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Review of my poem: A Year of Death

I’m flabbergasted by such depth of understanding of my work and the fact that Ida, the reviewer, goes on to point out her favorite verses and strengths of my poem just makes me happy that my writing is reaching my target audience.  I’m always happy to have my work analyzed, as it shows the amount of work and thought that goes into each poem. I will post the poem soon.

The poem is a reflection on the 1 year war on G@z@, some events that I couldn’t forget because they show the needless death of innocent children.

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

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Certificate of Excellence for my poem: FUTURE double acrostic

FUTURE
Double acrostic

Formal learning features a positive futurE
Until you realize that the old tale, propeR
Turned your opinion forever. The cost is sUrrender,
Undeserving of a prosperous encounter, sTarting
Relatively early, when you awaken to the misUndersding
Eternally imposing its indoctrination while the Future is about open-mindedness.

©️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

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Award of Appreciation for my poem: Revolution of Change

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Revolution of Change

Colonialism’s Ideology is based on change,
Change the ‘other’ because they’re different,
Different in language, culture, morals, beliefs,
Beliefs that spark imaginations’ Revolution,
Revolution that asserts the need to exist,
Exist in autonomy, exist freely, exist happily,
Happily maturing into adulthood,
Adulthood knowing that learning is constant,
… …


Please the dominant who seems to succeed,
Succeed in seeping into your mind,
Mind, and replacing its values with rot,
Rot that decays social values, Families,
Families are broken asunder, and the backbone
Backbone of society falls into rubble.

©️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

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Certificate of Achievement for my poem: Humanitarian Aid

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Humanitarian Aid

How’s philanthropy helping the down-trodden?
Charities galore, making money, beholden
To the filthy rich, who part cautiously,
With their material goods, heavenly,

Is their allocation as they help the needy,
Whose prayers for the givers are done loudly
In order for all to hear of their philanthropic
Activities, that are only a drop in the oceanic

Depths of need and devastation that exists
In a world where humanity’s enslaved and persists
In demanding accolades for what should be
An ethical and humane gesture to help people

In need of a helping hand here and there,
Preferably, a job that’ll give enough to prepare
For the task of supporting their family
In a bid to never fall under the miserly

Capitalist whose only thought
Is to where he can squeeze, what was taught,
The best buck at the expense of those
Who need it most, but will give it without pause

As their pride in their abilities
Shines in the eyes of families.


©️Malak kalmoni chehab ©️

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Invisible Poets weekly challenge honors my poem: Karma

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Karma

All man-made laws have loopholes
That help people become fools

For not striding the narrow path
That emblazons morality in a breath

Radiating Karmic laws of wisdom:
Actions demand reactions, while calm

Patience are rewards in themselves,
As well as reducing regret that halves

Your wasted time on your perception
Of a past long gone, when the now’s convention

For living with all that’s happened before,
But focusing on your motivation to perform

Better today and tomorrow,  for no-one knows
What the future holds except what we make of it that blows.

Blows away are expectations
Into the stratosphere of humble imaginations.

As we take the pose to meditate
Theses thoughts flutter on the overflowing plate

Of responsibilities, endless, sapping
Energies that need rejuvenating

As quiet solitude is a necessary boon
That settles the soul from its frantic cocoon.

©️ 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

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Double Diamond Certificate for my poem: HomeLess

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HomeLess

What’s a home?
Who defines it?
Does it need a roof on it?
Can’t I live in the street and call it home?

Yes, my home is any corner
Empty,  that I can rest my back
And see any danger coming to strike
A chord of fear in me, as I lay in my corner.

Passersby don’t even acknowledge
My existence, they’re either isolated
With earbuds in their own world,
Or checking their emails, too busy to see and acknowledge

That some humans can’t live in a box
Of walls, as their mental health prevents
Them from accepting the quietude whose costs
To them is too high for them to stay in the box.

