speed – Poetry for Change

Diploma for my poem, Dream Fields of Lavender

Thank you for the honor and your hard work.

Dream Fields of Lavender

We are wild and winded
Riding the rippling stallion’s back
Into a field of lavender colored
Flowers, delicate in their appearance but lack
Any real fragility, as they grow
And spread into a sea of lilac bow

That drives the people wild
As they crow their rhyme, beating
Out a rhythm that is sublime, but rend
A passionate response by the carting
Of bales of lilacs to make dyes
That represent the beauty that never dies.

As the field is emptied of its glorious
Harvest, people celebrate their reaping
Rewards with feasts, delicious
In aroma, taste and hail the bounty creeping
Into their bower, making them stronger,
Heartier, and better survivor.

©️ 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

Pen and paper

Your life without a computer: what does it look like?

I’d be writing with pen and paper in order to express my poetry. However, I’d need to use a dictionary in order to spell check, which would delay the completed work, as my spelling is terrible, and I rely heavily on spellchecker. However, it does have a drawback, and that it usually uses the most commonly used words, while I might need a similarly spelled word with a completely different meaning: quite vs quiet, calm vs qualm, ect….

I do, however, love to doodle as I write, and that isn’t possible on the computer, at least I’m not proficient enough to do so! 😉

Plus, without the computer, I would always fall behind on the deadlines to poetry contests, as I have a tendency to leave them to the last minute, and using those applications or websites do have a swift submission, without delay, except in case of electrical outages!

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