triumph – Poetry for Change

Double Silver Certificate for my poem, Her Hibiscus Memory

Thank you for the honor and your hard work.

Her Hibiscus Memory

Her memory of her decrepit home
Is fueled by her emotions of love
As each memory climbs the stairs
Of her vertebrae pairs

Fears, failures, successes, wins
While the climbing red hibiscus pins
Each step with a blood red popping
Flower that recalls triumphing

Against trends, unbreakable chains
That bogged her life with pains
She upended with optimism, passion
For living life with discipline, faith
Carried her through the quagmire stealing breath

As she surmount it all, regal, queenly,
As she faces what’s necessary,
Ignores the unimportant, treads carefully
When diplomacy is compulsory,

Then she asserts her vision
Of the world through action,
She leaves her imprint
Without being an obnoxious pint.

©️ 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

Two of my poems: Upheaval, Never Give Up, are published in this wonderful anthology.

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 …

… , 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

Never Give Up

Give up, never!
The challenges of life give greater
Satisfaction when struggling to overcome them.

Give up, never!
Through war planes, attacker
On our land, as my partner is an army officer. …

…

And belief that you’re being tested makes me stronger.

Give up, never!
Give up, never!
Give up, never!

Link to the book:

Tell Your Story,

Led Pen Poetry Anthology 1, a collection of poems and stories of resilience, hope, and triumph.

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