Look at the elderly man sitting quietly
In the corner street,  as next time he may
Not be there to greet you. His sad smile will flay
Your heart with its resounding might, quietly

Searching for the next meal from a compassionate
Soul who realizes that this HomeLess man
Needs help, but pride has cost him his pen
That wrote his story of a society that’s not compassionate.

©️ 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

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Double Diamond Certificate for my poem: HomeLess

Thank you, administrators, for the accolade.  Your hardwork is highly appreciated.

HomeLess

What’s a home?
Who defines it?
Does it need a roof on it?
Can’t I live in the street and call it home?

Yes, my home is any corner
Empty,  that I can rest my back
And see any danger coming to strike
A chord of fear in me, as I lay in my corner.

Passersby don’t even acknowledge
My existence, they’re either isolated
With earbuds in their own world,
Or checking their emails, too busy to see and acknowledge

That some humans can’t live in a box
Of walls, as their mental health prevents
Them from accepting the quietude whose costs
To them is too high for them to stay in the box.

Look at the elderly man sitting quietly
In the corner street,  as next time he may
Not be there to greet you. His sad smile will flay
Your heart with its resounding might, quietly

Searching for the next meal from a compassionate
Soul who realizes that this HomeLess man
Needs help, but pride has cost him his pen
That wrote his story of a society that’s not compassionate.

©️ 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

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Certificate of Appreciation for my poem: A Well Told Tale

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A Well Told Tale

As September flows with fall
Leaves, school starts, and students
Congregate together in circles that ball
Their hatred into sweetened scents,

Like fall spiced cakes melting
In the palate, but goes down like
Knives tearing away confidence, striking
The most vulnerable to rise above them as they hike

Away, fleeing the hurt, depression
That steals away their happiness,
Cheer, and optimism inflicting compression
Of the heart into heated coal, unless,

Unless I come to the forefront
With an uplifting anecdote that reveals
The impunity of the instigators whose font
In capitals, try to keep their popularity that feels

Like actors on show, who need
Evidence of their power over
Others, while my short tale told
Them both that intellect and humor

Rise above vanity and inflicting pain,
As my travail reveals their shortcomings
As one hurts, while the other gain
Insurmountable damage to their self-images.

As they let my intervention sink in
The depressed learns a lesson
In strength to overcome negativity in
A world that seems to require it, as would any prison.

©️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

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Certificate of Appreciation for my poem: A Well Told Tale

Thank you, administrators,  for the accolade.  Your work is highly appreciated.

A Well Told Tale

As September flows with fall
Leaves, school starts, and students
Congregate together in circles that ball
Their hatred into sweetened scents,

Like fall spiced cakes melting
In the palate, but goes down like
Knives tearing away confidence, striking
The most vulnerable to rise above them as they hike

Away, fleeing the hurt, depression
That steals away their happiness,
Cheer, and optimism inflicting compression
Of the heart into heated coal, unless,

Unless I come to the forefront
With an uplifting anecdote that reveals
The impunity of the instigators whose font
In capitals, try to keep their popularity that feels

Like actors on show, who need
Evidence of their power over
Others, while my short tale told
Them both that intellect and humor

Rise above vanity and inflicting pain,
As my travail reveals their shortcomings
As one hurts, while the other gain
Insurmountable damage to their self-images.

As they let my intervention sink in
The depressed learns a lesson
In strength to overcome negativity in
A world that seems to require it, as would any prison.

©️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

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Certificate of Achievement for my acrostic poem: Ubiquitous

UBIQUITOUS

U nder the viral trends of social media,
B usy bees are seldom at rest, they consume
I nfinite videos, news- real or fake-, cartoons,
Q uibbling over media’s contexts, profits,
U ndeniable effects of dehumanization of
I ndomitable spirits of warriors, believers,
T raveling together a road filled with distress
O mnipresent in their daily lives, as their struggles are shown as
U biquitous, acceptable even as one sees their
S tarvation, amputations, and orphans, smiling still.

©️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