterance, words, sentences, verses,
Lines, stories, twirling, twisting, flusters
As they lay on the pages in twisters
As they create order from chaos that pulses,
Dances, rhymes, alliteration, metaphor,
Personification, all and more catalyze
Into a wondrous tale that’ll organize
A timeline with a setting, incomparable per
It’s being sprung from imperfect
Humans whose despair, loneliness,
Drips into every letter in fitfulness
As they amalgamte into a perfect
Story line intermixing reality,
Fiction, perception in a sign
That widens others’ perspectives in line
With a new narrative whose harmony
Strives to build a world of empathy,
Peace, understanding, theory
That centers around humanity
And its needs for guidance into morality.
©️ 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
Poetry for Change 