On the left, spinach pie filled with spinach, ground beef, feta, egg, Italian seasoning, black pepper, and cottage cheese (can be replaced with cream cheese, but kids are on a protein diet). Tastes yummy, crunchy, and melts in your mouth.
The other is a traditional Lebanese pastry filled with ground beef, onion, peas, and rice. The spices are what make it so special: nutmeg, cinnamon, 7 spice, cloves, and cardamom. All the above is placed in a puff pastry shell, then baked. It can be enjoyed alone or with a cup of yogurt with a bit of salt.
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.
Thank you, administrators, for the accolade and your hard work.
Children’s Hunger
Famine, hunger in such young eyes Makes your heart flutter and cries Out for the injustice of their plight Where food is scarce and working is a fight
Among brothers, sisters, kin to survive, Survive with enough only to strive The next day, another forage, another clash, To sustain an entire family in a brush
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Children growing old before their time in fine
Slithers of hope that shine Through black clouds of hopeless brine, Brine of depression’s hold that flogs The will to survive another empty stomach that bogs
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.
R eveling in November rain, running, skipping A way, trying to outrun the wet tears of pain. I nvite a friend to reduce loneliness that N ever ends with the sky filled with grey. D elve into your tears of pain, R equest an extension to get rid of the agony and O utmaneuver its hold by P ressing the raindrop on your face, feelings S welling your heart in absolute sincerity.
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.
Thank you, administrators, for the accolade and your hard work.
REJECT
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R ejected again! For what gain? E mpathy’s nonexistent as you wade, J ump through hoops to integrate, but E very action is met in rejection of C arefully spoken words, so as not T o hurt others. Alas! The effects are traumatizing.
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.
Thank you, administrators, for the accolade and your hard work.
Wish for Peace
Shooting stars streak into the darkened sky, The child sees the streak of light and wishes on it to fly. Deafening silence is followed by bombings. Try… As they might by explosions of a deathly Reign that attempt to hide deception vainly.
As time flows, the adult child now has the same experience In explosions and debris leading to fear, That shakes my protective nature for my children in dance. The flowing steps of which are a journey to independence …
Bombs, missiles, guns, rifles, tanks, drones, So many more tools of today and of yore Have been used to claim land that is not your. We fight the other, who fights underhandedely,
By pitting family and kin on opposing sides, Corrupting those in power, fueling their zeal For even greater superiority on those weaker. Fowler measures are taken and the torturer
Brings blood to the fore, enjoying his demonic Need for supremacy over those only praying For survival, peace, health, and prosperity.
What cleanses the masochist’s need for power, Striving to worsen the pain for all, in order To hold down the fort on the throne of the prevailer Who siphons the people’s money for him to be wealthier.
When will we break this cycle of corruption, Starvation, enslavement, fraud, degradation, And immortality? Where does the negation Of super powers leave us? In constant vibration
Not knowing where the next blow will drop from, Nor what lifestyle will be adopted in th coming storm. Living in th ‘twilight zone ‘ is very unnerving, People live on stress and adapting.
This poem is also in the print magazine, Petal Projections issue 8.
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.
Thank you, administrators, for the accolade and your hard work.
Fiery Fall
Colors of fiery fall feed your Feelings of fierce freedom Flowing with the blowing, Air around all aflurry, In its need to breathe in The sweetest air keeping you alive.
I let the fleeting breeze Run up my sleeve, it Sneaks up my armpit, As easily as you please, Surges through me, lifting, Roaming around, finding pause To circle, freely, around my breast, Neck, and head. Stealth is best, As I fly where the wind will rest.
As the sweeping air embraces Me with its wonders, I steal a peek, and my heart stutters, At the fire leaping from the leaves, Whose colors turn from yellow, Burnished greens, rust, blood red, Burgundy, all flit around my head Leaping from tree top To tree top, to bush, to flower, To weed, to soil, nourishing All with its slow hover That steals your breath in awe At the splendor of the fleeting fall critter.
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.
Thank you, administrators, for the accolade and your hard work.
Fiery Fall
Colors of fiery fall feed your Feelings of fierce freedom Flowing with the blowing, Air around all aflurry, In its need to breathe in The sweetest air keeping you alive.
I let the fleeting breeze Run up my sleeve, it Sneaks up my armpit, As easily as you please, Surges through me, lifting, Roaming around, finding pause To circle, freely, around my breast, Neck, and head. Stealth is best, As I fly where the wind will rest.
As the sweeping air embraces Me with its wonders, I steal a peek, and my heart stutters, At the fire leaping from the leaves, Whose colors turn from yellow, Burnished greens, rust, blood red, Burgundy, all flit around my head Leaping from tree top To tree top, to bush, to flower, To weed, to soil, nourishing All with its slow hover That steals your breath in awe At the splendor of the fleeting fall critter.
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.
Thank you, administrators, for the accolade and your hard work.
Ordinary Man
Famous fallen heroes are fighters, Soldiers, warriors who’ve fought For home, community, country and brought Pride into hearts of family and trooper,
But the unsung heroes are those Who fight without the need for accolades That instill an extrinsic need that hides Their true purpose: fame that’s close
To worship, while the ordinary man …
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Laws created to keep the world Civilizing And lauding humanity’s restraint put in a guild
Cage, like an exotic animal, seen But never heard, in a prison where bars Isolate him, with his PTSD, like any warriors, Who’ve delt in monstrous murder, that’s keen.
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’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.
Poetry for Change 