express – Poetry for Change

Accolade for my poem, Regrets Fly

Malak Kalmoni. Chehab
Fantastic poem, Malak! Yes, we should cry out our emotions, our fears and frustrations. (By doing do we learn more about what we’re going through.) Sharing our pains encourages others to do the same.
Excellent turn of focus created by your wordplay on “pyre” and “lyre.” For all our “degrading fears,” there is hope of triumph, a great harmony within awaiting. We only have to listen and sing the angelic tune. I love your use of the musical refrain, very like Shakespeare. Excellent poem!! By Linda Powers O’Dell

Regrets Fly

Flaming fever fires fly,
Fly into the night sky,
Raise your voice and cry.
Fal la la la la la

Cry out your emotion,
Feelings of despair, confusion,
Give them free reign to perception,
Fa la la la la la

Share to teach so others
Express sensations plaguing their powers
Of cheer that ends in tears,
Fa la la la la

Tears of lament whose fire
Burns hotter than the sun’s pyre,
Yet, prevailing over them in great success is a lyre
Fa la la la la

Lyre of angelic tunes create harmony
From within, reveling in the conspiracy
Of triumphing over degrading fears of being followers.
Fa la la la la

©️ 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 2025.

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

Diploma for my poem, Cellist’s Song

Thank you for the honor and your hard work.

The Cellist’s Song

His mahogany cello is tightly embraced,
He cradles the bow as its wolf tones
Create an echo into the roiling waves, tones
That crest and dip into an abyss forced

To struggle with the undertow
To rise and be heard. Its metronomes
Have a tempo that moves feelings, homes
For emotions that crawl out of the flow

Of notes composed and diligently
Played to tell a story of heartache that’s
As old as time, yet, it’s everlasting plots,
Themes still apply today. So play, soar like a butterfly

From the cello’s strings, emote
The chaos within, share its thrill
As you play the emotions of the audience that fill
Your mind’s eye even if they’re absent. So gloat

In your supremacy in affecting
People’s empathy, humanity
Through simple notes that fly
Into the breeze with ease and humility.

©️ 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.